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SUMMARY:Conversation and Book Signing with Morris Day
DESCRIPTION:Conversation and book signing with Morris Day\, hosted by Dr. Scot Brown \nJanuary 30\, 2020 \n7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm) \nBook Signing and Reception to be held \nSeats are on a first come\, first serve basis \nUCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center\, Centennial Ballroom \n  \nRSVP HERE: morrisdayUCLA.eventbrite.com \n  \n\nParking: Self-parking is available underneath the Luskin Conference Center and in UCLA Parking Structure 8\, Level 4\, directly across the street from the Center.\nBook Sale: Morris Day’s “On Time: A Princely Life in Funk” will be sold at the event.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/conversation-and-book-signing-with-morris-day/
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SUMMARY:Your Major\, Your Destiny?
DESCRIPTION:Are you worried your major restricts the internship opportunities available to you? Are you wondering how to obtain an internship not typically associated with your major? Do people constantly ask you\, “so\, what are you going to do with that?” \nIf so\, look no further! The UCLA Career Peers are proud to present the first installment of this year’s Internship-Meetup Series: Your Major\, Your Destiny?? Come hear from a panel of UCLA students and alumni who majored in the Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences and obtained internships in diverse career fields\, including tech\, pharma\, and business. In doing so\, you’ll learn of the variety of career paths you can pursue after your undergraduate education. \nThe panel will be followed by audience Q&A and networking. All majors and years are welcome. There will be FREE food and drinks! \nRSVP on Handshake and check out the event on Facebook! \n 
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/your-major-your-destiny/
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SUMMARY:Black on Both Sides Listening Party
DESCRIPTION:In this one-of-a-kind listening session\, UCLA musicology professor Shana Redmond brings together critics\, scholars\, and musicians to reflect on the creativity and significance of the album Black on Both Sides by Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def). The album\, which turns 20 this year\, combines sonic complexity with lyrics that reflect the musician’s strong political beliefs and is consistently cited as one of the top ten hip-hop albums of all time. Redmond is joined by Sohail Daulatzai\, film and media studies and African American studies professor at UC Irvine; emcee and comedian Open Mike Eagle; film and TV music supervisor Morgan Rhodes\, co-host of Heat Rocks podcast; and DJ Lynnée Denise. \nATTENDING THIS PROGRAM? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTicketing: This free program is not ticketed.\nParking: Parking is available under the museum. Rates are $7 for the first three hours with museum validation\, and $3 for each additional 20 minutes\, with a $20 daily maximum. There is a $7 flat rate after 6 p.m. on weekdays\, and all day on weekends. Cash only.\nRestaurant: Enjoy a meal or drink before or after the program at our restaurant Audrey. The restaurant is open 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Sunday. Members and UCLA students receive 10% off.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/black-on-both-sides-listening-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T140000
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SUMMARY:Winter Feast
DESCRIPTION:Winter Feast is a chance of us to come together as a community and take a moment to breathe\, eat\, drink\, and listen to music. \nRSVP here \n \n 
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/winter-feast/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T200000
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SUMMARY:CEC\, BFS & Skoll Center Present: Just Mercy w/ Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Campus Events Commission\, Bruin Film Society and the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment are proud to present an early screening of \nJUST MERCY \nWHAT: A free advance screening of JUST MERCY plus a panel Q&A\nWHEN: Thursday\, December 5\, at 7:00pm\nWHERE: James Bridges Theater \n \nFREE TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/vanurdg \n\nTRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVQbeG5yW78
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/cec-bfs-skoll-center-present-just-mercy-w-qa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T170000
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SUMMARY:IAC Fall Forum 2019
DESCRIPTION:IAC Fall Forum 2019 \nWednesday\, November 20th \n3:00-5:00PM \nJames West Alumni Center\, 325 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095 \nJoin us in honoring the 2019-2020 IAC visiting scholars\, graduate and predoctoral fellows\, and research grant awardees! Reception\, followed by conversations featuring IAC scholars. Learn about the research and scholarship that the IAC and the four ethnic studies research centers are supporting. Location: UCLA James West Alumni Center\, 325 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/iac-fall-forum-2019/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191119T173000
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SUMMARY:Regents Lecture with Artist\, Charly Palmer
