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SUMMARY:28th Annual Students of Color Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Students of Color Conference (SOCC) is UCSA’s oldest and largest conference and provides a safe space for students of color and their allies to strategize around statewide and campus-based actions. The event is free to all UCLA graduates accepted\, as the logistics will be covered by the UCLA Graduate Student Association. This year SOCC will be hosted at UC Irvine from November 19-20. Applications for this conference are due November 4th at midnight.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/28th-annual-students-color-conference/
LOCATION:UC Irvine\, A-311 W Peltason Dr\,  (Must apply through GSA to get fees waived)\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161118T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161118T153000
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SUMMARY:The UCLA Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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 in the name of ‘general sociology’ reflect instead the rather local experiences of the Western developed world. This group has been conceived upon the conviction that studying the multiple realities of the developing world can bring new insights into different areas of sociology. The meanings\, dynamics and analysis of “politics\,” “development” or “collective agency” in the Global South require us to rethink many taken for granted paradigms and concepts. \nThis working group is open to all regardless of enrollment status. \nOur meetings take place every other Friday in Haines 279\, between 14:00-15:30 –unless otherwise specified. \nNovember 18th: Steven McKay\, Professor of Sociology UCSC
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ucla-political-sociology-global-south-working-group-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Haines Hall 279 Room\, 375 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161116T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161116T140000
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SUMMARY:"70 Acres in Chicago" Lecture
DESCRIPTION:For 70 years\, there stood a Chicago public housing community known as Cabrini Green.\nHome to thousands\, misunderstood by millions\, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality and poverty\, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods. \nShot over the course of 20-years\, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this upheaval\, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995\, to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later. \n70 Acres in Chicago tells the volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land\, while looking unflinchingly at race\, class\, and who has the right to live in the city. \n  \n“70 Acres in Chicago” Info Sheet \n  \nDuring the lecture\, we will hear from the following: \nFilmmaker: Ronit Bezalel \nFeatured Resident & Producer: Mark Pratt \nFeatured Resident: Raymond J McDonald
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/70-acres-chicago-lecture/
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=UTC:20161115T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161115T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160929T233958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161025T014729Z
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SUMMARY:"70 Acres in Chicago" Screening
DESCRIPTION:For 70 years\, there stood a Chicago public housing community known as Cabrini Green.\nHome to thousands\, misunderstood by millions\, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality and poverty\, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods. \nShot over the course of 20 years\, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this upheaval\, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995\, to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later. \n70 Acres in Chicago tells the volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land\, while looking unflinchingly at race\, class\, and who has the right to live in the city. \n  \nFilmmaker: Ronit Bezalel \nFeatured Resident & Producer: Mark Pratt \nFeatured Resident: Raymond J McDonald \nwill be present during the screening.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/70-acres-chicago-screening/
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=UTC:20161110T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161110T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20161109T045002Z
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SUMMARY:UCLA's Second Annual Warrior Games
DESCRIPTION:UCLA’s Second Annual Warrior Games — (Following the UCLA Veterans Day Ceremony\, Wilson Plaza.) The Warrior Games is a way for the student veteran population at UCLA to give thanks to the Bruin Community for the many benefits of being a UCLA Bruin. \nParking is $6 at pay-by-space for two hours or $12 all day in Structure 4. For more information\, contact Veteran’s Resource Office 310.206.6915. \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/uclas-second-annual-warrior-games/
LOCATION:Wilson Plaza\, 220 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161110T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161110T113000
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SUMMARY:UCLA's Veterans Day Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:To recognize those who have sacrificed so selflessly to defend our lives and our country\, please join UCLA’s annual Veterans Day ceremony and information fair in Wilson Plaza at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday\, November 10\, 2016. \nOn the 10th\, Chancellor Block will join with campus ROTC units to recognize United States veterans and to hear remarks from Johnnie Ashe\, the brother of Arthur Ashe\, who so bravely went to war in place of his brother to enable him to pursue his tennis career. We will also hear from Army veteran and UCLA MFA graduate student Mitchell LaFortune. Please RSVP for the ceremony by emailing uclarsvp@support.ucla.edu or calling (310) 794-6241. \nFollowing the ceremony\, you can take part in the Warrior Games. This series of social and recreational activities\, organized by the Veterans Resource Office\, is an opportunity to meet student veterans in a casual setting. \nThe UCLA Veterans Day ceremony organized by ROTC and the activities led by our Veterans Resource Office are just a couple examples of the time\, effort\, and resources UCLA puts into honoring and caring for our veterans. For more information on UCLA’s commitment to veterans and a recent agreement that will strengthen UCLA’s academic affiliation with the West LA VA campus\, please visit www.veterans.ucla.edu
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/uclas-veterans-day-ceremony/
LOCATION:UCLA Wilson Plaza\, 220 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1656\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)":MAILTO:uclarsvp@support.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161104T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161104T153000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20161014T031807Z
