California State University Dominguez Hills

Dominique Barton  |   OW College Intern
Oct 13 2011

Business owners can learn about opportunities

The second annual Pan African Global Trade Conference will be held at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and UCLA Globalization Center - Africa, Oct. 12-15.

The conference will feature discussions on a new African Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (ATFTA).

This agreement will create a single economic space with a larger market, a more attractive business and trade environment for bilateral and investment with the United States and the African Diaspora.

Oct 13 2011

Kids’ dash among three new additions to line-up

The second annual Tri-Carson, a sprint triathlon that reverses the normal sequence of events, is scheduled for Oct. 15 at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

The race consists of a three-mile run, a 12-mile bike ride, starting from the university campus and through the surrounding streets, as well as a 200-meter swim in the campus pool. The race, which begins at 7:30 a.m., has an expected completion time of 2 hours and 15 minutes.

This year, a 5K run, a one-mile campus walk and a 1K kids’ dash are also being added to the event.

Aug 18 2011

He got the memo

Millennium Momentum Foundation Inc. (MMF) founder and CEO Jason L. Seward, second from right, signs a memorandum of understanding with Pepperdine University, USC, and California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) at the organization’s recent summer benefit reception, which will provide students with leadership skills training, major scholarship opportunities, college admissions support, and other resources to pursue public policy education. 

Apr 19 2011

Protest cuts

FULLERTON, Calif.—A group of 50 California State University Fullerton and Dominguez Hills students and faculty are conducting a sit-in today at the Fullerton campus' administration building to protest cuts to the university system's budget.

The sit-in was begun by 20 Fullerton students at 9 p.m. Monday in Langsdorf Hall, following a meeting with university President Milton Gordon, where he was asked to sign the "Declaration to Defend Education,'' or write a joint statement.

Instead, Gordon wrote his own statement supporting education.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 2 2010

New developments connecting the Diaspora are blossoming

In October, the Africa-USA Chamber of Commerce conducted a two-day Pan African Global Trade Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), which, organizers said, was an important first step in connecting the United States, the African continent, and the African Diaspora in business and trade.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
Allied Integrated Marketing recently announced it is launching a new African American marketing division, Allied Moxy. The new division will create innovative campaigns that integrate publicity, promotions, digital and grassroots outreach to speak directly to the full diversity of African American consumers. Spearheading Allied Moxy are industry veterans Kim Walters and Gloria Jones. Walters will oversee national strategy from Los Angeles, while Jones will oversee regional/local strategy from Washington, D.C. Walters brings more than a decade of marketing experience working with entertainment companies such as Codeblack Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and A&E Lifetime Television, as well as consumer brands such as KIA and L.A. Gear and awards programs such as NAACP Image Awards and Soul Train Music Awards. Jones has been with Allied for five years running publicity and promotional campaigns for clients, including Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Relativity Media, and previously worked for WBDC-TV in D.C. and MTV Networks’ Nick @ Nite and TV Land.

 

Representing Los Angeles and Center Theatre Group, Tyler Edwards, a senior at the Orange County High School of the Arts, placed third at the national finals of the fifth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre in New York City. “I am thrilled . . . I’m so glad that I took it for L.A. the first time we got up . . . that’s what we’re talking about!” said an elated Edwards following the competition. Edwards, an aspiring actor, describes the soaring, lyrical monologues found in the plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson as “very inspirational,” and said prior to the Los Angeles Regional Finals of the August Wilson competition, “I would love to share a bit of that inspiration with any audience, in hopes that they leave with more appreciation than they walked in with.”

 

Georgia
Bounce TV, the nation’s first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, will launch a second new original comedy series, “Uptown Comic,” on June 18, immediately after the series premiere of the just-announced sitcom “Family Time.” “Uptown Comic” is a half-hour series featuring stage and skit performances by some of the hottest up-and-coming comics in the country. The show is currently in production in front of a live studio audience at the longest-running African American comedy club in the U.S.—Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta. Actor and comedian Joe Torry (Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam) hosts. “Family Time,” a half hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans ( “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Martin,” “Love That Girl”) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs is set to launch Monday, June 18, at 8 p.m. The series premiere of “Uptown Comic” will follow and be seen weekly at 8:30 p.m. (All Times Eastern.)