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Schedule of Events

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Fri
Feb 1


Celebrating Black Activists on Campus (Panel Discussion)

Noon – 1:30pm

@ Student Center West, between Mandeville Center and the Original Student Center

Free

Join us at the Women's Center for an informal discussion about black activism featuring panelist from across campus.

Tues
Feb 5


"Juke Jam" Tiny Desk Tuesdays

Noon – 1pm

@ Student Center West, between Mandeville Center and the Original Student Center

Free

Join us at the Women’s Center as we celebrate Black artists and bring visibility to the healing power of song, spirit of soul, and expressive power of poetry, with NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.

Tues
Feb 5


Leyla McCalla

8pm

@ The Loft

$23–35; UC San Diego Student: $9; UC San Diego Staff and Faculty, save 15% off

Multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla is deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun, and Haitian music, as well as by American jazz and folk. Her latest album explores issues of social justice and pan-African consciousness.

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Wed
Feb 6


Quincy Troupe: Reading & Conversation w/ Anthony Davis

7pm

@ The Loft

Free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30pm

Quincy Troupe is a distinguished poet and UCSD Emeritus Professor in the Literature Department. Among Troupe's best-selling works are Miles: The Autobiography of Miles Davis and his memoir, Miles & Me soon to become a major motion picture.

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Thurs
Feb 7


Lecture, “Women and Migration in Southern Africa” by Professor Lorna Lueker-Zukas, Co-Director, Sociology Program, National University

3:30 – 4:50pm

@ Social Science Building, Room #101

Free and open to campus and general public

Prof. Lorna Lueker-Zukas examines rural-urban migration and its consequences for gender relations in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Refreshments will be served.

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Thurs
Feb 7


Movie: Blackkklansman

7pm

@ Price Center Theatre

Free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30pm

Set in 1970s Colorado Springs, the plot follows the first African-American detective in the city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate and expose the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Mon
Feb 11


Cookbooks by Early Black Californians 1900-1936

Noon – 1pm

@ Geisel Library, Seuss Room

Free

This talk by Dr. Hanna Garth (Anthropology) documents culinary practices in early patterns of Black migration to Southern California.

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Mon
Feb 11


Let it Flow

7 – 9pm

@ Multipurpose Room in the Student Services Center

Free

Let it Flow is an event of spoken word, poetry and art from UCSD and local Black artists sharing their experiences as Black individuals in society and at UCSD.

Tues
Feb 12


“Juke Jam" Tiny Desk Tuesdays

Noon – 1pm

@ Student Center West, between Mandeville Center and the Original Student Center

Free

Join us at the Women’s Center as we celebrate Black artists and bring visibility to the healing power of song, spirit of soul, and expressive power of poetry, with NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.

Wed
Feb 13


22nd Annual Black History Celebration: Poetry and Migration

11am – 8pm

@ Marshall College, OceanView Restaurant

Free (menu items available for purchase)

This year, our Black History Celebration is an all-day event! Come for lunch, stay for dinner, all the while enjoying art, music, dance, spoken word, a special themed menu, and raffle prizes. Menu info and more at hdh.ucsd.edu/bhm

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Thurs
Feb 14


Film Screening of "An Opera of the World" and Lecture by Professor Manthia Diawara, Cinema Studies, New York University

3:30pm

@ Social Science Building, Room #101

Free and open to campus and general public

Malian Filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the perils of south-north migration and the hopes and dreams of refugees fleeing from Africa to Europe. Film: 70 minutes, preceded by a lecture. Refreshments will be served.

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Fri
Feb 15


UniverCities: How Higher Education is Transforming Urban America

2 – 3:30pm

@ University Art Gallery

Free Refreshments provided. Please RSVP.

Davarian Baldwin, Professor of American Studies at Trinity College, will talk about the growing influence of higher education on urban development, especially in communities.

Sun
Feb 17


Black History Month in the United States

6pm

@ Rita 3rd Floor, Community Room

Free

Join us and a special guest speaker to learn about the history and significance of Black History Month in the United States. There will be food from various parts of the African Diaspora, as well as a viewing of the film I Am Not Your Negro based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, "Remember This House".

