Arts in Education Series |
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March 12  |
New Directions in Hip Hop with grace shinhae jun of bkSOUL and Ant Black of Collective Purpose Location: USD-Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Auditorium Host: Angela Kinlaw, C.H.A.M.P.S., Crawford Educational Complex |
March 26  |
Polynesian Dance and Culture with Francine Cepeda Blacksher of Kaleo 'Onalani Location: Malcolm X Library, Multipurpose Room Host: Jesse Mills, Ethnic Studies Department, USD Francine Cepeda comes from a Chammorro (native to Guam) and Mexican background and has been dancing since the age of two. Cepeda dances with the Halau (Polynesian dance group) Kaleo ‘Onalani under Kumos (teachers) Ida and Siasosi Veimau from the island of Tonga (www.kaleoonalani.com). Cepeda’s vision and activism come together in the Pacific Islander after school youth program she developed to promote self-awareness, preservation of cultural knowledge, and cultural exchange through dance and art. Cepeda has run this program successfully at two middle schools in Southern California. |
April 2  |
Puerto Rican Bomba: Community and Resistance through Dance and Music with Jade Power Sotomayor and Jose Fuste with Areito Borincano Location: USD-Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Auditorium Host: Evelyn Diaz Cruz, Theater Arts Department, USD |
April 9   |
Taking the Stage: African American Theatre with Monique Gaffney and Grandison Phelps IV Location: USD-Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Auditorium Co-hosts: Robert Barry Fleming, Theater Arts Department, USD and Gina Jackson, School of Social Justice, BSU, Lincoln High School |
April 23  |
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For more information contact the Series Director:
Jesse Mills, Ph.D. (619) 260-7740
Co-sponsored with USD's President’s Advisory Board for Inclusion and Diversity, Center for Community Service-Learning, and the Ethnic Studies Department, and Crawford High School Foundation C.H.A.M.P.S., New Americans Immigration Museum and Learning Center, Lincoln High School, Dance Place San Diego
