There has been a staggering rise in Antisemitic violence globally. In the United States, one in four American Jews report experiencing Antisemitism in 2021. This rise corresponds with a rise in white supremacist and far-right movements in the United States and abroad. Faced with rising Antisemitic violence, Right To Be (RTB) came together with T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights to ask how we could respond, help Jewish communities to heal, and empower allies to stand up against Antisemitic hate.

Şule Güney, assistant professor of teaching psychological science, is the next WISE Wednesday speaker.

The Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology Peer Advisory Collective (WISE PAC) has scheduled these WISE Wednesday events for Spring 2025:

April 23 (Week 4): Valerie Jenness, Distinguished Professor of criminology, law & society, sociology and nursing science.

May 7 (Week 6): Workshop from Womxn's Center for Success.

May 21 (Week 8): Ana Isabel Contreras, operations assistant with UCI Basic Needs Center.

Criminology, law & society and comparative literature Professor Sora Han moderates a roundtable discussion on curation as social practice with the curators of UC Irvine Poetic Justice Cluster exhibitions "The Intimacies Between Continents "(closing April 5), "Affective Resistance" (2023) and "Locked Down and Locked Up" (2022).