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Robert Redford Conservancy Launches Tool to Transform Decision Making in Southern California

Innovative digital tool provides a framework for policymakers, community members, educators, and advocates to prioritize community and climate

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• Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Vincent Valdez’s Pepper Lecture Unpacks Thwarted American Dream

Ahead of the 2024 election, the multidisciplinary artist discusses the forgotten, ugly truths of America on October 24.

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• Art

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• Pitzer College Art Galleries

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Talk Highlights Unsettling Connections Between Toxic Waste and Food

For the fall lecture series “Talking Trash,” Pitzer’s Munroe Center for Social Inquiry invites Adam M. Romero to discuss how industrial waste affects agriculture.

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• Munroe Center for Social Inquiry (MCSI)

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Napier Award Winner Taeya Boi-Doku ’24 Centers Afroecology in Gardening

Taeya Boi-Doku ’24 has received a 2024 Napier Initiative Award to develop her project, Reclaiming Afroecology: Indigenous Technology and Food Sovereignty.

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• Students

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• Office of Fellowships

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Watson Fellow Tommy Shenoi ’24 Explores Mycology Globally

Tommy Shenoi ’24 is embarking on a globetrotting expedition to six countries to study mushrooms through the lens of agriculture, art, entrepreneurship, and science.

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• Students

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• Office of Fellowships

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Native Scholar in Residence Meranda Roberts Discusses Curation and Heritage

Meet Meranda Roberts, a curator and Native Scholar in Residence at Pitzer College’s Community Engagement Center (CEC) this semester.

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• Community Engagement Center (CEC)

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Native Scholar in Residence Laurie Steelink Explores Art and Community

Laurie Steelink, a multidisciplinary artist and Akimel O’otham member of the Gila River Indian Community, is serving as Pitzer College’s Native Scholar in Residence.

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• Community Engagement Center (CEC)

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Pitzer College Media Statement on Study Abroad Program Changes

Pitzer College has removed study abroad programs in 11 countries, including one at the University of Haifa in Israel, from its pre-approved list because they did not meet certain of the criteria outlined in the college’s guiding principles for Study Abroad and International programs.

Academics, Ideas, Learning

CASA Pitzer Celebrates 25 Years of Community Activism in the Inland Empire

Critical Action & Social Advocacy (CASA) celebrates 25 years of justice-oriented learning and collaboration.

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• Critical Action + Social Advocacy (CASA)

Academics, Ideas, Learning

An Oscar-Nominated Film and Discussion Explore the Racial Wealth Gap

The Barber of Little Rock presents an intimate picture of the racial wealth gap in the community of Arlo Washington, a barber in Little Rock, Arkansas, whose vision of a just economy led him to create a nonprofit community bank.