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(Re)Membering: Armenian Writers Against Commemoration
Gina Alexandra Srmabekian is a writer whose work grapples with transgenerational trauma, memory and identity. She writes toward her own freedom and toward the freedom of all displaced peoples from Artsakh to Palestine and beyond. She writes about grief and in times of grief, because it is the most powerful articulation of love. She is the winner of Ninth Letter’s 2023 Literary Award for Creative Non-fiction and was a 2024 Words of Witness Fellow at Under the Volcano in Tepoztlán. She is a lecturer at California State University, Northridge and lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Bailey. -- Armenian Weekly
So you want to improve the economics of journalism ...
Maybe all this sounded a little dour when I was invited to a class of journalism students at Cal State Northridge to talk about the ethical implications of A.I. in journalism. -- Editor & Publisher
Jazz @The Playhouse: Nick Mancini The Next Step
Vibraphone and marimba sensation Nick Mancini, a true “original” (LA Weekly), has made an indelible mark on the jazz world, earning critical accolades and recognition from peers and audiences alike. Named “Best Jazz Percussionist" on vibes in DRUM Magazine's Reader's Poll, the internationally acclaimed artist has appeared around the globe, from Scandinavia and Australia to New York’s famed Apollo Theater. During his illustrious career, Mancini, a composer as well, has shared the stage with an array of musical greats, from Arturo Sandoval to Kamasi Washington. He is also a dedicated educator who serves on the faculty at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach and CSU Northridge and mentors up-and-coming jazz musicians at the Thelonious Monk Institute. -- Sierra Madre Patch
SHURE AND PAMA LAUNCH 4TH ANNUAL MARK BRUNNER PROFESSIONAL AUDIO SCHOLARSHIP
The recipients of the first scholarship were Dennis Freeman from Middle Tennessee State University and Emma Brooks from Berklee College of Music. The second scholarship went again to Freeman and Brooks, as well as Benjamin Nix-Bradley of CSU Northridge. The third went to Freeman and Nix-Bradley, as well as Valor Swezey of University of New Haven. -- Music Connection Magazine
Cinematheque presents SIDEWAYS starring Paul Giamatti
From the director of The Holdovers (2023), Election (1999), and About Schmidt (2002), SIDEWAYS (2004) won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the Spirit Ward for Best Actor, Paul Giamatti. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Carvertise swarms get advertising messages out during baseball season
* California State University Northridge will tout its educational programs via colorfully branded cars that will roll through the crowds entering Dodger Stadium before games. -- Delaware Business Now
Newsom Pardons `Bill’ Burwell, 1960s CSUN Activist
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a posthumous pardon for William “Bill” Burwell, an influential student activist on the Cal State Northridge campus in the 1960s and a founding member of the Black Student Union and the Department of Afro-American (now Africana) Studies, CSUN officials said Saturday, March 30. -- Los Angeles Sentinel
Newsom Posthumously Pardons Former CSUN Student Activist
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a posthumous pardon Friday for William “Bill” Burwell, an influential student activist on the California State University, Northridge campus in the 1960s and a founding member of the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Department of Afro-American (now Africana) Studies. -- SCV News
Days before Easter, Newsom announces dozens of pardons and commutations
Newsom also granted a posthumous pardon to William Burwell, who helped organize protests as a student at San Fernando Valley State College, now Cal State Northridge, during the Civil Rights Movement. Burwell was arrested in 1969 and convicted of misdemeanor trespass and failure to disperse during a racial justice protest on campus in 1969, according to the governor’s office. -- California Political Review
Newsom pardons ‘Bill’ Burwell, 1960s CSUN activist
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a posthumous pardon for William “Bill” Burwell, an influential student activist on the Cal State Northridge campus in the 1960s and a founding member of the Black Student Union and the Department of Afro-American (now Africana) Studies, CSUN officials said Saturday. -- Spectrum News 1