A public lecture by Masha Gessen on Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 P.M. at UCLA 100 Moore Hall. Masha Gessen is an author, journalist, and regular contributor to The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Harper’s, The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, and Slate, among other publications.
Since April 29, 1992, the city of Los Angeles has not been the same. As our city continues to navigate modern activism, it is crucial to reflect on the history of political and social organizing that has created the Los Angeles of today. Join us as we utilize art, film and media to examine the socio-political factors that provoked the 1992 L.A. Uprising and its impact on the racial and economic climate in L.A. and across the United States.
Activists, residents, and community members will come together to discuss the struggle against gentrification and displacement in Boyle Heights.
Join 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.
PPDE's 1st Annual Equitable Policy 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.
The Department of African American Studies and The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Presents The Film Screening of "BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez"
On May 21st, Artivist Entertainment together with #CultureFix, will present it’s third CharLA event titled All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color at the Community Coalition in South Los Angeles.
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? The Luskin School is committed to the essential value of information and its effective communication through words. In a […]
ACTION! PRESENTS "WHAT IS A POLITICAL FILM?" WORKSHOP
Saturday, June 3: Noon – 5 pm
This workshop is free and open to young filmmakers ages 19 – 35 with priority given to traditionally media-marginalized populations. The workshop will begin with a presentation that 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.
ACTION! Cinema as Sanctuary:
Political documentary films take on a renewed role amid a reinvigorated rage against immigrants, refugees, and people of color in many places around the world.
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Pacific Ties Newsmagazine and the release of their newest print issue! This year’s theme is “RESISTANCE", inspired by ongoing events that continue to place the lives of marginalized communities, including our community, at risk.
