Duke Givens Captures the Power of Choice through Photography
Duke Givens is a photographer, documentarian, and social activist who made his life ambition to bring truth to power through his photography. The Long Beach City College alumnus documents that...
Arts Council FOR Long Beach: Foster…Enliven…Enable.
Arts Council for Long Beach (ACLB) has a powerful mission: “foster creativity and culture, enliven communities and enable a thriving creative economy.” Their vision is equally powerful and...
University Art Museum: “Call and Response, When We Say…You Say”
The University Art Museum of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Presents Call and Response, When We Say…You Say. Artists from the Slanguage Studio and art collective in Wilmington, CA....
James Suazo Credits His Family for Mission as a Community Organizer
James Suazo is Associate Director for Long Beach Forward where he oversees communications strategies while providing support to the organization’s multiple initiatives and campaigns. Long Beach...
Melissa Morgan: A Biracial Black Woman Fighting for Diversity and Justice
Melissa Morgan is an old friend of ours (Antonio Ruiz and Sumire Gant). We all worked together back in the mid-2000s on a project called ArtPeace. The project’s goal was to use art as a tool for...
Dr. Juan Benitez on K-12 Education: It’s Complicated but Fixable
Dr. Juan Benitez is the Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement at California State University, Long Beach and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies...
Stephanie Rivera, LBPost: Seeking Social Justice with Journalism
Stephanie Rivera, Diversity and Immigration Reporter at the Long Beach Post, became a journalist because she saw it as a middle ground between social justice activist and politician. “When I was...
Long Beach Latinos: An Economic Power for the City’s Future
The economic power of Long Beach Latinos was the focus of a summit at the Convention Center on November 13th. An estimated 150 Government, Nonprofit, and Educational leaders gathered for an in-depth...