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SUMMARY:The UCLA Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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 in the name of ‘general sociology’ reflect instead the rather local experiences of the Western developed world. This group has been conceived upon the conviction that studying the multiple realities of the developing world can bring new insights into different areas of sociology. The meanings\, dynamics and analysis of “politics\,” “development” or “collective agency” in the Global South require us to rethink many taken for granted paradigms and concepts. \nThis working group is open to all regardless of enrollment status. \nOur meetings take place every other Friday in Haines 279\, between 14:00-15:30 –unless otherwise specified. \nNovember 4th: William Robinson\, Professor of Sociology UCSB
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/1244/
LOCATION:Haines Hall 279 Room\, 375 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161103T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161103T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20161011T235940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161012T022316Z
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Volunteers in Prisons and Jails
DESCRIPTION:The Voluntary Sector in Prisons- Print PDF Flyer \n \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/celebration-volunteers-prisons-jails/
LOCATION:Room 5391\, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\, Los Angeles \, 90024\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161023T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161023T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20161013T011225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161013T012105Z
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Festival For All Skid Row Artists
DESCRIPTION: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 residents. Taking place in Gladys Park (corner of 6th Street and Gladys Avenue) in L.A.’s Skid Row\, the festival has become one of the most anticipated grassroots cultural events in the area. At last year’s festival over 100 Skid Row Artists performed or displayed their artwork to enthusiastic audiences. Many will be back and are preparing their acts and works of art and a select number of artists from outside Skid Row will perform and lead workshops again as well. \nFestival attendees are invited to participate in the workshops and creativity stations facilitated by the artists. There will be creative stations for writing and painting\, a Paper Mache bowl making workshop\, guided meditation and sitting yoga workshops. Poet Jen Hofer will write letters and poems on demand and visual artist Clayton Campbell will invite the people to participate in his exhibit ‘Words we learned after 9/11’ which is currently on view at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive on 440 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. LAPD’s Festival for All Skid Row Artists gives audiences a chance to hear what you usually don’t hear about Skid Row: that it is a community rich with talent! \nPerformers\, Poets\, Musicians\, Visual Artists – sign up now to participate with: Austin Hines: austin@lapovertydept.org / 213-361-4644 \nVolunteers are needed!\nFor more information please write to Henriëtte Brouwers: info@lapovertydept.org \nLos Angeles Poverty Department celebrates and preserves the rich artistic heritage of Skid Row and since 2009 has kept a registry of Skid Row artists\, which now numbers more than 500. LAPD is a theater company comprised primarily of low income and homeless people living in Los Angeles’ Skid Row. Founded in 1985\, LAPD creates performances and multidisciplinary artworks that connect the experience of people living in poverty to the social forces that shape their lives and communities. LAPD’s works express the realities\, hopes\, dreams and rights of people who live and work in L.A.’s Skid Row.  \nFestival for All Skid Row Artists is produced by Los Angeles Poverty Department with partners United Coalition East Prevention Project (UCEPP) and Lamp Community’s Arts Program. This year’s festival is made possible with the support of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City Los Angeles\, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation\, Los Angeles County Arts Commission\, The California Arts Council’s Local Impact grant\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council and the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.\n \nFestival For All Skid Row Artists\, 2015 – Garry Brown performing in the shirt he designed\, picture by Austin Hines. \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/7th-annual-festival-skid-row-artists-2/
LOCATION:Gladys Park\, 808 E 6th St\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90021\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161022T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161022T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20161013T010808Z
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Festival For All Skid Row Artists
DESCRIPTION: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 residents. Taking place in Gladys Park (corner of 6th Street and Gladys Avenue) in L.A.’s Skid Row\, the festival has become one of the most anticipated grassroots cultural events in the area. At last year’s festival over 100 Skid Row Artists performed or displayed their artwork to enthusiastic audiences. Many will be back and are preparing their acts and works of art and a select number of artists from outside Skid Row will perform and lead workshops again as well. \nFestival attendees are invited to participate in the workshops and creativity stations facilitated by the artists. There will be creative stations for writing and painting\, a Paper Mache bowl making workshop\, guided meditation and sitting yoga workshops. Poet Jen Hofer will write letters and poems on demand and visual artist Clayton Campbell will invite the people to participate in his exhibit ‘Words we learned after 9/11’ which is currently on view at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive on 440 S. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. LAPD’s Festival for All Skid Row Artists gives audiences a chance to hear what you usually don’t hear about Skid Row: that it is a community rich with talent! \nPerformers\, Poets\, Musicians\, Visual Artists – sign up now to participate with: Austin Hines: austin@lapovertydept.org / 213-361-4644 \nVolunteers are needed!\nFor more information please write to Henriëtte Brouwers: info@lapovertydept.org \nLos Angeles Poverty Department celebrates and preserves the rich artistic heritage of Skid Row and since 2009 has kept a registry of Skid Row artists\, which now numbers more than 500. LAPD is a theater company comprised primarily of low income and homeless people living in Los Angeles’ Skid Row. Founded in 1985\, LAPD creates performances and multidisciplinary artworks that connect the experience of people living in poverty to the social forces that shape their lives and communities. LAPD’s works express the realities\, hopes\, dreams and rights of people who live and work in L.A.’s Skid Row.  \nFestival for All Skid Row Artists is produced by Los Angeles Poverty Department with partners United Coalition East Prevention Project (UCEPP) and Lamp Community’s Arts Program. This year’s festival is made possible with the support of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City Los Angeles\, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation\, Los Angeles County Arts Commission\, The California Arts Council’s Local Impact grant\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council and the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. \nFestival For All Skid Row Artists\, 2015 – Garry Brown performing in the shirt he designed\, picture by Austin Hines.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/7th-annual-festival-skid-row-artists/
