Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

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Catalyzing transformative social change research at UC Berkeley & beyond 🏠 issi.berkeley.edu

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📚 Book Talk!👇 Khiara M. Bridges, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social, will discuss her book, Expecting Inequity (mitpress.bsky.social). Don't miss it! Register below. 🗓 November 4, 2026 → 4-5:30 PM 📍2111 Bancroft Way #104, Berkeley & Zoom

events.berkeley.eduExpecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black AmericansRacism in maternal healthcare is not reserved for the poor. Wealthier black people are much more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, or the...

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📣 10/28: "Defending Our Rights, Fighting For Our Future" with @aclu-norcal.bsky.social's Cecillia Wang & @zentronix.bsky.social Co-sponsors: CRWS, Center for Race & Gender, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, Ethnic Studies, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Henderson Center for Social Justice

eventbrite.com“Defending Our Rights, Fighting For Our Future”: The ACLU’s Cecillia WangJoin us for a rare, exclusive conversation with ACLU National Legal Director Cecillia Wang, hosted by author Jeff Chang ‘89.
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ISSI Grad Fellow Kieren Rudge co-authored a new article in Environmental Education Research exploring how affinity-based stewardship education can transform natural resource management at individual, community, and field-wide scales. #eerjournal

tandfonline.comAffinity-based land stewardship trainings: transforming practice and cultivating empowerment for marginalized learnersResearch has demonstrated the value of affinity groups that exist alongside mainstream schools or workplaces as support spaces for marginalized people, especially in White male-dominated scientific...
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Around here, #OskiBday is never just one day. Today is your final chance to double your impact. An anonymous donor is matching every gift to ISSI, up to $10,000. Help us reach the match and invest in the next generation of scholars working to shape a more equitable future.

givingday.berkeley.eduOski's B-Day Bearathon 2026September 16–18
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Happy #OskiBday! In honor of Oski’s 85th birthday and our 50th anniversary, an anonymous donor will match every gift made to ISSI, up to $10k! Empower next-gen leaders: bit.ly/Oski2026

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ISSI grad student and @ucbgeography.bsky.social PhD candidate Clara Pérez Medina recently published a paper, "Framing Displacement, Forcing Perspective: Black Visual Geographies and the Crisis of Homelessness in Oakland." Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #homelessness #blackness

onlinelibrary.wiley.comFraming Displacement, Forcing Perspective: Black Visual Geographies and the Crisis of Homelessness in OaklandWhile Black and visual geographies have examined the image's racial and spatial power, more work is needed to analyze how racial frames of view become spatially embedded. This paper advances such a p...
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ISSI faculty affiliate Patricia Baquedano-López and ISSI alum Theresa Burruel Stone co-authored, "Socializing and engaging a decolonizing praxis in language socialization: Reframing school-community relationships" (The Oxford Handbook of Language Socialization). #education #linguistics #anthropology

doi.orgSocializing and engaging a decolonizing praxis in language socialization: Reframing school–community relationshipsAbstractStarting with a discussion of decolonial praxis, this chapter interrogates the production and location of knowledge in language socialization theor

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Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies
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Can bedtime stories help explain far-right voting patterns? Read about it in "Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany," a new study co-authored by CRWS graduate student @elena-amaya.bsky.social. #voting #folklore #sociology

journals.sagepub.comPedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany - Elena Amaya, Robert Braun, 2026This article argues that folklore (orally transmitted group knowledge) shapes far-right voting by inculcating feeling rules that resonate with nativist and auto...
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Berkeley Professor Emeritus Harry Edwards spoke at an ISSI event in 2022, "Sport in Society: Intersectionalities, Consequences and Projections." Dr. Edwards is among the individuals featured in a UC Berkeley News article about 25 UC Berkeley breakthroughs. #sports #blackhistory #activism #ucberkeley

news.berkeley.edu25 UC Berkeley breakthroughs to commemorate America's 250th birthday - Berkeley NewsFrom Nobel Prizes to national parks, here are 25 ways Berkeley has lit the way forward throughout its history.
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Learn about how ISSI alum Joe Griffin turned his own experiences with community violence into a lifelong mission. Griffin is now finishing a term as a @publichealth.berkeley.edu Social Impact Fellow. He spent his term establishing the G-VITAL Institute to heal communities and interrupt gun violence.

publichealth.berkeley.eduThe science of de-escalationDr. Joe Griffin, executive director of the violence prevention program Youth ALIVE!, on healing communities and interrupting urban violence.
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ISSI faculty affiliate Hidetaka Hirota was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject President Trump's attempt to end the practice of granting citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil. "The decision demonstrates how historians' work continues to matter in our society today."

ls.berkeley.eduSupreme Court cites Berkeley history professor’s research in landmark birthright citizenship decisionThe U.S. Supreme Court this week reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the longstanding practice of granting citizenship ...
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According to ISSI faculty affiliate @drjasminbstephens.bsky.social, the rise of suicide rates among Black adolescents over the past 20 years is the largest of any racial group. "The answer is clear: build the ecosystems [...] that give Black youth not just reasons to survive, but reasons to thrive."

ls.berkeley.eduPsychology Professor creates strengths-based framework addressing Black youth suicideOver the past two decades, suicide rates among Black adolescents have risen 144% — the largest of any racial group, according to UC Berkeley Psychology Professor Jasmin Brooks Stephens. While most res...

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'The Evolving Radical Right in the Early Twenty-First Century' is a new book published by Routledge that explores the rise of the radical right, populism, and extremism. CRWS Chair Lawrence Rosenthal was interviewed by Ken Fuchsman in the chapter, "Resentment and Fear of Loss in the Radical Right."

routledge.comThe Evolving Radical Right in the Early Twenty-First Century: Liberty Under SiegeThis book investigates the dynamics of expansion and normalization of the radical right in the early twenty-first century. The radical right’s popularity with voters dramatically increased, it even en...
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Essential reading for anyone interested in Black culture and the history of Liverpool! Our alum Stephen Small's new book, Black Liverpool (livunipress.bsky.social), draws on over 70 interviews with Black community residents, workers, activists, and celebrities to examine Liverpool’s unique history.

liverpooluniversitypress.co.ukBlack Liverpool | Home'The real thing': West African, West Indian and Afro-American culture at the end of the twentieth century
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Rachel Morello-Frosch, Berkeley Center for Social Medicine affiliate, will be the inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, & environment at UC Berkeley. Her research examines structural determinants of environmental health & how they shape health inequities. news.berkeley.edu/2026/04/22/u...

news.berkeley.eduUC Berkeley appoints Rachel Morello-Frosch as inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, and environment - Berkeley NewsThe public health expert and Berkeley professor will unite scholars across campus to address crucial environmental challenges.
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In February, university administrators stripped the artwork from the Multicultural Community Center (MCC). To those who support the MCC, the changes amount to a whitewashing of the center. In this article, AARC affiliates are quoted providing historical context. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/04/22/m...

berkeleyside.orgUC Berkeley strips all political art from trailblazing multicultural centerEven a poster of Martin Luther King was yanked from Cal's Multicultural Community Center. Student organizations are banned from hosting events.
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ISSI grad student Aukeem Ballard co-authored an article in the Journal of Educational Administration that amplifies wisdom from the experiences of women of color social justice school leaders who receive & give micro affirmations as part of their leadership praxis. escholarship.org/uc/item/6sr0...

escholarship.orgUnderstanding how micro affirmations support multiply marginalized social justice school leaders to thriveAuthor(s): Cheung, Rebecca; Ballard, Aukeem | Abstract: Purpose: This paper illuminates and amplifies enduring wisdom from the everyday experiences of thriving women of color soc...