The unprecedented COVID-19 health crisis has affected everyone in some way, but many already-vulnerable groups have been among the hardest hit. Local non-profit Angels Nest has stepped up to the plate to help one such group at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)—with a generous $30,000 gift to the Toro Guardian Scholars (TGS) program, dedicated to helping Toro students who have been in the foster care system. Originally, Angels Nest had planned to donate $25,000, specifically earmarked to pay for on-campus housing costs for TGS students. With the outbreak of COVID-19, it quickly became clear that those students would need even more help. That's when Angels Nest stepped up ... Read More
Social Work
Basic Needs Office Continues Providing Food for Students in Need
Despite operational limitations in place on campus to help prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Basic Needs Office at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has found a new way to continue distributing food to the students who need it most. When the CSU system called on campuses to immediately transition in-person operations to virtual mode, the Basic Needs Office began exploring ways to ensure the food pantries at CSUDH continued to serve the needs of students. Key was the consolidation of two main food pantries in the Office of Student Life and the Women’s Resource Center. They also needed to create a system that adhered to social distancing guidelines. The ... Read More
Studio Art Program Partners with L.A. County to Encourage Student Voting
Anthony Kordahi’s father emigrated from Lebanon to the United States in the 1980s to escape civil war and live in a country where he could have a voice, and vote what was in his heart. So, when Kordahi was asked to paint someone who inspires him to vote, his father was high on the list. Kordahi is one of 20 California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students whose paintings of family and friends are featured in a regional non-partisan art project called the Next Generation of Voters. Next Generation of Voters was developed by artist Deborah Aschheim, who is part of Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture’s Creative Strategist-Artist in Residence program, while ... Read More
CSUDH Receives Grant to Support Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault and Violence
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received a three-year, $298,719 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Office of Violence Against Women to develop and launch the Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program at CSUDH. Established by Congress in 2006, the grant supports community-based approaches to enhance victim safety, provides services for victims/survivors, and supports efforts to hold offenders accountable. CSUDH was the only campus in California to receive one of the 50 grants awarded in October 2019. The grant was secured by CSUDH’s Center for Advocacy, Prevention and Empowerment (CAPE) ... Read More
Corina Benavides-Lopez is Guided by the Enduring Principles of Social Justice
Corina Benavides-Lopez considers the principles of social justice – access, equity, rights, and participation – to be the most enduring values in her life. The assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) also believes that social justice is at its weakest when narrowly applied, which is why Benavides-Lopez teaches its tenets as accessible for everyone. “I don’t feel that I have the right to choose what, or whom, is most important when it comes to addressing the critical issues around social justice in my research, or in the classroom,” she said. CSUDH has presented Benavides-Lopez with the 2019 Lyle E. Gibson Dominguez ... Read More
