Events

Mass Incarceration and Children’s Outcomes Our ill-considered drug war has led to the mass incarceration of African Americans, powerfully described in Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. African American men are six times as likely as white men to be...

The 23rd Annual Affordable Housing ConferenceOctober 4 – 6, 2016Tacoma, Washington Director john a. powell will be a keynote speaker at the 23rd Annual Affordable Housing Conference. More information.

Food Regimes and Food Movements: the historical basis for transformation? October 4, 5:00 p.m.442 Stephens Hall, UC BerkeleyHow do regimes and movements co-evolve from imperial, colonial and slave-based societies and what are the forms of resistance and the future challenges...

Monday, October 3, 20164:00pm to 6:00pm6:00pm to 7:00pmWarren Room 295, Boalt HallWebsite: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/what-we-learned-from-orlando/Click here to RSVP.The attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June and ensuing media coverage raise questions of intersectionality, erasure of Latino/a identity, sexual citizenship, Islamophobia, and...

Tensions and anxieties in the 2016 presidential campaign have led many to question the current state of the two-party system in America. Join Henry Brady, dean of the Goldman School, Lisa Garcia Bedolla, a professor in the Graduate School of...

The Inclusiveness Index is an annual equity index that identifies and captures the degree of inclusion and marginality. This Index aims to measure the degree of inclusivity and marginality experienced by different groups across societal settings and social cleavages, such...

An examination of how anxiety about race, gender and inequality is shaping the presidential campaign will be made in a panel discussion, “ Surreal Politics.” Panelists include Henry Brady (dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy), Jonathan Stein (UC...

Please join the Multicultural Resource Center for a keynote and book signing with author john a. powell. john a. powell is the author of Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conception of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society. He...

Join us for the Thinking Ahead Speaker Series with Chris Benner and Jim Pugh presenting on Universal Basic Income: Is this the way we can tackle extreme inequality? View the promotional flyer below for details or download here .

Restorative ReEntry Panel Discussion (5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.) Register for this event. RJ practitioners Malachi Scott* (Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth and the North Oakland Restorative Justice Council) and Rahkii Holman (Community Works/One Family) will present their vision of...

Are Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) agricultural systems too heterogeneous for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)? CSA – a promising approach to achieve global food security while adjusting agriculture to the new realities of climate change, may be readily applicable in agricultural systems...

Professor Keltner’s new book synthesizes his twenty years of scientific research on power. How we handle power impacts our happiness, our stress, and our physical health — as well as that of people around us. Join us for a fascinating...

Join us for the Thinking Ahead Speaker Series with Paul Pierson presenting on American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper. View the promotional flyer below for details or download here . RSVP...

Africans Food Sovereignty Working Group August 2, 5:00 pm460 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley What Role do Female Farmers Play in Africa's Food Systems?Female farmers make up close to 50% of the agricultural workforce across the African continent, yet they are...

July 12Steve Phillips, Power PAC Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority 12:15 pm – 1:45 pmCitizen Engagement Lab1330 Broadway, Third Floor RSVP Here. Steve Phillips, a civil rights lawyer and senior...