Join us in celebrating this incredible achievement! 🎉 #CalPolyPomona #ProvostAwards #CCEP
#FacultyExcellence #InterdisciplinaryResearch

At CPP, Dr. Madva continues to elevate our community through his leadership with the Digital Humanities Consortium and the California Center for Ethics and Policy (CCEP), fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, advancing student engagement, and strengthening the university’s scholarly reputation.

philosophy, cognitive science, and social justice, with extensive publications in top-tier journals, a recent book with MIT Press, and edited volumes with leading academic presses—earning strong peer recognition and broad public engagement.

Celebrating Dr. Alex Madva 👏

As part of the 2025–26 Provost’s Awards for Excellence at Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Madva—Professor of Philosophy, CO-Director for the DHC and CCEP—is recognized for his exceptional, field-shaping scholarship. His work spans

This year's Provost's Awards at @calpolypomona.bsky.social! Huge congrats to Paul Nissenson (Excellence in Teaching), Vilupanur Ravi (Excellence in Service), and... WHO ME??

First in humanities or social sci to take home Excellence in Scholarship since, I think, 2011!

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Come to Philosophy Day tomorrow, 3/23! This event will feature CPP Philosophy faculty, students, and alumni. Register for the event with the QR code and see details \ below. Lunch will also be provided for participants. We hope to see you there!

You can also get your donation matched if you time it right!

(Pacific times!)

Today 6 p.m. | Thursday March 19 at 6 a.m., noon and 7 p.m.

Broncos Give 2026 Today you can help Broncos transform their futures. Let's turn 36 hours of giving into 365 days of impact.

Link: givingday.cpp.edu/giving-day/1...

🚨‼️Broncos Give 2026 just launched‼️🚨

As part of this event, for the next 30 hours you could make a donation to CCEP. Every contribution aids us in continuing to further our mission.

Scan the QR code or click on the link below to help support CCEP!

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Some photos from the inaugural Environmental Humanities Symposium last Friday! Thank you to everyone who spoke, organized, and came.

Workers and Learners: Building the Future of the Labor Movement An open conversation bringing workers and learners together to share experiences and explore confidence, self understanding, and well being.

✅ Register by scanning the QR code on the flyer or click the following link: www.eventbrite.com/e/workers-an...

#WorkersAndLearners #LaborMovement

This event is featuring:

👤 Lucero Herrera — Senior Research Analyst, UCLA Labor Center
👤 Nicole Fefferman — Director of the Young Workers Education Project
👤 Aya Konishi — Student Organizer, UAW

🚧📚 Workers and Learners: Building the Future of the Labor Movement ✊✨

Join us for an online conversation on how workers and students are shaping what’s next for labor!

Event Info:
🗓 Wednesday, 03/18/2026
⏰ 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
💻 Online via Zoom

When the Auto Industry Changed the Narrative #audiobook #history #socialchange #books #bookshorts YouTube video by California Center for Ethics and Policy

You asked -- We answered!

Somebody Should Do Something is an audiobook! 🎧

Sit back and enjoy the dulcet tones of John Keating in 14, story-packed chapters about people making social change. 📘

How it starts: www.youtube.com/shorts/shz5r...

Why Choose CLASS? Episode 5 YouTube video by CLASS at Cal Poly Pomona

🔵 Faculty panelists from across the humanities, performing arts, and social sciences, including Karen Tellez-Chaires, Hyungjin Gill, and Laura Epperson
🔵 Student panelists including Philosopher Connor Ruiz, Archaeologist Nicole Sarabia, and Musician Michael Martinez!
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Hosted by Philosophy Major Ali Varela, with guests...
🔵 Dean Camille Johnson
🔵 Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Success, Brianne Dávila
🔵 Academic Advisor Isidoro Espinoza Barajas...

Why Choose CLASS? Episode 1 YouTube video by CLASS at Cal Poly Pomona

Check out the launch of the *Why Choose CLASS?* Podcast!

6 episodes on what makes CPP's College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences a transformational place to learn and lead!

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We are getting there!
Come to beautiful MoLI to chat about social change!
Registration here buff.ly/mvyj9dY @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

Cutting-edge research from CPP faculty and students, plus contributors from the broader Southern California region. An excellent opportunity to connect across disciplines, support student scholarship, and engage in conversations about environmental ethics, sustainability, and the humanities.

Free Lunch Will be Provided

📅 Friday, March 13, 2026
🕘 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Student Services Building (Building 121),
Rooms 1963 & 1967–1969, Cal Poly Pomona

Free registration is open for the 2026 Environmental Humanities Symposium, hosted by the Environmental Humanities Initiative together with CCEP!

Keynoted by Javiera Barandiaran, who will speak about her brand new book *Living Minerals* for @mitpress.bsky.social

Register: shorturl.at/NauHZ

Check out the full video here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Ic...

When hospitality workers stand together, everyone wins. ✊🏽💛

#UnionStrong #HospitalityWorkers #Solidarity #LaborRights #RespectTheWork #WorkersPower

Hospitality workers keep our cities running—welcoming guests, feeding communities, and making every “good experience” possible.

Panelists' on Serving Up Power made the case that unions are how labor gets respected: fair pay, safer staffing, real benefits, and a voice on the job.

🧠 Stereotyping in a Digital Age
📅 Friday February 27th, 12pm-3pm
📍 Cal Poly Pomona CBA: Building 163, Room 1005 and on Zoom
🌮 Lunch served at 12pm!

AMC for Erin Beeghly, *What's Wrong With Stereotyping?

Please share widely! Open to all!

Register here: stereotyping-in-a-digital-age.eventbrite.com

Papers I learned from (Part 8: Somebody should do something) - Reflective altruism Brownstein, Madva and Kelly examine the role of personal choices in systemic change.

On the Reflective Altruism blog 🙏

Effective altruists think a lot about systemic change...Somebody Should Do Something is an important trade book backed by decades of scholarly research related to systemic change. I think it is important to examine this book.

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Papers I learned from (Part 8: Somebody should do something) - Reflective altruism Brownstein, Madva and Kelly examine the role of personal choices in systemic change.

New short essay out today with @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social on all kinds of ways to do good visibly. Thanks to @reflectivealt.bsky.social for the opportunity to share ideas with the EA crowd.

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