Practical Insights from Cultural Sociology
The Cultural Change Project this spring was one of the most diverse yet, covering issues that ranged from pandemic panic to body positivity, from reproductive health to climate change. The proposals resulting from this meeting of minds at Cal State LA start from the micro level and work upward, targeting institutions and creating strategies to […]
LA Equity Organizations @ the Career Connector
Los Angeles is home to hundreds of organizations working for equity and opportunity. Cal State LA is home to thousands of local students committed to building equity and opportunity in their communities. The Cal State LA Social Impact Career Connector builds bridges between the two. This is a public event – if you plan to […]
Solution Bank: Culture & Emotion
A few models for engagement with culture and emotion – useful for courses but also as a start for grappling with the question of how to intervene in culture: Organizing: Community Coalition of South LA Digital manipulation: Google Ads for Social Engineering Inclusive entrepreneurship: JornARTleros (scroll down for English si lo quiere) Movies: Charles D. King […]
Proposals for Cultural Change: Police, Politics, Pandemic, and more
Fall 2020 was an incredible time, with pandemic in full swing and political upheavals driving an overwhelmingly intense news cycle. In this environment, the Cultural Change Project at Cal State LA brought together students to develop proposals to create and share beliefs, values, and institutions that addressed the most pressing problems facing local communities in […]
Supporting Student Parents: Launching a New Movement
Many of the most hard-working students at CSULA are those with children, otherwise known as “student-parents”. Balancing education and raising a family is difficult, the current system that supports them is not as consistent as student-parents hoped. If you’re interested please email Jared Mandap at (mandapjared at gmail.com) for more information! We need to generate more opportunities […]