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Parkland student activists should study the East L.A. Blowouts that launched a movement in California
Long before social media, Chicano youth spread the word via underground newspapers, at hipster coffeehouses and at community events hosted, as often as not, by white allies, including Episcopalian pastors. Students at white-dominant Venice High and majority-black Jefferson High walked out in solidarity with their Chicano peers. Undergrads from UCLA, Cal State Northridge and other local campuses served as mentors. -- Los Angeles Times
Community: Sunrise Kiwanis and Boys & Girls Club share special partnership
"Two other members now attend UC San Diego, where they study child development and engineering, and six additional members enrolled at Cal State Northridge are tackling subjects like psychology or nursing. These are amazing accomplishments," she added. -- Burbank Leader
CSUN Launches Clinics To Help Veterans With Their Taxes In Collaboration With Citi Community Development
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) announced today the launch of new free tax preparation clinics for veterans in Los Angeles, an innovative effort in collaboration with Citi Community Development and the Los Angeles Veterans Administration. -- Public Now
Friends of the South Pasadena Library's Restoration Concert Series Features the Girsky Quartet
Rowena Hammill, cellist, is originally from Australia and received her Master’s Degree from Indiana University. She has held professorships at the University of Northern Iowa and Cal State University, Northridge. Presently she divides her time between positions as Associate Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, and as Artistic Director of Vashon Chamber Music in Washington state. With the Girsky Quartet, they present the Vashon Beethoven Quartet Project, performing all the quartets of Beethoven over the years 2015-2018. Vashon Chamber Music is now in its 8th season, bringing chamber music concerts to the residents of Vashon Island, as well as outreach concerts to schools and senior centers throughout the Seattle area. -- Pasadena Now
Independent Shakespeare Co. Presents ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
David Melville, ISC created the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, which has grown into what The Huffington Post calls "one of Los Angeles' best cultural events." In 2015, ISC received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's highest honor, the Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theater. Melissa directs and acts in many ISC productions: roles include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Rosalind in As You Like It, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (as well as directing), Hermione in The Winter's Tale and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. As director: Richard III, Measure for Measure, Romeo & Juliet, Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Two Gentleman of Verona. She has performed in theaters across the country, on Broadway (including the American premiere of Harold Pinter's Moonlight with Jason Robards, Blythe Danner, and Live Schreiber), and in the UK. In her ten years as a college faculty member she taught at Moorpark College,Pepperdine University, and California State University, Northridge. Drawing on her experience as an educator, she has guided the company in the development of educational programming for schools, as well as workshops directed toward families that take place before performances in Griffith Park. -- Broadway World Los Angeles
LA Galaxy II set to face Orange County SC in preseason tuneup this week at StubHub Center | Weekly Schedule
Last week, the team defeated Cal State Northridge 4-1 with goals from Miguel Aguilar and Justin Dhillon helping Los Dos to victory. They took on UC Riverside on Sunday, winning 5-1. -- LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy II Set To Face Orange County SC In Preseason Tuneup This Week At StubHub Center | Weekly Schedule
Last week, the team defeated Cal State Northridge 4-1 with goals from Miguel Aguilar and Justin Dhillon helping Los Dos to victory. They took on UC Riverside on Sunday, winning 5-1. -- Public Now
On Campus: A CBU-Cal Poly postseason men’s basketball matchup would be intriguing
Putting aside the fact this spoiled Chance Murray’s 24-point, six-rebound night — one point off his career high and the second time in the last three games he’s cracked the 20-point mark — Shorts’ mad dash means for UCR to reach the Big West Tournament, the Highlanders either have to win one of their two remaining games — home Thursday against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or at Long Beach State Saturday — or Cal State Northridge has to lose to visiting Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday. -- Press-Enterprise
Power surge: Long ball still name of game for Tennessee Tech
Cal State Northridge leads the nation with 20 homers — two more than Tennessee Tech — after hitting 13 in a three-game sweep of Manhattan. -- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
The heart of the Central Valley is a 'go-getter'
In 2015, she graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a degree in civil engineering. It took her just three years. Two years later, she graduated from California State University, Northridge with her second degree, this time in business law. --- Visalia Times-Delta