Featured events sponsored by the Institute for Social Transformation. To view event recordings visit our video library.
Solidarity Economics: OUR Movement, OUR Economy
What is Solidarity Economics and how can we use this frame to enact policy and narrative change? Solidarity Economics is an economic frame that recognizes that people are not just individuals, but also members of broader social groups and communities; that people are motivated not just by self-interest, but also by caring for others.
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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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Events Archive
Poisoned Water & Corporate Greed; Robert Bilott in Conversation
Join one of the USA's most impactful environmental lawyers Robert Bilott for a conversation about his latest work followed by an intergenerational World-Cafe style dialogue aimed at inspiring hope and action.
Find out more »Designing a Faculty Website on WordPress and Making it Work for You
Professional websites can boost your reputation and promote your research. UCSC provides free access to WordPress for faculty (with several design templates). This workshop will walk you through best practices …
Find out more »Friendships, Identity, and Well-being Among Diverse California Youth and Implications for Life After the COVID -19 Pandemic
The first 21 years of the 21st century have been a continuous period of major social, cultural, demographic, economic and political changes. From the September 11 terrorist attacks, to the Great …
Find out more »Keynote and Panel at Bioneers 2021 Conference
The Bioneers conference will feature a keynote and a panel on Solidarity Economics.
Find out more »2021 Alumni Achievement Award Celebrating Dr. Barbara Ferrer
Join us for a special evening to celebrate the extraordinary work of alumna Dr. Barbara Ferrer (Rachel Carson ‘78–Community Studies) who leads the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. …
Find out more »Precarity and Belonging: Labor, Migration, and Noncitizenship
Join us for a book launch event with UC Santa Cruz co-editors (Catherine S. Ramírez, Sylvanna M. Falcón, Juan Poblete, Steven C. McKay, Felicity Amaya Schaeffer) of Precarity and Belonging: Labor, …
Find out more »Settling Climate Accounts: Navigating the Road to Net Zero
As drivers of climate action enter the fourth decade of what has become a multi-stage race, Net Zero has emerged as the dominant organizing principle. Hundreds of corporations and investors …
Find out more »Solidarity Economics: OUR Movement, OUR Economy
Join us for an event with prominent national policy advocates and social movement leaders in conversation with Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor on their forthcoming book Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality …
Find out more »Conference: Civic Education in Polarized Times
Please join our Zoom conference, Civic Education in Polarized Times, October 29-30, 2021, to be held by the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy! The Institute for Social Transformation is …
Find out more »Emerging Perspectives: Theorizing Extractivism and Socio-Territorial Conflicts in Post-Pandemic Americas
The Extractivism and Society Research Cluster is organizing a four-part series entitled "Conversations on Extractivism in a Post-Pandemic World." The first of these conversations will take place on October 28, …
Find out more »The Art of Black Ecologies: A Virtual Studio Visit & Conversation
The concept of black ecologies underscores the undue impact of climate and environmental injustice on Black diaspora communities while lifting up “insurgent” Black ecological knowledge (Roane & Hosbey 2019). Join …
Find out more »Public Interest Technology Chat: Centering the Community
The Public Interest Technology Chat (PITCh) is a monthly series of remote conversations between established and early career scholars to support the work of practitioners and academics interested in public …
Find out more »The Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock
Join us for this lively analysis by UC Santa Cruz Professor of Politics Daniel Wirls of the U.S. Senate, its relation to our other institutions of government and the constitutional …
Find out more »Building Back Better: Tools and Methods for a More Inclusive Recovery
The Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside, along with the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz and Alianza Coachella Valley, will be hosting Building Back Better: Tools and …
Find out more »By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution
Salon.com founder and former editor-in-chief David Talbot and his sister Margaret, a longtime staff writer at the New Yorker, together explore the potential landscape of the 1960s and 1970s. Based …
Find out more »Net-Zero Carbon Portfolio Alignment
This talk will outline a simple and robust methodology for portfolio managers to align their portfolios with the carbon neutrality goals (Net Zero Targets) set out following the Paris Agreement …
Find out more »Poetry and Abolition with Tongo Eisen-Martin
The keynote Plenary of the Media and Society Lecture Series at Kresge College is here! This event features San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, in conversation with Kresge faculty, including novelist-poet Daniel …
Find out more »The 21st Century Revolution in Gender & Sexual Diversity: A New Generation Leads the Way
The 21st century has seen an explosion of new language and new understandings of gender and sexuality, with LGBTQ+ adolescents often depicted as harbingers of social change in gender and …
Find out more »Investors are Waking Up to Climate Risk
The severity of this summer's extreme weather events is creating a new sense of urgency for action to achieve a net-zero global economy by mid-century to avoid the most severe …
Find out more »The Recurring Klan Movement’s Fight for “Americanism” and Against Equality
From the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017, to the role of white nationalists in the January 6 U.S. Capitol insurgency, recent events have spotlighted white supremacist …
Find out more »Event Postponed – Local Data Collection: Filling the Gaps & Building Local Resilience
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been postponed until a later date this Fall (TBD). Event updates will be posted on the www.DataShareSCC.org website. This panel, co-hosted by DataShare …
Find out more »The Legacy is in the Soil: An Evening with CheFarmer Matthew Raiford
The UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) and Bookshop Santa Cruz present a book talk and signing event with CheFarmer Matthew Raiford, farmer, chef, and …
Find out more »Improving Outcomes of Tree Growing and Forest Restoration Efforts
Business leaders, politicians, celebrities, and non-profit organizations are calling for the planting of millions, billions, or even trillions of trees to slow climate change. Is that really feasible? Professor Karen …
Find out more »Sketching in the Garden
In this class, participants will work on cultivating observational skills and artistic talent with inspiration from the Alan Chadwick Garden. Starting with a short presentation about a variety of approaches to …
Find out more »Careers in Social Sciences
Come learn about how to make the most of your major and create your own career path with your Social Sciences degree! Brought to you by LALS and Career Success. …
Find out more »UC Santa Cruz BLUM Center on Food Insecurity
People are considered food insecure if they have limited or uncertain access to nutritious, safe food. Common indicators include fear of running out of food, skipping meals, hunger, and cutting …
Find out more »UC Santa Cruz Juneteenth: Celebrating Creativity, Community, and Resilience
The campus commemoration of Juneteenth is set for Friday, June 25, and this year’s event is especially meaningful, as it follows the news that federal leaders are making Juneteenth a …
Find out more »Poetry in the Garden
The Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden present an afternoon of poetry in the beautiful (virtual) setting of the Alan Chadwick Garden at UC Santa Cruz. Poetry by Nikia Chaney, Kim Scheilblauer, …
Find out more »Tech For Social Good Project Showcase
Please join us on June 4th from 2:30 until 4:00 pm for a showcase of UCSC’s Tech For Social Good teams from both the 2019 and 2020 funding periods. Teams from …
Find out more »Diverse Voices 2021: Sheldon Logan
"My Journey from Jamaica to Google: From Majority to Minority." Diverse Voices is a professional speakers series spotlighting industry leaders and Baskin Engineering Students.
