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Sep
12

Belonging in Practice: How to Be Antiracist, with Ibram X. Kendi

REGISTER “We know how to be racist. We know how to pretend to be not racist. Now let’s know how to be antiracist.” - Ibram X. Kendi Borealis Philanthropy, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Northern...
Sep
12

Book Talk: Fearing the Black Body

Part of: CRG Thursday Forums BOOK TALK: FEARING THE BLACK BODY Thursday, Sep 12, 2019 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 691 Barrows Hall Location is ADA accessible Join us for the first CRG Thursday Form as author Sabrina Strings...
Sep
11

Film Screening - Gina's Journey

Date: Sept. 11, 2019 Time: 11:30am - 2pm Location: Morrison Library, UC Berkeley RSVP: https://400yearsandginasjourney.eventbrite.com (link is external) About the Film: Narrated by veteran actor and voice artist Keith David, “Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes” follows the quest...
Sep
6

Religion and Health Care: A Series of Scholarly Conversations

Religion and Health Care: A Series of Scholarly Conversations All events will occur at the Social Science Matrix, Barrows Hall. Please register here: https://forms.gle/ C7J5NGrB8782bU4L7 9:30am - 10:45am: Religious Healthcare: What's For Sale? Chair: Ronit Stahl (UCB) Liz Sepper (UT-Austin)...
Sep
5

Bishops and Bodies: Religion and Reproductive Health Care in 2019

Bishops and Bodies: Religion and Reproductive Health Care in 2019 In Spring 2019 the UC Regents deliberated a proposed affiliation between UCSF and Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital network. As one op-ed stated, "UC's governing board is flummoxed by the...
Aug
30

400 Years of African American History Symposium

This day-long symposium will kick off a year of events at UC Berkeley to mark the 400 year anniversary of the beginning of slavery in North America. The events are being co-organized by the Haas Institute, the African American studies...
Aug
13

Yogendra Yadav | Politics after Modi: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony

Yogendra Yadav | Politics after Modi: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony Lecture | August 13 | 12-2 p.m. | 10 Stephens Hall Speaker: Yogendra Yadav, Indian politician, psephologist and academic Moderator: Pranab Bardhan, Professor of Graduate School at the Department of Economics...
Jun
7

Immigration Reform in Californian Agriculture and the Tech Industry

Immigration Reform in Californian Agriculture and the Tech Industry JUNE 7 @ 9:15 AM - 3:15 PM Photo by Steve McConnell/UC Berkeley Public Affairs CC NC-BY 2.0 The workshop aims to discuss the consequences of both labor shortages and immigration...
May
23

Towards Gender Equity and Work-Life Balance in Academia

REGISTER HERE Join us for a lunchtime discussion and movie-screening with gender-equity specialist, Prof. Dr. Lucia M. Lanfranconi, currently a post-doctoral scholar at UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare. Lucia will showcase her Swiss documentary (with English subtitles) “Equality- A...
Apr
27

Race Town Hall with Rep. Barbara Lee and john a. powell

Race Town Hall (April 27) WHAT: A Conversation on Race Town Hall WHEN: Saturday April 27 from 12 – 130pm WHERE: Black Repertory Group Theater, 3201 Adeline Street Berkeley, CA 94703 WHO: Dr. Julia Chinyere Oparah, Ethnic Studies Professor at...
Apr
26

Rucker Johnson on “Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works”

Click for a video of this event. This event will feature a discussion of Rucker C. Johnson’s new book Children of the Dream. Professor Johnson will appear in conversation with Dean Prudence Carter and Berkeley Law’s Chris Edley, Jr. While...
Apr
9

TRAP DOOR

TRAP DOOR with Miss Major & CeCe McDonald Join us for a conversation on the anthology "Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility" (MIT 2017) Featuring: Miss Major: A veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, former sex...
Apr
8

Othering & Belonging 2019 (April 8-10)

​​The next Othering & Belonging conference will be held April 8– 10, 2019 in Oakland. Visit the conference website for updates on registration, scholarships, speakers, and all info related to the conference. Check out this video recap of our last...
Apr
3

Film Screening of Criminal Queers

Film Screening of Criminal Queers: directed by Chris Vargas and Eric A. Stanley Wednesday, April 3rd (12-2 pm) in 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Eric Stanley, Assistant Professor, Department of Gender and Women's Studies Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer...
Apr
2

Cultural Capital, Systemic Exclusion and Bias in the Lives of Black Middle-Class Women

Title: “Cultural Capital, Systemic Exclusion and Bias in the Lives of Black Middle-Class Women: A Conversation” Description: At this interactive event, Dawn Dow and Tina Sacks will discuss their new books on African American women. Dow’s book, Mothering While Black...