Timothy Watkins' love for Watts and its people is in his blood, and has flowed through the veins of his family for decades. Watkins is fourth president and CEO of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC). The organization “sprang to life” in 1965 in the wake of the Watts Rebellion from the compassion and drive of his father Ted Watkins, Sr. to improve the quality of life in the area through community service, job training, youth and seniors services, housing initiatives, and a variety of other programs. “My father was a remarkable man. He was a genius in many ways, and he taught me the lessons I know about leadership–first and foremost, 'If something needs to be done, just do ... Read More
Social Justice
AB 540 students share challenges and triumphs with consul general of Mexico
After crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, 14-year-old Belen Mercado walked with her two brothers through the desert for two days and slept in the cold sand by night to reunite with her mother, whom they had not seen since she had migrated from Guadalajara, Mexico, to the United States a couple years prior. Mercado soon enrolled in middle school and began leading the life of an undocumented immigrant teenager. She is now an AB 540 student at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) who wants to major in English. “It was nice to see my mother again. There were a lot of experiences that I had to go through, but I reunited with my mom after two years in Mexico without a ... Read More
Erwin Chemerinsky talks law and inequality during inaugural Social Justice Distinguished Speakers Series event
Drawing from his nationally recognized expertise in constitutional law, U.S. Supreme Court rulings and appellate litigation, Erwin Chemerinsky recently spoke at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) to address some of today's most pressing societal issues related to equality and the role law has played in addressing them. Chemerinsky, founding dean and professor of law at the University of California, Irvine's (UCI) School of Law, visited campus as the first speaker of the CSUDH's Public Policy Institute's inaugural Social Justice Distinguished Speakers Series. The lecture was the first of many upcoming events planned by the institute that will engage the community in a ... Read More
Labor Studies Program Organizes Annual Labor, Social and Environmental Justice Fair
Students and faculty in the Labor Studies Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills welcome labor and community organizations from across the greater Los Angeles area to celebrate the Seventh Annual Labor, Social and Environmental Justice Fair on Thursday, April 30, on campus. From immigration reform to workers' rights to economic and environmental conscience policies, people are uniting to create real social change, and the fair's theme, “Uprising" aims to highlight these organizing drives of the Social Justice Movement. Greg Akili from the Black Worker Center and Mark Lopez from East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice are this year's keynote speakers. “We're ... Read More
Political Science Department Hosts Panel Discussion on Human Trafficking
There is a big open secret here on this campus and throughout the cities beyond. Something that impacts all of us. You might see glimpses of this crime in the neighborhood or in the local grocery store. They look like ordinary people; actual chains do not bind them, but they are nevertheless enslaved. Human trafficking, in its many forms and variants, is alive and thriving throughout every community in Southern California, and the world at large. Indeed there are more people alive and enslaved today than ever in this planet's history On Tuesday, April 14, from 2:30 to 4 p.m., the Department of Political Science at California State University, Dominguez Hills will present an open forum ... Read More
