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SUMMARY:L.A. Museums Are Going to Be Free for Just One Day
DESCRIPTION:Getty Center. Shutterstock. Source: LAmag.com \n“On Sunday\, January 28\, dozens of local museums are inviting visitors in\, totally free of charge. The SoCal Museums Free-for-All  is a joint partnership with Metro\, and it’s good for general admission entrance at participating museums. We’ve listed the museums involved below\, with new participants in bold.” \nAnnenberg Space for Photography \nAutry Museum of the American West \nThe Broad \nCalifornia African American Museum \nCalifornia Science Center\nA timed reservation with a convenience fee is required for Space Shuttle Endeavour.\n\nColumbia Memorial Space Center \nCraft & Folk Art Museum \nDescanso Gardens\nFree\, timed tickets are available on a first-come\, first-served basis at www.descansogardens.org\n\nFowler Museum at UCLA \nGetty Center \nGetty Villa\nFree\, timed tickets are required. Visit www.getty.edu. \nGRAMMY Museum \nHammer Museum \nInstitute of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles \nJapanese American National Museum \nKidspace Children’s Museum \nLa Brea Tar Pits and Museum\nGeneral admission only; free tickets available at tarpits.org/freeforall \nLa Plaza de Cultura y Artes \nLos Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) \nThe Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA) \nMuseum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) \nMuseum of Tolerance \nNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County\nFree tickets available at nhm.org/freeforall\n \nOrange County Museum of Art \nThe Paley Center for Media \nPalm Springs Museum of Art \nPasadena Museum of California Art \nPetersen Automotive Museum \nPomona College Museum of Art \nRiverside Art Museum \nSanta Barbara Museum of Art \nSkirball Cultural Center\nNoah’s Ark timed-entry\, one-hour tickets are limited and distributed first-come\, first-served \nSunnylands \nUniversity Art Museum\, CSU Long Beach \nUSC Fisher Museum\nFree admission on Saturday\, January 27 \nUSC Pacific Asia Museum \nZimmer Children’s Museum \n  \nSource: http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/free-museums-los-angeles/ 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/l-museums-going-free-just-one-day/
LOCATION:Los Angeles\, CA\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:JusticeLA Town Hall: Reinvesting in Our Communities
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin JusticeLA to discuss L.A. County’s $3.5 billion jail expansion plan. Learn how you and/or your organization can help the JusticeLA coalition fight back against L.A. County’s failed criminal justice system and reclaim\, reimagine and reinvest in our communities. \nPanelists include Patrisse Khan-Cullors (Co-Founder JusticeLA and Black Lives Matter)\, Mark-Anthony Johnson (JusticeLA)\, Kim McGill (Youth Justice Coalition)\, Peter Eliasberg (ACLU)\, andKelly Lytle Hernandez (UCLA Bunche Center/Million Dollar Hoods).\n\nParking/Public Transportation:\nLimited on-site parking. Overflow parking is available on the street or across the street at the Kodak Complex located at Hollywood & Highland and is $8 with validation from the coffee shop.\nNearest Metro station (Red Line) is across the street a Hollywood & Highland.\n\nHollywood UMC is wheelchair accessible.\n\n#JUSTICELANOW
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/justicela-town-hall/
LOCATION:Hollywood United Methodist Church\, 6817 Franklin Ave.\, Hollywood\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180111T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180111T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
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SUMMARY:Welcome Reception for 2018 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Fellows
DESCRIPTION:The Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center are pleased to announce that Manuel Criollo and Yvonne Yen Liu have been named the 2018 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Fellows. Mr. Criollo was selected as the Irvine Fellow on Urban Life and Ms. Liu as the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Fellow. They will both be in residence on the UCLA campus starting in Winter Quarter\, January 8\, 2018. \nThe Activist-in-Residence Program was developed by the two research centers to recognize the work of individuals working on community-led social change and to build stronger links between UCLA and the community. Fellows are encouraged to pursue research or reflect on their community work to advance racial\, social and economic equity\, as well as contribute to creating new models of public scholarship and engagement for UCLA students to develop or strengthen their own commitment to social justice. \nPlease join us in a welcome reception for the two activist fellows on Thursday\, January 11\, 2018\, at the UCLA Luskin Commons.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/welcome-reception-2018-ucla-activist-residence-fellows/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180106T160000
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SUMMARY:A Social Justice Conversation with Common and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
DESCRIPTION:Join Oscar winning artist\, Common and Hall of Fame NBA player and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient\, Kareem Abdul Jabbar for an exclusive 1-1 conversation on issues\, such as bail disparity\, police brutality\, and juvenile detention. This Social Justice Conversation will be followed by a powerhouse panel discussion to include Dr. Kelly Lytle-Hernandez\, Interim Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies\, Dr. Tyrone Howard of Black Male Institute\, Dr. Boyce Watkins and other esteemed guests. \nThe panel discussion will conclude with a VIP reception and book signing with Kareem Abdul Jabbar! VIP guests will receive a complimentary book. Refreshments will be served. Proceeds from this event support the ongoing mission of the Skyhook Foundation and UCLA Black Alumni Association student focused programming for 2018. \nEvent Registration