Tues
Feb 19


Addressing Anti-Blackness in Our Communities

6:30 – 8pm

@ Student Center West, between Mandeville Center and the Original Student Center

Free

Join us in an open dialogue about anti-blackness in Asian and Latinx communities, as well as what we can do to address the subtle (and not so subtle) ways that anti-blackness occurs.

Wed
Feb 20


TV Dinner: Rafikis

6:15pm

@ The Loft

Free with UCSD Students ID. Doors open at 6pm

Join us for our weekly TV Dinner series where you can get free dinner and watch a film to wind down in the middle of the week! Rafiki, a 2018 Kenyan drama film directed by Wanuri Kahiu, is the story of friendship and tender love that grows between two young women, Kena and Ziki, amidst family and political pressures.

Thurs
Feb 21


Afro-Caribbean Dance and Drumming Workshop with Gene Perry

3:30 – 5:50pm

@ Atkinson Pavilion, UCSD Faculty Club

Free and open to campus and general public

Master percussionist Gene Perry and his ensemble demonstrate African and Afro-Caribbean drumming and dance styles with audience participation. Free and open to the campus and general public. Refreshments will be served.

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Thurs
Feb 21


My Journey

5:30 – 6:30pm

@ Study Abroad Dance Hall

Free

My Journey is a study abroad workshop designed to encourage Black students to travel abroad. The event consists of an information session led by Study Abroad Advisor Andra Jacques, followed by dinner and the space to interact and learn about Black students who have studies abroad previously. If you are at all interested in studying abroad, this program is for you.

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Fri
Feb 22


Manual Cinema | No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

8pm

@ Mandeville Auditorium

$15–25; UC San Diego Student: $9; UC San Diego Staff and Faculty, save 15% off

No Blue Memories brings to life the story of icon, poet laureate, and Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks. Through vintage overhead projectors, puppets, and actors, Manual Cinema transforms the experience of attending the cinema into “a movie created live onstage”.

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Sat
Feb 23


Black History Month Brunch

10am – 1pm

@ UCSD Price Center
West Ballrooms A and B

Isabel WilkersonJoin us for UC San Diego’s 17th annual Black History Scholarship Brunch. All campus and community members are invited to participate in the recognition of Black History Month and the celebration of academic excellence. The Scholarship Brunch is an annual fundraiser to support student academic success. The event spotlights our student scholars, and includes a Southern-style soul food brunch.

Speaker: Isabel Wilkerson
Pulitzer Prize winner; Author of The Warmth of Other Suns: An Epic Story of America’s Great Migration



Register now >

Tues
Feb 26


Rewind: Black History Month

11am – 2pm

@ Black Resource Center

Free

Join the Black Resource Center as we gather together to 'Rewind' back to popular and/or classic television shows surrounding the Black experience.

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Tues
Feb 26


"Juke Jam" Tiny Desk Tuesdays

Noon – 1pm

@ Student Center West, between Mandeville Center and the Original Student Center

Free

Join us at the Women’s Center as we celebrate Black artists and bring visibility to the healing power of song, spirit of soul, and expressive power of poetry, with NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.

Tues
Feb 26


Habib Koité and Bassekou Kouyaté

2pm

@ Social Science Building, Room # 107

Guitar workshop.

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Tues
Feb 26


Marshall College Speaker Series presents Alicia Garza

5 – 6:30pm

@ Price Center West Ballroom

Free; Event registration required

The co-creator of Black Lives Matter shares her ideas and vision for sparking comprehensive societal change and ending social injustice, police brutality and systemic racism in America.

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Tues
Feb 26


Habib Koité and Bassekou Kouyaté

8pm

@ Price Center East Ballroom

General Admission: $30; UCSD student pricing $9

Mali’s signature artist Habib Koité has an extensive musical vocabulary, blending Afro- pop with jazz, rock, and traditional, and classical forms. Koité is joined by Bassekou Kouyaté, Malian musician and master of the ngoni, a traditional Malian lute.

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Wed
Feb 27


Engaging the World: The Role of the Artist in Society — Anna Deavere Smith

7pm

@ Mandell Weiss Forum

Free with RSVP

Playwright, actor and educator Anna Deavere Smith uses her singular brand of theatre to explore issues of community, character and diversity in America.

