Events By Quarter
Cup of Culture
Being Bebe
Bebe Zahara
MCC Theater
Being Bebe is the story of Marshall Ngwa, a Cameroonian artist whose identity hinges on the complicated success of his drag persona, BeBe Zahara Benet. Viewers follow Marshall’s remarkable immigrant journey from the earliest days of his amateur drag performance career in Minneapolis, circa 2006, to becoming the first winner of the now-iconic reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2009. As Marshall fights to maintain the trajectory of his career despite a series of difficult setbacks, the film reveals what it means to celebrate and advance Queer Black Excellence during the 2020s. Alongside Marshall's story, viewers are introduced to LGBTQ+ youth and activists in Cameroon, where Queer identity is criminalized.
The post-film Zoom discussion with BeBe Zahara has been canceled due to scheduling conflicts.
JSJLS Community Projects: Love Letters to Ourselves
Wendy Paz
TBD
DATE, TIME AND LOCATION TBD. CHECK BACK WTIH THE MCC FOR UPDATES
WEEK 8 or 9
My community engagement project will focus on exploring the ways we can validate and serve ourselves through radical love.
Each spring quarter, the Jackson Social Justice Legacy Scholarship (JSJLS) program culminates with each intern developing their own Community Engagement Project (CEP). Through their individual CEPs, Jackson Interns apply the tools and skills they acquired throughout the program into their own individual projects, which are shaped by their own interests in community care and coalition-building. These CEPs aim to not only uplift, restore, and empower their communities, but also forge meaningful connections between the UCSB student body and the broader off-campus community. The events will occur during the weeks 4-10 at various locations. Check back with the MCC for updates.
JSJLS Community Projects: Face to Face – The Exploration of Ancestral Spirit and Artistic Expression
Maya Pacheco
TBD
DATE, TIME AND LOCATION TBD. CHECK BACK WTIH THE MCC FOR UPDATES
WEEK 8
Organizing and documenting a BIPOC art collective that explores ancestral spirit and campus culture.
Each spring quarter, the Jackson Social Justice Legacy Scholarship (JSJLS) program culminates with each intern developing their own Community Engagement Project (CEP). Through their individual CEPs, Jackson Interns apply the tools and skills they acquired throughout the program into their own individual projects, which are shaped by their own interests in community care and coalition-building. These CEPs aim to not only uplift, restore, and empower their communities, but also forge meaningful connections between the UCSB student body and the broader off-campus community. The events will occur during the weeks 4-10 at various locations. Check back with the MCC for updates.
Art Exhibition
Together We Abolish: Envisioning a World Without Borders
MCC Lounge
Activist Scholar in Residence Series: MCC Art Exhibit Opening & Reception
Join us for a transformative art reception featuring zines around the abolition movement and how we can work together as a community to bring peace, love, & safety.
