Safer at Home is an online exhibition of objects from the ONE Archives Collection at the USC Libraries organized by its curator, Alexis Bard Johnson. Safer at Home is an invitation to examine the many facets of home as well as what safety means and looks like for LGBTQ populations—both past and present.

Asian communities in Los Angeles abound with diversity. A multitude of ethnicities and nationalities from across the Asian continent are present here. Residents have sought fresh new opportunities, arriving as refugees, economic migrants, students, or professionals. In celebration of these communities, USC PAM presents seven dynamic female contemporary artists who embody the vitality of our city’s Asian populations.

Salvaged Pages is a powerful collection of diaries written by young people during the Holocaust, reflecting a vast and diverse range of experiences. In this webinar, the author of Salvaged Pages, Alexandra Zapruder, will share about the book’s history, impact, and value as part of the historical record of the Holocaust, with time for Q&A.

Following the webinar, participants will receive a discount code to purchase the book.

Join us for a livestream discussion with Sheryl Cababa (VP of Strategy, Substantial) & Jenna Leventhal (Deputy Director of Education, USC Shoah Foundation) via Zoom.

USC Shoah Foundation collaborated with Substantial to design and build IWalk, a digital educational platform to bring in-person historical locations to life. We will discuss:

Tuesday, August 25, at 1:00 PM PDT | 4:00 EDT

An online lecture by Allison Somogyi (Yale University and University of Southern California)2019-2020 USC-Yale Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research
Supported by the USC Libraries Collection Convergence Initiative 

An online lecture by Chad Gibbs (PhD Candidate in History, University of Wisconsin–Madison)2020-2021 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellow

Organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research

Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (2018) Colleen Kraft is best known for her advocacy for humane treatment of migrant children at the border. Her work to explain to the public the harms to young children caused by the “zero tolerance” policy, which included separation of children from parents, helped to mobilize advocates across the political spectrum to end this policy.

“Timely, brilliant, and necessary.”—Dr. Angela Davis

“This is Baduizm.”—Erykah Badu

“Absolutely astonishing.”—Jane Fonda

“These days electoral politics changes from day to day — hell, minute to minute. But one thing doesn’t change… Koreatown’s Wilshire Center Neighborhood Council Kristina Wong’s gift for fusing performance art with political commentary and edgy humor.” —LA WEEKLY

There are few artists who possess as sophisticated an understanding of the music business, the entertainment industry, and racial politics in America as Chuck D, and even fewer speakers who can command an audience like he does while breaking it down.