UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality & Democracy
@challengeineq.bsky.social
Celebrating 10 years of organizing knowledge to challenge inequality. We seek to advance radical democracy through research, critical thought, and alliances with social movements & racial justice activism. https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/
Grateful to our partners who are supporting this Friday's "Beyond Sanctuary" event. At a time of resurgent white nationalism, these dialogues are intended to resituate the imperial West in the global histories and possibilities of decolonization and abolition. RSVP>> beyondsanctuary.eventbrite.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Grateful to our partners who are supporting this Friday's "Beyond Sanctuary" event. At a time of resurgent white nationalism, these dialogues are intended to resituate the imperial West in the global histories and possibilities of decolonization and abolition. RSVP>> beyondsanctuary.eventbrite.com
TODAY, October 17 at 12noon PT via #Stanford Global Studies Division>> Hear from #UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Associate Faculty Director Hannah Appel. More info + RSVP for this online event>> events.stanford.edu/event/sgs-gl...
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
TODAY, October 17 at 12noon PT via #Stanford Global Studies Division>> Hear from #UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Associate Faculty Director Hannah Appel. More info + RSVP for this online event>> events.stanford.edu/event/sgs-gl...
We invite you to join us in-person on Friday, November 14th for a convening to discuss our newest publication, BEYOND SANCTUARY, and its relevance to the moment at hand. RSVP>> beyondsanctuary.eventbrite.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We invite you to join us in-person on Friday, November 14th for a convening to discuss our newest publication, BEYOND SANCTUARY, and its relevance to the moment at hand. RSVP>> beyondsanctuary.eventbrite.com
As we gear up for the academic year, we're looking back at the 2025 capstone research projects supported by @challengeineq.bsky.social. We're endlessly impressed by the research questions our grad students take on & develop. Read the full reports👇 challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/student-rese...
August 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As we gear up for the academic year, we're looking back at the 2025 capstone research projects supported by @challengeineq.bsky.social. We're endlessly impressed by the research questions our grad students take on & develop. Read the full reports👇 challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/student-rese...
Earlier this month we celebrated our phenomenal 2025 cohort of #UCLA Activists-in-Residence: Kari Okubo, Romarilyn Ralston, Kaya Dantzler, @jaisuazo.bsky.social & Lupita Limón Corrales! "Turning the university inside out,” they shared invaluable community-rooted knowledge & pedagogy with our campus.
June 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Earlier this month we celebrated our phenomenal 2025 cohort of #UCLA Activists-in-Residence: Kari Okubo, Romarilyn Ralston, Kaya Dantzler, @jaisuazo.bsky.social & Lupita Limón Corrales! "Turning the university inside out,” they shared invaluable community-rooted knowledge & pedagogy with our campus.
Excited to partner with @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social on the upcoming film series "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home." Join us for opening night on July 13th with #UCLA Activists-in-Residence @jaisuazo.bsky.social, Lupita Limon Corrales & filmmaker Diego Robles>> cinema.ucla.edu/events/displ...
June 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Excited to partner with @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social on the upcoming film series "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home." Join us for opening night on July 13th with #UCLA Activists-in-Residence @jaisuazo.bsky.social, Lupita Limon Corrales & filmmaker Diego Robles>> cinema.ucla.edu/events/displ...
Grateful to have @movelbforward.bsky.social Exec Director @jaisuazo.bsky.social as our 2025 #UCLA Activist-in-Residence. Speaking to #UCLA students on the topic of community organizing: "How we organize is based on relationships - relationships are the bedrock of how we approach any social issue."
April 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Grateful to have @movelbforward.bsky.social Exec Director @jaisuazo.bsky.social as our 2025 #UCLA Activist-in-Residence. Speaking to #UCLA students on the topic of community organizing: "How we organize is based on relationships - relationships are the bedrock of how we approach any social issue."
🎊Kick off the weekend in Chicago & join the National Public Housing Museum for its grand opening, April 4-6. Thrilled to announce selections from the "Tents and Tenants: After Echo Park Lake" exhibition are on view inside the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes: nphm.org/event/grand-...
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🎊Kick off the weekend in Chicago & join the National Public Housing Museum for its grand opening, April 4-6. Thrilled to announce selections from the "Tents and Tenants: After Echo Park Lake" exhibition are on view inside the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes: nphm.org/event/grand-...
C'mon out this Saturday, March 29 to celebrate the closing of the "TENTS AND TENANTS: After Echo Park Lake" exhibition at Skid Row History Museum & Archive. Echo Park Mutual Aid & The Sidewalk Project will host a 🍲potluck + harm reduction teach-in that includes Narcan demo, wound care, and safe use⚕️
March 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
C'mon out this Saturday, March 29 to celebrate the closing of the "TENTS AND TENANTS: After Echo Park Lake" exhibition at Skid Row History Museum & Archive. Echo Park Mutual Aid & The Sidewalk Project will host a 🍲potluck + harm reduction teach-in that includes Narcan demo, wound care, and safe use⚕️
TONIGHT✨Friday, March 14✨Join us at Skid Row History Museum & Archive @ 7pm where "Echoes Fill Our Spaces," a play written by William Sens, Jr., premiers in community. Learn more about Will and "Tents and Tenants: After Echo Park Lake," currently on display>> www.lapovertydept.org/event/echoes...
March 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
TONIGHT✨Friday, March 14✨Join us at Skid Row History Museum & Archive @ 7pm where "Echoes Fill Our Spaces," a play written by William Sens, Jr., premiers in community. Learn more about Will and "Tents and Tenants: After Echo Park Lake," currently on display>> www.lapovertydept.org/event/echoes...
