All-In: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice Conference October 26-28, 2022 | Santa Cruz, CA There is an exciting resurgence in critical public scholarship: a push for universities to reach beyond their academic audiences and build stronger community-university partnerships to jointly tackle …
Publications
On-Demand and on-the-edge: Ride-hailing and Delivery Workers in San Francisco
By: Chris Benner (UC Santa Cruz) with Erin Johansson (Jobs With Justice), Kung Feng (Jobs With Justice) and Hays Witt (Drivers Seat Cooperative) May 5, 2020 A new survey of app-based ride-hailing and food and grocery-delivery workers in San Francisco underscores the financial vulnerability of …
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Q&A with Building Belonging Fellows
Q&A with Building Belonging Fellows Learning about the student experience in the Building Belonging Program By Karina Diaz Alvarez, CUIP Intern for the Institute for Social Transformation As the Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Project (CUIP) for the Institute for Social …
Building Belonging Student Showcase 2023
Building Belonging Student Showcase May 17, 2023 The Institute for Social Transformation hosted an end-of-year celebration and student showcase event to honor the work that has been accomplished in the Building Belonging Program. Students involved in the program in 2022-2023 presented …
Playing for Keeps: A Long-Term Community-Engaged Research Partnership to Support Safe and Healthy Elementary School Recess
An article published in Sociological Forum and co-authored by Rebecca A. London (UCSC) and Jennette Claassen (Playworks) May 2023 The field of community-engaged research emphasizes the importance of creating long-lasting, mutually beneficial, and reciprocal collaborations. However, many issues …
Our Salton Sea: Investing in People for a Thriving Region
A partnership of Alianza Coachella Valley; the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy; the UCR Center for Social Innovation; and the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz March 2023 The Our Salton Sea initiative launched in 2021 to provide a more …
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Architects of Abundance: Indigenous Regenerative Food Systems and the Excavation of Hidden History
Conversations on Climate Justice March 13, 2023 Wildfires. Flooding. Drought. The nation has faced these climate issues for centuries. Yet, there’s still a lot that can be learned from pre-colonial Indigenous food and land management techniques to combat our current climate problems, …
Selling Out the Delta: Farmland Investment and Small Farmer Land Access in Mississippi
By Madeleine Fairbairn (UCSC), Elsa Calderon (UCSC), and Jordan Treakle (NFFC) February 2023 The financial industry is in the market for farmland. Over the past decade and a half, major financial institutions have increasingly added farmland to their investment portfolios, and investment …
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Q&A with Rekia Jibrin
Q&A with Rekia Jibrin UCSC professor building collaborations to shape future minds through ethnic studies Originally published at UCSC News Center by Elisa Smith Many believe we are at a pivotal moment in this country regarding anti-racist reforms, police abolition, and restorative …
Q&A with Zahirah Suhaimi
Q&A with Zahirah Suhaimi Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology supports graduate student Originally published at UCSC News Center by Haneen Zain Anthropology doctoral candidate Zahirah Suhaimi chose to attend UC Santa Cruz for its creative and cutting-edge research, radical …
Salton Sea Independent Review Panel Summary Report: Evaluation of Water Importation Concepts for Long-Term Salton Sea Restoration
Prepared by: Brent M. Haddad Ph.D. (UC Santa Cruz) Independent Review Panel: Rominder Suri, Ph.D.; Philip Burgi, P.E.; Robert Glennon, J.D., Ph.D.; Sharon D. Kenny, PMP; Julie Lockwood, Ph.D.; Adina Paytan, Ph.D.; Robert Raucher, Ph.D. September …
