UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement

The Virtual American Dream Reconsidered Conference 2020

What was the American dream for Eleanor Roosevelt? On the 75th anniversary of the founding of Roosevelt University—and the centennial of the 19th Amendment—this is an opportune moment for us to consider this question at the virtual 2020 American Dream Reconsidered Conference.

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CALPIRG works to get students engaged

August 02, 2020

Access, Equity & Justice

Student leaders from the California Student Public Research Interest Group (CALPIRG Students) worked with the Associated Students of UC Davis and UC Riverside to put together a virtual educational panel for more than 50 attendees from the two schools.

movie poster with the east coast overlaid with a man that says Rigged narrated by Jefferey Wright

Virtual Screening of "Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook"

Don't miss a virtual screening of Rigged on July 21 at 7:00 p.m. EDT. The film will be introduced by Gina Ortiz Jones. She’s a candidate for Texas' 23rd Congressional District (which is featured in the film).

Civic Engagement Projects take shape at Bitney Prep High School

November 15, 2019

Education

Newman, a first-year teacher, graduated from Nevada Union High School in 2015 and received her teaching credential from UC Davis where she is currently enrolled in their Master’s of Education program. In Newman’s class, all of Bitney’s seniors are expected to participate in a Civic Engagement Project where they are to identify a particular problem or issue that is important to them and go about trying to solve it.