Find out more »Building Belonging Student Flash Talk Event & Celebration
The Institute for Social Transformation is excited to host an online end-of-year celebration and student flash talk event to honor the work that has been accomplished in the Building Belonging …
Find out more »Global Community Health Wellbeing Fellows 2020-2021 Research Panel Presentations
Please join in celebrating this year’s GCH Wellbeing Fellows as they present their research projects! Jonathan Chavez, Mentoring Latino Youth During the Covid-19 Pandemic Abby Cunniff, Working Conditions of Incarcerated …
Find out more »Plastic Justice: A Conversation with Kristal ‘Ocean’ Ambrose
Please join us for a screening of "Plastic Warriors" and a critical conversation with Kristal ‘Ocean’ Ambrose, recipient of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Award, on the importance of youth-led, Caribbean …
Find out more »Music for Abolition: Artist Panel
Music for Abolition, directed and curated by Terri Lyne Carrington, is a project bringing together musicians across a variety of genres to create a soundtrack—and provide a heartbeat—to our shared …
Find out more »Bookshop Santa Cruz: Julia Alvarez, Afterlife
Bestselling author Julia Alvarez (In the Time of the Butterflies, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) will be in conversation with Sylvanna Falcón about Alvarez's most recent novel, Afterlife, now available in …
Find out more »Sites of Memory, Spaces of Dispute: Missions and Monuments in the United States
The Research Center for the Americas is proud to host “Memory Studies in the Americas,” a thematic series exploring how markers or symbols of memory are imagined and disputed. Listen …
Find out more »Diverse Voices 2021: Jossie Haines
"Retaining Women in Tech: The Skills Needed by Women to Help Face the Challenges of Staying and Thriving in the Tech Industry." Diverse Voices is a professional speakers series spotlighting …
Find out more »Futures
w/ Sora Han, adrienne maree brown and Savannah Shange “I believe that all organizing is science fiction - that we are shaping the future we long for and have not yet …
Find out more »All-In All-Together Spring Webinar
Seizing the Pandemic Portal: Transforming Universities for Community Engaged Scholarship. As Arundhati Roy so powerfully articulated early on in the crisis, pandemics provide us an opportunity to imagine the world …
Find out more »Mark Massoud: “Shari’a, Inshallah – Finding God in Somali Legal Politics”
This book talk is presented by the Politics Department, the Centre for the Middle East and North African, and the Legal Studies Program. Speaker: Professor Mark Fathi Massoud, Politics and …
Find out more »Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement and Resistance
On May 4th, 2021, we celebrate the launch of Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement and Resistance (PM Press) by Erin McElroy, UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies alum …
Find out more »Documenting Justice
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to present ‘Documenting Justice,’ a screening of short films curated by Dee Hibbert-Jones, professor, art, UCSC, and filmmaker Nomi Talisman, followed …
Find out more »Thinking and Rethinking our Actions: Nnimmo Bassey in Conversation
Join leading Nigerian environmental and human rights activist Nnimmo Bassey in Conversation. The interactive event is part of the Right Livelihood Community Conversations series aimed at connecting students and faculty from UC …
Find out more »How Green Became Good: Urbanized Nature and the Making of Cities and Citizens
Hillary Angelo, Author of How Green Became Good, is joined in conversation with Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Neil Brenner, and Claudio Benzecry. Join us on Friday, April 30th at 12:00 PST as …
Find out more »Confronting Climate Change: Food Security in a Changing World
Wednesday & Thursday, April 28-29, 2021 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. Confronting Climate Change is an annual public lecture series that brings together luminaries and the community to discuss the latest in …
Find out more »A Conversation with Terri McCullough, chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi, in memory of Gabe Zimmerman
Gabe Zimmerman (Stevenson '02, sociology) was U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords's community outreach director. He organized the "Congress on Your Corner" event on January 8, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz., where he …
Find out more »UCSC AgTech Symposium
New technologies in our agro-food system hold both tremendous benefits and potential harms. This era will require inter-disciplinary expertise and cross-disciplinary dialogue to maximize benefits and minimize harms from technological …
Find out more »New Gen Learning: Community-Supported Learning by Children and Students during the Pandemic and Beyond
In this gathering, we share evidence-based insights into community-supported learning by children and students during and beyond the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. New Gen Learning is an interdisciplinary consortium …
Find out more »Virtual Earth Day
There are many UCSC events happening on April 22nd, as well as the entire week around Earth Day and the month of April.
Find out more »Diverse Voices 2021: Kelly Harkins Kincaid
"Living on the Edge of Your Comfort Zone: Women in Executive Leadership." Diverse Voices is a professional speakers series spotlighting industry leaders and Baskin Engineering Students.
