The presentation, “Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties,” which takes its title from the book by guest speakers Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, will be livestreamed on Zoom beginning at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17.
As part of our celebration of Black History Month, take a look back when Zachary Powell (criminal justice), Marc Robinson (history) and Rafik Mohamed (dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) were interviewed for the three-part series on the history of policing Black communities.
At a time when race relations are highly charged in the United States, Daniel E. Walker’s presentation is timely. The program is set for noon, Tuesday, Feb. 9, on Zoom, and is co-sponsored by the University Diversity Committee’s Conversations on Diversity Series and the Programming Subcommittee of the President’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board.
Meredith Conroy (political science) joined with the FiveThirtyEight staff to write about President-elect Joe Biden’s diverse cabinet nominees, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Kevin Grisham (geography and environmental studies) were interviewed about security concerns in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot and threats by extremists leading up to Biden’s inauguration.
Meredith Conroy (political science) was on the latest FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast to discuss a variety of topics, including the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia and the new federal stimulus package.
The history of communities where people of color were essentially excluded will be the topic of the next Conversations on Race and Policing, set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Diane Vines (nursing) discussed a grant received by the Street Medicine program at CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) appeared on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation” to discuss the latest FBI hate crime report.
David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the possibility of the U.S. re-entering the multi-national agreement regulating Iran's nuclear program, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted about the latest FBI hate crime report.
Tamara Cedré (art and design) participated in a panel about the state of photography education, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the implications of last weekend’s “Million MAGA March” in Washington, D.C.