DESCRIPTION:UCLA REGENTS LECTURER \nCHARLY PALMER \nTuesday\, November 19\, 2019\n4:00pm-5:30pm\nlight reception to follow\nHershey Hall Grand Salon (South Campus)\n801 Hilgard Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095 \n \nThis lecture series will consist of Charly Palmer discussing the role of the artisan in protest movements and how to uses ones art to not only communicate a feeling but directly impact the larger society. \nCharly Palmer’s original artwork will be showcased in the foyer \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/ucla-regents-lecturer-charly-palmer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T163000
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SUMMARY:Presenting a Screening + Q&A of "Watergate\, Or: How we learned to stop an out of control President"
DESCRIPTION:Oscar-winning Director Charles Ferguson (Inside Job\, No End in Sight) is coming to TFT with his newest documentary film WATERGATE. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director in person. The documentary chronicles Watergate\, one of the biggest criminal conspiracies in modern politics in the US. With the current political climate and the ongoing news about impeachment\, this is a film that must not be missed. \n Seats are extremely limited. Please RSVP using the website below by November 14th. \nhttps://forms.gle/oaWi7ArR55nxD3ZY8 \n 
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/presenting-a-screening-qa-of-watergate-or-how-we-learned-to-stop-an-out-of-control-president/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191112T160000
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SUMMARY:"Urgent Care: Careers in Medicine and Health"
DESCRIPTION:“Urgent Care: Careers in Medicine and Health” \nTuesday\, November 12\, 2019 \n4:00pm -5:30pm \nCareer Center\, Conference Room A/B (Third floor) \n \nInterested in making a difference through Healthcare? \nThis panel will feature information on getting into the medical and health fields for Humanities and Social Science students. \nClick Here for More Information
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/urgent-care-careers-in-medicine-and-health/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191110T230000
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SUMMARY:"Burning Cane" Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss out on the screening THIS SUNDAY of “Burning Cane.” at the James Bridges Theater from 7-11pm. Also included is a Q&A with the films director\, Phillip Youmans!
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/burning-cane-screening-and-qa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191107T180000
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SUMMARY:“Locking Up Our Own\,” a Luskin Lecture and Book Discussion by James Forman Jr.
DESCRIPTION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs presents \n“Locking Up Our Own\,” \na Luskin Lecture and Book Discussion by James Forman Jr. \n \nThursday\, November 7\, 2019 \nTime: 6:00-8:00pm \nCalifornia African American Museum (CAAM)\n600 State Drive\, Los Angeles \nJames Forman\, Jr.\, author of “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America\,” will discuss his critically acclaimed 2017 book which explores how decisions made by black leaders — often with the best of intentions — contributed to disproportionately incarcerating black and brown people. His Washington Post bestseller was longlisted for the National Book Award and has been named a Best Book of the Year by numerous publications\, including the New York Times\, The Marshall Project\, Publisher’s Weekly\, and GQ Magazine. Forman\, a graduate of Yale Law School\, and former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor\, now teaches constitutional law at Yale and the course “Race\, Class\, and Punishment. \n*The UCLA Luskin Lecture Series enhances public discourse on topics relevant to the betterment of society. The Series features renowned public intellectuals\, bringing together scholars as well as national and local leaders to address society’s most pressing problems. The Luskin Lecture series has included speakers such as journalist Jorge Ramos; Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; Secretaries Leon Panetta\, Anthony Foxx\, and Madeline Albright; Governor Howard Dean; and Police Chief William J. Bratton. \nRSVP required for admittance. \nAdmission is free\, but registration is required for each attendee. \nTransit: CAAM and Exposition Park are serviced by the Metro Expo Line in the light rail system. The station is Expo Park/USC. \nParking: CAAM is at the corner of Figueroa Street and Exposition Boulevard\, just west of the 110 Freeway. Please note that our parking lot entrance is at 39th and Figueroa. Please put that cross section into your maps search or GPS device. Parking is $12 during the day. $15 after 5 pm. CASH ONLY.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/locking-up-our-own-a-luskin-lecture-and-book-discussion-by-james-forman-jr/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T150000
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SUMMARY:127th UCLA Faculty Research Lecture by Brenda Stevenson
DESCRIPTION:The Los Angeles Division of the Academic Senate of the University of California cordially invites you to attend the\n127th UCLA FACULTY RESEARCH LECTURE:\n“Gifts of the Storyteller”\nby Brenda E. Stevenson\n\nWednesday\, October 30\, 2019\nLecture at 3:00 p.m.\nSchoenberg Hall\, UCLA Schoenberg Music Building\n\nReception immediately following\nRSVP for the reception by Wednesday\, October 23\, 2019\nRSVP\n\nInquiries: (310) 794-3272\nuclarsvp@specialevents.ucla.edu
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/127th-ucla-faculty-research-lecture-to-be-given-by-brenda-stevenson/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191010
