Climate change activist Maxine Burkett discusses links between climate change and race during an online lecture event hosted by Pomona College on April 1.
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Virtual music festival at Pomona College
Maggie Parkins, a featured celloist, plays a piece entitled “Sistere” in a video from 2017 at Pomona College’s Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electro Acoustic Music held online Sunday.
Professor discusses various uses for virtual reality technology
Professor Grace Kyungwon Hong analyzed the effects of virtual reality technology during the Phebe Spalding Lecture in Gender and Women’s Studies at the Pomona College on Feb. 24 via Zoom.
TV producers discuss youth political movements
Pomona College hosted a virtual talk that focused on the 2019 Netflix series, “We are the Wave,” young adult movements, and political activity and extremism, via Zoom Saturday.
Pomona College hosts political anthropologist
Pomona College’s Gender and Women’s Studies program held a virtual feminist theory symposium last week featuring speaker Audra Simpson, a political anthropologist, and professor at Columbia University.
Speaker discusses racism raised during the pandemic
William Joseph Barber II, president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, a non-profit that seeks to uphold Constitutional values such as equal protection under the law, encouraged community members to become proactive in the change of American policy issues during a Feb. 13 lecture at the Pomona College via Zoom.
Rabbi speaks of unity during unprecedented times
Rabbi Sharon Brous shared the importance of being empathetic in a time of fear and division due to the various cases of racial injustice in society to an audience of 165 people Tuesday in a virtual lecture hosted by Pomona College.
Poetry and art celebrate African American identities
Evie Shockley and Camille Dungy, co-authors of “Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe,” shared their poetry included in the book on Nov. 12 at the Pomona College commemoration of the “Of Aether and Earthe” exhibition catalog.
Pomona College spreads awareness on issues through music
he music department faculty of Pomona College presented its annual Celliola and Friends performance as a virtual concert Sunday.
Artist explores biracial identity
Alison Saar, a mixed-media artist from Los Angeles, shared her process of transitioning from sculptor to print artist during a video presentation Tuesday.