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A poem from coast to coast

Bueno señores, esta noche tenemos un playlist aqui de salsa Caribeña. Estamos estresando la importancia del contribuciones Afro Caribeños en la musica esta noche. Como New Yorker Dominicana orgullosa, lo tenia que hacer, por supuesto. Lo primerito que tenemos aqui, Celia Cruz. My father is listening to my radio show from New York. He plays it in the bodega every morning at 5 am because he wants to hear what I’m bumping from all the way from California. He didn’t want me to leave for school so far away, but couldn’t argue with the scholarship money....

Behind the Scenes of Visions and Voices’ “Race Relay”

USC Visions and Voices recently came together with the USC School of Dramatic Arts, Cinematic Arts and Public Policy to create "Race Relay." Shown on February 8th, 9th and 10th at the California African American Museum this multimedia theatre production was designed to start conversations about race relations in American today. Reporter Zazu Lippert went behind the scenes to talk to the the creators and actors about the production....

Tribalism in the U.S.A.

My young adulthood consisted of punk shows and community college. I never had a friend that was in a fraternity or sorority. Greek life was a life I only saw played out in Hollywood. Now I see it in real time, a few blocks away from me on USC’s Frat Row. Not really knowing what I was getting myself into, one day I took a stroll down The Row with my audio recorder and decided to talk to some of my fellow Trojans....