Oct
27
5:00 PM17:00

Oxy Arts: Mutual Aid Praxis with Ground Game LA

This workshop will cover the history, foundations, and principles of mutual aid, and offer hands on tools for creating and connecting with mutual aid networks. During the workshop, there will be opportunities to connect with local organizers doing work on campus, in Los Angeles, and beyond. 

Ground Game LA is a horizontally-managed, grassroots group, building community & electoral power in Los Angeles. Ground Game members are volunteers, staffers, and impacted community members across a broad range of neighborhoods, organizations, and campaigns. 

Wendy Barranco is a community organizer, facilitator, trainer, and independent consultant. She is Indigenous, originally to Mesoamerica (popularly known as Mexico) and migrated to LA with her mother when she was 4. At 17 she fell victim to the US military’s targeting of poor people and communities of color and was enlisted into the Army as a combat medic. Upon returning from occupying Iraq in 2006, she became radicalized through personal reflection and learning from the lives and experiences of communities at home and abroad. Since then, Wendy has organized with Ground Game LA, Mutual Aid Network LA and About Face: Veterans Against the War and collaborated on campaigns including #Landback and #JusticeforVanessaGuillen and #AbolishBorders. 

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Oct
18
5:00 PM17:00

Diversity of Thought hosted by Oxy's Affinity Alumni Organizations

Oxy's Latinx Alumni Association (OCLAA), Black Alumni Organization (BAO) and Asian Pacific Islander Organization (API) invite you to participate in, Diversity of Thought, a series of collaborative discussions. The premise will be to learn, discuss and co-create across race and ethnicity, and generations, around today’s most pressing issues. Alumni want to hear your perspectives as we engage civically, build wisdom and bridges, and mobilize action as an Oxy community. 

Join the inaugural discussion on Sunday October 18th at 5pm for "Oxy’s Vote Matters", concerning the power and impact of voting, with special guest Sara El-Amine, ’07, H’19, a progressive strategist and one of the architects of the Obama grassroots movement.  Register at bit.ly/oxysvotematters, and please watch the following Ted talk "There's No Such Thing As Not Voting" to ground and inform the discussion.  

Sincerely,

Occidental College Latinx Alumni Association (OCLAA)

Oxy Black Alumni Organization (BAO)

Oxy Asian Pacific Islander Alumni (OXY API)

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Oct
8
5:00 PM17:00

Oxy Arts: Being Black At Oxy - Film Screening

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In this poetic reflection, writer/director Darla Howell provides a nuanced perspective of being a Black student at Occidental College. The film features over 25 students who explore their personal experiences of vulnerability, seeking safety, and navigating the various realities of life at a predominantly white institution.  

With a grant from Oxy Arts, Darla wrote and directed the film during her senior year at Oxy. While making the film, Darla realized the importance of creativity and art in her life and in the lives of other black students at Oxy. Together with Oxy Arts, Darla developed the Black Arts Fund—a new grant program dedicated to supporting creative production by Black artists at Oxy. 

Support and learn more about the Black Arts Fund here

Darla Howell is a recent Oxy graduate, who majored in Chinese Studies and Linguistics. Originally from Los Angeles California, her exposure to the linguistic and cultural diversity of LA inspired her pursuit of language studies. She is currently working as a Speaking and Writing Fellow at NYU Shanghai in China. Outside of her academic interests, Darla enjoys performing spoken word poetry, participating in theater, and playing the piano. Darla has pursued a variety of artistic ventures during her time at Oxy. 

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