LOCATION:Gladys Park\, 808 E 6th St\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90021\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161021T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161021T153000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
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SUMMARY:The UCLA Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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 in the name of ‘general sociology’ reflect instead the rather local experiences of the Western developed world. This group has been conceived upon the conviction that studying the multiple realities of the developing world can bring new insights into different areas of sociology. The meanings\, dynamics and analysis of “politics\,” “development” or “collective agency” in the Global South require us to rethink many taken for granted paradigms and concepts. \nThis working group is open to all regardless of enrollment status. \nOur meetings take place every other Friday in Haines 279\, between 14:00-15:30 –unless otherwise specified. \nOctober 21st: Student Paper Presentation: \nLeydy Diossa (UCLA\, Sociology) \nEmma Colven (UCLA\, Geography)
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ucla-political-sociology-global-south-working-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Haines Hall 279 Room\, 375 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161018
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
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SUMMARY:Deadline Extended! The UCLA Center for the Study of Women invites proposals for Thinking Gender 2017
DESCRIPTION:Star cluster image courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. \nCall for Submissions: \nThe 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. \nThis year’s conference theme\, Imagining Reparations\,engages contemporary social\, scholarly\, and literary movements that push to reimagine and retheorize what freedom\, justice\, health\, and care can look like. Historically\, reparations have taken financial form with governments recognizing victims of perceived injustice by awarding them money. Such practices have depended on and have defined the law and dominant ideas of justice within states and empires. By contrast\, marginalized groups today are reframing reparations as capable of addressing historical and ongoing abuses\, evident in law itself and manifest in biological\, environmental\, educational\, technological\, institutionalized\, political\, and diplomatic violence. The daring to imagine new forms of reparative justice emerges from raced\, gendered\, and sexualized subjectivities\, which inform movements that devastate the binary between theory and practice in their struggle to be whole. A broad and intersectional investment in reparations challenges the assigning of rights and privileges in the past\, and it is an important tool in recasting the structures that impact our daily lives. \nThinking Gender 2017\, Imagining Reparations\, takes a cue from movements that conceive of violence and reparative justice intersectionally with consequences that shape and are shaped by gender\, sexuality\, race\, class\, ability\, etc. We invite presentations of work from across disciplines that embody this intersectional ethos and envision reparations through the lens of gender and sexuality. Conference sessions will include ample time for discussion of work\, emphasizing dialogue discussion\, writing as important modes of conference participation\, and exploring their potential as feminist\, decolonial tools for learning and action. Imagining Reparations aims to create cohesion among a broad range of disciplinary engagements\, theoretical stances\, and practical applications by providing space for thinking together about the role of the academy in theorizing tools for collective liberation from gendered and racialized violence. \nRegistered graduate students from any institution are eligible to submit presentation proposals for all Thinking Gender sessions\, including the panels\, plenary session\, multimedia salon\, and poster session. Registered undergraduate students from any institution are eligible to submit proposals for poster presentations and participation in the multimedia salon only. \nAPPLICATION REQUIREMENTS \nPanel Presentations \nPanels will consist of graduate student paper presenters and a UCLA faculty moderator who will read and provide detailed feedback and questions on each paper.\nTo apply\, submit:  \n\nPaper proposal\nWorks cited\nCV\n\nPlenary Session\nA number of exceptional papers will be selected from among those submitted for Panel Presen-tations and awarded the Think-ing Gender Plenary Prize. Those selected will present their papers on the Plenary Session\, and their work will be responded to by a distinguished guest scholar.\nTo apply:  \n\nComplete Panel Presentation application requirements by October 10th deadline\nSubmit a draft of your paper by Monday\, December 12.\n\nPerformance and Poetry\nWe invite submissions of poetry\, spoken word\, short film\, photography\, musical\, and other kinds of performance for a multimedia salon.\nTo apply\, submit:  \n\nDescription of your work and its relationship to the conference theme\nCV or Resume\nA short work sample\nDescription of any technology needs\n\nPosters\nGraduate students\, undergraduate students\, activists\, and community organizations will present visually compelling re-search posters\, the presentation of which will be integrated into the Multimedia Salon. Posters will remain on display through-out the conference.\nTo apply\, submit:  \n\nPoster proposal\nCV or Resume\n\nCSW Call for Submissions \nDeadline Extemded: October 17\, 2016 \nSubmit online: www.csw.ucla.edu/TG2017
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/deadline-ucla-center-study-women-invites-proposals-thinking-gender-2017/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161007T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161007T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
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SUMMARY:Student Debt and Nonprofit Workforce Forum
