Pan-African Studies

**FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION “Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown” THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009….6:15PM**
UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION – THEATER, ROOM 106
This documentary film reveals the intimate stories of several unforgettable young women who vie for the title Miss Los Angeles Chinatown, while struggling to find themselves in two cultures with different values and expectations
	APRIL 30, 2009 DAISY LIN SHAPIRO—Writer/Producer/Director A news producer, writer, and director covering community issues, Ms. Shapiro works at KNBC News in Los Angeles. She has produced the series “Beating the Odds” and “Unsung Heroes” and has served as a special projects producer on various specials, including Asian American Heritage Month, “Rubble to Rebirth: The Tenth Anniversary of the LA Riots,” and “California Indians: Stories of a People.”
	APRIL 30, 2009 PRISCILLA TJIO-HERVEY A former Miss Los Angeles Chinatown, Ms. Tjio-Hervey is a Middle School Science Teacher and the Co-Owner of Beyond Time, LLC, the producer and publisher of the comic book series, “Black Tiger: Legacy of Fury.” Lo
This event is co-sponsored by the Pan African Studies Department, the Asian/Asian American Studies Program, and the Cross Cultural Centers. For further information please phone (323) 343-2290 or go to http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/pas/

CULTURAL DIALOGUES: “BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES” WEDNESDAY….APRIL 22, 2009….4:30pm UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION – THEATER, ROOM 106 Panelists discuss the concerns, challenges, triumphs, and similarities that black and brown communities face in the struggle for social justice in Los Angeles and beyond.
	April 22, 2009 LUIS J. RODRIGUEZ – AUTHOR, ACTIVIST With fourteen published books in memoir, fiction, nonfiction, Children’s literature, and poetry, he is best known for the 1993 memoir on gang life, Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. Distinguished for his work as a gang intervention specialist and as a community organizer, Mr. Rodriguez started organizations such as the Chicago Guild Complex; the Humboldt Park Teen Reach; Youth Struggling for Survival; and Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore. In addition, he has spent almost thirty years constructing workshops, readings, and talks in prisons, juvenile facilities, homeless shelters, migrant camps, universities, and Native American reservations. His book, Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times summarizes three decades of work as an organizer and activist.
	April 22, 2009 DR. REGINA FREER – PROFESSOR, ACTIVIST With a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Dr. Freer teaches race and politics, demographic change, and urban politics at Occidental College. A former Post-doctoral Fellow at the Institute for American Cultures in the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, she is a co-author of the book, The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City, a work that examines historical and contemporary progressive social justice organizing in Los Angeles. A noted media commentator on politics and elections, she also serves on the board of the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research and the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy at Loyola Law School.
	April 22, 2009 DISCUSSION MODERATOR: Dr. Kimberly King An Associate Professor in CSULA’s Psychology Department, Dr. King specializes in Community Psychology, with an emphasis on the effects of ethnic, gender, and class oppression on mental health. In addition to her teaching and research, Dr. King serves as a producer of KPFK radio’s “Beautiful Struggle,” a weekly talk show exploring local and national political and cultural issues.
This event is co-sponsored by the Pan African Studies Department, the Barry Munitz Fund, and the Cross Cultural Centers. For further information please phone (323) 343-2290 or go to http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/pas/

	February 10, 2009 Darnell Hunt to Lecture on "Black Los Angeles" On Tuesday evening, February 10, 2009, at 6:15 p.m. in the University-Student Union Theater, 1st Floor, Room 106, Dr. Darnell Hunt will lecture on the topic, "Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities." Dr. Hunt, a UCLA Professor in the Department of Sociology, has researched and taught in the areas of Race and Ethnic Relations, Mass Media, African American Studies, and Cultural Studies. Having authored the texts Screening the Los Angeles "Riots": Race, Seeing and Resistance (1997), O. J. Simpson Facts and Fictions: News Rituals in the Construction of Reality (1999), and Channeling Blackness: Studies in Television and Race in America (2005), Dr. Hunt presently serves as the Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. The event is co-sponsored by the Pan African Studies Department and the Cross Cultural Centers.

	January 22, 2009 Screening of Performance On Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 6:15pm in the University-Student Union Theater, 1st floor, Room 106, the short film Performance (2008) will be screened and discussed in regards to contemporary ethnic filmmakers. The film, starring Art Evans (pictured), presents a Black woman journalist who reluctantly interviews a retired Black actor who became famous by portraying racial stereotypes in Hollywood. The discussion will be led by the film’s writer-producer-director Mel Donalson and the editor Tina Imahara. This event is co-sponsored by the Pan African Studies Department, the Asian and Asian/American Studies Program, and the Cross Cultural Centers.

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