#J18: From the Frontlines of Justice
Affirm the role of critical thinking and knowledge during a day of actions, ideas, dreams, dialogues, performances and alliances.
Events for Nov 21 - Jul 6
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This Is What Resistance Looks Like
Dedicated to mobilizing the power of knowledge and critical analysis to challenge the normalization of the politics, language, and actions of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Day of Remembrance 75th Anniversary: Executive Orders Disrupting Lives
Join us to mark the passage of 75 years since the signing of executive order 9066, the action by President Roosevelt that led to the incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.
There goes the neighborhood.
Public Affairs Building, Luskin Commons 337 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA teach-in on protecting data on race and affordable housing with Chancela Al-Mansour, Executive Director of the Housing Rights Center.
From Colorblindness to White Nationalism?: Emerging Racial Formations in the Trump Era
California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA Campus 570 Westwood Plaza , Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCritical Race Studies Ninth Annual Symposium From Colorblindness to White Nationalism?: Emerging Racial Formations in the Trump Era Friday March 3rd, 2017 / California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA Campus Donald Trump’s political rise has been marked, and fueled, by a resurgent and explicit white nationalism. This would have been significant even had he merely been nominated […]
Making of a Movement: Origins of Black Lives Matter
Room 5391 Luskin School of Public Affairs Building 337 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesActivist-in-Residence Funmilola Fagbamila of the Institute on Inequality and Democracy discusses the inception of Black Lives Matter, the importance of recalling and writing this history, and social justice activism today.
The Folklore of the Freeway
Westbound 300 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Suite N, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin Professor Eric Avila for drinks & discussion on the freeway revolt and how urban minority communities have used cultural expression to reclaim their place after they were divided by the interstate highway.
UCLA’S Role In Workers’ Lives Today: A Celebration of Over 70 Years of Research, Training & Service
UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesUCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment invites you to join Professor of Urban Planning Abel Valenzuela Jr. for this celebration.
19th Annual UCLA MPP Alumni & Student Reception
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy 100-198 N Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesReconnect with classmates, network with fellow MPP alumni, meet current MPP students, and celebrate the 2017 MPP Alumna of the Year, Taz Ahmed MPP '07.
PT. III: Gente Sí, Gentrify No: Resisting Displacement in Boyle Heights
Activists, residents, and community members will come together to discuss the struggle against gentrification and displacement in Boyle Heights.