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SUMMARY:On the Matter of Blackness in Europe: Transnational Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:A Two-Day Symposium \nOn the Matter of Blackness in Europe: Transnational Perspectives \nThursday\, October 10th\, 2019 and Friday\, October 11th\, 2019 \nUCLA Charles E. Young Grand Salon (Kerckhoff Hall) \n(308 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095) \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP \n“On the Matter of Blackness in Europe: Transnational Perspectives” is a two-day international symposium taking place at UCLA on October 10-11\, 2019. The symposium seeks to dismantle the perceived homogeneity of Black transnational and anticolonial experiences by attending to how various struggles for Black lives unfold. Scholars\, artists\, and activists will discuss articulations of relational Black solidarities and struggles for Black lives across Europe\, foregrounding less-explored paradigms of Black formations\, creations\, improvisations\, and struggles throughout Europe and beyond. Participants will engage with the lived experiences of Blackness and Black political struggles across various geopolitical sites and dynamic encounters within the European context. Further\, this even will interrogate the power relations at work within academic scholarship that determines what becomes monolithically referred to as “Black Europe.” The symposium will feature a keynote address from Gloria Wekker (Utrecht University). \nDAY 1 PROGRAM \n9:00am Invocation/Welcome \n9:30am-11:00am Panel One: Fugitive Memories\, Black Spatialities | Moderated by Robin D.G. Kelley\, UCLA \n\nRaphaëlle Rabanes (Berkeley)\, “Resounding the Presence of the Ancestors: Guadeloupean Carnival\, Movement Politics\, and the Fraught Affirmation of a Black Caribbean TimeSpace”\nJamele Watkins (Stanford)\, “Anger and Silence: Black East German History”\nHeather Merrill & Donald Carter (Hamilton)\, “Blackness Ascendant: Place\, Loss\, and Memory”\n\n11:10am-12:40pm Panel Two: Black Movement Formations | Moderated by Margo Okazawa-Rey (Mills) \n\nPamela Ohene-Nyako (Geneva)\, “Internationalist Women of African Descent & Blackness\, 1970-1985”\nOda-Kange Midtvåge Diallo (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)\, “Creating ‘Black’ Spaces – How African-Norwegian (Everyday) Activists Try to Build a Sustainable Community in Oslo”\nJean Beaman (UCSB)\, “Anti-Racism without Race: The Possibilities and Constraints of BlackLivesMatter in France”\n\n12:45pm-2:00pm Lunch \n2:10pm-3:40pm Panel Three: Speaking B(l)ack with/and the Archives | Moderated by Shelleen Greene\, UCLA \n\nEmma-Lee Amponsah (Ghent University)\, “Kreyolization: Resisting Assimilation Violences in Dutch and Flemish Education”\nEsther Mugambi (Artist)\, “How Do You Observe a Stone That is About to Strike You?”\nJessica de Abreu (The Black Archives) and Mitchell Esajas (New Urban Collective)\, “The Black Archives: The Genealogy of Anti-Racism in the Netherlands”\n\n3:45pm-4:00pm Coffee Break \n4:00pm-5:30pm Panel Four: Black Poesis and Aesthetic Mediations in Europe | Moderated by Eddie Bruce-Jones\, Birkbeck) \n\nJeannette Oholi (Gießen)\, “Negotiating Blackness in Contemporary Afro-German Poetry”\nTonica Hunter & Adia Trischler (Artist Collective)\, “SERIES: BLACK”\nBam Willoughby (Cornell)\, Notes On Livability: Being Alive in the Aegean Coast of Turkey\n\n5:30pm Closing Remarks:Gaye Theresa Johnson\, UCLA \nDAY 2 PROGRAM \n9:00am-10:30am Panel Five: Subverting Stages and Spaces | Moderated by Ugo F. Edu\, UCLA \n\nMélanie Pétrémont (Geneva)\, “Laughing Back at Racism and Whiteness in Europe”\nJeannette Ehlers (Artist) & Elizabeth Löwe Hunter (Berkeley)\, “The Aftermath of Danish Colonialism”\n\n10:40am-12:10pm Panel Six: Racialized Knowledges  | Moderated by Yasemin Yildiz\, UCLA \n\nGian-Louis Hernandez (Università della Svizzera italiana)\, “Black European PhD Students: An Affective Inquiry”\nZavier Wingham (NYU)\, “‘Eating the Other’: Metaphors of the Racialized Body in Turkey”\nTiffany Florvil (New Mexico)\, “Black German Cultural Interventions in the Magazine afro look”\n\n12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch \n1:45pm-3:15pm Borderscapes\, Colonial Memories\, and Policing the Crisis | Felice Blake\, UCSB \n\nFurat Abdulle\, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz\nEddie Bruce-Jones\, Birkbeck School of Law\nSA Smythe\, UCLA\nVanessa E. Thompson\, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt\n\n3:15pm-3:30pm Break \n3:30pm-4:45pm Keynote Speaker: Gloria Wekker (Utrecht) \n5:00pm-5:30pm Thinking Black Studies in/and Europe: Closing Reflections with Marcus Anthony Hunter\, UCLA5:30pm-6:30pm Reception \n  \n“On the Matter of Blackness in Europe: Transnational Perspectives” is sponsored by the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI); the UCLA Dept. of African American Studies\, the UCLA Dept. of European Languages and Transcultural Studies; UCLA Dean of Humanities; UCLA Dean of Social Sciences; the Institute on Inequality and Democracy; the Center for the Study of Women; the Center for the Study of Religion; the UCLA Dept. of Anthropology\, the UCLA Dept. of Gender Studies\, the UCLA Dept. of Geography\, the UCLA Dept. of History\, the UCLA Dept. of Philosophy\, the UCLA Dept. of Sociology\, and the UCLA Theater Department. \nCo-Organized by SA Smythe (UCLA) and Vanessa Thompson (Goethe University Frankfurt) \nFAQs \nWhat are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? \nThe event will be held on the UCLA campus at Kerckhoff Grand Salon (308 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095). We recommend parking at Parking Structure 4 for $13.00 (all day) by Pay-By-Space. According to the UCLA Map\, Parking Structure 4’s address is 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA. Please go to the UCLA Visitor Parking page for more details. \nIs there reserved seating? \nNo. Seats are available on a first come first serve basis.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/on-the-matter-of-blackness-in-europe-transnational-perspectives/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T190000
