February 2012
Religious leaders from across the state gathered at USC yesterday to help focus the work of a new civic collaboration called California Faith Action. The event, titled "Interfaith Leadership for the NEXT California," was co-sponsored by CRCC and the Knight...
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I attended chapel today at Biola University (where I once worked), which increased the number of times I have attended a Biola chapel from zero to one. But, if chapels had been like today’s, maybe I would have been...
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In cities and towns around the world, countless numbers of people flock to beaches in search of sun, sea and sand. Yet a different picture emerges in Lagos, Nigeria, the second-largest city in Africa. Kuramo Beach is situated on Victoria...
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American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute Co-founder and Director Nadia Roumani will be presenting at Voice After Exit: Diaspora Advocacy Seminar on February 15 in Washington, D.C. The event, seventh in the USAID Diaspora Engagement mini-series, will be held at the...
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Today, Ashis Nandy, renowned public intellectual and social theorist, will deliver the annual lecture for the Interdisciplinary Research Group of the CRCC at 5 p.m., with a book signing to follow at 6:30 p.m. A reception will kickoff the evening...
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USC News recently featured the USC Small Business Diversity Office and its relationship to small businesses around the University Park, Health Sciences, Marina del Rey and Alhambra campuses. The article also highlighted the small business office's partnership with the Cecil...
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At the beginning of Black History month we were greeted with tragic news: Don Cornelius, the founder of "Soul Train," committed suicide. While this event has little to do with religion on its face, a story on CNN (aptly titled...
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