CSUN HERE Center

Congrats to our EMBARC mentors for completing the intensive 2-week training! Badge mentors, we have one more week to go! So happy to witness the community you're building and nurturing. Many thanks to the P*s, faculty mentors, and staff for making this happen! Everyone, stay tuned for the incredible work ahead from our EMBARC and Badge Project mentors! ☀️🌟 🫶🤝🙌

AAPI Heritage Month is around the corner (next month!), and we're starting the celebration early with "Voice of Resistance: Advancing Health Equity in LGBTQ Vietnamese American Communities!" Join us and our guest speaker, James Huynh, an incoming assistant professor of anti-racist health policy in the Department of Health Management & Policy at the University of Michigan and currently a PhD candidate in Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. 🌈

This talk uses a transdisciplinary approach that brings together Asian American studies, public health, and q***r of color critique to gesture towards intergenerational forms of organizing and healing in movement spaces. Amidst the collision of anti-communist Vietnamese nationalism and q***r leftist politics, this talk explores how Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) members practice chosen kinship and how that shapes their health.

Date: Monday, April 22
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm PST
Zoom registration link in our bio.

This event is hosted by CSUN HERE Center and BUILD PODER in collaboration with the CSUN Pride Center, Asian American Studies Pathways Project, SEA US HEAR US project, Viet Rainbow of Orange County, and Cal State LA.

Please share widely and join us next Monday!

Cultivating Local Knowledge Project is excited to help promote the three-part Clapper Stick workshop series featuring Lazaro Arvizu, a Tongva artist, educator, musician, and researcher! Please join the CSUN's American Indian Student Association (AISA) on April 10th, 17th , and 24th from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm at the G.A.R.D.E.N. to participate in the making of, clapper sticks, a musical instrument common among the indigenous tribes of California.

Only 10 spots are open for participants but observers are welcome! **Commitment for all three sessions is mandatory/recommended.

RSVP link in our bio.

Congratulations to all the CSUNposium presenters from the HERE Center labs (CHD, MeSA, HOMME) and projects (EMBARC and Badge Project)! Y'all were so amazing. Super proud and happy for your accomplishments! 🥳✨️

It is Worldwide Climate Justice Education Week! Join us for a grassroots theater troupe that uses the traditional telenovela model to present key messages about the California drought, water conservation, and the impact of plastics pollution. Mujeres de la Tierra is an environmental equity non-profit that inspires the healing of La Madre Tierra.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Telenovelas in the Park with Mujeres de la Tierra
Location: Grand Salon
Time: 12:30 pm- 1:45 pm
Point of Contact: [email protected]

Are you a CSUN transfer student who went to LA Pierce College or Pasadena City College? Join our EMBARC team and give back! As an EMBARC Peer Mentor, you'll guide community college students of STEMM majors from your former community college through their journey with mentorship, professional development workshops, and community building! 🌞

Benefits:
✨️ Paid position ($17/hr)
✨️ Professional development
✨️ Conference travel funds ($500)
✨️ Mentorship from CSUN faculty
✨️ Give back to your pre-transfer campus
✨️ Build a tight-knit community with fellow transfers
✨️ FREE on-campus housing/meals during summer training

Eligibility:
✅️ CSUN transfer undergrads enrolled for 2024-2025
✅️ Must have at least one year left before graduation
✅️ Incoming CSUN transfer students (Fall 2024) welcome
✅️ Full-time student status (12 units) required during job
✅️ Major in biobehavioral science or specific colleges
✅️ Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher
✅️ U.S. citizenship is not required. However, students must have a work authorization permit to be paid in this position.

Apply via the link in the flyer or in our bio. The priority deadline is April 12, 2024. For more info, contact [email protected].

Sharing on behalf of the Institute for Sustainability:

CSUN Sustainability invites you to its first ever Food Recovery Forum to learn more about the issue, our ongoing compliance efforts on campus and hear speakers from organizations in the field of edible food recovery and zero waste throughout Los Angeles such as Athens Services, LA Compost, FoodCycle LA, Food Recovery Network, California Climate Action Corps, Recycle2Riches and Hollywood Food Coalition etc. Collaboration is the theme of this year’s forum focusing on how we can learn from others in the food recovery space and grow our collective impact together.

Join the forum to learn more about ways to get involved, included a paid service opportunity through California Climate Action Corps program.

Presenter: Athens Services, LA Compost, FoodCycle LA, Food Recovery Network, California Climate Action Corps, Recycle2Riches and Hollywood Food Coalition etc.

Refreshments will be provided
Registration is free, visit bit.ly/FRF24
Attendees will receive certificates

Join us TODAY in making a tangible impact on health equity this !

Health equity means everyone deserves a fair shot at optimal health. The HERE Center is on a mission to tackle health disparities through research, education, and community partnerships. Your support empowers us to:

Foster community-academic research collaborations for health equity.
Provide crucial resources and training for students, faculty, and community members.
Disseminate vital health information to underserved communities.
Create a space for diverse experiences in health equity research and education.

