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40th Anniversary Events

AISC = American Indian Studies Center
AASC = Asian American Studies Center
Bunche = Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
CSRC = Chicano Studies Research Center

January 2010 Events

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Date	Event	Location	Contact Information
Thursday, January 14, 2010 Hosted by CSRC 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Film Screening: No Movie	CSRC Library in Haines Hall 144	More Information
Description: CSRC is hosting the screening of DVD volume 6 of its Cinema and Media Arts Series: No Movie, a film featuring the artist Gronk.
Sunday, January 17, 2010 Hosted by AASC 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	LA Town Hall: Lincoln and King’s Unfinished Work	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion-Grand Hall, The Music Center
Description: This event was organized by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, with the AASC as a co-convener. Join community and business leaders, distinguished scholars, and public servants in a conversation that explores the 21st century implications of Abraham Lincoln’s legacy and the “unfinished work” described by President Lincoln – that of creating equal opportunity regardless of race.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Hosted by Asian American Studies Center, Chicano Studies Research Center and the Bunche Center for African American Studies 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Traces of the Trade: A Story of the Deep North Screening	J.D. Morgan Center, Acosta Film Room
Description: In this Emmy-nominated documentary, Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on racial divides and white privilege. The event is hosted by Dean Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. and is co-sponsored by The School of Public Affairs and Critical Race Studies working group.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Hosted by CSRC 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm	*William Perez on We Are Americans* Book Discussion, Signing, and Q&A**	CSRC Library in Haines Hall 144
Description: Dr. William Perez, Education Professor at Claremont Graduate University, will be discussing his book "We Are Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream," a book about the educational challenges of high achieving undocumented Latino students in the U.S. The Discussion will be followed by a Q & A and a book signing.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Hosted by CSRC 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Chicana/o Latina/o Research Forum	CSRC Library in Haines Hall 144
Description: The public research forum is presenting multiple researchers, who will present outlines of their research. Topics and titles include intra-family violence policy implementation in Guatemala, "Chinese-Mexican integration through the 19th century silver trade," "Chicano/a Research Post El Plan de Santa Barbara: Lessons from Indigenous Projects (Maori, Latin America)” and Mexican surfers of Venice.
Thursday, January 21, 2010 Hosted by Bunche Center for African American Studies Reception: 4:30 pm Program: 6:00 pm	Bunche Center: A 40th Anniversary Retrospective	Reception: Haines Hall 39 Program: Royce Hall 362	More Information Contact Person: Darnell Hunt
Description: This symposium celebrates forty years of the Bunche Center through panel discussions with key individuals who were instrumental in shaping the Center’s legacy. Speakers include former UCLA administrators Chancellor Charles Young and Vice Chancellor C.Z. Wilson and past Bunche Center directors Bob Singleton, Molefi K. Asante, Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, M. Belinda Tucker and Richard Yarborough. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to 310-206-8267 by Friday, January 15, 2010.
Thursday, January 21, 2010 Hosted by AISC	Symposium Welcome Reception
Description: Welcome Reception and Cultural Event featuring the Cahuilla Bird Singers.
Friday, January 22, 2010 Hosted by AISC 8:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Indigenous Group Rights—Issues in the International Human Rights Framework—A Comfortable Fit?	UCLA Law School	More Information
Description: Presented by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center in conjunction with the UCLA School of Law Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs. This one-day Symposium will bring together internationally-renowned scholars whose work focuses on issues pertaining to indigenous peoples' group rights, with a particular emphasis on potential conflicts that arise for collective, indigenous claims within the international human rights framework. Confirmed Keynote: Professor S. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Professor of Law, Arizona Law School. Symposium Agenda
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Hosted by AASC 11:30 pm - 12:45 pm	2010 Census Workshop	Campbell Hall 3232
Description: “2010 Census: Stand UP! Be Counted!”— The 2010 Census could significantly shift America in a more inclusive, more equitable direction. On the other hand, it could undercount vulnerable communities and deliver more power and resources into the hands of a few, exacerbating the gap between the rich and the poor.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Hosted by AISC 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm	Political Plus Racial: Linking Indian Racial Identity and Tribal political Rights	Law Building 1337
Description: A lecture by Addie Rolnick, CRS Law Fellow, UCLA School of Law.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Hosted by CSRC 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Marissa Lopez on "Chicano Poetics: From El Moviento to Today"	CSRC Library in Haines Hall 144
Description: UCLA English Professor Marissa López will discuss the impact of poet and activist Alurista's work, first published by the CSRC, on movimiento politics and literary production. Bryan Florez, an L.A. based musician, poet, and performer, will speak about the influence of movimiento poetry on contemporary Chicano hip hop and spoken word, and conclude with a performance.