When President Donald Trump announced his immigration enforcement policies, Echevarria was filled with fear — not just for herself, but for her community.
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A changemaker’s journey: Dolores Huerta speaks at Cal Poly
Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta spoke to a packed Chumash Auditorium Thursday, May 10 regarding campus climate and social activism. “I was so happy to see how many people went and to see that many people did care about what she had to say and about seeing a changemaker speak,” communication studies sophomore Kylie Clark […]
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Letter to the Editor: From Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education to President Armstrong
RISE called for the expulsion of Lambda Chi members involved in the blackface incident and other steps to reconciliation.
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Her dad’s deportation made her an ally to DACA recipients
With her father’s deportation and personal connection to undocumented immigrants, Dominque Morales feels obligated to speak for DACA recipients.
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Undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas speaks at Cal Poly
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Huffington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle. Vargas is also an openly undocumented immigrant living in the United States. Vargas told his story in a keynote speech during an event hosted by the Office of University Diversity and Inclusion Wednesday […]
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Giuseppe’s: Senior project turned popular restaurant
When political science student Joe DiFronzo chose his senior project back in 1988, he knew there was only one option: opening a restaurant. DiFronzo runs the homestyle Italian restaurant Giuseppe’s Cucina Rustica, which first opened in the Landmark Hotel space on Price Street in Pismo Beach. But starting a business as at 20 years old […]