The Black Index Curated by Bridget R. Cooks January 14 – March 20, 2021 CAC Gallery *(Online Only) UC Irvine’s University Art Gallery is pleased to present The Black Index, a group exhibition featuring the work of Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas. The artists featured in The Black [...]
UCI study first to link disparities and ‘pharmacy deserts’ in California Findings demonstrate how factors such as poverty further reduce access to pharmacies by Nedda Bozorgmehri / UCI | January 6, 2021 “Social determinants of health compound the negative effects of pharmacy shortage,” said Cheryl Wisseh, a UCI health sciences assistant clinical professor of [...]
Newsweek | OPINION Dear President-Elect Biden: It's Time to Actually Abolish Slavery in America https://www.newsweek.com/time-abolish-slavery-biden-1551882 MICHELE GOODWIN , PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW ON 12/2/20 AT 3:38 PM EST Today, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), announced the Abolition Amendment, to end slavery once and for all in the United States. Legislation like this [...]
We are in the third month of the UCI Black Thriving Initiative. National awareness is growing. The initiative has received coverage in the Los Angeles Times, attention in Insidehighered and notice in the Chronicle of Higher Education. This week Chancellor Gillman featured the initiative during his presentation at the national meeting of the Association of [...]
BMA is the newest campus organization at the Merage School and aims to bring students, faculty and alumni together to promote a culture of inclusion. The Black Management Association BMA for Students and Alumni Launches at Merage-School October 30, 2020 • By Sydney Charles This fall, the UCI Paul Merage School of [...]
Join UCI and UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the 2020-2021 Series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Black Lives Matter by Peniel Joseph Friday, November 20 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM About the Speaker: In Fall [...]
Anti-Black Racism, UCI Health Equity Life Partners (UCI-HELPs) seminar on the evening of Thursday, November 5, from 6-7 pm. Terrance Mayes, EdD, will present on Anti-Black Racism: An American Crisis 400 years in the Making. Candice Taylor-Lucas, MD, UCI Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Co-Director of LEAD-ABC will facilitate the presentation. A resident-student [...]
The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Description Tune in to hear acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones talk about “The 1619 Project,” the groundbreaking study of the role played by slavery in American history and life. Niokle Hannah-Jones will be interviewed by UCI Law Professor Mehrsa Baradaran, a co-author of “The 1619 Project.” Nikole Hannah-Jones [...]
The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Q&A facilitated by Professor Erika Hayasaki, Literary Journalism Description Informal Q and A with students Time Oct 29, 2020 02:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)