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Affirmative Action Ballot Measure Fails, But These Students Are Still Fighting To Diversify Their Universities
Lea este artículo en español. When Ayo Banjo arrived at the University of California, Santa Cruz for his freshman year, he was surprised to find that only a small fraction, about 4%, of the campus population was Black. It was “stressful,” he recalls, to not see other people who looked like him on campus. “Where’s the outreach?” Banjo, now a senior, remembers asking himself.
Proposition 16 Failed. But These Students Will Keep Fighting to Diversify Their Universities
Nona Claypool, a third-year student at UC Berkeley and transfer student coordinator, at Mosswood Park in Oakland on Oct. 28, 2020. Claypool, who focuses her work on recruiting Native American transfer students from community colleges, says it is often the students who would benefit most from higher education who are unable to access it. (Anne Wernikoff/CALmatters) Lea este artículo en español.
Affirmative action measure fails, but students are still fighting
In summary Proposition 16 failed, but students at public colleges and universities in California have been trying to increase representation of students of color at their campuses for years and will continue their efforts. https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/How-Affirmative-Action-Shapes-Community-on-Campus.mp3How affirmative action shapes community on campus. Audio by KQED Lea este artículo en español.
University Union expansion voted ‘Best New Construction Project’ in Best of Sac State poll
Kelly Kiernan Kayleen Carter The votes are in and The University Union was voted “Best New Construction Project” in The State Hornet’s fourth annual Best of Sac State poll. The University Union currently has three floors which feature several eateries, a game room, art gallery, and is home to the Associated Students, Inc. office, KSSU student-run radio and UNIQUE Programs .
NEWS PODCAST: Assembly Bill 2023 and deadnaming in the classroom
Diversity/Identity Multimedia News News Podcast Podcast Photo courtesy of Lauren Pulido Sac State alumnus Lauren Pulido currently works for the state legislature. Pulido appeared on this episode of the News Podcast to discuss Assembly Bill 2023.
‘For that to happen to her, I don’t get it’: Sac State student, RA unexpectedly passes
Asia Rios remembered through Zoom vigil Ramonica Shorter-Glover Sac State psychology major, Asia Rios, posing for the camera on the day of her high school graduation from Sacramento Charter High School on Saturday, June 6, 2015. Rios passed under unknown circumstances on March 18. Photo courtesy of Ramonica Shorter-Glover. Kayleen Carter April 17, 2020 If there’s one memory that won’t fail to make Ramonica Shorter-Glover laugh, it is the memory of her daughter’s robot dance.
Sac State ASI Children’s Center to close for childcare Tuesday
Chris Wong A sign announcing the closure of the ASI Children's Center on Monday, March 16. The center will be closed Tuesday, March 17 and will remain closed indefinitely. Kayleen Carter March 16, 2020 The Associated Students, Incorporated Children’s Center at Sacramento State will close indefinitely starting Tuesday in response to the coronavirus, according to the ASI website and an email from the center’s director.
The WELL at Sac State to close indefinitely citing coronavirus concerns
Campus Coronavirus Featured News Matthew Nobert The WELL at Sac State will close until further notice after 6 p.m. Monday in an effort to mitigate COVID-19. Kayleen Carter March 16, 2020 The WELL at Sacramento State will close indefinitely due to concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a press release put out Monday. The release said the WELL would close at 6 p.m. Monday and remain closed until further notice.
‘It’s called a deadname for a reason’: Sac State LGBTQ+ students on importance of preferred names
AB 2023 would allow individuals to use preferred names on diploma Kayleen Carter February 13, 2020 Lee Kennedy, a communications major at Sacramento State who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, was in a crowded classroom when their professor asked them what their name was before they changed it. They responded by telling their professor that they didn’t feel comfortable talking about it. “It’s called a deadname for a reason,” Kennedy said.
Sac State students reflect on identity and the Black experience on campus
Kayleen Carter and Nijzel Dotson February 7, 2020 Throughout history, Black Americans have endured oppressive abuse. They were forced to work in grueling, inhumane conditions for no pay. They were denied home ownership and the pursuit of interracial relationships. They were told their livelihoods were to be controlled by those in power. Black History Month is a celebration of the trailblazing efforts Black Americans have made to reclaim their liberty, sovereignty and identity.
NEWS PODCAST: The Black student experience at Sac State
Diversity/Identity Multimedia News News Podcast Podcast From left to right: Staff writer Nijzel Dotson, freshman criminal justice major Hannah Rowlett and diversity and identity reporter Kayleen Carter. On Feb 5, 2020 they discussed the Black student experience at Sac State for this week's episode of The State Hornet News Podcast. Kelly Kiernan From left to right: Staff writer Nijzel Dotson, freshman criminal justice major Hannah Rowlett and diversity and identity reporter Kayleen Carter.
Ruby Bridges honored at Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Sac State
Bridges was the first Black student to desegregate a southern school Kayleen Carter Racial equality activist Ruby Bridges addresses the crowd during the 21st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the Sac State Union Ballroom on Sunday, Jan. 26. Bridges was recognized for being the first Black child to desegregate an elementary school in the south.
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