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How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm

How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom

Join us for this book talk with Dr. Maya Wind, President’s & Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Riverside, and a fellow at the Freedom and Justice Institute of Scholars for Social Justice. 

Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy. This book shatters this myth, and shows how israeli universities serve as pillars of israel's system of oppression against Palestinians. Academic disciplines, degree programs, campus infrastructure, and research laboratories all service israeli occupation and apartheid, while universities violate the rights of Palestinians to education, stifle critical scholarship, and violently repress student dissent.  Read more

Social Justice Visual Storytelling Workshop with James Rodriguez

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm

Social Justice Visual Storytelling Workshop with James Rodriguez

This two-day, in person workshop teaches social justice via visual storytelling using smartphones. Participants will gain foundational skills and theory to create a 10-image digital story, focusing on social justice issues and community resilience. In session 1 (April 10th), you’ll learn basic photojournalism techniques and ethics in documentary. In session 2 (April 17th), you’ll edit and sequence your images to craft your digital narrative for sharing on various media platforms.  Read more

Organizing Against Predatory Capitalism In The City

Monday, April 7, 2025 - 10:00am to 2:15pm

Organizing Against Predatory Capitalism In The City

Join us for an all-day symposium: Organizing Against Predatory Capitalism in the City, with Tracy Rosenthal, Leonardo Vilchis, & Dr. Rama Ali Kased. In the morning panel, the authors of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End The Housing Crisis (2024) will explore tenant mobilization and housing rights. The afternoon panel examines on how urban schools are sites of social & political struggle for liberation. Light food & refreshments will be served. Read more

Empowering Our Immigrant Communities at ¼ªÏé·» & Beyond: with Edwin Soto Saucedo

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 1:00pm to 2:15pm

Empowering Our Immigrant Communities

Join us for this workshop with Edwin Soto Saucedo, immigrant & worker rights activist. This workshop will encompass what students, staff, and faculty (both undocumented and documented) can do when confronted with ICE agents or law enforcement on or off campus. We will review and discuss tools and resources that help protect the immigrant community and ways to continue advocating for the immigrant community.  Read more

Spatial and Discursive Violence in the U.S. Southwest

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm

Spatial and Discursive Violence in the U.S. Southwest

In this webinar, Drs. Sanchez and Pita will discuss their book titled Spatial and Discursive Violence in the U.S. Southwest (Duke University Press, 2021). The book critically examines the participation of Chicana/os in the dispossession of Indigenous populations before being dispossessed themselves with the U.S. invasion of the Southwest. Their work takes on an important political task, both in terms of Chicana/os’ relationship to the past but also to their positioning in the present. Read more

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