Better World Book Party 2021
Join us as we celebrate this year's published authors and editors from the UCSC Division of Social Sciences. The event will be held in-person at the Namaste Lounge. All are …
Inquiry with impact
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Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health
Join us for a conversation with leading scholars on how we can take urgent, responsible, and just actions to tackle the climate crisis.
BET Her Presents…Becoming: Michelle Obama In Conversation
Legal studies student Aissata Ba was among the students who participated a conversation last year with Michelle Obama. Ba filmed a wealth of material from the trip to Maryland, both …
Why Elementary Kids Need Recess
Many educators and policymakers believe recess is simply fun and games, and easily dispensable to make room for more serious educational goals. The reality is that recess serves an important …
Archives in Plain Sight: Researching Latina/o/x History
Dr. Rosina Lozano, Associate Professor of History at Princeton University, work shows us that Latina/o/x history exists all over the United States if someone looks for it. Drawing on examples from her …
Pollinators and Urban Community Gardens with Stacy Philpott
Pollinators are essential to our environment, but habitat loss, pesticide use, and introduced diseases are causing issues for these creatures all over the world. During this talk, Stacy Philpott will …
New Strategies: Extractivist Corporations, Communities, and the State in a Post-COVID World
The Extractivism and Society Research Cluster is organizing a four-part series entitled “Conversations on Extractivism in a Post-Pandemic World.” The second of these conversations will take place on January 27. The series will …
Envisioning the Convergence of the Environmental and Social Justice Movements
At this first virtual event, we have invited author and wildlife biologist Dr. J. Drew Lanham to speak to the UC Santa Cruz natural history community about the convergence of the environmental and social justice movements. In many ways, we at UC Santa Cruz are a developing example of the convergence of what these two movements look like at the university level.
Black Liberation and Pedagogies
Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom …
38th Annual Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Convocation
The annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. This year's speaker is Professor Ruha Benjamin.
Communities in Movement: From local territorial defensive action to national and hemispheric political articulation
The Extractivism and Society Research Cluster is organizing a four-part series entitled “Conversations on Extractivism in a Post-Pandemic World.” This is the third conversation in the series. Convening Questions 1. How have territorially-based …
Disruptive Archives: Feminist Memories of Resistance in Latin America’s Dirty Wars
Dr. Viviana MacManus, the author of Disruptive Archives: Feminist Memories of Resistance in Latin America’s Dirty Wars (University of Illinois Press, 2020), will discuss the history of gender and state violence during …
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