UCLA Luskin

Fascism or Eco-populism - Our Stark Choice
2025-05-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCLA Nimoy Theater, 1262 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, 90024, United States
The UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy is pleased to present author and journalist Naomi Klein, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, who will deliver the third annual Distinguished Lecture in Ideas and Organizing entitled, Fascism or Eco-Populism – Our Stark Choice. Join us for this in-person program at the historic UCLA Nimoy Theater that will inspire us to think about climate justice in relation to the political economy of global warfare and imperialism.
A discussion moderated by Institute Founding Faculty Director Ananya Roy will follow, with Klein joined by UCLA scholars Hannah Appel and Kian Goh.
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. She is a columnist with The Guardian. In 2018 she was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair at Rutgers University and is now Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021 she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice (tenured) and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice.

Closing Reception for 2025 UCLA Activists-in-Residence
2025-06-03 17:00 - 19:00 | James West Alumni Center – Collins Patio, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
With a shared commitment to “turn the university inside out” and invite artists, community organizers, and movement leaders to undertake power-shifting scholarship and pedagogy focused on social change, the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, cityLAB-UCLA, and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center are pleased to celebrate the 2025 UCLA Activists-in-Residence: Lupita Limón Corrales, Kaya Dantzler, Kari Okubo, Romarilyn Ralston, and James Suazo.
Learn more about each of the UCLA Activists-in-Residence here and please join us to hear about the projects our activists have been involved in over the course of their residencies at this year’s closing reception.
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Parking information: The nearest parking lot is Parking Structure 8 (501 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095). Pay-by-space parking is available on level 4 (rooftop) of Parking Structure 8. Structure 8 has a pedestrian bridge on the 3rd level.
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UCLA Volunteer Day – Saturday, September 27
2025-09-27 09:00 - 12:00
Mark your calendars! This year’s UCLA Volunteer Day is a wonderful opportunity for Luskin alumni, faculty, staff, and current students to come together, give back, and make a difference in our community.

We’ll kick off the morning with coffee and donuts to fuel our volunteer spirit, then roll up our sleeves and get to work for a great cause.

📅 Date: Saturday, September 27
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (tentative)
📍 Location: jane b. semel HCI Community Garden
111 Easton Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90095
☕ Perk: Coffee & donuts provided by UCLA Luskin

Volunteers will rejuvenate the orchard and garden plots through fun, hands-on activities. Working in rotating groups, you’ll help weed, clear eucalyptus, and refresh our community plots with compost. In the amphitheater, you’ll plant native seeds to grow in the greenhouse, and during breaks, join a pollination watch by spotting bees and butterflies to support the garden’s ecological health.

We hope you’ll join us in making this year’s Volunteer Day one to remember!

Beyond Sanctuary
2025-11-14 10:00 - 16:30 | 2355 Public Affairs, 337 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
OVERVIEW
Sanctuary, as problem and promise, casts light on the place of racial others in the liberal democracies of the West. This convening marks the publication of Beyond Sanctuary: The Humanism of a World in Motion, which thinks across the United States and Europe to critically interrogate policies and philosophies of sanctuary and asylum. Taking place in occupied Los Angeles at a time of resurgent white nationalism, these dialogues are intended to resituate the imperial West in the global histories – and possibilities – of decolonization and abolition.

AGENDA
10:00am – Coffee & Conversation
10:30am – Reworlding Sanctuary | Ananya Roy
11:00am – “We Charge Genocide”: Petitions for Freedom | João Helion Costa Vargas, Saree Makdisi, Gaye Teresa Johnson
12:00pm – “My/Lar”: Fugitive Histories | Amy Sara Carroll, Ricardo Dominguez, Kyle T. Mays, Lupita Limón Corrales
1:00pm – Lunch
1:30pm – “Mujer Migrante Memorial”: Art Beyond Witness | Maite Zubiaurre, Anthony Orendorff, Carla Orendorff
2:30pm – Beyond Sanctuary: The Praxis of Solidarity | Leisy Abrego, James Suazo, Hamid Khan, Ananya Roy
3:30pm – Reception & Conversation

RSVP>> https://beyondsanctuary.eventbrite.com

PARKING
Visitor parking is available in Lot 3 North. Visit UCLA Parking website for more information.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS EVENT CO-SPONSORS: cityLAB-UCLA, Culture, Power, and Social Change, UCLA American Indian Studies Center, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies, UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA Institute of American Cultures, UCLA International Law & Human Rights Association, UCLA Labor Center, UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute, UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies

UCLA Luskin Alumni Regional Reception Sacramento
2026-02-09 18:00 | Cafeteria 15L, 1116 15th Street, Sacramento, 95814, United States
Please join us for the UCLA Luskin Alumni Regional Reception Sacramento on Monday, February 9, from 6:00–8:00 PM at Cafeteria 15L.
This special gathering is a wonderful opportunity to stay connected with the UCLA Luskin community and strengthen the relationships that make our School so vibrant. Alumni from our programs in Social Welfare, Public Policy, Urban Planning, and the Undergraduate Program in Public Affairs play an essential role in shaping our region and state. Coming together across disciplines not only enriches our shared experience but deepens the collective impact we create together.
We’re also delighted to welcome our Interim Dean Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and faculty, who will be in Sacramento ahead of the annual Sacramento Briefing. In addition, a select group of current Luskin students traveling for the briefing will join us—they’re eager to learn from your journeys, connect with alumni, and build meaningful relationships with the leaders who inspire them.
To make the evening even more special, your ticket includes appetizers, a street tacos buffet, a drink of your choice (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), and a scrumptious dessert.
Early-bird tickets will be available December 17–January 16 for $20. After that, tickets will be $40, so we encourage you to reserve yours early.
We hope you’ll join us for an evening of conversation, community, and Bruin camaraderie.
We look forward to welcoming you!
