"Thriving Industries During COVID: First Jobs out of College" Learn successful job search strategies and hear from a panel of professionals who are working in thriving industries during COVID-19 Wednesday, November 18th | On Zoom | 4:00-5:00 pm (PST)
"Black Lives Matter—Past, Present, and Beyond" lecture series featuring Christopher Lebron Associate Professor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University The Beautiful Ugly Struggle: How Black Lives Mattered to Angela Davis and Amiri Baraka Friday, November 20, 2020 at 9:00am PST Live Streaming via Zoom RSVP Here
The Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice, & Health presents the “10-Year Anniversary of “Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public Health: Toward Antiracism Praxis” Fall Symposium Friday, November 20, 2020 at 12PM PT/3PM ET Ten years ago, Dr. Chandra Ford and Dr. Collins Airhihenbuwa published, “Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public […]
"Lena Horne, Stormy Weather, and the Hollywood Supernova" A Talk by Dr. Philana Payton (UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow) November 20, 2020 at 4PM PST Register Here
CAP UCLA presents Meshell Ndegeocello's celebration of James Baldwin Chapter and Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin is a 21st-century ritual tool kit for justice, shared in isolation, bridging communities around the world. Inspired by James Baldwin’s seminal treaty on justice in America, The Fire Next Time, the project was created during the time of […]
Like in the United States, police violence against people of color is pervasive in Brazil, the country with the world’s second-largest Black population. This interdisciplinary panel of scholars from Brazil and the U.S. will trace the history of Black Brazilian mobilization against state-sanctioned violence; compare police violence against people of color in Brazil, the U.S., […]
UCLA’s Digital Humanities program, Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (c2i2), and the Department of Information Studies’ Graduate Student Colloquium present: Homegoing: The Technology of Living Data and Black Public Mourning in the Age of COVID-19 A lecture by Professor Kim Gallon (Purdue University) Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:00pm (PST) Kim Gallon is an Associate Professor […]
The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) and Syracuse University's Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences invites you to virtually celebrate a Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration event! Special guest performers include: the Adanfo Ensemble ( African Drumming and Dance), Dr. Joan Hillsman ( Joan Hillsman Network), Alice Queen (Vocalist) and Dr. Scot Brown (Keynote […]
Join us this Friday, Dec 11th, 2020 for a panel discussion featuring staff from the LA Lakers and the broad range of career paths that exist within professional supports. Hosted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies in partnership with the Lakers Black Action Network. Register Here
FESTIVALS IN THE CITY OF ANGELS: KWANZAA IN LEIMERT PARK VILLAGE Thursday, December 17, 2020 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Kwanzaa is a relatively new holiday, created in 1966, following the Watts Rebellion, to bring the Black community together. Today, it is celebrated annually around the world, most notably on the West Coast in […]
