|| Aoki Center Updates ||

Tuesday and Wednesday: Critical Perspectives on Property and Tort Law

Are you interested in critical and social justice perspectives on your first-year classes?

The aim of this series is to help contextualize and deepen your appreciation for the relevance of the material outside the classroom, as well as give you an opportunity to make connections with our distinguished faculty.

"Mapping Environmental Justice"

Professor Karrigan Bork | Property | Tuesday, January 23 | Livestream

"Critical Perspectives on Tort Law"

Professor Shayak Sarkar | Torts | Wednesday, January 24 | Livestream

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | King Hall Room 1301 | Lunch Provided

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Next Week: Critical Perspectives on Constitutional Law

"What Role Should America's History of Bigotry Play in Constitutional Law?"

Professor Aaron Tang | Constitutional Law | January 30 | Livestream

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | King Hall Room 1301

February Events to Add to Your Calendar:

Lucas R. v. Becerra - A Landmark Win For Youth In Immigration Custody by Holly Cooper

Join the Aoki Center in welcoming Co-Director of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic and Professor of Law Holly Cooper as she presents the landmark win the clinic took part in for securing protections for youth in immigration custody.

Tuesday, February 6 | 12:00 to 1:00 PM | King Hall 1301 or Livestream

Book Talk: Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust Immigration System with Bill Hing

After fifty years of representing noncitizens caught up in the immigration policy and enforcement meat grinder, it’s become clear to Professor Bill Hing that immigration enforcement must end. He has witnessed senseless emotional damage to his clients, their families, and others similarly situated because of racist and inhumane policies. So, the need to abolish ICE is a no-brainer. The book is placed correctly within the abolitionist framework.

Professor Hing expresses his frustration and reasoning through six chapters of information—including many personal stories--on: 1) racism in immigration law, 2) detention of children, 3) deportation of aggravated felons, 4) deportation of longtime noncitizen residents, 5) the unfair asylum system, and 6) the broken immigration court system. He ends with an epilogue encouraging disruption.

Tuesday, February 12 | 12:00 to 1:00 PM | King Hall 1301 or Livestream

|| King Hall Racial Justice Speaker Series||

TODAY: Racial Justice Speaker Series Features Nicole Santamaría, El/La Para TransLatinas

Join us for a compelling presentation, "The Spectrum of Race for Social Justice," led by longtime activist and advocate for racial and social justice, Nicole Santamaria. As the Executive Director of El/La Para TransLatinas, a non-profit dedicated to serving trans, intersex, and gender-diverse Latinx immigrants in the Bay Area, Nicole brings a wealth of experience and insight to the forefront of the conversation on racial justice.

In this thought-provoking session, Nicole will delve into the multifaceted dimensions of the racial justice movement, exploring the diverse experiences within the Latinx immigrant community. Drawing on personal and professional anecdotes, historical context, and current events, Nicole will guide the audience through the intricacies of navigating race, identity, and intersectionality in a guided conversation with the audience.

Nicole Santamaría has expertise in healing justice and anti-violence work, providing support to survivors of violence for 20+ years. Her work with the LGBTQI+ community began with art therapy and research in El Salvador for survivors of anti-LGBTQI+, domestic, and sexual violence. She co-founded Colectiva Alejandria SV, collaborating with NGOs, activists, and government entities in multiple countries to raise awareness around the realities of LGBTQI+ communities. As the Executive Director of El/La Para TransLatinas, Nicole uses a trauma-informed lens to develop El/La’s diverse programs, support staff growth, strengthen partnerships, ensure continued funding, and serve as spokesperson to the public.

Monday, January 22, 2024 | 12:10pm - 1:00pm | King Hall Room 1301

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|| Main Campus Seminar ||

Next Week: Seminar - Engage and Evade, How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life



Some eleven million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, carving out lives amid a growing web of surveillance that threatens their and their families’ societal presence. Engage and Evade examines how undocumented immigrants navigate complex dynamics of surveillance and punishment, providing an extraordinary portrait of fear and hope on the margins.

