FandangObon September 13th, 12pm - 1:30 PM Location: Bowling Green Lawn (in front of Balch Auditorium ) Founded by Nobuko Miyamoto and Quetzal Flores, Great Leap’s FandangObon convenes into one circle the participatory music and dance traditions of Fandango of Veracruz, Mexico rooted in African, Mexican and indigenous music; Japanese Buddhist Obon circle dances in […]
Community radio, led by Chicanas and farmworkers in rural areas, has a history of connecting more isolated communities with the world around them. Dr. Monica De La Torre’s book Feminista Frequencies: Community Building Through Radio in the Yakima Valley centers the work of Radio Cadena KDNA 91.9 FM in Granger, Washington and the cultural power […]
Making Scenes, Building Communities project nurtures collaborations between UW faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, community members, and scholars of gender, race & sexuality in music and social justice movements. Since 2010, Womxn Who Rock’s has collaboratively organized intentional spaces of belonging through participatory archive, music, and media practices. Guided by Professors Michelle Habell-Pallan, Sonnet H. Retman […]
Dr. Jade Power-Sotomayor Dr. Jade Power-Sotomayor is a Cali-Rican educator, scholar and performer who works as Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego. Her research interests include: Latinx theatre and performance, Dance Studies, nightlife, epistemologies of the body, feminist of color critique, bilingualism, and intercultural performance in the Caribbean […]
Tarabu Betserai Kirkland Director/Producer Screening / Q&A with Director February 8th Humanities Auditorium 6:00 PM Tarabu is the director and producer for the award-winning documentary film, “100 Years From Mississippi.” His diverse background as a Media Artist, Producer and Administrator includes twenty years in Public Radio having served as General Manager of radio station KPFK-FM […]
"It's OVAH! A Ballroom Extravaganza" is a one-of-a-kind immersive experience in the history, culture, and art forms that live in Ballroom, the Black/Latinx queer competitive tradition that brought you Voguing, and hit series like “Pose" and "Legendary." Join us for a night of education about Ballroom culture, skills workshopping in key Ballroom categories, and friendly […]
Book Title & Abstract: Drawing Deportation: Art and Resistance among Immigrant Children (NYU Press, 2023) argues that immigrant children are not passive in the face of the challenges presented by U.S. anti-immigrant policies. Based on ten years of work with immigrant children in two different border states—Arizona and California— Drawing Deportation gives readers a glimpse into the lives […]
Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and former refugee, known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound and vibrant cultural activism. Meklit’s performances have taken her to renowned stages across four continents. Her last album topped world music charts across the US and Europe, and was named amongst the best of the year […]
Performing: DATA or 7 ways to dance a dance through prison walls And Gaza Dances Dancing Through Prison Walls is a California-based dance and performance project whose mission is to dance with, choreograph with, and tell stories within embodied carceral landscapes and beyond, amplifying voices of incarcerated people, and addressing mass incarceration. Begun in 2016, […]
Jarochicanos is a music collective based out of Chicago dedicated to the practice and preservation of traditional Afro-Indigenous Son Jarocho music from southern Veracruz, Mexico. They began in 2008 as a youth workshop learning to play Son Jarocho, and throughout the years developed into a collective of educators, organizers, and artists leading numerous initiatives and […]
