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The MCC is thinking about…. Calling IN
At this week’s intern seminar on “calling inâ€â€”inspired by “Calling IN: A Less Disposable Way of Holding Each other Accountableâ€â€” we discussed what it feels like to be triggered, to call someone out, and to be called out, particularly by community members and people we trust and love. Following our discussion on what this feels like in our bodies, we began to collectively brainstorm what it means to allow others to make mistakes and “stray away†from our social justice values and ideals, while simultaneously finding a way to talk about it together, offer compassion and transform each other. “Calling in†as Ngoc Loan Tran puts it, is “a practice of loving ourselves enough to know that what we’re trying to do here is radical unlearning of everything we have been configured to believe is normal,†and to do so with patience, compassion, critical dialogue, and love.
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Are you interested in these kinds of conversations? If so, check out our online calendars to stay up to date on programs, projects and opportunities for dialogue happening in the MCC and beyond!
And as always, come visit us at our temporary space in Hearst Field Annex D-37.
Hours
Mondays: 9am-6pm
Tuesdays-Fridays: 9am-10pm
Saturdays: 9am-5pm.
In solidarity,
The Multicultural Community Center
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Wednesday October 29 @ 4pm-6pm
The Multicultural Community Center puts on art exhibits run by and for students and community members. We aim to provide a platform for artists who engage with transformative anti-oppression principles that encourage the use of art as a tool for empowerment, resistance, and engaged learning.
With the intent of engaging with our art exhibit and the theme of hip-hop beyond visual observation, the Art Committee will be offering a stenciling and art making workshop for folks to share and skills related to art making. We will have stenciling, screen printing, and graffiti writing materials.
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Please join us for our annual DÃa de los Muertos community gathering and celebration.
Schedule of events:
10am-2pm: Altar installation & decoration of space by
student organizations
3pm-5pm: Performance and Presentations
Day of the Dead Ceremony
5:30pm: Viewing & Blessing of the Altars
6:30pm: Palabras de Resistencia
7:30pm: Feast & Celebration with the Ancestors
9:30pm: Closing Words
All events are free and open to the public
ADA Accessible (access.berkeley.edu)
Sponsored by: The Ethnic Studies 5th Account, UC Berkeley Chicano Studies, Chicana Latino Student Development (CLSD), Casa Magdalena Mora (Casa Mora presents: Dia de l@s Muert@s), Chican@ Latin@ Architecture Student Association, UC Berkeley's Multicultural Center
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Saturday, Oct. 30th
Join NASD during this community building even to de-stress while learning a new craft! Supplies will be provided and awesome experienced teachers will be there to assist you. For questions contact Ashtyn Colegrove @ a.colegrove@berkeley.edu
Sponsored by the MCC, NASD, and NARRC
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Hey Folks, the first queer town hall is here!
Thursday, Oct. 30th 6:30pm - 8:30pm
This is a topic we've been wanting to have in the community for a very long time: Race and racism in the queer community!
Please join us for a critical conversation and workshop to talk about race, racism, and experience around intersecting racial, ethnic, and queer identities in our communities.
We understand it is the day before halloween, but perfect timing to also discuss issues of racism and cultural appropriation during halloween.
The town hall will be at the MCC (Hearst Field Annex D37) right next to QARC.
6:30pm-8:30pm
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Filipino Empowerment Day Shadow
Friday, October 31st
The MCC welcomes PASS for their annual Filipino Empowerment Shadow Day!
Filipino Empowerment Day SHADOW invites high school students to UC Berkeley to attend workshops regarding their identity, culture, and higher education. They will attend the main event on Saturday, November 1, 2014 called Filipino Empowerment Day, where they will develop their leadership skills and learn about issues that revolve around their identity.
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Beyond Bisexuality 101
with Robyn Ochs
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
5-6:30 with a special post-reception from 6:30-7:30
110 Barrows Hall
This is a BYOA (bring your own ally) event!
