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Former Texas poet laureate turns ancestral knowledge into art

Laurie Ann Guerrero passionately tells her stories, and those of her ancestors, through words and other mediums

Kathryn Gray, Multimedia Journalist • April 12, 2021

For Laurie Ann Guerrero, former Texas poet laureate and current writer-in-residence at Texas A&M University San Antonio, writing is like breathing.

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PODCAST: Music paves road for City College’s D’Marcus Andrus

Music student and military veteran recently dropped his first album

Will Mauriz, Multimedia Journalist • April 9, 2021

In the episode of City Speaks, a podcast presented by the reporters of City Times, Will Mauriz talks with D'Marcus Andrus about his journey as a veteran and a City College student and making music.

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VIDEO: Southern-inspired breakfast-for-dinner from Hunger Action Day at City College

Today's #CityCookingChallenge includes home fries topped with a fried egg

Jesus Lopez, Multimedia Journalist • April 6, 2021

City Times reporter Jesus Lopez is back with #CityCookingChallenge at San Diego City College Hunger Action Day. The food was donated by San Diego Food Bank.

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Tijuana-based dance company overcomes pandemic shutdown

Lux Boreal has taken its performances online, creating global audience

Christopher Tapanes, Multimedia Journalist • April 2, 2021

Imagine being an artist and facing the possibility of unemployment and not sharing your art form with the world.

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Three City College students named national semifinalists for scholarships

The three are among 406 national semifinalists for the highly competitive awards

Jesus Lopez, Multimedia Journalist • April 1, 2021

Three San Diego City College students, Miguel Cacho-Tafolla, Tatiana Butte and Lucia Huerta, are semifinalists for national scholarships.

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City College takes look into womxn in politics

City College continue its celebration of Womxn’s History Month

Laura Montano, Multimedia Journalist • March 31, 2021

Continuing with the events taking place to celebrate Womxn’s History Month, on March 12 the event Women in Politics presented by Counselor Fabiola Beck-Threats took place via Zoom.

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VIDEO: SDCCD Board of Trustees appoints new chancellor, updates pandemic plan

Meeting was held virtually to cover business of the district

Laura Montano and Christopher Tapanes • March 26, 2021

The San Diego Community College District held its board meeting virtually via YouTube on March 25 at 4 p.m. The meeting highlighted the district’s updated COVID-19 action plan and the selection of the new SDCCD chancellor, Carlos Turner Cortez.

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Art, community and social change a part of Social Justice Conference

Four experts come together to show how the three are inextricably linked

Kathryn Gray, Multimedia Journalist • March 26, 2021

Producing art provides the opportunity to create social change and community throughout the creative process, according to a panel of talented artists that have experiences to prove it.

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Conference keynote emphasizes community to overcome oppression

Yusef “Bunchy” Shakur spoke as part of the City College's social justice conference

Braydon Griffith, Multimedia Journalist • March 26, 2021

As the 6th Annual Social Justice Conference continues, Thursday’s conferences started with keynote speaker, Yusef “Bunchy” Shakur. Shakur is an author, educator and a survivor of the incarceration system, who educates and promotes community to fight the oppressive behaviors in present-day America.

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Dignity to Dream: 6th Annual Social Justice Conference kicks off with poetry

Willie Perdomo, author and poet, was the first keynote speaker

Marlena Harvey, Managing Editor • March 25, 2021

“My history professor has a bad habit of looking at me when discussing slavery,” Willie Perdomo read aloud from one of his poems. “Professor, why do you keep looking at me, when discussing slavery?”

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