City Times

Local choir provides healing, hope through music for San Diego unhoused population

Voices of Our City Choir uses the power of music for change

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • December 1, 2021

Co-founded in 2016 by musician and grassroots activist Steph Johnson, the mission of Voices of Our City Choir is to provide healing and hope through music for the unhoused population in San Diego. Today, it has expanded beyond music to offer housing assistance, weekly outreach, case management and advocacy training.

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City College ASG president finds her voice, paves way to future

Victoria Owusu brings her passion for student success to the forefront at ASG

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • November 17, 2021

Having first visited San Diego City College to attend a UMOJA event during her senior year at Hoover High School, Victoria Owusu remembers hearing the welcome address in her native language and feeling City would be the only community college for her.

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REVIEW: City Theatre continues to deliver the spooky with live theatre

Director Kate Stone and students brings William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Macbeth” to Saville Theatre

Will Mauriz, Sports Editor • November 3, 2021

City Saville Theatre hosts the Shakespearean tragedy “Macbeth,” presented to live audiences for the first time since March 2020 by the San Diego City College Visual and Performing Arts department.

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City College students promote awareness of mental health, fight stigma

Active Minds volunteers share details about upcoming programming and current resources available to students

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • October 26, 2021

Through interactive events, guest speakers, social media and other resources, the student chapter of Active Minds at City works tirelessly to fight stigma about and open lines of communication around mental health.

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VIDEO: Live theater returns to City College

City drama re-imagines Shakespeare with live performances of Macbeth and Twelfth Night at the Saville Theatre

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • October 18, 2021

After performing solely to virtual audiences for the past year and a half, the San Diego City College drama department is eager to delight theater patrons with in-person performances of Macbeth and Twelfth Night at the Saville Theatre.

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California Community Colleges prepare undocumented students for status changes

Webinar covering Temporary Protective Status updates offered in association with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Aldo Ramirez, Multimedia Journalist • October 1, 2021

The California Community Colleges, in collaboration with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and the California State University Chancellor’s Office, presented a webinar via Zoom addressing updates on Temporary Protected Status on Sept. 28.

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Virtual exhibit brings struggles with suicide to light

Through personal accounts, the exhibit illustrates that each person's mental health struggles are unique

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • September 30, 2021

For National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, San Diego City College Student Health and mental health education organization Active Minds presented Behind the Backpacks, which shared stories of those impacted by suicide and resources for suicide prevention.

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Knights soccer team dominate second half to earn the win

City’s women soccer shut-out Grossmont college

Will Mauriz, Multimedia Journalist • September 29, 2021

The San Diego City College women’s soccer team took the field for its pregame warm-up on Sept. 28 clapping in rhythm, flashing smiles and laughing excitedly.

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RECAP: City College sports back in action

Knights settle in for fall season

Will Mauriz, Multimedia Journalist • September 23, 2021

Harry West Gymnasium may seem locked up from outside, but behind closed doors San Diego City College’s sports teams are getting back into their routines.

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VIDEO: City College Library reopens to students

The story was featured in this week's edition of Newscene

Will Mauriz, Multimedia Journalist • September 22, 2021

The taxi yellow doors of the Learning Resource Center Library reopened on September 20 to registered San Diego City College students.

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Weekly COVID-19 testing rolls out at San Diego City College

Districtwide mandate strives to keep campus COVID-19 free

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • September 20, 2021

The San Diego Community College District mandates weekly testing for all unvaccinated students, staff and faculty.

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City College student Lucia Huerta is headed to university debt-free

Meet the inspiring Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholar who made it happen

Kathryn Gray, Multimedia Journalist • May 28, 2021

In 2016 Huerta didn’t know what a community college was, and in 2021, she will transfer to one of the top four-year universities in the country to study sociology.

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