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/a-social-justice-conversation/
LOCATION:James West Alumni Center\, 325 Westood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171204T190000
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SUMMARY:Living the High Life: The Quest for Public Space in the Millennial Metropolis of Toronto's Condoland
DESCRIPTION:UCLA Critical Planning Volume 23 Launch \nFeaturing Ute Lehrer \nUte Lehrer is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies. She has a PhD in urban planning from UCLA and a lic. phil. from the University of Zurich\, Switzerland\, in art and architectural history\, sociology\, and economic and social history. She has taught at York University\, Brock University and SUNY Buffalo\, was a researcher at the Swiss Federal University of Technology in Zurich\, and held Visiting positions at Université de Montpellier\, France\, University of the Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg\, and University of Manchester\, UK. \nShe was the recipient of several awards\, including UCLA’s Chancellor Fellowship\, UC Berkeley’s Research Fellowship and the American Institute for Certified Planners. She was the Vice-President North America of the Research Committee 21\, ISA and one of the founders of UCLA’s journal Critical Planning. \nCurrently\, she is an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Taking a critical and comparative approach\, her research interests include urban design and land use; housing\, gentrification and the condominium boom; discourse and mega-projects; and the social construction of public space. She has published widely in social science journals and edited books\, held several research grants\, and is a co-applicant for Global Suburbanisms\, a seven year\, multimillion dollar research project housed at York University. \n Download the flyer\, here.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/living-the-high-life/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, Room 5391\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171204
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SUMMARY:Pang!
DESCRIPTION:Summary: Pang! is an evening of three short plays based on the oral histories of families living with hunger in Los Angeles CA\, Miami FL and Cedar Rapids IA. The plays are staged amidst a forest of microphones\, sound effects\nprops and musical instruments\, as if the audience is watching a radio theater company perform a live broadcast. \nPANG!’s scenarios:\n \n1) A single mom and nine children are swindled into foreclosure on their Los Angeles family home of 65 years. \n2) A family makes a harrowing escape from war-torn Burundi and resettles as refugees in Eastern Iowa\, which proves traumatic in its own ways.\n\n3) A 7 year-old boy sews seeds of hope as he fantasizes his way out of a Miami neighborhood besieged by violence and beset by racist politics. \nPang! Performances:  \nOctober 20-21\, 2017 at Legion Arts/CSPS Hall\, Cedar Rapids\, IA \nDecember 2nd @ 8 p.m. and December 3rd @ 3 p.m.\, 2017 at 24th Street Theatre\, Los Angeles\, CA \nJanuary 26-28\, 2018 at The Light Box at Miami Light Project\, Miami\, FL \n(CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION)\n      \n \nDownload PDF \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/pang-december/
LOCATION:24th Street Theater\, 1117 W 24th St\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90007\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171130T180000
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SUMMARY:The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Why it Matters Today
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 30\, 2017\, at 4 PM at the UCLA Faculty Center\, Heather Ann Thompson\, Professor of History and Afro-American and African Studies at University of Michigan\, will discuss her Pulitzer Prize winning book\, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy. \nRSVP recommended due to limited seating. The event is free and open to the public. Parking can be purchased at Parking Structure 2 (Manning Drive & Charles E Young Drive East). UCLA is a Smoke and Tobacco-Free campus. \nCo-sponsored by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies\, UCLA Department of African American Studies\, UCLA Department of History\, Dean of UCLA Social Sciences\, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy\, and the UCLA Prison Law and Policy Program. \n \nTo download the flyer\, click here.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/the-attica-prison-uprising-of-1971-and-why-it-matters-today/
LOCATION:UCLA Faculty Center\, Main Dining Hall\, 480 Charles E Young Dr East\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171117T200000
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SUMMARY:From Incarceration to Education: FITE Film Premiere
DESCRIPTION:From Incarceration to Education presents the premiere event of FITE Film \, a documentary film that delves into the lives of several formerly incarcerated students at UC Berkeley and a Memorial Film of Jose Ortega\, Co-founder of Underground Scholars Initiative at UCLA \, and their paths to success and higher education. High recidivism and incarceration rates in the United States are not a mere prison problem – they are a societal problem\, affecting you\, your friends\, and your family as we speak. These stories in FITE are empowering\, real\, and\, most of all\, missing from the popular media space. \nFITE Film will be screened in jails\, prisons\, and youth detention centers across the country\, and is being created alongside an online database of regional and national programs that are available to assist incarcerated individuals upon release. \nAfter beginning this project in 2015\, a successful crowdfunding campaign\, thousands of followers and fans\, FITE Film’s first screening will be at UCLA: FITE Night\, Friday\, November 17th\, 6:00 PM at Math Sciences Building room #4000A.  (Preview the Trailer.)
