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Civic Engagement Events

News Salon

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 12:00pm to 3:30pm

cup of tea and newspapers

Hang out with students in Jour365 - News Literacy to discuss and exchange ideas about politics, culture, and the arts in the Oviatt Library Learning Commons. Read more

National Voter Registration Day Table

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

vote

We will have a table in the Library Lobby to help voters get registered, check on their registration status and educate patrons on getting election / polling place information. Read more

GIS Day: Mapping the News

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Girl with layers of a map

Join us in celebrating GIS Day as Priya Krishnakumar, a data journalist for the Los Angeles Times, discusses “Mapping the News: GIS in Journalism.” Read more

Empire of Borders, Migration, and Climate Change

Friday, April 19, 2019 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Todd Miller: Border Patron Nation (Book cover)

Independent journalist Todd Miller will speak about how the border industrial complex has boomed in the United States since the 1990s, it has created a Border Patrol paranoia in the country, and it has been financed and exported to a world where displacement due to economic, political, and environmental violence has become the norm. Read more

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