The public demonstration on Nov. 9 came after one month of violence as the Israel-Hamas war goes on, during which calls for the U.S. to stop financially and diplomatically supporting Israel have rippled across the country.
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Community marches through downtown SLO in support of Palestine
Several people gathered at Mission San Luis Obispo this Saturday to march in support of Palestinian civilian lives during the recently declared Israel-Hamas war.
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San Luis Obispo approves financial plan after a week of local campaigns to decrease police funding
After a week-long campaign advocating for San Luis Obispo to decrease its future police budget, Cal Poly Students for Quality Education (SQE), along with 25 other local organizations, were unsuccessful as the city council unanimously voted June 1 to approve their 2021-2023 financial plan. The two year financial plan allocates approximately 25% of the city’s […]
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A Central Coast May Day: activists demand justice for workers, BIPOC communities
On May Day, Princess Nokia’s song “Brown Girl Blues” echoed throughout Mission Plaza, her spoken-word-like lyrics filling the plaza with graphic imagery of the adversary and abuse people of color experience in the United States. “You think it’s been a long time since Civil Rights?” the lyrics read. “No, still our people have to go […]
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Sexual assault crimes soared in 2019. Some say Cal Poly Police aren’t equipped to respond.
Content warning: This article discusses multiple forms of trauma, including gender and power-based violence. Survivors of such violence can access virtual confidential services through Cal Poly Safer’s website. The name of the sexual assault survivor in this story has been changed in order to protect her full identity. “Why were you alone with him?” the […]
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Abolitionist Action Central Coast SLO to hold rally in support of #CopsOffCampus movement and RAs
Abolitionist Action Central Coast SLO (AACCS) will host an action at the Grand Avenue entrance to Cal Poly on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 11 a.m to rally, hold teach-ins and distribute mutual aid to Cal Poly Resident Advisors (RAs) and students.