Find out more »UC Santa Cruz Virtual Alumni Week 2021
Celebrating Alumni Week in true 2021 style April 19-25th. Have fun, remember your roots, reignite your passions, and connect like never before as our first virtual Alumni Week zooms you …
Find out more »Reparations for Black Americans: The Road to Racial Equality in California and Beyond
In 2020, California established the nation’s first state task force to study and make recommendations on reparations for the institution of slavery, the atrocities that followed the end of slavery, …
Find out more »Abolition from the Inside Out
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to partner with the Legal Studies Program at UC Santa Cruz for the next Visualizing Abolition event: 'Abolition from the Inside …
Find out more »A Virtual Conversation with James Doucet-Battle and Edward Hawthorne: Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes
In launching the new book, Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes, James Doucet-Battle, a medical anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the UC Santa Cruz, takes …
Find out more »Diverse Voices 2021: Mothusi Pahl
"Spring Board: A UCSC Founder's Path on Driving Change in Heavy Industry." Diverse Voices is a professional speakers series spotlighting industry leaders and Baskin Engineering Students.
Find out more »Abolition Beyond the State
w/ Sadie Barnette, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Zoé Samudzi, and Eric Stanley. What role can the arts take in the movement to abolish prisons in addition to abolishing the society that upholds them? How can …
Find out more »21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge with the Homeless Garden Project
You’re invited to join the Homeless Garden Project (HGP) in a transformative 21-day challenge to learn, reflect and discuss how we can build a thriving and inclusive community, workforce, and …
Find out more »LASER Talks with Jasmine Alinder & Katharyne Mitchell
Jasmine Alinder, "Representing Japanese American Incarceration." Katharyne Mitchell, "Sanctuary Space and Insurgent Memory." Leonardo Art & Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is an international program bringing together artists, scientists, and scholars …
Find out more »Gateways Event Series: Re Imagine Everything
Join us for a series of conversations on March 1, 3, and 10 designed to inform and inspire us as we fight to change our culture’s attitudes towards crime and …
Find out more »University Forum: V is For Veracity
University Forum featuring SJRC Founding Director and Professor of Sociology Jenny Reardon with introductions and Q&A moderation by Assistant Professor of Sociology James Doucet-Battle. Metaphors of war and battle in fighting COVID-19, now …
Find out more »Popular Culture and the Radical Imaginary
Visualizing Abolition is pleased to present Popular Culture and the Radical Imaginary, a discussion with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and artist and activist Maxwell Addae. …
Find out more »Back to School: What Elementary Schools Need to Consider in Re-Opening their Doors
March Slugs and Steins talk with Professor Rebecca London. As elementary schools reopen after prolonged physical closure due to COVID-19, attention to healing the school community will be essential. Although …
Find out more »Art, Abolition, and the University
Visualizing Abolition presents artist Ashley Hunt in conversation with MJ Hart, Joshua Solis, Alberto Lule, Ryan Flaco Rising, and Rodrigo Vazquez of the Underground Scholars Initiative. The Underground Scholars Initiative …
Find out more »Latino Role Models Conference 2021 with Keynote Speaker Manuel Pastor
Inspiring Students to Achieve their Dreams for College & Career. Latino Role Models is a FREE conference for Santa Cruz County students from grade 6 to college and their families. …
Find out more »Toward a political economy of public safety power shutoff: Politics, ideology, and the limits of regulatory choice in California
Speaker: Les Guliasi, researcher in the UC Santa Cruz Sociology Department. California utilities have chosen to shut off electricity delivery to consumers by employing a “Public Safety Power Shutoff” (PSPS) …
Find out more »Abolitionist Feminisms w/ Beth Ritchie, Erica Meiners, and Sonya Clark
Beth Richie, University of Illinois, Chicago, Erica Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University, and Soyna Clark, Amherst College, Western Massachusetts, join us for a conversation on feminist―queer, anti-capitalist, grassroots, and women of color— …
Find out more »37th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation with Mariame Kaba
Please join us for the 37th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation featuring activist and organizer Mariame Kaba in conversation with Gina Dent, associate professor of feminist studies. Mariame …
Find out more »UCSC Civic Innovation Forum: Housing and Homelessness
What are the most effective current approaches to helping people experiencing homelessness? What technological innovations are having an impact? Join us and gain a deeper understanding of this pervasive challenge …
Find out more »Changing Climate: The Role of Environmental Justice
