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» How California Musicians Are Responding to Climate Change After witnessing first-hand the destruction of a desert wildfire that killed more than one million of the Mojave’s totemic Joshua Trees, Thor Steingraber, an artistic director at CSU Northridge, was moved to commission music that would alert people to the harms these trees face in California’s drying climate. Steingraber enlisted three composers to create a three-part concert, with each chapter dedicated to the Golden State’s big three tree species—Joshua trees, ancient redwoods and giant sequoias. -- Los Angeles Magazine

Scott has given hundreds of millions of dollars each to big-name charities: YMCAs-YWCAs; Big Brothers, Big Sisters; Planned Parenthood; United Ways; Second Harvest. Her education giving in California includes CSU Northridge and other California State University campuses, Long Beach City College and other community colleges, advocacy and research nonprofits, including Learning Policy Institute, NewSchools Venture Fund, Kingmakers of Oakland, which focuses on developing Black boys to reach their potential, College Track, and the parent empowerment organization The Oakland REACH. -- Visalia Times-Delta

“People need to understand that when they are wearing that Calavera, that it’s not just a mask or something to decorate their face with,” Yreina Cervantez, a Chicano/a studies professor at California State University, Northridge, told the Inquisitr. “What they are wearing is the symbolism of that eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth.” -- mamas uncut

Among the American universities and colleges in the education fair include Arizona State University; Bowling Green State University; California Baptist University; California College of the Arts; California State University-Chico; California State University-Northridge; Calvin University; Carnegie Mellon University; Cascadia Community College; Citrus College; Clark College; Clark University; Drexel University; Elgin Community College; Foothill + De Anza Colleges; Full Sail University; George Mason University; Hawaii Pacific University; Lewis University; New York Institute of Technology; Northeastern State University; Nova Southeastern University; Pearson (PTE Academic); St. Francis College; SUNY at Albany; University of Arizona; University of Colorado at Boulder; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon; University of Rochester; University of San Francisco; and Youngstown State University. -- Manila Times