Promised Land, Hallowed Ground: Commemorative Justice and Making Change in Community Heritage Preservation in Southern California, Pt 1
The Belmar History + Art, project is a Santa Monica, California civic commemorative justice
Commemorative Justice and the Necessity of Preserving Black Life
Following the lecture will be an interdisciplinary panel of scholars, memory workers, artists, and historians whose work engages with preserving Black life. Aaliyah Davis ‘17, BAO’s archivist, will be moderating.
Event will be on Zoom, and is free and open to the public. Click here to register for the event
White Accountability Space
In order to work to dismantle oppression in our own lives and institutions, we would like to offer white identifying students the opportunity to engage in deep, meaningful conversations and exercises on anti-racism. This will be a brave space to reflect, discuss, learn, grow, and most importantly, keep ourselves and our campus accountable as we continue to work towards dismantling white supremacy in all the spaces that it lives, even (and especially) when that space is inside of us.
Experiencing the UN: Learning, UNlearning, Relearning
Kahane United Nations Speaker Series Presents: Racial and Social Justice in Perilous Times
Moderated by Jacques Fomerand, Assistant Director of the United Nations Program. The event will feature participants of the fall 2020 Kahane UN Program who will share their experiences working with UN missions and agencies, including on issues relating to racial and social justice.
Meeting ID: 816 8024 0456
Passcode: Kahane
Bringing Progressive Agendas into the UN Human Rights System: A Conversation with Changemakers and Rebels
"Home as Space & Place:" A Writing Workshop
Alex Tha Great (Given Real Encouragement Amongst Turmoil) is a spoken word artist, speaker, playwright, and activist. She is the runner up for the 2018 National Civil Rights Museum Drop the Mic Poetry Slam and a 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam finalist. A graduate of the University of California, Irvine with a B.A. in African American Studies and Claremont Graduate University with a M.A. in Cultural Studies, she has 10 years’ experience performing in various venues, colleges, and stages across the country. She has shared the stage with actress Irma P.
“Anti-blackness is real, but another world is possible”
The Intercultural Community Center, in partnership with staff from the Division of Student Affairs and Black students at Oxy, has led the charge in the development of the Black Action Plan (BAP). The BAP is a multi-pronged approach designed to address some of the most significant and persistent needs among Black students, including how to address racial bias and implement anti-racist practices at all levels of the College.
Washington Internship Fall 2021 Information Session
- full-time, 8-credit internships in the arts, media/press, congressional/senate offices, science/health/environment, economic and public policy, foreign embassies, NGOs and social justice organizations.
- 8 credits of academic seminars
MLK Day(s) of Service 2021
Join the 2021 Initiative with Oxy and Hunger Free America
Due to the current health and economic crisis, more than 54 million people in America are struggling with hunger. But seasonal and charitable work can’t end hunger alone. Higher impact work, like volunteering professional skills at an anti-hunger organization or advocating for a stronger safety net or higher wages can make a bigger difference in the fight to end hunger.
Collaborate Final Show (12/7-1/8)
Join us to see paintings and a video loop of original dance performances created by youth artists in our Visual Art + Poetry and Performing Art + Dance workshops. Stop by anytime to see the work through our street facing windows on York Boulevard.
Collaborate is a FREE series of six workshops conceived and taught by Occidental College students to 6-8th graders in the local community.