Environmental Racism and Social Justice: Exploring the SFV through a "Toxic Tour"
Thursday, September 17, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

The Institute's Director, Dr. Natale Zappia, will be hosting a workshop on environmental justice and its relation to sustainability. Read more
2020 CSUN Fast Pitch New Venture Competition (Virtual Event)
Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Now in its 6th year, CSUN Fast Pitch is an "elevator pitch" competition where students have three minutes to pitch their startup idea to a panel of judges and audience. The competition is hosted annually by CSUN's Nazarian College and generously supported by the Marine Family. Read more
Better Money Habits
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

This Sept. 24 Zoom webinar, sponsored by Bank of America, will help recent grads learn about resources that can help them now and for the future. Topics will range from long-term planning, credit and debt management tips and setting budgets and building savings. Read more
CDSC 3rd Annual Social Justice Student Conference via Zoom
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 11:00am to 4:30pm

Please use the following link to register: https://csun.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mwNRiBI2Tl-X6AYjzRBmaw.
There are three, seventy-five minute long panels of four students each at 11 AM, 12:30 PM, and 2 PM Pacific Time.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Jamaica Osorio, Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Osorio is an activist and an award-winning poet/spoken word artist. Their performance/talk (entitled “From our Frontline to Yours: Moʻolelo Aloha ʻĀina in a time of Transformation”) focuses on the Native Hawaiian struggle against the building of a thirty-meter telescope on Mauna Kea. Read more
Javier Zamora
Monday, April 27, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:30pm

Javier Zamora was born in La Herradura, El Salvador in 1990. His father fled El Salvador when he was a year old; and his mother when he was about to turn five. Both parents' migrations were caused by the US-funded Salvadoran Civil War (1980-1992). Read more
Gardening in Unlikely Places: Growing in Containers with Yvonne Savio
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Learn tips from a Master Gardener Yvonne Savio about how to grow food in containers. Read more
Public Art and Sustainability in Uncertain Times: A Conversation with Wayne Healy
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join the conversation with L.A. muralist Wayne Healy, co-founder of East Los Streetscapers. Read more
Water Day 2020 - Virtual Event
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 11:00am to 1:30pm

Join us for a conversation about the environmental impacts of the fashion industry.
The second session will feature a discussion on water and energy with Nikhil Schneider. Read more
VOICES FROM THE ANCESTORS - Book Reading
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Book Reading, Speakers, and Reception Read more
Jason de León, Ph.D.: Anthropology from an Ethnic Studies Approach
Monday, March 30, 2020 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm

Jason De León, Ph.D. is a Professor and McArtur Fellow, Anthropology and Chicana/Studies & Central American Studies at UCLA. Read more