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MESSAGE FROM THE FACULTY DIRECTOR
from RICE Annual Report
by uclawsf
Ming Hsu Chen
San Francisco is a crossroads for people from all over the world, particularly immigrants and racial minorities RICE at UC Law SF brings together academic, legal, and policy research on issues that matter to those communities. Our inaugural year focused on the themes of equality and belonging While there is shared meaning across communities, those themes take on one meaning for immigrants who are seeking to become citizens with equal rights under the law and another meaning for racial minorities who have struggled for centuries to make those equality rights real in their daily lives.
The RICE roundtables and colloquium series featured leading thinkers on affirmative action in higher education, racial capitalism and immigrant workers, racial disparities in refugee resettlement, and the influence of settler colonialism on U.S. border controversies The Wong Kim Ark Community event and affirmative action roundtable exmained interracial dynamics between Asian, White, and Black citizens. Each event included the broad participation of students, faculty, and practitioners from surrounding community. They represent a sampling of the kinds of events we hope to offer in the future. We encourage you to join our efforts in the coming years!
Rice
Mission Statement
The Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality (RICE) supports scholarship, education, and public service on the ways that intersectional and marginalized identities produce and reflect structural inequality
The Center sponsors lectures and conferences that showcase research and scholarly writing from law, political science, sociology, history, and critical theory, leveraging Hastings’ existing strengths in Law & Society and in interdisciplinary scholarship. It will additionally integrate other UC and California campuses doing related research as part of the Academic Village.
The Center educates law students through research assistant and teaching positions, colloquium and conferences, and community educations programs It also connects them with alumnae engaged in related practice areas
The Center convenes policymakers, lawyers, community advocates, and legal scholars engaged in equality work for community events that engage the broader Hastings community.
Faculty Affiliates
OVERVIEW OF EVENTS for 2022-2023
RICE Launch Event
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Roundtable and Speaker Panel on Othering and Belonging
RICE Spring Colloquium
JANUARY 19, 2023
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Fireside Chat on Affirmative Action
MARCH 2, 2023
Conversation with Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and CREJ Director Shauna Marshall
Wong Kim Ark Day
MARCH 25, 2023
Community event with Chinese Historical Society of America and CCBA in Chinatown for 125th anniversary of birthright citizenship decision
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
MARCH 2, 2023
MARCH 23, 2023
APRIL 6, 2023
