SUMMARY
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The 2021-2022 Justice for All event series continues with the world premiere of Arts & Lectures’ commissioned workEverything Rises, performed by Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines, Tuesday, April 12th. New additions to the spring 2022 lineup are: Manzanar, Diverted, film screening & discussion with Director/Producer Ann Kaneko (April 7); Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries on The Power of Extravagant Tenderness (April 18); space scientist Danielle Wood on Space Enabled Earth Justice: Using Space Technology to Improve Life (April 22); and data scientist Cathy O’Neil who explores how to cultivate dignity in an age of social media and hyper-partisan politics in her book The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation (May 3).
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The Justice for All series events confront the inequalities that shape our policies, our institutions and our lives. In this series public figures, organizers, thinkers and doers expose deeply embedded injustices and call for a more equitable future.
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Tickets to the world premiere of Everything Rises are $35 for the general public and FREE for UCSB students. All additional spring Justice for All events are FREE (registration required).
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Health & Safety: Proof of full vaccination (including booster, when eligible) is required for all attendees. Visit https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/SeasonFAQs/ for updates and further details.
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Tickets/Info: (805) 893-3535, www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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Many events include an at-home viewing option (live stream only; no replay).
SANTA BARBARA — UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is pleased to announce four new additions to the Justice for All event series that features public figures, organizers, thinkers and doers who expose deeply embedded injustices and call for a more equitable future.
Just added:
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Thursday, April 7th, Manzanar, Diverted, film screening & discussion with Director/Producer Ann Kaneko;
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Monday, April 18th, Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries on The Power of Extravagant Tenderness;
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Friday, April 22, Director of the MIT Media Lab’s Space Enabled Program, scientist Danielle Wood on Space Enabled Earth Justice: Using Space Technology to Improve Life;
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Tuesday, May 3rd: Data scientist Cathy O’Neil who explores how to cultivate dignity in an age of social media and hyper-partisan politics in her book The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation.
A series highlight is the world premiere of the Arts & Lectures’ commissioned work, Everything Rises, performed by Jennifer Koh andDavóne Tines, Tuesday, April 12th.
Justice for All Lead Sponsors: Marcy Carsey, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Zegar Family Foundation, and Anonymous
Spring 2022 LINEUP
World Premiere
Commissioned by UCSB Arts & Lectures
Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines
Tuesday, April 12th / 8:00 p.m. / Campbell Hall
$35.00: General Public / FREE for UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
“The excellence of Ms. Koh’s playing will surprise no one who knows the quality and integrity of her work.” – The New York Times
“Davóne Tines is a singer of immense power and fervor.” – Los Angeles Times
Everything Rises is an original staged musical work about reclaiming agency through ancestral memory. Featuring music, projections and recorded interviews, it centers the need for artists of color to be seen and heard through connection and the creation of a new artistic space. Created by an all-BIPOC creative team, the project powerfully reclaims Koh and Tines’ narratives about who they are and how they became the artists and the visionary forces that created this work.
Stay after the performance for a Q&A with the artists.
Supporting Sponsor: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel
Made possible by gifts to the A&L Commission of New Work Endowment Fund
Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music and the UCSB MultiCultural Center
Free Film Screening and Conversation
Featuring Director/Producer, Ann Kaneko
Thursday, April 7 / 7:00 p.m. / Pollock Theater
FREE (registration required/general admission)
An inspired and poetic portrait of a place and its people, Manzanar, Diverted explores the rich yet painful history of California’s Owens Valley, from colonization to water rights. Capturing the intersectionality of the region, the award-winning film chronicles the efforts of an unexpected alliance of Indigenous, environmental activist and Japanese-American World War II incarceree women as they defend their water, history and culture against Los Angeles’ endless thirst. ( Ann Kaneko, 2021, 84 min.)
