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AFSCME and UPTE, unions representing UC workers, have filed charges of unfair labor practices against the University. Today other labor leaders joined them at the UC Regents meeting, in civil disobedience that led to arrests. KCSB's Ray Briare has more.
From a young age, Robert Glassman worked hard to perfect his abilities as a public speaker. When he was in high school, his parents enrolled him in a Dale Carnegie program to develop confidence speaking in front of strangers. From high school to law school, Robert was a perennial class president and accustomed to giving planned speeches before large audiences. Join Rahul and Ben as they discuss with Robert the advantages and challenges of transitioning his public speaking skills to success in the courtroom. Robert talks about how he developed expertise in handling high-profile cases involving injuries to children while in the care of the public schools, and lessons learned from his first experience examining witnesses at trial to recently obtaining an eight-figure jury verdict the day after his forty-first birthday. About Robert Glassmanhttps://www.panish.law/glassman.htmlRobert Glassman is a partner at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP where he represents plaintiffs in large and complex personal injury cases and is a recognized leader in the Los Angeles legal community.Recognized by the Daily Journal as among the 2023 Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 in California, Mr. Glassman has also been named a “Rising Star” in Personal Injury litigation by Law360 and recognized as a “Rising Star” by the Super Lawyers publication since 2013 where he has been consistently selected as one of the “Up-and-Coming 100 Southern California Rising Stars”, the list of lawyers who rank at the top of the Super Lawyers' Rising Stars list.His work on three high-profile school injury cases – Lee v. Pupil Transportation Cooperative, Pierce v. Murrieta Valley Unified School District, and Sepulveda v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District – led to significant reforms at the school districts where the tragedies occurred and helped to establish new child safety laws in California.Mr. Glassman also represents victims and survivors of sexual abuse, including ‘Jane' who filed suit against her abusers in the high-profile case against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.A three-time Consumer Attorneys of California Consumer Attorney of the Year finalist for his work on Lee v. Pupil Transportation Cooperative, Pierce v. Murrieta Valley Unified School District, and Sepulveda v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District, Mr. Glassman has also been recognized as a 2023 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year for his work on Sepulveda v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Unified School District.Mr. Glassman currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers Los Angeles Young Lawyers division and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Los Angeles Chapter.SOME OF MR. GLASSMAN'S MOST NOTABLE TRIAL VERDICTS INCLUDE:Diao v. Southern California Gas Company (Los Angeles jury awarded a $19,786,818 to injured plaintiff following a gas explosion at home in San Gabriel, CA). The judgment was recently upheld on appeal.Dillon v. City of Los Angeles (Los Angeles jury awarded $11,045,000 for a motorcyclist who suffered serious injuries following a collision with a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) vehicle.)Crenshaw v. Land O'Lakes, Inc.(Kings County jury awarded $6.45 million to Corcoran State Prison correctional officer after motorcycle crash in Hanford, CA). For the work Mr. Glassman and firm partner Brian Panish did on the Crenshaw case, it was recognized by The Daily Journal as a Top Ten Verdict of 2010.Gil v. Anderson (Los Angeles County jury awarded $2,000,969 to a man who was injured when his vehicle was struck from behind by a large commercial plumbing van)Ortega v. Lim (San Diego County jury awarded $1,957,500 for a man who suffered a back injury after his pick-up truck was struck by another vehicle whose driver was distracted and ran a red light at an intersection.)Kluthe v. Charles Doherty Concrete(Vista, California jury awarded a $1,552,917.56 verdict for a young man who suffered a back injury after his vehicle was struck by a cement dump truck that ran a red light at an intersection)SOME OF MR. GLASSMAN'S NOTABLE SETTLEMENTS INCLUDE:Lee v. Pupil Transportation Cooperative($23,500,000 for the parents of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, a 19-year-old non-verbal autistic student who tragically died aboard a Whittier school bus after the driver left him behind to engage in a sexual tryst with a co-worker)Sepulveda v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Unified School District ($15,750,000 for the mother of 13-year-old Adilene Carrasco who suffered an asthma attack at school and died as a result of the district's failure to follow its own safety protocols)Pierce v. Murietta Valley Unified School District($11,000,000 for the family of a middle school student who drowned during a school-sponsored swim party)Palmstrom v. City of Pasadena ($7,150,000 for a toddler who suffered severe injuries after she was trapped beneath a 20-foot eucalyptus tree branch that had fallen onto her while playing on a preschool playground)Agu v. UC Regents ($4,750,000 for the parents of a Cal Berkeley football player with sickle cell trait who died during an off-season conditioning drill)Mr. Glassman has also secured eight-figure settlements in a wide range of cases including $32.6 million in a products liability design defect case, $16 million in a premises liability case, $12.45 million in a motor vehicle collision case, and $10 million in a dangerous condition of public property case involving a fallen tree.He is a member of the executive committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Judicial Appointments Committee (JAC) which responds to the governor's requests to evaluate individuals under consideration for appointment to the Superior Court bench.Prior to working at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, Mr. Glassman clerked at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in the Major Crimes Division where he worked on high profile murder prosecutions and in the Preliminary Hearing Unit where he conducted dozens of preliminary felony hearings. Mr. Glassman also previously worked on Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer's Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.In 2020, Mr. Glassman also led the collaboration between Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and The Children's Rights Clinic at Southwestern Law School (CRC) to provide legal representation to low-income children in the areas of school discipline, special education, and personal injury. Under his direction, clients will be represented by the firm in the area of personal injury while Southwestern law students participating in the Children's Rights Clinic will represent clients in the areas of special education and school discipline under the supervision of Southwestern Law School Professors.An alumnus of the Whitfield School in St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Glassman also provided an invaluable opportunity in 2021 for the current and future students at his alma mater with the creation of the Glassman Leaders Program. During the program, two selected students — one junior and one senior — develop their public speaking and leadership skills through on-and off-campus coursework and mentorship. Participants also attend an eight-week Dale Carnegie course, which focuses on building communication skills for business people and students alike.Mr. Glassman attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA where he obtained his B.A. degree in English. Following college, Mr. Glassman obtained his law degree from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles where he served as president of the student body, and was a member of the Trial Advocacy Honors Program. GLASSMAN'S PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS INCLUDE:President, Los Angeles County Bar Association BarristersNickel Club President (Southwestern Law School's Young Alumni Association)Political Chair, New Lawyers Division, Consumer Attorneys of CaliforniaStudent Body President, Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CAClass President, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.Senior Class President, Whitfield School, St. Louis, MO.Mr. Glassman is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, California, and United States District Courts throughout California.
At the most recent meeting of UC Regents they conducted their required annual review of UC Police use of military equipment and requests for more equipment. Protestors disrupted the discussion. KCSB's Ray Briare has the story.
The UC Regents meeting last week (07/16-07/18) included the approval of a highly controversial restriction on University speech, and a closed session discussing “Legal Issues Related to Campus Climate.” We hear more from Activist Sarah Bacon.
Bruin Source is back with a new episode! More importantly, Kevin is back too, meaning this isn't gonna be another boring 1-man show! In this one we chat about the road that led to Calimony, how ridiculous the entire concept is and how it could point to further dangers of how the UC Regents handle athletics in the future. We also discuss UCLA's Big 10 schedule for MBB and what some of our way-too-early expectations are. Lastly, we have a quick spring sport roundup! Check it all out right here!
The dang vidya games...Yes, EA Sports has given us an EA College Football 25 deluxe edition cover to talk about, one that may or may not have the right six college stars prominently featured on it. If you look hard enough, you can see Noah Fifita right in front of Carson Beck, as well as Bill Walton and Big Bird leading the way out of the tunnel.As UCLA reluctantly left the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, the Bruins now have to pay Cal some alimony for their UC Regents divorce. Five annual payments of $10 million might be enough to cover some of their cross- country travel expenses.Also, Pete Lembo was running court as the unofficial host of Buffalo's Oozefest, which apparently has been a thing now for 40 years, just like Scooby-Doo. Where were you?John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) certainly had some thoughts on the most important offseason content in the early part of the week in the middle of May. False Start cannot possibly be stopped!
Richard Lyons, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, at the University of California, Berkeley. Rich is an economist and the former dean of the business school. Rich will become the next chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. We talk about a wide variety of topics around the Evolution of innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at Berkeley. We covered topics like paradigm shifts, cultural transformations, overcoming inertia; global impact and many others. I hope you get some insights from this story, and walk away with appreciation and potentially actionable steps if you are trying to build startup ecosystems on your campuses. Show Notes: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/rich-lyons Report on entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley from the Faculty Entrepreneurship Committee: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2018-08/Entrepreneurship_at_Berkeley.pdf UC Regents taskforce report: From Discovery to Societal Impact: A Roadmap to Unleashing UC Innovation and Entrepreneurship: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/may21/g1attach.pdf Cultural transformation at UC Berkeley: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/berkeley-named-top-university-for-number-of-venture-backed-companies-founded/#:~:text=PitchBook%20has%20ranked%20Berkeley%20%231,public%20university%20for%20startup%20founders. Bakar fellows program: https://bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/ Cultural transformation to embrace entrepreneurship Mission of academic institutions is impact Overcoming inertia at academic institutions Ecosystem dynamics & talent pipeline Start with “Yes, if” framework to address difficult questions Pilot programs Berkeley RIC I&E Council Inclusivity: Dual degree program Berkeley Changemaker program Failures and hurdles Ethical considerations Parts of the ecosystem that could be replicated and hard to do so by other universities Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET)
A new bill before the Regents of the University of California would ban political speech on the front pages of university-run websites. It was pushed after UC faculty criticized the administration's response to the October 7th attacks and has since been criticized as an attempt to target and silence pro-Palestinian speech. The board discussed the bill at the most recent Regents meeting yesterday. Here's a recap from KCSB's Joyce Chi.
0:08 — Louis Charbonneau is the United Nations director at Human Rights Watch. 0:33 — Ahlam Muhtaseb is a professor of media studies at California State University, San Bernardino. She is Co-chair of the California Faculty Association's Palestine, Arab and Muslim caucus. Anonymous speaker, who is a faculty member in San Luis Obispo. 0:45 — Karely Amaya Rios, is a graduate student of public policy at UCLA and lead organizer of the Opportunity for All campaign. Ahilan Arulanantham is Professor from Practice and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law. The post The History of UNRWA and Impact of Aid Funding Cuts; Plus, Cal Poly SLO Pro-Palestinian Protestors Attacked by Police; UC Regents Employment for Undocumented Students appeared first on KPFA.
UC Regents defer plan to hire undocumented students at their universities KCSB Ashley Segat has the story.
For the past two years, undocumented students at the University of California have campaigned to be allowed to work on campus. They argued that they were missing out on opportunities to work with professors and in labs, which could further their academic careers. But last week, UC Regents voted to halt a plan that would have allowed the university to hire them. Reporter: Madi Bolaños, The California Report The federal government is awarding California $600 million to fight homelessness. The funding represents a 14% increase over last year's allocation to the state. Reporter: Erin Baldassari, KQED A 2023 law made it legal for DACA recipients to become police officers in California. But a new investigation from CalMatters shows, uptake has been slow across the state. Reporter: Justo Robles, CalMatters
Ben and Rahul talk jury selection with Harry Plotkin, a nationally renowned expert on jury selection who has picked over a thousand juries in cases across the country. Harry has been involved in many high-profile cases and ground-breaking plaintiff's verdicts. Harry shares his strategies for identifying favorable and unfavorable jurors and identifies areas where lawyer intuition leads to poor choices in jury selection. Harry explains how involvement of a jury consultant can increase the chances of a good result at trial. If you are heading to trial and picking a jury, you don't want to miss this episode! About Harry Plotkin Harry is a nationally renowned jury consultant and leading voice in the field of jury decision-making, psychology, and persuasion. He has helped shape the outcome of over one thousand trials across the country in nearly every state. $19.25 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition trial in Santa Cruz Howard v. CalTrans, February 2023 100% LIABILITY VERDICT in liability phase/fall down lift shaft trial in San Mateo Veimau v. Phillips, December 2022 (settled for large confidential amount before damage phase) $45 MILLION VERDICT in public school district physical abuse trial in Los Angeles Wong v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, October 2022 $464.2 MILLION VERDICT in employment retaliation trial in Los Angeles Martinez/Page v. Southern California Edison, June 2022 $150 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial in Palm Springs Collins v. Diamond Generating Company, July 2022 $11 MILLION VERDICT in pedestrian v. auto crash trial in Santa Monica Knight v. Haskell, August 2022 $34.5 MILLION VERDICT in aiding/abetting wrongful termination in Santa Cruz Ruvalcaba v. Keenan & Associates, May 2022 $102.5 MILLION VERDICT in public school district sexual abuse trial in San Jose Doe v. Union School District, March 2022 $25.7 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice arbitration in San Diego Vargas v. Kaiser Permanente, April 2022 $23.2 MILLION VERDICT in care home death (of an 81 year-old) trial in Bakersfield Mosley v. Pacifica Healthcare, March 2022 $10 MILLION VERDICT in "jaywalking" pedestrian death trial in Long Beach Garcia v. Herrera, December 2021 $7.2 MILLION VERDICT in federal airline/unruly passenger mistreatment trial in LA Bandary v. Delta, October 2021 $136.9 MILLION VERDICT in federal hostile work environment/race trial in SF Diaz v. Tesla, October 2021 $12.6 MILLION VERDICT in spinal fusion/premises liability trial Acosta v. Athena Management, August 2021 $6.4 MILLION VERDICT in spinal stimulator/vehicle crash trial in Orange County Castaneda v. Perez, September 2021 $13 MILLION VERDICT *county record* in wrongful death/product trial in rural Missouri Church v. CNH Industrial, November 2020 $25.6 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition/pedestrian stuck in crosswalk trial Tusant v. City of Hemet, February 2020 $17 MILLION VERDICT (with fees) in right of publicity trial in San Diego Hansen IP Trust v. Coca Cola, Monster Energy, February 2020 $13.3 MILLION VERDICT in traumatic brain injury trial against County sheriffs/nurses Collins v. County of San Diego, July 2019 $2 MILLION VERDICT in non-termination retaliation trial against a public university Linskey v. UC Irvine, April 2019 $6.5 MILLION VERDICT in zero-offer, coffee burn trial against a hotel DeRuyver v. Omni La Costa, March 2019 $7 MILLION VERDICT in 70-mph motorcyclist's wrongful death against local city Ascensio v. Covina, October 2018 $45.4 MILLION VERDICT in failure to prevent sexual abuse trial against local County F.M. v. Los Angeles County DCFS, July 2018$2 MILLION VERDICT in non-termination retaliation trial against a public university Linskey. v. UC Regents, April 2019 $16.2 MILLION VERDICT in disputed slip-and-fall, disputed brain injury trial Kidd v. WKS/El Pollo Loco, February 2018 $25 MILLION VERDICT in product liability/wrongful death trial Cruz, Mathenge v. Nissan North America, July 2017 DEFENSE VERDICT ($30M+ demand) in fraud/fiduciary duty trial Hotze v. Hotze, October 2018 DEFENSE VERDICT ($30M demand) in fraud/elder abuse trial Howard v. Howard, September 2018 $25.1 MILLION VERDICT in whistleblower retaliation trial Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems, April 2017 $29 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice trial Williams v. Pilapil, March 2017 $16.3 MILLION VERDICT in trip and fall trial Picazzo v. CW Driver, October 2017 DEFENSE VERDICT ($16M demand)in fraud/breach of contract trial Oregon Ice Cream v. Gleason, April 2017 $256 MILLION VERDICT in fraud/breach of contract trial Kahn v. Nissan, May 2017 $26 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death (of a minor) trial Zisette v. Starline, November 2016 $5.3 MILLION VERDICT plus malice in negligence/molestation trial Doe v. Five Acres, May 2017 $27 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death/construction site trial Gonzalez v. Atlas Supply, July 2016 $47 MILLION VERDICT in breach of contract/employment trial Stewart v. AAPS, February 2016 $2.9 MILLION VERDICT (plus malice) in wrongful termination trial Mackey v. Helinet, January 2016 $14 MILLION VERDICT in insurance bad faith trial Madrigal v. Allstate, November 2015 $7.1 MILLION VERDICT in age discrimination trial Simers v. LA Times, November 2015 $10.5 MILLION VERDICT in breach of contract trial Stelluti Kerr v. Mapei Corporation, November 2015 $3.5 MILLION VERDICT in eye injury trial versus charter bus Guerra v. Starline, November 2015 $9.7 MILLION VERDICT in product liability/design defect trial Rivera v. Volvo, August 2015 $28 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice/failure to diagnose trial Rahm v. Kaiser Permanente, March 2015 $60 MILLION VERDICT in federal wrongful death/product liability trial Shinedling v. Sunbeam, June 2015 $8.7 MILLION VERDICT in single-plaintiff discrimination/retaliation trial Leggins v. Rite Aide, July 2015 DEFENSE VERDICT in class-action bad faith trial Keller, et. al. v. California State University, April 2015 Class sought $58 million in damages, plus interest $1.75 MILLION VERDICT + MALICE in employment retaliation trial Wascher v. Kaiser, June 2015 No claims for economic damages, only emotional distress $3.3 MILLION VERDICT + MALICE in breach of fiduciary duty trial Colaco v. Cavotec, June 2015 DEFENSE VERDICT on claims, won on counter-claims $16.2 MILLION VERDICT against employer in car crash/injury trial Evans v. Prospect Education, February 2015 Jury found driver was in “course and scope” while commuting $58 MILLION VERDICT in personal injury/car crash trial Herman v. Cardiel, June 2014 Verdict included $45 million in non-economic damages RECORD VERDICT in a federal whistleblower trial Zulfer v. Playboy, March 2014 $6 million verdict, plus finding of malice (settled) DEFENSE VERDICT in product liability/wrongful death trial Chen v. BusWest, April 2015 Plaintiff's attorney asked for $57 million in closing
Many KSQD listeners may know that the UC Regents recently approved UCSC's Student Housing West proposal, which includes relocation of Family Student Housing to the iconic East Meadow, on the east side. Join Sustainability Now! host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Nadia Peralta and Bob Majzler of Protect East Meadow, which has been active at UCSC in opposing the Family Student Housing project on both financial and ecological grounds. Nadia is a full-time pre-med student and practicing clinical herbalist. Bob is a UCSC lecturer in Psychology with interests in social and environmental justice. Both are strongly committed to preserving open space on the UCSC campus.
