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Hammer Museum: Threats to Indigenous Peoples in Latin America Today

Hammer Museum

Indigenous peoples across Latin America face widespread annihilation as a consequence of mega dams, mining, farming, deforestation, displacement, and genocide. Researchers Sarah Shenker of Survival International, Lois Frank of the Cultural Conservancy, and anthropologist Mariana Ferreira discuss this humanitarian crisis and highlight the interconnection of human populations across North and South America, and the impact on biodiversity and environmental protection.  

Emmett Institute Lunch Talk on Climate Change Litigation

UCLA Law School, Room 1447

Lunch talk with Vic Sher, lead lawyer on several high-profile climate change lawsuits recently filed by California local governments to seek damages from large fossil fuel companies for the impacts of sea level rise. RSVP by October 6th, space is limited: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTU2e5T12N_JPCogHOY6vBEdZHnsds2hlDZ06eTzXzbmYW5Q/viewform Please join us to hear from Vic Sher, lead lawyer on several high-profile climate change...

The Cat That Changed America – Free Film Screening

Date: Tue, October 17, 2017 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Location: Pepperdine University Smothers Theater, Malibu    The Cat that Changed America is a documentary featuring P-22, the mountain lion who crossed two Los Angeles freeways, and now resides in Griffith Park. The film explores how humans in urban areas co-exist with wildlife.   Click...

Free Speech 101: UCLA’s Week on Freedom of Speech

De Neve Auditorium

As a renowned public university in one of the world’s most diverse cities, UCLA prides itself on vigorously protecting and celebrating free speech.  Freedom of speech is a fundamental feature of our democracy and a crucial dimension of UCLA’s institutional and academic culture. Yet there remain competing conceptions of free speech, how it should function...