Cross-Cultural Center Deconstruction Zone 2023

Join us for a screening and discussion of Time of the Phoenix: The First Rainbow Coalition. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided. 

In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party, notably led by the charismatic Fred Hampton, began to form alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city, including the Latinx group the Young Lords Organization and the working-class young southern whites of the Young Patriots. Finding common ground, these disparate groups banded together in one of the most segregated cities in postwar America to collectively confront issues such as police brutality and substandard housing, calling themselves the Rainbow Coalition. The First Rainbow Coalition tells the movement's little-known story through rare archival footage and interviews with former coalition members in the present-day. 

While the coalition eventually collapsed under duress from constant harassment by local and federal law enforcement, including the murder of Fred Hampton, it had a long term impact, breaking down barriers between communities, and creating a model for future activists and diverse politicians across America.

REAL Talk provides a space for students, staff, and faculty to come together and share their stories in an effort to address issues surrounding identity, social justice, and campus climate. Join us this quarter for Real Talk sessions on Wednesdays of odd weeks in the Dr. White Room, Cross-Cultural Center. Email uciccc@uci.edu or visit the Cross-Cultural Center's website here for more information.

Join us as we share our experiences of imposter syndrome, colorism, cultural representation and biased news on social media in our Across the Bridge: Diversity Dialogue event!

FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!

Join us at Deconstruction Zone, our quarterly signature program during week 7 of Spring quarter. This year's theme is Coalition Building and we will have programs throughout the week co-hosted by our Cross-Cultural Center staff and our umbrella organizations where we will discuss topics ranging from labor coalitions to our umbrella organization's shared stories on campus.