Community Engagement

This event is sponsored by the Intercultural Community Center and the departments of Critical Theory and Social Justice, Politics, Sociology, and Urban and Environmental Policy with funding generously provided by the Remsen Bird Fund. This lecture will be recorded for those who cannot attend in person. 

*This event will require the use of a mask and will follow all COVID-19 safety guidelines set out by the College.

Join the Intercultural Community Center (1501 Campus Road) for an interactive spray paint workshop 9/9 from 5-7pm. The ICC will provide an assortment of art materials, including 4x8 wood panels, for participants. The session will be co-led by John Zendar and Brenda Perez from Restorative Justice for the Arts.

The event follow all COVID-19 safety guidelines set out by the College, and masks will be provided by the ICC. 

Join us for a discussion of the stauts of Women's Rights in Afghanistan in light of recent events. 

Our Expert Panelists:

Dr. Farida Jalalzai, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of Global Initiatives and Engagement at the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech.

Dr. Mona Tajali, Associate Professor of International Relations & WGSS, Director of Human Rights Program & the Middle East Studies Program at Agnes Scott College in Georgia. 

Join the Intercultural Community Center for a community gathering Tuesday 9/7 where we will honor the work of Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO). CIELO will be leading a creative workshop that will challenge us to question the beliefs and ideas we have about the Indigenous experience, and reimagine a decolonized future. CIELO will be leading a creative workshop that will challenge us to question the beliefs and ideas we have about the Indigenous experience, and reimagine a decolonized future.

Steve Coll is Dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism & Staff Writer for The New Yorker. 

Register via Zoom

​​After three months of intensive research, development, and creative production, our resident artists have completed their original augmented reality monuments for a future Los Angeles. 

Join Oxy Arts on Sunday, September 19th to view these new artworks for the first time via the 4th Wall app. Timed activations are planned for each site (information below), or stop by anytime between 11am - 2pm to view the artworks. 

Register in advance for this webinar

This year the celebration will be a two-day event starting on February 28th with a launch on PRESENCE. The second event is a live Zoom hair care workshop by Jasmine Curtis, creator of Avocurl. Join us on Friday, April 2nd, for the live Zoom hair care workshop!

Timothy Grose, PhD is an associate professor of China Studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His research on expressions of Uyghur ethno-national identities and public performances of Islamic piety has been published in the China Journal, Journal of Contemporary China, Ethnic and Racial Studies, China File, Dissent, and Foreign Policy. Timothy’s commentary on ethnic policy in Xinjiang has appeared in Al-Jazeera, The Atlantic, CNN, The Diplomat, Economist, The Guardian, and Vox among others.