DESCRIPTION: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 on this issue and how the nonprofit sector can engage in the debate. Join us for a day of learning\, discussion and action on a crucial issue. Register now! \nSCHEDULE\n8:30 AM: Registration & Continental Breakfast \n9:00 AM: The View From D.C. and the California Perspective \nStudent debt is a personal issue and a national crisis. So what are our representatives in Washington\, D.C. doing about it? Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15) is a national champion on the issue. We are fortunate to have him with us to share what it feels like to be a Congressman with student debt\, how it informs his position\, and what he thinks Congress will do to alleviate the student debt crisis in the future. He will also discuss his recently introduced legislation (“Know Your Repayment Options Act” and “Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act“)\, and ways we can work to get better debt relief programs implemented quickly. \nFollowing Congressman Swalwell’s national overview\, CalNonprofits Program Director Diana Dunker will discuss the California perspective. This year CalNonprofits conducted a detailed survey of nonprofit employees and employers – and got nearly 1\,000 responses! What did we learn about student debt from employees? What solutions did we find in the data? Diana will briefly discuss the results of our survey\, including a look at how California’s nonprofit sector both converges and diverges from national trends in student debt. \n10:30 AM: WORKSHOPS (Choose One)\n\nDebt Relief Options Workshop for Nonprofit Employees \nPublic Service Loan Forgiveness is the best loan forgiveness program available to anyone working for a nonprofit. Natalia Abrams\, Executive Director of Student Debt Crisis\, will present this workshop full of useful tools for individuals with student loans. Learn about the different types of student loans\, the available debt repayment plans\, ways to avoid default\, and how to take advantage of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. \nNonprofit Employer Toolkit for Combating Student Debt \nIn this workshop\, CalNonprofits Program Director Diana Dunker will unveil the newly developed employer toolkit full of useful\, free and low-cost opportunities for nonprofits as employers to support employees with student debt. Learn how to attract and retain talented employees using the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program\, simple steps for improving employee loyalty\, and why the economics of student debt are driving staff turnover. This workshop is designed for Executive Directors\, Human Resources staff\, and supervisors. \n12:00 PM: Nonprofit Student Debt Task Force Meeting (invitation only) \n1:00 PM – 4:00 PM: One-on-one consultations with Student Debt Crisis staff members Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian (limit 22) \n  \nFREE for Members / $30 for not-yet-members\nNote: Continental breakfast included\, lunch is not provided \n  \nCo-Sponsors\nThis Forum and the Nonprofit Student Debt Project are made possible by the Trustees’ Philanthropy Fund at Fidelity Charitable\, foundations who provide unrestricted support to CalNonprofits including the California Wellness Foundation\, the David & Lucile Packard Foundation and the Weingart Foundation\, and the thousands of nonprofit organizations that are members of CalNonprofits. \n  \nThe Forum is co-sponsored by the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network-LA\, the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin\, San Francisco Human Services Network\, Community Partners\, Valley Nonprofit Resources\, the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA\, the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy\, and Antioch University Los Angeles Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management Program. \n  \n     
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/student-debt-nonprofit-workforce-forum/
LOCATION:The California Endowment\, Los Angeles\, 1000 N. Alameda Street\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160922T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160922T203000
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SUMMARY:Sixth Annual UCLA Luskin Open House
DESCRIPTION:Connect with UCLA Luskin at the 2016 Open House\n \nhttp://gallery.kikibooth.com/UCLA-Luskin-Event/ \n5:30 pm Registration Begins \n6:00 pm Open House \n\nPlease 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). \nYou can: \n\nMeet new UCLA Luskin students and alumni\nTrade ideas with faculty and research scholars\nLearn about exciting developments at UCLA Luskin\nEnjoy the flavors of LA with a variety of food booths and stations\nGet connected to opportunities\, organizations\, and events through UCLA Luskin\n\nFood and beverages will be provided. Complimentary parking will be available for UCLA Luskin alumni with RSVP by Monday 9/19. \nWe hope to see you there! \n*One registration per attendee.  All duplicates will be deleted.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/sixth-annual-ucla-luskin-open-house/
LOCATION:Dickson Court North (just south of Perloff Hall)\, 365 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Race\, Racism\, and American Law: Re-visioning for the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION: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 text\, and will be joined by experts in the field of race\, racism\, and American Law who are a part of the project of revisioning the text for the 21st Century.\nOrganized by Critical Race Studies and Institute of American Cultures. AASC co-sponsored with Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation\, Office of the Special Assistant for Diversity\, St. Louis University\, St. Louis University School of Law.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/race-racism-american-law-re-visioning-21st-century/
LOCATION:UCLA School of Law\, Room 1457\, 385 Charles E Young Dr East\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160920T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160920T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160902T055230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160902T055645Z
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SUMMARY:UCLA Luskin New Student Orientation
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/new-student-orientation/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs/ CSW Faculty Center\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90024\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160919T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160919T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160831T020022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160921T044335Z
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SUMMARY:Southern California Grantmakers: 2016 Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION: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.\nAs a sector\, region\, and global community\, we are facing major inequities around People (health\, gender\, social\, racial inequities)\, Planet (climate change and the environment)\, and Prosperity (economics and education). \nSCG members are eager to take the next step toward solving these complex challenges\, many of which\, until recently\, have been considered “too big” to take on by any one sector. We know that these interconnected issues require a combination of deep community knowledge and engagement. They also require an understanding of global context and impact\, such as the framework provided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. \nAt this year’s Annual Conference\, join hundreds of SCG members who are committed and energized\, eager to create positive change in communities here in Southern California and far beyond our borders. \n\n\n\n\n\nConference Highlights\n\nInteractive Breakout Sessions on taking local action with global impacts\nSpecial Spoken Word/Musical Performance by Bryonn Bain\, Artist and Activist\, UCLA Department of African American Studies\nSneak preview of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA presented by the Getty Foundation\n\n\n\nAGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:00 a.