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Upcoming Events

Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System Book Talk by Bill Ong Hing

Thu 10/5 • 6:30PM - 8PM PDT RSVP

UCLA School of Law - Room 1337

Bill Hing will share his experiences representing noncitizens from all over the world, from asylum applicants, to children in detention.

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Pacific Islander/Indigenous Students & Higher Education Talk

Fri 10/6 • 12PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

UCLA Student Activities Center, Conference Rooms 1–3

Talk by Erin Kahunawaika‘ala Wright. Erin Kahunawaika‘ala Wright is an Associate Professor in Educational Administration at University of Hawai'i Manoa. Erin is UCLA PhD Education alumni and a co-founder of UCLA Pacific Islanders Education &...

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Self Help Graphics & Art: A Celebratory Lecture by Kevin Cruz Amaya

Sat 10/7 • 6PM - 7PM PDT RSVP

Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651

In celebration of Marking an Era: Celebrating Self Help Graphics & Art at 50 at the Laguna Art Museum, Kevin Cruz Amaya, doctoral candidate in Chicana/o and Central American studies and CSRC Inter-University Program for Latino Research Dissertation...

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Indigenous Peoples Day on Bruin Walk

Mon 10/9 • 11AM - 3PM PDT

UCLA Bruin Plaza

Come celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Bruin Walk, where FREE fry bread will be given away. The event is a joint participation with the American Indian Student Association (AISA), American Indian Recruitment (AIR), Retention of American Indians...

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2023 Latinx Welcome: "Creciendo Nuestro Futuro"

Mon 10/9 • 4PM - 6PM PDT RSVP

UCLA Wilson Plaza

New and continuing Latinx undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA are invited to learn about Latinx Bruins’ contributions to our school and the wide array of campus academics, resources, and organizations available to them.

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American Indian Welcome Event

Wed 10/11 • 4PM - 6PM PDT RSVP

UCLA James West Alumni Center

Welcome back to Campus, Native Bruins! The UCLA American Indian Studies Center and American Indian Studies Department will be hosting a welcome event for all American Indian students at UCLA. This is a great opportunity to meet other students and...

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Black Convocation

Wed 10/11 • 5PM - 7PM PDT RSVP

Carnesale Commons, Palisades Room

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...

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Film Screening of Aribada

Thu 10/12 • 6:30PM - 8PM PDT

UCLA James Bridges Theater

In the middle of the Colombian coffee region, Aribada, the resurrected monster, meets Las Traviesas, a group of indigenous transwomen from the Emberá tribes. The magical, the dreamlike and the performative coexist in their unique world.

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New Books in Filipinx Studies

Fri 10/13 • 1PM - 2:30PM PDT RSVP

Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL) Presentation Room

Speakers are Josen Diaz, author of Postcolonial Configurations: Dictatorship, the Racial Cold War, and Filipino America (Duke University Press) and Genevieve Clutario, author of Beauty Regimes: a History of Power and Modern Empire in the...

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Seminole Architecture with Everett Osceola

Sun 10/15 • 12PM - 2PM PDT

Sage Hill

Everett Osceola, Cultural Ambassador of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, will be discussing the making and significance of the Chickee, a form of architecture traditional to the Seminole.

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Fa'atasiga O Uso's/ Gathering of Brothers

Mon 10/16 • 12:30PM - 1:45PM PDT

Royce Hall Room 362

The Gathering of Brothers bringing light to the darkness we once lived by empowering out communities and educate the Youth against hate. Providing resources for the chemically dependent, justice involved individuals and system impacted families.

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Dan Mayeda Retirement Screening & Tribute

Tue 10/17 • 6:30PM - 9PM PDT

UCLA James Bridges Theater at Melnitz Hall

Daniel M. Mayeda is the Associate Director of the Documentary Film Legal Clinic at UCLA School of Law. Film screening of RICOCHET at 6:30 PM, followed by Q&A.

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Installation of Paula Gunn Allen Chair Professor Shannon Speed

Thu 10/19 • 5PM - 7PM PDT

UCLA James West Alumni Center - Collins Conference Room

Newly installed Paula Gunn Allen Chair in Gender Studies Shannon Speed, UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC) Director and Professor (American Indian Studies, Gender Studies, and Anthropology), will be speaking on the topic of "Chickasaw...

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