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SUMMARY:Fire Tender Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 10\, 2026\n12:15–1:15 PM\nCenter for the Study of Women|Streisand Center (Google Maps)  \nJoin us for a screening of Fire Tender\, directed by Roni Jo Draper (Yurok) and Marissa Lila\, followed by a discussion. \nFire Tender tells the story of Yurok tribal members returning to traditional fire practices as an essential form of land stewardship. The film centers on Margo Robbins—grandmother\, cultural educator\, healer\, and Indigenous fire practitioner—who is leading efforts to restore Yurok fire sovereignty: the right to use fire for tribal land care\, a practice outlawed under settler colonial policies. Through her work\, Robbins challenges more than a century of environmentally destructive anti-fire policies that have endangered Yurok lands and restricted access to the natural resources necessary for clean water\, food\, and traditional lifeways. \nSeating is first come\, first served. No registration required.\nAttendees are welcome to bring their lunch for the 30-minute screening and discussion to follow. \nThis event is part of programming for Thinking Gender 2026: “Feminist & Queer Ecologies.” Register for the conference. \nAbout the Filmmakers\nDirector: Roni Jo Draper\, PhD (Yurok\, she/they)\, is an emerita professor in the Department of Teacher Education at the David O. McKay School of Education\, Brigham Young University\, where she taught courses in multicultural education\, women’s studies\, and literacy. Dr. Draper began her work as a scholar investigating disciplinary literacies and seeking to uncover the texts and literacies needed to participate and learn in disciplinary settings such as mathematics\, science\, and the arts. Her work has appeared in various journals for researchers and teachers including the Harvard Educational Review\, the American Educational Research Journal\, the Journal of Teacher Education\, the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy\, and the Mathematics Teacher. Currently\, her research interest has focused on the challenge to prepare teachers to create classrooms that allow our most minoritized children to thrive. She is a former high school mathematics teacher and is proud of her work serving students at risk of not completing high school. In her recent work\, she has turned to Indigenous storytelling to share stories that center the lives of Indigenous peoples. She has produced the film Scenes from the Glittering World\, about the lives of three Navajo young people attending a remote high school on the Navajo Nation. Draper is also the writer\, producer\, and director of the documentary Fire Tender\, which centers on the lives of Yurok fire practitioners.  \nCo-director: Marissa Lila (she/they) is a Thai-American documentarian who grew up in Hong Kong and Thailand and is now based in Salt Lake City. As a multicultural filmmaker\, she directs and produces projects with characters who cross boundaries set by dominant cultures or identities. Lila’s projects have been selected to play at international film festivals (DOC NYC\, Camden\, IFF\, Big Sky Documentary FF\, and MountainFilm). Two projects she produced\, Transmormon and Oxygen to Fly\, went viral with over 160 million total views. These projects were featured in The Huffington Post\, New York Times\, The Atlantic\, People Magazine\, and Dazed. Lila is co-founder of OHO Media\, a creative content agency for which Lila creates documentaries and documentary-based branded content. Lila directed\, produced\, and wrote for the docu-reality television series The Generations Project\, for which one of the episodes she produced won a Regional Emmy. Lila also spent six years creating educational content to increase equitable outcomes for students inclusive of race\, ethnicity\, language\, cultural\, sexual orientation\, or ability. \nProducer: Jenn Lee is an immigrant from Taiwan who grew up in Utah and has worked over 20 years in social impact. Besides Fire Tender\, she has produced and supported award-winning narrative and documentary films such as “The Dating Game” (2025)\, “Home Court” (2024)\, “Mija” (2022)\, “The Dilemma of Desire” (2020)\, “Jane and Emma” (2018)\, and LGBTQ+ films “Pray Away” (2021) and “Faithful” (2017). Prior to film work\, she was a UCLA graduate student studying gender (sex-ratio) imbalance in China and attending Thinking Gender conferences.\nLearn more about the film.
URL:https://csw.ucla.edu/event/fire-tender-film-screening/
LOCATION:Center for the Study of Women\, 1500 Public Affairs
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SUMMARY:Calling In: Navigating Challenging Conversations with Dr. Loretta Ross
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Hammer Museum.  \nCopresented with the Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center at UCLA and the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin renowned activist\, professor\, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow Loretta J. Ross to explore the powerful practice of “Calling In.” With five decades in the human rights movement\, Ross offers a transformative approach to move from conflict to constructive dialogue. In her new book\, Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel\, Ross addresses the challenge of building coalitions and community in a polarized world\, and offers a compassionate alternative through accountability\, empathy\, and connection. \nATTENDING THIS PROGRAM?\nTicketing: Admission is free. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come\, first served basis\, limit one per visitor. Box office opens one hour before the event.\nMember Benefit: Subject to availability\, Hammer Members can choose their preferred seats and pick up tickets for one additional guest. Members receive priority ticketing until 15 minutes before the program. Learn more about membership.\nParking: Self-parking is available under the museum. Rates are $8 for the first three hours with museum validation\, and $3 for each additional 20 minutes\, with a $22 daily maximum. There is an $8 flat rate after 6 p.m. on weekdays\, and all day on weekends.
URL:https://csw.ucla.edu/event/calling-in-navigating-challenging-conversations-with-dr-loretta-ross/
LOCATION:UCLA Hammer Museum – Galleries\, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
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