![“For me it evokes family, kind of a connection, but not necessarily blood family. Me with my personal family, like mother, father, brother, sister, we never really celebrated Thanksgiving. But I celebrate Thanksgiving with all of my friends from middle and high school. We call it Friendsgiving. So whenever I think about this time, I always think about them.”
- Daniel Medina, 31, Psychology](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TURKEYPOP_LB_01-1200x900.jpg)
VOICES: What does Thanksgiving evoke for you? City College students share
Family traditions, dark colonialist history associated with November holiday
Kevin Ouellette, Luke Bradbury, Ren Charifa, Luz Jaimes, and Marco Guajardo
• November 16, 2023
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![San Diego City College English professor Mona Alsoraimi reads dedication, a poem by Suheir Hammad to begin “Emergency Teach-in: Solidarity Across Borders,” a panel presentation on the origins of the Palestinian occupation, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Alsoraimi briefly wept as she read the poem about a displaced, then murdered Palestinian man. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/teach-1200x811.jpg)
Palestinian, Chicano leaders invited to City College to provide context to the escalating attacks on Gaza
Settler colonial policies which drive the ongoing displacement of the Palestinian people is at the heart of today’s conflict, leaders say
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief
• October 25, 2023
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