Gig Economy Event
UCLA Public Affairs 2243In an expansive city with limited public transit, the arrival of companies like Uber and Lyft has transformed daily life in LA and raised important questions about job quality, employment […]
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Can Immigrant Students Still Feel Safe at School in the Age of Trump
UCLA School of Law Rm. 1357How are public schools and teachers being affected by the Trump administration's immigration policies? What can public schools do to protect their students? What can we do to ensure that […]
Hour Crisis: Scheduling & Retail Worker Organizing in Los Angeles
UCLA Bunche Hall 6275Los Angeles retail workers struggle with unreliable hours and unpredictable schedules that undercut their incomes and chances of living full and healthy lives. Recently, workers have come together to demand […]
Fighting for Immigrants: Forum with DACA Litigators, Featuring MALDEF’s Thomas Saenz
UCLA School of Law Rm. 1357ACIP is sponsoring an event on Thursday, October 25 in partnership with USP, UC Immigrant Legal Services, the Public Interest Law Program and the Critical Race Studies Program […]
10 Questions: What is Work? Panel Discussion
UCLA Kaufman Hall, 200You're Cordially Invited! Giving community members a special opportunity to experience the conversations that drive innovation at the university, this fall the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture presents […]
Civil Rights Leader Reverend James Lawson Jr. honored with UCLA Medal
UCLA Carnesale Commons 251 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CAJoin us to celebrate the 60-year legacy of non-violence and activism by Reverend James Lawson Jr. with the conferral of the UCLA Medal by Chancellor Gene Block. Rev. Lawson Jr. is known for his work […]
Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area
UCLA Bunche Hall 6339 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CADockworkers have power. Often missed in commentary on today’s globalizing economy, workers in the world’s ports can harness their […]
2019 Diversity in Higher Education Research Colloquium
Hermosa Room, Carnesale Commons 251 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CASince 2014, three institutions of higher learning, one each from the United States (UCLA), South Africa (University of the Free State) and the Netherlands (Vrije Universiteit) have convened yearly to […]
Book Talk with Timothy A. Wise
Haines Hall 144 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAIRLE Colloquia Series presents: In conversation with Timothy A. Wise about his new book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food, New Press. Join […]
“The Fight for Time: Migrant Day Laborers and the Politics of Precarity”
Haines Hall 144 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAIRLE Colloquia Series presents: In conversation with Paul Apostolidis about his new book: The Fight for Time: Migrant Day Laborers and the Politics of Precarity. As unauthorized migrants, day laborers […]
