Community Engagement

Why We Fight (99 min) describes the rise and maintenance of the United
States military-industrial complex and its  more than 50-year
involvement with the wars led by the United States, including he 2003
invasion of Iraq. The film includes interviews with politician John
McCain, political scientist and former-CIA analyst Chalmers Johnson,
military policy analyst Richard Perle, neoconservative commentator
William Kristol, writer Gore Vidal, Charles Lewis (founder of the

Lunch and Learn with Oxy’s Title IX Coordinator

Come learn about the annual Sexual Assault Campus Climate Survey. The survey is open until December 9 and we need to hear your voice! Jenn Broomfield, Title IX Coordinator will answer questions about the survey and discuss its importance.

As part of this event, the organizing groups will place Transgender Pride flags in the center of the Academic Quad along with more information about the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

As part of the Opportunity Under Law project, Eidmann brings impact litigation to advance economic justice and civil rights. Her work has focused on representing low-income children who have been denied the right to literacy and Native American students who have not been provided basic education and special education. Brought to you by the Occidental Pre-Law Program.

The mixer will be set up "speed dating" style so that students and professionals have a chance to get to speak with a variety of women before the end of the evening. The purpose of the mixer is to connect female-identifying students and various professional women from a broad range of careers around Los Angeles. We hope the event will be an opportunity for students to network and form connections with women who are already established in the workplace, leading to new jobs and mentorship.

Documentary filmmaker Karyl Evans presents her new film about landscape architect Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959), who overcame the challenges of a male-dominated profession to landscape more than 200 projects during her pioneering career, including the Occidental campus. A presentation by historian Ann Scheid on her research into Farrand’s Southern California landscapes and a Q&A with the filmmaker will follow.

This is part of series of events curated by ISLA Visiting Scholar, Vicki Ruiz.