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Femicide at the Limits of 'El Narco' in Lourdes Portillo's Señorita Extravida (Missing Young Woman) (2001)

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

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Dr. Liliana Gonzalez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at CSUN. Dr. Gonzalez will share her paper entitled "Feminicide at the Limits of 'El Narco' In Lourdes Portillo's Senorita Extraviada​ (Missing Young Woman (2001)." Participants will read the pre-circulated paper and discuss it during the workshop. 

Special Respondent: Dr. Karla M. Padron from Northern Illinois University 

Please RSVP to receive a copy of Dr. Gonzalez' paper.

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Sustainable Fashion and Clean Tech: A Conversation with LACI

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

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In Fall 2021, the Institute for Sustainability and the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences will launch our "Sustainable Fashion Academy" Program. This initiative will feature the most important and innovative fashion companies in Los Angeles in an exploration into the intersection between sustainability and fashion. LACI will co-sponsor and generously support this pilot program.


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CDSC 4th Annual Social Justice Student Research Conference

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 9:30am to 5:30pm

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Panel I: Tracing Trajectories of Gender, Race, and Sexuality - 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. PST
Panel II: Carcerality and Justice  - 11 :00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. 
Keynote Speaker #1: Ciara Lacy - 12:30 p.m. - 1 :45 p.m.
Panel Ill: Representation - 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Keynote Speaker #2: Thi Bui - 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.  Read more

Out of State Film Screening

Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 6:20pm to 8:00pm

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Please join us for this film screening, “Out of State,” co-sponsored by CDSC and Ethnic Studies Educational Pathways Project. Read more

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