Oct
5

Mass Incarceration and Children’s Outcomes

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...
Oct
3

What We Learned from Orlando

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...

Inclusiveness Index 2016 Webinar

Implicit Bias in the Presidential Debate

The presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday night was the most watchedpresidential debate in American history. Race was a prominent theme of the debate, as it has been the whole campaign. At one point, moderator Lester...
Sep
28

Webinar Launch of the Inclusiveness Index

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...

2016 Inclusiveness Index

The Inclusiveness Index is an annual equity index that identifies and captures the degree of inclusion and marginality. The Index is a diagnostic instrument intended to help us redefine the ways in which we think about a true democratic and inclusive...

Towards A More Inclusive California: On Native Youth and Admissions to the UC System

September 21, 2016 By Tomas WhiteAntelope The stark lack of Native student admissions to California’s best public universities concerns me on many levels, both as a former UC Berkeley student and now as a staff member at the campus. Yet it is because...
Oct
4

Food Regimes and Food Movements: the historical basis for transformation? (African Food Sovereignty Working Group)

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...
Sep
22

Targeted Universalism with john powell

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...

Thinking Ahead with Jim Pugh and Chris Benner

 As part of the Thinking Ahead Speaker Series , Jim Pugh and Chris Benner lead a conversation on the universal basic income and how it can be used to tackle toxic economic inequality. This event was emceed by Claudia Jimenez, a community organizer...