Open Poetry Slam

First 20 poets to sign up (Sign up: 5-6pm) Top 10 to be invited to return to compete for $500 in cash prizes at the  main event * Book donations are required for free entry. In collaboration with The Justice Work Group, UCLA Residential Life, and the Department of African American Studies.

“Urban Removal: Police, Prisons, and Domestic Policy after Civil Rights” by Elizabeth Hinton

Elizabeth Hinton is Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and the Department of History at Harvard University. Hinton’s research focuses on the persistence of poverty and racial inequality in the 20th century United States. Her current scholarship considers the transformation of domestic social programs and urban policing after the Civil Rights […]

“How Structural Racism Works” by Tricia Rose

This lecture introduces Rose's in-progress research, video and public engagement project. In it, Rose argues that five key drivers of structural racism—housing, criminal justice, education, wealth and media—form a flexible, highly connected apparatus. In addition, the project highlights the role of narrative in driving structural racism as well as the problem and yet importance of making […]

UCLA Department of African American Studies Commencement

  The UCLA Department of African American Studies will hold its Commencement Celebration on: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 11:30am at the Lenart Auditorium in the Fowler Museum *Students are recommended to come at least 45 minutes prior to the ceremony. Line up time is at 10:00am. Additional Commencement Information: www.commencement.ucla.edu

UCLA Department of African American Studies Commencement

The UCLA Department of African American Studies will hold its Commencement Celebration on: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 11:30am at the Lenart Auditorium in the Fowler Museum *Students are recommended to come at least 45 minutes prior to the ceremony. Line up time is at 10:00am. Additional Commencement Information: www.commencement.ucla.edu Guest Keynote Speaker: Jerrika Hinton, Grey's Anatomy actress. […]

‘Black Life/Schwarz-Sein’ by Professor Alexander Weheliye

Alexander G. Weheliye is professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University where he teaches black literature and culture, critical theory, social technologies, and popular culture. He is the author of Phonographies: Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity (Duke University Press, 2005), which was awarded The Modern Language Association's William Sanders Scarborough Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Study […]

Word on Wednesday Open Mic Night

Word on Wednesday Open Mic Night September 28th, Wednesday 7-9 PM, at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery The Word Open Mic seeks to celebrate the counter narrative nature of spoken word poetry, and its power to educate. We offer a platform for the stories of intersectionality to be listened to; especially in our current campus/society climate […]