Lyrics from Lockdown Thursday, October 18, 2018 - Saturday, October 20, 2018 Hip Hop Culture A critically acclaimed exposé of the ways race, class, power, and privilege shape prisons and policing in America, Lyrics from Lockdown is a story of survival that reveals how the justice system can radically change a young person’s life. In this one-man […]

2018 IAC Fall Forum Save the Date! Thursday, October 18, 2018  3:00pm to 5:00pm UCLA James West Alumni Center Please join us for presentations from the Institute of American Cultures visiting scholars for 2018-2019 More information to follow. Organized by the Institute of American Cultures and co-sponsored by the American Indian Studies Center, the Asian American Studies […]

Please join us for a talk and discussion with Esther Iverem, writer, artist and executive producer of “On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” on Pacifica Radio.  

Please join us for a talk with historian and scholar, Peter Hudson. More information on the flyer attached.

Black Feminism & the Practice of Care Friday, November 16th, 2018 9:00am-4:30pm 9:00am Breakfast, 9:30am Conversations begin, 4:30pm Light Reception UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room Audre Lorde famously maintained that “caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” This gathering explores the concept of care against […]

Please join us for the second art workshop given by Cameron Rowland.

Citizen Outsider: Racism and State Violence in France and Beyond Jean Beaman Assistant Professor, Sociology | Purdue University November 27th, 2018 12:00PM-1:00PM Black Forum Room, Haines Hall 153 Jean Beaman joins Purdue as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology. She received her Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. degrees from Northwestern University. Prior to joining […]

How Extended Family Health Affects Household Financial Status Jermaine Toney National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Cornell University NOVEMBER 29TH, 2018 12:00PM-1:00PM Black Forum Room, Haines Hall 153 As a postdoctoral scholar supported by the National Science Foundation, Jermaine Toney's work builds upon the field of household finance. His current work examines the […]

Please join us on Monday, December 3, for the third and final art workshop given my Cameron Rowland.

Please join us Monday, December 3rd, 2018 as special guest speaker Sobukwe Odinga gives a talk in the Black Forum (Haines 153) at 12PM. This event is free and open to the public, hope to see you there!