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May 14, 2018

How do you meet the educational needs of the "whole child" beyond what you see in the classroom alone? Dr. Rebecca London discusses an ambitious new initiative she’s a part of in the Bay Area called the Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust. This research project seeks to build a database in which school and social...


May 10, 2018

Dr. Mary Thomas worked with twelve artists and independent presses for a new art exhibit titled "Emerging Visions: Creative Practice at the Nexus of Freedom and Justice" (open from April 19, 2018-June 19, 2018).  Dr. Mary Thomas is the Research Associate for the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery (Cowell College, UC Santa...


May 9, 2018

How can activists or advocates engage in storytelling as a political tool without compromising the complexity of the narrative? Dr. Sujatha Fernandes, Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at the University of Sydney, and a visiting scholar at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the CUNY Graduate...


May 9, 2018

Headlines: Stage 1 Water Restrictions in Santa Cruz, Redwoods Park in Los Gatos, UCSC Plant Field Guide, Ebikes in Santa Cruz. 

Stories: Sambrailo Readycycle Plastic-alternative Berry Packaging, the People of Color Sustainability Collective at UCSC. 

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May 8, 2018

Dr. Ann Lopez is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Farmworker Families in Watsonville, CA and an emerita professor of San Jose City College where she taught courses in Biology, Environmental Science, Ecology and Botany in the Biology department. She talked about the work of the Center for...