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, …
Publications
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 …
Q&A with MR Macgill and Ho Nam
Q&A with MR Macgill and Ho Nam Donors for the Transforming Futures Program Originally published at UCSC News Center by Joop Rubens Transforming Futures—a pilot program launched by UC Santa Cruz’s Institute for Social Transformation—awarded seven first generation, underrepresented, …
Q&A with Amanda Safi
Q&A with Amanda Safi Transforming Futures Intern Summer 2022 Originally published at UCSC News Center by Haneen Zain Third-year politics student Amanda Safi (John R. Lewis ’24, politics) spent her summer interning for the House of Representatives at the Office of Congressman Jimmy …
All-In: Conference Event Recap, Videos, and Photos
October 26-28, 2022 Conference Video Library Photo Gallery …
Salton Sea Initiative Track One: Measuring and Developing Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable Economies
By: Nate Edenhofer (UC Santa Cruz) & Alejandro Artiga-Purcell (UC Santa Cruz) April 2022 In the face of increasing development opportunities in the Salton Sea region, this report analyzes the opportunities and challenges for ensuring that any future local development projects foster an …