Featured past events sponsored by the Institute for Social Transformation.
Building Belonging Student Flash Talks
The Building Belonging program is designed to increase engagement and build a greater sense of belonging for under-represented students through faculty mentored service-learning and research projects. This event on May 26, 2021 provided Building Belonging Fellows an opportunity to share their research with the community.
Reparations for Black Americans: The Road to Racial Equality in California and Beyond
On April 15, 2021 some of the country’s leading experts and advocates for reparations discussed these questions and more: How does the movement for reparations fit into efforts to close the racial wealth gap and promote racial equality? Why study and discuss reparations in California? What are the connections between the California task force and…
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Changing Climate: The Role of Environmental Justice
Climate change. Racism. Disparities in health and livelihoods. The biggest challenges of our modern era are not as separate as they might seem. Rhiana Gunn-Wright wants to help others see how environmental degradation and social injustices are deeply intertwined. Gunn-Wright, lead developer of the Green New Deal and climate policy director at the Roosevelt Institute,…
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University Forum Election Series 2020
The November 2020 election provided an historic opportunity to shape our future, both in California and the nation. The race for presidential and congressional races stand to fundamentally shape the future of race relations, environmental protections, immigration reform, healthcare and health disparities, employment conditions and labor regulation, along with efforts to address the pandemic. In…
Racial Reconciliation and the Future of Race in America
On January 22, 2020 the community joined us for a vibrant, stimulating, and challenging conversation on race in America with Alondra Nelson (President, Social Sciences Research Council) and Herman Gray (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Cruz) as moderated by Jenny Reardon (Professor of Sociology and Director of the Science & Justice Research Center, UC…
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