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/incarceration-education-fite-film-premiere/
LOCATION:UCLA Math Sciences Building\, 520 Portola Plaza\, Room 4000A\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171115T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171115T140000
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SUMMARY:Housing\, Equity\, and Community Series - Part 1: Homelessness in Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:Tens of thousands of Angelenos\, including families with children\, are without homes every night. Many more are on the brink of homelessness. In response to this crisis\, both the County and City of Los Angeles recently passed funding measures intended to provide new and needed services and resources. \nWe will explore the issue of homelessness\, and the response of local institutions\, from three different perspectives: a Skid Row resident and activist\, a developer of permanent supportive housing\, and UCLA’s own BruinShelter. These speakers will share their perspectives and answer questions from the audience. \nConfirmed speakers: \n\nDora Leong Gallo\, CEO\, A Community of Friends\nJerry Ramirez\, Manager\, Homeless Initiative\, Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office\nSuzette Shaw\, Skid Row Resident\nJordan Vega\, Director of Resources\, Students for Students (S4S) formerly Bruin Shelter\nUCLA B.A. Candidate 2019\, Major: Business Economics & Public Health\n\nModerated by Professor Mike Lens \nLunch Provided \nA UCLA joint endeavor from the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies\, Ziman Center for Real Estate\, and the Institute on Inequality and Democracy. \n\nDisclaimer: \n“As a condition to your attendance to all Lewis Center and/or Institute of Transportation Studies Events\, you agree and irrevocably consent to your image and/or likeness being captured on photo\, film\, and/or video\, the benefit of which shall vest in Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the Institute of Transportation Studies.\, it’s licensees\, successors and assigns\, and shall be used for promotional\, marketing\, and educational purposes only.”
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/housing-equity-community-series-part-1-homelessness-los-angeles/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, Room 2355\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\,\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171107T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171107T193000
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SUMMARY:Housing Equity and Community Series: "East LA Interchange" Documentary
DESCRIPTION:.pdf Flyer \nA UCLA joint endeavor from the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies\, Ziman Center for Real Estate\, and Institute on Inequality and Democracy. \nJoin us for the series kick off! \nDocumentary screening and discussion: This year’s series kicks off with “East LA Interchange\,” an award-winning documentary about the intersections of pollution\, transportation\, and gentrification in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. Followed by a discussion hosted by UCLA Luskin’s Diversity\, Disparities\, and Difference Initiative with filmmaker Betsy Kalin. \nPlease RSVP at eastlainterchangeucla.eventbrite.com  \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/screening-discussion-east-la-interchange-documentary/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, Room 2355\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\,\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171107T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171107T170000
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SUMMARY:INDIVISIBLE and the Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Printable .pdf flyer \nWe invite you to join us at INDIVISIBLE and the Resistance at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs in room 2355 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday\, November 7\, 2017. \nSpeakers:\nBilly Fleming\, Indivisible Guide Co-Author \nModerated by: \nAnanya Roy\, Professor of Urban Planning\, Social Welfare\, and Geography; Director\, Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin \nIn conversation with: \nMelany De La Cruz-Viesca\, Assistant Director\, UCLA Asian American Studies Center \nLaure Murat\, Professor of French and Francophone Studies; Director\, Center for European and Russian Studies\, UCLA \nAbel Valenzuela Jr.\, Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Urban Planning; Director\, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment; Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Immigration Policy\, UCLA \n\nINDIVISIBLE seeks to cultivate a progressive grassroots network of local groups organized across the United States to build political power\, to resist the destructive political agendas of the Trump administration\, to challenge structures of white supremacy\, and to advocate and realize bold policies for social justice. \nOrganized by: \n \nCo-sponsored by: \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/indivisible-and-the-resistance/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, Room 2355\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\,\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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SUMMARY:Futures of Black Radicalism
DESCRIPTION:FUTURES OF BLACK RADICALISM \nGaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin discuss Futures of Black Radicalism. \nwith Chuck D and Tom Morello and additional comments by Elizabeth Robinson and Shana Redmond \nTuesday\, November 7th\, 2017 \n1:30pm-6:00pm\n1:30pm-2:00pm Pre-Reception (with refreshments)\n2:00pm-3:30pm Response to book by Jonathan Gomez\, Olufemi Taiwo\, Thabisile Griffin\, and Marques Vestal and author response by Alex Lubin and Gaye Theresa Johnson\n3:45pm-5:00pm Authors and Artivist Dialogue with Authors and Tom Morello and Chuck D\n5:00pm-6:00pm Reception & Book Signing (with food & refreshments) \nEvent Location: UCLA California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) Auditorium [south campus] \n570 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095 \n\nAbout the book: Black rebellion has returned. Dramatic protests have risen up in scores of cities and campuses; there is renewed engagement with the history of Black radical movements and thought. Here\, key intellectuals—inspired by the new movements and by the seminal work of the scholar Cedric J. Robinson—recall the powerful tradition of Black radicalism while defining new directions for the activists and thinkers it inspires. \nIn a time when activists in Ferguson\, Palestine\, Baltimore\, and Hong Kong immediately connect across vast distances\, this book makes clear that new Black radical politics is thoroughly internationalist and redraws the links between Black resistance and anti-capitalism. Featuring the key voices in this new intellectual wave\, this collection outlines one of the most vibrant areas of thought today. \nAbout the editors: \nGaye Theresa Johnson is Associate Professor of Black and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA and author of Spaces of Conflict\, Sounds of Solidarity: Music\, Race\, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles. \nAlex Lubin is Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and author of Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary and Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy\, 1945–1954.