![President Dianne F. Harrison announced the Diversity and Equity Innovation Grant Fund in a campus-wide email on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ZyO53gjUUc8XgbEJcMUDscyxrJlnkf3VBbtttLS7.jpeg)
President Harrison announces new grant fund to boost diversity at CSUN
Emily Holshouser, Contributor
• August 14, 2020
![A protester holds up a sign saying fire D.A. Lacey during a BLM protest against the district attorney, Jackie Lacey. Jackie Laceys husband, David Lacey, is charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault with a firearm on Tuesday.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DCJPgedH03MGR0A4zLEXtGxTv3DKpbugviUwpYxq-900x563.jpeg)
Jackie Lacey’s husband charged after pointing gun at BLM-L.A. activists
Michaella Huck, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• August 5, 2020
![Black Lives Matter L.A. co-founder Melina Abdullah.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/52321CF2-9D67-437A-AB7B-861274210204-900x667.jpeg)
United Teachers storm Twitter demanding Cal State L.A. to appoint Melina Abdullah as Ethnic Studies dean
Natalie Miranda, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
• August 3, 2020
![Quinten Thomas in summer of 2014 during EOP Bridge. (Photo courtesy CSUN Educational Opportunity Program)](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Quinten-Thomas-01-637x900.jpg)
Lawsuit against L.A. County over death of Quinten Thomas moving to trial
Orlando Mayorquin, News Editor
• July 31, 2020
![Mayor Eric Garcetti creates a new bureau, the Community Partnership Safety Bureau, that will focus on community policing. The program will focus on building relationships between police officers and the community that they serve.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pJMj1hGuWqJSTFslOqfwPKVt1HRp8hOukClKYYGM-900x600.jpeg)
Garcetti announces new LAPD bureau focused on community policing in L.A.
Michaella Huck, Opinion Editor
• July 27, 2020
![Daily dose of artists supporting the Black Lives Matter movement](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5loQWIXrN84JcYzIVWYWTCaJY2KfaDnEiFWmEU9W-900x675.jpeg)
Daily dose of artists supporting the Black Lives Matter movement
Alex Behunin, Reporter
• July 18, 2020
![The faculty senates demands include defunding the universitys police department, which many student activists have also called for.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/buteR72wTt1rfFElvc5imefNNgov9sCPZ1JY5FN0-900x598.jpeg)
CSUN Faculty Senate issues demands for university in light of movement against racial injustice
Orlando Mayorquin, News Editor
• July 9, 2020
![Vanessa Butler, the owner of VanillaBlack, stands at the entrance of the Echo Park coffee shop on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Butler said the coffee shop remained open throughout the pandemic with implemented safety precautions.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fTjPwRWOM9q1zUuTapCZNF1lj04fnFFuZwaAkygr-900x600.jpeg)
Meet VanillaBlack: a Black female-owned L.A. coffee shop with an increased community support
Samantha Bravo, Assistant Campus Editor
• July 6, 2020
![Although the total defunding of the police has not happened yet, the Defund the Police movement led by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles has made a few strides this week.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NWmzZruAuS9TyIvpSHeXLvCX4wRgDZcU1WIBMqfV-900x600.jpeg)
Recap of “Defund LAPD” movement’s victories this week
Orlando Mayorquin, Campus Editor
• July 4, 2020
![A protester holds up his fist as demonstrators hold a moment of silence for George Floyd outside of City Hall on May 31, 2020.](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rGJFfXg97k9QcFplhBgNmVpQTizdZc3Z1o7TvE4e-1-900x673.jpeg)
Opinion: Being a Black journalist when Black lives finally start to matter
Michaella Huck, Opinion Editor
• June 29, 2020
![(Image courtesy of mohamed_hassan from Pixabay)](https://sundial.csun.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IWv41f0oTFljYpCHZ3aAXCYoXJ7SlPiBXSoq3Xsu-900x661.jpeg)
Watch these 10 movies and docu-series to learn more about racial injustice
Alex Behunin, Reporter
• June 28, 2020
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