Events By Quarter
Race Matters Series
Reading between the lines: Identifying and interrogating the white supremacy within campus sexual assault policy
Dr. Carrie Samuels
Online Discussion
REGISTRATION ON SHORELINE IS REQUIRED
In this talk, Dr. Samuels will discuss her research on white middle class cultural norms as they relate to campus sexual misconduct and assault policies. With their historic emphasis on response actions like contacting law enforcement, these policies have presented, and continue to present, various binds for Black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) students. Dr. Samuels argues a race-conscious approach to campus sexual assault prevention and response, particularly within predominantly white institutions (PWIs), is vital for the creation of policies that adequately account for the needs and concerns of all students.
BIO:
Dr. Carrie Samuels is an award-winning scholar and author on campus sexual violence. Her expertise is specifically located in the application of feminist critical discourse theory, queer theory, and critical race theory to the epidemic of rape and sexual assault occurring on campuses across the U.S. Dr. Samuels received her PhD in educational leadership and research from Louisiana State University. She lives in Portland, OR with her family, and currently serves as Deputy Director of Mission & Culture for the Cascade AIDS Project.
Co-sponsor: Women’s Center
Music Performance
A UCSB MultiCultural Center Concert: Small Island Big Song
Small Island Big Song
MCC Theater
REGISTRATION ON SHORELINE IS REQUIRED
Drawing on a roster of respected first nation islander artists, the concert features musicians performing irresistible oceanic grooves to soulful island ballads engaging audiences from huge festival stages to intimate theaters. Combining music, spoken word and live cinema with AV projections featuring footage collected during a 3-year film trip across 16 countries guided by the artists on their homelands.
Small Island Big Song explores the cultural connections between the descendants of the seafarers of the Pacific and Indian Oceans through the Austronesian migration. Working with artists who have made a choice to maintain the cultural voice of their people, to sing in the language, and to play the instruments of their land. These unique lineages mixed with their diverse contemporary styles - roots-reggae, beats, grunge, RnB, folk & spoken-word, establishing a contemporary musical dialogue between cultures as far afield as Madagascar, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Taiwan, Mauritius, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), creating "One coherent jaw dropping piece" as described by Rob Schwartz - Billboard.
Co-sponsors: The Center for Taiwan Studies, Theater and Dance, and the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music
Cup of Culture
Parasite
MCC Theater
This psychological thriller directed by award-winning Bong Joon-Ho, follows a poor Korean family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrate their household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals. 2019. 2h 12m
Conscious Conversations Series
Environmental Justice Around the World
MCC Lounge
A student-facilitated conversation about environmental justice around the world. The goal of this panel is to de-westernize the narrative surrounding environmental justice and center diverse student perspectives, ultimately, calling to question who is actually at the center of the environmental justice movement? Speakers will include students from the UCSB community and potentially from the following organizations:
- BWHC
- El Congreso
- Mauna Kea Protectors
- SJP
- BSU
- KP
- M.U.J.E.R
- Global gaucho commission
- AIISA
Co-Sponsor: Environmental Justice Alliance