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SUMMARY:Join Ignite at UCLA!
DESCRIPTION:Interested in how you can be more politically involved? Come to the first meeting of Ignite at UCLA\, where young college women can be provided opportunities to improve their community through political activism!
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/join-ignite-at-ucla/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T200000
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CREATED:20190814T194139Z
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SUMMARY:Black Convocation 2019
DESCRIPTION:Black Convocation 2019 \nWednesday\, October 9th\, 2019 \n5:00pm-8:00pm \nPalisades Room\, Carnesale Commons at UCLA \n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the 2019 Black Convocation event at UCLA! Good food\, live entertainment\, and a welcoming community. We hope to see you there!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Black Convocation is an annual 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. \nThe Black Convocation is free and open to the public. \nMaps & directions. Parking can be purchased at Parking Structure Sunset Village (SV). \nThe 2019 Black Convocation at UCLA was organized by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies\, UCLA Department of African American Studies\, UCLA Black Alumni Association (UBAA)\, Office of Residential Life (ORL)\, Afrikan Student Union (ASU)\, UCLA Career Center\, UCLA Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)\, and the Academic Advancement Program (AAP). \n\nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/black-convocation-2019/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191001T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191001T180000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190813T231605Z
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SUMMARY:3rd Annual Ethnic & Indigenous Studies Welcome
DESCRIPTION:3rd Annual \nEthnic & Indigenous Studies Welcome \nOctober 1st\, 2019 \n4:00pm-6:00pm \nRolfe Hall Courtyard \nExplore African American Studies\, Asian American Studies\, American Indian Studies\, Chicana/o Studies\, Gender Studies\, Labor Studies and more at our event. \nEnjoy food\, music\, giveaways with fellow students\, faculty\, and staff. \nLearn how your Ethnic & Indigenous Studies fits into your UCLA experience and beyond. \n  \nRSVP HERE: \nEIS2019.eventbrite.com
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/3rd-annual-ethnic-indigenous-studies-welcome/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190809T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190809T220000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190805T233818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190805T233818Z
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SUMMARY:The Intersection: Woke Black Folk
DESCRIPTION:THE INTERSECTION\nWoke Black Folk\nFriday\, August 9th\, 2019 \nSkirball Cultural Center \n8:00 pm \nBuy Tickets HERE \n \nNigerian American scholar\, playwright\, artist\, and performer Funmilola Fagbamila presents a spoken word theater piece that explores and deconstructs black political identity. While demonstrating the deep differences and divides within black communities\, this one-woman show also calls into question the partisanship and groupthink that often inform discussions about social justice in these times. Called “timely\, brilliant\, and necessary” by Angela Davis\, The Intersection is a story about how humans navigate difference.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/the-intersection-woke-black-folk/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190615T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190615T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190225T232345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T232345Z
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SUMMARY:Department of African American Studies Commencement Celebration 2019
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations! The faculty and staff of the Department of African American Studies are looking forward to sharing this wonderful occasion with you. \nDate: Saturday\, June 15\, 2019\nTime: 11:30 A.M.\nLocation: Fowler Museum\, Lenart Auditorium \nTicket Information: \n\nStudents may request up to 4 complimentary tickets for the Department of African American Studies Ceremony.\nAn additional four tickets per student are available at $12.00/each.\nYou should ONLY order tickets for your guests – you do not need a ticket for yourself.\nDepending on how many tickets are ordered by all students\, there may be extras available. If you would like additional tickets to the ceremony\, please e-mail staff@afam.ucla.edu with your name\, I.D.# and the number of EXTRA tickets you need (outside of what is ordered online).\nTickets are ordered through MyUCLA for college and departmental graduation ceremonies.\nAll ticket sales are final. No refunds will be issued for unused tickets.