Events
A multimedia exhibition showcasing the role of UCLA and its alumni in advancing equity and equality in America. The exhibition features the stories of present and former Bruins who have advanced and shaped social justice movements.
A multimedia exhibition showcasing the role of UCLA and its alumni in advancing equity and equality in America. The exhibition features the stories of present and former Bruins who have advanced and shaped social justice movements.
Who really belongs in the US? Join us as NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani discusses this question and presents her new book Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares (A Memoir). In the memoir, Shahani uses her family’s immigration story to unpack the deep schism in American culture by which the “deserving” are deified and the “undeserving” demonized—in her family’s case, relentlessly.
The Chicano Studies Research Center and Institute of American Cultures invite you to a vision talk by Charlene Villaseñor Black, candidate for the position of CSRC director.
Villaseñor Black, professor of Art History and Chicana and Chicano studies at UCLA, will present her vision talk “The Future of Chicanx and Latinx Interdisciplinary Research.”
While addressing the urgency of the present moment, this two-day conference also seeks to shed light on the presence of Central Americans in Mexico and the United States over a longer historical period. Panelists will underscore Central Americans’ contributions by focusing on key aspects of these migratory flows.
While addressing the urgency of the present moment, this two-day conference also seeks to shed light on the presence of Central Americans in Mexico and the United States over a longer historical period. Panelists will underscore Central Americans’ contributions by focusing on key aspects of these migratory flows, including the variety of family formations and their integration into local communities; migrants’ participation in social, economic, and political spheres; and migrants’ steadfast work as organizers to create change in their communities.