Family Dinner Night: Asian American Activism
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Join the AAPI-Social Work Collective and the CSUN Women's Research and Resource Center for a conversation on Asian American activism. This will be a casual event during which we will hold an open discussion with panelists and each other on the history, present, and future of Asian American Activism. Our panelists include Dr. Tracy Buenavista, Dr. Jinah Kim, Eddy M. Gana (MSW/ACSW), and Frances Lee. Read more
Advancing Equity In a Climate of Resistance: ALIGNING CULTURE AND STRATEGY
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Dr. Frank Harris, III will be the presenter. Although the concepts of “equity” and “equity mindedness” are more widely embraced by educators now than they were a decade ago, closing equity gaps remains an elusive goal at most colleges and universities. Thus, in this address, Dr. Harris will unpack the myriad of institutional barriers that thwart systematic efforts to close equity gaps. Read more
Asian Americans in Social Work, Mental Health and the Law
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Listen to two CSUN AAS alumni share their experiences as former students and how they've forge their professional lives. Read more
Empowerment Through Performance Art
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
SPEAKERS: KEASU’C NAPOLEON HILL, WILLIAM ALBERTO GONZALEZ, CEASAR KIRK AVELAR, JOE MARTINEZ. Join us for an afternoon of performance and discussion on experiences of incarceration, re-entry, and the healing power of art. This is part of the series “Collectively Understanding Carcerality and Learning Transformative Justice.”
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Incarceration, Family Separation, and Healing: A Conversation with Susan Burton and Antoinette Carter
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Presented by Project Rebound and Community Alternatives to 911 and co-sponsored by Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Center for the Study of the Peoples of the Americas, Central American and Transborder Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Civil Discourse & Social Change, College of Humanities, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Communication Studies, Criminology and Justice Studies, Deaf Studies, Educational Equity Committee, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Educational Opportunity Program, Gender & Women’s Studies, History, Queer Studies, Office of Student Affairs, Office of the Provost, Revolutionary Scholars, and the University Student Union. Please email at least five business days prior to the event to request ASL interpreters. Read more
Call for Student Paper Submissions: Fourth CDSC Social Justice Student Conference
Friday, March 5, 2021 - 11:00pm
Students: Please submit an abstract that provides a short summary (no longer than 200 words) of the content of the presentation/project/creative work. Abstract Submission Deadline: March 5th, 2021 Submit here: https://tinyurl.com/y2r6yut5
The conference features keynote addresses by graphic novel artist Thi Bui and documentary filmmaker Ciara Lacy
A Conversation with Dr. Cornel West - Walking the Tight Rope: Addressing Racial Battle Fatigue
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Lecture and Panel discussion with Dr. Cornel West. Sponsored by Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant. Read more
CDSC 4th Annual Social Justice Student Research Conference
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 9:30am to 5:30pm
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
The Eighth Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics “Reading Noah's Ark in the Age of Climate Change: Jewish Stories on Gender, Disability, and the Politics of Survival” JULIA WATTS BELSER, PH.D.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 9:30am
In stories about Noah, his ark, the individuals who survive the flood, and those left behind, Jewish tradition reckons with questions of human hubris and survival. We will use these ancient Jewish texts along with testimony from contemporary disability communities to grapple with climate change and the question of whose lives we deem worth saving. Read more
Cold War Controversy: The Capture and Release of Francis Gary Powers, U-2 Spy Pilot
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
A presentation by Gary Powers, Jr., author of Letters from a Soviet Prison (2017) and Spy Pilot (2019) Read more