The Common Experience Program and the Department of African American Studies presents: Buy Back the Block: A Discussion About Nipsey Hussle and Gentrification in South L.A. Facilitated by Marcus A. Hunter, Chair of African American Studies and Kevin Powell, Civil & Human Rights Activist and Public Speaker Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 6:00pm-8:00pm Bradley International Hall […]

QueerCurrent Lecture Series: “Dancing #BlackDeathMatters: Transness, Femmness, and Public Protest” by Shanté Smalls February 27 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Royce Hall 314 LGBTQ Studies cordially invites you to their lecture series QueerCurrent. This talk takes seriously the work that Black dance can do as both public protest against State violence and as an aesthetic performance of […]

WHILE BLACK WITH MK ASANTE Monday, March 2, 2020 6:00pm-7:00pm James Bridges Theater WHILE BLACK WITH MK ASANTE presented by Snapchat Best-selling author, filmmaker and educator MK Asante is bringing his hit Snapchat show WHILE BLACK WITH MK ASANTE on the road, visiting college campuses across the country. Joined by special guest speakers, Asante will […]

Prof. Wallace Best will be giving a presentation on African American Religious History, with special attention given to Langston Hughe's insights into the subject. If you are interested in the event, please RSVP at www.religion.ucla.edu.

This year marks Thinking Gender’s 30th anniversary! FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 CARNESALE COMMONS, UCLA GENERAL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Pre-Register by Friday, February 28, 2020. In-person registration will also be available on the day of the event. DETAILED SCHEDULE Thinking Gender 2020 will focus on feminist, queer, trans, anti-carceral, transnational, and intersectional approaches to sexual […]

"The Coming Mental Rage," a Poetry Reading and Performance by Will Alexander Tuesday, March 10th 3-5pm Green Room, Rm. 1230 Schoenberg Music Building Poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, philosopher, visual artist, musician, Will Alexander has been hailed as one of the most important surrealist voices on the planet. A native of Los Angeles, he earned his […]

UCLA Regents Lecturer Charly Palmer Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3PM (PST), 6PM (EST) Instagram LIVE @ucla_afam In this lecture series, Charly Palmer discusses the role of the artist in protest movements and how to use art to not only communicate a feeling but also directly impact the world. Q&A to follow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgoY5hUp64&feature=youtu.be

The Fire This Time: Race at Boiling Point Join us this Friday, June 5, at 1:00 pm PST for The Fire This Time: Race at Boiling Point, a conversation with Angela Y. Davis, Herman Gray, Gaye Theresa Johnson, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Josh Kun. Please RSVP to receive a personal link to the webinar: […]