My journey to anti-racism started when I decided I wanted to be a teacher. As the grandson of Mexican immigrants, I was raised hearing stories of my older family members who were never in the position to attend college, take vacations or live a life of luxury. So I was inspired to help those from […]
Mo, an undocumented Filipino student, co-hosted a virtual discussion April 28, titled “UndocuAPIDA Narratives-Part II,” during Cal State Fullerton’s celebration of APIDA — Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American — Heritage Month. Mo reflects on what it means to be undocumented.
Vincent Harris, director of CSUF’s Male Success Initiative, discusses the challenges Black men face related to gender, identity and masculinity.
As Cal State Fullerton student Leilani Mendoza celebrates Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month, she shares how her Titan experience has given her a better understanding of what it means to be an APIDA individual.
Librarian Barbara Miller discusses the Chicanx Resource Center Collection at Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library, which represents a grassroot perspective of Orange County and Southern California history in the 1970s by preserving the stories of individuals and organizations left out of California’s mainstream narrative.
I was born in Los Angeles and raised in Koreatown, a diverse Latinx community. My parents moved us to the suburbs of Orange County when I was six years old, where I was one of the few Asian kids in my neighborhood. As an innocent child, I didn’t see a person through the color of […]
A Cal State Fullerton professor of education and other researchers are studying challenges for undocumented students in the California State University and University of California systems.
My anti-racism journey is just beginning. Growing up, I never had “The Talk.” Instead, when I had an experience that left me confused or despondent, I chatted with my parents, specifically my mother, to understand the world I lived in. My mother frequently had conversations with me to prepare me for possible obstacles I might […]
I received my driver’s license at 16. Having a car and the freedom it brought was my indoctrination to the police in my city. The next six years consisted of constant interactions with police officers. At first, I didn’t know what to think, and I would get out of my car with no hesitation and […]
With the Asian Pacific Islander community continuing to face discrimination, racism and violence, the university is challenging faculty, staff and students to take a pledge of solidarity.