California State University, NorthridgeCalifornia State University, Northridge
May 1, 1996
Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler,
Director of News and Information,
(818) 885-2130
The seven-foot, three-dimensional Unity Sculpture created by the Unity Company, in cooperation with the city of Los Angeles' Human Relations Commission, will be on campus Wednesday, May 8, in the Sierra Quad in front of the Oviatt Library in the center of the university at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.
Faculty, staff, students and the public will be invited to sign a declaration, that will accompany the sculpture, promising to help create a world in which "we express love through kindness to all. Where our multi-cultural diversities are an asset, a source of beauty, and an inspiration."
A brief ceremony to celebrate the sculpture's tour will begin at 11:30 a.m. with Christopher McCauley, executive director of the city's Human Relations Commission, and Richard Kaplan of the Unity Project will speak.
Patrick Sheane Duncan, writer of the film Mr. Holland's Opus, will also be on hand with free tickets to his new play, Souls on Fire, based on the 1992 Los Angeles riots.