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International Open Mic Night

Looking for ways to participate? These are some of the things you can do:

  • Sing a song or Karaoke  

  • Too shy to sing? Talk about your favorite song while it plays in the background

  • Read poetry (written by you or your favorite poet)

  • Play an instrument that is traditional from another culture

  • Share your study abroad experience

  • Tell a joke!

  • Share your favorite saying in another language

Virtual Matriculation

Although it was not possible to gather and attend an in-person Matriculation this fall, President Elam invites first-year and transfer students to join him virtually by selecting to attend one of the Matriculation "Welcome Sessions" being offered from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. PT on Tuesday, November 10 and Thursday, November 12.

November 10 session 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://occidental.zoom.us/j/86720564143

Meeting ID: 867 2056 4143
Passcode: 101992

CTSJ's The Matrix - Director & Screenwriter Christine Swanson - Black Women in Hollywood Series

A Detroit native, visionary storyteller and multiple award-winning filmmaker, Christine Swanson earned her MFA in Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, one of the nation’s top-ranked graduate film programs. CNN identified Christine as one of the most promising filmmakers to emerge from NYU’s graduate film program since Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Oliver Stone, and Spike Lee (Christine’s NYU directing teacher). Christine also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, double majoring in Communications and Japanese.

Community Organizing Workshop Series

A core element of our partnership with the In Plain Sight coalition is to consider how artists and art spaces can be advocates for social change, on a local and global level. As part of our fall programming, we are offering a series of workshops led by community organizers on topics related to our exhibition and critical to supporting the well-being of our communities—abolishing prisons, ICE and police, and creating community care through mutual aid networks.

All workshops meet on Tuesdays, at 5pm PST.