Events
Upcoming Events
Misinformation and Democracy
February 16, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Cal Poly Pomona - Student Services Building and Zoom
3801 West Temple Avenue Pomona, CA 91768
With the 2024 California primaries approach soon, this interdisciplinary panel reflects on the challenges that misinformation poses to democracy
Désirée Lim, Immigration and Social Equality
March 18, 2024
2:00 pm - 4 pm
Cal Poly Pomona - Student Services Building
3801 West Temple Avenue Pomona, CA 91768
Author Meets Critics for Désirée Lim's new book, Immigration and Social Equality, which provides a distinctive social egalitarian critique of existing immigration practices. Read more about Désirée Lim.
Psychological and Structural Approaches to Combating Misinformation
April 11, 2024
11:30 am - 12:45 pm (PST)
A hybrid in-person and virtual panel
Cal Poly Pomona - Student Services Building and Zoom
3801 West Temple Avenue Pomona, CA 91768
This hybrid in-person and online event will explore the steps that we, as individuals and as members of larger institutions, can take to promote the spread of knowledge and reduce the sharing of falsehoods.
Confirmed Panelists include:
- Shonn Haren, CCEP Faculty Fellow and CPP Librarian
- Tiffany Zhu, PhD student in Philosophy at University of California, Irvine
- Ian Anderson, Postdoctoral Scholar in Psychology at Cal Tech
Past Events
A Special Screening of "How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?"
”How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?” traces the phenomenon of othering in America, how marginalized groups of people are mistreated in a nation that allegedly cares about justice and equality.
Panelists:
- Director, producer, co-writer, and CPP professor, Dr Thomas Keith
- Professors Alex Madva (Philosophy, CCEP)
- Ayana Jamieson (Ethnic & Women's Studies)
- Alvaro Huerta (Urban & Regional Planning, Ethnic & Women's Studies)
CCEP & The Weglyn Endowed Chair Present: Gentrification in Southern California: Community Struggles & Resistance in Boyle Heights and Santa Ana
This virtual panel examines the tensions of gentrification in the city of Santa Ana in Orange County and the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles, two areas that have been defined by different waves of immigration and regional migration, as well as recognized as important sites of Latinx culture, history, and politics.
CCEP Launches New Podcast
Securing Justice: A CCEP Podcast on Housing Insecurity in California
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Soil, Food, and Justice: The Ecosystems of California
Panelists:
- Anna Hopkins (Co-founder and Agency Relations & Communications Director, Farm2People)
- Kirsten Schwartz (Urban Ecologist and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA)
- Aaron Fox (Associate Professor, Urban and Community Agriculture, Cal Poly Pomona)
Opening remarks provided by CPP Provost, Jennifer Brown.
The panel was moderated by CCEP Faculty Fellow, Nicole Lambrou.
Just Air: California, Health, and the Ethics of Repair
Panelists:
- M. Paloma Giottonini (Cal State Northridge, Urban Studies and Planning)
- Naomi White (Photo Arts Conservatory, New York Film Academy in LA)
- Bo Liu (USLA Luskin Center, Project Director, Transportation)
- Fernando Navarrete (Public Works Deputy, Wilmington)
The panel was moderated by CCEP Faculty Fellow, Nicole Lambrou
"It's California, Jake." Power, Water, and the Golden State
Presented by:Moderated by CCEP Fellow Nicole Lambrou
California Wildfires & Climate Justice
Presented by:Moderated by CCEP Fellow Nicole Lambrou
The Physical Legacy of Racism: How Redlining Cemented the Modern Built Environment
Presented by CPP Professor Anthony Orlando and his colleagues Brian An and Seva Rodnyansky
Racial Gaps in Homeownership, Income, and Savings (and Why They Matter): From Fair Housing to Fair Savings
The Eviction Crisis on the Horizon: Rent Relief & Pandemic Recovery in CA
Representations of Place, Home, and Security
Art, Narrative, and Housing Insecurity
Housing Justice: From Trump to Biden
Housing Justice Panel Discussion
Disruption and the Backfire Objection to Predictive Policing
Dr. Ryan Jenkins (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Virtual Election Fair
Learn about ballots and local elections!
Who's Responsible for Refugee Justice?
Dr. Jennifer Kling (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility
Jennifer Morton (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)