The Supreme Court appears ready to abolish affirmative action later this year. The case seeking to declare it unconstitutional has schools that consider race in admissions worried about how they can continue to build diversity among their students without affirmative action.Here in California, though, we already know what happens when programs like affirmative action are banned. In 1996, voters passed a first ballot initiative in the country to ban the consideration of race or gender and public education.Today, how the University of California system has dealt with a 25-year ban on affirmative action. And what we can learn if a national ban does happen. Read the full transcript here. Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times reporter Teresa WatanabeMore reading:California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversityAre Asian American college applicants at a disadvantage? Supreme Court debate stirs fearColumn: Affirmative action challenges aren't about ending discrimination. Their goal is white supremacySome audio in this episode is courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library.
In this episode of the Podcast of Champion hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio recapping the first two Pac-12 bowl games with Oregon State absolutely crushing Florida in the Las Vegas Bowl and Washington State getting absolutely crushed by Fresno State in the Los Angeles Bowl. Newly extended head coach Jonathan Smith led the Beavers to an incredible 10-win season (including field goal losses to USC and Washington), setting OSU up for what should be another impressive season in 2023. Jake Dickert's Cougars have more work to do, replacing both coordinators plus several transfers and finding an offense that is capable of getting the ball down the field. The guys also preview the final five bowl games for the Conference of Champions including Utah's second-straight Rose Bowl and USC heading to Texas for the Cotton Bowl. Oregon got some good news this weekend when quarterback Bo Nix announced that he would be returning to the team in 2023. The Pac-12 quarterback situation is as bright as it has ever been with Nix, Michael Penix coming back at Washington and of course Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams at USC. The UC Regents approved UCLA's departure for the Big Ten but the Bruins will likely be paying the University of California at Berkeley several million dollars per year to help out the Golden Bears athletic department. As always Dave and Ryan spend the last part of the show answering your voicemails, texts and emails with questions about Pac-12 football plus lots of other topics. For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your YouTube channel! Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts! Sound off about Pac-12 football in our Podcast of Champions Reddit page! Send us a text or leave us a voicemail by texting or calling (424) 532-0678 or you can email us at pac12podcast@gmail.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jim Alexander on what will (hopefully) be the final UC Regents meeting on UCLA 12/15/22.
Number, Word and Song of the Day. Breaking News with the UC Regents allowing UCLA to move to the BIG10. Minor Sports Stories. Justice with Sweet James.
Brian Entin from NewsNation comes on the show to talk about the Idaho college students that were murdered as a suspect is still on the loose. The UC Regents will allow UCLA to move to the Big 10. More on the demise of Eric Garcetti's political future. An Alaskan state trooper was killed by a muskox.
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BREAKING: UCLA is officially headed to the Big Ten! #UCLA2BigTen #UCLALeavesPac12 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! LinkedIn LinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There's No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnCollege to learn more. Omaha Steaks Omaha Steaks is a gift from the heart – a gift that will be remembered with every unforgettable bite. Order with complete confidence today knowing you're ordering the very best. Visit OmahaSteaks.com use promo code LOCKEDON at checkout to get that EXTRA $30 OFF your order. NHTSA Drive sober or get pulled over. Click HERE to learn more. HEAR THE PODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/locked-on-ucla-daily-podcast-on-ucla-bruins/id1471161435?uo=4 Audacy: https://www.audacy.com/podcast/locked-on-ucla-daily-podcast-on-ucla-bruins-af4bb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uSF0jZfpCA7k8ljLqhc9U FOLLOW THE SHOW: https://twitter.com/LockedOnBruins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Listener haiku. Pac 12 insider, Jon Wilner, joins us to talk about UCLA's move to the Big 10 being approved by the UC Regents and what it means for the future of the Pac 12
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The Trojans aren't wasting time rebuilding their roster. While the team is preparing for its Cotton Bowl matchup with Tulane, recruiting and the transfer portal are working in concert. On Wednesday afternoon Krys Barrs announced his commitment to USC, and the 300lb DT transfer from the Arizona Wildcats will have 1-year of eligibility left when he enrolls in January. The Trojans now have three commitments via the transfer portal heading into 2023.I also go on a mini-rant following the UC Regents giving UCLA their approval to move forward with USC to the BIG 10 Conference. It's going to cost UCLA millions apparently in alimony payments.And more postseason accolades for Tuli Tuipulotu and Caleb Williams.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!LinkedInLinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts!SimpliSafeWith Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There's No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnCollege to learn more.Omaha SteaksOmaha Steaks is a gift from the heart – a gift that will be remembered with every unforgettable bite. Order with complete confidence today knowing you're ordering the very best. Visit OmahaSteaks.com use promo code LOCKEDON at checkout to get that EXTRA $30 OFF your order.NHTSADrive sober or get pulled over. Click HERE to learn more. Listen where ever you get podcasts:APPLE: https://apple.co/3Aveb9oSPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3Reye1rGOOGLE: https://bit.ly/3bHmlATFollow Marc!TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MarcKulkin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Trojans aren't wasting time rebuilding their roster. While the team is preparing for its Cotton Bowl matchup with Tulane, recruiting and the transfer portal are working in concert. On Wednesday afternoon Krys Barrs announced his commitment to USC, and the 300lb DT transfer from the Arizona Wildcats will have 1-year of eligibility left when he enrolls in January. The Trojans now have three commitments via the transfer portal heading into 2023. I also go on a mini-rant following the UC Regents giving UCLA their approval to move forward with USC to the BIG 10 Conference. It's going to cost UCLA millions apparently in alimony payments. And more postseason accolades for Tuli Tuipulotu and Caleb Williams. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! LinkedIn LinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There's No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnCollege to learn more. Omaha Steaks Omaha Steaks is a gift from the heart – a gift that will be remembered with every unforgettable bite. Order with complete confidence today knowing you're ordering the very best. Visit OmahaSteaks.com use promo code LOCKEDON at checkout to get that EXTRA $30 OFF your order. NHTSA Drive sober or get pulled over. Click HERE to learn more. Listen where ever you get podcasts: APPLE: https://apple.co/3Aveb9o SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3Reye1r GOOGLE: https://bit.ly/3bHmlAT Follow Marc! TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MarcKulkin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Locked On Bruins - Daily Podcast On UCLA Bruins Football & Basketball
UCLA Men's Basketball travels to College Park to battle Maryland in a Top 20 matchup on the road (only their 2nd this season). The Bruins have won five straight since their Las Vegas debacle! On this episode of Locked On UCLA, Zach Anderson-Yoxsimer gives his keys to UCLA snagging a road win vs. Maryland! Also, the UC Regents will finally officially weigh in on UCLA's planned move to the Big Ten Conference! Will they be blocked, or given a free pass? No one knows for sure, but we talk about potential outcomes from the meeting! This is your daily UCLA Football and Basketball Podcast! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!LinkedInLinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts!SimpliSafeWith Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There's No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnCollege to learn more.Omaha SteaksOmaha Steaks is a gift from the heart – a gift that will be remembered with every unforgettable bite. Order with complete confidence today knowing you're ordering the very best. Visit OmahaSteaks.com use promo code LOCKEDON at checkout to get that EXTRA $30 OFF your order.NHTSADrive sober or get pulled over. Click HERE to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Locked On Bruins - Daily Podcast On UCLA Bruins Football & Basketball
UCLA Men's Basketball travels to College Park to battle Maryland in a Top 20 matchup on the road (only their 2nd this season). The Bruins have won five straight since their Las Vegas debacle! On this episode of Locked On UCLA, Zach Anderson-Yoxsimer gives his keys to UCLA snagging a road win vs. Maryland! Also, the UC Regents will finally officially weigh in on UCLA's planned move to the Big Ten Conference! Will they be blocked, or given a free pass? No one knows for sure, but we talk about potential outcomes from the meeting! This is your daily UCLA Football and Basketball Podcast! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! LinkedIn LinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There's No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnCollege to learn more. Omaha Steaks Omaha Steaks is a gift from the heart – a gift that will be remembered with every unforgettable bite. Order with complete confidence today knowing you're ordering the very best. Visit OmahaSteaks.com use promo code LOCKEDON at checkout to get that EXTRA $30 OFF your order. NHTSA Drive sober or get pulled over. Click HERE to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
UC Regents meet today to determine the fate of UCLA. The Lakers lost in OT in a great game against Boston. David Vassegh hops on.
A lot to dive into for the episode of the LA Football Show. The UC Regents have their final meeting on 12/14 to try and stop UCLA from moving to the B1G. Will they block it or will UCLA officially be on the move in 2024? Zach Charbonnet did not win the Doak Walker award. Was he robbed? Plus some transfer portal talk and big-time recruit Dante Moore. Tune in! Join our College Football Bowl Pickem here: http://play.runyourpool.com/la-football-network Listen to our UCLA Football Bruins Podcast: https://www.lafbnetwork.com/la-football-podcast/ Go to www.LAFBNetwork.com for FREE full access to all of our podcasts and join the community! Text 'UCLA' to 31032 to join the conversation! Social Media: @LAFBNetwork | @RyanDyrudLAFB | @LAFBJamz Sponsors: TickPick is the official ticket partner of the LA Football Network: https://www.tickpick.com/LAFB
Maine selects Miami (OH)'s Jude Killy to the big chair, MSU remembers Mike Leach, will the UC Regents block UCLA's departure, and more. Be sure to check your inbox to see more of today's news and notes from around the nation. We would love to know what you think of the show and you can let us know on social media @D1ticker. If you are not subscribed to D1.ticker, you can and should subscribe at www.d1ticker.com/.
Jon Wilner, author of the Pac-12 Hotline, gives his takes on UCLA's move to the Big 10 and what the UC Regents might impose on the Bruins. He also talks about the quality of Pac-12 basketball in the early going.
John Canzano and Jon Wilner talk about the UC Regents decision to punt to December... and break down a potentially high-scoring USC-UCLA matchup... Utah-Oregon clash... and the rest of the Pac-12 Conference games on Saturday. Also, they discuss Thanksgiving traditions. Subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss anything. Follow on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/JohnCanzanoBFT www.Twitter.com/WilnerHotline • Find Jon Wilner's work at www.Pac12Hotline.com via the Bay Area News Group. • Find John Canzano's work exclusively at www.JohnCanzano.com.
What's up Bruin fans! Last week's football game was a bummer, but all is not lost, especially with HATE WEEK in full swing. We discuss what it will take to beat the hated Southern Cal Trojans and what this game means for the program. Obligatory f*ck $C! Basketball season's also in full swing as well and people, we have a SQUAD! We discuss the Norfolk St. game and preview the Continental Main Event games against Illinois and potentially Baylor. Lastly, we discuss the clown show that is the UC Regents. Check it all out right here!
Thousands of Employees of the University of California Remain on Strike At U.C. Merced, the system's newest campus, employees are calling on the UC Regents to raise wages so they can afford housing. Reporter: Esther Quintanilla, KVPR A U.C. Berkeley Ph.D Candidate Studying Reptiles Decides to Strike Strikers, represented by the United Auto Workers are disrupting business on UC campuses at a pivotal time in the semester. Isaac Krone is a PHD candidate who studies reptiles, but he says he hasn't been able to focus on his research because he must teach every semester. Reporter: Jean Zamora, The California Report Border Rule Changes Could Speed Up Crossings, Impact Aslyum Seekers Change is coming to the U.S-Mexico border in our region. Mexican immigration officers on that side of the border at San Ysidro will check US-bound travelers' documents. Reporter: Caleigh Wells, KCRW A Week Since Election Day, Multiple Statewide and Municipal Races Still in Limbo California, like a handful of states across the West, mostly sends every voter a ballot in the mail, and it just takes longer to count mail in ballots. You have to take it out and compare the signature on the blue to the one on file to make sure that it matches. Reporter: Ben Christopher, CalMatters politics reporter
John Canzano and Jon Wilner talk about the Pac-12 Conference chaos, the UC Regents meeting this week and debate who is the Coach of the Year. Subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss anything. Follow on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/JohnCanzanoBFT www.Twitter.com/WilnerHotline • Find Jon Wilner's work at www.Pac12Hotline.com via the Bay Area News Group. • Find John Canzano's work exclusively at www.JohnCanzano.com.
