Conversations on Race and Policing - California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB)

Conversations on Race and Policing - California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB)

This series began in response to the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. In this work, we hope to explore, enlighten, and engage ourselves and the campus community with ongoing panel discussions, lectures, presentations, and film screenings related to the history and current context of race, policing, and criminal justice. We invite leading scholars, journalists, lawyers, healthcare professionals, current and veteran members of law enforcement, faith-based leaders, the formerly incarcerated, artists, activists, students, and more to share their experience, expertise, and passion with our university community and beyond. Our aim is to have an ongoing conversation about the way criminal justice operates – especially in communities of color – in order to empower and inform our students, faculty, staff, and residents of the Inland Empire. We have hosted over 110 weekly events to date. Please see our Lecture Series Archive (https://www.csusb.edu/corp/lecture-series-archive) for past events and recordings, and plan to join us online for Upcoming Events (https://www.csusb.edu/corp). Recordings of most events will be posted on their event pages after editing. We recognize that these are long and sometimes difficult conversations, as we continue the series into 2024-25, our fifth year.

Episodes

April 14, 2025 39 mins

Join us for a screening and discussion of "Breaking Barriers," a short film

Danny Murillo, who is featured in the film and is a co-founder of the Underground Scholars at Berkeley will join us to discuss the film.

Notes below from the film website, and find the Berkeley Underground Scholars Initiative here.

"Breaking Barriers follows a group of system-impacted students at Cal-Berkeley who face significant challenges as formerly inca...

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In Conversation with Drs. Madeline Stenersen (Psychology, Saint Louis University) and Cassandra Young (Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies; University of Denver)

Join us on Zoom for a discussion with Drs. Madeline Stenersen (Psychology, Saint Louis University) and Cassandra Young (Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies; University of Denver). Drs. Young and Stenersen are experts in a wide range of topics related to gender, race,...

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Join us for a conversation with Cat Brooks on the eradication of state violence and a pathway to true public safety.

Cat Brooks is host of Law & Disorder on KPFA (link) and a long-time performer, organizer, and activist. She played a central role in the struggle for justice for Oscar Grant, and spent the last decade working with impacted communities and families to rapidly respond to police violence and radically transform the ...

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Please join us for a conversation with Brennan Center Fellow and former FBI Special Agent, Michael German about his new book, Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within (The New Press, 2024). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.

Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), ...

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Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Daanika Gordon (Sociology, Tufts University) about her recent book, Policing the Racial Divide: Urban Growth Politics and the Remaking of Segregation (NYU Press, 2022). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.

Find Dr. Gordon's webpage here.

Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action G...

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Join us for a conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.).

Neal Kelley is the retired Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States, serving more than 1.9 million registered voters.

Kelley served as the Registrar of Voters from 2005 through 2022 and led the office through the largest cycle of elections since Orange County was founded in...

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Please join us for a conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) for a presentation and discussion about his recent book, Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege (Routledge, 2024).

Find more about Dr. Sunshine on his website here, and find the book at the Routledge website here.

From the Routledge website: "A new wave of aspiring neo-Nazi terrorists has arisen—includin...

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A conversation with Dr. Michael Sierra-Arévalo (Sociology, University of Texas, Austin) about his new book, The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing (Columbia University Press, 2024). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.

Find Dr. Sierra-Arévalo's homepage here.

Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Act...

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Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley, Africana Studies, faculty page link).

Find Dr. Carter Jackson's website here (link).

Dr. Carter Jackson's upcoming book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, will be published June 4 and can be pre-ordered, details at the publisher's website here (link) or Amazon here (link).

Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing

Thank you to the Colle...

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Join us in conversation with Dr. Marianne Celano (Emory), Dr. Marietta Collins (Morehouse) and Dr. Ann Hazard (psychologist/author) about their book "Something Happened in Our Town" (publishers link) (Amazon link).

Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing

Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.

Series...

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Join us for a conversation with journalist/correspondent, Dana Miller Ervin for a film screening and discussion of her film, Fractured. She will be joined by Chief Deputy Durwin Briscoe of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office (North Carolina).

Dana Miller Ervin is an award-winning journalist who has worked at “60 Minutes,” CNBC, “CBS This Morning” and “Nightline.” She has three Emmy Awards for investigative reporting and research,...

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Join us for a conversation with Professor Sahar Aziz (Rutgers Law, link).

Find Professor Aziz's recent article "State Sponsored Radicalization" in the Michigan Journal of Race & Law here (link).

Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing

Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.

Series organizers: Dr....

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