Challenge Inequality

Pang!
2017-12-02 - 2017-12-03 | 24th Street Theater, 1117 W 24th St, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, United States
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
props and musical instruments, as if the audience is watching a radio theater company perform a live broadcast.
PANG!’s scenarios:

1) A single mom and nine children are swindled into foreclosure on their Los Angeles family home of 65 years.
2) A family makes a harrowing escape from war-torn Burundi and resettles as refugees in Eastern Iowa, which proves traumatic in its own ways.

3) 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.
Pang! Performances:
October 20-21, 2017 at Legion Arts/CSPS Hall, Cedar Rapids, IA
December 2nd @ 8 p.m. and December 3rd @ 3 p.m., 2017 at 24th Street Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
January 26-28, 2018 at The Light Box at Miami Light Project, Miami, FL
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The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Why it Matters Today
2017-11-30 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCLA Faculty Center, Main Dining Hall, 480 Charles E Young Dr East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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.
RSVP 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.
Co-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.

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From Incarceration to Education: FITE Film Premiere
2017-11-17 18:00 - 20:00 | UCLA Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Room 4000A, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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.
FITE 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.
After 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.)

Housing, Equity, and Community Series - Part 1: Homelessness in Los Angeles
2017-11-15 12:30 - 14:00 | UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2355, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East,, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1656, United States
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.
We 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.
Confirmed speakers:

Dora Leong Gallo, CEO, A Community of Friends
Jerry Ramirez, Manager, Homeless Initiative, Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office
Suzette Shaw, Skid Row Resident
Jordan Vega, Director of Resources, Students for Students (S4S) formerly Bruin Shelter
UCLA B.A. Candidate 2019, Major: Business Economics & Public Health

Moderated by Professor Mike Lens
Lunch Provided
A UCLA joint endeavor from the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, Ziman Center for Real Estate, and the Institute on Inequality and Democracy.

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Housing Equity and Community Series: "East LA Interchange" Documentary
2017-11-07 17:30 - 19:30 | 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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A UCLA joint endeavor from the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, Ziman Center for Real Estate, and Institute on Inequality and Democracy.
Join us for the series kick off!
Documentary 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.
Please RSVP at eastlainterchangeucla.eventbrite.com

INDIVISIBLE and the Resistance
2017-11-07 15:30 - 17:00 | UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2355, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East,, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1656, United States
Printable .pdf flyer
We 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.
Speakers:
Billy Fleming, Indivisible Guide Co-Author
Moderated by:
Ananya Roy, Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Geography; Director, Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin
In conversation with:
Melany De La Cruz-Viesca, Assistant Director, UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Laure Murat, Professor of French and Francophone Studies; Director, Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA
Abel 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

INDIVISIBLE 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.
Organized by:

Co-sponsored by:

Futures of Black Radicalism
2017-11-07 13:30 - 18:00 | California NanoSystems Institute, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1656, United States
FUTURES OF BLACK RADICALISM
Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin discuss Futures of Black Radicalism.
with Chuck D and Tom Morello and additional comments by Elizabeth Robinson and Shana Redmond
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
1:30pm-6:00pm
1:30pm-2:00pm Pre-Reception (with refreshments)
2:00pm-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
3:45pm-5:00pm Authors and Artivist Dialogue with Authors and Tom Morello and Chuck D
5:00pm-6:00pm Reception & Book Signing (with food & refreshments)
Event Location: UCLA California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) Auditorium [south campus]
570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

About 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.
In 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.
About the editors:
Gaye 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.
Alex 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.

Film Screening: We Are In It
2017-10-26 16:00 - 19:00 | Royce Hall 314, 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles , 90095, United States
Thursday, October 26, 2017 • 314 Royce Hall • 4 PM
Film Screening: “We Are In It”
By Yehuda Sharim (Rice University)
“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.
Moderator: Todd S. Presner (UCLA)
Respondent: Ananya Roy (UCLA)
Sponsored by the
UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies
Cosponsored by the
Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin
UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance

Watch Trailer 1 & Trailer 2

About the Director:

Yehuda 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.

Dr. 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.

In the Press:
“A Voice for Refugees” – Rice at Large Magazine
“In Houston, a filmmaker tries to understand the city’s mélange of refugees” – The Urban Edge
“A Voice for Houston’s Refugees” – Rice Magazine
“Migrant Ironies: Migrants Hope for Life Without Limitations in Houston” – The Feminist Wire

Pang!
2017-10-20 00:00 - 2017-10-21 00:00 | Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, United States
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.
PANG!’s scenarios:

1) A single mom and nine children are swindled into foreclosure on their Los Angeles family home of 65 years.
2) A family makes a harrowing escape from war-torn Burundi and resettles as refugees in Eastern Iowa, which proves traumatic in its own ways.

3) 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.

Pang! Performances:
October 20-21, 2017 at Legion Arts/CSPS Hall, Cedar Rapids I
December 1-3, 2017 at 24th Street Theatre, Los Angeles CA
January 26-28, 2018 at The Light Box at Miami Light Project, Miami FL
(CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE PDF)

The Activists: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets
2017-10-06 18:00 - 19:00 | LA Live Regal Cinema 14, 1000 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
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.
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Link to Trailer: https://vimeo.com/203493692
Webpage: https://www.theactivistsfilm.com/
Awareness Film Festival 2017 will be hosted at LA LIVE REGAL CINEMA 14.

Sanctuary Town Hall
2017-10-05 18:00 - 20:00 | SEIU 721, 1545 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90017, United States
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.
Featured speakers include distinguished labor leader Maria Elena Durazo, long-time immigrants rights activist Angela Sanbrano, and City Councilmember Gibert Cedillo.

Submission Deadline for the Roddenberry Fellowship
2017-08-22 00:00 | IL
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP
The 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.

https://roddenberryfellowship.org/wp-content/themes/rbfellowship_splash/lib/video/intro.webm
Starting 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
initiative that has direct impact in one of four major arenas.

Immigration and Refugee Rights
Civil Rights
LGBTQIA and Women’s Rights
Climate Change and Environmental Justice

Please see the Official Rules at www.roddenberryfellowship.org for eligibility, criteria and more.
Applications are due August 22, 2017.

ABOUT THE RODDENBERRY FOUNDATION
Launched 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
discover new ways to help us move towards a better future.
They 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
initiatives offer opportunities for original thinkers and innovators from all walks to life to pursue significant, lasting change.
www.roddenberryfoundation.org

Movie Night at the Museum
2017-07-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Los Angeles Poverty Department, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
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.
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

Free 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.

250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Movie Night at the Museum
2017-07-07 19:00 - 21:30 | Los Angeles Poverty Department, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
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.”

Free 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.

250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012

"Freedom Now" Awards Celebration
2017-06-24 16:00 - 19:00 | Los Angeles Community Action Network, 838 E. 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90021, United States
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!
Contact Eric at erica@cangress.org or 213.228.0024 for more information or to purchase tickets!
This 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.
Recording artist, Dwight Trible, is headlining the event but you can count on surprise guests to show up as well.
Downloadable Flyer

Movie Night at the Museum
2017-06-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Los Angeles Poverty Department, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
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.

Free 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.

250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Luskin Commencement 2017
2017-06-16 09:00 | UCLA Royce Hall, 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles , CA, 90095, United States

Pacific Ties Newsmagazine's 40th Anniversary and Print Issue Launch Party
2017-06-08 17:30 - 20:30 | UCLA Rolfe Hall, Room 3116, 345 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Pacific Ties Newsmagazine’s 40th Anniversary and Print Issue Launch Party
Thursday, June 8th
5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
UCLA Rolfe Hall, Room 3116
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 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?”
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/101070617162422/

"WHAT IS A POLITICAL FILM?"
2017-06-03 12:00 - 17:00 | Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles , CA, 90026, United States
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. Write to them at info@echoparkfilmcenter.org for more info and sign up.
The 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.
The 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?
The 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?
This workshop is part of Action! Cinema as Sanctuary summer series.

