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

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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. read less
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Oct 30, 2024 - In Conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.).
Nov 5 2024
Oct 30, 2024 - In Conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.).
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 1889. In his role as the County’s chief election official, he led an organization responsible for conducting elections, verifying petitions, and maintaining voter records. Prior to joining Orange County, Kelley developed and grew several companies of his own, employing hundreds of people from 1989 to 2004. He was also an adjunct professor with Riverside Community College’s Business Administration Department, and served as a police officer in Southern California during the mid 1980's. He has been the recipient of numerous state and national awards for election administration and is a past recipient of the “Public Official of the Year” award by the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (iGO). Kelley was named as one of “OC’s 100 Most Influential” individuals by the Orange County Register in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Kelley is a former appointee and founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Election Security Task Force (Government Coordinating Council (GCC), where he helped to oversee the protection of the nation’s election infrastructure. He also served as a member and past chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors, is a former member of the EAC Voting Systems Standards Board and a former member of the EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC). In addition, he served as a member of the 2018 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on the Future of Voting. Kelley has been invited to testify before committees of the U.S. House, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, several state legislative bodies, and both federal and state courts. He is the past president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials (CACEO) and is the past president for the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (iGO). Although retired from his role in Orange County, he currently serves as the statewide project manager for the 2024 elections in the State of Hawaii, teaches election management at the University of Minnesota, and is the Chair Emeritus of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE), a bi-partisan group of current and former election officials and law enforcement focused on election security. Kelley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and management from the University of Redlands and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology).  Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).
Oct 2, 2024 - In Conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) about his new book, "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s 'Siege'"
Oct 3 2024
Oct 2, 2024 - In Conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) about his new book, "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s 'Siege'"
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—including the infamous Atomwaffen Division. And they have a bible: James Mason’s Siege, which praises terrorism, serial killers, and Charles Manson. Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism, based on years of archival work and interviews, documents for the first time the origins of Siege. "First, it shows how Mason’s vision arose from debates by 1970s neo-Nazis who splintered off the American Nazi Party/National Socialist White People's Party and spun off a terrorist faction. Second, it unveils how four 1980s countercultural figures—musicians Boyd Rice and Michael Moynihan, Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey, and Satanist Nikolas Schreck—discovered, promoted, and published Mason. Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism explores a previously overlooked period and unearths the hidden connections between a countercultural clique and violent neo-Nazis—which together have set the template for today’s Neo-nazi terrorist underground. "It is obligatory reading for those interested in contemporary terrorism, postwar countercultures, and the history of the U.S. Far Right and neo-Nazism." Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology).  Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).
April 29, 2024 - Film Screening and Conversation: “Fractured” -- a crisis among jail inmates living with severe mental illness
May 7 2024
April 29, 2024 - Film Screening and Conversation: “Fractured” -- a crisis among jail inmates living with severe mental illness
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, as well as a Peabody Award and an Alfred I. DuPont Award. 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 supporting this event along with Pfau Library. Sponsored by CSUSB, FRONTLINE PBS, Firelight Media, and WFAE Charlotte NPR. The investigation and radio broadcast series were produced in collaboration with FRONTLINE as part of its Local Journalism Initiative. The initiative is funded through a $3 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and a $1 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).
April 15. 2024 - The Police Can Lie to You: A Philosophy Prof and Former FBI Agent Discusses (Dr. Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama)
Apr 16 2024
April 15. 2024 - The Police Can Lie to You: A Philosophy Prof and Former FBI Agent Discusses (Dr. Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama)
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing Join Luke William Hunt (link) -- a philosophy professor and former FBI Special Agent -- for a conversation about the ethics of police deception and dishonesty.  In his new book, Police Deception and Dishonesty: The Logic of Lying, Hunt argues that many of our assumptions about policing and security are unjustified. Through a rich discussion of literature and case studies, he shows that there are compelling reasons to think that the police's widespread use of proactive deception and dishonesty is inconsistent with fundamental norms of political morality--especially norms regarding fraud and the rule of law. Although there are times and places for dishonesty and deception in policing, Hunt evocatively illustrates why those times and places should be much more limited than current practices suggest. Luke William Hunt is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama, where he teaches in the department's Jurisprudence Track. After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk for a federal judge in Virginia. He then worked as an FBI Special Agent in Virginia and Washington, D.C., followed by his doctoral work in philosophy at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Retrieval of Liberalism in Policing (Oxford, 2019), The Police Identity Crisis: Hero, Warrior, Guardian, Algorithm (Routledge, 2021), and Police Deception and Dishonesty: The Logic of Lying (Oxford, 2024). 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. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).
March 24 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Daniel Gascón and LG Freierman of of University of Massachusetts, Boston
Apr 11 2024
March 24 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Daniel Gascón and LG Freierman of of University of Massachusetts, Boston
A conversation with Dr. Daniel Gascón and LG Freierman University of Massachusetts, Boston. Daniel Gascón is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston, a Research Fellow at the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy. He is the founding director of the Racial Justice Laboratory. Daniel’s current research combines sociology, criminal justice, law, and history. His recent solo-authored work appears in the journals Critical Sociology and Social Justice, and he is the lead author of the March 2024 book, Police and State Crime in the Americas: Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives with Palgrave-Macmillan Publishing. LG Freierman (they/them) is an alum from the UMass Boston Sociology department and the Bunker Hill Community College Liberal Arts Department. They are currently a lab assistant at the Racial Justice Laboratory. Find Dr. Gascón's book, The Limits of Community Policing: Civilian Power and Police Accountability in Black and Brown Los Angeles (NYU, 2019, link), and find a recent article by Dr. Gascón, "The Hispanic Outreach: Network Analysis of a Community-Based Policing Program in South Los Angeles" here. 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. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice).
