Conversations on Race and Policing - California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB)

Nov 6, 2024 - "We Deserve Better": Contesting Racialized Sexual and Gender Policing, with Dr. Lydia Pelot-Hobbs (University of Kentucky, Geography)

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Lydia Pelot-Hobbs (University of Kentucky, link).
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"We Deserve Better": Contesting Racialized Sexual and Gender Policing
This talk traces the New Orleans grassroots organization BreakOUT!'s "We Deserve Better" campaign (2010-2013) to reign in the everyday racial and gender profiling and state sanctioned sexual violence of the New Orleans Police Department. This case highlights the centrality of policing racialized gender and sexuality in the contemporary carceral state and how struggles over everyday criminalization have served as a pivot point for the future of post-Katrina New Orleans.
Find Dr. Pelot-Hobbs's new book, Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Mar 12, 2025 - In Conversation with CSUSB Alum and Author, Dr. Keeonna Harris, discussing her new memoir, "Mainline Mama" (HarperCollins/Amistad, 2025)

Join us on Zoom for a conversation with author and CSUSB alum (Sociology), Dr. Keeonna Harris about her new book, Mainline Mama: A Memoir (HarperCollins, 2025). Dr. Harris recounts her experience as a “mainline mama, a parent facing the impossible task of raising a child—while still growing up herself—with an incarcerated partner." Learn more about Dr. Harris here.
From the memoir publisher's website: "In this devastating and triumphant memoir, Keeonna recalls her harrowing journey as a Mainline Mama, from learning to overcome the exhausting difficulties of navigating the carceral system in the United States, to transforming herself into an advocate for other women like her—the predominantly Black and brown women left behind to pick up the pieces of their families and fractured lives. Keeonna speaks frankly about the depression and suicidal thoughts that threatened to defeat her, how she learned to rebuild her broken relationship with a mother that lost trust in her, and how time eased the shame, guilt, and stigma of being a young Black teen mom with a partner behind bars. She offers inspiration and solace, showing how to create moments of beauty, humanity, and love in a place designed to break spirits, such as picking the perfect wedding dress for a ceremony in a state prison visiting room. Mainline Mama is about creating self-love and community—crucial acts of radical resistance against a prison industrial complex that is designed to dehumanize and to separate and shut away incarcerated individuals and their loved ones from the world."
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Mar 5, 2025 - In Conversation with Dr. Madeleine Hamlin (Geography, Colgate University)

Join us on Zoom for a discussion with Dr. Madeleine Hamlin (website), Assistant Professor of Geography at Colgate University (faculty profile). Dr. Hamlin's work focuses on housing, policing, race, class, and punishment in U.S. cities. Some of her writings can be found at this link. In addition to her many publications, she currently has a book project under contract with University of Chicago Press titled Policing the Project: Crime, Carcerality, and Chicago Public Housing.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Feb 19, 2025 - In Conversation with Chief Amy Barden of Seattle's Community Assisted Response & Engagement Program

Join us in conversation with Chief Amy Barden (Ed.D) of Seattle's Community Assisted Response & Engagement (CARE) Program
Learn more about the CARE Program at its website here, and find a PBS news item about the program and Chief Barden here.
From the above news item:
"The new CARE Department — short for Community Assisted Response and Engagement — was born out of the 2020 protests against police violence. It is modeled on other cities’ experiments with sending unarmed civilian responders alongside or instead of uniformed police to answer calls about mental or behavioral health crises. The idea is that people in crisis are often better served by social workers than by police officers who are not trained in behavioral health and whose interactions with people in crisis can lead to fatal shootings."
Chief Barden is quoted: “I do believe that we can reimagine how we respond to and how we prevent human suffering... I believe we can redesign our systems to better support positive change and healing in individual lives.” 
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-and-policing-2025
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Feb 26, 2025 - In Conversation with Drs. Paloma Villegas (CSUSB Sociology) and Dylan Rodriguez (Dept. of Black Study & Media and Cultural Studies)

