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From CSUN to the Supreme Court and Back

Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 12:00pm

Professor and retired appellate court Justice Sandy Kriegler

The Sierra Series events offer compelling, inspiring speakers, who inform, entertain and enlighten the audience with timely presentations that appeal to a wide-ranging audience. Please join us at our fall event, From CSUN to the Supreme Court and Back, The Unlikely Journey of a Valley Boy, featuring retired California Court of Appeal Justice Sandy Kriegler, author of Hidden Behind the Robe, a legal thriller drawing rave reviews. Get more information and register for this event.

Dr. Téllez

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

speaker

Dr. Téllez is an Associate Professor
at the University of Arizona,
teaching in the Department of
Mexican American Studies,
who writes about transnational
community formations, Chicana
feminism, and gendered migration. Read more

Film Screening: La Manplesa: An uprising remembered

Monday, October 17, 2022 - 2:00pm

La Manplesa: An uprising remembered

Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theatre, La Manplesa: An uprising remembered, weaves together the collective memory of one of D.C.'s first barrios and dives into the roots of the '91 rebellion after the police shooting of Daniel Gomez, a young man from El Salvador. Read more

Oriel Siu: Undoing the Foundational Fairytales - One Children's Book at a Time

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Oriel Siu

CSUN Alumna and children's book author Dr. Siu offers a full reading of her latest children's book, Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It's Over! and reflects on the dangerous foundational fairytales still taught at schools, their origins, and the need to contest them with the power of our stories. With live Q&A! Read more

The Politics of Low & Slow: Exhibition Opening Reception

Sunday, October 9, 2022 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Car on rear hydraulic lifters

Join us for our opening reception of The Politics of Low and Slow exhibit, curated by Denise Sandoval, CSUN Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies. This year's exhibit celebrates Chicano lowrider culture in Los Angeles. Explore this unique exhibition for a better understanding of lowrider culture, and the history and spirit of a cultural expression that today crosses regional, national, and international boundaries. Read more

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