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. 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.
Curated by Nerve Macaspac of the Echo Park Film Center (EPFC), with special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Do Words Matter? Journalism, Communication and Alternative Truth
2017-05-25 12:30 - 20:30 | UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza , Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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 world in which journalists’ words “don’t matter,” what happens next?
Join 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.
Three 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.
12:30–2 p.m.
The 2016 Campaign and Media Impact
Did mainstream media get it wrong in the 2016 presidential election?
2:30–4 p.m.
The Face/Place of Media in the Trump Era
With a hostile White House, how should reporters do their jobs?
4:45–6:15 p.m.
Truth or Trolls
Truth in the Trump era; how online trolls turned one journalist’s life upside-down.

7–8:30 p.m.
Luskin Lecture: What an ‘Enemy of the American People’ Has to Do Now
In 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.
Also 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.
Suarez holds a BA in African History from New York University and an MA in the Social Sciences from University of Chicago.
Presented by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs in partnership with the Department of Political Science
Parking: Available in Structures 7 or 8 on the UCLA campus
Transit: Big Blue Bus, Culver CityBus 6 and Metro Expo Line
RSVP is required by May 23rd, 2017.

All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color
2017-05-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Community Coalition, 8101 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles , CA, 90044, United States
Artivist Entertainment & #CultureFix Host a Community Forum
All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color
Special Guest Speakers Include:
Gina Belafonte, Co-Founder of Sankofa
Dr. Melina Abdullah, Professor & Chair of Pan African Studies at CalState LA and Black Lives Matter LA Organizer
Nobuko Miyamoto, Artistic Director of Great Leap, Inc.
Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, Co-Founder of Tiyya Foundation
Moderated By:
Nora Rahimian, Cultural Curator and Co-Founder of #CultureFix
with a special performance by:
Omar Offendum, Syrian-American hip-hop artist

For 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.
Charla 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.
All 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.

EVENT DETAILS:
All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color
Sunday, May 21st at 2 p.m.
Community Coalition
8101 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
$5.00 suggested donation – a community, alcohol free, family friendly event
Food provided by Vegan Moni

Film Screening of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
2017-05-17 16:30 - 19:00 | California NanoSystems Institute, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1656, United States
The Department of African American Studies and The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
Presents
The Film Screening of
BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
Following Discussion with Sonia Sanchez, Reception and Book Signing to Follow
May 17, Wednesday
4:30–7 p.m.
UCLA California Nanosytems Institute (CNSI) Auditorium
Event Flyer

Equitable Policy Symposium
2017-05-11 15:30 - 18:00 | UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1656, United States
PPDE’s 1st Annual Equitable Policy Symposium
REGISTER NOW!
On Thursday, May 11, 2017 Policy Professionals for Diversity and Equity (PPDE) will host its inaugural Equitable Policy Symposium.
The 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!
Panel: 3:30PM, UCLA Public Affairs Building, Room 2355
Reception: 5:00PM, UCLA Luskin Lounge and Terrace

Panelists:

Fred Ali, President and CEO, Weingart Foundation
Jordan Cunnings, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Public Counsel’s Immigrants Rights Project
Funmilola Fagbamila, Activist-in-Residence, Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin and Arts and Culture Director, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles
Lorrie L. Jean, CEO, Los Angeles LGBT Center
Torie Osborn, Principal Deputy for Policy and Strategy to Supervisor Kuehl
Romel Pascual, Executive Director, CicLAvia
Moderated by: Sonja Diaz, Founding Director, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative at UCLA

Don’t forget to register!
Contact Jessica Noel at jessicaannenoel@ucla.edu or Emma Watson at ekwatson@ucla.edu with any questions.