Co-presented with UCSB Carsey-Wolf Center
With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative, www.Thematic-Learning.org
Founder of Homeboy Industries
The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
Mon, April 18, 2022
7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
FREE (registration required/general admission)
“Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range.” – Father Gregory Boyle
Father Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang intervention and rehabilitation program in the world. Named a Champion of Change by President Obama, he is also the author of Tattoos on the Heart, Barking to the Choir and The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness. In this inspirational evening, Boyle and two Homeboy Industries program alumni will challenge our preconceptions and invite us to treat others – and ourselves – with acceptance and tenderness.
Spring 2022 Book Giveaway! Arts & Lectures’ Thematic Learning Initiative (TLI) extends the conversation from the stage into the community, enriching lifelong learning and initiating dialogue and empowerment through special events, book giveaways and more. FREE copies of The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness will be available starting Tuesday, March 29 at A&L’s Campbell Hall Box Office at UCSB, the Santa Barbara Public Library (40 E. Anapamu St.) and Goleta Valley Library (500 N. Fairview Ave.). Books available while supplies last.
With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative, www.Thematic-Learning.org
Special thanks to Santa Barbara Public Library and Goleta Valley Library
Director of the MIT Media Lab’s Space Enabled Program
Space Enabled Earth Justice: Using Space Technology to Improve Life
Friday, April 22 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
FREE (registration required/general admission)
“Danielle’s talent and dedication to using Earth observations to advance justice worldwide makes her an inspiration to all of us.” – Lawrence Friedl, Director of NASA’s Earth Applied Sciences Program
As the director of the cutting-edge Space Enabled research group at MIT’s Media Lab, Danielle Wood applies designs enabled by space research to projects that advance social good here on Earth – whether that’s combating environmental degradation or preventing the next famine. Breaking down complex, cosmic technologies, she shows us how entrepreneurial spirit and cross-disciplinary collaboration can be used to bring
about a more just and innovative future.
Presented in association with the UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UCSB Environmental Studies Program, and Community Environmental Council
Data Scientist and Bestselling Author
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
Tuesday, May 3 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
FREE (registration required/general admission)
“A thoughtful blend of social and biological science, history, economics, and sometimes contrarian politics.” – Kirkus Reviews
Mathematician and data scientist Cathy O’Neil explores the realities and dangers of social networking, the consequences of algorithm design, and defending human dignity in the context of predatory capitalism. Her bestselling book Weapons of Math Destruction was a semifinalist for the National Book Award, and her expertise was featured in the acclaimed documentary, The Social Dilemma. Her new book, The Shame Machine, offers unparalleled insight about shame, its relationship to power, and how to cultivate dignity in an age of social media and hyper-partisan politics.
Presented in association with the UCSB Center for Black Studies Research, Center for Information Technology
and Society, Center for Responsible Machine Learning, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, Data Science Initiative,Department of Computer Science, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, and the Department of Statistics & Applied Probability
Justice for All Faculty Advisory Committee
Gerardo Aldana, Dean of the College of Creative Studies
Ingrid Banks, Chair of the Department of Black Studies
Charles Hale, SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences
Susannah Scott, Divisional Chair of the Academic Senate
Ram Seshadri, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Sharon Tettegah, Director of the Center for Black Studies Research; AVC for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Kim Yasuda, Chair of the Department of Art; AVC for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Presented in collaboration with UCSB Campus Partners
See A&L’s full 2022 lineup here
This is a moment that calls for Optimism, Resilience, Courage and Vision.
Santa Barbara needs Hope, and Arts & Lectures is uniquely positioned to respond.
A&L’s 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative has already inspired our community with presentations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, chef Jose? Andre?s and author Anne Lamott. We will continue to inspire, through shared experiences with thought leaders, creative problem solvers and arts visionaries who will guide us forward. CREATING HOPE programs strengthen human connection, promote emotional well-being, joy and compassion, and envision positive change. Learn more about the CREATING HOPE: https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/CreatingHope.aspx
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