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“Over-Policing of Black Girls in Schools: From Zero Tolerance to Restorative Practices,” will take place on Zoom beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
October 12, 2020

“Over-Policing of Black Girls in Schools: From Zero Tolerance to Restorative Practices,” will take place on Zoom beginning at 4 p.m.

“Police Unions in the U.S.: Perspectives in Historical Context” will be the 19th presentation in the series that began in June.  Photo: WikiMedia Commons
October 5, 2020

“Police Unions in the U.S.: Perspectives in Historical Context” will take place virtually at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Racism as a public health crisis will be discussed at the next Conversations on Race and Policing at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
September 25, 2020

“Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis: What It Means and Where Do We Go from Here,” a panel presentation, will take place virtually at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.

The panel discussion, “White Supremacists and Militia Extremists in Police Departments,” with (from left) Vida Johnson, Michael German and Sam Levin, will take place on Zoom at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
September 21, 2020

The panel on Sept. 23 will feature Vida Johnson, associate professor of law at Georgetown University; Michael German, former FBI special agent and now a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty & National Security Program; and Sam Levin, Los Angeles correspondent for The Guardian.

From left, Odilia Romero, Stan Rodriguez and Daisy Ocampo.
September 13, 2020

The panel of activists and community-based scholars will discuss issues ranging from the Los Angeles Police Department, access to translators for indigenous people, the way race shapes the American justice system, the policing of indigenous people across the border and other topics.

"Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder," grafic
September 8, 2020

"Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder," directed by Emmitt H. Thrower, a retired New York police officer, chronicles disabled victims killed by police as well as the activists/artists who are fighting to end police brutality against people with disabilities.

Daniel Gascón, a CSUSB alumnus, is the co-author of “The Limits of Community Policing: Civilian Power and Police Accountability in Black and Brown Los Angeles."
August 31, 2020

Daniel Gascón, a CSUSB alumnus who is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, will present “The Limits of Community Policing,” 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, on Zoom.  

‘Cops on Film’ topic of next Conversations on Race and Policing at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25
August 24, 2020

The program, the 13th in the series, will feature two guest faculty panelists: Howard Henderson from Texas Southern University, and Frank Wilson from Indiana State University.

A rally in San Francisco on support of DACA. This week's conversation will focus on the June 18 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DACA. Photo: Pax Ahimsa Gethen via Wikimedia Commons.
August 10, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this summer that prevented the Trump administration from immediately ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be the focus of the program.