2020-2021 |
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Themes:
Creating Hope
Maintaining social connections, ensuring emotional well-being and rebuilding with intention
Race to Justice
Leading activists, creatives and thinkers confront racism in America, guiding us toward racial equality
2020-2021 Community Connections
Extending the conversation beyond the stage with resources to dig deeper and community connections to foster perspective. Arts & Lectures encourages our community to come together around our Thematic Learning Initiative programs to generate grassroots discussion and activities. Book clubs, coffee hours - please let us know how you are responding to our Thematic Learning Initiatives.
Extending the conversation beyond the stage with resources to dig deeper and community connections to foster perspective. Arts & Lectures encourages our community to come together around our Thematic Learning Initiative programs to generate grassroots discussion and activities. Book clubs, coffee hours - please let us know how you are responding to our Thematic Learning Initiatives.
COMMUNITY CONNECTION:
More Hope with Spencer Sherman, Jonathan Schooler and Dawa Tarchin Phillips
Wed, May 19 / 7 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Join psychologist/professor Spencer Sherman, psychological/brain sciences professor Jonathan Schooler and author/meditation teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips to discover the science, art and practice of mindfulness, meditation and more in this CREATING HOPE community event from Arts & Lectures. The discussion will reflect on the previous night's public event with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. (Note: His Holiness will not be present at this event.)
Read more about the presenters >>
Related event: Creating Hope with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in Conversation with Pico Iyer, May 18
More Hope with Spencer Sherman, Jonathan Schooler and Dawa Tarchin Phillips
Wed, May 19 / 7 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Join psychologist/professor Spencer Sherman, psychological/brain sciences professor Jonathan Schooler and author/meditation teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips to discover the science, art and practice of mindfulness, meditation and more in this CREATING HOPE community event from Arts & Lectures. The discussion will reflect on the previous night's public event with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. (Note: His Holiness will not be present at this event.)
Read more about the presenters >>
Related event: Creating Hope with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in Conversation with Pico Iyer, May 18
PERFORMANCE and CONVERSATION: The Sound of Democracy with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet and Wynton Marsalis*
The evening will feature the premiere of The Democracy Suite, a new Marsalis composition written during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis as a response to the political, social and economic struggles facing our nation. A special one-hour conversation and audience Q&A with Wynton Marsalis, moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winner and UCSB professor Dr. Jeffrey C. Stewart, will follow the performance.
Fri, Nov 6 / 5 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Related Event: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Feb 3
The evening will feature the premiere of The Democracy Suite, a new Marsalis composition written during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis as a response to the political, social and economic struggles facing our nation. A special one-hour conversation and audience Q&A with Wynton Marsalis, moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winner and UCSB professor Dr. Jeffrey C. Stewart, will follow the performance.
Fri, Nov 6 / 5 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Related Event: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Feb 3
COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Black Lives Matter
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the next event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Peniel Joseph, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin.
Fri, Nov 20 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the next event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Peniel Joseph, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin.
Fri, Nov 20 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES: The Crisis of Racial Capitalism and the Challenge of the Movement for Black Lives
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the next event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Barbara Ransby, a distinguished professor in the Departments of African American Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Wed, Jan 13 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the next event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Barbara Ransby, a distinguished professor in the Departments of African American Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Wed, Jan 13 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES: The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized: Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Errol A. Henderson. Dr. Henderson is an Associate Professor of International Relations and has authored more than 40 scholarly publications including five books.
Wed, Feb 10 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Errol A. Henderson. Dr. Henderson is an Associate Professor of International Relations and has authored more than 40 scholarly publications including five books.
Wed, Feb 10 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES: How "Diversity" Underdeveloped Higher Education
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Joyce M. Bell. Dr. Bell is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago whose work sits at the intersection of race, social movements, and the professions.
Fri, Feb 26 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Joyce M. Bell. Dr. Bell is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago whose work sits at the intersection of race, social movements, and the professions.
Fri, Feb 26 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES: "We Charge Genocide!": The Mental and Physical Tolls of Racial Battle Fatigue Among Black People
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. William Smith, a full professor and department chair of Education, Culture, & Society at the University of Utah.
Wed, Mar 31 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. William Smith, a full professor and department chair of Education, Culture, & Society at the University of Utah.
Wed, Mar 31 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES: Intersectional Iconography: Promise, Peril, Possibility
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Jennifer Nash. Dr. Nash is the Jean Fox O'Barr Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University, as well as the author of two award-winning books
Fri, Apr 23 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Dr. Jennifer Nash. Dr. Nash is the Jean Fox O'Barr Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University, as well as the author of two award-winning books
Fri, Apr 23 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES: Using Data to Fight Racism and Police Violence
Fri, May 7 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Samuel Sinyangwe. Sinyangwe is a policy analyst and data scientist who co-founded Mapping Police Violence to support activists across the country to collect and use data to fight police violence and co-founded Campaign Zero to advocate for local, state, and federal policy solutions to end police violence.
Fri, May 7 / 12 PM (Pacific) / Virtual Event
Please join the UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for another event in its 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues, with this presentation by Samuel Sinyangwe. Sinyangwe is a policy analyst and data scientist who co-founded Mapping Police Violence to support activists across the country to collect and use data to fight police violence and co-founded Campaign Zero to advocate for local, state, and federal policy solutions to end police violence.
Resources
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RESOURCE: The New York Times' Book Review of A Knock at Midnight
A review of Brittany Barnett's recently released book. Related Event: Brittany Barnett, Oct 27 |
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RESOURCE: Inside the Book - A Knock at Midnight
A look inside Brittany Barnett's book. Related Event: Brittany Barnett, Oct 27 |
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RESOURCE: G.E.M. - Girls Embracing Mothers
Non-profit organization founded by Brittany Barnett. Related Event: Brittany Barnett, Oct 27 |
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RESOURCE: The Buried Alive Project
The Buried Alive Project fights to free people serving life without parole sentences handed down under outdated laws. Related Event: Brittany Barnett, Oct 27 |
* these events are part of both the Race to Justice and Creating Hope TLI themes.
2020-2021 Book Selection
As part of A&L’s Thematic Learning Initiative, FREE copies of Together by Vivek H. Murthy, MD were distributed to the Santa Barbara community in advance of his lecture.
Pick-up Locations:
Carpinteria Library
Goleta Valley Library
Montecito Library
Santa Barbara City College Luria Library
Santa Barbara Public Library
As part of A&L’s Thematic Learning Initiative, FREE copies of Together by Vivek H. Murthy, MD were distributed to the Santa Barbara community in advance of his lecture.
Pick-up Locations:
Carpinteria Library
Goleta Valley Library
Montecito Library
Santa Barbara City College Luria Library
Santa Barbara Public Library
Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection
in a Sometimes Lonely World
by Vivek H. Murthy, MD
"Together stands with Atul Gawande's classic, Being Mortal." – Malcolm Gladwell
Related Virtual Event: An Intimate Conversation with the 19th United States Surgeon General: Vivek H. Murthy, MD, Oct 23 at 5 PM Pacific
in a Sometimes Lonely World
by Vivek H. Murthy, MD
"Together stands with Atul Gawande's classic, Being Mortal." – Malcolm Gladwell
Related Virtual Event: An Intimate Conversation with the 19th United States Surgeon General: Vivek H. Murthy, MD, Oct 23 at 5 PM Pacific