• Penumbra de la memoria: Brown Bag with Maya Scherr-Willson

    Huerta Center Conference Room (Casa Latina) 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz,, CA

    During this presentation, Maya Scherr-Willson (PhD Student in the Film and Media Department) will show material and reflect on insights from a research trip that laid the groundwork for Penumbra de la memoria, a feature documentary to be shot this summer. The project reunites eight women fifty years after they were held as political prisoners together […]

  • Queer Emergent: Scandalous Stories from Twilight of AIDS in Peru: Book Celebration and Conversation with Professor Justin Perez

    Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us as Huerta Center Faculty Awardee Professor Justin Perez (Latin America and Latino Studies Department) presents his new book, Queer Emergent: Scandalous Stories from Twilight of AIDS in Peru. In Queer Emergent, Justin Perez explores how advances in HIV prevention work alongside broader economic and political shifts in global health to shape queer subjectivities.

  • American Agitators Screening at Cabrillo

    Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA, United States

    American Agitators comes to Santa Cruz! We cordially invite you to the screening of American Agitators with a discussion and a Free Dinner! Spaces are limited, so RSVP today! Sponsored by […]

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