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The sixth and final panel, with facilitator Nicole Vartanian, Executive Director of the Children of Armenia Fund and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hunter College, was on women’s leaderhsip and cultural identity. It included panelists Dr. Hasmig Baran, a faculty member at the California State University, Northridge, in the Armenian Studies Program, Dr. Lerna Ekmekçioglu, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History at MIT, Carolyn Mugar, Executive Director of Farm Aid and founder of the Armenia Tree Project, and Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals Gabrielle R. Wolohojian. -- The Armenia Mirror-Spectator

“The issue of politics often comes down to investing in the younger generation,” says Tom Hogen-Esch, political science faculty at Cal State Northridge, whose course work and writings cover California public policy, race, ethnic and urban politics. Researchers have seen the trend throughout the world in countries that have become more diverse: “If the younger generation is not seen as sufficiently similar, we are not going to invest.” -- Capital and Main

“Imagínate que un día te despiertas y ya no puedes trabajar, ir a la escuela o seguir haciendo esas cosas que te permiten mantenerte”, expresó Raquel Cetz, originaria de Yucatán y estudiante de Cal State University of Northridge, quien trabaja y es voluntaria haciendo llamadas para informar a la gente sobre las elecciones. -- Hoy Los Angeles

California State University, Northridge, home of the largest Chicano Studies Department in the nation and an epicenter of activism ,was an appropriate venue to host “Vote or Die Laughing” with Culture Clash, the pioneers of Latino political satire. -- San Fernando Valley Sun