
Upcoming Events
All events listed are in Pacific Time (PT)
May 19-21, 2026: (In-Person) Black Feminist Creative Arts Residency 2026: Dr. Andie Berry
May 20, 2026: (In-Person) commUNITY Party | 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. | RWAC, Arts & Humanities Building, 5th Floor Terrace
2025-2026
November 4, 2025: BDAAS Faculty & Student Mixer | 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
November 12, 2025: Translating: "Black Lives Matter into Yiddish" | 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
November 13, 2025: Our Legacy, Our Strength: Exploring the Impact of Community Activism | 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
February 10, 2026: Let It Flow | 5 p.m - 7 p.m.
February 17, 2026: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company UCSD Residency
February 21, 2026: 24th Annual Black History Month Scholarship Brunch | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
February 24, 2026: Festival of Black Joy | 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
February 25, 2026: Global Impact for Afrofuturism | 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
March 04, 2026: "Worse Than a Lie: The Fight for Truth and Justice" -- An Evening with Ben Crump | 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
April 08, 2026: From Palestine to LA: Ripples of Rebellion Past, Present, and Future | 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
April 10, 2026: - BSU Experience UCSD: Mock Lecture with BDAAS | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
May 04, 2026: Being Black in the Room: Navigating Micro-agressions | 6:30 p.m.
2024-2025
November 5, 2024: Election Watch Party | 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
November 15, 2024: Otherwise Film Festival: TRANScending Expectations | 1 p.m.
November 20, 2024: Unity Hour: Why Black History Matters | 2 - 3 p.m.
February 12 & 24, 2025: Black Feminist Playwriting Salon Series | 11 a.m - 12:20 p.m.
February 13, 2025: Legacy of Mistrust: Confronting and Healing the Deep Wounds of Policing in Black Communities | 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
February 20, 2025: Let It Flow: Beyond the Canva | 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
February 22, 2025: 23rd Annual Black History Scholarship Month Brunch
May 20, 2025: CommUNITY Party: Bridging Culture & Academics | 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
2023-2024
May 28, 2024: CommUNITY Party: Bridging Culture & Academics | 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
May 16, 2024: Resisting Prison Industrial Warfare: An Afternoon with Jalil Muntaqim and Stephanie Jeffcoat | 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
February 24, 2024: 22nd Annual Black History Month Scholarship Brunch | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
February 21, 2024: Global Forum: Black Internationalism | 5 - 7 p.m.
November 28, 2023: BDAAS & Preuss: Inaugural Lecture | 1 - 3 p.m.
November 14, 2023: Black Faculty and Student Mixer | 4 - 6 p.m.
November 7, 2023: Black First-Gen Faculty Panel | 4 - 6 p.m.
2022-2023
September 19, 2022: Studying Social Justice | 12 - 2 p.m.
October 14, 2022: BDAAS Major launch party | 4 - 7 p.m.
November 9, 2022: Umoja Campus Tour | 8 - 5 p.m.
February 1, 2023: BDAAS/CLS/Ethnic Sudies/Oasis | 4 - 5 p.m.
February 23, 2023: Resisting the Prison Industrial Complex: An Evening with Sekou Odinga and Curtis Howard | 4 - 6 p.m.
April 11, 2023: Black Faculty and Student Mixer | 4 - 6 p.m.
2020-2021
January 27, 2021: "Million Dollar Hoods: Mapping The Fiscal And Human Cost of Mass Incarceration In Los Angeles" with Kelly Lytle Hernandez | 3 - 5 p.m.
February 1, 2021: Black Brotherhood Week: "Shop Talk Social" | 4 - 6 p.m.
February 2, 2021: Black Brotherhood Week: "Black Professionalism" | 4 - 6 p.m.
February 3, 2021: Black Brotherhood Week: "All Black Lives: A Discussion on Black Community Dynamics" | 4 - 6 p.m.
February 4, 2021: Black Brotherhood Week: "Lecture and Academic Enrichment" | 4 - 6 p.m.
February 5, 2021: Black Brotherhood Week: "Towards the Organization of Black Men: UCSD SAAB" | 4 - 6 p.m.
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