Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the country. How does that affect how Angelenos perceive race and experience justice? In this second annual event exploring what race and justice mean today, The Atlantic will convene educators, artists, activists, civic leaders, policy makers and journalists to explore how racial disparities in criminal […]
Versa-Style Dance Company Versa-Style Dance Company will present a multidisciplinary exploration of the social and political climate of today through LA street dance culture, spoken word and live music. By choosing to perform to Motown music, in addition to hip-hop and R&B, this 15-member ensemble made up of dancers from all over LA, […]
How can we as philanthropists “be the change” we wish to see in the world? By acting locally and having a global impact on the issues we care about most passionately. As a sector, region, and global community, we are facing major inequities around People (health, gender, social, racial inequities), Planet (climate change and the […]
Incoming students from the departments of Public Policy, Social Welfare and Urban Planning get to know all about the resources at Luskin and throughout campus.
Derrick Bell’s seminal textbook, Race, Racism, and American Law, first issued in 1972 was a groundbreaking intervention that challenged the dominant view of legal pedagogy as a race-neutral process and product. The co-authors of the seventh edition, Professors Cheryl Harris and Justin Hansford, will lead a panel discussion on the significance and legacy of Bell’s […]
Connect with UCLA Luskin at the 2016 Open House http://gallery.kikibooth.com/UCLA-Luskin-Event/ 5:30 pm Registration Begins 6:00 pm Open House Please help us welcome the incoming students from all departments and reconnect with faculty and alumni at a reception in the scenic Dickson Court North (just south of Perloff Hall). You can: Meet new UCLA Luskin students […]
The Forum on Student Debt and the Nonprofit Workforce is hosted in partnership with StudentDebtCrisis.org. The Forum will be a blend of practical trainings and tools that can be used by nonprofit employers and employees to manage student debt. It will also be a call to action, offering an opportunity to discuss what's happening nationally and locally […]
Star cluster image courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Call for Submissions: The UCLA Center for the Study of Women invites submissions of paper, poetry, spoken word, film, photography, performance, and poster proposals for their 27th Annual Thinking Gender Graduate Student Research Conference. This year’s conference theme, Imagining Reparations,engages contemporary social, scholarly, and literary movements […]
We, the UCLA Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group, are an intellectual community of graduate students and scholars who share interests on the intersecting issues of Global South socioeconomic development and underdevelopment, political and social movements, labor, and state-society relations. Focusing on the developing world is a central element for us. We worry that much of the claims made […]
The Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) presents the 7th annual Festival for All Skid Row Artists on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23, from 1–5pm each day. The Festival for All Skid Row Artists is a two-day festival of performing and visual art with plenty of music, showcasing the diverse range of talents among Skid Row […]