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/futures-of-black-radicalism/
LOCATION:California NanoSystems Institute\, 570 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171026T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171026T190000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: We Are In It
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 26\, 2017 • 314 Royce Hall • 4 PM \nFilm Screening: “We Are In It” \nBy Yehuda Sharim (Rice University) \n“We Are In It” chronicles the stories and journeys of five Houston residents and their attempt to find refuge in the American metropolis. By combining tales of deportation with everyday defeats and resilience\, the film identifies what lies beneath the surface of migrant and refugee realities and the unsettling need to move towards political and economic security. The film documents their personal archives—poetry and paintings of Baghdad\, film clips of the Burmese diaspora\, songs in Swahili—and their efforts to re-envisage a home amidst experiences of warfare\, hardship\, and alienation. Filmed over a period of two years\, the film not only sheds new light on the political climate of global migration but also speaks to universal human values of compassion and belonging. \nModerator: Todd S. Presner (UCLA) \nRespondent: Ananya Roy (UCLA) \nSponsored by the \nUCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies \nCosponsored by the \nInstitute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin \nUCLA Center for the Study of International Migration \nUCLA School of Theater\, Film and Television \nUCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance \n  \nWatch Trailer 1 & Trailer 2 \n \n\nAbout the Director: \n \n\nYehuda Sharim is a scholar\, filmmaker\, and creative director of Houston in Motion: Empowering Houston Migrant and Refugee Communities\, a multi-media project that provides a window into the lives and experiences of refugee communities in Houston. “We are in it” is his directorial debut. \n\n\nDr. Sharim is currently teaching at Rice University\, serving as a Kinder Fellow in the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. His other artistic and scholarly work explores connections between art\, poetry\, comparative migration studies\, cultural studies\, and race and ethnic studies. \n\nIn the Press:\n“A Voice for Refugees” – Rice at Large Magazine \n“In Houston\, a filmmaker tries to understand the city’s mélange of refugees” – The Urban Edge \n“A Voice for Houston’s Refugees” – Rice Magazine \n“Migrant Ironies: Migrants Hope for Life Without Limitations in Houston” – The Feminist Wire
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/film-screening-we-are-in-it/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles \, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pang!
DESCRIPTION:Summary: Pang! is an evening of three short plays based on the oral histories of families living with hunger in Los Angeles CA\, Miami FL and Cedar Rapids IA. Artists perform the plays amidst a forest of microphones\, sound effects props and musical instruments\, as if we are a radio theater company performing a live broadcast.   \nPANG!’s scenarios:\n \n1) A single mom and nine children are swindled into foreclosure on their Los Angeles family home of 65 years. \n2) A family makes a harrowing escape from war-torn Burundi and resettles as refugees in Eastern Iowa\, which proves traumatic in its own ways.\n\n3) A 7 year-old boy sews seeds of hope as he fantasizes his way out of a Miami neighborhood besieged by violence and beset by racist politics. \n  \nPang! Performances:  \nOctober 20-21\, 2017 at Legion Arts/CSPS Hall\, Cedar Rapids I \nDecember 1-3\, 2017 at 24th Street Theatre\, Los Angeles CA \nJanuary 26-28\, 2018 at The Light Box at Miami Light Project\, Miami FL \n(CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE PDF)
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/pang/
LOCATION:Legion Arts\, 1103 3rd St SE\, Cedar Rapids\, IA\, 52401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171006T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171006T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20171004T205716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171004T210421Z
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SUMMARY:The Activists: War\, Peace\, and Politics in the Streets
DESCRIPTION:Documentary film screening of The Activists: War\, Peace\, and Politics in the Streets\, by producer Michael T. Heaney\, chronicles the lives of activists in the United States who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. It considers their backgrounds\, their tactics\, the organizations that supported them\, and their historical context. \nRun Time: 60 Minutes \nLink to Trailer: https://vimeo.com/203493692\nWebpage: https://www.theactivistsfilm.com/ \nAwareness Film Festival 2017 will be hosted at LA LIVE REGAL CINEMA 14. \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/activists-war-peace-politics-streets/
LOCATION:LA Live Regal Cinema 14\, 1000 W Olympic Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90015\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171005T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171005T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20171004T225532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171004T225944Z
