LMU's ECO Students Club leaders sat down with the Loyolan to answer some questions.
This past week, a student exhibit entitled "HAPA Project: LMU" by Hayley Goell and Sydney Lee was posted in William H. Hannon Library.
On April 27 in Hannon Library’s Von Der Ahe Family Suite, the Jewish studies program held “A Golem for Berlin,” which featured work from artist Joshua Abarbanel. On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Abarbanel introduced the two golems he created and discussed their historical significance, as well …
Senior health and human sciences major Makeen Yasar is the founder of the Umoja Health Project, a program dedicated to exposing high school students, particularly students of color, to opportunities in health-related professions. "Umoja" is the Swahili term for "unity," indicative of the pro…
LMU needs to improve their compost system.
Just a few days ago, Netflix made history with its release of “Special,” a television series about a gay and disabled man, making leaps and bounds for intersectional representation in media.
Harambee Mentorship, along with the LMU Family of Schools, will be hosting its second annual college fair at Westchester High School next week.
Miss Major is a major impact on the trans and LGBTQ+ community.
With April comes Gryphon Circle Service Organization’s annual Education Month — a month-long stretch of events dedicated to raising awareness about the social justice issues surrounding the nation’s education system. Be sure to go out and support their remaining events this month:
LMU celebrates one of California's most impactful labor activists—César Chávez—on the 26th anniversary of his passing.
Agape and Gryphon Circle service organizations collaborated for an event entitled "The Mind Inside," the first event of Gryphon Circle's education month on April 2 in Seaver 200. They showed the first episode of the docuseries – a television series that follows real people and real events – …
First-generation students are those who are the first in their family to go to college, specifically those whose parents have not obtained a college degree in the United States. Identifying as a first-generation student becomes complicated as the discussion can broaden to include students wh…
Last week, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos proposed a $17.6 million cut in government funding to the Special Olympics, the largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities. DeVos also proposed cuts to numerous special education programs, atte…
Update 5/29/19 5:35 p.m.: This article has been updated. It originally attributed a quote to Dr. Tahereh Aghdasifar that was said by Dr. Mairead Sullivan. It now correctly attributes the quote to Sullivan.
A social justice activist knows what being involved in activism entails. It's about community. It's not a one-man crusade show. If you consider yourself an activist, recognize that defining yourself by that isn't the action. The action is being there and doing the work with and for others.
“Leaders Within the Immigration Justice Movement” took place at Seaver 100 from 6-8 p.m on Tuesday, March 26. The event was a part of Immigration Awareness Week, which was organized by Resilience, LMU’s immigration rights club.