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Check-in Opens  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Breakfast Breakout Sessions \nSocial Innovation to Catalyze Impact\nHow Data Can Influence Your Grantmaking\nThe Millennials Are Here: Engaging a New Generation\nPlacing Equity at the Center of Education Reform\nReal Costs + Real Relationships: Learnings from the Full Cost Pilot \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Networking Break \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:15 – 11:30 a.m.Welcoming Remarks \nChristine Essel\, President and CEO\, SCG and\nWendy Garen\, Chair\, SCG Board of Directors and President and CEO\, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Morning Plenary: Champions of Change  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00 – 1:45 p.m. Morning Keynote: Building Bridges to Prosperity in Southern California \nLos Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti \n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime Breakout Sessions \nPlease eat lunch in the room of the breakout you plan to attend. Presentations begin promptly at 12:30. \nFrom Transactional to Transformational: Prioritizing Grantee Inclusion\nGrantmaking with an Equity Lens: The Nuts and Bolts\nHealth\, Social Equity\, and Climate Change\nThe Impact of Building Grassroots Movements\nOutcomes-Oriented Funding: Breaking Down the Myths and Opportunities \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Networking Break  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 – 3:00 p.m. State of SCG and Members Meeting \nChristine Essel\, President and CEO\, SCG and\nWendy Garen\, Chair\, SCG Board of Directors and President and CEO\, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Afternoon Keynote: Peace\, Justice\, and Inclusive Societies \nForest Whitaker\, Artist\, Social Activist\, Philanthropist\, and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Plenary: Improving Prosperity for Our Families: The Case for Gender Equity \nSurina Khan\, Chief Executive Officer\, Women’s Foundation of California; Ananya Roy\, Director\, The Institute on Inequality & Democracy\, Luskin School of Public Affairs\, UCLA; Carmen Rojas\, Chief Executive Officer\,The Workers Lab; and Jordan Brooks\, Deputy Executive Director\, White House Council on Women and Girls \nWomen are often the agents of change in their communities\, homes\, and schools. But most low-income women who balance jobs and families face many obstacles that restrict their path to prosperity: limited education and job training opportunities\, minimal access to well-paid\, stable employment with benefits\, and a lack of affordable\, quality child care. The case for change is clear and momentum is building to address these issues through a gender equity lens. For example\, in 2015\, California instituted the California Fair Pay Act\, mandating that employees cannot be paid less than those of the opposite sex for “substantially similar work\,” even if their titles are different or they work at different sites. In this session\, panelists will share the latest on cross-sector collaborations and opportunities\, research\, and the possibilities for foundations\, government agencies\, and corporations to lift up women and girls\, and in turn\, their entire communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sneak Preview of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA presented by the Getty Foundation  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClosing Reception
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/southern-california-grantmakers-2016-annual-conference/
LOCATION:Loews Hollywood Hotel\, 1755 Highland Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90028\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160917T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160917T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
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SUMMARY:Box of Hope
DESCRIPTION:  \nVersa-Style Dance Company \n  \nVersa-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\, will fuse vintage sounds with contemporary hip-hop moves.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/box-of-hope/
LOCATION:Ford Theatres\, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East\, Hollywood\, CA\, 90068\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160915T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160915T054937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160915T054937Z
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SUMMARY:Race + Justice = An Atlantic Summit
DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the country. How does that affect how Angelenos perceive race and experience justice? \nIn 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 justice\, neighborhood change\, movie portrayals and more relate to each other in Los Angeles. How does race shape the city and the prospects of its people? As a snapshot of the new majority minority America\, what does Los Angeles have to say today about the country’s future? \n#RaceJusticeLA \nRegistration has closed for the morning session of Race + Justice.\nRSVP below or contact Carly Spraggins at cspraggins@theatlantic.com to register for our afternoon session to begin at 2:00 pm PT.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/race-justice-atlantic-summit/
LOCATION:Hudson Loft\, 1200 South Hope Street\, Fourth Floor\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90015\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160901T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160901T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160901T025136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160901T033653Z
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SUMMARY:Real Talk/ Real Action: Restorative Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:UCLA Law’s Student Bar Association\, Office of Student Affairs\, Learning Environment and Diversity Committee\, and David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy present “Real Talk/ Real Action: Restorative Dialogue” \nCome together to discuss recent challenging events that generated a range of emotions and raise many questions. What can we do to support members of our community who are healing? How can we engage in meaningful conversation? What is your part to do? \n  \nInteractive discussion\nLight reception to follow
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/real-talk-real-action-restorative-dialogue/
LOCATION:UCLA School of Law\, Room 1457\, 385 Charles E Young Dr East\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160602T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160602T173000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160601T020324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160601T023043Z
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SUMMARY:Black Politics and the Neoliberal Racial Order
DESCRIPTION:  \nProfessor Michael C. Dawson will be speaking about Black Politics and Neoliberal Racial Order.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/black-politics-neoliberal-racial-order/
LOCATION:Humanities 135\, Los Angeles \, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160526T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160526T173000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160523T225940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160526T002120Z
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SUMMARY:Racialized State Violence in Global Perspective 5/25–5/26