UID:9891-1507226400-1507233600@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Sanctuary Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Join an inspirational and educational Town Hall to support an ordinance that will finally make L.A. a Sanctuary City\, where all are treated with the equality\, respect\, and dignity deserved. \nFeatured speakers include distinguished labor leader Maria Elena Durazo\, long-time immigrants rights activist Angela Sanbrano\, and City Councilmember Gibert Cedillo.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/sanctuary-town-hall/
LOCATION:SEIU 721\, 1545 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90017\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170822T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170822T000000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170726T230413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170726T230413Z
UID:6174-1503360000-1503360000@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Submission Deadline for the Roddenberry Fellowship
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP \nThe inaugural Roddenberry Fellowship will support 20 activists\, organizers\, leaders\, and changemakers who are working to make the U.S. a fairer and more equitable place to live. \n\nhttps://roddenberryfellowship.org/wp-content/themes/rbfellowship_splash/lib/video/intro.webm \nStarting in July\, the Roddenberry Foundation will select 20 fellows from across the country who will each receive a $50\,000 award\, as well as tailored support\, to implement a project or\ninitiative that has direct impact in one of four major arenas. \n\nImmigration and Refugee Rights\nCivil Rights\n LGBTQIA and Women’s Rights\nClimate Change and Environmental Justice\n\nPlease see the Official Rules at www.roddenberryfellowship.org for eligibility\, criteria and more. \nApplications are due August 22\, 2017. \n\nABOUT THE RODDENBERRY FOUNDATION \nLaunched in 2010\, The Roddenberry Foundation is committed to finding and supporting remarkable people and organizations that can disrupt existing dynamics\, challenge old patterns of thought\, and\ndiscover new ways to help us move towards a better future. \nThey provide grants to accelerate the development of great\, untested ideas and invest in models that are challenging the status quo and improving the human condition. Together\, interconnected\ninitiatives offer opportunities for original thinkers and innovators from all walks to life to pursue significant\, lasting change. \nwww.roddenberryfoundation.org
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/the-roddenberrry-fellowship/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170721T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170717T012300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170717T013746Z
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SUMMARY:Movie Night at the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Movie Night at the Museum on Friday\, July 21st at 7 p.m. : In 1960 Jane Jacobs’ book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds\, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities. Jacobs was also an activist\, who was involved in many fights in mid-century New York\, to stop “master builder” Robert Moses from running roughshod over the city. This film retraces the battles for the city as personified by Jacobs and Moses\, as urbanization moves to the very front of the global agenda. Many of the clues for formulating solutions to the dizzying array of urban issues can be found in Jacobs’s prescient text\, and a close second look at her thinking and writing about cities is very much in order. This film sets out to examine the city of today though the lens of one of its greatest champions. \nCitizen Jane: Battle for the City \n\nFree movie screenings\, free popcorn\, free coffee & free conversations\, every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at the #skidrowmuseum. They screen movies about issues that are important to their Skid Row and downtown community such as gentrification\, income inequality\, and racism. \n\n250 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA 90012
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/movie-night-at-the-museum-july21/
LOCATION:Los Angeles Poverty Department\, 250 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170707T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170707T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170717T021345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170717T022005Z
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SUMMARY:Movie Night at the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Movie Night at the Museum on Friday\, July 7th at 7 p.m. : “In this incendiary documentary\, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book author James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical\, up-to-the-minute 􀀀examination of race in America\, using Baldwin’s original words and a flood of rich archival material. “I Am Not Your Negro” is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And\, ultimately\, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders\, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.” \n\nFree movie screenings\, free popcorn\, free coffee & free conversations\, every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at the #skidrowmuseum. They screen movies about issues that are important to their Skid Row and downtown community such as gentrification\, income inequality\, and racism. \n\n250 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA 90012
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/movie-night-th/
LOCATION:Los Angeles Poverty Department\, 250 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170619T203803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T204813Z
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SUMMARY:"Freedom Now" Awards Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join the LA CAN family on June 24th for the 7th Annual Freedom Now Awards and the GRAND OPENING of the LA CAN Justice & Wellness Center! \nContact Eric at erica@cangress.org or 213.228.0024 for more information or to purchase tickets! \nThis year’s honorees will continue the tradition of bringing some of the most powerful artists\, social action academics\, activists\, and thought leaders together to celebrate LA CANs work. They will honor Professor Jody Armour(USC School of Law)\, Artist Emory Douglas (Minister of Culture\, Black Panther Party and internationally celebrated graphic artist)\, Margaret Prescod (Radio Personality and global freedom fighter for women’s rights)\, and\, Ann Sewill\, California Community Foundation. \nRecording artist\, Dwight Trible\, is headlining the event but you can count on surprise guests to show up as well. \nDownloadable Flyer
