Re-Entrification at University of California, Berkeley

On April 9, 2024, Lyrical Opposition held a film screening and Q&A discussion of the film, Re-Entrification: A Place We Call Home at the University of California, Berkeley. It was an honor to be invited by Maya Carrasquillo, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering into her class to speak to her student. Maya, who will also be appearing in a future Re-Entrification short film, led the discussion on housing insecurity in the Bay Area and how to be a part of the solution. The Q&A discussion had spoken word poet in the film and Berkeley alumni, Stephanie Franco, as well as the director of the film, Fego Navarro.

About Maya Carrasquillo:

Maya Carrasquillo is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the PI of the Liberatory Infrastructures Lab (LiL) at UC Berkeley. The mission of LiL is to develop systems of critical infrastructure that support liberation and restorative justice for all. She is also the Faculty Director of the (CEE)² Community-Engaged Education program at UC Berkeley. Carrasquillo’s research focuses on sustainable and equitable urban water infrastructure, food-energy-water systems (FEWs), community engagement and community science in decision-making, and environmental and infrastructural justice. She is a certified Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and a College of Engineering Huelskamp Faculty Fellow. Carrasquillo is a recipient of the prestigious Georgia Tech Alumni 40 Under 40 award for the Class of 2022.