Aoki Center Blog

Fall '23 & Spring '24 Aoki Center Newsletters

By Giselle Garcia '23, Legal Fellow for the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone who engages with our weekly newsletter! We hope it serves a ‘one-stop’ resource to receive updates about the wonderful events being hosted and projects being worked on by the Aoki Center and its affiliates. The newsletter also aims to highlight other DEI and racial justice initiatives being held at King Hall, UC Davis main campus, and the greater Davis-Sacramento area.

How Collective Power Creates Profound Impact for Our Trans and Non-Binary Community

By Giselle Garcia ’23, Legal Fellow for the Aoki Center of Critical Race and Nation Studies

 

The Gender and Name Change Project (GNCP) is an initiative led by King Hall law students dedicated to creating a sense of belonging for trans and non-binary students. One of the project’s largest undertakings has been its clinic which helps trans and non-binary community members legally change their gender and names. 

"Free Chol Soo Lee" Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Free Chol Soo Lee Film Screening at 4:30 PM

In 1970s San Francisco, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. Sentenced to life, he spends years fighting to survive until investigative journalist K.W. Lee takes a special interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented social justice movement that would unite Asian Americans and inspire a new generation of activists.

Reading List: Israel-Palestine & October 2023

By Raquel E. Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at the UC Davis School of Law, and Giselle Garcia '23, Legal Fellow for the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at the UC Davis School of Law