Higher Education’s Labor Upsurge May 22 - May 23, 2023 UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community was pleased to host a two-day workshop on the growing labor movement in higher education. This event aimed to bring together worker-organizers to share insights, lessons, …
Q&A with Sikina Jinnah
Q&A with Sikina Jinnah Professor of Environmental Studies, Sikina Jinnah discusses the possibilities and consequences of solar geoengineering, which could have the impact of turning our blue sky white. Originally published by The Humanities Institute Deep Read The Humanities Institute …
Building Belonging Student Showcase 2023
Building Belonging Student Showcase May 17, 2023 The Institute for Social Transformation hosted an end-of-year celebration and student showcase event to honor the work that has been accomplished in the Building Belonging Program. Students involved in the program in 2022-2023 presented …
Our Salton Sea: Investing in People for a Thriving Region
A partnership of Alianza Coachella Valley; the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy; the UCR Center for Social Innovation; and the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz March 2023 The Our Salton Sea initiative launched in 2021 to provide a more …
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Selling Out the Delta: Farmland Investment and Small Farmer Land Access in Mississippi
By Madeleine Fairbairn (UCSC), Elsa Calderon (UCSC), and Jordan Treakle (NFFC) February 2023 The financial industry is in the market for farmland. Over the past decade and a half, major financial institutions have increasingly added farmland to their investment portfolios, and investment …
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Q&A with Rekia Jibrin
Q&A with Rekia Jibrin UCSC professor building collaborations to shape future minds through ethnic studies Originally published at UCSC News Center by Elisa Smith Many believe we are at a pivotal moment in this country regarding anti-racist reforms, police abolition, and restorative …
Salton Sea Independent Review Panel Summary Report: Evaluation of Water Importation Concepts for Long-Term Salton Sea Restoration
Prepared by: Brent M. Haddad Ph.D. (UC Santa Cruz) Independent Review Panel: Rominder Suri, Ph.D.; Philip Burgi, P.E.; Robert Glennon, J.D., Ph.D.; Sharon D. Kenny, PMP; Julie Lockwood, Ph.D.; Adina Paytan, Ph.D.; Robert Raucher, Ph.D. September …
