Kenya Beckmann felt good as she turned into Parking Lot 1 at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and saw students placing donated food as well as Providence Health bags filled with COVID-19 protection supplies into the trunks of cars for their peers in need. Beckmann, the regional chief philanthropy officer of Providence Health, came to CSUDH to volunteer during one of the Toro Food Pantry food distribution drive-throughs. Operated through the university's Basic Needs Office, the pantry has been providing students food every other week since the beginning of the pandemic. Providence, the largest health care provider in Southern California, has committed $50 million ... Read More
Press Releases
‘A Surge of Power,’ A Black Lives Matter-Devised Theatre Production, March 11-16
(Carson, Ca.) California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will host a livestream production of “A Surge of Power,” an original student-written theatre production that gives voice to the rising plea for social equity. The show will run March 11, 12, 13, and 16 at 7 p.m. “A Surge of Power” is one result of the pledge the Department of Theatre and Dance made last summer in support of the Black Lives Matter movement to tell stories that denounce racism and bigotry, and foster empathy for all people. It was developed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Shaunté Caraballo, who directs the production, and CSUDH students Kendall Bryant, Samantha Cope, Trish McCall, and Alex Serrano, ... Read More
Male Success Alliance Receives $100,000 Grant from Kaiser Permanente
(Carson, Ca.) The Male Success Alliance (MSA) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received $100,000 from Kaiser Permanente as part of $8.15 million in grants awarded to 40 nonprofit and community-based organizations across the nation for programing that addresses systemic racism. Kaiser announced the funding on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as part of a $25 million commitment the nonprofit health system made in June 2020 to promote health equity and address racism-driven stresses that lead to poor health outcomes. It includes $1 million for 10 organizations in Southern California, and CSUDH was the only institution of higher education among the grantees. “CSUDH is ... Read More
Dymally Institute Presents Anti-Racism Webinar
(Carson, Ca.) Eddie Glaude Jr., a New York Times bestselling author and NBC “Meet the Press” political commentator, will be the Dymally Distinguished Speaker during its Black History Month Anti-racism webinar “White People Only (and other practitioners of unconscious race bias): An Anti-Racism Workshop for Racial Reconciliation,” on Wednesday, Feb. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The webinar will be hosted on Zoom by the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute (Dymally Institute) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), and the Dymally Institute advisory board. It comes out of a campuswide charge by CSUDH President, Thomas A. Parham to move ... Read More
CSUDH wins $100,000 Getty Research Grant for PST Initiative
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) University Art Gallery has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Getty Foundation. The funds will be used to conduct research related to the gallery's contribution to the next Pacific Standard Time initiative in 2024, which this time focuses on the relationship between art and science. Entitled “Brackish Waters Los Angeles,” the CSUDH project will revolve around the concept of brackish water sites, areas where fresh and ocean water intermix. The exhibition will explore this notion both literally, with scientific research into Southern California's waterways, and metaphorically, as an 'in between space' of great change ... Read More