Sep 27, 2023 - In Conversation with Guesnerth Josué Perea (Executive Director of the Afrolatin@ Forum)
Feb 8 2024
Sep 27, 2023 - In Conversation with Guesnerth Josué Perea (Executive Director of the Afrolatin@ Forum)
A conversation with Guesnerth Josué Perea (Executive Director of the Afrolatin@ Forum). This event is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Thank you also to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library. This event is presented in partnership with the CSUSB Anthropology Department. Guesnerth Josué Perea is Executive Director of the afrolatin@ forum (link), Co-Curator of the AfoLatine Theology Project, Executive Producer of the documentary "Faith in Blackness: An Exploration of AfroLatine Spirituality", and Co-Host of the podcast "Majestad Prieta". His writings on AfroLatinidad have been part of various publications including Let Spirit Speak! Cultural Journeys through the African Diaspora, the Revista de Estudios Colombianos, and Engaging Religion, a digital journal by Indiana University. Josué was once named by the newspaper amNewYork as one of five Colombians "making a mark" in New York City.  https://centerforthehumanities.org/programming/participants/guesnerth-josu%C3%A9-perea Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (History), Cecelia Smith (CSUSB, BA/MA Graduate), Matt Patino (CSUSB MA Candidate). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).
Oct 18, 2023 - In Conversation with Dr. Marisol LeBrón (UC Santa Cruz)
Feb 7 2024
Oct 18, 2023 - In Conversation with Dr. Marisol LeBrón (UC Santa Cruz)
a conversation with Dr. Marisol LeBrón (UC Santa Cruz). Wednesday, October 18 2023 at 1:00 PM PDT Recording is at this link Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for supporting this event along with Pfau Library. This webinar event is open to the public. Marisol LeBrón is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research and teaching focus on race, social inequality, policing, violence, and protest. Prior to arriving at UCSC, she held appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, Dickinson College, and Duke University. She received her PhD in American Studies from New York University and her bachelor's degree in Comparative American Studies and Latin American Studies from Oberlin College. She is the author of Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico (University of California Press, 2019) and Against Muerto Rico: Lessons from the Verano Boricua (Editora Educación Emergente, 2021). Along with Yarimar Bonilla, she is the co-editor of Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Haymarket Books, 2019). She has published her research in a variety of venues including Signs, Society and Space, Modern American History, Radical History Review, Journal of Urban History, Souls, Women & Performance, and NACLA Report on the Americas. She is currently at work on a new book project, Up Against the Wall: Policing and the Making of Latinxs, which is under contract with University of California Press’ American Studies Now series. Up Against the Wall aims to uncover the centrality of policing to the emergence and consolidation of Latinx identity in the United States. The book demonstrates that policing has played an essential, although chronically underexamined, role in shaping how we understand Latinxs and their place within American society. When and how diverse Latinx communities have come into contact with the United States’ law enforcement apparatus tell us a great deal about how Latinx groups are positioned within hierarchies of belonging related to race, citizenship, class, and spatial location in ways that continue to have deadly reverberations. In particular, Up Against the Wall traces how policing functions as a structuring component of everyday life for Latinxs that both facilitates and manages the effects of (settler) colonial dispossession, imperialist expansion, economic exploitation, and racial differentiation. An active contributor to popular conversations about policing as well as Puerto Rico and its diaspora, she has published op-eds in The Washington Post, The Guardian and Truthout in addition to being interviewed by a number of news outlets. She is one of the co-creators and project leaders for the Puerto Rico Syllabus (#PRsyllabus), a digital resource for understanding the Puerto Rican debt crisis. She is also one of the editors for The Abusable Past, a digital project that features unique and original content related to the praxis of radical history in this social and political moment. She is currently the Vice President/President Elect of the Puerto Rican Studies Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the American Studies Association. Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (History), Cecelia Smith (CSUSB, BA/MA Graduate), Matt Patino (CSUSB MA Candidate). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).
Oct 25, 2023 - In Conversation with Professor Dorothy Roberts (University of Pennsylvania)
Feb 7 2024
Oct 25, 2023 - In Conversation with Professor Dorothy Roberts (University of Pennsylvania)
A conversation with Professor Dorothy Roberts (University of Pennsylvania). Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library. Find Professor Roberts's new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link). Dorothy Roberts (link), is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law, joined the University of Pennsylvania as its 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology and the Law School where she holds the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander chair. She is also founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society in the Center for Africana Studies. Her path breaking work in law and public policy focuses on urgent social justice issues in policing, family regulation, science, medicine, and bioethics. Her major books include Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century (New Press, 2011); Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare (Basic Books, 2002), and Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Pantheon, 1997). She is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as a co-editor of six books on such topics as constitutional law and women and the law. Her work has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, National Science Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard Program on Ethics & the Professions, and Stanford Center for the Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity. Recent recognitions of her scholarship and public service include 2019 Rutgers University- Newark Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, 2017 election to the National Academy of Medicine, 2016 Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016 Tanner Lectures on Human Values, 2015 American Psychiatric Association Solomon Carter Fuller Award. Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (History), Cecelia Smith (CSUSB, BA/MA Graduate), Matt Patino (CSUSB MA Candidate). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).