DESCRIPTION:Conference schedule now available! Download here or view online! \nOrganized by Hannah Appel\, Jessica Cattelino\, Norma Mendoza-Denton\, and Jemima Pierre\, this two-day conference will feature: \n  \nSPEAKERS: Thursday\, May 26\, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.\, Royce 314 \nMelina Abdullah\, professor and chair\, Pan-African Studies\, California State University\, Los Angeles\, is a womanist scholar-activist – recognizing that the role that she plays in the academy is intrinsically linked to broader struggles for the liberation of oppressed people. Her research interests include activism and movement building and Critical Race Theory. \nMohan Ambikaipaker\, assistant professor\, Communications\, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts\, is a social anthropologist and cultural studies scholar who studies the dynamics of multiracial societies. \nAisha Beliso-de Jesus\, associate professor\, African American Religions\, Harvard Divinity School\, is a cultural and social anthropologist. She has conducted ethnographic research with Santería practitioners in Cuba and the United States since 2003. \nMaurice Magaña\, lecturer\, Chicano/a Studies\, UCLA\, researches youth activism and social movements in Mexico and the United States. \nAna Muñiz\, Criminology\, Law\, and Society\, UC Irvine \nHector Perla\, assistant professor\, Latin American & Latino Studies\, UC Santa Cruz\, does research on revolutionary movements\, social movements\, and US public support/opposition to military intervention. \nChristen Smith\, assistant professor\, Anthropology; African & African Diaspora Studies\, University of Texas at Austin\, does research in the areas of performance\, race\, gender\, violence and the black body in the Americas with a particular emphasis on transnational black liberation struggles and racial formation. \nLaurence Ralph\, associate professor\, African & African American Studies and Anthropology\, Harvard University\, is the author of Renegade Dreams: Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago (University of Chicago Press). \nRinaldo Walcott\, associate professor\, Sociology & Equity Studies\, University of Toronto\, conducts research Black Diaspora Cultural Studies with an emphasis on queer sexualities\, masculinity\, and cultural politics\, as well as multicultural and transnational debates with an emphasis on nation\, citizenship and coloniality. \nAudra Simpson is associate professor\, Anthropology\, Columbia University. Her research is energized by the problem of recognition\, by its passage beyond (and below) the aegis of the state into the grounded field of political self-designation\, self-description\, and subjectivity. \nRESPONDENTS \nKelly Lytle Hernandez\, assistant professor\, Department of Chicana/o Studies\, UCLA\, \nSaree Makdisi\, professor\, Department of English\, UCLA\, does research at the crossroads of several different fields\, including British Romanticism\, imperial culture\, colonial and postcolonial theory and criticism\, and the cultures of urban modernity\, particularly the revision and contestation of charged urban spaces\, including London\, Beirut and Jerusalem \nSarah Haley\, assistant professor Gender Studies\, UCLA \nCosponsored by Alessandro Duranti\, Dean\, UCLA Division of Social Sciences; David Schaberg\, Dean\, UCLA Division of Humanities; UCLA Center for the Study of Women; Institute on Inequality and Democracy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs; Robin D.G. Kelley\, Distinguished Professor of History & Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in United States History; Eric Avila\, Associate Dean\, UCLA Office of Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion; UCLA African Studies Center; UCLA American Indian Studies Center; Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA; UCLA Department of Gender Studies; Disability Studies at UCLA;  UCLA International Institute; and UCLA Postcolonial Theory & Literary Studies. \nPhoto credits: Black Lives Matter march\, Minneapolis\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, July 31\, 2015\, Fibonacci Blue\, https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/; Photo of E. Dandicat courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation \nRSVP
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/903/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles \, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160525T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160525T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160504T020835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160526T002240Z
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SUMMARY:Racialized State Violence in Global Perspective 5/25–5/26
DESCRIPTION:Conference schedule now available! Download here or view online! \nOrganized by Hannah Appel\, Jessica Cattelino\, Norma Mendoza-Denton\, and Jemima Pierre\, this two-day conference will feature: \nKEYNOTE: Wednesday\, May 25\, 6 p.m.\, Lenart Auditorium\, Fowler Museum \nEdwidge Danticat (left) is an award-winning author of short stories and novels that often engage with the history of her native Haiti in. She also writes about the immigrant experience—what she calls “dyaspora”—and the reality of life in Haiti today. Her works include Breath\, Eyes\, Memory (1994); Krik? Krak! (1996); Claire of the Sea Light (2013);Mama’s Nightingale (2015); and Untwine (2015). She wrote and narrated the film Girl Rising (Haiti) in 2013. In 2007\, she received a National Book Award nomination for Brother\, I’m Dying. She was shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for Claire of the Sea Light in 2014. \nSPEAKERS: Thursday\, May 26\, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.\, Royce 314 \nMelina Abdullah\, professor and chair\, Pan-African Studies\, California State University\, Los Angeles\, is a womanist scholar-activist – recognizing that the role that she plays in the academy is intrinsically linked to broader struggles for the liberation of oppressed people. Her research interests include activism and movement building and Critical Race Theory. \nMohan Ambikaipaker\, assistant professor\, Communications\, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts\, is a social anthropologist and cultural studies scholar who studies the dynamics of multiracial societies. \nAisha Beliso-de Jesus\, associate professor\, African American Religions\, Harvard Divinity School\, is a cultural and social anthropologist. She has conducted ethnographic research with Santería practitioners in Cuba and the United States since 2003. \nMaurice Magaña\, lecturer\, Chicano/a Studies\, UCLA\, researches youth activism and social movements in Mexico and the United States. \nAna Muñiz\, Criminology\, Law\, and Society\, UC Irvine \nHector Perla\, assistant professor\, Latin American & Latino Studies\, UC Santa Cruz\, does research on revolutionary movements\, social movements\, and US public support/opposition to military intervention. \nChristen Smith\, assistant professor\, Anthropology; African & African Diaspora Studies\, University of Texas at Austin\, does research in the areas of performance\, race\, gender\, violence and the black body in the Americas with a particular emphasis on transnational black liberation struggles and racial formation. \nLaurence Ralph\, associate professor\, African & African American Studies and Anthropology\, Harvard University\, is the author of Renegade Dreams: Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago (University of Chicago Press). \nRinaldo Walcott\, associate professor\, Sociology & Equity Studies\, University of Toronto\, conducts research Black