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1-3 p.m. Visioning A World Without Rape Culture CSUSM Student Workshop Whether or not you are a survivor of child sexual abuse, 100% of us were raised in rape culture. In this workshop, we will hear excerpts from the "Mirror Memoirs" audio archive, in which Black, Indigenous and of color LGBTQI child sexual abuse survivors respond to the questions of what healing, justice and a world without child sexual abuse would look like. Participants will also engage in somatic exercises to stay centered in their bodies and use a variety of art and journaling-based prompts to add their ideas to the "Mirror Memoirs" toolkit.  5:30 p.m. Keynote "Mirror Memoirs" is a national storytelling and organizing project intervening in rape culture by uplifting the narratives, healing and leadership of LGBTQI Black, Indigenous and of color survivors in the movement to end child sexual abuse. Founded by nationally recognized survivor activist Amita Swadhin in 2016, the project has grown from an audio archive of 60 survivor storytellers across 15 states to a national organization with 650 members and a growing network of accomplices. Amita will share some of their own journey to becoming an abolitionist and engaging in the work to end rape culture as their life's work. Finally, they will share some of the lessons from the Mirror Memoirs audio archive, the rationale behind the organization's intersectional, abolitionist approach and an invitation into its membership network. 

Prolific singer-songwriter, Astra Kelly, releases raw, emotive, and thought provoking new music on her tenth studio album, “Soul Fires.” Astra describes the sound of the forthcoming album as “folk rock bitten by the south.” In advance of the digital release, Astra will make the songs available on CD, download card, private streaming link, and vinyl. An intimate concert, live recording and vinyl release is set for Sept .8th in San Diego at the premier southern California recording studio, Studiowest. Her full band, featuring Joshua Taylor on guitar, Sandi King on vocals, Harley Magsino on bass, and Tony Econom on drums will join her, plus special guests Jeff Berkley, and Cathryn Beeks. For more information visit: studiowest.com

Festival will showcase 69 shorts, features and documentaries from around the globe and across the U.S.

The party of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, used artificial intelligence to post an online post-election speech by Khan.

A disproportionate share of catalytic converter thefts happen in California. Here’s what lawmakers are trying to do about it, and why one law-enforcement backed approach didn’t make it out of Sacramento.

We look into how despite its recent Grammy success there’s an eerie rise in crime in the inland empire.

Urban development has erased many Black cemeteries around the U.S., but now a movement to find and memorialize them is underway.

Tinashe's Tiny Desk performance proves her artistry has never been one-dimensional.

A research paper that raises questions about the safety of abortion has been retracted. The research is cited in a federal judge's ruling about the abortion pill mifepristone.

"Musk is Tesla and Tesla is Musk," one analyst wrote in a recent note. Musk's reign has catapulted the car company to enormous success. But it also carries serious risks, a judge recently concluded.