This paper explores activities of cleaning and disposing because they represent key principles of social organization. Close attention to discard behavior helps us to understand how people related to the material goods and places that once made up their object worlds – their material habitus (c.f. Meskell, 2005: 3). Human relationships to defilement, in particular,

The human brain is complicated. We are wired to seek comfort and pleasure, and
to seek meaning and purpose. Sometimes these impulses compete and sometimes
they are complementary. Which of these impulses we choose to nurture has
enormous implications for our individual well-being and the survival of the planet.

Join entertaining TEDx presenter Dave Mochel, internationally known mindfulness coach, and unpack the meaning of the unconditional well-being – health and happiness that is independent of your circumstances – and how to practice it in your daily life.

Dave Mochel, founder of AppliedAttention.com, teaches proven practices for converting
stress, anxiety, resistance, frustration, and distraction into fulfillment, growth, and connection. He helped start an international leadership academy that serves students from more than sixty countries, and serves as a lecturer in the School of Health and Human Performance at Stanford University.

WHAT:SBCC School of Extended Learning Mind and Supermind lecture, “Unconditional Wellbeing - How Living Mindfully Can Save the World
WHEN: Monday, May 6, 2019, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
WHERE: Schott Auditorium, 10 W Padre St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105
ADMISSION: $20
EVENT INFO: (805) 687-0812
Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/sbcc-mindsupermind-dave-mochel
Course number: 22430

UCSB Arts & Lectures and the UCSB Department of Music will present a Guest Artist Masterclass led by cellist Steven Isserlis on Tuesday, May 7th from 2:30-4:30 pm in Room 1145 in the Music Building. Students from the UCSB Strings Program will perform.

Discover New Ways To Connect. The Breast Cancer Resource Center is hosting a free workshop to explore options and learn how to apply or attend healing and inspiring adventures to invigorate your survivorship!

On May 7, 2019, The Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law will host a public forum that examines the effects of Trump Administration environmental policy on the state of California.

Joshua Bell, violin
Steven Isserlis, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano

Gulabi Gang (2012) is set in the badlands of Bundelkhand in central India, a place of dust, oppression, and resistance. This film follows the Gulabi Gang, an unusual group of rural women led by the energetic and charismatic Sampat Pal. They travel long distances to fight for the rights of women and Dalits. Often they

Sunni Patterson captures sunlight and radiates it in her being, in her words, and in her action. Her words capture a culture, unite people, and shed light on issues some would find uncomfortable or un-newsworthy. Most of all, she is enlightening and speaks her truth, giving other women the power and strength to do so as well. She is "a Black woman warrior poet doing work - to ask you, are you doing yours?".

Nate Hun (Cambodian music/film enthusiast) will present a talk titled "The Cambodian Vintage Music Archive: Collecting and Preserving Cambodia’s Prewar Popular Media" on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 from 3:30-5 pm in Music Library Seminar Room 2406. Cosponsored by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music (CISM), East Asia Center, and UCSB Ethnomusicology Forum.

For more information visit: https://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1862

“The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling.” – Cecille B. DeMille
Kymberlee Weil believes wholeheartedly in that quote. Join our Women of Achievement honoree for a presentation that will help you discover your Signature Story, a significant moment in your life that made you who are today. By developing your own Signature Story, you can connect, inspire, motivate and teach those around you, no matter the environment. A Signature Story lives inside all of us. Let’s find yours.

United Way of Santa Barbara County will honor the outstanding organizations and individuals who make its community programs and activities possible at the 96th Annual Awards Celebration.

Local volunteers, businesses, schools, and organizations will be recognized for their significant contributions to UWSBC’s work in the community during the 2018 calendar year.

More information and the full list of award nominees is available at www.unitedwaysb.org/awards.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.
Location: Santa Barbara Hilton Beachfront Resort, Reagan Room, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Cost: $100 each, available at www.unitedwaysb.org/awards

Screening of the 2017 documentary Far From the Tree on May 8th from 7-9pm