Maggie LePique sits down with Dan Guerrero, an award-winning producer/director of diverse programming for network and cable television and of live arts and culture concert events at prestigious venues including the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the LA Opera and multiple events at the Kennedy Center in DC. The eclectic artist also tours with his autobiographical solo play ¡Gaytino! Made in America that was recently filmed and is screening at U.S. Film Festivals. Guerrero is also an influential activist for both the Latinx and LGBTQ communities and is a popular figure on the speaking circuit. But he is most proud of his work as an educator teaching the course ¡Gaytino! Performance and the Power of One at UCLA. That led to his appointment as a UC Regents lecturer jointly in the UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Chicano/a Studies and LGBTQ Departments. Dan and I discuss Linda Ronstadt's new Memoir Feels Like Home: A Song For The Sonoran Borderlands as well as the companion CD from Putumayo Records: Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands—Linda Ronstadt's Musical Odyssey. In Feels Like Home, Grammy award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt effortlessly evokes the magical panorama of the Sonoran borderlands, a landscape etched by sunlight and carved by wind, offering a personal tour of the place where she came of age, built around meals and memories. Following her best-selling musical memoir, Simple Dreams, this book seamlessly braids together Ronstadt's recollections of people and their passions in a region little understood in the rest of the United States.The granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, Ronstadt celebrates the marvelous flavors and indomitable people on both sides of the border in this road trip through the high desert. Written in collaboration with Lawrence Downes and illustrated throughout with stunning photographs by Bill Steen, Feels Like Home features 20 recipes for traditional Sonoran dishes and a bevy of revelations for Ronstadt's admirers, including never-before-seen family photos. If this book were a radio signal, you might first pick it up on an Arizona highway, well south of Phoenix, coming into the glow of Ronstadt's hometown of Tucson. It would be playing the old canciones, from a time when the border was a place not of peril but of possibility.Putumayo has released Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands—Linda Ronstadt's Musical Odyssey, a musical accompaniment to the acclaimed singer's new book, Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands, published by Heyday Books. The musical collection was co-curated by Ronstadt and Putumayo founder Dan Storper and includes influential songs from her childhood and career, as well as several of her own interpretations of classic Mexican songs. Participating artists include legends and musical explorers Lalo Guerrero, Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Taj Mahal and David Hidalgo. Source: https://lindaronstadt.com/book/feels-like-home/Source: https://www.putumayo.com/feels-like-homeSource: https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/feels-like-home/?utm_source=carousel&utm_id=flikSource: http://www.danguerrero.comThis episode is from an archive from the KPFK program Profiles adapted for podcast.Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990Support the show
The University of California accepts millions of dollars each year in tax funding that supplies a steady stream of late-term fetal organs from pain-capable and viable children. These children are dismembered nearly half of the time without being euthanized. Research suggests that this results in born-alive infants in 50% of the cases. The UC Regents oversees the entire University of California system and ensures the institution is functioning ethically. UCSF is violating fundamental human rights through its fetal organ harvesting and research policies. UC Regents need to be held accountable and change their dangerous policies. Abortion alone is murder and barbarism. However, this is by far the most extreme and vile practice in American history. Mark gets an update from AJ Hurley from Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust who is leading the effort to expose these atrocities. Also, Mark will respond to recent protests of Created Equal on campuses and answer the question, “Does Scripture forbid abortion?' Please watch/listen, share, and leave a five-star review of the podcast. The Mark Harrington Show is on Mark's Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube accounts. Mark's show is broadcast on American Family Radio's 180 stations and Salem Radio on Saturday in Ohio. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, and all the popular podcast platforms as well as on Mark's flagship website: MarkHarringtonShow.com ✔️ Instagram - https://instagram.com/markharringtonshow/ ✔️ iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id827982678 ✔️ Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9jcmVhdGVkZXF1YWwucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vZmVlZC8 ✔️ Everywhere else - https://markharringtonshow.com/link-tree
CISO Mike Corn rejoins the pod to offer updates and reflections including: - Structure and function of the Office of Information Assurance (OIA) - Recent accomplishments including Log4j response and EIM and CMMC progress - Working with UC Regents on breech prevention and response - What he's optimistic about - How he became a CISO - Why he can't keep up with his wife
Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff's letter to the UC Regents, Colorado Chancellor Phil DiStefano on Pac-12 expansion, why college football games are so long and more. Be sure to check your inbox to see more of today's news and notes from around the nation. We would love to know what you think of the show and you can let us know on social media @D1ticker. If you are not subscribed to D1.ticker, you can and should subscribe at www.d1ticker.com/.
Rob Parker hops on as we discuss the Ime Udoka controversy, Robert Sarver and more. UC regents and the commish of the Pac 12 are on a mission to keep UCLA out of the Big 10. The line on the Oregon State-USC game has moved wildly
UCLA faces another UC Regents meeting. John Canzano and Jon Wilner talk about it. Also, did USC mislead the Pac-12? The hosts discuss the fallout from George Kliavkoff's interview and Arizona State's coaching search. Plus, a Week 4 game preview. On Twitter... www.Twitter.com/JohnCanzanoBFT www.Twitter.com/WilnerHotline Find the work of Jon Wilner at www.Pac12Hotline.com via the Bay Area News Group. Find John Canzano's work at www.JohnCanzano.com.
Monty & Jake are talking Utah Jazz Basketball! Former Utah Jazz Man Deron Williams says nobody wants to play in Salt Lake City, and the reason he left is because he was unable to recruit better players to join him on the Utah Jazz. Is this still the case? Do NBA players want to avoid Salt Lake City? Can the Utah Jazz win a championship if the best players do not want to play in SLC? The Monty Show is presented by The Advocates Injury Attorney's! www.UtahAdvocates.Com 801-509-6823 Mention The Monty Show for a free consultation! Today is the day, the UC Board of Regents will meet to discuss UCLA's move to the Big 10 Conference, and to debate the merit of the UC Regents blocking UCLA's move to the BIG 10. The guys discuss the merit of of UCLA's move, and what it would mean if the UC Regents block the move. Should UCLA have to pay Cal to offset damages from UCLA's departure? STOP SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT SIDE HUSTLE! Trade NOW with Try Day Trading! Register now for a FREE no obligation webinar! GO HERE NOW: https://trydaytrading.com/monty A new survey says that Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson are tied for the most liked players in the NFL. Tom Brady, Matthew Stafford, and Matt Ryan round out the Top 5 most liked players. Cooper Kupp is the most liked non-QB, and DeShaun Watson is the least liked player, and the only NFL player with a negative favorability rating. Who are your favorite players, and who are your least favorite players in the NFL, NBA, and MLB? Papa Murphy's Pizza! https://order.papamurphys.com PROMO CODE: Monty25 Are we obsessed with our looks? One example is Pop Star Gwen Stefani who recently went through a significant change in her looks, and fans are shocked! Do we obsess over looks? Are we too vain, do we care too much about vanity? For all the best BBQ equipment, rubs, sauces, and spices, go to BBQ Pit Stop online: www.BBQPitStop.Com How much fast food are you eating? McDonalds continues to go retro with the announcement that an old favorite is coming back to the Golden Arches this fall. Does that make you want to go back to McDonalds? Max Muscle Nutrition South Jordan Promo Code: Monty 15 Our Amazon Essentials List: The Best Protein Bars EVER!: https://amzn.to/3D9wQGv 10 Calorie 1G Sugar ...Rockstar Recovery: https://amzn.to/2WgUQa4 A $10 Must Have For The Back Yard! https://amzn.to/3w7e6ox Dots Pretzels Are Amazing! https://amzn.to/3r3mxiV Yes, You Should Wear A Mask: https://amzn.to/3kbTKor Your Car Is A Mess! https://amzn.to/3LfsvoY AirPod Pro's Are On Sale!! https://t.co/ooLOAN7Qr5 Core Water: https://amzn.to/3rVDMUc Cholestoff Heart Supplement: https://amzn.to/3uQFOXw CoQ10 Vitamin Supplement: https://amzn.to/3HZ4ErJ Ashwagandha! https://amzn.to/3u3rCdf
Derwin James got PAID by the Los Angeles Chargers. What does this mean for the team, and the safety market, and does James deserve to be the highest-paid safety in the league? The Los Angeles Rams and Chargers have had very different approaches in how they have constructed their rosters. In terms of longevity, which team and GM has built with a better model? Or are they equal, just different? The UC Regents met on the Campus of UCLA to discuss the Bruins leaving the PAC12 for the B1G10. What does this all mean? Text LAFB to 31032 to join the conversation! Tune in and subscribe to the LA Football Podcast wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube! Social Media: @RyanDyrudLAFB | @LAFBJamz | @LAFBNetwork Sponsors: TickPick is the official ticket partner of the LA Football Network: https://www.tickpick.com/LAFB All Episode Links: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Castbox | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Player FM | YouTube
Christine Williamson, Sam Acho, and Rod Gilmore discuss the next steps for UCLA amid the pushback from the UC Regents, the possibility of players getting a cut of the new Big Ten media deal, and the importance of week 1 for the Pac-12. Plus, the crew reacts to newly named starting QBs and Mike Norvell's claim that FSU is "getting close" to a return to prominence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dirt starts the hour still in shock from the bathroom door being unlocked in the break and walking in on Jeetz in full squat, then will the UC Regents actually keep UCLA from joining the Big Ten. Then we Sprague the line and wonder what the best era of NBA hoops was.
The LA Times Thuc Nhi Nguyen joins to discuss all the drama associated at the UC Regents meetings and how the board feels they can stifle UCLA's move to the BIG 10, the insane new TV contract for the BIG 10, and storylines for both UCLA and USC heading into the new yearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rob Parker hops on as we discuss Tom Brady's absence from Bucs camp and more. We discuss the big meeting between UC regents as it pertains to UCLA heading to the Big 10. Speaking of the Big 10, what are the ripple effects from their reported $8 billion TV contract?
UC regents meet about UCLA move to B1GSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The latest from the DI Council on transfer windows and infractions, the possibility of the UC Regents forcing UCLA to turn back and much more. Be sure to check your inbox to see more of today's news and notes from around the nation. We would love to know what you think of the show and you can let us know on social media @D1ticker. If you are not subscribed to D1.ticker, you can and should subscribe at www.d1ticker.com/.
Dan Lust is joined by Landis Barber (@LandisBarber) to help navigate this week's sports law news. Kyler Murray signed a $230 million extension with the Arizona Cardinals, but it comes with an interesting addendum. (1:33) Murray's contract now includes a clause called the "independent study addendum" which requires Kyler to view game film for at least 4 hours per week during the season. If Kyler fails to comply with this clause then he can forfeit up to $100 million dollars. This also requires that Kyler must not be distracted by anything else, such as TV or videogmaes, while studying film. What do you think, is this a necessary clause? The entire College world is being shaken up between the transfer rule, NIL, and conference realignment. (10:25) Now, the latest news is unionization proposals from Penn State. The College Football Players Association (CFBPA) has sent demands to Kevin Warren, commissioner of the Big Ten, which include a share of conference revenue from media rights. Jeremy Evans (@JeremyMEvansESQ) joins to discuss the California College Sports world shake-up. (19:00) USC and UCLA will be leaving the PAC-12 to join the Big Ten starting in 2024, and this will make the Big Ten TV deals skyrocket with the coast to coast coverage of the conference. The other issue is can UC Regents force UCLA to share their profits with Cal. Does California Governor Gavin Newsom have the power to pull UCLA out of the deal because of their UC affiliation? The PAC-12 has no affiliation with the UC Regents, so Jeremy says no. Jeremy also breaks down the Penn State union proposal. (33:05) Jeremy discusses the Northwestern attempt at this years ago and why he doesn't think this will come to fruition. The NIL era has empowered players to make money and turned College Sports into the wild, wild west, but it might have impacted the possibility of unions down the line. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ConductDetrimental.com. Let us know if you want to join the team. Dan Wallach (@WallachLegal) | Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) | Mike Lawson (@mike_sonof_law) Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Website | Email
Dan Lust is joined by Landis Barber (@LandisBarber) to help navigate this week's sports law news. Kyler Murray signed a $230 million extension with the Arizona Cardinals, but it comes with an interesting addendum. (1:33) Murray's contract now includes a clause called the "independent study addendum" which requires Kyler to view game film for at least 4 hours per week during the season. If Kyler fails to comply with this clause then he can forfeit up to $100 million dollars. This also requires that Kyler must not be distracted by anything else, such as TV or videogmaes, while studying film. What do you think, is this a necessary clause? The entire College world is being shaken up between the transfer rule, NIL, and conference realignment. (10:25) Now, the latest news is unionization proposals from Penn State. The College Football Players Association (CFBPA) has sent demands to Kevin Warren, commissioner of the Big Ten, which include a share of conference revenue from media rights. Jeremy Evans (@JeremyMEvansESQ) joins to discuss the California College Sports world shake-up. (19:00) USC and UCLA will be leaving the PAC-12 to join the Big Ten starting in 2024, and this will make the Big Ten TV deals skyrocket with the coast to coast coverage of the conference. The other issue is can UC Regents force UCLA to share their profits with Cal. Does California Governor Gavin Newsom have the power to pull UCLA out of the deal because of their UC affiliation? The PAC-12 has no affiliation with the UC Regents, so Jeremy says no. Jeremy also breaks down the Penn State union proposal. (33:05) Jeremy discusses the Northwestern attempt at this years ago and why he doesn't think this will come to fruition. The NIL era has empowered players to make money and turned College Sports into the wild, wild west, but it might have impacted the possibility of unions down the line. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ConductDetrimental.com. Let us know if you want to join the team. Dan Wallach (@WallachLegal) | Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) | Mike Lawson (@mike_sonof_law) Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Website | Email
Everyone seems to be ranking NFL wide receivers right now, so we decide to talk through our rankings as well. Where do we have Keenan Allen and Cooper Kupp? Let us know what you think of our lists by texting LAFB to 31032! Then, Ryan and Jamal finally get into the greatest football games played in Los Angeles in the last 20 years. Do you agree? They wrap the show up by talking about the latest USC and UCLA news and the UC Regents meeting regarding UCLA's split for the Big 10. Tune in and subscribe to the LA Football Podcast wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube! Social Media: @RyanDyrudLAFB | @LAFBJamz | @LAFBNetwork Sponsors: TickPick is the official ticket partner of the LA Football Network: https://www.tickpick.com/LAFB All Episode Links: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Castbox | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Player FM | YouTube
