Feb. 28 & March 7, 2019: Creating Participatory and Community Engaged Museums
Nina Simon is the outgoing director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) and incoming CEO for Of By For All. In this interview, we discuss rebuilding of the MAH to reach an unprecedented level of financial stability, what she’s learned about her own leadership style, about realizing one’s own career potential, and about the Of By For All movement.

March 14 & 21, 2019: How Algorithms Can Expose Racism
Dr. Safiya Noble, Associate Professor at UCLA in the Departments of Information Studies and African American Studies, and a visiting faculty member to the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication, is the author of the best-selling book Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (New York University Press, 2018). We discussed her book and her overall research about the design of digital media platforms and their impact on society.

March 28, 2019: Activism and Serving Community
An interview with Isaí Ambrosio is the Director of the Davenport Resource Services Center and the inaugural Activist-in-Residence for UC Santa Cruz/Research Center for the Americas. We discussed his work in Davenport, California, his challenges in obtaining his education while learning English, and his plans as the activist-in-residence.