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/freedom-now-awards-celebration/
LOCATION:Los Angeles Community Action Network\, 838 E. 6th Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90021\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170623T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170623T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170614T222703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170717T015621Z
UID:3588-1498244400-1498251600@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Movie Night at the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 23rd at 7 p.m. : A provocative documentary by Sacha Jenkins looks at how decades of racial tensions\, injustice\, and a troubled relationship between the LAPD and the African-American community led to the 1965 Watts riots\, the rise of LA street gangs\, and the 1992 incidents. \n\nFree movie screenings\, free popcorn\, free coffee & free conversations\, every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at the #skidrowmuseum. They screen movies about issues that are important to their Skid Row and downtown community such as gentrification\, income inequality\, and racism. \n\n250 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA 90012
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/movie-night-at-the-museum-june23/
LOCATION:Los Angeles Poverty Department\, 250 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170616T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170616T090000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170606T165849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170615T171757Z
UID:3655-1497603600-1497603600@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Luskin Commencement 2017
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-commencement-2017/
LOCATION:UCLA Royce Hall\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170608T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170608T203000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170605T215715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170605T222409Z
UID:3598-1496943000-1496953800@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pacific Ties Newsmagazine's 40th Anniversary and Print Issue Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:Pacific Ties Newsmagazine’s 40th Anniversary and Print Issue Launch Party  \nThursday\, June 8th\n5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.\nUCLA Rolfe Hall\, Room 3116 \nCelebrate the 40th Anniversary of Pacific Ties Newsmagazine and the release of their newest print issue! \nThis year’s theme is “RESISTANCE\,” inspired by ongoing events that continue to place the lives of marginalized communities at risk. Through this print issue\, Pacific Ties aims to highlight the importance of journalism and the need for alternative forms of resistance. They hope to look deeply within communities\, understand how experiences intersect\, and discuss the question: “What problems do we face\, or even perpetuate\, that we can acknowledge and then resist?” \nRSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/101070617162422/
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/pacific-ties-newsmagazines-40th-anniversary-and-print-issue-launch-party/
LOCATION:UCLA Rolfe Hall\, Room 3116\, 345 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170603T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170603T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170530T214747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170530T215219Z
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SUMMARY:"WHAT IS A POLITICAL FILM?"
DESCRIPTION:ACTION! PRESENTS “WHAT IS A POLITICAL FILM?” WORKSHOP \nSaturday\, June 3: Noon – 5 pm\nThis workshop is free and open to young filmmakers ages 19 – 35 with priority given to traditionally media-marginalized populations. Write to them at info@echoparkfilmcenter.org for more info and sign up. \nThe workshop will begin with an expanded version of a presentation that they have presented at numerous universities\, art galleries\, cinema spaces and the reservations and refugee camps themselves. The presentation will take into account questions concerning the themes of the project; that is to say an analysis of the refugee camps and native reservations as spaces of exception within the prevailing nation-states they are located in–as repositories of very particular histories of displacement\, and as locations where the logic of modern nationalism is thoroughly excavated\, scrutinized and deconstructed. \nThe presentation will also focus very heavily on questions of methodology\, examinations of the film as a political document and tool and looking into questions of audience and contexts of exhibition. What does it mean to make a film with a non-Western audience in mind? What does it mean for a film to actually be a conduit of communication between peoples rather than an object for an imagined spectator? What is the liberatory value of treating film as an instrument of pedagogy rather than an end in and of itself? \nThe other subject they will turn their attention to is the political realities of space and their reflection in film and video. For example\, they could ask what are the spatial qualities of rural poverty on a reservation that can be visually represented or intimated? Or how does the crowdedness of refugee camps speak to the paradigm of Palestinian refugeehood and how does one capture that on film? \nThis workshop is part of Action! Cinema as Sanctuary summer series. \n  \n\nACTION! Cinema as Sanctuary \nPolitical documentary films take on a renewed role amid a reinvigorated rage against immigrants\, refugees\, and people of color in many places around the world. Through politically engaged cinematic work\, many filmmakers are confronting old and new forms of racism\, the deepening ungrievability of Black and Brown lives\, and precarious realities faced by minority communities including indigenous peoples\, the elderly\, refugees\, women and children. ACTION! series: Cinema as Sanctuary features political documentary films that re-assert the images and stories that remind us that a compassionate world rooted upon solidarity\, friendship\, and collective action is possible. \nCurated by Nerve Macaspac of the Echo Park Film Center (EPFC)\, with special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/what-is-a-political-film/