\n\nParking: \n\nWe strongly encourage our guests to take LYFT/UBER to avoid the crowded parking areas on campus. For LYFT and UBER please use the following address to be dropped off close to Fowler Museum\, 110 Westwood Plaza\,  Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nYou can pre-purchase parking passes for your guests. The UCLA Central Ticket Office will sell pre-paid Commencement parking permits beginning in May ($12 per permit). The UCLA Central Ticket Office is open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm\, Monday-Friday.\nThe closest parking structure to our venue is Parking Structure 4.\nStudents or guests with disabilities should contact the Center for Accessible Education (310) 825-1501 voice; (310) 206-6083 TDD\, to receive information about parking and other assistance.\n\nOn Commencement Day: \n\nGraduates are requested to arrive in front of the Fowler Museum\, Lenart Auditorium in African regalia for check-in at 10:30am. Please be on time.\nSeating is unreserved. Doors will open at 11:00am.\nThe ceremony will start promptly at 11:30pm and is expected to last about an hour and half.\nGraduates will be asked to sit together in a separate section.\nGraduates\, their friends\, and family are requested to dress in all white.\n\nPlease contact the Department of African American Studies staff for any questions: staff@afam.ucla.edu
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/department-of-african-american-studies-commencement-celebration-2019/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190516T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190430T232210Z
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SUMMARY:Book Celebration with Kyle T. Mays "Hip Hop Beats\, Indigenous Rhymes"
DESCRIPTION:Book Celebration with Kyle T. Mays \nHip Hop Beats\, Indigenous Rhymes \nModernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North America \n \nExpressive culture has always been an important part of the social\, political\, and economic lives of Indigenous people. More recently\, Indigenous people have blended expressive cultures with hip hop culture\, creating new sounds\, aesthetics\, movements\, and ways of being Indigenous. This book documents recent developments among the Indigenous hip hop generation. Meeting at the nexus of hip hop studies\, Indigenous studies\, and critical ethnic studies\, ‘Hip Hop Beats\, Indigenous Rhymes’ argues that Indigenous people use hip hop culture to assert their sovereignty and challenge settler colonialism. From rapping about land and water rights from Flint to Standing Rock\, to remixing “traditional” beading with hip hop aesthetics\, Indigenous people are using hip hop to challenge their ongoing dispossession\, disrupt racist stereotypes and images of Indigenous people\, contest white supremacy and heteropatriarchy\, and reconstruct ideas of a progressive masculinity. In addition\, this book carefully traces the idea of authenticity; that is\, the common notion that\, by engaging in a Black culture\, Indigenous people are losing their “traditions.” Indigenous hip hop artists navigate the muddy waters of the “politics of authenticity” by creating art that is not bound by narrow conceptions of what it means to be Indigenous; instead\, they flip the notion of “tradition” and create alternative visions of what being Indigenous means today\, and what that might look like going forward. \n‘Hip Hop Beats\, Indigenous Rhymes’ is a finalist for the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association’s Best First Book Prize
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/book-celebration-with-kyle-t-mays-hip-hop-beats-indigenous-rhymes/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190501T180000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190423T210211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190423T210211Z
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SUMMARY:Special Advance Screening of 'Bolden'
DESCRIPTION:Special Advance Screening of \nBolden\nWhere the Music Began\n\nWednesday\, May 1st\, 2019 \n6:00PM \nLandmark’s Regent Theater | 1045 Broxton Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024 \nBOLDEN\, an upcoming drama directed by Dan Pritzker\, imagines the compelling\, powerful and tragic journey of Buddy Bolden\, the unsung American hero who invented Jazz. With little biographical information known and no found recordings of his music\, the film’s narrative comprises fragmented memories of his past\, against the political and social context in which his revolutionary music was conceived. \nStarring Gary Carr as Bolden with original music written\, arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis\, BOLDEN invites you to experience a world fueled by passion\, greed and musical genius\, in early 1900s New Orleans. The film co-stars Erik LaRay Harvey\, Yaya DaCosta\, Ian McShane and Michael Rooker. \nWatch the Trailer Here \nBolden is Rated R • In Theaters May 3 \nboldenmovie.com      #boldenmovie      @boldenmovie \nBolden soundtrack available now on Blue Engine Records \n\nRSVP HERE
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/special-advance-screening-of-bolden-where-the-music-began/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190425T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190417T194855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190417T194855Z
UID:3296-1556215200-1556224200@afam.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Exclusive Screening & Conversation of "THE RED LINE"
