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Storming the Capitol Was About Maintaining White Power
Hakeem Jefferson in FiveThirtyEight
Faculty Affiliate, Hakeem Jefferson (PoliSci), addresses the recent events in the U.S. Capitol in the context of race and democracy in a new piece in FiveThirtyEight.

"[W]e must take care to appreciate that this is not just about folks being angry about the outcome of one election. Nor should we believe for one second that this is a simple manifestation of the president’s lies about the integrity of his defeat. This is, like so much of American politics, about race, racism and white Americans’ stubborn commitment to white dominance, no matter the cost or the consequence."
SHANNON STAPLETON / REUTERS
Tomás Jiménez Joins
Welcoming America's Content Advisory Board
Faculty Affiliate Tomás Jiménez (Soc) joins the Content Advisory Board of Welcoming America, a national nonprofit organization leading a movement of inclusive communities. The Advisory Board will lead a 12-month review of the Welcoming Standard, which outlines the core of what it means for a community to be truly welcoming, particularly in terms of immigrant and refugee residents.

The Content Advisory Board has approximately 50 members from the academic, nonprofit, local government sectors. From immigrant inclusion to racial justice to public policy, each member provides a broad range of expertise and feedback.
Welcoming America is a national nonprofit organization leading a movement of
inclusive communities.
"I'm looking forward to participating in this review process to help communities welcome immigrants so that they can be full participants in every aspect of American life," affirmed Tomás Jiménez. Click here to learn more.
CSRE Alumna Sheela Subramanian ('03) on
Top Tech Trends of 2021
Image: VectorFun/iStock
"Leaving the physical HQ behind will be a liberating moment...it result in open, democratic organizations where information is more widely accessible because it isn't confined to the conversations in a boardroom," contends Sheela Subramanian, Senior Director, Future Forum.

Read the full story in Fast Company here.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
PRISONS, POLICING & RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIETY
Race and Power | GSB Winter Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Prof. Brian Lowery is hosting a series of critical and high visibility conversations to examine the way race interacts with structures of power, and how systemic racism manifests itself in institutions and our daily lives.

For Session 2 on January 11th, Lowry talks with Loretta Lynch, the nation's first female African American attorney general, on the subject of Justice and reimagining community policing.

The conversations are available to the Stanford community and open to the general public in the form of a live webinar on Mondays at 6:15pm PST and as a podcast series.
REDI Critical Conversations
Beyond Black and White:
The Intersection of Race & Racism In Asian & Asian American Studies
January 29 | 12p PT

This event is presented by Freeman Spogli Institute's Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Task Force and will examine how race has historically been an important organizing principle in understanding Asia, with critical reflections on how racism has permeated research and teaching on Asia. 

The panelists will engage in a dialogue between Ethnic Studies and Area Studies to learn insights from Asian American Studies in enriching Asian Studies. 

Collectively, the panelists - Gi-Wook Shin, Gordon Chang, Sharika Thiranagama, and Eiichiro Azuma - are experts on China, Japan, Korea, and South Asia and represent various disciplines including anthropology, history, sociology, and Asian American Studies. 
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