In the second part of this Oncology, Etc. episode Drs. Patrick Loehrer (Indiana University) and David Johnson (University of Texas) continue their conversation with Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, exploring the prominent leadership roles she held, from first female Chancellor at UCSF to CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and member of Facebook's Board of Directors. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts | Additional resources: education.asco.org | Contact Us Air Date: 11/18/21 TRANSCRIPT SPEAKER 1: The purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This is not a substitute for medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement. PAT LOEHRER: Hi, Everybody. I'm Pat Loehrer. I'm director of the Centers of Global Health at Indiana University, Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. DAVE JOHNSON: And I'm Dave Johnson. I'm Professor of Medicine here at UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. So Pat, we're back for another episode of the award winning "Oncology Et Cetera." PAT LOEHRER: Just seems like last month we were here time, you know? Time just flies. DAVE JOHNSON: Exactly. Before we get started, you were telling me about an interesting book you were reading-- something about friends or something. Can you elaborate? PAT LOEHRER: Sure, sure, yeah. This book I picked up-- actually, my wife picked it up. It's called First Friends. It's written by Gary Ginsburg. It's a really interesting book. It was-- basically talks about-- it probably has about eight or nine presidents but the importance of having a friend that guides him. And these were people that were, in many ways, unelected people that were close to the presidents that helped change the face of what we see today, and some of them are stories of really good friends and some of them are, I think, opportunistic friends. But it gives you a background of people like Madison and Lincoln and Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. It's actually a fun read. DAVE JOHNSON: I'll definitely put it on my reading list. It sounds like a pretty exciting one. Well, speaking of influential people, we're really excited to jump back into our interview with Dr. Helman. In our last episode, we covered her early life and career, her work in Uganda, her views on global oncology, and her experiences in private practice and industry. In the next half of our interview, we'll learn more about her incredible career and her multiple leadership roles. Let's start by hearing about her time as chancellor of UCSF. PAT LOEHRER: Let me transition a little bit. What I'd like to do is talk a little bit about your leadership. One Of the next big roles you had, you became chancellor at UCSF, correct? SPEAKER 2: Mm-hm. PAT LOEHRER: And so as Dave said, I think you were the first woman in that role. SPEAKER 2: I was. PAT LOEHRER: You were a groundbreaker from that capacity. So now instead of working for people-- obviously, I understand that there's people you work for when you're chancellor too, but tell a little bit about that transition from industry back into academics and how that felt in the role of being a leader and then maybe the responsibility of being the first female chancellor. SPEAKER 2: There were parts of being the chancellor at UCSF, I would say most parts of it, that I just thought were fantastic. I loved being back at a hospital and clinics. Just the way the hospital and clinical enterprise at UCSF works, the chancellor is the board. And so once a month, you'd have neurology or cardiology come and tell you about what had happened, quality control, things that had gone on and I would have done that all day long. I mean, it was just so interesting. It was so important to run a great clinical enterprise that getting back closer to patients and medicine I thought was fantastic. The other thing was the educational enterprise, and UCSF, as you know, has medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing. I always tell people, no undergraduates, no English majors, no marching band. And the other chancellors reminded me, no athletic director, which apparently is a very good thing. So UCSF is a very special and unusual place. And I loved the science. I would show up at research seminars and things like that as often as I could. So there were so many parts of being at UCSF that I thought were just off the charts great. The hardest thing about being at UCSF-- being the first female chancellor, I think, was challenging but not in ways that you might expect. I was used to being a woman leader in medicine and biotech, which was unusual. So being the only woman in the room, being the first, wasn't new to me. But the thing that was hard on our family was there are roles for the spouse of the chancellor that fit more neatly into more of a classic female role, hosting things. There was a tea party for the wives of the faculty that the wife of the chancellor typically had. And for some reason, Nick didn't think that that suited him. We sort of laughed about that. DAVE JOHNSON: He can't make tea? SPEAKER 2: He can't make tea to save his life. And he's a strong introvert, which made it worse. I will tell you, some of the under-recognized, underreported people in life are spouses of chancellors and presidents of universities. And talk about unpaid labor-- my goodness! And so we sort of struggled with how did Nick show up, what did that look like. Because we didn't have any role models for what that looked like. I still laugh that Bill Clinton said he would be First Laddie. So when you have a pattern recognition, life is easier. And then being one of 10 chancellors at the UC system, I struggled a little bit with the UC Regents just because it felt-- I became chancellor in 2009, and we had some fiscal realities that we were dealing with. And the pace of the UC Regents and the format of the UC Regents, I actually made a proposal for UCSF to kind of break off from the other 9. And that was not well-received, got me in the newspaper. And I did not do that again. People saw it as disloyal and not very smart. But all in all, I thought then and think now that our public universities are absolutely-- they're treasures in America. And I was really proud to be a part of it and hope that I had made a contribution. DAVE JOHNSON: Speaking of leadership, what was it like to be CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation? What caused you to step away from chancellor to philanthropy? PAT LOEHRER: It's not a step down. It's not a step down, basically. DAVE JOHNSON: It is not a step down. SPEAKER 2: So I would say a couple of things. First of all, Bill and Melinda pushed me hard to take the job. I was not looking to change. My husband worked at the Gates Foundation for a couple of years on HIV. So they knew us, and they knew Nick better than me. But they knew both of us. We awarded Melinda the University medal at UCSF. And to my great surprise and happiness, she accepted and came. I later think that she was using that as a reason to talk to me about the CEO job, but she got a twofer. And I was really compelled by the mission. Who wouldn't be? I was really compelled by the mission and the chance to get back into global health after the experience I had had in Uganda. But I'll tell you, it is the ambition of the Gate Foundation, the scope of the Gates Foundation, the resources, and the need to get something done. I tell you, it is hard work. It is really hard work-- from China to India to all of the continent of Africa and then US education. Throw that in on top of things. So I was thrilled to be a part of driving the agenda and the mission. Some really talented people who are working very hard at the Gates Foundation-- I was surprised, especially on US education, with the amount of pushback. And I worked really hard to be successful at working with Bill, who's known as a tough character and lived up to that mutation. DAVE JOHNSON: Good to know, just in case he calls Pat or me. PAT LOEHRER: Yeah, yeah, I'm not going to get a medal at UCSF either. So that's a-- DAVE JOHNSON: You never know, Pat. PAT LOEHRER: It's a non-starter. And this may not apply to you, but there's a lot of maybe disproportionate number of women who feel they suffer from this imposter syndrome. To be honest, Dave and I have talked about that. We both feel in that syndrome too. But along the way, I mean, if you think about growing up in Reno, Nevada, and suddenly now being a chancellor and head of the Gates Foundation, the National Academy of Science, was there ever this sense of the, wait a minute, you know, what's going on? Is this real? SPEAKER 2: For me, there has always been that sense. There has always been that sense, and I look at it as I hope there always will be that sense-- that the kind of need to demonstrate your value. And there's a part of the imposter syndrome that is humility and not overestimating what you can do. And so on my best days, I think that leads me to say I've got to work with really terrific people. My job is to bring out the best in others. If I lead, it's because there's a great thing we're going to accomplish, and I can help people see where we're going together. And so I definitely have had imposter syndrome. But the one thing that I probably overused and kind of grew to like too much was the thing of people underestimating me and then proving them wrong. That gets a little wearying after a while. It's like, OK, we're going to waste some time while you decide whether I'm worthy or whether I can do this. And let's not waste that time. Why don't you assign to me-- give me some confidence, and I'll live up to that. And I mentioned Art Levinson was my boss for most of the time I was at Genentech. And he had no time for imposter syndrome. He was like, look, how many promotions do you have to get before you think, OK, I can get this done? He thought that was sort of-- he just didn't have time for it. We have things to do, and he had jobs to get done. And one of the things I loved about him is he would constantly push me to say, you're capable of more than you think you are, which I think is the sign of a fantastic manager, which he was and is. And so I've tried to push myself to do that. And the thing is, like, you can do this. Come to me for help. We'll make sure you succeed, but don't underestimate yourself. And I think that's a consequence of imposter syndrome is both wasting time proving yourself and not taking on something that you think, actually, let me give that a try and stack the deck in favor of succeeding. And so I think that's the thing that-- there's a certain fierceness that I've always had that I like about myself that, like, of course we will succeed. Failure is not an option. Of course we will succeed. And I think that comes from working on things that I value a lot and care about a lot. PAT LOEHRER: You have been on a number of different boards, including Pfizer as well as Facebook. And in that capacity, you've seen a lot of leaders. Can you talk a little bit about the strengths and the weakness of various leaders as well as serving on the boards and the capacities of the different companies? SPEAKER 2: Yeah, well, first, let me say I know ASCO is actually a really good about being careful about conflicts of interest and things like that, and I am too. So when I became chancellor at UCSF and then CEO at the Gates Foundation, I avoided being on life sciences boards. And so I got asked a lot by Biotech and pharma boards to be on their boards. Initially, I joined Procter Gamble's board, where I served for, I think, about six years. And then I joined Facebook's board. And those were both fantastic experiences. And I actually joined the boards for two very different reasons. One, P&G's board, I wanted to learn about branding and consumers. And I felt like in medicine, I didn't really learn about consumers or branding as much as I needed to or might. And then Facebook's board I joined because as Dave mentioned, I was with Charles Sawyers. We wrote the precision medicine report for the National Academy. And I really love-- to this day, I love the concept of using the social network to connect people. There was sort of an infamous story or famous story-- it's actually a good story-- of patients with a certain form of myeloma who found each other on Facebook and went to Genentech and said, make a new medicine for those of us with this genetic abnormality. And we'll all enroll in a trial. And so these connections to me felt really powerful on precision medicine. And so getting to work with CEOs at Procter and Gamble, the CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, I do see the really different attributes of leaders. But when you're a board member, you see those attributes of leaders with a very different lens. What's the return to shareholders? How does the community think about them? What's the impact-- and increasingly for Facebook, what's the impact on the world? What's the impact on our social discourse and our ability to have a free and fair election? A lot of those things became much more operative on the Facebook board while I was on the board and really tough social issues that continue to this day. DAVE JOHNSON: Yeah, so we could go on for another hour, hour and a half, but I have one question to ask you which may seem a little bit silly in retrospect. But if you could look back on your youthful self at 21 or 22 knowing what you know now, with all the things that you've done during the course of your career, what advice would you give yourself? And perhaps I'll addend that by saying what advice would you give particularly to young women in the medical profession who are trying to balance that work-life balance that everyone talks about and worries about and struggles with, quite frankly. SPEAKER 2: I'll give you one thing I should have done better and one thing that I think I did well. So the advice on the one thing I should have done better, I think slow down a little bit and take a bit more time for fun and enjoyment. I was extremely worried about money when I was in college, and being number two of seven-- every summer, I worked. I remember at one point in medical school, I had three weeks off, and I got a job for those three weeks at a deli making sandwiches. And I went to college for three years, crammed it into three years so I wouldn't have to pay for the fourth year. So I just think that I could have taken on more loans. I could have done some things to just dial it down a bit because you don't get those years back. And that's such a great time of your life when you're 21, 22, something like that. So I wish I'd have just slowed down a bit and not been so driven for those seven years of university and medical school that I really just either worked or studied all the time. The thing that I feel like I did well, and I would say this to anybody who's going into medicine, is there's so many opportunities. There's so many wonderful things to do. But whoever your spouse is, whoever your partner in life is, take the time and energy to make sure that's the right person for you. I feel so blessed. Actually, my husband, who I've mentioned several times in this discussion, Nick, was my roommate in San Francisco when I was an intern, like real roommate. And we've been roommates ever since. And we're very compatible. He's one of seven kids too. It's another Catholic school kid. And we just have fun together and support each other. And there's no way I could have taken these crazy jobs or done the kinds of things I've done without Nick. So having a wonderful, supportive partner makes everything better. DAVE JOHNSON: That definitely resonates with Pat and me. We're both very blessed to have wives and spouses of, for me, it's 52 years. I can't remember, Pat. Yours is close. PAT LOEHRER: I had my first date with my wife 50 years ago, yeah. DAVE JOHNSON: Yeah. SPEAKER 2: OK, so you guys know what I'm talking about. PAT LOEHRER: Absolutely. DAVE JOHNSON: Yeah. PAT LOEHRER: Yeah. DAVE JOHNSON: Go ahead, Pat. PAT LOEHRER: I was going to ask a question that you probably may have already answered there, but Bob Woodward just came out of an interview with Colin Powell. One of the last questions he asked him was if he could reflect on that one person that was a moral compass for him. And so for you, that one person, alive or dead, that has been not the most powerful person you've met but the one that's really influenced you the most in terms of giving you direction, who would that be for you? SPEAKER 2: Probably, if I look at through line the entire time I've been alive, it would be my dad. He had the ability to look at a room and find the person who was struggling and go over to them. And I really loved that about my dad. PAT LOEHRER: I love it. DAVE JOHNSON: One last question. So we're at the top of the hour, and I know you're a very busy person. Pat and I love to read, but we're also documentary fiends and whatnot. We're interested. What have you read recently that really resonated with you? Do you have a recommendation for us? SPEAKER 2: I will say during the pandemic, I've gotten back into reading biographies, which I love. DAVE JOHNSON: Yeah. SPEAKER 2: So I did the Caro, Lyndon Baines Johnson, which, Master of the Senate is really good. But my favorite book of the last two years is The Code Breaker, Walter Isaacson's book about Jennifer Doudna. DAVE JOHNSON: Yeah. SPEAKER 2: One of the things I love about Walter Isaacson is he teaches you science through his biographies. Like, I think I understand relativity based on his Einstein biography, which is great. But The Code Breaker is really super good. DAVE JOHNSON: Yeah, we both read it. We couldn't agree with you more. PAT LOEHRER: Love it. Love it. DAVE JOHNSON: So Sue, again, it's been a real honor to have you as our guest, and we really appreciate the time you've taken. Thank you so much, and we hope you enjoy the beautiful weather in Alamo California, and I hope it does turn green and the rain continues for you. SPEAKER 2: Thank you so much. It's been my pleasure. Thank you both. DAVE JOHNSON: Take care. SPEAKER 2: Bye. DAVE JOHNSON: I want to take the moment to thank our listeners for tuning in to "Oncology Et Cetera," an ASCO educational podcast where Pat and I really will talk about anything and everything. So if you have an idea or a topic you'd like to share with us and like for us to pursue, please email us at education@asco.org. Thanks again, and keep in mind that Pat is a giant in oncology, but he's a short instructor. Thanks, everybody. SPEAKER 1: Thank you for listening to this week's-- to make us part of your weekly routine, click Subscribe. Let us know what you think by leaving a review. For more information, visit the comprehensive e-learning center at elearning.asco.org.
