Events

The Merchant of Venice on Trial

Dear colleagues, The UCI Shakespeare Center and UCI Law are hosting a mock trial based on "The Merchant of Venice." In Shakespeare's controversial play, Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, takes Antonio, a Christian merchant, to court for failing to meet the terms of their loan. He demands the pound of flesh promised to him in their…

In A Day’s Work

https://inclusion.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/10/inadayswork.png The Initiative to End Family Violence and the Literary Journalism Program invite you to a book talk with 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist and ProPublica reporter, Bernice Yeung, followed by a conversation with Ada Briceño, co-president of UNITE-HERE Local 11.   Women workers in a variety of industries from farming, janitorial work, domestic and hotel…

A Conversation on Protecting Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Times of Political Crisis ♥ ★ ✚

Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA, United States

Please join us for an evening of thoughtful engagement about today's pressing issues from current Supreme Court cases to the Justice Department, examining immigration, reproductive rights, the Muslim Ban and more.  Professor Goodwin will speak about her newly released book, Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood, which expands the reproductive health and…

Combating Child Marriage in the United States ♥ ✚

UCI University Club 801 E Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA, United States

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020 11:30AM – 1:00PM UCI UNIVERSITY CLUB 801 E. PELTASON DRIVE, IRVINE, CA 92697 Map & Directions   RSVP HERE   Lunch will be provided. Suggested donation of $25. Students admitted for free. Student Code: STUDENTSFREE     Did you know there is no minimum age requirement to get married in California? Hear powerful first-hand accounts from…