Join us online Wednesday to meet some filmmakers:

• We Still Here introduces the incredible youth of Comerío, Puerto Rico navigating the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a disaster that brought an unprecedented level of devastation to an island already in an economic and political crisis. (54 minutes)
• May 12: Far East, Deep South follows a Chinese American family’s search for their roots that leads to Mississippi, where they uncover surprising family revelations and the racially complex history of Chinese immigrants in the segregated South. (76 minutes)

Discuss and practice classroom applications for these additional films:

• May 19: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail tells the incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, NY. Accused of mortgage fraud, Abacus becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges during the 2008 financial crisis. (85 minutes) 

We invite participants to join us in exploring these inquiries:

• What is non-extractive storytelling and how it is possible in our own work?
• How do communities and community members tell their stories?
• How do communities advocate for just storytelling?

Register here. Participants will get automatic private access to films. We will not be screening the films during the institute. Here's the online institute schedule to share widely! See you online! Email Tuyen at tntran@ucdavis.edu with any questions. 

May 12: Tsim Schneider, University of California, Santa Cruz (4-5:30pm, PST), "Injustice and Indigenous Resilience in Colonial California"

Dr. Schneider, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UCSC, shares how dispossession of traditional lands, destruction of natural resources and habitat loss, disintegration of Indigenous cultures, and the demographic collapse of Native communities also illuminate critical instances of resilience during successive and compounding periods of colonial injustice.

Everything you need to participate is in our welcome packet, including this meeting link, primary sources and background readings, and more. As a follow up, we’re hosting an online discussion hour on May 19 (4-5pm, PST) to share instructional resources and continue small group discussions. Details are in the welcome packet.  

The next webinar for our Sources of Justice Scholar Series is tomorrow: Tuesday, March 15 from 4-5:30pm (PST).

This is the link and the passcode: CHSSPTPS.

Dr. Lorena V. Marquez will be presenting “Championing Local History through a Social Justice Lens.”

Mark your calendar for the after party. We’re hosting an online discussion hour on March 30 (4-5pm, PST) to share instructional resources and continue small group discussions. Details are in the welcome packet.

Our next presenter for the Sources of Justice Scholar Series is Dr. Lorena V. Marquez of UC Davis. We're meeting Tuesday March 15 from 4-5:30pm (PST). Please register to be added to all communications. Everything you need to participate is here, including this meeting link, webinar readings, and more. In particular, check out Dr. Marquez’s book chapters and this online treasure trove of oral histories related to her talk. In addition, we’re hosting an online discussion hour on March 30 (4-5pm, PST) to share instructional resources and continue small group discussions. 

With good reason, we’re cancelling tomorrow’s follow up session.

In its place, at the same time, I invite you to consider attending this online teach-in on the Ukraine War with me. Here are additional resources to get caught up on Ukraine. 

As a  reminder, you can view Dr. Fuentes’s “Black Death” presentation here. A recording of the follow up session will be available starting Tuesday, March 8. The recorded follow up session will provide background on the resource guide and support for literacy instruction.