LOCATION:Echo Park Film Center\, 1200 N Alvarado St\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90026\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170525T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170525T203000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170517T224523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170517T224523Z
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SUMMARY:Do Words Matter? Journalism\, Communication and Alternative Truth
DESCRIPTION:White House adviser Steve Bannon has labeled the press the “opposition.” President Trump called them “the enemy of the American people.” What does this mean in a country in which democracy hinges on a free press? \nThe Luskin School is committed to the essential value of information and its effective communication through words. In a world in which journalists’ words “don’t matter\,” what happens next? \nJoin us for an examination of communication in the Trump era — a look at how the news media covered the 2016 campaign\, how Trump’s followers try to redefine the truth\, and the challenges of covering the White House today. \nThree panels will feature scholars from UCLA and elsewhere\, joined by media representatives from outlets such as USA Today\, the New York Times\, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. They will examine the changing media landscape and its impact on coverage of the 2016 election and the Trump administration that resulted. The daylong event will conclude with a Luskin Lecture by Ray Suarez\, host of Inside Story on Al Jazeera America and a journalist with first-hand experience covering Donald Trump. \n12:30–2 p.m.\nThe 2016 Campaign and Media Impact\nDid mainstream media get it wrong in the 2016 presidential election? \n2:30–4 p.m.\nThe Face/Place of Media in the Trump Era\nWith a hostile White House\, how should reporters do their jobs? \n4:45–6:15 p.m.\nTruth or Trolls\nTruth in the Trump era; how online trolls turned one journalist’s life upside-down. \n \n7–8:30 p.m.\nLuskin Lecture: What an ‘Enemy of the American People’ Has to Do Now \nIn September 2017\, Ray Suarez will begin an appointment as the McCloy Visiting Professor of American Studies at Amherst College. He was recently the host of Al Jazeera America’s daily news program\, Inside Story\, and previously worked as a correspondent and anchor at the PBS NewsHour. Before PBS\, he was the Washington-based host of NPR’s Talk of the Nation. \nAlso an author\, Suarez wrote the companion to the PBS documentary series\, Latino Americans. He published an examination of the relationship between religion and electoral politics\, “The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America.” His first book\, “The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration\,” examined decades of transition in urban America. \nSuarez holds a BA in African History from New York University and an MA in the Social Sciences from University of Chicago. \nPresented by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs in partnership with the Department of Political Science \nParking:  Available in Structures 7 or 8 on the UCLA campus \nTransit: Big Blue Bus\, Culver CityBus 6 and Metro Expo Line \nRSVP is required by May 23rd\, 2017.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/words-matter-journalism-communication-alternative-truth/
LOCATION:UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center\, 425 Westwood Plaza \, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170518T201853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170518T224751Z
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SUMMARY:All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color
DESCRIPTION:Artivist Entertainment & #CultureFix Host a Community Forum\nAll Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color\nSpecial Guest Speakers Include: \nGina Belafonte\, Co-Founder of Sankofa \nDr. Melina Abdullah\, Professor & Chair of Pan African Studies at CalState LA and Black Lives Matter LA Organizer \nNobuko Miyamoto\, Artistic Director of Great Leap\, Inc. \nMeymuna Hussein-Cattan\, Co-Founder of Tiyya Foundation \nModerated By: \n Nora Rahimian\, Cultural Curator and Co-Founder of #CultureFix \nwith a special performance by: \nOmar Offendum\, Syrian-American hip-hop artist \n\nFor the past three years\, Los Angeles-based organization Artivist Entertainment has hosted community forums called CharLAs as a form of bringing people together to discuss social issues\, art as a tool for positive social change and community organizing. \nCharla is the Spanish word for chat\, and while there is generally a performance aspect to the events\, the focus is to discuss the topic at hand with local leaders. \nAll Things Connected will be a dialogue about the interconnectedness of the struggles of people of Color. The discussion will go into the topics of solidarity\, healing\, resistance\, fighting against divide-and-conquer tactics and the power of diversity. \n\nEVENT DETAILS:\nAll Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color\nSunday\, May 21st at 2 p.m.\nCommunity Coalition\n8101 S. Vermont Avenue\nLos Angeles\, CA 90044 \n$5.00 suggested donation – a community\, alcohol free\, family friendly event\nFood provided by Vegan Moni
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/all-things-connected-building-solidarity-between-communities-of-color/
LOCATION:Community Coalition\, 8101 S. Vermont Avenue\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170517T193227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170518T200027Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
DESCRIPTION:The Department of African American Studies and The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies \nPresents \nThe Film Screening of \nBaddDDD Sonia Sanchez \nFollowing Discussion with Sonia Sanchez\, Reception and Book Signing to Follow \nMay 17\, Wednesday \n4:30–7 p.m. \nUCLA California Nanosytems Institute (CNSI) Auditorium \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/film-screening-of-baddddd-sonia-sanchez/
LOCATION:California NanoSystems Institute\, 570 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170511T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170511T180000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170502T222351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170502T225328Z
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SUMMARY:Equitable Policy Symposium
