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My first, first author paper is out now. This is the first Research Practice Support by Society of Family Planning and it provides guidelines and recommendations for critically engaging in structural racism scholarship in family planning (and beyond!). https://lnkd.in/gj7ZeBGK

I will be speaking on "Truth Commissions and State Building" at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 10. I will discuss my recent book, which explores the role of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) in state-building processes. Drawing on Participedia research data, I frame TRCs as deliberative democratic innovations and mechanisms for public participation in specific post-conflict and post-autocratic state-building contexts. https://lnkd.in/gUxByppG

Enjoying this informative conversation today about democracy in our state.

TODAY: Join us at 11 am PT for a deep dive into the gaps between younger and older Californians in their partisanship, ideology, and opinions on current issues and candidates. Learn more and register to watch: https://bit.ly/3VUCKY0

Democratization means making something, usually a public good, accessible to everyone. In our latest Slaw column, CFCJ Senior Research Fellow Dr. Ab Currie explores the idea of democratizing justice: https://lnkd.in/e4ZBvQtd

Join us on April 5th for Confronting State Violence Across the Globe, the 12th Roma Conference at Harvard University, where an interdisciplinary group of speakers will examine state violence experienced by racialized communities across the world. The conference has a dual focus: Firstly, it aims to interrogate the genesis and sources of power and the mechanisms and manifestations of state violence experienced by racialized communities across the world. Secondly, it will endeavor to unpack the concept of “ungrievable lives,” the narratives of the Other, the Oriental, or the Oriental within, and the politics of death that validate state-sponsored violence and injustices. As Judith Butler says in Frames of War, “An ungrievable life is one that cannot be mourned because it has never lived, that is, it has never counted as a life at all. We can see the division of the globe into grievable and ungrievable lives from the perspective of those who wage war in order to defend the lives of certain communities and to defend them against the lives of others—even if it means taking those latter lives.” Discussing lives deemed ungrievable will be this year's keynote speaker, Dr. Cornel West, PhD. Details & registration: https://lnkd.in/ejpH_rgW

Join us on April 5th for Confronting State Violence Across the Globe, the 12th Roma Conference at Harvard University, where an interdisciplinary group of speakers will examine state violence experienced by racialized communities across the world. The conference has a dual focus: Firstly, it aims to interrogate the genesis and sources of power and the mechanisms and manifestations of state violence experienced by racialized communities across the world. Secondly, it will endeavor to unpack the concept of “ungrievable lives,” the narratives of the Other, the Oriental, or the Oriental within, and the politics of death that validate state-sponsored violence and injustices. As Judith Butler says in Frames of War, “An ungrievable life is one that cannot be mourned because it has never lived, that is, it has never counted as a life at all. We can see the division of the globe into grievable and ungrievable lives from the perspective of those who wage war in order to defend the lives of certain communities and to defend them against the lives of others—even if it means taking those latter lives.” Discussing lives deemed ungrievable will be this year's keynote speaker, Dr. Cornel West, PhD. Details & registration: https://lnkd.in/ejpH_rgW

The Texas Tribune will convene a diverse group of Texans and experts in multiple fields for “We the Texans: A Symposium on the State of Democracy” at UHD on Tuesday, Feb. 27, and online. During the daylong event, we’ll examine the state of democracy in Texas, what can be done to reinvigorate trust and encourage civic engagement, and how we can work together to solve local, regional, and statewide challenges. Up for discussion: ▪️ Voter turnout — and how to increase it. ▪️ The local media landscape — and how it’s helping or hurting. ▪️ How young Texans are making a difference — and changing the conversation. ▪️ Governing Texas communities and the challenges that come with it — especially at the local level. RSVP today: https://trib.it/HJV