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  1. portrait of Daisy Okazaki in front of Mead Hall
    Student Achievements

    Filmmaker and MOR Fellow Daisy Okazaki ’25 Explores Asian American Identity

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    • Community Engagement Center
    • Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies
  2. Teo Cooper in a lab
    Student Achievements

    After Two NSF Fellowships, Teo Cooper ’24 Seeks to Balance People and Nature

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    After studying plants at Harvard this summer, a student recalls the racial justice series that brought them to Pitzer and looks ahead to studying abroad in Southern Africa.

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  3. Photo of Diana Vicezar
    In the Media

    On Cork Independent, Diana Vicezar ’24 discusses her podcast about Hispanic and Latino students studying abroad in Ireland

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    Through podcast episodes, 'La Sociedad' gives listeners a deeper understanding of the experiences and challenges faced by the Hispanic and Latino communities in Ireland.

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  4. In the Media

    On NBC News, Professor Kathy Yep discusses ballroom dancing as a therapeutic, creative outlet for Asian immigrants

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    Professor Kathy Yep on countless Asian immigrants who’ve regarded ballroom dance as a sort of creative sanctuary and are now shaken by the two shootings that shook California dance halls.

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    In the Media

    Faculty Bookshelf: Waiting in the Postcolonial World, Medical School Racism, and More

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  6. Shelby Ottengheime wears a red, blck, and white striped sweater while standing in front of succulents.
    Student Achievements

    Shelby Ottengheime ’23 Embraces Art, Archaeology, and Japanese American Heritage

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    • Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies
  7. Jose Calderon
    Faculty Achievements

    Pitzer Professor José Z. Calderón’s New Book Explores Immigrant Rights, Repression, and Resistance

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    A new book co-edited by Pitzer College Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies José Z. Calderón, is a collection of articles by immigrant rights activists, labor activists, and scholar-activists who are dedicated to immigrant and workers’ rights.

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    • Writing Center
  8. Boxing
    Research

    LAist features Pitzer Visiting Professor Rudy Mondragon's research on the exploitation of Latino, Black, and Filipino boxers

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    • Racial Justice Initiative
    • Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs
    • Office of Black Student Affairs
    • Center for Asian Pacific American Students
  9. Juneteenth
    Research

    Pitzer alumna Karen Hillman '71 writes on LA progressive about how white Americans should recognize Juneteenth by making reparations

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    • Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies
  10. Faculty Achievements

    Linguistics Professor Carmen Fought quoted in Los Angeles Times columnist's op-ed about Anglicizing her Mexican last name.

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    • Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs