@challengeineq.bsky.social
Celebrating 10 years of organizing knowledge to challenge inequality. We seek to advance radical democracy through research, critical thought, and alliances with social movements & racial justice activism. https://challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Co-published by CD11 Coalition for Human Rights, Venice Justice Committee, and us, this report presents findings & recos from observation of 13 days of CARE+ ops across 4 months, follow-up survey w/more than 50 unhoused ppl about outreach, & a review of Traci Park’s comms about CARE+ & encampments.
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The City of LA states the “primary mission” of the Comprehensive Cleaning & Rapid Engagement pgm is to “deliver services to the individuals experiencing homelessness.” A new report asks, what does this $35M+/yr program translate into on the ground? challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2026/01/20/c...
23.01.2026 03:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Grateful to our partners who are supporting this Friday's "Beyond Sanctuary" event. At a time of resurgent white nationalism, these dialogues are intended to resituate the imperial West in the global histories and possibilities of decolonization and abolition. RSVP>> beyondsanctuary.eventbrite.com
10.11.2025 18:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣 JOIN US for our FREE monthly Tenant Rights Clinic 📅Thursday NOV 6 @ 5:30-7:30pm! 📣
Renters can walk in & receive free legal advice. Spread the word! #legalaid #tenantrights #rentersrights
📍Inner City Law Center Offices @ 1309 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
📖Congratulations to @challengeineq.bsky.social Associate Faculty Director @kiangoh.bsky.social whose book, "Form and Flow," has been awarded the 2025 Paul Davidoff Book Award by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). luskin.ucla.edu/book-by-kian...
04.11.2025 03:52 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
And be sure to explore all of the digital content, including in-depth conversations, that goes hand-in-hand with this new book out via @dukepress.bsky.social challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/sanctuary-sp...
28.10.2025 21:33 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
"Migrant movements" is a term used in the book, Beyond Sanctuary, that describes movement across borders, but also describes powerful organizing via migrant squats & cross-border solidarity action networks. Listen to the interview with Institute Director Ananya Roy @kpfa.org kpfa.org/episode/agai...
28.10.2025 21:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1📌REMINDER>> Application deadline>> Wednesday, October 29th for the ninth cohort of the #UCLA Activist-in-Residence program. LA-based community organizers, movement leaders & artists are welcome to apply>> challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/activist-in-...
24.10.2025 00:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
TODAY, October 17 at 12noon PT via #Stanford Global Studies Division>> Hear from #UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Associate Faculty Director Hannah Appel. More info + RSVP for this online event>> events.stanford.edu/event/sgs-gl...
17.10.2025 17:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Looking forward to this in-person event at #UCLA via @archhousinglab.bsky.social featuring UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Founding Director, Ananya Roy. Learn more & RSVP>> aud.ucla.edu/news-events/...
17.10.2025 17:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We invite you to join us in-person on Friday, November 14th for a convening to discuss our newest publication, BEYOND SANCTUARY, and its relevance to the moment at hand. RSVP>> beyondsanctuary.eventbrite.com
03.10.2025 18:52 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Tenants around the country are being taken advantage of by giant corporate landlords — but we have the power to fight back. Join @debtcollective.bsky.social on Oct. 1st @ 5pm PT/8pm ET to learn more & shift tenant power for the better: debtcollective.org/event/debt-s...
01.10.2025 22:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tenants around the nation are being deceived, taken advantage of and abused by their giant, profit-driven corporate landlords.
We've had enough.
Join us on October 1st as we announce a new legal-tech tool that could shift tenant power for the better.
debtcollective.org/event/debt-s...
📣Announcing the 2026 #UCLA Activist-in-Residence CALL FOR APPLICATIONS in partnership w/the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Spread the word to LA-based community organizers, movement leaders & artists. Deadline is Oct. 29>> Learn more & apply 👇 challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/activist-in-...
01.10.2025 18:53 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
"The rental debt strike borrows from the successful student debt playbook: small groups generating national media attention, moral framing that shifts blame from individuals to institutions, and strategic targeting of powerful actors’ alleged misconduct."
www.vox.com/policy/46235...
New: We're sparking a coordinated form of economic resistance that has never been done in the housing space.
We're organizing a debt-strike.