What exactly does the "B" in the LGBTQ mean?
Ever felt you may be bisexual but the word doesn't feel quite right?
What is bi*phobia?
How can I be a good ally?
Is asexuality included in "nonmonosexuality"?
This talk will discuss these questions and more!
Allies especially encouraged to attend!
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Food + Identity: Decolonize Your Diet
Tue, November 4, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Decolonize your diet, a conversation. We aim to sculpt a dialogue on what it means to reclaim our food hxstories and the intersections of food with race, power and privilege.
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Poetry Slam Lengua Suelta "Wild Tongue"
Fri, November 7, 6pm – 9pm
MEChXA will work with people from the community and different spaces on campus to create a Poetry Slam in which people can express themselves in whatever form they choose; slam poetry, dance, story-telling, performance, etc. MEChXA's 4th annual poetry slam will be themed around the 50th anniversary of the FSM and MEChA's 45th anniversary, and resistance to (in Chancellor Dirk's words) "civility" in general.
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"Intersectionality at Work": A Facilitated Dialogue to Envision Radical, Anti-Racist Social Work Praxis
Sat, November 8, 11am – 4pm
Hosted By: UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare General Assembly We will bring together 1st and 2nd year Masters in Social Work students for a facilitated dialogue and listening circle on "intersectionality at work": through case vignettes, small and large group discussion, we will go beyond didactic classroom style and move into more fertile ground for conversations that ask each participant to engage with their whole self (not only as an audience members) safely and saliently. We seek to: - Develop common language for discussing racism and intersectionality of classism, sexism, ageism, and systems of othering as well as how they operate within our social work role, practice, and education - Inspire radical introspection and consciousness-raising - Inform our social work education and future practice, so that we may take responsibility for our historical and current roles in perpetuating oppression, identify and challenge oppressive structures, and partner with the communities
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Date: Wednesday: November 12th
Time: 6:00PM PDT / 9:00PM ET
Register: Tinyurl.com/WebinarASC
Please join National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) and advocacy organizations across the country on Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00PM PDT / 9:00PM ET for our All Students Count Webinar.
The All Students Count Act would require states report data that better reflects US demographics by using the US Census race and ethnicity categories and provide cross-tabulations by gender and disability. Current data practices mask the struggles of underserved students, particularly boys and girls of color, by aggregating data. 7 additional Asian American categories and 4 new Pacific Islander categories would be added with the passage of the All Students Count Act.
In this webinar, you will learn about the importance of data disaggregation, the progress of the bill and the trajectory of the All Students Count Act. We need your help to push this campaign forward by involving your student organizations and campus! Learn why many organizations and students are in support of the All Students Count Act. You can become involved a part of the movement as well!
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EOP DROP-IN HOURS in MCC
10/30: 1:30-3:30pm
Avisha is excited to bring EOP academic counseling services to the MCC! In an effort to connect more students to an academic counseling unit on campus, Avisha will be at the MCC once a week for the Fall 2014 semester.
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Avisha Chugani has been an EOP Academic Counselor at Cal since 2010. Prior to serving students within EOP, she was a major adviser in the department of Architecture (CED) and a counselor in the Career Center. Avisha hopes to help students with not only surviving but THRIVING at Cal and beyond, no matter what a student's path and interests are.
Check out our calendars for updated on when Avisha will be in the MCC!!!
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API Connect: Caring for Ourselves and our Communities was created as part of a grant received by the Tang Center’s Counseling and Psychological Services and Health Promotion that focuses on the promotion of API mental health and prevention. A website was created with the goals of providing info on stress, depression, anxiety, API student stressors, coping, student videos, and parent videos.
Through our partnerships, students are able to drop in APASD (Chavez 249) to seek counseling and speak to our resident psychologist, Lilian Chang.
Lilian is available on Mondays and Tuesdays 10am - 12pm or by appointment.
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