Common Ground: Land—Songwriting and Digital Art by Community Power Collective

Online

Drawing from Community Power Collective’s arts activism with workers, musicians, and youth in Boyle Heights, artists Quetzal Flores, Martha Gonzalez, and USC history graduate student Yesenia Hunter will guide participants through a collective songwriting and digital artwork workshop, followed by a discussion centered on the relationship between land and power.

Common Ground: Sanctuary – A Live Performance by Solidarity for Sanctuary

Online

In a live broadcast straight from Downtown Los Angeles, an ensemble of musicians led by Solidarity for Sanctuary  will pay tribute to club spaces that nurture Black and Brown art and discuss the concept of sanctuary as both a physical place of safety and a condition upon which creativity depends.

EMPOWER: Students, Arts and Activism

Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Room 240

USC students! How can you create healing, drive hope, and enact radical change through art? Arts in Action invites you to join forces with other artists and activists, respond to that challenge, and make a difference.

2 YEAR DROP-AVERSARY

The Holding Co. 104 Robinson St., Los Angeles, Ca

Join us for an evening of art, education, and community-building! An anniversary celebration for Water Drop LA featuring collaborative art-making, a mutual aid teach-in and panel, plus a great lineup of food & drinks! We are celebrating 2 years of weekly, 100% volunteer-run supply distributions in DTLA/Skid Row. Water Drop LA provides 2,000+ gallons of

42nd Annual USC Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – MLK/FBI: A Screening and Conversation with Sam Pollard

Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT)

In celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are excited to present a special screening of the illuminating documentary MLK/FBI, followed by a conversation with Sam Pollard, its Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated director who was deemed one of “cinema’s most dedicated chroniclers of the Black experience in America” by Film at Lincoln

Grounds for Change: Coffee with Artivists – A Conversation with D’Lo Hosted by Locatora Radio

Traditions 3607 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Grounds for Change: Coffee with Artivists is a series of conversations with Los Angeles–based artists and activists who will share how their artistic practices shape the worlds they envision. A casual conversation and Q&A with D’Lo, a queer/transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American actor, writer, comic, and Annenberg Innovation Lab Fellow, hosted by Mala Muñoz and Diosa Femme of Locatora Radio will offer insights into how artist