Mason Granger
In this episode we connect with Mason Granger, the Deputy Director of Get Lit. Get Lit is an educational resource using poetry and spoken word poetry to inspire and increase literacy throughout schools in California. Mason shares how he first...
Charles Dickerson III
In this episode we connect with Charles (Chuck) Dickerson III, the Founder, Executive Director, and Conductor of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles. Chuck takes us through his background law and politics and how music was always present...
Stephanie Takaragawa
In this episode we connect with Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University. She discusses the development of her project, Images and Imaginings of Internment: Comics and...
Brian Niiya
In this episode we connect with Brian Niiya, the Content Director of Densho. Brian shares the beginnings of Densho, interviewing and documenting Japanese Americans who were incarcerated following executive Order 9066. As we are 30 years beyond the start of...
Susan Albert Loewenberg
In this episode we connect with Susan Albert Lowenberg, founder and Producing Director of L.A. Theatre Works. L.A. Theatre Works has produced and recorded over 600 audio plays over almost 40 years. All recordings are available with a subscription or...
Miko Lee and Annie Lee
In this episode we connect with Miko Lee from Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality, and Annie Lee from Chinese for Affirmative Action. We discuss the work both organizations do to create solidarity both within the Asian community and...
Conversations highlighting the challenges, opportunities, and strategies for confronting issues in our communities while collectively progressing toward a more equitable future.
Produced with Orange County Grantmakers with support from Orange County Community Foundation.
A program concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations carried out against communities or populations on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
Supported by the California State Library.
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University is committed to leading the conversation in our community on issues of humanity, unity and justice. As such, the college has undertaken, semester-long examinations of key societal issues.
These interdisciplinary conversations promote thoughtful dialogue; mindful reflection; social tolerance; awareness and respect; peace and kindness.
Documenting process and purpose, this interdisciplinary series is an educational resource provided to discuss the evolution of visual, performing, and literary arts at the intersection of technology, science, history, and health.
Medium History explores memories and moments through creativity and expression, capturing the cultural ethos of that time and place through storytelling and representation.
Visual material culture, such as art, and other multimodal forms can elicit responses, emotions, and opinions—human expressions, tied to temporal and cultural aesthetics. This program explores how creative mediums provide context for history beyond dates, and names, and figures.
An education program that considers unresolved symptoms of The Fire Problem.
This special podcast series will examine and explain underlying challenges and vulnerabilities with our climate, environment, politics, and vegetation.
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