The inaugural event, held at a pizza restaurant near campus, focused on discussing “Crazy Rich Asians,” directed by USC alumnus Jon Chu, which came out in August 2018 and is one of the year’s most talked about films.

Colin Kaepernick comes out of a great tradition of Black American prophets who were willing to become controversial - even hated - for standing up to injustice.

To me, the Project Hope L.A. Benefit Concert was an awesome experience that demonstrated how we as artists can use both media and our artistic talents to unite the Los Angeles community.

Daily Trojan Writer Anthea Xiao featured USC Media Institute for Social Change's project to use art, music, and film to raise funding to help end LA homelessness.