Academic Year 2021-2022
Bridge the Gap
This event is a campus-wide diversity initiative inspired by The Museum of Tolerance. This interactive educational initiative uses photographs, props, videos, and recordings to educate and engage the CSU Channel Islands community in dialogue around topics that have historically and currently affect members of our community. The Multicultural Dream Center is running sessions every 15 minutes and the experience should take about 35-40 minutes.
This year, the event is being held during the following days/times:
DATES: Tuesday, Nov. 16 - Thursday, Nov. 18Art With Impact: Wellness in Words
Academic Year 2020-2021
Broome Library is excited to present its June lecturers for GLBTQ+ Pride Month!
On Monday June 7th at 4:00pm Pacific, J. Cagandahan, RN, offers their lecture “Thrive with Pride,†which will cover basic cultural competency of the LGBTQIA+ demographic and acquaint attendees with the language that is unique to the transgender experience. All interested may register for free.
On Wednesday, June 9th at 4:00pm Pacific, scholar S. A. Smythe will be speaking on “Black Trans Imaginaries.†All interested may register for free.
On Wednesday, June 16th at 4:00pm Pacific, Addison Rose Vincent will speak on “Gender Inclusive Communication.†All interested may register for free.
On Thursday, June 24th at 4:00pm Pacific, CI’s own Steve Stratton will speak – stay tuned for details!
For more details on speakers and descriptions of the lectures, please see the Library’s events calendar.
Moving From Courageous Conversations to Collaborative Action: Building a Beloved Community
Students, faculty, staff and administrators addressing our challenges collectively Facilitated By
DR. ALMA CLAYTON-PEDERSEN
DATE: Thursday, March 25, 2021
TIME: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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For more information about this event, contact Jeannette Edwards, Centers Coordinator at jeannette.edwards@csuci.edu.
This event is being hosted by the Center for Multicultural Engagement with the support of the Division of Academic Affairs and the Division of Student Affairs.
Campus Reading Celebration AY 2020-2021
Speaker/Author Selection: Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble
Book Selection: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Art With Impact
Movies for Mental Health is a virtual workshop led by a facilitator from Art With Impact, a nonprofit that uses the emotional power of short film to initiate dialogue with students on the topic of mental health, particularly focused on how the pandemic has had an impact on us individually, our families, our university, and our community. CSU Channel Islands will host the workshop virtually Thursday, April 22nd from 5:00 – 7:00 PM PST. We will have a facilitated discussion, three short films from Art With Impact’s library, mind-body activities, and a panel consisting of students with lived experience and mental health resources from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Wellness Promotion Education (WPE), and Ventura County Behavioral Health (VCBH).
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Ongoing Events
Our Stories Matter Discussion Series
This series of discussions will consist of focused interdisciplinary evidence-based perspectives presented by at least two faculty and/or invited experts who will speak on and discuss specific topics related to fascism, white supremacy, current events (local to global), in the context of CI's values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Spring 2021 Series
Manuel Crillo
Cindy Wiesner
Fall 2020 Series
This series will be taking place in the CME Zoom Meeting Room
Wednesday, September 30 beginning at 4:00PM
How Health Crises Reveal Inequalities
Previous Our Stories Matter Discussion Series Topics
We held the first of our speaker series, directly addressing aspects of white supremacy on Wednesday, February 07, 2018 in BRO 1320 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. We held them during the 2017-2018 AY the first Wednesday of every month to develop a regular community discussion of pressing and divisive issues. Other topics addressed the challenge and importance of technology and screen use, the polarization of the current political landscape, and those left out the #MeToo Movement (e.g., men who have been abused and the LGBTQ+ community).
Fall 2019 Series
"Oh Captain, My Captain!"
Engaging Students to Think Differently
Spring 2019 Series
Democratic legislatures rely on deliberation to hone legislation and build consensus around policy change. Over the last three decades, changes in American politics have militated against the conditions for meaningful deliberation in the U.S. Congress. Join us as Sean Kelly (Political Science) discusses the antecedents for this practice, and provides suggestions for reform that can improve the quality of deliberation in Congress.
The Global Food Security Act provides funding through the State Department to international development organizations, focusing on world hunger and food insecurity. Megan Schraedley (Communication) will discuss how diverse understandings of complex concepts can be unified through the use of strategic language in order to gain agreement on and pass important policies.
Megan Schraedley, a Communication Lecturer, examines ways humans communicatively organize around food and critiquing how food systems and communication organize how humans create meaning. Her research examines injustices and stigmas in the food system, including food pantries, small farms, and grocery stores. Sean Kelly, Professor and Chair of Political Science, was a former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow working for the Senate Democratic leadership on health care reform issues, and has written numerous books.Information
Michael Powelson (CSUCI Lecturer for History) asks: “What is
Socialism?†Given its uses and abuses in current discourse, he will
offer some historical context for better understanding the concept.
