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  • The Memoirs of Robert & Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity

    Oakes Learning Center, UCSC

    Presented by The Center for Racial Justice. Cosponsored by Oakes College. Free and open to the public. Born in Jim Crow–era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state's most legendary African American freedom fighters. The Williamses' leadership in Monroe was just the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of freedom […]

  • Saru Jayaraman: "Behind the Kitchen Door in Santa Cruz and Across America"

    Oakes Learning Center, UCSC

    More Americans are choosing to dine healthy and ethically at restaurants offering organic and fair-trade ingredients. Yet few diners are aware of the working conditions at the restaurants themselves. How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditions—discriminatory labor practices, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchens—affect the […]

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