Inquiry with impact
Climate change is a global problem and solving it requires a global effort. Some possible climate solutions are consistent with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the UN, while other solutions may be at odds with these goals. This lecture will discuss ways of thinking about different climate solutions in the context of global inequality …
Peace Teachers In and From Soledad Prison Eighteen years ago Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs began offering courses on “Transcommunal Peacemaking and Cooperation” in Soledad Correctional Facility. Transcommunality is rooted in the Native American philosophy of unity and diversity created by the peacemaker Deganawidah in the 15th century. The incarcerated men in Soledad have …
The act of sharing the UCSC land acknowledgement at public events, meetings and in the classroom has increased interest in what land acknowledgements are meant to do, who they are for and why they are done. There are many questions about the UCSC land acknowledgement: How and when was it created? Who wrote it? Why does it …
The UC Santa Cruz Division of Physical and Biological Sciences and the Division of Social Sciences invite you to the ninth annual Confronting Climate Change Event. Confronting Climate Change is an annual public lecture series that brings together scientists, artists, policy experts, and community members to discuss our planet’s wellbeing and share solutions for our future. This …
Join our weekly Right Livelihood Community Conversation for a surprise visit from activist, poet, and Right Livelihood Laureate Nnimmo Bassey, joining us in person from Nigeria! The session begins with a brief keynote or "conversation starter" from Nnimmo followed by a series of small-group and whole-group conversations, and dinner.
Join Campus + Community in a forum with campus leaders about taking stock of engaged scholarship in the tenure and promotion process at UCSC and across the UC system. UCSC has developed several new sets of guidelines that will help engaged scholars to talk about and elevate their teaching and research. These guidelines will also …
The Division of Social Sciences is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Peter Bratt. Please join us on April 26, 5:45–8 p.m., to honor him at an award ceremony and a public film screening of his documentary, DOLORES. Jennifer Siebel Newsom, award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder of The Representation Project, will …
The UCSC Center for Labor and Community is excited to co-sponsor an event for the Reel Work Film festival on Saturday, April 29th. Join us in person at the Resource Center for Nonviolence or via Zoom for free film screenings.
Unsettled Borders: The Militarized Science of Surveillance on Sacred Indigenous Land, examines the ongoing settler colonial war over the US-Mexico border from the perspective of Apache, Tohono O'odham, and Maya who fight to protect their sacred land. Exploring the logic of borders, Schaeffer turns to Indigenous sacred sciences and ancestral land-based practices that are critical to reversing the ecological and social violence of surveillance, extraction, and occupation.
Join us for the culminating event of the 2023 Deep Read—a live discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Elizabeth Kolbert and NY Times columnist and podcast host Ezra Klein (Stevenson).
Following the screening, engage in a dynamic panelist discussion featuring activist scholars, policy advocates, and formerly incarcerated individuals, as we explore how films can help us imagine a future without prisons and the collaborative efforts needed to amplify prison abolition. Don’t miss this compelling event that highlights the power of art and activism in advocating for a more just and equitable society.
Join us for a public conversation at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences between artist Josué Rojas and Professor John Jota Leaños. Josué Rojas is a Salvadoran-American artist from the Bay Area who has done murals throughout the country. Exploring subjects such as identity, immigration, and culture in his work, Rojas will be discussing his artistic practice in/with community.