And Matthew Mendez (CSUCI Assistant Professor of Political
Science) studies American politics, with a focus on representation,
race and ethnicity, and political behavior. He will present on
political ideology in the United States.
How do political scientists define it? What are the ideological
differences between the elites and the mass public? How do
niche ideologies like socialism and libertarianism affect the
political landscape? Their presentations will be followed by a
facilitated discussion of the issues raised.Information
Dr. Annie White's research on New Zealand's Learning Stories approach has had a positive impact on policy and assessment practices in California and beyond. Jasmine Delgado's work uses the language of print, fabric, and collage to address the relationship of various Los Angeles sub/urban landscapes to the community that they serve. My Stories Information
Join us as Theresa Avila (CSUCI Assistant Professor of Art History) and Fran Elson (a fused glass artist and child of Holocaust survivors in our community) discuss the use of visual displays of people's stories and painful memories. This talk contributes to our understanding of how fragmented identities are developed and pieced together through art and graphic images, helping create awareness of social injustices that have impacted many generations of Latino and Jewish families.
Dr. Theresa Avila specializes in the history, practices, and systems that impact contemporary Latin@x communities within the United States. Fran Elson's multimedia Holocaust memorial project titled "Broken" honors her parents and their families, expressing the fragility of our freedoms through fused glass. Our Stories Matter Information
FALL 2018 Series
Since its release in February 2018, the film Black Panther has enjoyed a celebratory reception, being hailed for its empowering representations of blackness. CSUCI English professor Raquel Baker will share her reading of supervillain Erik Killmonger as a representation of the willful annihilation of revolutionary black consciousness in a film that ultimately redeems African identity through the degradation of African American-ness. Joining her, Dr. Nicholas Centino, Assistant Professor in Chicano/o Studies will present "Eating the Dead: Disney and Indigenous Grief in Moana, Coco, and Black Panther," a look at how death and grief in communities of color serve as catalyst points in mainstream films produced by Disney.
February 7
View the February 7 Our Stories Matter poster
March 7
View the March 7 Our Stories Matter poster
April 4: Polarized and Politicized
View the Polarized and Politicized event poster
May 2
View the April 7 Our Stories Matter event poster
Past Events
Our Bodies Our Minds
(Our Stories Matter Discussion Series)
SAFE Training
Location Change BEL 2505
Students, Staff, Administrators, and Faculty for Equality (SAFE) workshop presented by the Center for Multicultural Engagement (CME). This workshop will offer participants a chance to become familiar with some of the pressing issues for LGBTQ+ people on campus
Celebrate your Graduation with the Multicultural Dream Center
View the Multicultural Dream Center's Graduating Celebration event poster
The Long Ride: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
The UFCW is excited to host a community screening and film discussion of "The Long
Ride", a timely documentary film about the historic 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom
Ride that sparked the birth of the new Civil Rights Movement for immigrant workers.
They will be engaging in meaningful conversation with the director of the film, Valerie
Lapin.
Date: Friday, May 11, 2018
Time: 6:30pm
Location: 816 Camarillo Springs Road, Camarillo
Mental Health & Immigration
Guest Speaker: Dr. Salvador Treviño, Ph.D
Antioch University Santa Barbara
Furthering the national conversation on cultural diversity, Latino historical trauma,
the psychology of racism, and matters of social justice from a psychoanalytic perspective,
Treviño will discuss his research and share practical ways to better interact with
our students of immigrant backgrounds. Treviño's research focuses on the impact of
immigration on individuals and entire communities across generations. As we continue
to educate ourselves and our campus on the issues faced by our undocumented student
population, this event will supply you with the skills and tools to help undocumented
students and students who are the children of immigrants who may feel uncertainty
during our current political climate.
Date: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018
Time: 4:00PM TO 6:00PM
Location: PETIT SALON
View the Mental Health and Immigration event poster (, 1.4MB)
Women's Recognition Luncheon Awards
Keynote Speaker: Yesika Salgado
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Time: 11am - 12:30pm
Location: Petit Salon
Neurodiversity: A Compass to a Changing World
View Neurodiversity event poster
Bridge the Gap
Inspired from the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, faculty, staff, and students
are all welcome to participate in the event. Bridge the Gap is a full sensory, facilitated
experience and is approximately 20 minutes per group of about 20 participants for
the tours followed by a 15 minute debrief, and optional pledge and giveaways.
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 & Thursday, March 1, 2018
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Grand Salon
Reflections of Diversity in Theater, Television & Film: David E Talbert
Critically-acclaimed author, playwright, director, and film and television producer David E. Talbert will visit CI on Wednesday, November 15 to discuss his bodies of work, successful career and the challenges he faced related to diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry. Join the campus community at 6:30pm in the Grand Salon to hear about Mr. Talbert's achievements and how the entertainment industry impacts people of color.
Admission free for CSUCI students, faculty and staff; $10 for non-CSUCI students with valid ID; and $20 for general public. For more information contact LaSonya Davis at 559-289-1477 or lasonya.davis@csuci.edu
