“The State of Hate” is a multi-part online series co-sponsored by the Friends of Semel Institute and the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate. The series brings together UCLA experts to share new ways of understanding and mitigating hate.  The first installment in the series, Hate and Politics, will look at how hate is playing out in our national and international politics.  Panelists will discuss what the dangers and dynamics of hateful rhetoric are to our political culture and well-being. They will also discuss what the role of the media is in both spreading and righting hate in our political environment.

Speakers:

Cesi Cruz, PhD – Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science

David Myers, PhD – Distinguished Professor, founding director of the UCLA Luskin Center  for History and Policy, and the founding director of the UCLA Initiative to Study

Hate Lynn Vavreck, PhD  – Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA

Register HERE.