Digital Tools for Resistance
2017-05-10 18:30 - 20:30 | DeCafé, Perlof Hall, 365 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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?
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.
RSVP HERE
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
Reception | 6:30 p.m.
Panel Conversations | 7:00 p.m.
Tech Demo: Signal | 8:06 p.m.
Where:
DeCafé, Perlof Hall
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design
Los Angeles, California 90095
On-site parking available for $12 in Parking Lot 2 (P2)
Transit: Big Blue Bus, Culver City Bus, Metro
Additional Information
Entrance 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.

Gente Sí, Gentrify No: Resisting Displacement in Boyle Heights
2017-05-09 17:30 - 19:30 | UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2355, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East,, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1656, United States
Public Housing and Activism Series Part III: GENTE SÍ, GENTRIFY NO: RESISTING DISPLACEMENT IN BOYLE HEIGHTS
TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

PAB room 2355, 2nd Floor
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
337 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, 90024
**Please RSVP as space is limited.
Light refreshments will be provided. Please bring your own beverage**
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Activists, 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.
MODERATOR:
Ananya Roy, Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Geography, and Director of the Institute on Inequality and Democracy UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
PANELISTS:
Alessandro Negrete, Outreach Officer, Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council
Elizabeth Blaney, Co-Executive Director, Union de Vecinos
Zacil Pech, Founder, Defend Boyle Heights
Nico Avina, Co-Owner, Espacio 1839
Prints made by Nico Avina will be provided!

Photo: Josie Huang, KPCC
Photo: Defend BoyleHeights
Photo: Flickr, Liberty Hill Foundation
Photo: Monica Almeida for The New York Times

The 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.
This event is also sponsored by The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate

Flash Point 2017: Twenty-Five Years After the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising
2017-04-28 11:00 - 2017-04-30 15:00 | UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza , Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Part of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Lecture Series
Since April 29, 1992, the city of Los Angeles has not been the same, with racial tension peaking and riots sparking across the city making it clear that drastic change was being demanded in the relationship between police officers and racial minorities. Twenty-five years after the LA Uprising, there is still a question of the treatment of people of color and the socio-political factors in Los Angeles.
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 and media to examine the socio-political factors that provoked the 1992 LA Uprising and its impact in the racial and economic climate in LA and across the US today.
The events will include two panels featuring a discussion of the evolution of community organizing as well as the role media, particularly film, has played in creating and reflecting social change. There will be a gallery displaying a variety of art inspired by the Uprising and a follow-up discussion with the artists. These events will be a co-program with the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
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*Registration is required, but does not guarantee seating. Seating is first come, first served. Early arrival is suggested.*
Friday, April 28
11 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Sa-I-Gu: The Los Angeles Uprisings 25 Years Later – Witnessing the Past, Envisioning our Future
The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will be hosting this day of panels, Keynote Address, and a CrossCheck Live to examine this historic event from multiple perspectives including community retrospectives, contemporary analyses, and forward-thinking dialogue that contemplates the future of Los Angeles.
Location: Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Friday–Sunday, April 28–30
Art exhibit with work inspired by the 1992 L.A. Uprising
Friday 4 p.m.–7 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Location: Little Tokyo Community Place, VIDA, 249 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA
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Saturday, April 29
2–4 p.m. Screening of “Wet Sand: Voices from LA” Followed by a Panel
The documentary Wet Sands: Voices from LA by filmmaker Dai Sil Kim-Gibson explores the aftermath of the Uprising through a Korean American perspective. It will be followed by a panel on the evolution of community organizing since the Uprisings.

