Events By Quarter
Race Matters Series
Fighting for the Planet We Choose: Science, Advocacy, and Liberatory Futures
Professor Timnit Kefela
MCC Theater
In this lecture, Professor Timnit Kefela (Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management at CSU Channel Islands) will share her experience at the UN Environment Programme headquarters in Geneva. She will present her insights into how scientific evidence is translated into global environmental policies. She will discuss how different UN delegations have clashed over environmental policymaking and how these conflicts have affected marginalized communities. Learn how Dr. Kefela’s research and advocacy aim to design liberatory and community-driven solutions for waste management and pollution. A Q&A will follow Dr. Kefela’s lecture.
Resilient Love
Building Accountable Communities with Creativity IRL
Richie Reseda and JJ’88
MCC Theater and Lounge
Private Film Screening + Discussion Circles + Performance
The MultiCultural Center presents an exclusive private screening for the campus community. Watch SONGS FROM THE HOLE, the Netflix Original award-winning visual album-documentary composed in prison. Enjoy live music by the film’s writer, music artist, and main character, JJ’88. Then join discussion circles hosted by Richie Reseda and JJ ‘88, where they will discuss practicing real-life tools to build self-accountability and accountable communities, without relying on shame or punishment. Richie Reseda practices transformative justice in his relationships and daily life. He is a formerly-incarcerated music and film producer, content creator, organizer, and creative director. He produced the feature film, SONGS FROM THE HOLE, following just having co-created and co-hosted the Spotify original podcast Abolition X. While in prison, he started the worker-owned media collective Question Culture, and co-founded Success Stories, the feminist-accountability program chronicled in the CNN documentary, “The Feminist on Cell Block Y.” By way of North Long Beach, JJ ‘88 purposed his original music and life story as the focal point of the multi-award-winning visual album-documentary SONGS FROM THE HOLE, which he wrote and co-produced from prison.
Creative Community Care
Guest Artist
MCC Lounge
Join us for an interactive workshop exploring how art can be a powerful tool for community building, education, and healing. Through hands-on creative activities and shared reflection, participants will engage with art as a way to spark dialogue and connection. Come ready to create, collaborate, and imagine the possibilities of art in community.
(Time TBD)
Conscious Conversations Series
Gather & Grow: Mental Health Across Cultures
MCC Lounge
Join us for Gather & Grow: Mental Health Across Cultures, an evening dedicated to exploring how culture shapes our understanding, experience, and care for our mental health. Clinicians from Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) will lead a psychoeducational presentation focused on mental health in marginalized communities, addressing cultural expectations, chronic stress, stigma, and practical coping strategies. Together, we will unpack how identity, family dynamics, and societal pressures influence well-being and how we can move toward collective healing. The evening will continue with a cultural performance by Raices de mi Tierra, opportunities to connect with campus mental health resources, and a shared meal to foster conversation and community. Come ready to learn, reflect, and grow together.
Co-sponsored by CAPS.