Asad L. Asad brings together a wealth of research, from intimate interviews and detailed surveys with Latino immigrants and their families to up-close observations of immigration officials, to offer a rare perspective on the surveillance that undocumented immigrants encounter daily. He describes how and why these immigrants engage with various institutions—for example, by registering with the IRS or enrolling their kids in public health insurance programs—that the government can use to monitor them. This institutional surveillance feels both necessary and coercive, with undocumented immigrants worrying that evasion will give the government cause to deport them. Even so, they hope their record of engagement will one day help them prove to immigration officials that they deserve societal membership. Asad uncovers how these efforts do not always meet immigration officials’ high expectations, and how surveillance is as much about the threat of exclusion as the promise of inclusion.

Wednesday, January 31 | 12:10-1:30pm | Social Sciences & Humanities Building, Andrews Conference Room 2203 

|| Community Events & Updates ||

Thursday: Untold Stories From Our Ancestors and Elders

Join the Culture Co-Op for a virtual presentation on the importance of keeping the voices of our Ancestors and Elders alive through story! Listen to our honored guest, Amanda Eke, as she goes back and retraces (sankofa) a legacy lost to time.

Stories from our Ancestors and Elders, who are caretakers of our history, help us understand our present and shape our futures. When we record, listen and take those narratives into our hearts, we can’t help but be transformed and more informed when it comes to making an impact in our world.

Amanda Eke is an Award winning Nigerian American Artist, Broadcast Journalist/Anchor, Spoken Word Poet, Film-Maker, and Educator. She has won numerous awards including a Fulbright Fellowship for her scholarship and a UN (United Nations) Award for her artistry work.

Thursday, January 25 | 6:00-7:15 PM PST | Zoom | Register

Saturday: APTP Jail Support Training

The Anti Police-Terror Project is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. We support families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing.

Join APTP Sacramento for their next jail support training!

Saturday, January 27 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Online or In-Person | Register Here

Sunday: Superfest Disability Film Festival

The Sacramento Public Library invites you to celebrate cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex and engaging lens. The festival is one of a few worldwide, completely accessible to film-goers of all kinds.

The 5th annual Sacramento Superfest takes place on Sunday, January 28 from 3-6 p.m. on Zoom. Advanced registration is required.

• Short films selected by disability rights advocates and filmographers
• Featuring animated and dramatic shorts, plus full-length features
• Completely accessible virtual and in-person film festival for film-goers

REGISTER NOW

Save-the-Date:  Jerome M. Culp, Jr. Critical Theory Lecture

The Center on Law, Race & Policy at Duke Law School invites you to the

 Jerome M. Culp, Jr. Critical Theory Lecture

February 1, from 12:30-1:45 pm EST 

Professor Culp was the first Black professor to become tenured at Duke Law. He was a prolific scholar whose work contributed substantially to the development and growth of Critical Race Theory and LatCrit Theory. As many of you know, he was also an engaged teacher, a wise mentor, and a beloved colleague and friend. On the 20th anniversary of his death, this lecture,delivered by Professor Robert Chang, will honor Professor Culp’s legacy by using critical theory to examine contemporary legal challenges. To attend via livestream, please use this link.

Robert Chang (Bob) is a Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University. A former student and mentee of Professor Culp, Professor Chang graduated from Duke Law with a JD and a MA in 1992.

Save-the-Date: Community First Response BIPOC Training

Join APTP and M.H. First for their first BIPOC community training! The training will cover basic crisis intervention strategies, basic first aid, Narcan use, and other skills to assist volunteers of M.H. First. Please contact gabriela@antipoliceterrorproject.org if you have any questions!

Saturday, February 3 | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Virtual | Register Here

||Podcast & Reading Recommendation||

Listen: Sudan In Revolution and War

More than half of the Sudanese population is in need of humanitarian aid after conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forced and the Rapid Support Forced broke out on April of 2023. This has led to mass internal displacement, mass killings, and a crisis that is expected to further deteriorate.

Ayman Makarem is joined by two Sudanese commentators, Raga Makawi and Dalia Abdelmoniem, to talk about the war in Sudan. Both guests talk at length about the situation as well as the political, economic, and revolutionary context it exists within. This intimate discussion explores the many ways Sudanese people are reflecting on and struggling against the current war situation. With little to no international attention, these voices are vital to listen to and learn from. Listen here.

Read: IRC's Report On The Crisis In Sudan

Sudan tops the IRC's 2024 Emergency Watchlist with 5.9 million people internally displaced, over half of the population in dire need of humanitarian aid, and with over 1.4 million refugees having fled the country. Learn about the rise in violence and mass displacement occurring in Sudan. Read here.