Panelists:
Abel Valenzuela – Professor of Chicano/a Studies (moderator)
Dai Sil Kim-Gibson – Independent Filmmaker and Writer
Charles Burnett – Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Actor, Photographer, and Cinematographer
Funmilola Fagbamila – Adjunct Professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State Los Angeles, Scholar, Activist, Playwright, and Artist
Alison de la Cruz – Director of Performing Arts and Community Engagement at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Tani Ikeda – Filmmaker, Executive Director of imMEDIAte Justice
Robin D.G. Kelley – Professor of US History at UCLA
Location: JANM, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, Tateuchi Forum, 111 North Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
4:30–6 p.m. Panel on Media and Social Change
For better or for worse, our community vision and self-image has been shaped by — and in some unfortunate instances, tainted — by the way communities of color have been portrayed in mass media and popular entertainment. In this special conversation we will assess whether progressive change can be enacted by a paradigm shift in how we are portrayed onscreen, in print, and in other forms of commercial and independently-produced communication.
Panelists:
Phil Yu – Angry Asian Man, Blogger (moderator)
Justin Chon – Independent Director, Writer, Actor
Renee Tajima-Pena – Filmmaker
Ananya Roy – Professor and Inaugural Director of the Institute of Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin
Gay Theresa Johnson – Associate Professor of Chicano/a Studies
Jenny Yang – Writer, Comedian
Location: Japanese American National Museum, Aratani Central Hall, 100 North Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
8–10 p.m. Screening Followed by Q&A
Presented by UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, GOOK is a film set during the LA Uprising that explores families and relationships between Korean and African American communities. It will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
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Location: Japanese American National Museum, Aratani Theatre, 100 North Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Parking: Aiso Street Parking Garage.
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Sunday, April 30
2–3 p.m. Artist talk
Panelists:
Grace Misoe Lee – Graphic Artist
Patrick Martinez – Artist
Grace Lee – Independent Producer, Director, and Writer
Location: Little Tokyo Community Place, VIDA, 249 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA
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Many events are free with RSVP.
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Presented by The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs as part of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Lecture Series.

In partnership with Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center for EthnoCommunications, UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, UCLA Institute of American Cultures, UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and Visual Communications.

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Uncertain Correspondence: The Trump – Putin Connection
2017-04-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Moore Hall Room 100, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, 90095, United States
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A public lecture by Masha Gessen
Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 P.M. 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.
Free and open to the public. RSVP not required for admission.
Backed by Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, Burkle Center for International Relations, Comparative Literature, Musicology, UCLA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

UCLA Bruin Day
2017-04-15 08:00 - 16:00 | UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1656, United States
This year’s Bruin Day for freshmen will be Saturday, April 15, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and for transfer students, Saturday, May 13, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The UCLA community will showcase the university’s top-ranked academic programs and rich, diverse campus life as visitors experience the spirit of true Bruin optimism. Learn more about the plans for the days at bruinday.ucla.edu.

UCLA’s Role in Workers’ Lives Today: A Celebration of Over 70 Years of Research, Training & Service
2017-04-11 17:30 - 20:00 | UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza , Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment presents
“A Celebration of Over 70 Years”
featuring
Maria Elena Durazo
Vice-Chair, Democratic National Committee, General Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights, and Diversity, UNITE HERE
Robin D. G. Kelley
Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History, UCLA
Abel Valenzuela
Director, UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Now more than ever, in this divided political era, higher education institutions like UCLA have an important role to play in upholding workers’ rights. Universities are where rigorous data-driven research happens on pressing economic, workplace, and political issues. They are where students develop research and critical thinking skills and engage directly in the cities where they live.
For over 70 years, the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has conducted timely and impactful research on labor markets and how work impacts workers and their families. As home to the UCLA Labor Center, the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH), and Human Resources Roundtable (HARRT), IRLE has been at the forefront of shifting the conversation about work in Los Angeles and nationwide.

What is Governed and Not Governed in Large Metropolis: Insights from Paris and Mexico
2017-04-11 17:00 - 19:00 | UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 5391, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
