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Public Programs

Postponed: New York Barring Freedom UCSC Alumni Reception

Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, California

POSTPONED!

UC Santa Cruz alumni, family, and friends, join UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences for a reception celebrating the opening of Barring Freedom in New York.

Free

Postponed: New York Barring Freedom Event: Reginald Dwayne Betts

Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, California

POSTPONED!

UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, is pleased to present an afternoon reading and talk by Reginald Dwayne Betts. Betts is an award-winning author, poet, lawyer, and outspoken critic of the U.S. criminal justice system.

Free

Visualizing Abolition with Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Join Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent, noted antiprison activists, scholars, and educators, for an online conversation about critical issues in the arts, visual culture, and abolition. This is the first in a series of events that questions what it means to think of abolitionism as a vision—one that challenges the social, economic, and political worldviews that prisons promote.

Free

Revolutionary Greetings!

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

The Sesnon Gallery Speak Up Series aims to provide a safe space for students and the UC Santa Cruz community to engage with ideas generated from the exhibition Barring Freedom. Sesnon Gallery Speak Up presents Revolutionary Greetings!, a series of events focused on letter writing and open discussion about connecting with people who are incarcerated.

Free