Frederick Backman was a panelist at the 2005 AfroGEEKS conference held at Corwin Pavilion, on the UCSB campus. The title of his paper was - Cutting the Edge: Contextualizing and Demystifying New Media Technologies.

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A fiercely independent singer/composer/poet, Puerto Rican-born Lourdes Perez draws deeply from her jibara (Puerto Rican mountain)roots, her musical upbringing in Spanish and Latin
American nueva trova, and the rich sounds of her adopted home, Guanajuato,Mexico. In her music, these spiritually and politically passionate genres are incarnated in a modern, vibrant
voice. This performance marks the launch of Café de las Tres International Cultural Center and La Cuenta de Cuentos, an international oral history “bank,” as well as the first ever live virtual music performance presented by Chicano Studies, the Institute for Revolutionary MultiMedia Art and the MulitCultural Center.

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Workshop / MultiCultural Center Meeting Rooms
Local video artists and social activists Frederick Backman and Anita David will host a four-part video workshop for students with no or little prior video experience. Teaching the basics in camera and editing skills, they will give students the opportunity to explore documentary style video while questioning the diversity on campus. Meetings also include a shooting session, training at the UCSB Digital Editing Lab, and a final editing session. Space is limited, sign up by Friday, August 5 at the front desk of your residence hall or the MCC.

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The Student Stories Part II, the screening of the Student Stories productions at the MultiCultural Center.

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