Poverty Scholarship: An Evening with Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia

Ground Zero Performance Cafe, USC

Formerly homeless and incarcerated, Tiny is an Oakland-based poet and journalist. To celebrate the release of her new book, Poverty Scholarship: Poor People-Led Theory, Art, Words, and Tears Across Mama Earth, Tiny will read, recite poetry, and share a new canon on poverty, houselessness, and otherness based on lived knowledge, eldership, and community sharing.

EMPOWER: Students, Arts and Activism

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

USC Students! How will you lead change in a world faced with unprecedented crises? EMPOWER  invites you to join forces with other artists and activists, respond to that challenge, and make a difference.

Warrior Bards: Veterans Exploring Ancient Drama

Ground Zero Performance Cafe, USC

Join the Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative and USC scholars for a very special evening of performance that will make connections between classical literature and contemporary America, and explore the injustices and stigmas that veterans face while preparing for, engaging in, and coming home from war.

EMPOWER: Council and Gestural Painting Workshop

E.F. Hutton Park

Share your experiences and connect with others in a new series of workshops that use Council, a group practice rooted in empathic listening and speaking from the heart. Featuring gestural painting led by Claudia Concha.

CANCELED—EMPOWER: Council and Clowning Workshop

E.F. Hutton Park

This event has been canceled due to public health concerns related to COVID-19. Further information about USC policies and plans related to COVID-19 is available HERE.