RSS FeedUpcoming EventsEXHIBIT: Voices for the Environment: A Century of Bay Area Activism, March 28https://events.berkeley.edu/live/events/210982-exhibition-voices-for-the-environment-a-century-of

Curated by the Oral History Center, Voices for the Environment: A Century of Bay Area Activism charts the evolution of environmental movements in the region through the recorded voices of the activists who shaped them. From tensions over preservation after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to demands to address the disproportionate burdens of pollution and illness that some communities faced, environmentalism has long been part of the fabric of the Bay Area.

Smartphones and headphones are suggested.

The Bancroft Library Gallery


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Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration, April 1https://events.berkeley.edu/pubpol/event/243293-excessive-punishment-how-the-justice-system

The United States represents less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but holds over 20 percent of its prisoners. With just under 1.8 million people behind bars, the American criminal justice system has increased our incarcerated population by 500% since 1970. Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration, edited by Lauren-Brooke Eisen of the Brennan Center for Justice, examines the American justice system’s dependance on retribution. Through a collection of essays by wide range of experts, Excessive Punishment explores the myriad factors contributing to mass incarceration—poverty, racism, the legacy of slavery—and offers potential reforms.

Join the Goldman School of Public Policy, the Berkeley Criminal Law & Justice Center, and the Brennan Center for Justice during Second Chance Month for a thought-provoking discussion on the far-reaching effects of the American prison system and how we can move towards restoration rather than punishment.

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2024 Wildavsky Lecture for Public Policy: Dean Karlan, April 5https://events.berkeley.edu/pubpol/event/242566-2024-wildavsky-lecture-for-public-policy-dean

The Aaron Wildavsky Forum for Public Policy was established to honor the Goldman School’s founding dean Aaron Wildavsky’s memory and his contributions to the field of public policy. Over the years, the Forum has sponsored lectures by impressive researchers and thinkers such as Mary Bassett, Larry Summers, William Julius Wilson, Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Jim Heckman, Robert Frank, and Uwe Reinhardt.

The 2024 Wildavsky Lecture will feature Dean Karlan. Dean is the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University, co-Director with Christopher Udry of the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University, and the Founder and President of Innovations for Poverty Action, a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting solutions to global poverty problems. Dean is also on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the M.I.T. Jameel Poverty Action Lab. In 2015, he also co-founded ImpactMatters, a nonprofit dedicated to estimating and rating impact of nonprofit organizations in order to help donors choose good charities and to promote more transparency in the nonprofit sector. Dean is currently serving as the Agency Chief Economist at USAID. The discussion will last approximately an hour and a half, with a reception following.

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2024 Barbara Boxer Lecture, April 17https://events.berkeley.edu/live/events/229464-2024-boxer-lecture

The Barbara Boxer Lecture is an annual event, sponsored jointly by the Institute of Governmental Studies and The Bancroft Library, that focuses on women in leadership.

IGS and the Bancroft Library are pleased to announce that former Congresswoman Rep. Jackie Speier will be in conversation with former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, as the 2024 Barbara Boxer Lecturer.

About the Speaker
Jackie Speier is a former U.S. Congresswoman for California’s 14th district, where she served from 2008 to 2023. Before that, she served on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, the California State Assembly and the California Senate, bringing her total time in public service to over 40 years.

Jackie is a fierce advocate for women’s rights, gun violence prevention, health care, LGBTQ+ rights, and the care of service members and veterans. Her decade-long fight in Congress against sexual assault in the military earned her the recognition by Newsweek Magazine as among the top “150 Fearless Women of the World.” She was named one of Politico’s 50 most influential people for bringing the “Me Too” reckoning to Congress.

In the California State Legislature Jackie had a record 300 bills become law. She and authored the nation’s strongest consumer financial privacy law and the Gender Tax Repeal Act, and worked to pass the state’s assault weapon ban.

While working as a legislative counsel to Congressman Leo Ryan in 1978, and investigating the People’s Temple cult, she was shot five times and the Congressman was assassinated in the Jonestown massacre in Guyana.

Jackie is the author of two bestselling books, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage and Fighting Back and This Is Not the Life I Ordered. She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and U.C. Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings). She is married to Barry Dennis and has two children and an adorable Golden-doodle dog named Emma.

This is an accessible event. If you are a disabled person and need reasonable accommodations to participate they will be provided. For more information, and to make a request, please contact Ezra Bristow at ezrabristow@berkeley.edu

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