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Cal State University Dominguez Hills
University Theater
Architect: A. Quincy Jones (1977)
Location: Dominguez Hills (Carson), CA
At the 6th Annual Alpay Scholarship Exhibition, called “Now Trending”, I saw this sculpture — self-portrait, I think — by a recent graduate from Cal State Domínguez Hills, which sports the gap-toothed smile made famous by Lauren Hutton...
Jane Dolores Gainer Talbott (°1968), Joy is Returning (2022), ceramic, glaze, 14 x 12 x 11 in. (36 x 30 x 28 cm)
From Wikipedia:
Alice Harris (born 1934), also known as "Sweet Alice", is a community organizer, based in Watts, Los Angeles, California, as the founder and executive director of Parents of Watts, a local youth outreach group.
Born in Gadsden, Alabama in 1934, Alice Harris experienced poverty, homelessness, and single motherhood, as a teenager.[2]
I've been working with youth and adults for the last 52 years. The reason I've done this for so long is because I can remember when I needed help. In Alabama a family gave me help when I was considered 'nothing.' They gave me a job, so I promised them that whenever I find somebody in the same shape and wearing the same shoes I wore, I would do for them what they had done for me," said Harris, who studied cosmetology and later operated her own beauty shop in Detroit, MI, before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1950s. "I won't stop. I'll be doing this until the Lord comes and gets me because I love it. I love to see people smile and I know how good they feel because I know how good I felt.
When she could, she took college courses in sociology and child development and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson, California.[3]
Parents of Watts, Inc.
As a witness to the 1965 Watts Rebellion, and as a way to help ease the tensions in her community that followed, Harris and a group of volunteers worked out of her house to help rebuild the community. Linking with other civic groups, she formed the Black and Brown Committee, which eventually became the Parents of Watts (POW) in 1979 and was incorporated in 1983.
Today, POW operates more than 15 programs in eight houses purchased by Harris. It provides emergency food and shelter for the homeless, tutoring, health seminars and parenting classes, literacy courses, drug counseling, college and career preparation, and housing assistance for anyone who needs it.[2]
"We started working with youth and adults. I gave up my house so we would have a community center to help the children and keep them from getting killed," said Harris. "Then enrollment started going up at our schools. It let us know that what we were doing in the Parents of Watts was working."
Honors and awards
Sweet Alice Harris receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Next Dimension University, on August 17, 2019
In 1993, Essence magazine presented Harris with an award for her work. In 2002, California lieutenant governor Cruz Bustamante named Harris "Woman of the Year," in honor of her community outreach efforts through Parents of Watts.
Harris was featured on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition after a freak 2003 flood damaged her home.[4]
In 2007, The Women's Conference awarded Harris a Minerva Award.[5] In 2008, Harris received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Southern California.[6] In that year, she was also named one of U.S. President George H. Bush's "Points of Light", bestowed upon citizens who made a significant impact in their communities through volunteer work.[2]
On October 8, 2015, Harris was honored with the Community Leadership Award during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Founders' Dinner.[2]
References
^ a b "Alice Harris". Contemporary Black Biography. Gale. 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
^ a b c d Browning, Paul, "‘Sweet Alice’ Harris to be honored with ‘Community Leadership Award’", Dateline Dominguez (California State University, Dominguez Hills), September 25, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
Sweet Alice Harris 50th Watts Rebellion Commemoration. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
"'Sweet Alice' Harris, noted South Central Los Angeles activist-educator, gets surprise home makeover". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. May 31, 2004. pp. 38–40, 48. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
""Sweet" Alice Harris: Minerva Award Winner". The Women's Conference. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
"Four to Receive Honorary Degrees". USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. May 2008. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
Leo F. Cain Library
Cal State University Dominguez Hills
Architect: A. Quincy Jones (1971)
Location: Carson, CA
544: Game between CSUMB and CSUDH. Monterey Bay ended up winning this game against Dominguez Hills. Good game, exciting came down to the last few minutes. Monterey ended up with the victory.
Nov. 4, 2017 -
Homecoming at Long Beach State University
LBSU played CSUDH.
Mandatory Credit: Sean DuFrene / Photographer
Marketing and Communications
Long Beach State University
CSU Trustee Sy Abrego, College of Health, Human Services and Nursing Commencement Speaker Bill Shumard (CEO of Special Olympics Southern California) and CSUDH President Willie Hagan.
Provost Ellen Junn, College of Education Dean John Davis, Commencement Speaker for College of Education Tim Allen, executive director of the Carlston Family Foundation, and CSUDH President Willie J. Hagan
CSUDH students and recipients of the Millennium Momentum Foundation Best and Brightest Scholarship, Nicole Harris,Vanessa Alvarez and Yaneli Ramirez
DREAMers Student Scholarship Awards Juntos Podemos Held in the CSUDH Library South on the 5th floor on June 1st, 2016
543: Cal State University Monterey Bay playing Cal State Dominguez Hills. Monterey Bay ended up winning the mens game. They came from behind in the last 5 minutes and pulled away. Good game.
CBAPP presents the 2016 Meet the Companies Night where students meet actual employees from major companies in the library at CSUDH
Diversity and Inclusion Forum 2016 held at CSUDH. Sumun L. Pendakur gave the keynote lecture and Dr. Miguel Gutierrez demonstrated the "Theater of the Oppressed"
LAUSD and CSUDH sign a promise agreement to local middle and high schools for guaranteed admissions. SOUTH UP promise 4/8/2016 Dr. Kamal Hamden
CSUDH President Willie Hagan with CSUDH students and recipients of the Millennium Momentum Foundation Best and Brightest Scholarship, Nicole Harris, Yaneli Ramirez and Vanessa Alvarez
Nov. 4, 2017 -
Homecoming at Long Beach State University
LBSU played CSUDH.
Mandatory Credit: Sean DuFrene / Photographer
Marketing and Communications
Long Beach State University
CSUDH President Willie Hagan and ASI President Gavin Centeno with CSUDH students and recipients of the Millennium Momentum Foundation Best and Brightest Scholarship, Nicole Harris, Yaneli Ramirez and Vanessa Alvarez