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Luis Valdez: Aesthetics of El Teatro Campesino

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Luis Valdez, acclaimed Chicano playwright, and filmmaker, will discuss, with Theatre professor Jorge Huerta, Valdez’s career and his new book, Theatre of the Sphere: The Vibrant Being—an actor’s guide that fuses ancient Mayan and contemporary Western performance aesthetics within an interdisciplinary framework. Read more

Screening and Panel Discussion: Eve After Dark

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - 7:00pm

Join the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Africana Studies for a screening of the documentary film "Eve After Dark." From humble beginnings to Super Bowl LVI recognition, the story of Eve After Dark, is one man’s triumph to create a safe space for Compton’s youth in the early 1980s. Get more information about this event.

Tunisian Women's Activism: The Struggle for Social and Gender Justice Continues

Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 9:30am to 11:00am

Tunisian women have long participated in struggles for liberation, first in anticolonial movements, then against state corruption and dictatorship in independent Tunisia especially during the 'Arab Spring.' Dr. Grami’s talk will discuss the rich history of the women’s movement in Tunisia to help us understand how women interact with various forms of power to renegotiate their identities and their status Read more

Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop: C.I.P.H.E.R. Inaugural Symposium

Friday, April 21, 2023 - 10:00am to 5:00pm

CIPHER Symposium: Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop featuring Sway Calloway

Please join the Center for the Interdisciplinary Pursuit of Hip-Hop Elevation & Research (C.I.P.H.E.R.) for its inaugural Symposium: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop with special guest Sway Calloway. Come for live Hip Hop performances and history, stay for the dancers, graf installations, and food! Get more information and RSVP for this event.

Sixth Civil Discourse Social Justice Student Research Conference

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 10:30am to 6:00pm

Opening Remarks begin at 10:30AM

Student Panel #1: 11AM-12:15PM

Student Panel #2: 2-3:15PM

Keynote Address:

“Mutual Aid for Survival and Mobilization”

with author, lawyer, and activist Dean Spade, 4PM-6PM

Dean Spade is a lawyer, author, activist, and filmmaker working at the intersection of queer and trans-liberation and economic and racial justice. Author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), https://www.versobooks.com/products/2722-mutual-aid, Spade will be speaking on mutual aid and solidarity across social justice movements in the time of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.

This event is co-sponsored with Queer Studies and funded through the CSUN Diversity and Equity Innovation Grant. Read more

Low & Slow at CSUN

Saturday, June 24, 2023 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm

Things will be going “low and slow” on Saturday, June 24, at California State University, Northridge as CSUN hosts the first of what university officials hope will be an annual lowrider car show at the university.

Performances by: Ballet Folklórico Aztlán (BFA) de CSUN, Poetry by LA Poet Society, Teatro Aztlán de CSUN and music by DJ Mestizo.
Lowrider cars displayed in Parking Lot B4. Read more

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