A Conversation with Rhiana Gunn-Wright Please join us on February 10th as we discuss meaningful climate policy and environmental justice reform. In this conversation, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Director of Climate Policy …
Find out more »Material and Memory with Sanford Biggers and Leigh Raiford
Sanford Biggers is a Harlem-based artist whose work speaks to current social, political and economic happenings. For this Visualizing Abolition event, Biggers will be joined by visual culture theorist Leigh Raiford …
Find out more »Navigating Stress, Anxiety, and Isolation in the midst of a Pandemic
As we approach 12 months of living with a global pandemic, the stress, anxiety, and for some, the isolation is taking its toll. Join Psychology Professor Craig Haney and UC …
Find out more »Surveillance and Cinematics w/ American Artist, Simone Browne and Ruha Benjamin
Join us for the next conversation for Visualizing Abolition focusing on technology, surveillance, and contemporary art with American Artist, Ruha Benjamin, and Simone Browne. American Artist is a contemporary artist working …
Find out more »CAFIN and UC Investments Speaker Series: Financial Risks, Innovation and Inclusion in a Post-COVID World
Exiting the Great Recession and entering the Pandemic Recession, we study the high-frequency real-activity signals provided by a leading nowcast, the ADS Index of Business Conditions produced and released in …
Find out more »“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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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:
Find out more »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, …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »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 …
Find out more »Abolition Then and Now with Isaac Julien and Robin D.G. Kelley
Abolition Then & Now features Robin Kelley and Isaac Julien in conversation about the anti-slavery movements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and current abolitionist uprisings against racist police brutality …
Find out more »Managing A Pandemic Without Making Inequality Worse: The Case of Santa Cruz County, California
The prevalence and social impacts of Covid-19 are taking different and more difficult forms in Watsonville compared to Santa Cruz, the two largest cities in Santa Cruz County. County and …
Find out more »Advancing Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion
CAFIN and UC Investments Speaker Series Financial Risks, Innovation and Inclusion in a Post-COVID World with Leora Klapper, Lead Economist, Finance and Private Sector Research Team, Development Research Group, World …
Find out more »Dissident Genders and Sexualities in the Andes
Dr. Pascha Bueno-Hansen will provide a lunch time webinar lecture on the modalities of resistance of people of non-normative genders and sexualities to armed conflict, political repression, and authoritarian regimes …
Find out more »On-the-Edge: App-Based Ride-Hail and Delivery Workers—A San Francisco Labor Study
You probably know about rideshare and food delivery apps as a service, but do you know about their workers? App-based deliveries and ride-hailing have become a ubiquitous part of daily …
Find out more »Visualizing Abolition: Visuality and Carceral Formations with Nicole Fleetwood, Herman Gray and Nicholas Mirzoeff
The third event in the Visualizing Abolition series brings together visual and cultural theorists Nicole Fleetwood, Herman Gray and Nicholas Mirzoeff to consider the roles of visual culture in normalizing …
Find out more »Bill McKibben & Vandana Shiva in Conversation: Social Transformation – Visions & Mobilizations
For decades, Vandana Shiva and Bill McKibben have used their moral imaginations to envision a better world, articulate a global agenda for sustainable societies, advocate for policy advancements, and support …
Find out more »University Forum: Teaching & Learning in the time of COVID 19
Everything changed in March. UC Santa Cruz transitioned to remote teaching and learning seven months ago. Today we reflect on the lessons we have learned as teachers and learners. What has …
Find out more »PIT-UN 2020 Virtual Convening
Understanding technology and its implications is essential to creating a more just and equitable future. How do we ensure the public is better served by the design and implementation of …
Find out more »Domestic Workers’ Resistance and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil
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 …
Find out more »The CITRIS Policy Lab: Supporting Interdisciplinary Research to Inform Evidence-Based Policymaking
PIT-UN Speaker Series with Brandie Nonnecke, Founding Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab. Join us to learn about the CITRIS Policy Lab’s recent research, how it draws upon this research to support …
Find out more »New Gen Learning Flash Talks
Graduate students who are part of the New Generation Learning collaborative will present one-minute flash talks about their research findings. Moderators:- Su-hua Wang, Professor of Psychology and Director- Barbara Rogoff, …
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