Rental debtors around the country will refuse to pay their back-rent debt to a giant corporate landlord.
And we're going to win.
I had the pleasure of reading the manuscript of Beyond Sanctuary for @dukepress.bsky.social months ago, and I am now thrilled to see it in print.
Edited by Ananya Roy and Veronika Zablotsky. Read it, share it, it is really worth it.
Free access: read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/3...
As we gear up for the academic year, we're looking back at the 2025 capstone research projects supported by @challengeineq.bsky.social. We're endlessly impressed by the research questions our grad students take on & develop. Read the full reports👇 challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/student-rese...
28.08.2025 17:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📖Just out from @dukepress.bsky.social>> Thinking across the U.S. and Europe BEYOND SANCTUARY critically examines liberal democratic policies of sanctuary and asylum and foregrounds migrant movements, those that demand a world beyond borders>> challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/08/20/b...
22.08.2025 23:36 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Joel Montano (@challengeineq.bsky.social) shares best practices for following capital through land, how to connect firms to individuals, and how to map out real estate empires. 🏠📊
09.08.2025 21:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0🕊️Rest in Power Benito Flores
23.07.2025 18:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brilliant organizers & artists make for brilliant discussions. Shoutouts to #UCLA Activists-in-Residence Lupita Limón Corrales & @jaisuazo.bsky.social for bringing light💫 to struggle @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social. The "(Dis)placement" 📽️series continues thru August>> cinema.ucla.edu/events/displ...
23.07.2025 18:23 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0📽️Looking forward to this on Friday, July 18 @ 7:30pm 👇
17.07.2025 16:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0REMINDER: This Sunday @ 7pm>> "Fluctuations of Home: Short Films From LA to DC" feat. #UCLA Activists-in-Residence @jaisuazo.bsky.social & Lupita Limon Corrales. Proud to co-sponsor this @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social film series, "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home." cinema.ucla.edu/events/fluct...
11.07.2025 21:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If you missed this fascinating talk organized by @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social, tune in at your convenience👇
Featuring our very own Associate Faculty Director Hannah Appel, this brilliant trio explore how the legacies of imperialism & debt continue to shape the world order.
📻Interview w/@challengeineq.bsky.social researcher, Alex Ferrer>> Data from the #TenantPowerToolkit along with interviews reveal significantly disproportionate evictions of Black tenants in LA by REITs which have long-lasting effects on tenants' credit & housing access. www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
07.07.2025 20:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thx to @reporterliz.bsky.social for this coverage. Meaningful relationships w/communities on the frontlines of struggle along w/public scholarship are key to abolishing structures of inequality. Full report co-published w/Venice Justice Committee👇 challengeinequality.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/06/25/k...
07.07.2025 18:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Demonstrators holding a sign that says "Comite de la Esperanza."
Two women sitting and talking in a living room.
A man teaching a boy to float in water.
Two women and a baby sitting on a balcony.
“(Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home”
Jul 13–Aug 17
The films in this series examine the fragile, shifting meaning of home — not just as shelter, but as identity, belonging and collective memory — in Los Angeles and global contexts.
Free: ucla.in/43Pmv0H
Co-presented by @challengeineq.bsky.social
A photo of downtown LA. A winding dirt path in the foreground. The LA skyline in the background.
INSURGENT GROUND: LAND, HOUSING, PROPERTY The Liberatory Politics of Land: From Los Angeles to Palestine Jessi Quizar, Mpho Raboeane, Kareem Rabie
INSURGENT GROUND: LAND, HOUSING, PROPERTY UCLA LUSKIN INSTITUTE ON INEQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY ORGANIZED 2016 INSURGENT GROUND: LAND, HOUSING, PROPERTY Edited by Ananya Roy, Terra Graziani, Annie Powers PUBLISHED BY UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy DESIGNED BY Em Dash PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT BY Marisa Lemorande PUBLICATION DATE May 5, 2025 ISBN 978-1-7351062-8-1 Photo credit (cover): Anthony Orendorff
I got (a photo) published in an academic publication. A picture I took on my Olympus XA2 film camera during a bike ride accompanies a wonderful piece about LA and Palestine. @challengeineq.bsky.social pub Insurgent Ground can be found here:
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