Better Tomorrow Speaker Series

For half a century, tough-minded prosecutors have led the way imposing stiff and lasting penalties on lawbreakers. Now a new generation of progressive prosecutors is trying to use the awesome powers of their offices to dismantle mass incarceration. In this conversation, San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin talks with UH law school dean Camille Nelson about the promise and pitfalls of rethinking prosecution. Topics include: police reform and accountability, cash bail and economic discrimination, and more humane approaches to drug addiction and homelessness.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Learning Coalition, and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. It is administered by the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters and in cooperation with the UH Foundation.

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Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State and director of the Earth System Science Center. A specialist in combining theoretical models and observational data to understand the Earth’s climate system, Mann has published more than 200 scholarly publications and five books. He is an IPCC lead author and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Moderator Makena Coffman is the Director for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience. She also serves as Chair of the City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. A Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, her research interests include greenhouse gas mitigation, energy policy and alternative transportation strategies. She is a Research Fellow with the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Learning Coalition, and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. It is administered by the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters and in cooperation with the UH Foundation.

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/

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Reece Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitics and is a Guggenheim Fellow whose work has been featured in The New York Times, the Guardian, Time Magazine, and the Economist. Jones is also the author of three award-winning books: Border Walls; Violent Borders; and White Borders: Race and Immigration in America from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall.

Moderator Robert Perkinson is a professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and coordinator of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Learning Coalition, and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. It is administered by the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters and in cooperation with the UH Foundation.

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/

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How do you keep organizing for justice even when racism wears you down? Tune into Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, in conversation with UH Centennial Professor Charles Lawrence. They discuss the future of the Black freedom movement and Alicia’s new book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Learning Coalition, and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. It is administered by the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters and in cooperation with the UH Foundation.

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/

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 A dynamic and wide-ranging conversation with Harvard economist Edward Glaeser on navigating the covid recession and laying the groundwork for growth and resilience. Additional topics include the future of cities, the economic benefits of public health, and the relationship between public investment and economic diversification.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/ 
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Learning Coalition, and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. It is administered by the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters and in cooperation with the UH Foundation.

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/

X/Twitter: https://x.com/uh_btss