![“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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![Mario Ceballos, founder of the POC Fungi Community, slides chopped garlic into a cazo, while a bag of huitlacoche sits on the table during the food preparation part of “Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Discussion & Food Demonstration with Huitlacoche,” Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HUITLACOCHE_MG_04-e1697852657919-1200x900.jpg)
Indigenous food huitlacoche comes to City College, bringing path to food sovereignty, connection with ancestral roots
The World Cultures Program invited students to meet the nutrient-dense corn fungus historically revered by indigenous cultures
Keila Menjivar Zamora, Multimedia Journalist
• October 20, 2023
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