Mar
7

Africans Food Sovereignty Working Group March 2017 Session

How Can Genomics Help Enable Food Sovereignty in Africa? In the context of surging global population, climate change, and threats from pests and diseases, there is an urgent need for the improvement of African staple crops. Modern genetic tools, such...
Apr
22

Earth Day Science Talk at Cal Conference

Come to Science Talk at Cal, a student-organized conference featuring panel discussions with renowned speakers from the fields of water, food systems, and climate change. plus collaborative workshops to help bring your science communication ideas to the next level. The...
Feb
27

A Litany for Survival: Black Lives Matter in the Age of Trump

In this dynamic public talk, noted #blacklivesmatter community organizer Frank Leon Roberts (cofounder of the National Black Justice Coalition and professor of the nation’s first BlackLivesMatter college course) offers 10 original frameworks for approaching and understanding the contemporary movement for...
Mar
1

Intersectional Conversation: Race, Social Justice and the LGBTQ Community

Please join the National Center for Lesbian Rights for a public conversation about the intersections of race, the LGBTQ community and the current response across multiple social justice movements to the Trump presidency. The dynamic panel of experts features World...
Apr
19

UC Berkeley Foodscape Map Launch

Join the “Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley” team for an unveiling of our interactive, participatory UC Berkeley Foodscape Map. This map provides a snapshot of all food-related initiatives on campus, compiling and showcasing the history, outcomes...

On Race & Privilege with Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO)

At the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Kansas, Director john powell was featured in "On Race & Privilege," an event that focused on structural racism and white privilege. In conversation with Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., author of Everyday white People Confront...

World Meeting of Popular Movements

February 17, 2017 On Friday, February 17, HIFIS director john a. powell opened the regional U.S. gathering of the World Meeting of Popular Movements in Modesto, California. Speaking to an invite-only audience of 20 U.S. bishops—including the second...

Public Pension Politics: Why do we care about accounting rules?

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Thinking Ahead with Wendy Ake and Tom Sgouros

On February 9, 2017, Wendy Ake and Tom Sgouros gave a presentation for the talk, "A Dignified Retirement: Who should write the rules?" Download the presentation here. Note: This page is archived. It is kept only for reference purposes, so it is no...

Funding Public Pensions

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