Not only that, but we're also championing transfer students at CSUN through the Badge Project. Your donation, no matter the size, directly impacts students' lives and the San Fernando Valley.

Tap the link in bio to contribute and be a catalyst for positive change. 🌟

Join us in honoring Dr. Patchareeya P. Kwan, Director of the HERE Center, as the 2024 Jerome Richfield Memorial Fellow! She will be presenting a lecture titled "The SEA US, HEAR US Study: Using research and data to provide visibility to invisible Americans" as part of the Provost Colloquium Series. This event is organized by CSUN Research and Sponsored Programs.

Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Location: The Orchard Conference Center
RSVP by Monday, March 25, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
RSVP link in the bio.

Requests for accommodation services (e.g., sign language interpreters or transcribers) must be made at least five (5) business days in advance. Please contact Deanna A Maidy ([email protected]) by March 25, 2024.

Sharing on behalf of the University Library:

Join us as we welcome Maria Varela to the CSUN campus! Maria is a community organizer, writer, and photographer, who lives in New Mexico. She was a staff member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963-1967 working primarily in Alabama and Mississippi. She took up the camera because of the lack of materials showing Black people taking leadership to change their communities.

In 1968, she moved to New Mexico at the invitation of leaders of the Hispano Land Rights movements. She continued her photography documenting the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign, the first Chicano Youth Conference, the 1960s and 1970s Chicano movement, and the lifestyles of Nuevo Mexicano villages.

For over 50 years, Maria organized rural communities in New Mexico and the Southwest to create culturally sustainable economic enterprises to help reduce poverty and loss of ancestral lands and waters. In 1990, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for this work. In 2005 she was among the 1000 Women Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

For the last five decades, her photographs have been included in books and photo exhibitions, including the New York Public Library (1968), the Smithsonian (1980), the Howard Greenberg Gallery (1994), Eastman House (1998), The Colorado College (2000), Smith College (2005), a traveling exhibit, This Light of Ours (2010-16), Center for Documentary Expression and Arts and Time to Get Ready, a solo exhibit curated by the National Museum of Mexican Art (2017-2018), The Fralin at UVA (2019), Bullock Museum in Austin (2020), Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles (2023) and Oxford, St John's College UK (2024).

Maria serves on the Board of Directors of the SNCC Legacy Project, which documents the work of SNCC in the 1960s and mentors today's young activists.

Sponsors: The University Library, the Distinguished Visiting Speakers Program, the University Student Union, the College of Humanities, the Departments of Journalism and Chicana/o Studies, and the Tom and Ethel Bradley Center.

Happy Monday, CSUN community and HERE Center friends! We hope you can join us this Wednesday, March 13 from 4:00-5:30pm for an interactive workshop titled "Preparing Your Spring/Summer Garden" led by Steve List. During this in-person session, you will get to learn basic urban gardening knowledge and techniques to grow your own vegetables! This is part of the Cultivating Local Knowledge (CLK) series.

Location info: we will meet at the G.A.R.D.E.N. (F7, Food Garden) on campus. It is located on the north side of campus, between the tennis court and student housing, and directly behind Northridge Academy High School. On CSUN campus map, the site is labeled "Food Garden and Outdoor Classroom," located in quadrant G7.

Swipe left to see the upcoming Spring 2024 events the Cultivating Local Knowledge team has in store for you!

Registration link is in our bio. For more info, email [email protected].

Join us at the Go With The Flow DIY Pad Workshop on April 10, 2-5pm, where we bring creativity into change, craft sustainable solutions, and empower each other in the journey towards menstrual equity! GWTF is a collaboration between the Women's Research and Resources Center, the HERE Center, the Institute for Sustainability, and the Klotz Center.

Event: DIY Pad Workshop
Date: Wed Apr. 10
Time: 2-5PM
Location: Sequoia Hall Room 201

For more information, contact [email protected].

Sharing on behalf of our campus partner CSUN Institute for Sustainability:

Join us Wednesday, March 6th at 11am as we explore the hot topic of wildfire with Mike Theune, Regional Fire Communication and Education Specialist from the National Park Service. Discover the latest insights and strategies for wildfire preparedness and community resilience. Gain valuable knowledge on how we can collectively ignite action to combat the growing threat of wildfires and safeguard our natural landscapes. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation.

Date: Wednesday, March 6th
Time: 11am-12:15pm
Location: USU East Conference Center, Lake View Terrace Room

Refreshments will be provided
Communication services are available. Please contact Sarah Johnson ([email protected]) by Thursday, February 29th to request.

Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Chan, HERE Center Faculty Researcher and PI of PAR-D lab, for receiving the awarded NIH AIM-AHEAD PAIR grant for his project Health Equity in Aging Congenital Heart Patients!

Join us on Feb 20th @3:30-5pm at the G.A.R.D.E.N for the Spring kickoff of Cultivating Local Knowledge series. During our first event, "Connecting Community to Urban Planning" led by Alexys Romo, founder of Black Thumb Farm, attendees will learn practical, tangible solutions to help communities feel more connected to the environment and will also have the opportunity to get their hands in dirt!

