![“Annette Overstreet & Myrna Overstreet Spear, 2024,” From the report, "Remembering the Valley Truck Farms," photo by Tamara Cedré, courtesy of A People's History of the I.E. The organizing committee is currently seeking proposals for the second annual Inland Empire (IE) People’s History Conference, which will take place in May.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_History%20Conference_1_SM.jpg.webp?itok=aWADTgfs)
The IE People’s History Conference, set for May 3, seeks to bridge university research, creative activities, and community activism to explore the art, culture, and histories of Inland Southern California, known as the Inland Empire or IE.
![Michael German](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_CoRP_MichaelGerman_15Nov2024.jpg.webp?itok=44LM9Dje)
Michael German, Brennan Center for Justice Fellow, former FBI special agent and a member of the conversation series organizing group will discuss his forthcoming book, “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within.”
![Daanika Gordon](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_CoRP_DaanikaGordon_08Nov2024.jpg.webp?itok=d0SJx9f7)
The talk, “Policing the Racial Divide: Urban Grown Politics and the Remaking of Segregation,” will be presented by Daanika Gordon, author of the book of the same title, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.
![Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_Lissa-Ramirez-Stapleton.jpg.webp?itok=WyMRMDYY)
Lissa D. Ramirez-Stapleton, who is an associate professor of education at Cal State Fullerton, will present “Black Deaf Education and Praxis: The Intersections of Culture, Community, and Hope.”
![Lydia Pelot-Hobbs](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_CoRP_Pelot-Hobbs_01Nov2024.jpg.webp?itok=kCUw4bCp)
Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, a University of Kentucky assistant professor of geography, will present "We Deserve Better: Contesting Racialized Sexual and Gender Policing,” at the next Conversations on Race and Policing, Nov. 6, on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.
![Kate Liszka, CSUSB’s Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and CSUSB professor of history, on “The Einstein Challenge.”](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_KateLiszka_EinsteinChallange_Nov2024%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=o2HIsDgC)
Is it possible to explain complex concepts in your area of your expertise to a panel of 6-year-olds in one minute? Kate Liszka, CSUSB’s Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology took on the challenge – and succeeded.
![Pfau Library, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/Faculty-in-the-News-Library_4.jpg.webp?itok=6Wyhi7H1)
Research by Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history) was cited in an article about Inland Empire cryptids, and Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) is a participant on a panel discussing cyber education at the American Transaction Processors Coalition's conference in Atlanta.
![Neal Kelley](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_CoRP_Neal_Kelley_29Oct2024.jpg.webp?itok=CFxt1u7s)
Neal Kelley, the retired Orange County registrar of voters, will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday, Oct. 30, Conversations on Race and Policing, a free and public program that will take place beginning at 1 p.m. on Zoom.
![Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, CSUSB alumna and associate professor of history](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/BANNER_Alicia-Gutierrez-Romine.jpg.webp?itok=ri-9J3Es)
“It's important for us to find these stories that sometimes make us uncomfortable to be able to see, what can we learn from that today? What can we fix? Because those things are still in our power. Even if this is something that has happened in the past,” said Alicia Gutierrez-Romine ’10, CSUSB professor and renowned expert on the history of abortion in the United States.