This Thursday>> DTLA ArtNight, a cultural gathering & art walk organized monthly on first Thursdays where galleries debut new exhibitions. Stop by Skid Row History Museum & Archive to view our exhibition: "Tents and Tenants: After Echo Park Lake" challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/22/t...
March 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This Thursday>> DTLA ArtNight, a cultural gathering & art walk organized monthly on first Thursdays where galleries debut new exhibitions. Stop by Skid Row History Museum & Archive to view our exhibition: "Tents and Tenants: After Echo Park Lake" challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/22/t...
Join local artists & organizers who put together an event this Saturday at the "Tents and Tenants" exhibition @ LA Poverty Dept to discuss the role of artists, cultural workers & harm reductionists in fighting displacement through mutual aid & community-led programs. www.facebook.com/lapovertydep...
February 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Join local artists & organizers who put together an event this Saturday at the "Tents and Tenants" exhibition @ LA Poverty Dept to discuss the role of artists, cultural workers & harm reductionists in fighting displacement through mutual aid & community-led programs. www.facebook.com/lapovertydep...
We're proud to co-sponsor UCLA CSW's 35th Thinking Gender Conference which takes place on Friday, March 7th. Bringing together feminist, queer, and BIPOC scholars, artists, and organizers to reflect on labor solidarity and care -- register today➡️ www.ticketleap.events/tickets/csw-...
February 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We're proud to co-sponsor UCLA CSW's 35th Thinking Gender Conference which takes place on Friday, March 7th. Bringing together feminist, queer, and BIPOC scholars, artists, and organizers to reflect on labor solidarity and care -- register today➡️ www.ticketleap.events/tickets/csw-...
We invite you to join us at Skid Row History Museum & Archive on Friday, Feb. 21 @ 7pm for “Tenants in the Streets,” a discussion feat. Deshonay Dozier, @erinmcel.bsky.social, Annie Powers & Lupita Limón Corrales w/Pete White as moderator. Learn more & see you there>> luskin.ucla.edu/event/tents-...
February 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We invite you to join us at Skid Row History Museum & Archive on Friday, Feb. 21 @ 7pm for “Tenants in the Streets,” a discussion feat. Deshonay Dozier, @erinmcel.bsky.social, Annie Powers & Lupita Limón Corrales w/Pete White as moderator. Learn more & see you there>> luskin.ucla.edu/event/tents-...
Join @erinmcel.bsky.social in-person at #UCLA on Feb. 20 for a conversation about their book, "Silicon Valley Imperialism." For a warm up on technocapitalism & housing justice, check out the 2024 interview w/Prof. McElroy via the @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social podcast>> ideasonfire.net/159-erin-mce...
February 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Join @erinmcel.bsky.social in-person at #UCLA on Feb. 20 for a conversation about their book, "Silicon Valley Imperialism." For a warm up on technocapitalism & housing justice, check out the 2024 interview w/Prof. McElroy via the @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social podcast>> ideasonfire.net/159-erin-mce...
📌New resource from @aaup.bsky.social - please share far and wide.
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
📌New resource from @aaup.bsky.social - please share far and wide.
#UCLA Activist-in-Residence & @movelbforward.bsky.social Exec Director @jaisuazo.bsky.social ran into former LBF intern Kristian Arenzana @UCLA. Now in the social welfare pgm, Kristian shared how LBF organizing motivated them to apply.💙FULL CIRCLE! challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/activist-in-...
January 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#UCLA Activist-in-Residence & @movelbforward.bsky.social Exec Director @jaisuazo.bsky.social ran into former LBF intern Kristian Arenzana @UCLA. Now in the social welfare pgm, Kristian shared how LBF organizing motivated them to apply.💙FULL CIRCLE! challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/activist-in-...
"Together, unhoused and housed people, organizing in solidarity, cracked open a window into a different world—one whose undergirding logic was not banishment but loving solidarity." -Annie Powers
The TENTS AND TENANTS exhibition opens February 1: challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/10/t...
The TENTS AND TENANTS exhibition opens February 1: challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/10/t...
January 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Together, unhoused and housed people, organizing in solidarity, cracked open a window into a different world—one whose undergirding logic was not banishment but loving solidarity." -Annie Powers
The TENTS AND TENANTS exhibition opens February 1: challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/10/t...
The TENTS AND TENANTS exhibition opens February 1: challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/10/t...
ANNOUNCING "TENTS AND TENANTS: After Echo Park Lake" an exhibition about infrastructures of community, envisioned by housed & unhoused organizers. Opening Feb. 1, visitors are invited to reflect on LA's many histories, including the present moment. challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/10/t...
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ANNOUNCING "TENTS AND TENANTS: After Echo Park Lake" an exhibition about infrastructures of community, envisioned by housed & unhoused organizers. Opening Feb. 1, visitors are invited to reflect on LA's many histories, including the present moment. challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/10/t...
On behalf of AASC, cityLAB, CSW + @challengeineq.bsky.social, we welcome Lupita Limón Corrales, Kaya Dantzler, Kari Okubo & @jaisuazo.bsky.social as the 2025 #UCLA Activists-in-Residence! Thrilled for what's to come from this extraordinary cohort🔥 challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/activist-in-...
January 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On behalf of AASC, cityLAB, CSW + @challengeineq.bsky.social, we welcome Lupita Limón Corrales, Kaya Dantzler, Kari Okubo & @jaisuazo.bsky.social as the 2025 #UCLA Activists-in-Residence! Thrilled for what's to come from this extraordinary cohort🔥 challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/activist-in-...