Community Engagement

Listen to and participate in a discussion about moving progressive social justice agendas within the UN’s human rights system with Dominique Day, Victor Madrigal-Borloz and Cynthia Rothschild, the Director of Oxy’s UN Program.

Alex Tha Great (Given Real Encouragement Amongst Turmoil) is a spoken word artist, speaker, playwright, and activist. She is the runner up for the 2018 National Civil Rights Museum Drop the Mic Poetry Slam and a 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam finalist. A graduate of the University of California, Irvine with a B.A. in African American Studies and Claremont Graduate University with a M.A. in Cultural Studies, she has 10 years’ experience performing in various venues, colleges, and stages across the country. She has shared the stage with actress Irma P.

The Intercultural Community Center, in partnership with staff from the Division of Student Affairs and Black students at Oxy, has led the charge in the development of the Black Action Plan (BAP). The BAP is a multi-pronged approach designed to address some of the most significant and persistent needs among Black students, including how to address racial bias and implement anti-racist practices at all levels of the College. 

Join the 2021 Initiative with Oxy and Hunger Free America

Due to the current health and economic crisis, more than 54 million people in America are struggling with hunger. But seasonal and charitable work can’t end hunger alone. Higher impact work, like volunteering professional skills at an anti-hunger organization or advocating for a stronger safety net or higher wages can make a bigger difference in the fight to end hunger.

Join us to see paintings and a video loop of original dance performances created by youth artists in our Visual Art + Poetry and Performing Art + Dance workshops. Stop by anytime to see the work through our street facing windows on York Boulevard. 

Collaborate is a FREE series of six workshops conceived and taught by Occidental College students to 6-8th graders in the local community. 

Please join us to meet President Elam and learn more about the current state of the College, what the future holds, and how as a community we can support each other during these historic times. President Elam will be joined by an Oxy faculty member and student, to discuss their academic work during this period of remote teaching and learning.

Lisette Garcia holds a PhD in experimental psychology from Tufts University with an expertise in the impact of culture and identity on individual decision-making. She has taught at Harvard and Columbia University and she later became a Post-Doc and Professor at John Jay College Of Criminal Justice. She is founder of the World Migration Fund that is dedicated to restoring dignity to the immigrant and migrant experience through education, advocacy and legal support services. 

with Panelists

Dr. Shushan Karapetian, Deputy Director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies. Dr. Karapetian has recently returned from Armenia.  She will share her expertise and her on-the-ground knowledge about the situation. She is the host of this podcast about Karabakh / Artsakh – the significance of names.

As part of Oxy's Parent and Alumni Homecoming 2020 Weekend, Oxy's Programming Board presents Fall Fest 2020: DaniLeigh—a virtual live concert from Oxy's Thorne Patio. Enjoy a night of virtual fun, music, and dancing!

SIGN UP TO MEET & GREET WITH DANILEIGH HERSELF PRE SHOW HERE

To get your livestream ticket, CLICK HERE!