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The Displacement Alert Project Map

June 21, 2017 /0 Comments/in , , /by

The DAP Map is a building-by-building, web-based interactive map designed to show where residential tenants may be facing significant displacement pressures and where affordable apartments are most threatened across New York City. It is a publicly accessible, interactive data visualization of residential buildings and neighborhood conditions throughout New York City. The DAP Map is meant […]

Resource Guide for Resistance

May 8, 2017 /0 Comments/in , , /by

The UCLA Abolitionist Planning Group produced a resource guide that outlines their first steps to understand Trumpism as a moment in United States politics. Committed to a philosophy of abolitionism, they seek to understand how urban planning, as discipline and professional practice, can analyze and address the systematic oppressions expanded and institutionalized by the new administration.

The Making of A Movement

April 18, 2017 /0 Comments/in , /by

Funmilola Fagbamila, our 2017 Activist-in-Residence, discusses the inception of the Black Lives Matter movement, the importance of recalling and writing this history, and the transformation of social justice activism under the current political regime.

Video of “Judith Butler: This is What Resistance Looks Like”

March 15, 2017 /0 Comments/in , , /by

We are delighted to share the complete video of “Judith Butler: This is What Resistance Looks Like” that took place on February 15, 2017 at  Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA. Guest lecture featuring: JUDITH BUTLER Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, […]

Video Highlights “From the Frontlines of Justice”

March 10, 2017 /0 Comments/in , /by

We are pleased to share a highlight video from our event “From the Frontlines of Justice” that took place on January 18, 2017 at UCLA’s Ackerman Grand Ballroom. On the evening of #J18, we gathered at UCLA to celebrate ongoing struggles for social justice and to affirm their urgent relevance in the face of this current national and global moment. Let […]

Resisting the Trumpism of Local Policies

March 6, 2017 in /by

By Riley O’Brien, UCLA Luskin graduate student After Donald Trump’s election, the shock of his victory quickly gave way to uncertainty about the best way for progressives to respond. Some thinkers claimed that Hillary Clinton lost the election by emphasizing the needs of women, people of color, and LGBT people, and that the best way […]

Video of “From the Frontlines of Justice”

February 9, 2017 /0 Comments/in , , /by

We are delighted to share the complete video of “From the Frontlines of Justice” that was part of the #J18 Call to Action on January 18, 2017 at UCLA’s Ackerman Grand Ballroom. About #J18 and Beyond January 18, 2017, was a day to Teach, Organize, Resist. Poised between Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the presidential inauguration, #J18 was an […]