Community Engagement

Presentations include: 

Friday, February 14th: 

Alana Adelman: "Desafiando el travestismo del espectador en Te doy mis ojos: Una crítica de la teoría de la mirada masculina de Laura Mulvey"

Natalie Arbogast: "La falla del marxismo tradicional y una aparición del posmarxismo en El beso de la mujer araña: El poder realista de la dialéctica"

Ivy Denham-Conroy: "Un estudio de Molina y Valentín: El reaprendizaje del género y la sexualidad en El beso de la mujer araña"

Thank you for your interest in Birds & Books. Given the concerns about Coronavirus and the forecast, this event has been canceled. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date.

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Jihan Gearon is Navajo and Black from the Navajo Nation. She is a graduate of Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Earth Systems and a focus in Energy Science and Technology. She serves on the boards of Sustainable Nations Development Project and Groundswell Fund, and on the advisory committee of Radical Imagination Family Fund. Her work over the past 15 years has made her a nationally recognized movement leader in environmental and climate justice, just transition, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, and Indigenous feminism.

Sonya Renee Taylor's visit will focus on radical self-care within activist communities. Sonya is the first speaker in a series presented by the Intercultural Community Center and black student leaders titled the "365 series". This collaborative and dynamic series of programming will recognize black history, black lives, and blackness at Oxy and beyond. Most importantly, it aims to send an important message: February is only a starting place in the celebration and acknoweldgement of black history. 

Presentations include: 

Jacob Eggert: "Confidence and Insecurity in the Realm of Value"

Farrah H. Kim: "What an Absurd Life Reveals about the Afterlife"

Michael Caballero: "The Reasonability of Fearing Death: Subjective versus Objective Reasoning"

Henrik De La Torre: "How Can We Dance at the End of the World?" 

Samuel Ritmeester-Loy: "We're all in this Together: Losing Individualism in the face of Death" 

There will be free food, but it is first come first serve! All are invited and welcome to join. We hope to see you there!

There will be free traditional Chinese cuisine, a number of one-of-a-kind performances, as well as chances for you to win free gifts! Dinner will be served at 5 PM at Thorne Patio and the show will start at 6:30 PM sharp.

Utilizing real life examples, this discussion will illustrate the challenge of balancing public interest and necessity with private property rights. Topics covered will include types of public projects and related land acquisitions, planning for public projects in a way that causes the least private injury, when and why eminent domain is utilized, the impact of the Uniform Act of 1971 on property owners and tenants, additional California laws and the protection for owners and tenants and possible eminent domain outcomes for the owner and the public agency. 

Join us this February for a series of FREE generative writing workshops led by local LA-based authors. The series explores the connections between LA's built environment and how different cultures and communities interface with public space.

Free and open to the public - register here to reserve your spot.