(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
Social Justice
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
This is what Angela Davis had to say at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson
An intellectual rock star took the stage at Cal State Dominguez Hills - and the audience roared as if at a concert. That rock star was Angela Davis. Davis, one of the most eminent political and cultural philosophers of the last half-century, gave an approximately 90-minute lecture in Dominguez Hill's gymnasium Monday evening, Feb. 11, weaving a centuries-long narrative about the struggles of oppression - from Native American genocide to transphobia - and urging her audience to “imagine a different world.” At 75, Davis - still with her trademark Afro and powerful voice - captivated the audience with ease. The approximately 1,000 people in the gym sat rapt, hanging on Davis' every ... Read More
Author Angela Davis: Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series
(Carson, Calif.) Angela Y. Davis, an award-winning scholar and author on race, feminism, and prison industrialization, will be the featured speaker during the Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series on Monday, Feb. 11, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Torodome Gymnasium at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). What: Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Angela Davis When: Monday, Feb. 11, 4 to 6 p.m. Where: Torodome Gymnasium at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Information: The lecture is FREE. Davis' books will be for sale during the lecture. For more information contact the Dymally Institute at (310) 243-2659. Titled “A New Generation Finding its Voice,” the ... Read More
State Attorney General Becerra to address environmental issues in Cal State Dominguez Hills speech
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will discuss Thursday, Feb. 7, the state's efforts to defend environmental protections critical to residents' health in an address that is part of the continuing Cal State Dominguez Hills Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series and open to the public. The 4 p.m. free lecture – titled “Fighting for a Sustainable Future and Healthy Communities” - will be heard in CSUDH's Loker Student Union Ballroom. It's a timely speech for the South Bay as residents in cities such as Torrance, Wilmington and Carson grapple with pollution issues including those caused by the refineries in each community. The South Coast Management District's AB617 Steering ... Read More
