Events

Spring 2012:

Contraception at the Tea Party: The Politics of Women's Health
Linda Gordon

May 23, 8 PM
Campbell Hall

Sula and the Sociologist: Toni Morrison on American Biopower after Civil Rights
Gregg Santori

May 16, 11 AM
UCEN Flying A Studios Room

Reflections on Shirley Chisholm and the 1972 Presidential Primary
Class, Gender, Race, Youth and the Politics of Possibility
Barbara Winslow, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Tuesday, May 15, Noon
@ The UCSB Center for Black Studies Research

Looking for Trade: Erotic Crossings Among the Displaced
Alix Chapman

May 9, 11 AM
UCEN Flying A Room

Occupied Knowledges: 1968 and the Occupy Movement Now
Jeffrey Stewart, Linda Gordon, Immanuel Wallerstein, Mark Solovey

DREAMSCAPE
by Rickerby Hinds
A drama inspired by Tyisha Miller, a 19-year-old African American woman who was shot to death by four police officers in Riverside, California (1998) - while passed out in her car.

FREE Performance/Multicultural Center Theater
Thursday, April, 19, 2012
7:30 PM

Through poetry, dance, and beat boxing, Dreamscape explores the life of Myeisha Mills (Tyisha Miller) and re-frames her death by following the trajectory and impact of the 12 bullets that struck her - each one triggering its own unique memory. Co-sponsored by the Black Performance Series; the Black Studies Department; the Center for Black Studies Research, the MultiCultural Center; and the Department of Theater and Dance.

http://youtu.be/pKC5yMX-LgQ

"Liberal Penality and the New Imperialism of the 19th and 20th centuries"
A talk by Rafael Mota, Black Studies Dissertation Scholar

April 18, 11 AM
UCEN Flying A Studios Room

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