Community Impact Training: Exploring and Combatting Implicit Bias

Zoom

This workshop will explore how bias works and how to effectively reduce its harmful effects at UCLA, at your experiential learning internship sites, and beyond.   Students in the Luskin Undergraduate Program are guaranteed a spot in this workshop. Students not associated with the Luskin School may still RSVP and are welcome to join until […]

UCLA Luskin Spring Career & Internship Fair 2021

Virtual CA, United States

The Luskin career fair is a great opportunity for Luskin graduate students studying urban planning, public policy, and social welfare to engage with employers of interest hiring for full-time roles available for graduating 2nd year students or internship opportunities for 1st year students.

Social Welfare and Urban Planning PhD Professional Development Series Part 3

Doctoral students are encouraged to attend this professional development series (presented by the departments of Social Welfare and Urban Planning). These three virtual workshops will provide tools to navigate the academic world, answer questions about doctoral expectations, and introduce pedagogical methods. RSVP links below. Session 1: The Academic Job Market & Navigating the Academy  Session […]

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 […]

L.A. County Quality of Life Index

Virtual CA, United States

Luskin Summit 2021 concludes with the sixth annual survey of L.A. County residents on their satisfaction with topics such as cost of living, education, the environment, the economy, race relations and health care.

Tips from a Lawyer: Thriving in the Workplace From a Legal Perspective

Zoom

Through this workshop, UCLA Student Legal Services Attorney, Christin Liu, will offer advice on: • Navigating employment/internship offer negotiations • Workplace protections & the role of human resources • How to identify and avoid potential scams and schemes   This event is open to all students in the Luskin Undergraduate Program! Students not associated with […]

PPASS: Sandra González-Bailón

Zoom

Joint with UCLA Movements, Organizations, and Markets Working Group Sandra González-Bailón Associate Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School of Communication Title: The Spread of Information on Social Media during Contentious Political Events Abstract: Information manipulation is widespread in today’s media environment. Online networks have disrupted the gatekeeping role of traditional media by allowing […]

CODESWITCH: The Transborder Immigrant Tool

Virtual CA, United States

Join EDT 2.0 for a choral reading of excerpts from “CODESWITCH: The Transborder Immigrant Tool” (transborder algo-rhythms against caging algorithms).