Rahul Chandan is a fifth-year PhD student and UC Regents' Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). His research work uses game theory and optimization to study the coordination of multi-agent systems. His research interests are motivated by a desire to understand complex biological, social and technological systems composed of relatively simple agents, and to explore interesting applications of mathematics. In his spare time, Rahul enjoys biking the hills of Santa Barbara, cooking new and challenging dishes, and watching terrible Netflix movies with his friends. Tune in for answers to questions like... How does Game Theory describe human behavior? What are multiagent systems and where do we find them in the real world? How does a system reach equilibrium, Nash or otherwise? What is the role of information, new and old, in a complex system? and many more! Topics & Concepts Multi-Agent Systems Intelligence Consciousness Optimization (Local) Utility Functions Rationality Economics Game Theory Road Networks & Routing Nash Equilibrium Intractable Equilibria Centralized Authority (And the Pseudo-Dictatorship of Google Maps) A Multiplicity of Solutions Drones & Forest Fire Surveillance Information Single-Agent Systems Distributed Decision-Making The Tragedy of the Commons Policy Hobbes vs. Rousseau Noise & Unpredictability Cake Equality /// FURTHER READING (Non-cooperative) game theory -- the branch of game theory that deals with self-interested decision making: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-cooperative_game_theory Tragedy of the commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons Price of Anarchy (a term of the art in game theory which serves as a metric for the "tragedy of the commons"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_of_anarchy Fair cake-cutting problem (by the way, it turns out there's a solution for 3 or more agents, but the optimal mechanism just gets really complex): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_cake-cutting ///CONTACT Rahul's Website: https://rahul-chandan.github.io /// CLOSING REMARKS Does free will exist? Maybe. Regardless, please share your cherished feedback with me at abstractcast@gmail.com! Liking the show? Drop us a juicy 5-star rating or a written review on Apple Podcasts! Want to support the show? Save your $$$ and support us by Following & Subscribing on: Spotify, Facebook, Instagram & Twitter! Episode Cover Art by the very talented Eva Goblot. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abstractcast/message
Topic: Chicana Studies, Central America, Participants: Iris Ramirez, Ph.D. student in Chicana Studies UCLA Broadcast Air Date: 10/18/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics:– How do we tell our own stories? – Do Central America issues fit in a Chicana Studies program? – What are the multiple roads to college? -Why does the research literature stereotype immigrant families as non-education focused, when almost all immigrant family stress the importance of education? -What is the imposter syndrome? – The unaccompanied youth migrating from Central American want to go to college? – How de we talk about Central America differently from the way talk about Mexico? – Does the United States have a focus on Latinadad that is Mexico-centric? – When did the United States invade Central America? – What is the location of the three Mexicos? – What is Chicanismo? – Is Chicana Studies open to studies focusing on Central America? – What are the national forms of hegemony within Chicana studies? – When did the conversation regarding Central American first enter our families? – Does the United States assume every brown person is Mexican? -What is the relationship between US intervention in Central America and the exodus of people from Central America to the US. -How do we prepare for the politics of spaces? – What is the relationship between anti-Central American rhetoric and anti-immigrant rhetoric? – What are the mechanisms of solidarity?
"A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education" is a collection of eight essays written by experts in the field examining and analyzing the impact of racial diversity preferences and identity politics in American colleges and universities. The book's title comes from a 1976 California Supreme Court opinion in Bakke v. UC Regents authored by Justice Stanley Mosk, who wrote: "To uphold the [argument for race-preferential admissions] would call for the sacrifice of principle for the sake of dubious expediency and would represent a retreat in the struggle to assure that each man and woman shall be judged on the basis of individual merit alone, a struggle which has only lately achieved success in removing legal barriers to racial equality." In the book, the authors take up the question of race-based preferences in higher education, arguing that mounting empirical evidence shows race-based solutions cause long term harm both to intended beneficiaries and to society as a whole.Featuring:- Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law- Maimon Schwarzschild, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of LawVisit our website – www.RegProject.org – to learn more, view all of our content, and connect with us on social media.
A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education is a collection of eight essays written by experts in the field examining and analyzing the impact of racial diversity preferences and identity politics in American colleges and universities. The book's title comes from a 1976 California Supreme Court opinion in Bakke v. UC Regents authored […]
A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education is a collection of eight essays written by experts in the field examining and analyzing the impact of racial diversity preferences and identity politics in American colleges and universities. The book's title comes from a 1976 California Supreme Court opinion in Bakke v. UC Regents authored by Justice Stanley Mosk, who wrote:“To uphold the [argument for race-preferential admissions] would call for the sacrifice of principle for the sake of dubious expediency and would represent a retreat in the struggle to assure that each man and woman shall be judged on the basis of individual merit alone, a struggle which has only lately achieved success in removing legal barriers to racial equality.”In the book, the authors take up the question of race-based preferences in higher education, arguing that mounting empirical evidence shows race-based solutions cause long term harm both to intended beneficiaries and to society as a whole. Join Professor Gail Heriot and Professor Mamion Schwarzschild, co-editors of A Dubious Expediency, to discuss.Featuring:-- Gail L. Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law -- Maimon Schwarzschild, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
In part II of this special 2-part edition of the Transfer Nation podcast, #TransferStudent, #UCRegent, and #TransferAdvocate Jamaal Muwwakkil lay down the truth about what should be next for transfer in order to renew a system that works for students that need it the most. Jamaal also shares how to stay motivated and advocate for yourself in the #CC2PhD journey! #CCMonth #EndCCStigma #TransferSuccess Comm_College Resources mentioned: - Follow Jamaal and his work on Twitter @WordbtJamaal https://twitter.com/wordsbyjamaal?lang=en- Jammal's Website: https://www.wordsbyjamaal.com/ - Power to the Transfer Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wkbl6NLoxg&t=1544s- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamaal-muwwakkil-657b46132/ - CCCP: https://www.aap.ucla.edu/units/cccp/ - UCLA Transfer Summer Program: https://www.aap.ucla.edu/units/new-student-programs/- Black Bruin Transfer Extravaganza: http://bbtsucla.weebly.com/ - The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program: https://www.mmuf.org/ - UC Regents: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/student-regent.html
In this 2-part series, Transfer Nation catches up with #transferstudent and #transferadvocate In this 2-part special edition of the Transfer Nation podcast, Dr. Heather Adams catches up with #TransferStudent, #UCRegent, and #TransferAdvocate Jamaal Muwwakkil to hear about his #transferjourney as a first-generation college student from LACC to UCLA, and later, to UCSB (#CC2PhD anyone!?!?) with a few stops at Santa Monica College, East Los Angeles College, and Coastline along the way! In addition to offering in-depth insight he gained from his #TransferJourney, Jamaal shares about the unique experience of being a #UCRegent and what he sees on the horizon for next-generation transfer work! #CCMonth #EndCCStigma #TransferSuccess Comm_CollegeResources mentioned: - Follow Jamaal and his work on Twitter @WordbtJamaal https://twitter.com/wordsbyjamaal?lang=en- Jammal's Website: https://www.wordsbyjamaal.com/ - Power to the Transfer Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wkbl6NLoxg&t=1544s- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamaal-muwwakkil-657b46132/ - CCCP: https://www.aap.ucla.edu/units/cccp/- UC Regents: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/student-regent.html- Black Bruin Transfer Extravaganza: http://bbtsucla.weebly.com/
Topic: Indigenous Science, Decolonial Theory, Plant Pathology Participants: Natalie Solares, Master's degree in Plant Pathology , UC Riverside Broadcast Air Date: 10/25/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on: AnchorFM, iTunes, RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: – What is plant pathology? – Botrytis cinereal is grey rot? -What careers are available in plant pathology? -Are humans creating the plant diseases? -How did the potato get to Ireland? -How do we navigate the different knowledge systems as we move through graduate work? – How does western science take advantage of past and present indigenous knowledge? -Can indigenous work to domesticate plants be protected from being co-opted by university researchers? -What does it mean to question “Western science? –Sin maize no hay paise. – How do we change current science authorship to reflect local traditional science communities as the rightful authors of their respective knowledge? -Greg Cajete, University of New Mexico – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants ( 2015) -How do we credit indigenous knowledge into the present academic template? -How do we build the spaces of empowerment?
This week we try to crack the case on a mystery residency in Oregon. We also talk about whether drive-in movie theaters are open. Plus Kate invites artists to think about the danger of standing in the middle of a baseball game with no glove. Sorry for all the hand sounds in this episode- just pretend you’re listening from under a table.All the music in this episode is by Burd HauzReturn the Eye by DROUGHT SPA presented by CLOACAUC Regents buy SF Art Institute’s $19.7M debt, are now school’s landlords — will SFAI’s Diego Rivera mural be next to sell?proposalsforall.comHere's the baseball diagram.Maysoun found a safer one!
Topic: Archaeology, Anthropology, Maya, Social Memory Participants: Ryan Mongelluzo PhD, Associate Professor San Diego Mesa College Broadcast Air Date: 11/08/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: – Is our understanding of the past based movies? – Where in Guatemala do we find Ucanal? -How do you conduct photogrammetry with drones? -How long does it take archaeologists to map a site? -What new maps of Maya sites are generated via Lidar archaeometry? -When were 30 or 40,000 people living in site of Ucanal? -How do physical features of sites demonstrate significance of power arrangements? -How does the past inform the present? -Is social memory a practice of purposefully forgetting and purposefully remembering? -How does the work of archaeology become appropriated by countries for the purpose of nationalism? -Is it accurate to frame the Maya of 800 years ago as Mexican or Guatemalan nationals? – How are our collective fictional narratives based on someone else's perception of reality? -What evidence can we use to reconstruct yesterday? -Why do we speak so concretely about the past, if accuracy of context gets weaker the further we go into the past? -How do we challenge the present by looking at the past? -Can we see social inequality in the archaeological record? – Why is it a problem for archaeologists to see themselves reflected what is being excavated? -Does the concept of citizenship apply to membership formats of the past Maya classic city-states? – Why don't we see native American iconography in the United States of America flag? -How does the nation-state of Mexico mirror the nation-state of USA, as both products of the colonial encounter? -Is the modern nation-state trying to forget the indigenous Maya?
Topic: Immigration Detention Centers, Segment: Ending Immigration Detention Centers: Until all of us free none of us are free. Participants: Hilda Cruz, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity Reverend Jeffery Ryan , The Riverside Center for Spiritual Living Broadcast Air Date: 11/15/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: -What is the relationship between the imprisonment of people and the subject of immigration? -What is the difference between an immigrant detention facility and general prison facilities? – Why are asylum seekers placed in detention centers? – The detention facility in Adelanto California holds approximately 2,000 people. -The Adelanto detention facility is a for profit facility that charges $120 a day for each person. -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is funded by public federal money and then DHS contracts with private detention centers. – Do people in the detention centers have legal representation? -How does the non-visibility of detention centers facilitate their continual operation of violence? -How to we turn the hidden into the visible? -What are the alternatives to having people caged in detention centers? – Will AB32 terminate the renewal of contracts of detention centers in California? -Will the Adelanto Detention Center close with the passing of AB32? – What are the different systems that profit from manufacturing harm for people? -How do we create a just world where we truly feel safe? – We all have our own gifts as humans. – Why are people held in detention centers paid a 1 dollar a day for their work? – What is the nature of health care within detention centers? – How do “instant noodle” soup companies and telephone service providers benefit from the detention centers? – The bonds for release from detention centers can cost 30,000? – How does the pain being caused within the detention centers ripple out to our communities? – How do we envision a world that works for everyone? -Until all of us are free none of us are free.
Topic: Education, School Segregation, Mendez v. Westminster, Mexican-American, Segment: History of Memories: Mexican School Segregation Participants: Gabe Flores, Historian. Doctorate Candidate in History department, UC Riverside Broadcast Air Date: 11/22/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR.
Topic: Rise to Reunite, Al Orto Lado, Family Reunification, US-Mexico Border, Segment: Rise to Reunite: Don't be Afraid to Take a Stand Against Government Policies of Hate Participants: Angeline Chen, Attorney and Co-founder of Rise to Reunite Broadcast Air Date: 01/17/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: -Rise to Reunite , “We are a volunteer group of immigration attorneys and community members dedicated to helping reunite children with their families at the border.” – Al Otro Lado, ” We are a bi-national, social justice legal services organization serving indigent deportees, migrants, and refugees in Tijuana, Mexico.” -How do we support one another as humans? -There are over 20,000 migrants in Tijuana, waiting immigration proceeding. – What is the Migrant Persecution Protocol? – Why does the government send Central Americans to Tijuana to wait for their immigration proceeding? – How are the migrant shelters funded? – What is the experience of children at the shelters? -How do we motivate people to do more to help the people seeking asylum? -How do we make sense of the US government's action of taking children from their parents? -What is the difference in the detention of men versus detaining women with children? -What is the motive for applying torture tactics on the people being detained? -Why are people purposefully being kept in hieleras, ice boxes ? -If border enforcement officers are not following explicit instructions, then why do they puncture water bottles, keep the lights on at night and take away people's extra clothing to cause injury? -Are officials being guided by a policy of hatred? -If the courts ended the zero-tolerance policy, then why are families being separated? -What is the relationship between the history of US intervention in Central America and the present immigration movements? -What happens when we recognize the humanity of one another and question the policies of violence imposed by nations? -What is the lasting trauma effect on children resulting from being detained and separated from their families? -How are national policies different from human policies? -Don't be afraid to take a stand.
Topic: Chicano Research Center, Richard Soto, Chicano Movement, Community History, Books, Segment: Chicano Research Center: Archives of Chicana/o History Participants: Richard Soto, founder of Chicano Research Center Broadcast Air Date: 1/24/20 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: How does the library represent an accumulation of life experiences? How do you move from Vietnam in 1966 to the Chicano Movement of 1968? The Plan de Santa Barbara,1969 What was the Sacramento State University program that recruited community activists to be agents of change by providing scholarships for Bachelors, Teaching degrees or Masters? In 19650's why were most jobs held by Raza in agriculture, domestic help or as small independent business owners? Why did JC Penny limit its employment of Chicanas/ Chicanos to the Christmas season during the bracero program? How do you take a Chicano history class without books? Have you read the book, North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States, by Carey McWilliams 1948? Is the 1964 book Mexican-Americans of South Texas (Case Study in Cultural Anthropology) by William Madsen, racist? When did Richard Soto, meet Jose Montoya and the Royal Chicano Air Force? How do you teach a Chicana history class when the field of Chicana History is being made by the people outside of the class room? How do you teach Chicano history in reverse by using the daily newspaper articles ? Turning 40 books to fill one shelf into 20,000 book library Who is Oscar Zeta Acosta's son? Who attended Corky Gonzalez's Crusade for justice in Colorado? What happened at the second Chicano Moratorium, 1972? What is a Pocho? Are corridos like oral text books? Why did the private collection of books and memorabilia become a public library? Have you read the magazine , Joaquin? Was the biggest success of the Chicano movement, the educational attainment of the following generations? The Chicano Research Center is not just a library; the Center is also an archive of Chicano movement. The Smithsonian Museum is interested in the material archived at the Chicano Research Center. Who has the 1949 poster of Dolores Fernandez running for the pageant of Reyna De las fiestas Patrias in Stockton California? Have you read Josefina Fierro: California Blacklisted Latina by Carlos Larralde and Michael Lynch III?
