UCSB Reads 2021

On-air radio readings Thursdays from 5:30-6:00pm (KCSB 91.9FM)

40 Years A Prisoner (2020) chronicles the controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on the radical back-to-nature group MOVE and a son’s decades-long fight to free his parents from prison in the aftermath. Directed by Tommy Oliver (1982), the film illuminates the story of a city grappling with racial tension and police brutality with alarming modern-day relevance. In addition to examining that fateful day through eyewitness interviews and archival footage, the film follows Mike Africa, Jr., the son of two MOVE members imprisoned for the death of a police officer, in his lifelong quest to secure release for the parents he has only ever known through prison walls.
The Carsey-Wolf Center and UCSB Reads are proud to present a conversation between documentary subject Mike Africa, Jr. and moderator Diane Fujino (Asian American Studies, UCSB) about the making of this powerful film.

Join UCSB Library for the third annual UCSB Reads Zine workshop, now virtual, no experience necessary! Zines (pronounced “zeens”) are self-published, DIY collections of photos and text that are printed by hand or photocopied, and independently distributed by the author or ‘zinester.’ Completed group zines will be available on Spotlight, UCSB Library’s digital exhibit space. Need zine supplies? UCSB Library will mail you a zine kit! Requests for a kit can be found in the sign-up link. The first 50 participants to register will receive a free copy of the UCSB Reads 2021 book.

Media representations of minorities, and how they’re shared in our society in the news, media, and social media can adversely affect how minorities see themselves and how others perceive them. Despite these challenges, continued and unjust disadvantages are known to empower collective action efforts within minority groups and solidarity efforts within advantaged groups to correct the image and position of disadvantaged groups in society. Join faculty Muniba Saleem and Dan Lane from UCSB’s Department of Communication, and librarian Mary-Michelle Moore for a panel discussion addressing the impact of media misinformation and the importance of media literacy.

There is mounting evidence that economically disadvantaged and racial minority communities bear a greater share of environmental harms. This systematic pattern can be found across the world and over time. In California, existing large disparities in pollution exposure underlie many environmental justice concerns.

At the same time, policymakers increasingly rely on market-based environmental policies - like pollution taxes and emissions trading programs - to cut pollution. But while these policies lower the economic costs of cutting pollution, the market forces unleashed by them could widen existing pollution disparities between disadvantaged and other communities.

In their Pacific View talk, Kyle Meng and Danae Hernandez-Cortes will share what they learned when they examined what happened to such inequalities following the introduction of California's greenhouse gas emissions trading program, the world's second largest carbon market.

UC Santa Barbara Women’s Center presents a discussion with disability rights activist Judith "Judy" Heumann on the intersections of the disability rights movement, feminism, and the civil rights movement. Co-sponsored with UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2021. More details coming soon.

The UCSB Library is organizing student-led small group reading discussions for UCSB students to dive into the UCSB Reads 2021 book "When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir" by Patrisse Cullors and asha bandele. You’ll have the opportunity to explore themes of race, racism, social justice and the contributions of Black Americans in a small group setting. These groups will be opportunities for social and intellectual connections with other UCSB students outside of a classroom. All students will receive a free digital or hard copy of the book.

The UCSB Library is organizing student-led small group reading discussions for UCSB students to dive into the UCSB Reads 2021 book "When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir" by Patrisse Cullors and asha bandele. You’ll have the opportunity to explore themes of race, racism, social justice and the contributions of Black Americans in a small group setting. These groups will be opportunities for social and intellectual connections with other UCSB students outside of a classroom. All students will receive a free digital or hard copy of the book.

Join UCSB Library for the third annual UCSB Reads Zine workshop, now virtual, no experience necessary! Zines (pronounced “zeens”) are self-published, DIY collections of photos and text that are printed by hand or photocopied, and independently distributed by the author or ‘zinester.’ Completed group zines will be available on Spotlight, UCSB Library’s digital exhibit space. Need zine supplies? UCSB Library will mail you a zine kit! Requests for a kit can be found in the sign-up link. The first 50 participants to register will receive a free copy of the UCSB Reads 2021 book.

In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2021, UCSB Library presents a talk by Tia Blassingame, a book artist and printmaker whose work explores the intersection of race, history, and perception. The talk will be followed by audience Q&A moderated by Iman Djouini, Assistant Teaching Professor in College of Creative Studies and UCSB Department of Art

Join Sameer Pandya and Terence Keel for a discussion of Pandya’s recent novel Members Only, which engages with issues of racial politics and campus culture and considers the nature of brownness. (Online Event)

When is outrage beneficial, and what toll does it take? Can science guide social justice advocates to harness outrage effectively? In this presentation, Professor Tania Israel, author of Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work will draw on psychological research to tackle these questions and offer a blueprint for dialogue-based social justice advocacy. (Online Event)

(UCSB Campus Store walkup window) Students living on or near campus will have the option to pick up a free copy of the UCSB Reads 2021 book from UCSB Bookstore daily January 11th - January 15th during the window walk up hours 11AM to 1pm while supplies last.