Celebrate Black History Month with CoA's Umoja Community!
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month at Merritt College & Enjoy a Screening of the Film "Searching for Kapwa" & Delicious FOOD!!!
"Searching for Kapwa" is an award winning documentary about #identity, #history, and #belonging. Themes include #immigration, #colonialism, living as part of a #diaspora, functioning and thriving as a member of more than one #underrepresented group in the United States, and more.
This film was the centerpiece of the 2023 #FilipinoFilmFestival in San Diego. AND - the creator of this film - Larry Lariosa - was a therapist at #MerrittCollege‼️
Learn & Eat delicious food! JOIN US!
MONDAY, MAY 6th at Merritt College, Huey P. Newton Student Lounge
12pm - 2pm
Please join Laney College's Ethnic Studies Department, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) and East Side Arts Alliance for two special Film Screenings :
Lakota Nation vs. The United States
and
Shellmound
Panel discussions, including members of the film team and local indigenous leaders, will follow film screenings.
Presentation and discussion of the Oscar Nominated movie "CRIP CAMP"
WHEN: Thursday, October 19th from 12:30pm-3pm.
WHERE: Merritt College "R" Building - Huey Newton Student Lounge
WHO: Sponsored by Merritt College Student Accessibility Services (SAS), Student Activities, and Learning Resources
FOOD: Free lunch provided for the first 30 students. Snacks for everyone!
Please spread the word.
Instructors: Please consider offering an extra credit opportunity for viewing the film.
Please join Laney College's Restoring Our Communities (ROC) for the screening and panel discussion of Sansón and Me
This new documentary is about a friendship navigating #immigration and the depths of the #criminal justicesystem, to save a young migrant’s story from oblivion.
Thursday, September 7th
6:30 pm at @laneycollege (D-200)
This event is in partnership with Laney’s Undocumented Community Resource Center (UCRC), Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), Asian Prisoner Support Committee - APSC and @67suenos
"War of the Flea: The Fight for Xicano Studies" Film Screening w/ Director @ BCC, Sept. 27 @ 12:30pm
SEPT. 27, 2022: Please join Berkeley City College for a very special screening and platica [conversation] with the director of "War of the Flea: The Fight for Xicano Studies" on Tuesday, September 27, starting at 12:30 PM in the BCC Auditorium. The event is presented as part of BCC's Latinx Heritage Month celebration.
A real life David vs. Goliath story, War of the Flea (preview) documents an eight-year struggle during the 1990s that led to the creation of a Xicano Studies program at Michigan State University. Through relentless organizing, direct action, and persistence, students and community members fought and ultimately succeeded in establishing one of the first Xicano/Latino Studies programs at a Big 10 university.
We look forward to meeting you there!
A real life David vs. Goliath story, War of the Flea (preview) documents an eight-year struggle during the 1990s that led to the creation of a Xicano Studies program at Michigan State University. Through relentless organizing, direct action, and persistence, students and community members fought and ultimately succeeded in establishing one of the first Xicano/Latino Studies programs at a Big 10 university.
We look forward to meeting you there!
JOIN Laney College's Poor People's Campaign for a Documentary📽️FILM Screening about the Creation of the State of Israel that Resulted in the Catastrophe of the Palestinian Nation. 1948: Creation & Catastrophe screens in person & virtually on 🗓️April 13th @ 11am 🕚 followed by Q & A with the filmmakers
1️⃣-Hour Discussion (🕧12:30pm - 1:30pm) includes additional panelists: National SJP & AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center
🔴More info: http://1948movie.com
