The Center for Service and Action holds several events throughout the academic year designed to engage LMU students with the greater Los Angeles community. Find out how you can make a difference and make some friends along the way.
Advocacy Teach-In
Advocacy Teach-In is an annual event dedicated to providing the LMU community tools to effectively take action for social justice through local community organizations. The Advocacy Teach-In takes place on March 29, 2025, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
The annual LMU Advocacy Day Teach-In focuses on the various ways we can create social change beyond advocacy. The Teach-In consists of a keynote speaker and a selection of workshops led by various non-profit organizations. Each workshop focuses on a tool to create social change.
Past Programs
Past keynote speakers for the Advocacy Teach-In have included:
- 2024: Robbin D. Crabtree, dean of the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
- 2023: Bryant Keith Alexander, Ph.D. is dean of the LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts
- 2022: Raymond Santana, exonerated Central Park five
- 2021: Greg Boyle S.J. and Jose Arellano, Homeboy Industries
- 2020: Dr. Mairead Sullivan, professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Loyola Marymount University
- 2019: Dr. Stefan Bradley, associate professor and chair of African American Studies
- 2017: Marcos Gonzales S.J. and Jose Arellano, Homeboy Industries
- 2016: Melinna Abdullah, Black Lives Matter organizer, professor and chair of Pan American Studies at California State University
Community Service Fair
Every year, the CSA invites our non-profit organizations to come to campus to recruit volunteers and raise awareness about the local and global social issues their work focuses on. This event is open to staff, faculty and students. The Community Service Fair takes place each September.
Blood Drives
CSA together with Crimson Circle sponsor two Blood and Bone Marrow Drives every academic year. Every pint collected saves three lives so please consider donating to this important cause. Blood Drives take place each semester.
As we continue to face a critical blood shortage, there are no words to capture how important the gift of donation is. I hope that you will spread the word in your areas to any interested students and colleagues.
Perks of donating
- Free movie ticket
- 1 hour of service for Service Org members
- Pint for a pint: eligible 21+ donors will receive a voucher for a free drink at The Loft
Who can donate?
If you're healthy, at least 17 years old and weigh 110 pounds you can donate blood.
Justice on Tap
CSA started a new speaker series, in partnership with Campus Recreation and Alpha Sigma Nu, in which faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners have an opportunity to gather each month at the Loft to hear a keynote speaker talk about a variety of social justice issues. These events are aimed at putting the "social" back in "social justice, " and gather students from all around campus for an evening of socializing and social justice. These are informal, intimate, events which exist to uplift important justice work going on at LMU and beyond. Visitors must be 21 and over to attend.
ServeLA
Join first-year students and student leaders for a day of service at Alma Backyard Farms. Work with a community organization that serves those who live on the margins and roll up your sleeves to lend a hand. Space is limited. There will be free food, t-shirts, transportation and the feeling of knowing that you helped someone out. Participants will meet at the Center for Service and Action office. ServeLA takes place each September.