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SUMMARY:True Bruin Welcome — African American Studies Open House!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the African American Studies Department Open House on September 23rd! Meet our staff\, faculty\, and academic advisor!  We hope this open house inspires you to join our vibrant community of scholars and change-makers! \n  \nRSVP Here to Attend!: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFe3VsrzFQVce0xBitKvpBBuygPlZotnTxUGF1u6nH-vwBBA/viewform
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/true-bruin-welcome-african-american-studies-open-house/
LOCATION:African American Studies Department Lounge\, Rolfe Hall 1322
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SUMMARY:Annual Black Convocation
DESCRIPTION:Annual Black Convocation!\n\n\nThe Annual Black Convocation is a yearly event that welcomes new and returning students to the UCLA campus and makes them aware of the different organizations\, departments\, and resources available to serve them. It is an evening full of Bruin pride\, providing encouragement\, anecdotes about the past\, and a glimpse of the future from UCLA faculty\, staff\, and alumni dedicated to supporting all students. Black Convocation is free and open to the public. \n*Free dinner provided!*
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/annual-black-convocation/
LOCATION:Carnesale Commons (Palisades Room)\, 330 De Neve Drive\, Suite L-02\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reparations & Rematriation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a grounded conversation on how Black and Indigenous movements intersect in the shared pursuit of decolonization. \nThis panel brings organizers and community leaders together to explore the core connections\, divergences\, and productive tensions between Black reparations and Indigenous rematriation. Rather than flattening our differences\, we will name where our struggles meet and where they diverge. We will examine what rematriation looks like in practice\, how land return and reparative justice align\, and why addressing our movement’s tensions is essential for true collective liberation. \n\nFeaturing Guest Speakers: \n“Xuedoin” Chelsea Hicks\, Words of the People Founding Artist\nClaire Maracle\, Words of the People Executive Director\nModerated by Professor Kyle T Mays (UCLA) \n\nHosted by the UCLA Department of African American Studies\n\n*PLEASE NOTE* RSVP is strongly encouraged. Seating is limited and will be offered on a first come\, first-served basis. Early arrival is strongly encouraged!!!
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/reparations-rematriation/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193\, Kaplan Hall 193\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T190000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Black Seeds Continue to Grow
DESCRIPTION:Watch the Trailer NOW! \n\n\nThis screening will feature an inside Scoop from the Director and Writer\, Laura Colbert! \n  \nMovie Synopsis: \nWhen a quiet foster girl is placed in yet another temporary home\, she finds unexpected connection with a kind and caring teacher. As their bond deepens\, both must confront what it means to stay\, and to nurture without conditions. \nWith themes of mentorship\, resilience\, and the quiet power of showing up\, Black\nSeeds Continue to Grow is a story about how the smallest acts of care can take root\nand bloom. \n  \n\nMain Cast: \n\nLoretta Devine: Madea’s Big Happy Family\, Jumping the Broom\, Waiting to Exhale\, Lottery Ticket\, A Different World (1987-98) \nAlimi Ballard: Fast Five\, Deep Impact\, Numb3rs (2005-2010)\, The Catch (2016-2017) \nTova Petty: Lost in A Dream\, Midnight\, Who Am I? \nReagan Gomez-Preston: The Chi (2024-2026)\, The Clevland Show (2009-2013) Rick & Morty (3 episode)\, A Black Lady Sketch Show (1 episode) \n\n  \n  \n*Rieber Hall Fireside Lounge is located on the first floor of the building*\n\n*PLEASE NOTE* Seating is limited and will be offered on a first-come\, first-served basis. Submitting this RSVP does not guarantee entry if capacity is reached. Early arrival is strongly encouraged!!!
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/film-screening-black-seeds-continue-to-grow/
LOCATION:Rieber Hall–Fireside Lounge\, 310 De Neve Dr.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:By Manager Request: The Impact of Racial Surveillance on Mobility Rates in Early Atlanta Public Housing
DESCRIPTION:Interested in urban history\, housing justice\, or how race and gender intersect with policy? \nJoin us and Dr. Dantzler for an engaging discussion that reveals the history of how housing managers held the power to decide who got to stay & who was pushed out! \nPublic housing has long been understood through the lens of structural inequality and racialized immobility\, yet less attention has been paid to how housing managers shaped tenant experiences and trajectories. Drawing on archival materials\, administrative records\, and historical Census data from Atlanta between the 1930s and 1970s\, this study examines how managers exercised discretion in determining who could remain in public housing and who was pushed out. The study reveals how racialized and gendered assumptions about tenant worthiness\, domesticity\, and self-sufficiency informed everyday bureaucratic decisions\, shaping housing opportunities and constraining Black social mobility and belonging. \n  \nFeaturing Guest Speaker:\nDr. Prentiss Dantzler\, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto \nModerated by Professor Kyle T Mays (UCLA)\n\nRSVP Link: https://forms.gle/dQD7YApGLUbmmCmR8\n\n\n*PLEASE NOTE* Seating is limited and will be offered on a first come\, first served basis. Submitting  RSVP does not guarantee entry if capacity is reached. Early arrival is strongly encouraged!!!
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/by-manager-request-the-impact-of-racial-surveillance-on-mobility-rates-in-early-atlanta-public-housing/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193\, Kaplan Hall 193\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
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SUMMARY:Solo at the Show: From the Love Jones Cohort to the Grand National Tour Experience
DESCRIPTION:Discover the powerful connections that bring people together! Explore how Black middle-class adults navigate solo living. Through an engaging discussion of race\, gender\, class\, and collective energy\, this talk invites us to rethink friendship\, belonging\, and the ways we connect with one another. \nDrawing from stratification economics\, intersectionality\, and respectability politics\, The Love Jones Cohort centers the voices and lifestyles of Black middle-class adults who are single and living alone (SALA). This first book offers a nuanced understanding of how race\, gender\, and class\, coupled with social structures\, shape their lives\, including how they define family and friends. Its follow-up\, Solo at the Show\, examines how solo concertgoers navigate concert space and build connections with strangers. Engaging Du Bois’s account of what would later be termed collective effervescence\, it critically interrogates energy—the emotional and social adhesive linking concertgoers to one another and to the crowd—as a concept that speaks to what holds friendships\, communities\, and institutions together. Solo at the Show provides a framework for understanding both what constitutes energy and what constitutes a friend. \n\nFeaturing Guest Speaker:\nDr. Kris Marsh \nProfessor of Sociology\, University of Maryland\, College Park\n\nModerated by Professor Kyle T Mays\, Chair of UCLA African American Studies\nRSVP Link: https://forms.gle/xwirw5rASAH74CQH9\n\n*PLEASE NOTE* Seating is limited and will be offered on a first come\, first served basis. Early arrival is strongly encouraged!!!
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/solo-at-the-show-from-the-love-jones-cohort-to-the-grand-national-tour-experience/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193\, Kaplan Hall 193\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
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