{"id":2978,"date":"2020-01-17T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/5-usc-dornsife-alumni-activists-look-for-solutions-to-pressing-challenges\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T01:00:33","slug":"5-alumni-activist-mlk-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/5-alumni-activist-mlk-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"5 USC Dornsife alumni activists look for solutions to pressing challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3150-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3150-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3150-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"5 USC Dornsife alumni activists look for solutions to pressing challenges\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  USC Dornsife alumni are bringing their education to bear on challenging problems to make a positive impact on the world. 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A rabbi who performed the first same-sex marriage in California. A lawyer advocating for the family of those in jail. As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s birthday, meet five USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Science alumni who are working to make the world a better place for all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Radical Rabbi <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: right;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/eger-with-prayerbook_225x350-3150.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Rabbi Denise Eger\" width=\"112\" \/>Denise Eger (<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/religion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">religion<\/a>, \u201982) began her career as a rabbi in 1988 serving a gay synagogue in Los Angeles at the height of the AIDs crisis. She made daily visits to patients stricken by the disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was 28 years old and working every day to bury young men who passed away,\u201d Eger said. \u201cThose years shaped me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the decades since, she\u2019s advocated for prison reform, racial justice and economic equity. In 2008, she performed the first same-sex marriage in the state of California. In 2015, she marched with the NAACP from Arkansas to Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/2368\/alumna-rabbi-denise-l-eger-is-a-voice-of-the-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Denise &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking for Justice <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/Blake_Oshiro_6751_225x350-2-3150.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Blake Oshiro\" width=\"112\" \/>Blake Oshiro (<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a>, \u201992) served in Hawaii\u2019s House of Representatives for more than 10 years. Throughout his tenure, he fought to legalize same-sex unions, delivering a rousing speech to his colleagues during an intense debate on the topic in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I gave my speech, I used the myth of Sisyphus, condemned to eternally push a boulder up a hill, as an analogy for the ongoing battle faced by civil union advocates,\u201d Oshiro said. He had studied the myth while a student at USC Dornsife.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, thanks to the work of representatives like Oshiro, Hawaii legalized same-sex unions. <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/2444\/passionate-civil-rights-advocate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Blake &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Special Sisterhood <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/Gina-Clayton-wall_225x350-3150.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Gina Sawyer\" width=\"112\" \/>While working as a housing lawyer in New York City, Gina\u00a0Clayton (<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American studies and ethnicity<\/a>, \u201906) became aware of the impact incarceration has on women. About 90% of inmates are men, which means women are often left to care for children and family finances alone.\u00a0Clayton formed the <a href=\"https:\/\/essiejusticegroup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essie Justice Group<\/a> as a way to empower these women through training and community-building. \u201cThis was a group of women who I thought, if their silence could be broken, could be powerful advocates for themselves and for others,\u201d she said. <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/2647\/alumna-empowers-women-who-have-incarcerated-loved-ones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about\u00a0Clayton &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Give Me Shelter <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/Tessa-Madden-Storms_225x350-2-3150.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Tessa Madden Storms\" width=\"112\" \/>As a political science student at USC Dornsife, Tessa Maddens Storms \u201911 was struck by the homelessness crisis.\u00a0She volunteered with various organizations, including \u00a0Chrysalis, a nonprofit that helps homeless individuals find jobs that she found through USC Dornsife\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/joint-educational-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Educational Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After graduation, Storms followed a contact from Chrysalis to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epath.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People Assisting the Homeless<\/a> (PATH), where she now oversees their work in Santa Barbara, California, working to find permanent housing for homeless people. <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/2892\/political-science-alumna-addresses-homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Tessa &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Using Her Stage <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/America-Ferrera-activist_225x350-3150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of actress America Ferrera at lecturn\" width=\"112\" \/>Growing up, America Ferrera \u201913 felt torn between wanting to make a difference in the world and her desire to become an actress. While she studied international relations at USC Dornsife, professor David Andrus revealed that her film <i>Real Women Have Curves<\/i> had been a source of inspiration for a Latina teenager he had been mentoring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat my professor really wanted me to understand was that my passion for acting and what I loved doing in the world had the power to be a tool,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Since that conversation, Ferrera has gone on to combine her visibility as an actress with her advocacy work, partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save the Children<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesupnow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TimesUp<\/a> movement. <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/1180\/from-actress-to-activist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about America &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>Photo Credits: All photos courtesy of the subjects except America Ferrera by Michelle Boston.<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From helping the homeless find housing to advocating for marriage equality, these USC Dornsife graduates are changing the world through their activism. <strong>[2\u00be min read]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,24],"tags":[115,150,655],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-social-impact","tag-activism","tag-dei-story","tag-mlk-day"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 USC Dornsife alumni activists look for solutions to pressing challenges<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/5-alumni-activist-mlk-day-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 USC Dornsife alumni activists look for solutions to pressing challenges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From helping the homeless find housing to advocating for marriage equality, these USC Dornsife graduates are changing the world through their activism. 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