Diaspora Cultural Studies with an emphasis on queer sexualities\, masculinity\, and cultural politics\, as well as multicultural and transnational debates with an emphasis on nation\, citizenship and coloniality. \nAudra Simpson is associate professor\, Anthropology\, Columbia University. Her research is energized by the problem of recognition\, by its passage beyond (and below) the aegis of the state into the grounded field of political self-designation\, self-description\, and subjectivity. \nRESPONDENTS \nKelly Lytle Hernandez\, assistant professor\, Department of Chicana/o Studies\, UCLA\, \nSaree Makdisi\, professor\, Department of English\, UCLA\, does research at the crossroads of several different fields\, including British Romanticism\, imperial culture\, colonial and postcolonial theory and criticism\, and the cultures of urban modernity\, particularly the revision and contestation of charged urban spaces\, including London\, Beirut and Jerusalem \nSarah Haley\, assistant professor Gender Studies\, UCLA \nCosponsored by Alessandro Duranti\, Dean\, UCLA Division of Social Sciences; David Schaberg\, Dean\, UCLA Division of Humanities; UCLA Center for the Study of Women; Institute on Inequality and Democracy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs; Robin D.G. Kelley\, Distinguished Professor of History & Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in United States History; Eric Avila\, Associate Dean\, UCLA Office of Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion; UCLA African Studies Center; UCLA American Indian Studies Center; Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA; UCLA Department of Gender Studies; Disability Studies at UCLA;  UCLA International Institute; and UCLA Postcolonial Theory & Literary Studies. \nPhoto credits: Black Lives Matter march\, Minneapolis\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, July 31\, 2015\, Fibonacci Blue\, https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/; Photo of E. Dandicat courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation \nRSVP
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/racialized-state-violence-global-perspective/
LOCATION:UCLA Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium\, Fowler Museum\, 308 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles \, 90024\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160522T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160522T160000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
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SUMMARY:Documentary Screening: "Sunset and Alvarado"
DESCRIPTION:The film is titled “Sunset and Alvarado”\, a documentary produced by young filmmakers from Echo Park and neighboring areas that re-visits their neighborhoods amidst increasing gentrification. \nIn its early years (14 years ago) the Echo Park Film Center produced a documentary\, Sunset & Alvarado about its direct surroundings. Looking back at this 2002 VHS rip\, it goes without saying that the landscape has changed. \nThis Spring 2016 semester the EPFC Youth Class has revisited this intersection the Film Center calls home. The youth students set out to talk to people\, businesses\, the community and each other to discover the many histories that collide at this intersection and how people happen to find themselves on this particular corner in LA. As the class progressed\, we learned of more long-standing businesses suddenly closing\, moving and the new developments soon to be taking their place. The grief of seeing these business leave gets mixed with fun and rediscovery of the neighborhood as the students run through the aisles of Hit Bargain on its last days of business and their voices as they meditate on the meaning of change. \nMore information: \nhttp://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/events/sunset-alvarado-epfc-spring-youth-class-screening/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/749768015160405/ \nThe documentary film is a product of a film production workshop with young filmmakers sponsored by the Echo Park Film Center\, a non-profit organization that has been curating regular screenings and organizing production classes for low income communities.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/documentary-screening-sunset-alvarado/
LOCATION:Bootleg Theater\, 2220 Beverly Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90057\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160519T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160519T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160506T022745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160506T023244Z
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SUMMARY:CPSC – Jennie Chio – All Together Now: Ethnic Crowds and Vernacular Media in 'Minority' China
DESCRIPTION:Jennie Chio (Emory)\nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies \nCulture\, Power\, and Social Change (CPSC)\nCPSC is concerned with a broad range of issues in sociocultural anthropology. As the name of the group suggests\, they are particularly interested in how the workings of culture\, and of different forms of power and inequality\, play out in the contemporary world. And behind these two issues are questions of social change\, that is\, of the ways in which the rapidly changing world of today impacts people’s lives\, and in turn\, how people in different circumstances seek to bring about change in the world. CPSC I hosts talks by both in-house faculty members and visiting post-doctoral and faculty level scholars; CPSC II hosts talks by advanced graduate students. All CPSC events are open only to UCLA faculty\, students\, and invited guests. If you would like to be added to the mailing list\, email Hannah Appel at happel@ucla.edu.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/cpsc-jennie-chio-together-now-ethnic-crowds-vernacular-media-minority-china/
LOCATION:Haines Hall 279 Room\, 375 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160519T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160519T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160504T012015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160504T015657Z
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SUMMARY:Housing 2.0: Reimagining the Housing System in Silicon Valley
DESCRIPTION:CREATIVE THINKERS\, DOERS & DISRUPTORS\, WELCOME TO HOUSING 2.0!\nFor too long\, Silicon Valley has been the most expensive place in the country to live.  Yet\, the problem has never been worse.  Everyone is struggling with the stratospheric cost of housing\, from our teachers\, baristas\, chefs\, social workers\, cashiers\, and artists to small business owners\, startups\, and engineers.  In other words\, everyone who helps make Silicon Valley the Global Center of Innovation. \nAt Housing 2.0\, we’re having a much-needed conversation: how to disrupt the housing system.  Because the existing system isn’t working. \nWe’re incredibly excited to have Kim-Mai Cutler (TechCrunch)\, Nate Donato-Weinstein (Silicon Valley Business Journal)\, and Rachael Myrow (KQED) moderate the “disruption huddles\,” and Ananya Roy (UCLA) as the “disruption” keynote.  Housing 2.0 also includes interactive features for participants to curate their own experience. \nJoin the movement May 19\, 2016 @ Housing 2.0 to Reimagine the Housing System in Silicon Valley!  Sign-in and lunch at food trucks (free with registration) begin at 11:00am.  Official program starts at 1pm.   \nLearn more and/or RSVP.
