50 years after the Chicano Blowouts, still waiting for justice and the need to reject more police in our schools
Fifty years ago, on March 1st, 1968, several hundred Mexican American and Chicana/o students at Wilson High School initiated an impromptu walkout protest in response to the cancelation of a […]
2018 Activists-in-Residence Welcomed at Reception
The Institute on Inequality and Democracy (II&D) at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center welcomed Manuel Criollo and Yvonne Yen Liu as the 2018 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Fellows during […]
Activist-in-Residence Program
With a shared commitment to advance democracy through research and alliances with civil rights organizations and progressive social movements, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Institute on Inequality […]
#ChallengeIneq Newsletter
In this newsletter, our very first, we share glimpses of our work…
Resource Guide for Resistance
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 […]
Video of “Judith Butler: This is What Resistance Looks Like”
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. […]
‘Day of Remembrance’ Blends History and Activism
Marking the passage of 75 years since a presidential executive order that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs […]
The Audacity of ‘Woke’
The meaning of the word “woke” used to be so simple before modern culture co-opted it. It was the past tense of wake: to become conscious after sleeping. But in […]
Video of “From the Frontlines of Justice”
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 […]
Responding to the Call in a ‘Post-Truth’ World
Teach! Organize! Resist! That was the call by organizers of J18, a daylong exercise of teaching and learning at UCLA, as a response to the uncertainty and fear of many […]
