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.
Events for May 30 - May 15
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Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice Symposium
Social work has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal to achieve racial justice. Moreover, our profession simultaneously practices within racist systems and works to dismantle them. In the wake of a fervent #BlackLivesMatter movement and persistent racial disparities in key social welfare institutions, these paradoxes have come to the forefront of […]
Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice Symposium
Social work has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal to achieve racial justice. Moreover, our profession simultaneously practices within racist systems and works to dismantle them. In the wake of a fervent #BlackLivesMatter movement and persistent racial disparities in key social welfare institutions, these paradoxes have come to the forefront of […]
‘She Said’ – How Journalist Megan Twohey Uncovered a Hollywood Scandal
ZoomThe Pulitzer Prize-winner will share insights and anecdotes from an investigation of Harvey Weinstein that changed the national conversation forever.
Black Mayors and Leadership In the United States
Virtual CA, United StatesNewark 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 StatesVirtual event featuring author Reuben J. Miller, a sociologist studying mass incarceration and former chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago.
Perloff Lecture: Compton Cowboys and California Love
Multimedia artist Walter Thompson-Hernández shares from his book, “The Compton Cowboys,” and latest NPR podcast, "California Love," about coming of age in L.A.
Social Welfare Ph.D. Open Forum
ZoomThe Social Welfare Department is hosting biweekly open forums for PhD students, facilitated by Doctoral Program Chair, Ian Holloway. The fifth session for Winter Quarter will be held March 12th from 2 –3:30 PM via Zoom. These sessions are opportunities for students to ask questions about any topic related to the Social Welfare Doctoral Program. […]
UCLA Big Data and Politics Seminar
ZoomWebinar 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.
César Chávez holiday
The Luskin School joins the entire UCLA campus in observing a holiday honoring labor leader and civil rights activist César Chávez.
