As Pride Month comes to an end, we discuss the continued need for LGBTQ+ activism, the challenges facing youth today, and ways to radicalize pride in the fight for social justice with Cynthia Ruffin, the director of COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling. As director of this free therapy service, Cynthia has great insight into how these young people continue to experience discrimination and trauma in our country, and she urges us to find new ways to show up for the LGBTQ+ community.
Antioch University Los Angeles (AULA) is honored to announce that Congressmember Karen Bass will deliver the commencement address at AULA’s virtual ceremony on Sunday, June 27, 2021. This is the…
Tim Cummings ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA) had his short story, Luke De Foncé Du Nuage published in Scare Street’s horror anthology Night Terrors. He was interviewed about writing and the creative…
Cynthia Ruffin directs COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling Services, a program that provides therapy for youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other diverse sexualities and genders at…
Caley O’Dwyer, Psychology and Creative Writing faculty in the Undergraduate Studies Department, was featured in a profile story in VoyageLA. “VoyageLA provides an intimate look into the lives of myriad…
“I’ll tell you a story,” says Sergio Ocampo, a Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about the Somatic Experiencing approach to healing trauma. The story is about Dr. Peter…
Kim Steutermann Rogers ‘07 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) published the article The world’s oldest known wild bird just turned 70—why she’s so special, in National Geographic; an essay My Old…
Anna Scotti’s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) first book of poems, Bewildered by All This Broken Sky was released by Lightscatter Press on April 30, 2021. It was the winner…
Kirsten Grimstad discusses the importance of holding ourselves and our countries accountable for past harm – and of promoting reparations and healing in the present.
Los Angeles MFA in Creative Writing Fiction Faculty Brad Kessler’s novel, North, will be published October 5th by Abrams Books.
With deep sorrow, we regret to inform you of the passing of Bruce Paul Bedford on April 29, 2021. Bruce was a sitting member of the Board of Governors of…
Los Angeles MFA Poetry Faculty Carol Potter had four poems published: “Tickled Pink” and “When the archeologists” in Unbroken, “The Requisite Bad Hair” in The Laurel Review, and “I know…