DESCRIPTION:The Department of African American Studies and the Warner Bros. Television & CBS Television Network \nPresents \nAN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING AND CONVERSATION OF \n“THE RED LINE” \n \nThursday\, April 25th\, 2019 \n6:00pm-8:30pm \nDoor Opens at 5:30pm (seating on a first come\, first served basis) \nUCLA Fowler Museum\, Lenart Auditorium | 308 Charles E Young Dr. N \nEvent is Free and Open to All \nThe Red Line follows the lives of three vastly different Chicago families whose stories of loss and tragedy intersect in the wake of the shooting of an African-American doctor by a white cop. As the stories of the Calder\, Young and Evans families converge\, a message of hope appears — it’s possible to emerge from tragedy stronger\, and it’s important to come together with others in an effort not only to survive\, but to thrive. Academy Award®\, Golden Globe® and Emmy Award® nominee Ava DuVernay serves as executive producer. \nWatch the Trailer Here \nFollowing the exclusive screening of the first two episodes\, the cast – Emayatzy Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere)\, Noah Wyle (ER)\, and Aliyah Royale (War Paint)\, and director Victoria Mahoney (Star Wars:Episode IX) will join Dean of Social Sciences Darnell Hunt\, Professor Karida Brown\, and Professor Marcus Anthony Hunter for an intimate conversation. \nRSVP HERE:  \nTheRedLinexUCLA.eventbrite.com
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/exclusive-screening-conversation-of-the-red-line/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190402T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190402T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190401T213141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190401T213141Z
UID:3231-1554206400-1554210000@afam.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:A Reading with Roxane Gay
DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite you to a reading by critically acclaimed writer\, editor\, and commentator Roxane Gay. She has written numerous bestsellers such as “Bad Feminist.”\, “Difficult Women.”\, and “Hunger\, a Memoir of my Body.” Come through on April 2nd\, from 12-1pm in Haines Hall 153.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/a-reading-with-roxane-gay-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190402T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190402T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190325T191404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190325T191404Z
UID:3211-1554206400-1554210000@afam.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:A Reading with Roxane Gay
DESCRIPTION:A Reading with Roxane Gay \n \nTuesday\, April 2nd\, 2019 \n12:00pm-1:00pm \nBlack Forum Room\, Haines 153 \n(lunch will be provided) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018\, Best American Mystery Stories 2014\, Best American Short Stories 2012\, Best Sex Writing 2012\, Harper’s Bazaar\, A Public Space\, McSweeney’s\, Tin House\, Oxford American\, American Short Fiction\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. She is the author of the books Ayiti\, An Untamed State\, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist\, the nationally bestselling Difficult Women and New York Times bestselling Hunger: A Memoir of My Body. She is also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel and the editor of Best American Short Stories 2018. She is currently at work on film and television projects\, a book of writing advice\, an essay collection about television and culture\, and a YA novel entitled The Year I Learned Everything. In 2018\, she won a Guggenheim fellowship.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/a-reading-with-roxane-gay/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190326
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20181022T211620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181022T211620Z
UID:2767-1553385600-1553558399@afam.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace: From Watts to Detroit
DESCRIPTION:“Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace: From Watts to Detroit” \nSunday\, March 24th\, 2019 | 4:30pm-7:30pm \nScreening of “Amazing Grace” and Discussion \nMonday\, March 25th\, 2019 | 10:00am-4:30pm \nDiscussions\, Music & Celebration \nAretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace: From Watts to Detroit is a two-day event held on the Queen of Soul’s 77th birthday. The event will reflect on the influence and impact of Aretha Franklin’s groundbreaking gospel album\, “Amazing Grace\,” recorded in Los Angeles with the late Reverend James Cleveland and The Southern California Community Choir in 1972. This event will not only look at this historic recording but also celebrate the legacy and genius that is Ms. Aretha Franklin. We bring together world-renowned scholars\, artists\, and community members to acknowledge Aretha Franklin’s global impact\, featuring one-of-a-kind discussions\, presentations\, and a celebratory reception. \nSCHEDULE: \nSunday\, March 24th\, 2019 | 4:30pm-7:30pm at the California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium \n4:30pm-5:00pm | Welcome \nScott L. Waugh\, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost \nCommissioner Mike Davis\, Board of Public Works Commission President Pro-Tem \n5:00pm-6:30pm | Screening of “Amazing Grace” \n6:30pm-7:30pm | “Amazing Grace” Discussion \nKimberlé Crenshaw\, Columbia Law School and UCLA Law School \nLynnée Denise\, DJ Scholar \nSalamishah Tillet\, Rutgers University- Newark \nScot Brown\, UCLA \nMonday\, March 25th\, 2019 | 10:00am-4:30pm at the California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium \n10:00am-10:15am | Welcome \nDarnell M. Hunt\, UCLA Dean of Social Sciences \nDavid Schaberg\, UCLA Dean of Humanities \nLynnée Denise & Marcus Anthony Hunter \n10:15am-11:15am | Opening Keynote \nEd Pavlic\, University of Georgia \n11:15am-12:30pm | How Sweet the Sound: Blues Ministry & Black Power \nModerator: Wade Dean\, UCLA \nAshon T. Crawley\, University of Virginia \nFredara Hadley\, Oberlin College & Conservatory \nShana Redmond\, UCLA \nZandria F. Robinson\, Georgetown University \n12:30pm-1:15pm | Lunch & Music by DJ Tracy Adams \n1:15pm-1:20pm | Remarks by Kyle T. Mays\, UCLA \n1:20pm-2:30pm | The Soul Print: Music\, Place\, & Albums \nModerator: Dominique Rocker\, UCLA \nEmily J. Lordi\, UMass Amherst \nLynnée Denise\, DJ Scholar \nMarcus Anthony Hunter\, UCLA \nMark Anthony Neal\, Duke University \n2:30pm-2:40pm | Remarks \nJessica Care Moore\, Poet\, Activist & Producer \nOliver Wang\, Cal State Long Beach \n2:40pm-3:40pm | Closing Keynote \nJessica Care Moore\, Poet\, Activist & Producer \nJoi Gilliam\, Singer & Songwriter \n3:45pm-4:30pm | Closing Reception \narethafranklin.eventbrite.com\nImportant Notice: \nThis event is oversold. Please keep in mind that your RSVP does not guarantee you a seat; seating is first-come\, first-served for those that RSVP’d.  \nIf you can’t make it to the event on Monday\, March 25th\, you’re still in luck – we will be Live-Streaming the event all-day on the Department of African American Studies YouTube channel. \nThe link is below:  \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV7X3rTXFfI \n  \nParking \nParking will be available in Structure 8 for $12.00 (all day) by Pay-By-Space. \nThere will also be limited parking available in Structure 9 for $12 (all day) only through the PARKMOBILE app.  \nFor more information on parking\, https://transportation.ucla.edu/campus-parking/visitors \n  \nOther \nPlease note that tripods\, monopods\, food and beverages are not allowed inside the auditorium. \nPlease email triciapark@afam.ucla.edu for any questions/concerns.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/aretha-franklin-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190315T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190315T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190306T200509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190306T200509Z
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SUMMARY:Gender\, Slavery\, and Freedom
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URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/gender-slavery-and-freedom/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190313T205919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190313T205919Z
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SUMMARY:Free LA: The New Frontier of Abolition?
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce a performance and public dialogue with Bryonn Bain\, the creator and lead performer of the award-winning “Lyrics from Lockdown.” The event\, “Free LA: The New Frontier of Abolition?” will be held Thurs\, 7-9pm at the California African American Museum. See you there!
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/free-la-the-new-frontier-of-abolition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190304T211818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190304T211818Z
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SUMMARY:Where Do We Go From Here? Preserving Los Angeles's Black Business History
DESCRIPTION:Where Do We Go From Here? Preserving Los Angeles’s Black Business History \nThursday\, March 14th\, 2019 \n1:00pm-3:00pm \nCharles E. Young Research Library\, Main Conference Room \nWhat does the history of black entrepreneurship add to our understanding of black communities\, politics\, and economic life? \nThis roundtable brings together long-term business owners who were interviewed for the UCLA Center for Oral History Research’s recent interview series “Where Do We Go From Here? Histories of Long-Term Black Business Ownership\, Community\, and Family in Los Angeles County.” They’ll discuss the challenges and opportunities for black businesses\, their own business strategies\, and the contributions black businesses make to the larger African American community. They’ll also reflect on how black businesses might be documented and how oral history can contribute to those efforts. \nRSVP HERE: lablackbusiness.eventbrite.com\nModerator: Yolanda Hester is a researcher and writer whose work has focused on public histories in Los Angeles’ African American community. She was the interviewer for the Center for Oral History Research’s series on black business ownership in Los Angeles County. Most recently\, she has worked with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the William Grant Still Art Center researching and editing a project celebrating the forty-year history of the center’s Black Doll Show and is also collaborating on a project documenting the history of Operation Bootstrap and Shindana Toys\, two organizations that grew out of the Watts Rebellion. She received her master’s degree in African American studies from UCLA. \nRoundtable participants: \nVivian Bowers: Third-generation owner of Bowers & Sons Cleaners\, a family business that has been in operation since the 1940s. \nCarl Dickerson: Founder of Dickerson Employment Benefits\, an insurance company that has been in existence since 1965. \nGregory Dulan: Second-generation restauranteur and owner of soul food restaurant Dulan’s on Crenshaw. \nKim L. Hunter: Founder of Lagrant Communications\, a marketing communications agency\, and Lagrant Foundation\, a nonprofit that promotes diversity in the advertising\, marketing\, and public relations fields. \nGail Taylor: Third-generation owner of Woods Valentine Mortuary\, which has been in operation since 1928. \nWilliam Taylor: Founder of A+ Moving\, a moving and storage company founded in the early 1970s.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/where-do-we-go-from-here-preserving-los-angeless-black-business-history/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190313T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190305T000555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T000555Z
