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Join us for an engaging information session at our Downtown Santa Barbara Nursing Campus! During the event, you'll have the opportunity to meet with program faculty and staff, tour the facilities, and ask any questions relevant to the program, application process, or financial aid. See important details and RSVP below!

The exhibition shares the compelling story of activist Dolores Huerta and the farmworkers movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Featuring text in English and Spanish, it explores Huerta’s public life as a co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union and what led her to become a Latina civil rights icon. She tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice along Cesar Chavez and continues to this day at 92 years of age. The exhibition is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. This exhibition received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) presents “Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery ” with University of California-Davis history professor Andrés Reséndez on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7:00 pm. As part of his presentation Dr. Reséndez will discuss his latest book, Conquering the Pacific and tell the little-known story of the first trans-Pacific expedition. Cost is free for SBMM’s Navigator Circle Members, $10 for all other members, and $20 for members of the public. There will also be a pre-lecture reception for members only from 6:15-6:45pm. Register at: https://sbmm.org/santa-barbara-events/ and become a member at https://sbmm.org.

About Our Speaker
Andrés Reséndez is an author and history professor at the University of California at Davis, where his research is focused on early European exploration and colonization of the Americas and the early history of the Pacific, including the voyages of discovery. Reséndez grew up in Mexico City and earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations at el Colegio de México and his doctorate in history at the University of Chicago. Before assuming his current position at UC Davis, he was active in politics, served as a consultant for historical soap operas, and taught at Yale, and the University of Helsinki (Finland).

This event is generously sponsored by Marie L. Morrisroe.

Dolores Huerta will read the book "Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers" by Sarah Warren to elementary school students from University Preparation Charter School. The book talks about the extraordinary battle she waged to ensure fair and safe workplaces for migrant workers. Please register online to attend. The event is one of several marking the start of the "Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos” exhibition at CSUCI.

Join legendary activist Dolores Huerta as she discusses her decades-long fight for farmworkers’ rights, current activism and what it means to be an activist. Huerta will be joined by local women community leaders and activists who are spearheading this work in Ventura County. Please RSVP online. The event is being held in conjunction with the “Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos” exhibition at CSUCI.

We are pleased to have CLU professor of political science Gregory K Freeland, PHD to discuss The 1619 Project, which is a long-form journalism endeavor developed by Nicole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times and the New York Times magazine. It investigates the origins of the slave trade in America and how it has shaped what the country would become.

Dr. Freeland’s presentation will help jumpstart a much greater in detail analysis of this major work. He will provide a foundation for a better understanding the diaspora of enslaved people from Africa.

The Good Good Show is a monthly stand up comedy show featuring the hottest comics working today that you've seen or heard on Comedy Central, HBO Max, Netflix, E!, Jimmy Kimmel, Amazon Prime, Sirius XM and more.
FEATURING: Zach Noe Towers, Meg Indurti, Julie Weidmann, Gabby Vargas and John Conroy.

Come have a laugh with us and enjoy a delicious craft beer!

7:30pm $10

Show is 21+

Join us for a conversation between researcher Danielle Stevenson and Dirty Laundry artist Minga Opazo as they discuss the possibilities of mushrooms as organisms, decomposers, and alternative materials to address some of the world’s most pressing issues.

In the middle of the 20th century, Danish Modern and more generally, Scandinavian Modern Design gain popularity in the United States. This, Friday evening program will examine Scandinavian design applied to architecture and interior design.

Kombilesa Mi

Hip Hop as Indigenous Resistence

Hailing From Palenque, the first free black town in the Americas, Kombilesa Mi overlays traditional Colombian rhythms and instruments with lyrics in both Spanish and their local language, Palenquero.
The result: an electrifying fusion.
Performance will be followed by a Q&A facilitated by MICOP, the Mixteco Indigenous Organizing Project.

Saturday, April 1st, 2023 | 7pm
$25

Pacifica High School Performing Arts Building
600 East Gonzales Road
Oxnard, CA 93036
https://www.oxnardperformingarts.com/

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