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/housing-2-0-reimagining-housing-system-silicon-valley/
LOCATION:San Jose City Hall\, Rotunda + Plaza\, 200 East Santa Clara Street \, San Jose\,  95113\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160512T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160512T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160506T022106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160506T023356Z
UID:843-1463054400-1463059800@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:CPSC – Karen Ho – Racializing Normative Markets: Whiteness\, Masculinity\, and the "Efficiency" of Networks
DESCRIPTION:Karen Ho (University of Minnesota)\nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment \n\nCulture\, Power\, and Social Change\nCPSC is concerned with a broad range of issues in sociocultural anthropology. As the name of the group suggests\, they are particularly interested in how the workings of culture\, and of different forms of power and inequality\, play out in the contemporary world. And behind these two issues are questions of social change\, that is\, of the ways in which the rapidly changing world of today impacts people’s lives\, and in turn\, how people in different circumstances seek to bring about change in the world. CPSC I hosts talks by both in-house faculty members and visiting post-doctoral and faculty level scholars; CPSC II hosts talks by advanced graduate students. All CPSC events are open only to UCLA faculty\, students\, and invited guests. If you would like to be added to the mailing list\, email Hannah Appel at happel@ucla.edu. \n 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/cpsc-karen-ho-racializing-normative-markets-whiteness-masculinity-efficiency-networks/
LOCATION:Haines Hall 352 Reading Room\, 375 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160509T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160509T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160504T014317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160504T015837Z
UID:828-1462811400-1462820400@challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Contemplating the Rise of Asian Cities: Workshop and Plenary Session
DESCRIPTION:This session invites workshop participants and interested Yale scholars and affiliates to come together for an open conversation about new directions in the study of Asian cities at Yale. The evening will include two plenary talks by distinguished scholars of Asian and global urbanism\, as well as ample time for conversation and discussion over dinner. \nPlenary speakers: \n\nAnanya Roy (University of California\, Los Angeles)\nNeil Brenner (Harvard Graduate School of Design)\n\nmoderated by Helen Siu\, K. Sivaramakrishnan\, and Erik Harms \nLearn more and/or RSVP. 
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/contemplating-rise-asian-cities-workshop-plenary-session/
LOCATION:Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center\, 391 Prospect Street\, New Haven\, CT\, 06511\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160506T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160506T140000
DTSTAMP:20260419T160705
CREATED:20160507T005610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160507T005746Z
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SUMMARY:Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Join us at LAANE’s  Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon\, the largest women’s event of its kind in Los Angeles\, as we celebrate women’s leadership and forge a common vision for equality and justice in Los Angeles. \nHeld each spring for over ten years\, the Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon brings together more than 700 progressive women (and men) from across Southern California. Previous honorees and speakers at the Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon have included SHOWTIME’s Masters of Sex\, HBO’s Getting On\, Jane Fonda\, Arianna Huffington\, civil rights attorney Connie Rice\, Ramona Ripston of the ACLU of Southern California\, Labor Commissioner of California Julie Su and best-selling authors Barbara Ehrenreich\, Peggy Orenstein and Lisa See\, as well as activist Katherine Spillar and historian Dr. Joyce Appleby\, among others. \nThe Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon also showcases brilliant young leaders who have attended the Beth and Julia Meltzer Internship Program at LAANE. \nJoin us for the 2016 Luncheon on Friday\, May 6th\, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.\n\nMore Information
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/women-new-los-angeles-luncheon/
LOCATION:Beverly Hilton Hotel\, 9876 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90210\, United States
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SUMMARY:The First Annual Distinguished Lecture–John Friedmann
DESCRIPTION:The Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin presents\nThe First Annual Distinguished Lecture\nJOHN FRIEDMANN\n“The Ruse of Reason: Poverty\, Inequality and Personal Freedoms in the People’s Republic of China 1950–2015”\nDr. John Friedmann is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Affairs at UCLA and Honorary Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. He was founding professor of the Program for Urban Planning in the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at UCLA\, and at various times between 1969 and 1996 served as its head for a total of 14 years.\n\n\nJohn Friedmann’s Lecture Speech: “The Ruse of Reason: Poverty\, Inequality\, and Personal Freedoms in the People’s Republic of China 1950-2015”
URL:https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/event/first-annual-distinguished-lecture/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs/ CSW Faculty Center\, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90024\, United States
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