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SUMMARY:Kamau Daáood and Mark de Clive-Lowe
DESCRIPTION:Kamau Daáood and Mark de Clive-Lowe \nWednesday\, March 13th\, 2019 \n7:00pm  \nJan Popper Theater \n \n“I was taught that the concept of the local artist is a noble one. That to live and work in a community and to be known for that work\, is very dignified.” – Kamau Daáood \nPerformance poet Kamau Daáood\, widely acknowledged as a major driving force behind Los Angeles’ black cultural renaissance\, will perform with musical maverick Mark de Clive-Lowe on piano. \n\nPresented by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Global Jazz Studies IDP\, the UCLA History Department\, the UCLA African American Studies Department and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies \n\nClick Here for More Information & RSVP
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/kamau-daaood-and-mark-de-clive-lowe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190313T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190313T180000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190220T202834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190220T202834Z
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SUMMARY:Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: A Reading With Saidaya Hartman
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe UCLA Department of Gender Studies Hosts \nWayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: A Reading With Saidiya Hartman   \nMarch 13\, 2019\, 4:00pm \nCornell Hall Room D313\, Anderson School of Management \nRSVP Required: https://waywardlivesucla.eventbrite.com \n\nSaidiya Hartman\, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University\, will read from and discuss her new book\, Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval. \nWayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments examines the social revolution of black intimate life in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century in a breathtaking work of history and literary imagination. \nIn Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments\, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Free love\, common-law and transient marriages\, serial partners\, cohabitation outside of wedlock\, queer relations\, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the character of everyday life and challenged traditional Victorian beliefs about courtship\, love\, and marriage. Hartman narrates the story of this radical social transformation against the grain of the prevailing century-old argument about the crisis of the black family. \nIn wrestling with the question of what a free life is\, many young black women created forms of intimacy and kinship that were indifferent to the dictates of respectability and outside the bounds of law. \nBeautifully written and deeply researched\, Wayward Lives recreates the experience of young urban black women who desired an existence qualitatively different than the one that had been scripted for them—domestic service\, second-class citizenship\, and respectable poverty—and whose intimate revolution was apprehended as crime and pathology. For the first time\, young black women are credited with shaping a cultural movement that transformed the urban landscape. Through a melding of history and literary imagination\, Wayward Lives recovers their radical aspirations and insurgent desires. \nSponsored by the Department of Gender Studies with generous co-sposorships from the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies\, the Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions\, the Departments of African American Studies and English\, and the Center for the Study of Women.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/wayward-lives-beautiful-experiments-a-reading-with-saidaya-hartman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190306T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190306T113000
DTSTAMP:20260418T063114
CREATED:20190227T214225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190227T214225Z
UID:3115-1551866400-1551871800@afam.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Dreamer and the Dream: Afrofuturism and Prophetic Visions of Blackness
DESCRIPTION:The Dreamer and the Dream\nAfrofuturism and Prophetic Visions of Blackness \nWednesday\, March 6th\, 2019 \n10:00am-11:30am \nHaines Hall 215 \nA talk by Dr. Roger Sneed: Afrofuturism as a way of Black people expressing their identity through speculative fictions is fairly new\, and yet it is not new. We can trace the Black use of speculative fiction to articulate visions of Blackness and critique white supremacy back to W.E.B. DuBois’s 1920 short story “The Comet.” However\, Afrofuturism has made a resurgence\, due in part to the phenomenal success of Black Panther\, ongoing interest in the work of Octavia Butler\, and the rise of the “blerd” (a portmanteau of “black” and “nerd”). Today’s talk uses an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a focal point for investigating the intersections of Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/the-dreamer-and-the-dream-afrofuturism-and-prophetic-visions-of-blackness/
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