DESCRIPTION:PPDE’s 1st Annual Equitable Policy Symposium \nREGISTER NOW! \nOn Thursday\, May 11\, 2017 Policy Professionals for Diversity and Equity (PPDE) will host its inaugural Equitable Policy Symposium. \nThe symposium will educate UCLA Luskin students on how the Trump Administration has changed the policy landscape in Los Angeles and equip Luskin students with the tools and understanding to act and deliver equitable policy change. Join PPDE to hear from esteemed policymakers and experts and converse with fellow graduate students as we reinforce our commitment to equitable policymaking. Food and drinks will be provided for registered guests! \nPanel: 3:30PM\, UCLA Public Affairs Building\, Room 2355 \nReception: 5:00PM\, UCLA Luskin Lounge and Terrace \n  \nPanelists: \n\nFred Ali\, President and CEO\, Weingart Foundation\nJordan Cunnings\, Equal Justice Works Fellow\, Public Counsel’s Immigrants Rights Project \nFunmilola Fagbamila\, Activist-in-Residence\, Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin and Arts and Culture Director\, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles\nLorrie L. Jean\, CEO\, Los Angeles LGBT Center\nTorie Osborn\, Principal Deputy for Policy and Strategy to Supervisor Kuehl\nRomel Pascual\, Executive Director\, CicLAvia\nModerated by: Sonja Diaz\, Founding Director\, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative at UCLA\n\n  \nDon’t forget to register! \nContact Jessica Noel at  jessicaannenoel@ucla.edu or Emma Watson at ekwatson@ucla.edu with any questions.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/equitable-policy-symposium/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170510T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170510T203000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170420T174336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170420T174336Z
UID:2183-1494441000-1494448200@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Digital Tools for Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Is it still possible to resist? Snowden warned that the surveillance state had outgrown its legal jurisdiction and ethical mandate. While the public demanded changes to internet policy\, few fully grasped the new capacities of our government. Leak after leak illustrates the pervasiveness of spying and data collection on our everyday lives. Left with our devices\, we passively accept that our phones and computers tether us to this social surveillance dragnet. But\, what else can we do? \nJoin us for a workshop on Digital Tools for Resistance\, where we will discuss with representatives from ACLU SoCal and the Electronic Frontier Foundation the paradoxes of online organizing and the possibilities of networked activism. We will also demonstrate how to install and use Signal\, a free app that protects your privacy by encrypting your messages automatically. \nRSVP HERE \nWednesday\, May 10th\, 2017  \nReception | 6:30 p.m.\nPanel Conversations | 7:00 p.m.\nTech Demo: Signal | 8:06 p.m. \nWhere: \nDeCafé\, Perlof Hall\nUCLA Architecture and Urban Design\nLos Angeles\, California 90095 \nOn-site parking available for $12 in Parking Lot 2 (P2)\nTransit: Big Blue Bus\, Culver City Bus\, Metro \nAdditional Information \nEntrance is free and open to the public. However\, please note seating is limited and R.S.V.P. is required for admittance. Complimentary light refreshments will be available. For more information\, contact us at events@futurizex.ucla.edu or at (310) 794-4461.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/digital-tools-resistance/
LOCATION:DeCafé\, Perlof Hall\, 365 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170509T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170509T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T184242
CREATED:20170426T170815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170503T221047Z
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SUMMARY:Gente Sí\, Gentrify No: Resisting Displacement in Boyle Heights
DESCRIPTION:Public Housing and Activism Series Part III: GENTE SÍ\, GENTRIFY NO: RESISTING DISPLACEMENT IN BOYLE HEIGHTS \nTUESDAY\, MAY 9\, 2017\n5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.\n\nPAB room 2355\, 2nd Floor\nUCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\n337 Charles E. Young Drive East\, Los Angeles\, 90024 \n**Please RSVP as space is limited. \nLight refreshments will be provided. Please bring your own beverage** \nRSVP \nActivists\, residents\, and community members will come together to discuss the struggle against gentrification and displacement in Boyle Heights. Boyle Heights is at the epicenter of a spatially contested struggle for shelter in the midst of Los Angeles’ crisis of housing affordability. This renewed interest in the neighborhood comes after decades of disinvestment\, racial discrimination\, and substandard employment opportunities for its long-term residents. As a historic entry point for Mexican immigrants into the country\, gentrification in Boyle Heights has not only taken a toll on the neighborhood’s most vulnerable populations\, but it has eroded the vital social and cultural institutions of self-determination. But the threat of displacement has also inspired a rigorous and thriving social movement. In a moderated discussion\, panelists will explore the realities of gentrification and the organizing that has emerged as a response to provide context to the debate about gentrification in the neighborhood\, and similar debates taking place across Los Angeles. \nMODERATOR: \nAnanya Roy\, Professor of Urban Planning\, Social Welfare\, and Geography\, and Director of the Institute on Inequality and Democracy UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs \nPANELISTS: \nAlessandro Negrete\, Outreach Officer\, Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council\nElizabeth Blaney\, Co-Executive Director\, Union de Vecinos\nZacil Pech\, Founder\, Defend Boyle Heights\nNico Avina\, Co-Owner\, Espacio 1839 \nPrints made by Nico Avina will be provided! \n  \nPhoto: Josie Huang\, KPCC \nPhoto: Defend BoyleHeights \nPhoto: Flickr\, Liberty Hill Foundation \nPhoto: Monica Almeida for The New York Times \n  \nThe event is a project of the Graduate Student Group “Our Hoods\, Our Stories” whose work has been funded by the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin. \nThis event is also sponsored by The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/gente-si-gentrify-no-resisting-displacement-boyle-heights/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, Room 2355\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\,\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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