LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze

California African American Museum

Artist LaToya Ruby Frazier works in photography, video, and performance to build visual archives that address industrialization, Rust Belt revitalization, environmental justice, healthcare inequity, family, and community history. Frazier’s work

Borrowed Recipes: Migrant Food Worlds of the Silk Roads

Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 3550 Trousdale Parkway,, Los Angeles, CA

Many of the foods we enjoy in Los Angeles arrived via long journeys along the ancient Silk Roads, and are the result of countless exchanges between cultures in East and Central Asia, Persia, Western Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Join us for a conversation about these often hidden—and delicious—culinary histories moderated by science writer

Dying While Black: Race, Maternity, and the Reproductive Health Care System

Mayer Auditorium

As the founder of the first law center focused on race and bioethics and a frequently cited author, Michele Bratcher Goodwin has shone a bright light into under-explored corners in the field of health law. Goodwin has received national awards for excellence in scholarship and teaching, and recognition for her committed community service, such as membership