Community Engagement

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.

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.

Thinking about running for elected office? Join us for this exciting workshop to learn how to craft your message and create a communication strategy that works. Hear from campus and community leaders about what it takes to win and develop your confidence as a student leader. The training is open to Oxy students of all genders, majors and class levels. Lunch is provided. Space is limited.

The primary election is the first time Angelenos will cast ballots under a brand-new model, one that includes state-of-the-art equipment, an updated design for mail-in ballots and new locations for in-person voting. This semester, as Los Angeles County transitions from polling places to vote centers, Occidental College is a proud participant in the Vote Center Placement Project.

Link to virtual resources will be posted here on Cesar Chavez's birthday, March 31st.  CLICK HERE to access Chavez-Huerta Day of Service 2020.  Be sure to also follow our Instagram account @oxyslice for more interactive content throughout 3/31. 

The event will consist of a catered dinner, open mic night, trivia game, and a screening of Anabel Gullo's "The City and the Sea" documentary screening. This is an opportunity to bring together students, faculty, and staff to close out UN Week 2020.

Co-sponsored with FEAST 

Jasmin Vargas (Food and Water Watch) and Dominique Hargreaves (LA Mayor's office, Deputy Sustainability Officer) will discuss environmental activism and organizing in the Los Angeles area, bringing together unique perspectives from a grassroots activist organization like Food and Water Watch and an institutional/political perspective from the LA Mayor's office. Topics will cover the different challenges commonly experienced within these different sectors, and how these different areas of environmental activism within LA interact with one another.

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