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Thurs
Feb 28


Black History Month Night with Athletics

6 — 8pm

@ RIMAC Arena Skybox; RSVP required--100 spots available, first come, first serve.

Free with RSVP

The BRC and Athletics invite you to celebrate Black History Month while cheering on Triton Basketball against Monterey Bay! This is a VIP social for students, faculty, and staff!

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Fri
Mar 1


Inclusive Excellence Awards (formerly Diversity Awards)

1:30pm

@ Price Center West Ballroom

Free

Recipients will be recognized for their outstanding contributions during the past year in the areas of diversity and inclusion, and championing the UC San Diego Principles of Community.

Wed
Mar 6


Everybody Black

7pm

@ Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, UCSD

General Admission: $20
UCSD Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association, and Seniors (over 62): $15
UCSD Students/UCSD Alumni Association (with ID): $10

EVERYBODY BLACK is a satire/comedy that examines Race, Capitalism, Identify, History and Black Trauma through the imagination of a mad man.

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Fri
Mar 8


Everybody Black

7:30pm

@ Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, UCSD

General Admission: $20
UCSD Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association, and Seniors (over 62): $15
UCSD Students/UCSD Alumni Association (with ID): $10

EVERYBODY BLACK is a satire/comedy that examines Race, Capitalism, Identify, History and Black Trauma through the imagination of a mad man.

Learn more >

Sat
Mar 9


Everybody Black

2pm

@ Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, UCSD

General Admission: $20
UCSD Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association, and Seniors (over 62): $15
UCSD Students/UCSD Alumni Association (with ID): $10

EVERYBODY BLACK is a satire/comedy that examines Race, Capitalism, Identify, History and Black Trauma through the imagination of a mad man.

Learn more >

Sat
Mar 9


Everybody Black

7:30pm

@ Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, UCSD

General Admission: $20
UCSD Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association, and Seniors (over 62): $15
UCSD Students/UCSD Alumni Association (with ID): $10

EVERYBODY BLACK is a satire/comedy that examines Race, Capitalism, Identify, History and Black Trauma through the imagination of a mad man.

Learn more >

Fri
Mar 15


Everybody Black

7:30pm

@ Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, UCSD

General Admission: $20
UCSD Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association, and Seniors (over 62): $15
UCSD Students/UCSD Alumni Association (with ID): $10

EVERYBODY BLACK is a satire/comedy that examines Race, Capitalism, Identify, History and Black Trauma through the imagination of a mad man.

Learn more >

Sat
Mar 16


Everybody Black

7:30pm

@ Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, UCSD

General Admission: $20
UCSD Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association, and Seniors (over 62): $15
UCSD Students/UCSD Alumni Association (with ID): $10

EVERYBODY BLACK is a satire/comedy that examines Race, Capitalism, Identify, History and Black Trauma through the imagination of a mad man.

Learn more >


Sponsors

Office of the Chancellor • Office of the Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs • Office of the Vice Chancellor – Equity, Diversity and Inclusion • San Diego Foundation • Vice Chancellor – Chief Financial Officer • Vice Chancellor – Resource Management and Planning • Council of Provosts • Division of Social Sciences; Graduate Division • Housing Dining and Hospitality • Creative Services and Publications • Financial Aid Office • Cross-Cultural Center • Associated Students • UJIMA Network • Black Staff Association • University Centers • San Diego Foundation • UC San Diego Library • UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy • Division of Physical Sciences • Andy Nahas • Becton Dickenson • Viasat

Special Thanks to

Creative Services and Publications and A.S. Graphic Studio

2019 Black History Month Planning Committee Members:
Pamela Fruge • Bennetta Jules-Rosette • Beverly Ward • Crystal Oliveras • Davyda Johnson • Chelsea Richardson • Erika Johnson • Edwina Welch • Ebonee Williams • Heather McMaster • John Duca • Mya Hines • Margaret Rattanachane • Renee Ndiaye • Porsia Curry • Tamika Franklin • Terece Moret • Tammy Blevins, JoAnn Hoye • Roberta Camarena