Building Justice

Listen in as Eric Guerra talks with Sac State Political Science Professors Monicka Tutschka and Kristina Flores Victor about economic development and displacement, the root causes of Sacramento's housing problems, how we can secure dignity for our unhoused neighbors, and the need to provide housing for every income bracket.   For a full transcript and more info about the podcast or CRISJ, go to ww...

Listen in as Vice Mayor and City Councilmember (D6) Eric Guerra talks with Sac State Political Science Professors Kristina Flores Victor and Monicka Tutschka about how he made the most of his college experience, and what we can do to improve conditions for working class and first generation students on campus.

Listen in as Sacramento State Political Science Professor Sahar Razavi talks with University of Colorado-Boulder Professor A. Marie Ranjbar about the challenges Iranian women face as they engage in local and global activism around issues of gender equity. The conversation also touches on the ways that even supporters of feminist causes sometimes reinforce the obstacles Iranians face in their strug...

Listen in as United Latinos Community Organizer Richard Falcōn talks with Janaki Anagha from the Community Water Center about the way rural farmworker communities are disproportionately impacted by polluted water, and their efforts to change water laws to provide clean water accessibility.

Listen in as Sac State Ethnic Studies Professor Maria Vargas and Criminal Justice Professor Danielle Slakoff interview Sacramento City Councilmember Katie Valenzuela. This conversation serves as a follow-up to the March 2022 on-campus event focused on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across the Americas, in which Katie served as the keynote. She will discuss how and why she became a...

Listen in as Sac State Political Science-Journalism major Mackenzie Norton interviews CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Jodi Hicks and Sac State Pride Center Program Coordinator Trahn Pham about the fight for women's and LGBTQ+'s rights to abortion and reproductive healthcare. For a full transcript and more about upcoming episodes: www.csus.edu/crisj/buildingjustice

Listen in as Margot Rinaldo, co-chair of Sacramento's DSA and a Sac State alumna talks with Political Science Professor Monicka Tutschka about the importance of organizing and the challenges progressive political organizations like the DSA face in the city of Sacramento.

Listen in as Professors Mark Brown and Ted Lascher discuss the ballot initiative process in the USA, focusing on the impact on minority rights and other social justice topics. For a full transcript and more information about 'Building Justice' go to www.csus.edu/crisj/buildingjustice

Listen in as California Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D6) speaks with Professors Chris Towler and Kristina Flores Victor about education policy, police and criminal justice reform, environmental protection, and how students can begin a career of public service. Find the full transcript and more information about CRISJ here: www.csus.edu/crisj/buildingjustice

Listen in as Dr. M.L. Mallare interviews Sac State Sociology student,  Moon Martinez on his more than year journey within the CA prison system. Other guests: Dr. Emma Hughes, Ph. D CSU Fresno, Criminology; Dr. Patricia Morris, Ph. D., Project Rebound.

Listen in as Sac State undergrads Alejandra Lopez, Elizabeth Meza, Rosalba Gomez Bautista, Mariaelena Pulido, and Lilian Wee discuss why the University should recognize and support identifying indigenous students and their communities. They also talk about decolonizing academia, and how indigenous students foster intersectional fields of study.

Listen in as Decarcerate Sacramento Co-Founder Liz Blum and Licensed Psychologist and Sac State alumna Dr. Corrine McIntosh Sako talk with Professor Monicka Tutschka about the criminalization of mental illness and how a mental health jail annex - on which the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will be voting Wednesday December 7, 2022 at 2pm - is NOT the answer to improving our community's hea...

Listen in as Sac State alumna and CRISJ affiliate Brenda-Joyce Newman, M.A. talks with Zuri K. Colbert, founder of Community Lead Advocacy Program (CLAP), a Sacramento grass-roots organization formed to address the lack of equity, resources, and representation within marginalized Sacramento communities.

Listen in as Dr. Brenda Romero, a World Languages and Literatures professor at Sacramento State talks with Chicanx author Ana Castillo about her life, writing, and commitment to empowerment and social justice.  

Tune in to hear Sacramento State Ethnic Studies Professor Dr. Marie Mallare, S.J.D. talk with Manohar Raju, San Francisco public defender about the legacy of Jeff Adachi, a Sacramento native who shaped the San Francisco public defender’s office. What makes a good public defender and how does one effectively advocate for marginalized people and communities? 

Listen in as Political Science Professor Monicka Tutschka talks with Sac State Alumna and PPC member Brenda-Joyce Newman, M.A. and Brother Carter, California State Co-Chair of the PPC about the organization's mission, their activism within it, and various PPC proposals serving to ensure the most vulnerable have reliable and continuous access to basic needs. For more info and full transcript: www.c...

Listen in as Gerontology Professor Catheryn Koss, JD, PhD talks with two non-traditionally aged college students, Darryl E. Lambert and Faye Kayo.  They share their experiences of being undergraduate students at Sacramento State.

Listen in as Criminal Justice Professor Danielle Slakoff talks with M.A. recipient and first-generation Latina student Erica Amaya. Erica describes her experiences with being unhoused, graduate school, and her Master's thesis work on media portrayals of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full transcript available at www.csus.edu/crisj/buildingjustice

Listen in as two Sac State Students share their experiences and perspectives on student homeless at Sac State.

In this episode, Dr. Nicole Fox discusses her new book "After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda." The pair cover Dr. Fox's motivations for engaging in this work, the vicarious trauma that can stem from doing qualitative research on victimization, and what she believes are the key takeaways from her fieldwork in Rwanda. For a full transcript please go to www.csus.edu/crisj/buildingjusti...

Current descriptions of Black politics often chronicle the dramatic drop in political engagement following Barack Obama’s presidency. In this episode, Dr. Monicka Tutschka interviews Dr. Chris Towler about his research into the roles that Donald Trump and the Far Right, as well as leading Black activists play when it comes to understanding Black political action today.  Transcript: www.csus.edu/cr...

Sacramento State Professor Dr. Jaime Jackson talks with Civic Engagement and Social Justice Interns Franny Dewey and Joseph Sais who have been working at Social Justice Politicorps to learn about increased accountability and transparency in local government. They interviewed local leaders on racial equity in K-12 education and Higher-Ed to share what more can be done to improve education access in...

Episode 12 brings together Sac State graduate student La from Underdog Music and Music Professor Dr. Luis Chavez to discuss La's music and musical influences. 

In this episode, Dr. Manuel Barajas, Professor of Sociology at Sac State speaks with Sociology Professor Dr. Heidy Sarabia about what motivated the creation of the Center on Race, Immigration and Social Justice. Speaking from his lived experiences and research, Dr. Barajas talks about the erasure people of color, in academia, i.e., curriculum, faculty, and leadership. He also reflects on why Mexic...

Manuel Barajas, Professor of Sociology at Sac State and co-founder of Sac State’s Center on Race, Immigration and Social Justice (CRISJ) offers Sociology Professor Dr. Heidy Sarabia a recounting of his family's migration and farm labor experiences and growing up in Stockton, California, elaborating his relationship to family, community, and work. He also shares his experiences going to college as...