Newsletters with evocative titles such as “Practical Anarchy” and “Bolshevik Tendencies” — tucked away in cardboard boxes bearing labels like “Anarchism Collection (Box 2) — sit, uncatalogued, in the library basement at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Shelves there contain more than 5,700 books devoted to fringe and mainstream political movements, and diverse subjects such as Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War and the American Civil Rights movement. And there are scrapbooks, buttons, video and audio tapes, personal papers of activists, and cheaply produced pamphlets — often discarded quickly, they are now rare — crammed into dozens of cardboard boxes. This hodgepodge of political ... Read More
Social Justice
CSUDH is New Home of Extensive Archival Library on Labor History
(Carson, CA) – The California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Gerth Archives and Special Collections has acquired the vast Holt Labor Library – along with a donation of $200,000 to catalog and maintain the artifacts from the library’s founder, Apple Inc.’s fifth employee, Rod Holt. The collection is the largest archival donation in the university’s history and chronicles the history of the struggle to organize trade unions, the rise of anti-war and political movements, and the fight for civil rights and to protect the environment. “The Holt collection is a fantastic expression of 20th century dissent, as well as the labor movement in the U.S., and includes a whole host of ... Read More
Queer Culture and Resource Center Opens at CSUDH
With the drop of a rainbow-colored ribbon and applause from a lively crowd of supporters, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) officially opened the Queer Culture and Resource Center (QCRC) on April 11. Located off the West Walkway next to the DH Sports Lounge’s busy patio, the resource center has already begun to fulfill one of its primary goals: to provide a visible and welcoming space for students who historically have not been well recognized on university campuses. Just as critical is the center’s objective of building cultural awareness about the needs of LGBTQIA people at CSUDH. Several students and administrators offered words of support for the QCRC during ... Read More
Male Success Alliance Celebrates 10 Years of Empowering Students of Color
(Carson, Calif.) California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) innovative Male Success Alliance (MSA) program is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The first of its kind in California to address retention and graduation rates among male college students, and high school dropout rates and access to higher education for boys of color, the MSA has garnered accolades and the funding to help develop similar programs statewide. Primarily serving African American and Latino males, but open to all ethnicities, the MSA was established in 2009 with a small group of seven CSUDH students. A decade later, the program has grown to approximately 80 members and, over recent years, has seen an ... Read More
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Talks Environmental Protections for Low-Income Residents During Lecture Series
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra frequently used Mother Nature as a powerful metaphor for protecting the planet and securing the environmental protections critical to residents as the featured speaker during California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series on Feb. 7. CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham created the once-a-semester Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series as a way to engage the campus and surrounding community in thought-provoking discussions on some of society’s most pressing issues. Themed “Fighting for a Sustainable Future and Healthy Communities,” the spring lecture was one of several events that marked Parham’s ... Read More
