Richard Rothestein: The Color of Law
Thursday, 09/28/17 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Richard Rothstein is a Research Associate of the Economic Policy Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and a Senior Fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the UC Berkeley School of Law.
Richard Rothstein will be talking about his new book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America, followed by a discussion with Terner Center Faculty Director Carol Galante. "The Color of Law" examines the forgotten history of how federal, state, and local governments explicitly segregated metropolitan areas nationwide, creating racially homogeneous neighborhoods in violation of the Constitution.
If you would like to attend the lecture, please RSVP HERE.
Location: 112 Wurster Hall
Lecture: 5:30 PM - Wurster Auditorium
Reception: 7:15 PM- 1st Floor Wurster Hall
Alvaro Huerta: In Defense of People on the Move (Latina/o Immigrants) in the Racist Era of Trump
Thursday, 10/19/17 5:00– 7:00 PM
Dr. Alvaro Huerta is an Assistant Professor at Cal State Pomona, Departments of Urban & Regional Planning and Ethnic & Women's Studies
Dr. Huerta is an author of the book Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm and the lead editor of People of Color in the United States: Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and Immigration. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Huerta teaches and conducts research on the intersecting domains of community & economic development, Chicana/o & Latina/o studies, immigration & Mexican diaspora, social movements, social networks and the informal economy. He holds a Ph.D. in City & Regional Planning from UC Berkeley—one of the first Chicanas/os to do so. He also holds an M.A. in Urban Planning and a B.A. in History—both from UCLA. Prior to pursuing academia, Dr. Huerta co-led grassroots campaigns such as defeating the City of Los Angeles’ draconian leaf-blower ban and defeating a polluting power plant in South Gate, CA.
Location: 112 Wurster Hall
Reception: 5:00 PM - 1st Floor Wurster Hall
Lecture: 5:30 PM - 112 Wurster Auditorium
Erwin Chemerinsky: Free Speech on Campus
Tuesday, 10/24/17 5:00–7:00 PM
Erwin Chemerinsky is a Berkeley Law Dean, a Constitutional Law Scholar, and a Founding Dean of UC Irvine School of Law.
Erwin Chemerinsky became the 13th Dean of Berkeley Law on July 1, 2017, when he joined the faculty as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law. He is the author of ten books, including The Case Against the Supreme Court, published by Viking in 2014, and two books published by Yale University Press in 2017, Closing the Courthouse Doors: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable and Free Speech on Campus (with Howard Gillman). He also is the author of more than 200 law review articles. In 2016, he was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In January 2017, National Jurist magazine again named Dean Chemerinsky as the most influential person in legal education in the United States. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a B.S. from Northwestern University.
Location: 112 Wurster Hall
Reception: 5:00 PM - 1st Floor Wurster Hall
Lecture: 5:30 PM - 112 Wurster Auditorium
Sheryl-Ann Simpson: Planning for Citizenship
Thursday, 11/9/17 5:00– 7:00 PM
Sheryl-Ann Simpson is an Assistant Professor in the Landscape Architecture & Environmental Design unit at the University of California, Davis. She examines the relationships between states and citizens, and explores variety of urban issues, including immigration, housing, and urban health. The connective thread in Simpson’s work is an interest in the voices, experiences, and ideas of individuals and communities that have been historically excluded (or marginalized) in the decision-making processes around their homes.
The idea of citizenship began in cities, where citizens were the residents involved in debates and deliberations over the city’s future. As city-states turned into nation-states, citizenship became a marker of belonging in a larger imagined community, and responsibilities and rights came along with that membership. Today the meaning of citizenship is shifting again, increasingly excluding rather than building bonds between people. But there are alternatives. This lecture will explore ideas for identifying and understanding practices of everyday, ordinary, and vernacular citizenship that make claims to space and self-determination. Furthermore, in order to fulfill the city planning promises around equity, we need to tack into emerging expressions of citizenship, particularly those found within communities that have been historically–and continue to be today–marginalized by more limited notions of citizenship.
Location: 112 Wurster Hall
Reception: 5:00 PM - 1st Floor Wurster Hall
Lecture: 5:30 PM - 112 Wurster Auditorium