The night basketball leagues of the 1980s and ’90s, aimed at social intervention, risk reduction and crime prevention, will be the topic of the next Conversations on Race and Policing. Open and free to the public, the program will be presented at noon, Wednesday, March 2, on Zoom.
Sunny Hyon and Erin Hall (English), Mary Texeira (sociology), Luba Levin-Banchik (political science), Don Woodford (art emeritus) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were included in recent news coverage.
The Feb. 23 Conversations on Race and Policing, on Zoom, will feature Tony Gaskew, University of Pittsburgh professor of criminal justice and author of “Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation.”
“Mobilized by Injustice: Criminal Justice Contact, Political Participation, and Race,” presented by Hannah L. Walker of the University of Texas at Austin, will take place beginning at noon, Wednesday, Feb. 16, on Zoom.
The panel presentation, which will include mental health specialists and CSUSB faculty, will examine the intersection of mental health, policing and race, and will take place beginning at noon, Wednesday, Feb. 9, on Zoom.
The first program of the spring semester, “Police Use of Excessive Force Against African Americans,” will take place at noon Wednesday, Feb. 2, on Zoom.
Antonia Gonzales and Rhonda LeValdo, two award-winning Native American journalists, will be the featured speakers at the next Conversations on Race and Policing, “National Native News and Black Lives Matter.”
“Kalief’s Legacy, Presented by Akeem Browder,” will examine the circumstances surrounding the three-year pretrial incarceration of Kalief Brown for a crime he didn’t commit – and for which he never appeared in court to argue his innocence. This next program in CSUSB’s ongoing series, Conversations on Race and Policing, is set for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, on Zoom.
“The Whiteness of Blue Lives: Race in American Policing,” is the focus of the next program in CSUSB’s ongoing series, Conversations on Race and Policing, set for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, on Zoom.