Black Contributions to Social Welfare & Social Work

Justin Harty, a University of Chicago doctoral candidate and licensed clinical social worker, will speak about historical efforts to address anti-Blackness and racism in the profession of social work.

Luskin Summit Session on Sexual Health

Panel discussion on the implementation and investment in home-based testing and telemedicine to provide the remote delivery of sexual healthcare services, especially during the pandemic.

Perloff Lecture: Safe for Whom?

While cyclists and pedestrians are vulnerable road users and face significant safety threats, environmental conditions in historically marginalized communities compound such vulnerability for people of color.

Wachs Distinguished Lecture: Policing the Open Road

“Policing the Open Road” is a thought-provoking look at how the automobile fundamentally changed the nature of police work, and thus the conception of freedom and mobility, in the United States.

Black Mayors and Leadership In the United States

Virtual CA, United States

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and a panel that includes UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge Director Paul Ong will discuss “The Wealth Gap” as part of a virtual series on Black mayors.

Book Talk Focusing on Mass Incarceration

Virtual CA, United States

Virtual event featuring author Reuben J. Miller, a sociologist studying mass incarceration and former chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago.

UCLA Big Data and Politics Seminar

Zoom

Webinar emphasizing the importance of studying coalitions among political actors, with new data on the politics of social media related to Pakistan’s 2018 general election.