Title: Peace and Dignity Run: Becoming an Instrument of Healing Topic: Peace and Dignity run 2020, Participants: Atl Gonzales, Peace and Dignity , Broadcast Air Date: 02/14/2020 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: How did the Peace and Dignity Journey begin? What is the generation that was born after World War 2, saw Vietnam war and lived the Chicana movement? What was it like to grow up in Chavez Ravine? What happens to children when they grow up in a violent place? How do we find peace when we have been through violence? What were the respective sources of spirituality for the Brown Berets, Black Panther and American Indian Movement? Spiritual leader Lenard Crow Dog Gustavo Gutierrez, UFW organizer and Peace and Dignity What was the first theme of the Peace and Dignity run? How do indigenous people manifest their right to exist? Why did the first peace and dignity run occur in 1992? Who were the Chicanos of 1960's in comparison to the present Chicanos? How was Mexico different for indigenous people before NATFA? Why are Indigenous activists are being murdered in North and South America? What are the present genocidal acts being committed against indigenous people? What is the history of inventing Latino? Why did the Spanish and Portuguese colonizer call themselves Latinos? How does the Latino community outcast the indigenous community? Chicanas are part of the land, part of the Indigenous people. Running can be a healing experience. Why does the Los Angeles marathon start in Chavez Ravine? What does the staff held by the runners represent? What is lost in translating native teachings into the English language? Are our bodies water and fire? Where on our bodies is the center of the universe? What is the spiritual internet, the spiritual network? Thomas Banyacya (June 2, 1909 – 1999), Hopi elder Native people in the Americas are being threatened because of corporations' Lithium mining interest The runners becomes instruments of healing For more information visit, https://peaceanddignity.net/
Advocates of abolishing admissions tests claim that exams like the SAT and ACT discriminate against some populations while serving as proxy wealth tests. But do data or evidence support these positions? Amy and Mike invited student advocate Dr. Yoon S. Choi to analyze whether test optional policies drive equity. What are five things you will learn in this episode? If the test scores correlate highly with income and race, does eliminating tests address the underlying contributors to low scores? What does it mean to describe admissions tests as levers? What did the UC Regents get wrong about the implications of their own commissioned study? In what ways do standardized tests promote equity and access? Why must the K-12 educational system be considered in the larger conversation about college access and readiness? MEET OUR GUESTS Dr. Yoon S. Choi is CEO of CollegeSpring, a national nonprofit that helps schools and teachers provide free SAT and ACT prep to students from low-income backgrounds. She has over a decade of leadership, management, and fundraising experience, primarily with organizations serving underrepresented youth. In 2020, she was named a Presidential Leadership Scholar by the program led by the presidential centers of George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson. She has published articles about testing and college access in Inside Higher Ed, The Hechinger Report, and EdSource. Yoon earned her doctorate in anthropology from the University of California at Irvine, as well as a master’s degree from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Scripps College. Reach Yoon at https://collegespring.org/. LINKS Words Matter: Don’t Go Test Optional, and If You Do, Call it Something Else Test Optional Won’t Level the College Admissions Playing Field, RELATED EPISODES WHO BENEFITS MOST FROM TEST OPTIONAL POLICIES? COLLEGE ADVISING FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WHY GRADE INFLATION IS HARMFUL ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.
Topic: Indigena, Indigenous Identity, Chicana Studies, Chicana Community Title: Towards Definitions of Indigena and Chicana Membership: A Conversation Participants: Dean Mayorga Broadcast Air Date: 07/10/20 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: Have you read the article, How the Chican@ Discourse Silences Indigenous Peoples from Mexico + Central Americans? Available at, https://medium.com/@jessicabhdz/how-the-chican-discourse-silences-indigenous-peoples-from-mexico-central-americans-b72b5897ad26 Is there a difference between being indigenous and identifying as indigenous ancestry or indigenous descendant? What does Indigeneity mean within Chicana and Brown context? What is relationship between defining indigenous and racism? Is indigenous classification marked by assessments of being other than or less than White? Chicana is an inclusive term? What is the difference between Chicana Studies as academic and outside Chicana lived experience? How do we take ownership of own experiences and our own names? “The book of indigeneity cannot close off at colonization.” – Dean Chicanas express old and new traditions How do we learn to own our ways of membership? Is there a disconnection between the field of Chicana studies and the communities of Chicanas, Chicanx and Chicanos? An act of remembrance Why does the nation-state want to erase indigenous definitions and instead accept Hispanic and Latino labels? How did the theory of mestizaje influence Chicana Studies and Chicana communities? What happens to mesitizaje discourse if we access race deconstruction material? How did the adoption in belief in mestizaje produce a platform of loss? What is the role of colorism for light skinned Chicanx/Chicanas/Chicanos? Can you take a DNA test to find out if you are indigenous or Spanish? Indigeneity is political and How does the Hispanic and Latino movement erase indigenous definitions? How do we acknowledge the power to control the terms we will use to name ourselves? Do you have to apologize for being person that has moved from one land base to another? What is the role of social media in redefining Chicanisma? Is Chicana Studies changing more now than before? Is being Chicana in constant flux? How did Chicanas get repackaged as Hispanics? The politics of renaming. How often is Chicana Studies updated?
Your College Bound Kid | Scholarships, Admission, & Financial Aid Strategies
In this episode you will hear: (10:38) In this week’s news segment, an article from universityofcalifornia.edu, “UC Regents Declare Their Support for an End to Race-Blind Admissions”, by Nicole Freeling. The University of California Board of Regents has acknowledged that race-neutral admissions have failed to acknowledge discrimination and structural barriers that have, in-turn, amassed a non-diverse student body for the university system. (42:59) We are in Chapter 128 of 171 Answers and we start a 2-part discussion on private scholarships – how and where to find them. This is the first time on the podcast we have done a deep dive into outside scholarships aka private scholarships. Most people are overwhelmed by the topic of outside scholarships. Is it worth my time? How do I find them? Which ones should I apply to? We address all of this and more. (01:06:32) This week’s question from Alison, a student from TX, and she wants to know if starting extracurricular activities at the beginning of junior year can be a huge disadvantage in the admission process. (01:23:41) Mark kicks off his interview with Gil Villanueva, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Admissions at University of Richmond and he shares advice for under-resourced students when applying for college. Gil has over 25 years of experience at four different selective colleges. (01:31:05) Recommended resource: NYT Article-A Timeline of Key Supreme Court Cases on Affirmative Action: (01:47:59) College spotlight: University of Kansas () Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com If you enjoy our podcast, would you please do us a favor and share our podcast both verbally and on social media? We would be most grateful! To access and best utilize the transcripts of each podcast, please do the following: Go to Click the Transcripts tab, from the top menu by the Episodes tab Click on the transcript for the specific episode you are interested in, just click on the image or by the word “Transcript” You will see a Share icon, a download option, a link to Apple podcast and you will see a magnifying glass Use the magnifying glass to search for any word. If that word was used in the episode, it will show up, highlighted in yellow. You will also see a timestamp so you can see the exact minute and second this word was spoken. If you click the word highlighted in yellow, the podcast player will start playing right at that word. You can stop it from playing by clicking the pause button. Note: The transcription accuracy is about 90%, so you will see some spelling errors and errors in translation going from voice to print. We are excited to give our listeners a chance to play a role in shaping what topics we discuss, so please send us your ideas for college spotlights, articles for discussion and recommended resources. You can let your voice be heard by completing this survey. Just put the following link in your browser and give us your honest feedback. We thank you in advance. Every episode of Your College-Bound Kid will align with a chapter from the book 171 Answers to the Most-Asked College Admission Questions. To get a copy go to Amazon and click: If you want to place a bulk order, you will save money by purchasing this book at 171answers.com. Every penny goes to The Atlanta Mission, a Christian organization that helps over 1000 homeless residents every day. If you want to see what future episodes will discuss in the book chapter section, just go to 171answers.com and then click the red button "See exactly what 171 Answers covers"
Topic: Confederate Monument Removal, Public History Title: Bringing Down Monuments to Build Up New Histories Participants: Daisy Ocampo, Ph.D., Historian. Assistant Professor in California State University San Bernardino Broadcast Air Date: 07/03/20 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: How is public memory created through public spaces? How are communities challenging public monuments? Why was Andrew Jackson called “Indian Killer?” What is the historian perspective on the current movements to remove public monuments that are perceived as racist? Public monuments are statements of power? National monuments signal specific histories that are remembered but also specific histories that are suppressed. The physical narratives are being re-written to challenge the dominance of colonial histories. How is history contested? Why is the figure of Christopher Columbus celebrated in the United States if Columbus did not set foot on the land currently labelled as United States of America? Are statues like textbooks in their historical function? Why is Junipero Sera Celebrated in California? What is role of racial discourse in the analysis of public history? For some people the statues represent heroes, while for others the same figures represent terrorists. What were the different reactions to writing on the cross on top of Mount Rubidoux in Riverside? What was the name of the indigenous village that resided at the base of the place currently called Mount Rubidoux? Frank Miller and President Taft bought the property to place the cross on top of Mount Rubidoux ow do you decolonize places and monuments? What is the difference between Whiteness, White Supremacy and White people? What is the documented process of manufacturing Whiteness?
About two dozen people rallied in front of 1921 Walnut St. Monday afternoon against UC Berkeley's plans to buy and possibly tear down the rent-controlled building to make way for student housing. https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/KAYE-1921-Walnut-Street-protest.mp3 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { var media = $('#audio-338621-94'); media.on('canplay', function (ev) { this.currentTime = 0; }); }); By Danielle Kaye (@danielledkaye) On April 17, tenants of the rent-controlled apartment building located at 1921 Walnut St. in Berkeley encountered an unwelcome surprise: a letter from the University of California Regents stating that they may be forcibly displaced from their homes. It wasn't an eviction notice, but rather, a vague statement of the university's intent to buy the property and eventually redevelop it for student housing. “It was in the middle of a pandemic — the city of Berkeley, state of California, much of the country was in a shutdown. So we were ordered to stay at home,” said Natalie Logusch, has been living in the apartment complex for about 10 years. “It was a Friday night, and I remember walking up the steps and seeing envelopes mailed to all the doors, and feeling a little weird about that, and reading the letter.” “It was utterly confusing, and frankly very intimidating,” Natalie said. “And seeing that UC letterhead — you know, UC has incalculable resources, money, power. What are we gonna do against them? And that letter — it wasn't asking us, ‘Oh, what do you guys think? We're thinking of changing your neighborhood, changing your building.' They put us on notice. It was like, ‘You're going to be displaced, you're going to have to move. And here's what's going to happen.' If I have to move, I'm going to lose my home, my work, my friends, my community. Everything I built here in ten and a half years is just gone in an instant.” Devon Riddick first moved into his apartment in the rent-controlled complex in 1989. He was a student at Berkeley High School at the time. “The affordable rent that we have here is making it possible for us to stay here. So if we're displaced, then we'll have to move into a more expensive apartment, and we probably won't be able to live here in Berkeley anymore,” Devon said. UC Berkeley is a state institution, so it doesn't have to abide by the city of Berkeley's rent control measures that protect against unwarranted rent increases and evictions. The university also isn't required to build new rent-controlled units to replace the ones they might demolish. “UC is exempt from any local control — both zoning and housing. So they have a state exemption,” said John Selawsky, a Berkeley Rent Board commissioner and member of the steering committee of the Berkeley Tenants Union. John, along with the tenants of 1921 Walnut St., organized a protest against the UC's plans Monday afternoon, in front of the apartment building. “The first ask — and we're not asking anything other than this right now — is: don't buy the building, or if you buy the building, don't demolish the building. Just let the tenants remain here, maybe until they attrition out. That would be a solution for these tenants,” John said. Senate Bill 330, known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, is a state law aimed at removing local barriers to housing production. “There is the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, which we think applies. There may be a legal argument. But that would have to be adjudicated. We'll see what happens,” John explained. The protest drew support from city officials Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and Councilmember Kate Harrison, who sent representatives from their offices to voice concern about the UC's proposed acquisition of the property. Stephen Elgstrand spoke on behalf of the mayor about what he characterized as the university's disregard for the city's ‘three P's' of affordable housing: production, preservation, and protection. “So when it comes to the case of 1921 Walnut St., the university is following one the P's, production, but it's doing so at the expense of the other two P's: preservation and protection,” Stephen said. “We simply do not accept that.” According to a statement sent to KPFA from Kyle Gibson, the communications director for UC Berkeley's real estate development arm, the university has entered into a purchase contract with the owners of 1921 Walnut St., but the sale has not closed. He said there is “no imminent action planned regarding the property, and residents can plan on remaining in the building for at least several months,” adding that the campus would prepare relocation payouts for the residents if it moves forward with demolition. But Kim Romero, one of the tenants, says they've been largely left in the dark about the university's plans. “It felt like it wasn't very transparent with their communication with us. We had to find out most of the information by Googling and going online,” Kim said. Kim says she found out about the university's so-called Gateway Student Housing Project on her own. The plan is to build student housing on the entire block, demolishing buildings adjacent to 1921 Walnut St. that the university already owns. While the protesters acknowledged the dire need for more student housing, they say student housing shouldn't come at the expense of affordable housing for the broader Berkeley community. Andrea Henson from the Eviction Defense Center says this one case raises larger questions about the UC Regents' role in protecting affordable housing statewide. “This is the foundation of the exact movement that's happening across the state and across the country — to prevent displacement,” Andrea said. “There's no reason to tear this down. We have all this commercial space that the UC could use.” This story aired on UpFront on July 1, 2020. The post Berkeley tenants and officials protest UC Berkeley's planned eviction & demolition of affordable housing appeared first on KPFA.
Topic: Police Violence, Police reform, Civil Rights, Law Title: Violence Is Not Always an Option: Police, Trauma and Transformation Participants: Pascual Torres J.D, Esq. Broadcast Air Date: 06/26/20 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: Ollin is a Nahuatl word that loosely translates into movement. How do you introduce healing and transformation into the law? Abuse of Power: Violence, It calls you back, Article available on Peoples college of Law website: http://www.peoplescollegeoflaw.edu/the-abuse-of-power-violence-it-calls-you-back/ How was it to grow up in the 90's in Boyle heights? What is the relationship between the current police practices and the history of colonization? Are police officers legally permitted to strike someone with closed fists? Is there an “us versus them” mentality within the police? Why do some communities get protected and served while other communities get harassed? Race, class, and education level will determine who gets justice and who gets war? What is justice by zip code? The police are a tool of colonization. Why is violence always an option for police? Why is the age of 13 when we learn to start to fear police violence? When you are constantly under surveillance by the police, you begin to self-monitor yourself? Did the police give you “Dodger baseball cards?” If you criminalize a certain sector of the community, it doesn't matter how you treat them? How does colonization and trauma connect to violence? “The untamed violence against our communities is no longer an option,”- Pascual Torres Police violence is a problem that cannot be transferred to the next generation, it must be solved now. What is the history of the police in the United States? What is trauma? Trauma is an experience that stays with you for a long time and impacts you negatively. What if the police violence is purposeful to traumatize communities in order to continue the colonizing effect? Can we change the job requirements to be a police officer? What does it mean to defund the police? Justice is part of the healing process. Do we have a system where everyone is accountable for their actions? How was the law used to colonize people? If you don't transform your trauma, you transmit the trauma.
Topic Fatherhood, Covid19 and national Uprising movements Title: Children Born for This Moment: A Parenting Conversation Participants: Terrance Steward, State-Wide Director of Time Done and David Chavez Historian , ABD Broadcast Air Date: 06/19/20 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: How is Covid-19 and the response to advocate for police accountability adding pressures to parenting? What are the new conversations with our children regarding Covid-19 and Police violence? How do we balance our engagement with politics of an outside world and the relationships with our children? How did schooling change for our children when schools shut down? How is school going to be for children next year? How do we explain everything that is happening in this world to our children without scaring them? How do we prepare our children to deal with racism? When schools shut down, parents went into teacher-mode. Children can understand racism and anti-black violence. Are parents ready to send their children to physical classrooms this upcoming fall? How do we manage our concern for our families and our concern to stay engaged in the world that we care about? When did we realize that the shutdown might place our families at risk? Is it safe to take your children to the grocery store? It was surreal moment to see people's fears empty stores of grocery supplies. How do you create a phone tree to build community support? How do we talk to our children to make sure they are OK? Many of our children have been at protests since the age of two. How do we keep our children from internalizing the hate? We must tell our kids, they were born for this moment too The children know that there is a reason why we are staying home and why we go outside to protest. How do we help our children understand that this moment will not stay like this forever and that there is a change coming?