Join us for a discussion with Drs. Paloma Villegas (CSUSB Sociology) and Dylan Rodriguez (Dept. of Black Study & Media and Cultural Studies). Drs. Villegas and Rodriguez are experts in a wide range of topics related to race, ethnicity, migration, colonialism, law enforcement, and the intersections of these and other themes.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Nov 20, 2024 - In Conversation with Michael German, Brennan Center Fellow and former FBI Special Agent, on his recent book, "Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within" (The New Press, 2024)

Please join us for a conversation with Brennan Center Fellow and former FBI Special Agent, Michael German about his new book, Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within (The New Press, 2024). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Nov 13, 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Daanika Gordon (Sociology, Tufts), on her recent book, "Policing the Racial Divide: Urban Growth Politics and the Remaking of Segregation" (NYU Press)

Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Daanika Gordon (Sociology, Tufts University) about her recent book, Policing the Racial Divide: Urban Growth Politics and the Remaking of Segregation (NYU Press, 2022). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.
Find Dr. Gordon's webpage here.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Oct 30, 2024 - In Conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.).

Join us for a conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.).
Neal Kelley is the retired Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States, serving more than 1.9 million registered voters.
Kelley served as the Registrar of Voters from 2005 through 2022 and led the office through the largest cycle of elections since Orange County was founded in 1889. In his role as the County’s chief election official, he led an organization responsible for conducting elections, verifying petitions, and maintaining voter records.
Prior to joining Orange County, Kelley developed and grew several companies of his own, employing hundreds of people from 1989 to 2004. He was also an adjunct professor with Riverside Community College’s Business Administration Department, and served as a police officer in Southern California during the mid 1980's.
He has been the recipient of numerous state and national awards for election administration and is a past recipient of the “Public Official of the Year” award by the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (iGO). Kelley was named as one of “OC’s 100 Most Influential” individuals by the Orange County Register in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Kelley is a former appointee and founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Election Security Task Force (Government Coordinating Council (GCC), where he helped to oversee the protection of the nation’s election infrastructure. He also served as a member and past chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors, is a former member of the EAC Voting Systems Standards Board and a former member of the EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC). In addition, he served as a member of the 2018 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on the Future of Voting.
Kelley has been invited to testify before committees of the U.S. House, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, several state legislative bodies, and both federal and state courts.
He is the past president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials (CACEO) and is the past president for the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (iGO).
Although retired from his role in Orange County, he currently serves as the statewide project manager for the 2024 elections in the State of Hawaii, teaches election management at the University of Minnesota, and is the Chair Emeritus of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE), a bi-partisan group of current and former election officials and law enforcement focused on election security.
Kelley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and management from the University of Redlands and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology).  Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Oct 23, 2024 - In Conversation with independent journalist and lawyer, Jessica Pishko, on her new book, "The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy"

Please join us for a conversation with lawyer and independent journalist, Jessica Pishko about her new book, The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy (Penguin Random House, 2024). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.
Find more about Ms. Pishko on Substack (Posse Comitatus) here, on Democracy Docket here, on Slate here, on Medium here, at New America here, and at the Pulitzer Center here.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Oct 2, 2024 - In Conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) about his new book, "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s 'Siege'"

Please join us for a conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) for a presentation and discussion about his recent book, Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege (Routledge, 2024).
Find more about Dr. Sunshine on his website here, and find the book at the Routledge website here.
From the Routledge website: "A new wave of aspiring neo-Nazi terrorists has arisen—including the infamous Atomwaffen Division. And they have a bible: James Mason’s Siege, which praises terrorism, serial killers, and Charles Manson. Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism, based on years of archival work and interviews, documents for the first time the origins of Siege.
"First, it shows how Mason’s vision arose from debates by 1970s neo-Nazis who splintered off the American Nazi Party/National Socialist White People's Party and spun off a terrorist faction. Second, it unveils how four 1980s countercultural figures—musicians Boyd Rice and Michael Moynihan, Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey, and Satanist Nikolas Schreck—discovered, promoted, and published Mason. Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism explores a previously overlooked period and unearths the hidden connections between a countercultural clique and violent neo-Nazis—which together have set the template for today’s Neo-nazi terrorist underground.
"It is obligatory reading for those interested in contemporary terrorism, postwar countercultures, and the history of the U.S. Far Right and neo-Nazism."
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology).  Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).