Institute on Inequality & Democracy
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The Institute seeks to advance radical democracy through research, critical thought, and alliances with social movements & racial justice activism.
UCLA
Joined December 2015
What an immense honor it was to have Naomi Klein give @ChallengeIneq's Third Annual Distinguished Lecture in Ideas and Organizing. "Climate justice is not a luxury policy for better days. It is how we fight fascism." View her full lecture here>>
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đź“ŚJoin us this Sunday, July 13 @ 7pm for "Fluctuations of Home: Short Films From LA to DC" feat. #UCLA Activists-in-Residence Lupita Limon Corrales & James Suazo. Proud to sponsor this @uclaftvarchive film series, "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home."
Excited to partner with @UCLAFTVArchive on the upcoming film series "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home." Join us for opening night on July 13th w/#UCLA Activists-in-Residence Lupita LimĂłn Corrales (screening her film!) & James Suazo (moderating the Q&A)
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RT @LuisaMe42710418: Happy to see here some of my illustrations and the chapter I wrote in collaboration with Renato Abramowicz Santos and….
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RT @VeniceJustice1: "Instead of increasing fines, LADOT should bolster its ticket forgiveness program for unhoused residents." @SamLutzker….
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📡Tune into this discussion organized by @Graeber_social>> Featuring @ChallengeIneq's own Hannah Appel along with Michael Hudson & @ProfSteveKeen, this brilliant trio explores how the legacies of imperialism & debt continue to shape the world order.
@Graeber_social .To our public talk: I really appreciate Debt Collective’s pragmatic approach — building practices of solidarity and local self-organization. The truth is, everyone is in debt: landlords owe the banks, tenants owe the landlords. But unless we change the system
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đź“»Interview w/@ChallengeIneq's researcher @spiroferrer. Data from the #TenantPowerToolkit along w/interviews reveal significantly disproportionate evictions of Black tenants in LA by REITs which have long-lasting effects on tenants' credit & housing access
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Thx to @reporterliz for this coverage. Meaningful relationships with communities on the frontlines of struggle along w/public scholarship are key to abolishing structures of inequality. Read the full report co-published by @VeniceJustice1 & @ChallengeIneq:
As a reporter, I'm a bit reluctant to rely on academic studies about things you can know by just talking to people in your community. But among the authors of this one is @VeniceJustice1, which includes Peggy Lee Kennedy, who's helped ppl clear vehicles citations for 20+ years.
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đź“–Read the full "Keep Moving": West LA Vehicle Residents Survey with key findings and policy recommendations + đź‘€a recording of the virtual launch >>
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"LA leaders need to “shift the narrative” around ppl who live in vehicles. @SamLutzker [added] that universities are “filled w/expertise & resources but often lack meaningful connections to local communities.”" Proud to have co-published w/@VeniceJustice1
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RT @antievictionmap: From @Shelterforce. Lots of great tools featured in here including our Evictorbook, Landlord Tech Watch, and the Ten….
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JUST RELEASED: "Keep Moving" report by @VeniceJustice1 & co-published by @ChallengeIneq. Developed in collaboration w/organizers, community members w/lived experience of vehicle residency & university-based researchers, read the findings + virtual launch👇
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Earlier in June we celebrated the 🔥2025 cohort of #UCLA Activists-in-Residence: Kari Okubo, Romarilyn Ralston, Kaya Dantzler, James Suazo & Lupita Limón Corrales! "Turning the university inside out,” they shared invaluable community-rooted knowledge & pedagogy with our campus.
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"Through her leadership, @UCLACSW not only expanded its institutional impact, but also reaffirmed its commitments to being a refuge for research in social justice & community collaboration." Congrats to our colleague, comrade & friend, Prof. Grace Hong🔥
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👇Read this thread and then go read @rahimkurwa's newest publication, "Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing." We've added it to our summer reading list 📚.
It's publication day for Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing, available in paper & free .epub! It traces a century of struggle over Los Angeles' periphery, culminating in the use of policing to expel and repress Black tenants. Here's a look at its chapters:.
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For all of our friends & comrades in the #UnequalCities Network in and around Delhi, this conversation is not to be missed 👇.
Second attempt at what we had to reschedule earlier. If you're in Delhi, come by!
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RUBS STRIKE!!.50+ apartments in two buildings owned by Equity Residential (one of the largest landlords in the country) are refusing to pay their outrageous RUBS utilities bills!
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Excited to partner with @UCLAFTVArchive on the upcoming film series "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home." Join us for opening night on July 13th w/#UCLA Activists-in-Residence Lupita LimĂłn Corrales (screening her film!) & James Suazo (moderating the Q&A)
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RT @uhshanti: if you want to check out a thing that I co-wrote for UCLA, it is out and you can find it for free -- no academic paywall -- h….
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RT @michelelancione: I am glad to be part of the open-access volume "Insurgent ground: land, housing, property" curated by the wonderful @a….
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RT @Braxtonbrew96: There's a lot more to talk about here, but @mfriedrichnyc's coverage of what @spiroferrer + @ChallengeIneq + @strikedebt….
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