Aoki Blog

To Our Dear Aoki Community:

As advocates of justice, we express concern about the harmful impact that this election will have on the most vulnerable members of our community. We fear for, among others, our unhoused neighbors, immigrants, Arabs and Muslims, women, LGBTQ+ persons, non-traditional families, the incarcerated--all who are marginalized by systems of power.

It might feel like decades of resistance and gains have been set back. However, those gains are in our hearts and minds. We must continue to struggle for justice.

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

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

The intersection of environmental and racial justice against police militarization highlighted in Atlanta’s battle to stop ‘Cop City’ has inspired mass collective action.

What is Cop City?

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.

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. 

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.

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

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

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