Still buzzing from this conversation today! Thanks for joining us! Victor Narro Dr. Manuel Pastor Chris Benner @revloveproject

Greatly enjoyed the space today with Dr. Manuel Pastor Chris Benner Dr. Kim Tabari and Valarie Kaur!! ❤️🙏❤️🙏#Grateful

“From this day forward is the first day of the rest of our lives.” Wayne Shorter will be missed but his legacy lives on. npr.org/2023/03/02/768…

If you missed the amazing #ValarieKaur @narroVictor and Dr. Manuel Pastor at our Solidarity and Spirituality event, you can catch the recording on our website: transform.ucsc.edu/event/solidari… and youtube: youtu.be/P968dzhH_-I UCSC Institute for Social Transformation

Honored to have been with so many great people at this kick off event!

When Barack Obama, Mark Cuban, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Kai-Fu Lee,Jack Ma and the UN are all saying the same thing, it is time to listen. Basic Income is an economic imperative in the 21st century.

Important paper documenting connections between violence against Black Americans and Black political efficacy during Reconstruction. from Dr. Trevon D Logan cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Inequality hurts all of us...

Youngest member of the state legislature sponsoring the most forward looking housing plan. Yes!! mercurynews.com/2023/05/30/can…

rightlivelihood.org/news/daniel-el…

“The key to greater racial equity in American higher education is elevating the quality of the broad range of schools most students attend.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

We still have affirmative action for white people. “43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard were recruited athletes, legacy students, the children of faculty and staff, or…relatives of donors” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Worth reading every 4th of July. edsitement.neh.gov/student-activi…

We’re very excited about this new role for us in the Right Livelihood network. Right Livelihood College at UC Santa Cruz. Lots of hopes and plans for the coming few years! Stay tuned. news.ucsc.edu/2023/07/right-…

Yes we need to reform elite institutions. Not just admissions open.substack.com/pub/peoplespol…

Will there be a public benefit to lithium extraction in California? Manuel Pastor and I share our #BellagioPerspectives on why the transition to a clean-energy economy must center equity. rockfound.link/45gOV2o #RFBellagio The Rockefeller Foundation UCSC Institute for Social Transformation

Super interesting study that goes beyond the “AI is destroying jobs” craziness to really explore how it can be a tool and transform our work. But also the dangers of depending on it. Ethan Mollick oneusefulthing.org/p/centaurs-and…

Fascinating: The Social Interoperability of Artificial Intelligence | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-di…

This is really interesting and maybe really important