September 4, 2023
Dear Aoki Community,
Happy Labor Day! Let us fondly reflect on the historic worker organized initiatives, strikes, and demonstrations which led to many of the employment and labor rights we appreciate today. The recent rise in labor organizing across the U.S. serves as a reminder that collective action is needed for transformational change!
In Solidarity,
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1Ls - This One's For You!
We are kicking off our 1L Critical Perspectives Series with Contracts! Professor John Hunt will be presenting on contract formation and civil rights. These talks will help contextualize and deepen your appreciation for the relevance of the material in your advocacy, as well as give you an opportunity to make connections with our distinguished King Hall faculty. Lunch will be provided. You can also watch virtually here. Don't miss it!
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Save-the-Date: Symposium on the Naturalization Act of 1790
Friday, September 22, 2023. Make sure to add this to your calendar! Professor Gabriel J. Chin has organized a powerful symposium on the Naturalization Act of 1790. Guest scholars will be sharing their expertise and discuss the lasting impacts of this law on the United States and its people. More details to come.
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Updates on Our Aoki Affiliated Faculty |
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Read about Professor Courtney G. Joslin's recent scholarship in East Coast presentations!
Professor Joslin is a scholar in the field of family and relationship recognition, with a particular focus on same-sex and non-marital couples.
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Read about Professor Mary Ziegler's assessment of GOP debaters' takes on reproductive rights.
Professor Ziegler is an expert on the law, history, and politics of reproduction, health care, and conservatism in the United States from 1945 to the present and is one of the world’s leading historians of the U.S. abortion debate.
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Read about the Southern District of Mississippi and Massachusetts high courts citing professor Gabriel J. Chin's scholarship.
Professor Chin is a prolific, much-cited criminal and immigration law scholar whose work has addressed many of the most pressing social issues of our time.
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|| King Hall News & Events ||
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Read: Capital Migration by Professor of Law Shayak Sarkar |
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"Money moves, while migrants languish. If humans face borders, capital and corporations are purportedly 'borderless.' Yet the question of what renders capital and entities 'foreign' remains prickly, especially as their migration challenges and reshapes American law."
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Students, Are You Interested in Public Interest Work? |
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King Hall Legal Foundation supports students by providing funding for students working in the public sector during summer. Come to KHLF's Information Session on Tuesday, Sept. 5 in Room 2303 from 12-1pm to learn even more about KHLF's mission and how you can get involved this year! Lunch will be provided.
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UCD Grand Challenges: Reimagining the Land-Grant University
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Land-grant universities were created in the 1800s taking nearly 11 million acres of land from approximately 250 tribes, bands, and communities. As a land-grant university, UC Davis faces the challenge of fully reckoning with and growing from our history to ensure it is advancing equity, creating opportunity for Native American students.
Grand Challenges supports this work of addressing the harmful origins and complex aims of our land-grant university while developing a model of positive public impact and equity for others to follow. Read the June 2023 Graduate Student Report and email grandchallenges@ucdavis.edu for ways to support this important project.
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The Aoki Center would love to hear your thoughts and insights on this initiative! Email our Fellow, Giselle at gigarcia@ucdavis.edu to discuss more.
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Gorman Museum of Native American Art
Grand Reopening Celebration
The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at UCD — unique in focusing on, exhibiting and collecting contemporary Native American art — will reopen in a new, greatly expanded location with a celebratory weekend Sept. 22 and 23 (Friday and Saturday). The occasion also marks the museum’s 50th anniversary.
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#EndSolitaryConfinement - Call to Action from the California Mandela Campaign |
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A community of advocates and non-profit organizations launched the California Mandela Campaign (CMC). The CMC was formed to support the fight to end solitary confinement in California, and support the passing of AB 280 - the California Mandela Act.
The California Mandela Act places comprehensive limits on the use of solitary confinement in jails and prisons, and is the first bill in the nation to also cover private immigration detention facilities. The legislation bans the use of solitary confinement against pregnant people, individuals with certain disabilities, as well as individuals under 26 and over 59.
Thursday, Sept 7th, 2023 | 10:00AM | Capitol Park, Sacramento - Southwest Side
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|| Podcast & Reading Recommendations || |
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Listen. The influence of research and teaching universities alike are discussed on this episode. With research universities focusing on research, and teaching universities focusing on teaching undergraduate students, graduate students are often left underserved with inaccessible resources at comprehensive research and teaching institutions. What are the differences between these institutions? What solutions can increase student success and sense of self belonging for first-generation graduate students while at these institutions?
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In Practicing New Worlds, Andrea J. Ritchie provides a collective reflection of what emergent strategy draws on and describes what is already happening in abolitionist organizing, with a mix of practical and visionary thinking.
Giselle just ordered her copy! Let's discuss! Reach out to her with your thoughts on the book at: gigarcia@ucdavis.edu
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Are you passionate about an issue and would love to express your thoughts and research through our Aoki Blog? We would love to collaborate with on a post!
Reach out to Giselle at gigarcia@ucdavis.edu to get started! Don't forget to check out our Aoki Blog for inspiration!
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