Events

Please join us as we welcome Tanya Katerí Hernández to discuss her book Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality. Praised as the "most important Afro-Latina voice on civil rights today," Hernández argues that unmasking Latino anti-Black bias is essential for fostering multiracial democracy in the United States. The UCSC Legal …

Join us for an afternoon with Javier Zamora, organic farmer and leading voice in the organic community. Zamora will share his experiences, challenges, and perspectives as a local organic farmer. A Q&A session will follow the talk. After the discussion, attendees can enjoy light refreshments and mingle time. All are invited to this free event. Spanish …

The Research Cluster on Extractivism & Society is interested in getting together students, scholars, and social activists to talk to Professor Luis Tapia in an event in Spanish at UCSC. Luis Tapia is Professor and Coordinator of the M.A. in Critical Theory at the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos in Bolivia and will be visiting …

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. 

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.