Listen to Erin share how international travel plans have changed during this pandemic time and how one might be able to bring cultural experiences in to your life without actually getting on a plane. They share what it'e been like to live in Los Angeles while in the middle of the most recent political uprisings in defense of Black lives. They review other political wins of the moment, like California's UC Regents overturn of a previous Affirmation Action ban (25 years after UC students organized to defeat the ban and lost). And we talk about what it's like to become an older social justice activist/organizer. Does one always have to be out in the streets to show support? What are the alternatives?
Topic National Uprisings Against Police Brutality, George Floyd, Police Reform Title: Rising Up Toward Freedom: Optimism and Hope Participants: Denise Spencer, MBA Broadcast Air Date: 06/12/20 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: Did Covid-19 create a catalyst for change in this country and other countries? How do we create a new normal that is inclusive? This is a painful time, but it is also a hopeful time. We must be encourage by the bravery and tenacity of this upcoming youthful generation. The murder of George Floyd and the lives of all the people that were cut short will give us life and gives freedom. How do we build a world where the children of today do not get to know the kind of oppression experienced by the past? How has the police historically used violence to create and enforce the category of “people of color?” Why do some people tell us to wait and be patient for society to change, when we stand on the benefit of generations before us that were impatient and fought to change things for the better? The movement of protest is representative of the United States because “every community” is standing in solidarity in support that Black lives matter. Is this the beginning of revolutionary change? “A taste of freedom is what I long for…”- Denise Spencer We owe the mass movement of uprising our hope. How did the Covid-19 shelter in place protocols create a population of greater awareness? How do we make peace with the contradictions of aspiration stories of liberty and freedom, while understanding that the United States was built on legally supported inequality? Can the police be both good and bad? What is the effect being able to prove police abuse through video? Racism is a mechanism of control to help the people in the money maintain their status. The increments of change that we have seen in our lifetime come from the type of revolutionary action we see today. This is not the time to throw up our own roadblock in our minds, we must the people fighting for a better world. We owe it to people protesting on the streets, to let go of our [academic] rhetoric and join them. The days of oppression will end, we demand police reform. Why did the White House put a second fence?
Topic Graduations, Covid-19, National Uprisings Against Police Brutality Title: Graduating During Covid19 Participants: Lizeth Aguirre, Chandra and Zion Broadcast Air Date: 06/05/2020 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. How do you prepare to graduate during Covid-19? How do we acknowledge the hard work of students if we are unable to hold a physical graduation ceremony? Covid-19 measures of quarantine and social distancing disrupted our school friendships, colleagues and support. The school transition to online formats severed our opportunities to say goodbye to friends and professors. How did students figure out the housing situation when colleges and universities informed students they had to leave campus? Getting ready for graduation causes anxiety, and fear but also optimism and exciting energy How does the post gradation job hunting season look during the covid-19 national shut down? How do you prepare for your first year of college when the college you plan to attend is under quarantine due to Covid-19? What is the difference between an online education and an in-person school experience? What are your thoughts on graduating during the national uprising against police brutality? How do we manage our frustration, fears and heart break when seeing people risk their lives to protest police brutality during a pandemic? How do we support Black Lives Matter? This generation is taking a stand and committing itself to changing the future for the better? How do we walk forward with optimism? We educate ourselves and the people around us to end police brutality. How do we use our college preparation as tool sets to take-on the future? How do we build a community with the tools developed from our college experience?
Topic Self-care, Covid-19 Title: Self-care, taking control of our safety Participants: Carlos LaMadrid, Social Work Professional Broadcast Air Date: 05/29/2020 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: How do we practice self-care during this moment of concern over Covid-19? As people are sheltering at home, the pressures of hunger, violence and insecurity become more elevated. We are in a period of mourning How has this moment highlighted the different educational and economic disparities? How has the recovery community served as model of coping? What are the systems of polarity as response to stress keep us off balance? How does the moment of sheltering at home create mirrors for self-reflection? During this Covid-19 moment, many of us have become brave enough to ask for help. What does it mean to want to “get back to work?” How did this moment create an accelerated use of “technology” by people that previously never used video conferencing for daily communication? What new perspectives will we carry forward as we “open up?” How has our response to Covid-19 shifted the national conversation regarding workers' rights, housing and economic justice? What was the impact of having “mom and pop” grocery stores open during the moment of insecurity? Some people are scared of the future and other people are optimistic of the future being built. How do we build a society that recognizes that all people are essential? Why are we denying the observance or the recognition of elements of death as we take inventory of Covid-19? What happens when we move from not knowing anyone that has died from Covid-19 to knowing someone that died from Covid-19? What is necessary for our emotional health, psychological health, spiritual health and physical health during this period of mourning? What is the psychological effect of not being able to care for your deceased loved-ones because of the Covid-19 pandemic? How do we take control of safety for ourselves? How do we build hope for the future? You have to do the best you can, not just for you but for others? Why do I have to take care of myself first before I can take care of others?
Topic: Racial profiling during Covid 19, Ahmaud Arbery, Title: Wearing Masks: Racial prototypes, Stigma and Risks Participants: Terrance Stewart, MA State-wide Director of Time Done Broadcast Air Date: 05/21/2020 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: For many of us, the shelter in place did not decrease vulnerabilities but intensified our threat levels. Why is risk of death from Covid-19 greater for the African American community than other communities? Many people feel more vulnerable to risk of physical injury from others than from contracting Covid19 Depending on the skin tone, some us wear the mask and signal a threat Why can some people wear bandanas as masks without activating alarm? Are police shifting their practices away from targeting bandanas as suspicion and instead moving toward bandanas as safe? How did the narrative of African-a American communities being more at-risk of contracting Covid-19, result in a heightened fear of African American communities in public? Are the prior systems of violence also quarantined? People that were hungry before the Covid-19 shelter in place policy are now more hungry under the Covid19 quarantine efforts. People that were harassed by the police before the Covid-19 shelter in place policy are now harassed more under the Covid19 quarantine efforts. The stigma applied to certain populations What are the psychological effects of lynching? What is relationships between the infrastructure of caretaking of deceased bodies away from public site and lack of concern of threats of Covid-19? Are we desensitized from seeing people coded as Black being killed? What is the history in United States displaying dead Black bodies? How do we internalize the multiple examples of violence toward the Black community and express it our families? How do we make sense of he killing of Ahmaud Arbery within the context of Covid-19? What is the history of lynching as state sanctioned violence? Why is there a debate of whether the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was a form of racism? How do we define racism? Is the release of Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael a form of state sanction of their acts? Is racism as American as apple pie? What are the first legal codes that identify people as Black? Why did Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael suspect robbery if Ahmaud Arbery was jogging? Is every person that jogs suspected of having committed a crime? What are the dictionary associations with the colors black, brown, yellow, red and white? How does our language rewrite our codes of inequality? If we invest in understanding the system, we can build a better future. Why is self-love and self-appreciation threatening to a system that relies on inequality? Why can't some of run in public because it is perceived as threatening? Have you read the book Bad boys by Ann Ferguson? -Have you seen the film Juice? Why is there a stigma associated with wearing a hoodie? Why do we have to sacrifice our comfort so other people can be more comfortable? Where do people get their ideas about racial prototypes and stigma? If Mexicans, Native Americans and Asians were also Lynched, then why do we only associate lynching with Black communities? .
Topic COVID-19, Nurse experience, Public Safety Title: Nursing COVID-19: Experiences Symptoms and Safety Participants: Vanessa Valenzuela, Nurse Broadcast Air Date: 05/15/2020 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Discussion Topics: What are the symptoms of COVID-19? How are nurses adapting to the urgency of care-taking for COVID-19 patients? When did nurses become aware that COVID-19 was uniquely different from other cases such as flu virus? What is the relationship between the need to flatten the curve of COVID-19 transmission and the limits of the medical infrastructure's capacity to care for patients? Why are some nurses having to buy their own medical protective supplies? Did nurses think of themselves as first-responders before COVID-19? Why did most people this COVID-19 was less severe than the common flu? The medical field is still learning more ab out the effects of COVID-19. HOW is the general public learning to escalate its preventative care-taking? Is COVID-19 going to pass during the summer? How do Nurses respond to the different sources of misinformation? How do Nurses take care of themselves? How do Nurses take care not to expose their respective families and loved ones to COVID-19? What does “normal” look like during this COVID-19 period? Why do some people believe that COVID-19 is not real?
Erik, Sean, Donnie, and Brandee are here with late appearance by Special Guest Nick. We talk about Game 5 of the Warriors Vs Raptors NBA finals in anticipation for Game 6 today. It's a weird episode because it's not like the others because we talk about sports a lot. Also we talk about conspiracy theories including the well known theory that no one has ever seen the faces of the members of the shadowy organization known as the UC Regents.
Tim Recker is the CIO of the $2.4 billion James Irvine Foundation. He joined the foundation in 2016 after spending a decade in private equity and real assets for the University of California Regents, four years overseeing Alternatives at the Michigan Retirement System, and his early years at GE Asset Management Our conversation covers Tim’s career path, the culture and structure at GE and Michigan Retirement, and co-investments at UC Regents. We then turn to the intricacies of managing a highly concentrated portfolio of managers at Irvine, including effective governance. flexibility, team structure, due diligence, and decision making. We close with Tim’s perspectives on hedge funds, real estate and fixed income, and the tradeoffs in preparing for a downturn. Learn More Discuss show and Read the Transcript Join Ted's mailing list at CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com Join the Capital Allocators Forum Write a review on iTunes Follow Ted on twitter at @tseides For more episodes go to CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com/Podcast
Podcast By The Bay continues their coverage for the June 5 election and meets with Richard Wilson who is running for Judge of the San Mateo County Superior Court. Richard, who is a former attorney for the UC Regents, speaks on his vision and why he wants to challenge the incumbent judge for the position and also discusses his take on many of the legal issues of the day including bail reform. Stay Tuned! Website- www.podcastbythebay.comTwitter- https://twitter.com/@PodcastbythebayFacebook- www.facebook.com/podcastbythebay
Podcast By The Bay continues their coverage for the June 5 election and meets with Richard Wilson who is running for Judge of the San Mateo County Superior Court. Richard, who is a former attorney for the UC Regents, speaks on his vision and why he wants to challenge the incumbent judge for the position and also discusses his take on many of the legal issues of the day including bail reform. Stay Tuned! Website- www.podcastbythebay.comTwitter- https://twitter.com/@PodcastbythebayFacebook- www.facebook.com/podcastbythebay
KZSC News ~ 15 Mar 2018 San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson resigns Santa Cruz unveils citywide neighboorhood policing plan Toxins found in SF Bay Area shellfish UC Regents meet at UC Los Angeles More online at kzsc.org
Krista and Henry from Socialist Students at UCLA visited Ground Game HQ to talk about the upcoming UC Regents meeting. We discussed the tuition burden, the Regents' seeming apathy towards students, and how students are organizing to take back their campuses. For more info you can visit SocialistStudents.net or check them out on Facebook. The UC Regents will be meeting March 13th to March 15th on the UCLA campus.
UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Gray Brechin gives a history lesson of San Francisco's "Imperial Dreams", drawing on the model of Ancient Rome. He discusses the immense environmental impacts that mining and logging had on the city's contado (Italian for hinterland). He argues that the technological advancements in mining played a key role in warfare and of all things the skyscraper, and that thanks to fracking California's attitude to new energy less resembles leadership and more one-foot-on-the-accelerator-one-foot-on-the-brake. Dr. Brechin shares the large and uncomfortable role that UC Berkeley (and the wider UC Regents) had and still has in the development and delivery systems of nuclear weapons, lifting Ernest Lawrence to heroic status, while largely ignoring the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer. His three wishes include Prop. 13 reform, investing in public education and that the digital generation puts down their devices long enough to see what's really going on. He closes this first part with the real danger under which Californians place themselves in their built environment, sharing among others, the real risk of fire in the next big earthquake, repeating San Francisco's catastrophic experience of 1906. Part two, to be aired later this month, will include Mono Lake's near-death experience and how Dr. Brechin and his colleagues used the public interest doctrine in the early 1980s to save it. Other themes include the West's water wars, the dismantling of large projects, Governor Pat and Jerry Brown's legacies, bullet trains and his favourite place. Gray Brechin is the author of Imperial Dreams: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin and Farewell, Promised Land - Waking from the California Dream, both published by UC Press. www.graybrechin.net
In this month (March, that is), we have been examining famous marches in history like the Bloody Sunday march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Of course, we know that the marches did not make it all the way to Montgomery on that fateful day. But they did make the march to Montgomery a few days later—and that was also an historic moment in the civil rights movement. Another famous march was the iconic March on Washington—also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In the second wiki history podcast on marches, we examined less famous marches and we focused on marches in only one city: Oakland, California. Remember we chose Oakland, California because it has been called—and rightly so—a hotbed of radical activism. We discussed marches in that city like the 12-man march (remember, it was about racial profiling) and the marches in support of Oscar Grant, Alan Blueford and other young Black men killed by law enforcement. And we briefly mentioned Oakland’s African American mayors: Lionel Wilson and Elihu Harris as well as Oakland congressional representatives namely, Ron Dellums and Barbara Lee. I didn’t have time in that podcast to mention some of the even more radical activists in Oakland at that time like the Black Panthers (who had a strong grassroots presence in the community by providing school lunches, teaching self-defense courses and monitoring police activity in Oakland’s black neighborhoods). And I really wish that we had time to discuss the incredible and brave Angela Davis who was involved in grassroots activism but also studied and worked on at the international level. But she was based in Oakland and has maintained strong ties there. Angela Davis is a powerful and incredible activist and scholar who was and continues to have a strong presence in the legal, educational and activist communities. These marches were important and remembered for many different reasons. But today’s wiki history podcast will move away from discussing individual marches and instead look at the larger picture of why we marched and whether marching is still a useful tool in the struggle for civil rights—yes, the struggle for equality and justice, the struggle for civil rights continues today. So we will consider whether marches are effective and useful today. Before we begin, let me just mention again two books and DVDs about famous marches. This is the Day: The March on Washington and March from Selma to Montgomery—both are great books that will give you a great introduction to these marches. Two great DVDs are Selma, Lord Selma and March on Washington. I just mention these sources if you want more information about marching but you can find and purchase these and other books and DVDs on the website at robinlofton.com or rememberinghistory.com. You can also find more information and commentary on Black history and current events and leave your own comments there. I love to hear from the listeners and get your opinions on whatever moves you that day. Hope to see you there. Okay, let’s discuss why we march and what marches are about. Marching is one tool of non-violent civil disobedience or non-cooperation created by Mahatma Gandhi during the movement to free India from British rule, which was secured in August of 1947. In fact, one of the biggest acts of non-cooperation was the Salt March which attacked Britain’s monopoly on salt. In response, the British government actually invited Gandhi to London for a roundtable conference at which the British conceded large amounts of power to the Indian people. And, yes, this eventually led to their independence. Dr. Martin Luther King, who studied the philosophy of Gandhi during his doctoral program, was a great admirer of the spiritual and political leader. And he also strongly believed in his philosophy of non-violence and non-cooperation. As we know, Dr. King brought this philosophy to his work in the civil rights movement. The march is one form of non-violent disobedience that Dr. King learned from Mahatma Gandhi and that was used during the civil rights movement. It continues to be used today. In many ways, it is used even more than in the past. Social media, like Facebook and Twitter, have made it possible to organize marches within minutes. Mass media starting with television and, more recently, the Internet have made it possible for people to watch and participate in marches, hear the messages of the marchers, and to experience remotely the emotion of the march and the marchers. But what does marching really accomplish? Great question. Let’s look at some answers. 1. Attention. Marching brings attention to an issue. As I just said, a march does draw publicity. The media appear. People post pictures to Instagram, Twitter or other social media on their phones. Marching can easily go viral. People around the world can quickly hear about a march and hear the message of the protesters. This can encourage people to sympathize with the marchers’ message and even join the marchers. The larger numbers draw even more attention and support. 2. Solidarity. Marching can bring solidarity to an issue. As people hear the message, more people who are affected by the issue will be drawn to the march. The increased solidarity gives additional power to the message. Politicians are often forced to listen to the demands of the marchers. (Remember the March on Washington helped Dr. King and the SCLC to get a meeting with President Kennedy. The Selma march helped the SCLC to get a meeting with President Johnson. Strong marches open doors to the right people, the decision makers. 3. Platform. A march creates a forum where people can publicly state their demands. Often there are speeches that discuss the issue and state the demands. Sometimes, there will be written material like pamphlets or brochures or bumper stickers that will be distributed so people can state their position on a particular issue. I recently watched a march by students at UC Santa Cruz who were upset about tuition increases. Students carried signs and banners, wore shirts that stated their position, and gave speeches. I watched the march on the news from another part of the state and was moved by the passion of the students. Very effective march. 4. Not violent. Okay, sometimes marches can turn violent. Whenever there is a large group of people who are angered or saddened or feeling any other strong emotion, there is the possibility that violence can erupt. Sometimes, it is violence by the protesters but we have also seen cases when violence was started by law enforcement that overreact with deadly force. Other times, people or groups who oppose the marchers cause violence to erupt. . Violence is how marches can go wrong. But let’s slow down here. Most marches are not violent. Most marches are peaceful and organized. Most marches are almost like picnics where people (adults and children alike) carry signs, listen to speeches, walk slowly down the street or even chant. Remember the march where people actually laid down and chanted “I can’t breathe” to oppose the killing of Eric Garner. Or remember the Oakland march in which African American men walked together, dressed in suits to oppose racial profiling. There was no violence but the marches made a strong visual impact. 5. Positive outcome. A march that has gone well can have a very positive impact by bringing people together, voicing the message, spreading the message and getting lots of attention from the right people. As Dr. King stated, the “aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community.” I remember watching the movie, Selma, and noticed people’s faces changing as they watched the marchers on television. People who were opposed or indifferent to the march, felt compelled to travel to Alabama to join the marchers crossing the bridge. Five months after the bloody Sunday march in Selma, President Johnson introduced the Voting Rights Act. I must admit, though, that there has not been such dramatic action or change following the marches about the killing of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown or Eric Garner. The tuition fee hike remains in effect at UC Santa Clara. Racial profiling is still being used against African Americans. However, the issues have been brought communities together, defined the issues, brought attention and created some positive feelings of reconciliation. No, marches have not solved all of society’s problems. But I do believe that they have brought communities together and helped people to feel empowered to make change. I just want to end with a look at Dr. King’s views on marching as a form of non-violent resistance. He admits that it has challenges and it also requires a larger outlook than many people have—and a longer term view than many people want. In a speech at UC Berkeley in 1957, Dr. King noted stated that nonviolence “is not a method for cowards.” But he further noted that it does resist. It does resist. He said, “this method is passive physically but strongly active spiritually; it is nonaggressive physically but dynamically aggressive spiritually.” Wow, he’s saying that marching is not easy and it requires a person to look deep within themselves. In the same speech, he made another very interesting point that I think that we MUST remember. Nonviolent resistance does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent but to win his friendship and understanding. I know that sounds hard and contradictory to what we’re feeling. Who wants to be friends with law enforcement when they fail to protect but instead shoot 12-year kids? I don’t think that going-to-a-ballgame-together friendship is what he’s visioning but instead that the wrongdoer would develop a connection with the protester. Empathy and compassion would be the outcome on both sides. Change would be inevitable. Another point that Dr. King stated was that the attack is directed against the forces of evil rather than against the persons who are caught up in those forces. See the separation? The person is not evil but caught up in an unjust and unfair situation. He states, “The tension is at bottom between justice and injustice.” It is not between us or them. It is between right and wrong. It’s important to remember that distinction. And in his usual deep way, he stated in a sermon in Montgomery about the oppressor, to “let him know that you are merely seeking justice for him as well as yourself.” Again, wow! I don’t know how many people remember that while marching but it is so important to remember this position—to keep the focus clear and steady. So, let’s wrap up this wiki history podcast about whether marching is effective. Of course, there are many different views. Mine is that, yes, marching is effective. Very effective. Sometimes, it has immediate results that get a person released from unjust imprisonment (remember Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam marched to get medical attention and the immediate release of a fellow brother). Or to get laws passed like the Voting Rights Act or the Matthew Sheppard and James Byrd prohibiting hate crimes. Other times, it gets the attention and solidarity of people around the country or even the world. Marching defines and clarifies issues. Marching gets the issues stated and proclaimed. Marching gives a voice to the community. It gives power to the individual. It gives us an outlet to release emotion and shout our dissension. I believe in marching. I have participated in marches and have felt their energy and seen their effects. I go back to my student days when we marched against apartheid in South Africa. We demanded that the UC Regents divest our money from the country. And, eventually, they did. Marching worked. And we as students were empowered, we were unified, and we were focused by marching. It works. Well, those are my thoughts and experiences in marching. I would love to hear yours at robinlofton.com or rememberinghistory.com. This is a place for freedom of speech and thought. This is a place for the healthy and active exchange of ideas. This was the final podcast in the wiki history lecture series on marches. I hope that you enjoyed it. I really did. I hope to see you next month when this wiki history podcast series continue with its April podcasts. The April podcasts will focus on individual stories of people who made a difference in civil rights or human rights. Some of these people were briefly mentioned or shown in Selma. I was so happy to see or hear their names—it made me want to discuss them further. Their courage and contributions should not just be mentioned but proclaimed and remembered for the entire world to recognize. One important thing about history is that it is full of individual stories. We should never lose sight of the individual. Ever. I hope to see you next month. Actually, I hope to see you every day at rememberinghistory.com to voice your opinions, read the bodacious blog or so that you can examine the resources that I have mentioned in these podcasts. Hope to see you soon at rememberinghistory.com where we are remembering history and we’re making history. Bye for now!
Welcome back to robinlofton.com! This is the place where we are remembering history and the place where we are making it. March is an interesting month: winter melts into spring, schools take a long—and much-needed break and many of us are still on a high from last month’s Black history month celebrations and remembrances. With all the great stories, achievements, and contributions, Black history month is a very hard act to follow. But March does have its strengths. This month, the theme will be marches. You know, when people get out and march, protest and make demands on the government for changes, improvements and justice. I’m talking about that important and powerful form of protest: marching. Yes, in March, we will discuss marches. We’ll discuss famous marches. We’ll discuss not-so-famous marches. We will also examine why we march. And, during March month—and every month—I would love to hear from you if you’ve ever been involved in a march. What was it like? What were you marching about? What do you think of marching? Was it effective? In short, I want to hear from you about your marching experiences. I can begin with one of my marching experiences. I was an undergrad at UCLA. During the 1980s (yes, I’m revealing my age bracket here), the United States was one of the last countries to maintain economic ties with South Africa. This was during the time when South Africa was in the grip of apartheid. The Black Students Association (or BSA as it is known by people in the know) organized several large marches on campus to demand that the UC Regents divest our funds from South Africa. We also demanded a full economic boycott against South Africa while it maintained the system of apartheid and while Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and other members of the ANC remained in prison. Today, we know how the story ended: Apartheid was dismantled. South Africa became an isolated symbol of racism throughout the world. And Nelson Mandela was freed from prison and became the first Black African president of South Africa. We know that he was much more than that—his legacy of power, peace, equality, and justice endure today, long after his death. And the other political prisoners were released. Did the Black Student marches accomplish all that? Probably not—at least not alone. But these marches were happening all over the country and I think that we all contributed to dismantling apartheid and making South Africa into a free and democratic country. The marches at UCLA—all non-violent I should add—were events that brought us together as a community working towards a single and just cause. We felt empowered and strong. We felt unity (remember Umoja (in Swahili) from the first day of Kwanzaa?) and a collective passion to join the struggle with people thousands of miles away who desired equality, justice and freedom. To answer my own questions: Were our marches effective? Absolutely. Would I do it again? I already have! But that’s for another podcast. Let’s back up and do a bit of housecleaning before we begin part 1 of the marches podcast series. I hope that you enjoyed the Black History month wiki history podcasts where we answered basic questions about Black History Month: What is it? Who started it and why? And one of the most relevant questions (which also happened to be the most popular podcast of the month): do we still need Black History month? That presented a great question and really made people think about why, with a Black president, we continue to need Black history month. In fact, I remember seeing the hashtag #28daysisnotenough. It really isn’t so I will continue to learn, remember and honor Black history. If you haven’t listened to the Black history month wiki podcasts, please take a bit of time to go back to them. They are not long. Remember that they’re wiki lectures. That means (in the Hawaiian language), that you can learn a lot really fast. One more thing before I forget and before we start discussing famous marches: robinlofton.com is taking a new name. This website, podcast, and blog will be called rememberinghistory.com. I will still be the host and the front person but the name will change to reflect more closely my real goal. To remember history. To honor history. To learn from and be inspired by history. And, ultimately, to make history. So, rememberinghistory.com. There’s nothing that you need to do. You can go to robinlofton.com where you’ll be forwarded to rememberinghistory.com. Or you can, of course, just visit rememberinghistory.com. Looking forward to seeing you there. Now for the marches. I know as I begin this podcast, you might be thinking about the blockbuster historical movie, Selma. That’s great. I love historical movies because they help to bring history to life and remind us of the important events in history—even if they were not so long ago. And Selma, Alabama was the scene of an important march on what has come to be known as Bloody Sunday. It was March 7, 1965. There were other marches that took place around the same time, lasting for another 18 days. The Turnaround March, for example. This was one of the most famous marches in U.S. history. What was the march about? Voting rights for African Americans. The marchers were demanding the passage of a Voting Rights law that prohibited discrimination in the right and practice of voting. As the bloody Sunday name suggests, this non-violent march ended with police and state troopers attacking the unarmed marchers. Many were injured. Some were killed. This march was effective: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law just five months later, on August 6, 1965. There is lots more about the Voting Rights Act—it is a fundamental and revolutionary document that is constantly under attack—and I have a wiki history podcast that discusses it called Civil Rights Movement: The Laws & Supreme Court cases. Back to the Selma march, the march was also a response to the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson by an Alabama State trooper. Mr. Jackson was killed while fleeing violence that had erupted at a voting rights rally. The Selma march was also a response to the killing of Rev. James Reeb by four members of the Ku Klux Klan who objected to Rev. Reeb dining at an integrated restaurant. Well, if you want to know more about the Selma march, I encourage you to see the movie or listen to my podcast called The Civil Rights Movement: Marches and Protests. Actually, you can do both if you like! One of the most famous and largest marches, not just in U.S. history, but in world history was the March on Washington, which was held on August 28, 1963. Did you know that full name was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom? Yes, that really tells it all. It was the largest march ever held for economic and social rights for African Americans. 250,000 people attended the march, including 60,000 whites. It was absolutely an integrated (or multicultural in modern lingo) movement—and that was very rare at the time. This is when and where SCLC president Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. In fact, there was a long list of speakers including A. Philip Randolph who gave the opening remarks, SNCC Chairman John Lewis (who would be a central figure at the Selma march 2 years later), National Urban League director Whitney Young, and NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkens who led a moment of silence for WEB Dubois had died in Ghana on the previous night. There was also a long list of performers like Mahalia Jackson, Marion Anderson, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. How effective was the March on Washington? That is open to a lot of debate. There was criticism on all sides: Some people, including Malcolm X, thought that the issue and goal of the march were too diluted as a result of multicultural support and conflicting agendas. Some people in the Kennedy Administration felt that the march was too radical and inflammatory because many speakers were questioning the effectiveness of the current civil rights bill. Still, others (particularly white segregationists) were angered that Black people and civil rights issues had been provided with so much power and coverage. Most of the participants felt that the march was an historic and life-changing experience. To me (no I wasn’t there), that historic and life-changing feeling by itself shows that the march was effective and powerful. Following the march, President Kennedy did actually meet with civil rights leaders—that was a huge step on its own—but he had not signed the civil rights bill before his assassination. Eleven months later, his successor Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. So, those are two of the most famous marches. There is a lot more to say about them but I encourage you read about them for yourself. Two good books are This is the Day: The March on Washington by Leonard Freed and March from Selma to Montgomery by Michael Uschan (by the way, Michael Uschan has written a lot about African American history and his books are very readable and informative.) If you’re more the visual type, go see Selma if it’s still in the theaters. If not, then a great DVD is Selma, Lord, Selma. And a good DVD about the March on Washington is called The March, which is a documentary with Denzel Washington. I just mention these books and DVDs but you can find them all and others (with reviews) on robinlofton.com and rememberinghistory.com. Look in the store section on Marches. You can’t miss it! And, while you’re at the website, please give me your comments about the marches, the books, the movies, or anything else that it is on your mind. I love to hear from my listeners. Remember we are part of a community and I definitely believe in freedom of speech and expression. If you actually attended one of these marches—or another march—tell me your experiences, thoughts, and beliefs about the marches. In the next wiki podcast, we are going to discuss some of the lesser-known marches. These marches are not unknown, but they certainly were not on the scale of the March on Washington or the Selma to Montgomery march in terms of participation and numbers. But you might just find that they were powerful, effective and memorable in their own right. And to make it even more interesting, I am going to focus on a single city for the wiki history podcast on these lesser-known marches. I will not tell you the name of the city but here’s a hint: This city has been described as a “hotbed of radical activism.” That’s a quote. Well, think about it and tune in next time for the name of this “hotbed of radical activism” and the marches that have occurred there. Just to jump ahead, the final podcast in the marches series will discuss why we march and examine the march as an effective tool for change. We will examine specific and modern marches so it will be quite interesting. There is a reason that Gandhi marched and that we continue to march. Finally, every time someone listens to these podcasts, I will donate $1 to the ASALH, the Association for the Study of African American Life & History. This organization, founded by Carter G. Woodson, is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year and is a great organization that keeps African American history alive, growing and respected. Feel free to visit them at asalh.org. And feel free to visit robinlofton.com and rememberinghistory.com. Hope that you enjoyed this “march” down memory lane (sorry, but I couldn’t resist that one), I hope to hear your comments and experiences, and I hope that you will join me at the next marches podcast where we are remembering history and we’re making history. Bye for now!