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PODCAST: City College students share their stories, perspectives on ‘Chicano Studies Podcast’

Debut episode of new podcast produced by CT Sound's Chieftain

Chieftain, Producer, CT Sound • December 4, 2023

City College students share their stories and perspectives on Chicano studies in the debut episode of the "Chicano Studies Podcast." They found the class refreshing, empowering and it gave them a sense...

Ayotzinapa 9 years later: M.E.Ch.A rallies to raise awareness, seek justice on disappearance of 43 Mexican students

City College students commemorate rural teachers’ college students who disappeared on their way to honor victims of historic Tlatelolco student massacre in Mexico

Keila Menjivar Zamora, Sean Monney, and Marco Guajardo • September 27, 2023

Nine years after 43 prospective teachers were disappeared in Iguala, Mexico, members of M.E.Ch.A of San Diego City College rallied on campus on Sept. 26 to commemorate the events

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City College students celebrated for their struggles, triumphs at Chicano Latina Graduation

Ceremony highlighted students’ Chicanx heritage, achievements and support systems on their way to four-year universities

Marco Guajardo, Multimedia Journalist • May 25, 2023

Families and supporters honored the City graduates for their dedication and perseverance within the context of what it means to be Chicanx

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City College Chicana/o Studies mural nears completion

An entire wall of the cafeteria will soon pay homage to the birth of the department and over 50 years of student activism

Kathy Archibald, Multimedia Journalist • March 15, 2022

The rich, bold colors on the cafeteria wall embody the spirit that birthed the Chicana/o Studies Department at San Diego City College in 1970, portraying over 50 years of campus activism.

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Beloved 50-year City College professor retires

Professor Cruz Rangel was honored at the 2019 Chicano Latina Graduation Celebration that he founded.

Brian Mohler, Arts & Entertainment Editor • May 21, 2019

When professor Cruz Rangel started teaching at San Diego City College, Richard Nixon was president and many of his students did not have the right to vote, because the 26th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution hadn’t lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 yet.

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Professor puts theory into action

Lauren J. Mapp • November 10, 2015

City College’s Enrique Davalos travels supporting social movement

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“Gabo” Marquez rests in peaceful solitude, dead at 87.

Edwin Rendon • April 29, 2014

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s name will echo eternal in literature’s history as a premier writer in the world. His transcendence to death, felt globally, ended April 17, aged 87, in his adopted...