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The Chiapas Media Project

Monday, October 8, 2018 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Chiapas

The Chiapas Media Project is an indigenous community that shares documentary films focused on human rights which were produced in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Chihuahua. Read more

Susan Burton and A New Way of Life

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 4:00pm to 6:45pm

Susan Burton Flyer

You are invited to a lecture and round table discussion with Susan Burton, activist and movement builder on behalf of formerly incarcerated women. She is the founder and director of A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL) https://anewwayoflife.org/. Susan was among the 5 finalists for CSUN's 2018-2019 Common Read, and while her book was not ultimately selected, it has received national attention. Her ANWOL Project in the Watts area of South Los Angeles has become a model across the country of direct services to women returning from prison.  The event will also highlight the student organization, Revolutionary Scholars, comprised of formerly incarcerated students and students who have been impacted by mass incarceration. These and other activist students are invited to take part in a roundtable with Susan after her talk. Read more

Voices of a Post-Genocide Generation Demonstration Debates

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 2:15pm to 3:15pm

iDebate Flyer

Join us on Tuesday September 25, 2018 as our own Matador Speech & Debate team engages special guests from iDebate Rwanda, a non- governmental organization that is using debate to change the lives of young Rwandans and East Africans, in a parliamentary style demonstration debate. Participants will debate the following motion: “This House believes foreign aid has done more harm than good.”

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