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Saturday, May 4, 2024

Aggie Daily Calendar

TODAY

Rise Up Discussion Series

Noon to 1 p.m.

LGBT Resource Center

Check out the LGBT Resource Center and join in casual discussions related to the queer community. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month there will be a discussion about sexual assault and domestic violence in the queer community.

Author Event: Elizabeth Freeman’s Time Binds

Noon to 1 p.m.

UC Davis Bookstore

UC Davis English professor Elizabeth Freeman will discuss her new book Time Binds, which presents an argument that temporal and sexual dissonance are intertwined. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A period and book signing.

Poetry in the Arboretum

Noon to 1 p.m.

Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum

Burmese poet and artist Aung Aung Taik will share his work, which has been published in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and Poetry USA. Refreshments will be served.

Find a Job or Internship Workshop

3:10 p.m.

229 South Hall

Learn about tools and tricks to help find a job or internship.

White Privilege Workshop

5 to 6:30 p.m.

LGBT Resource Center

Engage in group brainstorming and dialogue about how white privilege functions in and affects the queer community. Share ideas about how to cultivate tools for doing anti-racist work in the queer community.

Queerly Kin Panel Discussion

7 to 9 p.m.

King Lounge, Memorial Union

Panelists will discuss how monogamy, polyamory, surrogacy, racial identity, bisexuality and more affect their kinship ties in the queer community.

Sahaya International Movie Night

7:30 to 9 p.m.

194 Chemistry

After a short description about the club, stay for a showing of award-winning documentary Born Into Brothels. Light refreshments will be provided.

THURSDAY

Challah For Hunger

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Quad

Try some delicious homemade challah bread. Proceeds go to charity. Flavors this week include strawberry mango and chocolate mocha.

Shinkoskey Noon Concert: Gold Coast Trio

12:05 p.m.

115 Music Building

Rachel Vetter Huang on violin, Susan Lamb Cook on cello and Hao Huang on piano will play works by Brahms and Zwilich.

Careers With the National Security Agency Info Session

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

114 South Hall

Learn about different career fields with the NSA and hear federal recruiters’ advice for joining this prestigious organization.

Politics of Sex Workshop

3 to 5 p.m.

Student Recruitment and Retention Center Conference Room, South Hall

Facilitator Ignacio Rivera, founding board member of Queers for Economic Justice, leads this discussion of sex, love and relationships.

The Davis Feminist Film Festival

5 p.m.

Veteran’s Memorial Center Theater, 203 E. 14th St.

A reception with food, beverages and silent auction begins at 5 p.m. Watch short films from around the world, which highlight issues of gender, race and sexuality, beginning at 6 p.m.

Pride Week Performance Night

7 to 10 p.m.

Technocultural Studies Building Art Annex

Pride Week organizers collaborate with the Cross Cultural Center to present “Violence of Silence: Voices for Social Change Through Identity and Poetry”, featuring CIRCLEJERK, Papí Coxxx and Climbing PoeTree.

To receive placement in the AGGIE DAILY CALENDAR, e-mail dailycal@theaggie.org or stop by 25 Lower Freeborn by noon the day prior to your event. Due to space constraints, all event descriptions are subject to editing, and priority will be given to events that are free of charge and geared toward the campus community.

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