Pan-African Studies Department at CSULA

07/26/2026

For the last week, Black Lives Matter Grassroots organizers met and convened in Los Angeles for our 13th birthday. Black Lives Matter was birthed in its grassroots form on July 13, 2013 in AfricaTown/Leimert Park the night that George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of our collective son, ...

05/03/2026

The 16th Annual Pan African Studies Forum, centered on this year’s theme: “Sports Activism and the Black Athlete: How Black Athletes' Activism Impacts the World.”
We are honored to welcome Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, former NBA player, author, and activist, whose legacy reflects the powerful intersection of sports and social justice.
Event Details:
📅 Wednesday, May 6, 2026
🕕 6:00 p.m.
📍 University Student Union, Los Angeles Room
Caribbean cuisine will be served. Seating is limited, and this is a free event.
Please RSVP to secure your spot (see QR code on the flyer).
We encourage you to attend, engage, and be part of this important conversation.

04/01/2026

This Saturday, April 4th, the 58th anniversary of Dr. King’s martyrdom, please join us at Cal State Los Angeles’ MLK Lecture Hall for a gathering of pro-Black radical thinkers, leaders, and cultural producers. Unity Uprising convenes in the spirit of the great convergences of the 1960s when Malcolm and Martin, the Panthers and liberation theologians, socialists and cultural nationalists held in tension the full complexity of Black freedom struggle and broke new ground in the struggle for collective liberation.

Rooted in African and Diasporic Radical Traditions, and hosted by professors Melina Abdullah and Butch Ware, this gathering brings together leading figures in movement politics, culture, and organizing. The goal is to revisit and resurrect traditions of resistance and rebellion, radicalism and revolution.

Sign up today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/unity-uprising (FREE ADMISSION - DONATION RECOMMENDED)

04/17/2025

15th Annual PAS Forum, April 30!!!

03/16/2025

Extended Deadline just for you! April 15!!

02/14/2025

01/31/2025

Applications now open!

01/31/2025

Wednesday, 2-5-25!

10/21/2024

JOIN US FOR Intersectional Blackness class TODAY 6:30-8:30PM RIGHT HERE ON
MY FB PAGE…
Special guest lecture by Baba Akili on (Oct. 22nd)…national day to Stop Police Brutality. Heeding the call by the Movement 4 Black Lives and organized in 25 cities around the nation through a powerful coalition of organizations and organizers, forest defenders, and justice warriors to . We must block the theft of public resources that are being diverted away from community to build 86 cop cities that are intended as training grounds for militarized policing, declaring war on righteous protestors, decimating the environment, and feeding global genocide- including the war on Black people. Plug in to join the work at stopcopnation.com

Join the national call to action to stop police brutality!