The first event of Afrolatine California will celebrate the Afro-Oaxacan community of Mexico. It will take place Feb. 25-26 in partnership with the Garcia Center for the Arts in San Bernardino and the Afro-Latinx Connections club at UCLA.
In addition to the training, the CSUSB Anthropology Museum and the county Department of Behavioral Health have a presentation on treatment options and other resources available for people battling substance use disorder.
Arianna Huhn (anthropology) discussed an exhibit on Afro-Latin culture coming to the CSUSB Anthropology Museum in fall 2023, and Viktor Wang (education) has published his latest book.
The townhall will be moderated by Ramos, who has introduced legislation in the battle against the opioid crisis and substance use disorder. The townhall takes place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22.
After qualifying for a $50,000 grant, the Museum of Anthropology is adding an Afro-Latinx exhibit, scheduled to open in the 2023 academic year.
Arianna Huhn (anthropology) was interviewed for Brianna Reeves’s column on the writer’s Afrolatine heritage, Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the impact Congress’s Jan. 6 committee may have on extremist groups, and Guillermo Escalante (kinesiology) was a speaker at the recent Optima Conference.
Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) was appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics, and Arianna Huhn (anthropology) was interviewed for an article about the Afro Latino community.
The county’s Department of Behavioral Health’s Resource Recovery Fair will provide resources that can be shared with those battling substance use disorder. It will take place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 6 on Coyote Walkway.
The exhibit INTO LIGHT, which opened Sept. 9 at the CSUSB Anthropology Museum, seeks to broaden discussions about addiction across the nation through the stories of those who have lost loved ones to Substance Use Disorder (SUD).