The Aoki Center will be hosting lunch-time events throughout the Fall Semester. Come learn about the exciting initiatives the Center will be launching this semester. |
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RJSS Speaker Series with Professor Leticia Saucedo - "Banking Access as a Civil Right" |
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 12:15 PM
Migrant integration requires full participation of immigrants at all levels, including access to financial services. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) has sued several financial institutions for their failure to provide access to credit and/or membership because of one’s alienage or immigration status. Leticia Saucedo, who is currently National Senior Counsel for MALDEF, will discuss the legal strategies and theories used in litigation against banks and credit unions that fail to provide full access to immigrants in California and beyond.
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Aoki Center and HSI Presents Professor Danny C. Martinez
Tuesday, October 4, 2022,
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
King Hall, Room 1301 and Via Zoom
Danny C. Martinez
Associate Professor and Chancellor's Fellow. Chair of the Graduate Group in Education
"Leveraging Black and Latinx Youth Ingenuity for Linguistic Solidarity"
In U.S. public schools Black and Latinx youth have experienced a range of harms brought about by restrictive educational policies and practices. These policies and practices limit how Black and Latinx youth experience their familial and community cultural and linguistic practices in schools. That is, Black and Latinx youth are likely to be viewed as needing remediation when they display communicative practices associated with their racial or ethnic group. This talk will highlight ethnographic data from two respective projects in California high schools where Black and Latinx youth are the majority populations. Through a lens of ingenuity, Martinez will discuss what happens when we forefront ingenuity of Black and Latinx youth in research, over supposed deficits. In doing so, Martinez argues for leveraging of Black and Latinx’ youths’ linguistic flexibility toward a relational understanding of solidarity between these racialized groups. Martinez will present classroom data to make the case that Black and Latinx youth are already engaged in culturally sustaining practices that adults can use to create powerful learning activities that encourage a move toward solidarity.
Danny C. Martinez, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture and Chancellors Fellow in the School of Education at the University of California Davis. He is currently the Chair of the Graduate Group in Education. His research has explored the language and literacy practices of Black and Latinx youth in secondary literacy classrooms. Through a recent grant awarded by the Spencer Foundation, Martinez is conducting research with and alongside Teachers of Color in Northern California to explore what cultural and linguistic assets teachers of color bring to their teaching of children and youth of color in our schools.
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The “Critical Perspectives on First-Year Classes”
Are you interested in critical and social justice perspectives your first-year classes? Would you like to get to know more about the scholarship of King Hall professors? The Critical Perspectives on First-Year Classes speaker series is for you!
The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies is an initiative led by faculty and students at the University of California, Davis King Hall School of Law, to honor the life and work of Keith Aoki. Aoki was a beloved and prolific King Hall scholar well-versed in critical theory, and a committed teacher who delighted in sharing his intellectual passions with students. He died an untimely death in April, 2011.
The purpose of the “Critical Perspectives” talks, sponsored by the Aoki Center, is twofold. First, we seek to expose first-year students to critical perspectives that often do not make it onto the syllabus of regular first-year classes. Given the high level of interest among King Hall students in social justice, this exposure will connect many students to the concerns and perspectives that brought them to law school in the first place.
The second goal of the series is to connect King Hall students more closely with their faculty. King Hall has an extraordinarily accomplished faculty with expertise in areas of race, immigration, gender, and sexuality. Through these lunch talks, interested students can learn more about the cutting edge of legal scholarship in these fields and develop a better understanding of faculty research projects.
All first-year students are invited to attend. Lunch will be provided.
Criminal Law - Professor Raquel Aldana
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Crimmigration
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
King Hall, Room 1301 and Via Zoom
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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Tingley v. Ferguson - The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court, and upheld Washington's anti-conversion therapy law protecting minors.
The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies has joined as amicus in Tingley v. Ferguson along with the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and many others. On September 6, 2022, the Court held that the plaintiff had standing individually (but not third-party standing on behalf of his patients) but then affirmed the rejection of his constitutional challenge on the merits. Further, the Court concluded that the central holding in Pickup was not overruled or abrogated by the Supreme Court NIFLA opinion, that the law passed rational basis review over the First and Fourteenth amendment challenge, that the law was neutral and not directed at religious exercise, and that the law was not unconstitutionally vague. Please see attached opinion: Tingley v. Ferguson.
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Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art - Admission is Free for All
A wide-ranging exhibition that highlights artists of African descent whose work explores identity, politics and art history makes its West Coast debut July 28 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, at the University of California, Davis.
“Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art” is the first public stand-alone exhibition curated from the renowned Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection. As a key component of collector and advocate Bernard Lumpkin’s public education focus, “Young, Gifted and Black” is traveling primarily to college and university galleries and museums. Initially scheduled to open at the Manetti Shrem Museum in July 2020, but delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be on view July 28 through Dec. 19.
“At a time when America is wrestling anew with race and racism, and debates about equality and inclusion in the art world have taken on greater urgency, this exhibition assesses how artists today are shaping the way we think about identity, art and history.”
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Aida Cuevas 45th Anniversary
Yo Creo Que Es Tiempo
A legendary and powerful voice in Mexican music for more than 40 years, Aida Cuevas is truly the “The Queen of Mariachi.” Cuevas, the first female mariachi singer to win a Grammy, is beloved for her unswerving devotion to traditional mariachi music and for her mastery of its demanding vocal forms. This rousing celebratory concert will feature beloved hits like “El Pastor” and “Mexico en la piel” as well as her greatest hits “Te Doy Las Gracias” and “Quizás Mañana."
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Jackson Hall
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Podcast from Professor Lisa Pruitt -Legal Deserts
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UC Davis Law Professor Lisa Pruitt discusses her ongoing research into rural lawyer shortages. She identifies the great need for services in the legal deserts of rural communities. Through comprehensive analysis, Professor Pruitt explores how channeling urban resources to rural areas, expanding pipeline programs, bolstering legal education about rural issues and providing financial incentives for lawyers to practice in these areas can help. |
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UC Davis Law Professor Mary Ziegler provides perspective on the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade by discussing how we got here, what happened and what the future will look like. Professor Ziegler says that the Supreme Court's ruling was in effect an attempt to change American democracy and will have an impact far beyond reproductive rights. Looking forward, she says we could see two Americas emerge when it comes to abortion.
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Equity Deputy Director Role with CDSS
The California Department of Social Services is hiring an Office of Equity Deputy Director. We are very excited about this new position and eager to welcome a talented individual who will help shape and advance both internal workforce equity goals and program outcomes in the areas of the safety net, child welfare, adults and senior care, housing and homelessness, and immigration. The Deputy Director will join a leadership team committed to equity to help develop overall strategy for the department across our many programs and, additionally, will work directly with our Immigrant Integration Branch, Office of Immigrant Youth, Civil Rights, Accessibility and Racial Equity (CARE) Office, Office of Tribal Affairs, and Office of the Foster Care Ombudsperson.
We are interested in people with a deep commitment to equity - especially racial equity - and with executive level experience. Please share the posting with anyone you think may be interested.
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