The university’s ongoing dialogue about race and law enforcement will resume at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, with the program “South Asia at a Crossroads with BLM: Caste, Color, and Intersections of Identity.” The program will take place on Zoom.
The four-person panel discussion, which includes Linda Evans, who was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for actions to protest and change U.S. government policies, will take place Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m.
As part of the Conversations on Race and Policing series, on Oct. 21, Genevieve Carpio, assistant professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, will examine how elites and everyday people in the IE have come together and conflicted over spatial mobility.
“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 take place virtually at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7.
“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 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.
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," 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.