Please register for updates and to help us prepare for the event! Link in the bio.

For more info, contact [email protected]

Wanting to get involved with research as a CSUN student but don't know where to start? Join us HERE Center's Badge Project and the Office of Undergraduate Research this Friday, February 9 from 11am to 2pm to learn more about different opportunities available this Spring! 😉

RSVP link in our bio!

Good morning! Are you interested in opportunities to help improve health and educational equity in the SFV and greater LA community? Want to gain relevant professional tools, research, and leadership experience? Don't forget to submit your HERE Center internship application by 11/15. 🌟

Join us at our final LEK event this semester on Wednesday, November 8, 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Noski Auditorium! The workshop session is led by Irma R. Muñoz, President & CEO of Mujeres de la Tierra – an environmental equity nonprofit organization focused on healing La Madre Tierra and re-defining the traditional “green” dialogue in Los Angeles, California in an open conversation on the issue of plastic pollution.

During the 2-hour workshop, attendees will participate in an interactive activity (design a short telenovela). RSVP link in our bio!

Day 4 of National Transfer Student Week is here! Join us at the Transfer Rope Course and Transfer Game Night today to wrap up a fun and wholesome week! 🥰

RSVP links in our bio!

Day 2 of National Transfer Student Week is here! Come by the USU Pasadena Room (2nd floor of the USU East Conference Center) to hang out with us and fellow CSUN transfer students at the Transfer Breakfast!

Day 2 of National Transfer Student Week is here! Come by the USU Pasadena Room (2nd floor of the USU East Conference Center) to hang out with us and fellow CSUN transfer students at the Transfer Breakfast!

Good morning! The long-awaited National Transfer Student Week is now here! See y'all at the Transfer Table in front of Sierra Tower later today! 😉❤️

ARE YOU READYYY FOR TRANSFER STUDENT WEEK? 🥳🥳🥳

Hi CSUN Community! National Transfer Student Week (October 16-20, 2023) is just around the corner, and we are so excited to celebrate, recognize, and highlight the CSUN transfer students we have on campus!

The planning team has prepared a schedule full of fun events and activities, so don't wait and RSVP today!

Check out the link below for more info! RSVP links for the Transfer Week activities are in our bio.

https://www.csun.edu/here-center/events/national-transfer-week-2023

Hi CSUN Community! Our internship applications are officially open for Spring 2024!

Are you interested in opportunities to help improve health and educational equity in the SFV, gain relevant professional tools and research experience, network with researchers and professionals from different disciplines, and learn ethical practices when working on community-academic partnered projects? Apply now to be an intern at the HERE Center for the Spring 2024 semester!

The HERE Center internship application for the Spring semester is open until November 15, 2023.

Internship Compensation: This is a non-paid internship position. Academic credit is available upon request.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Amber Bui at [email protected]. You can fill out the online application also linked in our bio.

https://bit.ly/46hAyfh

Happy National Indigenous People's Day! Today, we celebrate the resilience and resistance of Indigenous communities. Never should we forget the longstanding history of the land that we stand on and occupy.

Join us at “Fall is for Planting” led by Steve List, Educator, Landscaper and Urban Gardener Lecturer on Wednesday, October 18 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. at G.A.R.D.E.N (the Food Garden, next to the Composting Center F7, with the closest parking structure G6). During the 1.5-hour workshop, attendees will be provided with basic urban gardening knowledge and techniques to grow their own vegetables. We will have giveaways and refreshments for participants.
Register at: https://bit.ly/LEKCSUN
(Link can also be found in our bio).

This is part of a series of interactive events, Cultivating Local and Indigenous Knowledge: co-discovery of environmental resilience in our students and surrounding communities, featuring a wide array of practitioners and experts.

Join us at the Fall is for Planting” led by Steve List, Educator, Landscaper and Urban Gardener Lecturer on Wednesday, October 18 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. at G.A.R.D.E.N (F7, Food Garden).

During the 1.5-hour workshop, attendees will be provided with basic urban gardening knowledge and techniques to grow their own vegetables.

We will have giveaways and refreshments for participants. Register at: https://bit.ly/LEKCSUN

Or visit the link in our bio!

Are you interested in having a guided walk through CSUN's beautiful green spaces and learning about the importance of CA native plants? Join us at the Native Plant Walk and Nature Journaling” led by Anjali Berger, Education Manager from the Theodore Payne Foundation on Wednesday, September 20 from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

RSVP by Friday, September 15 as space is limited. RSVP via the link below or in our bio: https://bit.ly/CSUNLEK

Looking to get involved in research? Look no further and join us on Friday, September 15th from 11:00 am to 1:30pm in the USU Grand Salon for the Getting Into Research Event!

Whether you're a new or continuing student, this is your chance to explore exciting research opportunities at CSUN. ✨️ Don't miss out on this chance to connect with faculty and fellow student researchers!

RSVP using the link in our bio!