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Building an Equitable Future with Generational Renewal in California Agriculture

November 26, 2024

The Institute for the Study of Societal Issues and the Berkeley Food Institute are pleased to share a new report by ISSI Senior Researcher Robin Marsh and Caitlyn Wilt on the ecosystem of support for new and aspiring farmers in California: Building an Equitable Future with Generational Renewal in California Agriculture. Policy analysis at state and federal...

How Social and Environmental Stress Impact Children’s Health

November 26, 2024

Laura Díaz, a graduate student affiliate of the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, was featured on the Environmental Health News Podcast speaking about her research on environmental justice, childhood adversity, pollution burdens and child health. She also talks about how her own childhood shaped her understanding of environmental injustice, and how being a mother has shaped her research.

A coordinated nationwide attack’: What the forfeitures against SJSU volleyball mean for women’s sports

November 7, 2024

Eric Stanley, faculty affiliate of the Center for Research on Social Change, was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the politicization of a transgender player on San Jose State’s women’s volleyball team. Other teams are forfeiting games rather than play agains the SJSU team. “This is all done in the...