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,

Art, Identity, and Power: An Evening with MC Rocky Rivera and Muralist Audrey Chan

USC Pacific Asia Museum 46 N Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, ca

Join explosive San Francisco rapper and activist Rocky Rivera, acclaimed Los Angeles–based artist and educator Audrey Chan, and USC professor and poet Adrian De Leon (moderator) for an uplifting conversation about social justice, feminism, and using art to empower diasporic communities. This inspiring discussion will lead up to an inspiring performance by Rivera. After the discussion and

Ku’er Worlds: Queering Chinese American Identities in Art and Film

Ray Stark Family Theatre (SCA) 900 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA

Join some of today’s most exciting artists and filmmakers for a critical, surreal, experimental, and beautifully open exploration of LGBTQ communities and their allies within AAPI cultures. Ku’er, a Chinese slang word for “queer” especially popular in Taiwan, plays on the colloquial term “cool kids,” and encapsulates the subversive spirit of this evening of short

Ku’er Worlds: Art and Filmmaking Workshop

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

Following “Ku’er Worlds: Queering Chinese American Identities in Art and Film,” USC students are invited to join acclaimed filmmakers Andrew Thomas Huang, WangShui, and Hao Wu for a hands-on workshop exploring issues related to storytelling, LGBTQ identities, AAPI identities, and cross-cultural exchange, assisted by USC professor Jenny Lin and USC Chinese Studies librarian Tang Li.

Decolonizing Research: A Conversation with Indigenous Scholars

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

When we conduct research, we’re searching for answers that matter. Who produces the research we rely on? Who determines what is important to research, what topics deserve to be researched, and who researches it? This crucial roundtable discussion will address the fraught relationship between indigenous knowledge and scholars and the academic and cultural institutions that