The Diversity Coalition of San Luis Obispo County (DCSLOC) is launching its inaugural Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Board Leadership Training program this fall. The Coalition hopes to create a pipeline of diverse professional leaders prepared to serve on nonprofit boards and government commissions, according to a news release. Created in 2011, the […]
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SLO grant program awards eight nonprofits to improve city life
The City of San Luis Obispo Promotional Coordinating Committee (PCC) has recently awarded eight local nonprofit organizations with grant funding through the Cultural Grants-in-Aid Program, according to a city news release. The Cultural Grants-in-Aid program provides assistance to organizations deemed cultural, social or recreational, because they make “significant contributions to the overall quality of life,” […]
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Art exhibit “Girls Who Handle It” returns to the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
As voices roared from within Pinkies Up salon, Megan Cali grew anxious at the front of a line that wrapped down the block. The venue was bursting with hundreds of people. Strangers and close friends alike stood pressed against each other’s backs, sides and shoulders. With hardly enough room to move, the liberal studies senior […]
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Students launch project to make Cal Poly a Fair Trade-certified campus
To students, “fair trade” may mean glancing at another garbled label on a chocolate bar. But the impact is global.
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Shabang to donate proceeds to Woods Humane Society
Woods Humane Society has been named the beneficiary for Shabang IX.
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Midnight 5k fundraises for Special Olympics
A Cal Poly class is hosting the second annual Campus Midnight 5k Fun Run tonight. More than 175 people have registered for the event.
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Bill could force Poly Corp. to release records
Cal Poly Corporation and Cal Poly Foundation may soon have to open up its books to the public if the Senate Bill 218 passes this Fall. It will open the California Public Records Act to include university auxiliary organizations.