UCLA Food Studies Minor

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive will continue to celebrate the legacy of Asian American Studies at UCLA with a virtual film festival! Over two weekends, they will present online programming featuring powerful imagery and poignant commentary about meaningful issues facing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Audiences will hear from filmmakers and actors on their creative journeys, as well as from scholars, artists, and community leaders on themes that apply to today's world.

As part of the festival, there is a “Food and Family” screening, featuring, Final Recipe, Spamfight, and Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet, with a pre-recorded conversation with UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television professor Gina Kim, screenwriter and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television professor George Huang, and actor Chin Han. The “Food and Family” screenings will take place on Sunday, February 28th at 5PM PST.

For more information, visit the UCLA AASC's page!

Get ready! The UCLA Asian American Studies Center 2021 Film Festival starts next week! Join us and our partners at UCLA Film & Television Archive over two weekends as we present online programming featuring powerful imagery and poignant commentary about meaningful issues facing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. All screenings are free, but RSVP is required! See more info at http://aasc.ucla.edu/filmfest/2021 (click on 'Schedule' for the full program with select screenings now available for registration. The rest will open up soon!)

Food for All - Towards Food Justice in a Time of Food Apartheid
Friday, Dec. 4 @ 11:00AM-12:30PM PST

In a time of--racial, economic, food--inequity, how can we move towards a food just world? How does the equal access to food support the movement for health equity? Join Semel HCI as we host a panel of scholars, practitioners, and activists to imagine what food justice can look like.

Please register at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-for-all-towards-food-justice-in-a-time-of-food-apartheid-tickets-129056759241

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Hello All,

Please save the date for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center 2020 Celebration and help us in distributing amongst your networks!

When: Thursday, April 23, 2020, 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center at UCLA
What: Live Entertainment, Games, Prizes, Free Food, Special Guests, Networking

4:00 p.m. Pre-Show with free food, games, prizes, giveaways, and student research displays
5:30 p.m. Live Show with student performances, award presentations, and a student panel discussion
7:00 p.m. Post-Show reception with raffle prizes and free food

For more information and to sign up for event updates, please visit healthy.ucla.edu/2020Celebration.

Envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel, the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center is committed to making UCLA the healthiest campus in America.

We have so much to celebrate! Be a part of the movement!

Love Food Studies, but are unsure of how it translates into a profession? Join us for an upcoming event, Careers in Food Studies, where you may explore the world of food studies as a profession and have the opportunity to engage with key experts in diverse food related fields. In attendance will be a dynamic group of working professionals whose scope of expertise and practice lie within food science, nutrition, non-profit, urban farming, and entrepreneurship.

Tuesday, February 25th, 5:30-7:30pm
Career Center, Room 200

Space is limited, so if you wish to attend, please submit your RSVP by Tuesday, February 18th.

EVENT ALERT: A Brief History of Human Use of Cannabis. This Thursday November 21st 4:30PM at UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion. Join us to explore botanical humanities throughout time and the world!

Join Mark Plotkin and Brian Hettler of the Amazon Conservation Team for the first lecture of the Plants Worlds Ethnobotany Seminar Series. This talk will be taking place TODAY and is a part of the Plant Worlds Ethnobotany Seminar Series Co-presented by UCLA Humanities, UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, and The Huntington. The kingdom of plants exhibit their influence at all levels of human survival, society, and culture. This collection of seminars weaves together our scientific understanding of plants with their inextricable roles in our lives--from food and medicine to literature, religion, and the arts.

Visit the Eventbrite page for additional information and to register!

The Healing Forest: Plant Medicine, Isolated Tribes, & Climate Change Join Mark Plotkin and Brian Hettler of the Amazon Conservation Team for the first lecture of the Plants Worlds Ethnobotany Seminar Series