2020 Right Livelihood Award Ceremony
Join us for the live-stream of the 2020 Right Livelihood Award Ceremony followed by a brief conversation amongst RLC Santa Cruz students and faculty, and friends of the RLC. The …
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LGBTQ Resistance in Brazil: From the Military Dictatorship to the Current Reactionary Wave
As Brazil faces the deepest political crisis of its recent history, marked by the election of a neo-fascist president and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed over 150,000 …
Immigration policies in the United States: Understanding violence nation-wide and in Santa Cruz
Deportation is far more than a policy term; it is a threat and an act with explosive impact on families and communities. Four in five face persecution – including torture, …
Better World Book Party
Please join us for the 2nd annual Better World Book Party. We will honor authors from the division of Social Sciences who published in 2020:
Suddenly Distant and Still in Flux: The Implications of COVID-19 for K12 Teachers’ Work and Schooling
The UC Santa Cruz University Forum presents The Implications of COVID-19 for Teachers’ Work and K-12 Schooling with Professor Lora Bartlett and the Suddenly Distant Research Project Team. The COVID …
An Evening with Jennifer Brea and Megan Moodie – Talking about Chronic Illness, Care, and COVID
Join Academy-Award Nominated Filmmaker Jennifer Brea and anthropologist and writer Megan Moodie for an evening of conversation and reflection on chronic illness, the global crisis of care, and Covid-19. As …
CAFIN and UC Investments Speaker Series: Violence and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Inventors, 1870-1940
Speaker: Lisa Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations, Michigan State University. Recent studies have examined the effect of political conflict and domestic terrorism on economic and political outcomes. This …
Prisons, Histories and Erasures with Joanne Barker, Maria Gaspar, and Kelly Lytle Hernández
For the next Visualizing Abolition event, Joanne Barker, Maria Gaspar, and Kelly Lytle Hernández join us to discuss the histories and present struggles that disappear within the labyrinthian network of …
Socio-ecological Trade-offs in Urban Garden Management and Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services, such as pollination, pest control, climate regulation, and food production are essential for human well-being, especially in urban areas where ~ 60% of the world’s population will live …
Generations Together: Learning from young activists and adult allies
A global conversation with young activists from Bolivia, Senegal, Togo, and the United States about intergenerational collaboration and how adults can most effectively support youth activism. Bridging diverse contexts and …
Prisons and Poetics with Reginald Dwayne Betts and Craig Haney
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences and The Humanities Institute are pleased to present a poetry reading and conversation with award-winning American poet Reginald Dwayne Betts and renowned social psychologist Craig …
“Coded Bias” Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
FREE virtual screening and panel discussion of the award winning documentary film Coded Bias, which explores how machine-learning algorithms can perpetuate society’s existing class-, race-, and gender-based inequities. While working …
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