UCSC Institute for Social Transformation

2023 Imagining America National Gathering
2023-10-20 00:00 - 2023-10-22 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles)
Radical Reckoning: Invoking the Elements for Collective Change

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

In partnership with College Unbound, AS220, the City of Providence, and a diverse local Steering Committee, Imagining America (IA) invites participants to gather in Providence, Rhode Island for the in-person 2023 IA National Gathering. Invoking the cleansing work of fire, the changing form of water, the steadiness of the earth, and the ethereal nature of air, the 2023 IA National Gathering conjures the elements to guide the radical work of reckoning with the past to create a future of collective liberation.

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About the Organizers

Imagining America (IA) is a national consortium that brings together scholars, artists, designers, humanists, and organizers to imagine, study, and enact a more just and liberatory ‘America’ and world. Efforts are currently underway to reckon with legacies of racial injustice in Rhode Island and enact a new cultural plan for the City of Providence. Through this unique collaboration with College Unbound, AS220, and the City of Providence, the IA National Gathering invites participants to reckon with past harms and draw upon the power of intergenerational arts and education for collective change. AS220 teaches us that art making is community building; the City of Providence models how to collectively imagine a process and practice of reparations and cultural transformation; and College Unbound, a school for adults who have been harmed by traditional educational systems, reimagines the radical potential of higher education. For more information visit: iagathering.org

Webinar: Community Engaged Research Ethics
2023-11-08 11:00 - 12:30
A free webinar, sponsored by URBAN Research Action Network on November 8th, shares the ‘ethics’ of community engaged research. Led by national scholars Ronald David Glass, Sheeva Sabati, Laneta Fitisemanu, and Doreen Abubakar.

Ronald David Glass is the Professor of Philosophy of Education Emeritus at the University of California Santa Cruz.

Sheeva Sabati is a professor at Sacramento State University teaching Anti-Racist Educational, Leadership and Policy Studies.

Laneta Fitisemanu is a Chair on the Neighborhood Partners Community Review Board at the University of Utah.

Doreen Abubakar is the Executive Director of Community Placemaking Engagement Network.

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The Institute for Social Transformation is a member of the Urban Research Action Network

It Needs to be Told: Native Californian Perspectives on the Missions
2023-11-12 15:30 - 20:00 | Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz, California, 95060, United States
A collaborative film project elevating the voices of contemporary Indigenous community members to foster truth and healing in mission history-telling. The event will begin at 3:30pm with refreshments. Speakers will begin at 5pm, followed by the screening of the film on the patio. A Q&A will follow.

This project was co-founded by an IST Seed Grant with Tsim Schneider, Assistant Professor of Anthropology.

Additional collaborators include: Members of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Indian Canyon Nation, and T’rowt’raahl Salinan, Rumsen & Ramaytush Ohlone communities UCSC Social Documentation MFA alumni Advisors from UCSC Departments of Anthropology and Film & Digital Media, California State Parks, and the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.

UC Global Health Day 2024
2024-03-07 00:00 - 23:59
Making Change: Creating Health Equity Through Policy and Advocacy

Mark your calendars and join us for a transformative journey at UC Global Health Day 2024 in Los Angeles, CA.

The University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), spanning ten-UC campuses, is hosting our signature conference that showcases the outstanding global health research, training, education and advocacy taking place across the University of California system and beyond. Our network is made up of local and global multidisciplinary collaborators working with students, post-docs, staff, faculty, educators/scholars, health providers, lawyers, policymakers, community members, and others working on cutting edge issues.

Interdisciplinary by nature and collaborative in spirit, global health efforts encompass a range of academic topics – from psychology to engineering to sustainability and economics, scholars are committed to improving the health of humans, animals and ecosystems around the globe.

This is an amazing opportunity to gather and share our collective work in global health and join the conversation to advance health equity, locally and globally, through policy and advocacy.

Registration to UC Global Health Day 2024 Open Now

STAY TUNED FOR THE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS COMING THIS FALL! Please note, if your abstract is accepted to present, then you will be given complimentary registration. Stay tuned for more details and get ready to make change!

Event sponsored by: Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)

UC Global Health Day 2024 will be in conjunction with the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 15th Annual Conference from March 8-10, 2024, with pre-conference satellite sessions starting March 7. Be sure to stay in Los Angeles through the weekend for the CUGH Conference!
