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City College of San Francisco Celebrates Maya Culture – Past and Present

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 The Guardsman 1 Comment Rita E. Moran, Mam, art, Yucatec, City College of San Francisco, Maya Women Life, Rosenberg Library, Hope, steven mayers, Oswaldo Martin, Beth Lederer, Pedro Tuyub, Kristina Hayrapet, Maya Culture

The Maya Culture was on full display both on the Mission and Ocean Campus in September. At the Ocean campus a lively reception was held for the Helen Moran collection of Maya Women Life, Art, Hope. A contemporary art exhibit celebrating Maya artists. The Maya Cultural Festival took place at the Mission campus celebrating the culture of the Maya population in the Bay Area with traditional clothing, food, art therapy classes, lectures on public benefits, housing, jobs, interpreters, health, courts and Maya identity.

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“Amplifying Sanctuary Voices” Exhibit Gives Power to Migrant Voices

March 7, 2023March 11, 2023 The Guardsman steven mayers, voice of witness, City DREAM, Beth Lederer, Amplifying Sanctuary Voices, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, City College Puente Program, Youth UnMuted, City College Rosenberg Library, Amplifying Sanctuary Voices Exhibition Research Guide

The “Amplifying Sanctuary Voices” exhibit takes a humanitarian and empathetic look at the sanctuary movement as it questions United States immigration policies. It also gives power to individual migration stories and brings to the forefront climate change as one of the growing factors for fueling global migration.

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“Amplifying Sanctuary Voices” Exhibit Opens in the Rosenberg Library Highlighting The Sanctuary Movement, Climate Migration and Amplifying Individual Migration Stories

January 31, 2023February 9, 2023 The Guardsman Amplifying Sanctuary Voices, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Rebecca Gerny, Lisa Hoffman, Michelle McKenzie, Manuel de Paz, Deyci Carillo Lopez, city college, Brianna Adia Davis, Rosenberg Library, City College Puente Program, steven mayers, Brightworks school, Beth Lederer, Daphne Morgan

“Amplified Sanctuary Voices” is the newest exhibit at City College Rosenberg Library. English Professor Steven Mayers is calling on the City College Community to view this all important multi- media exhibit and to participate in solution-focused conversations on migration and climate change.

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City College Students and Faculty Gather to Demand Answers From Administrators on Recent Round of Cuts

August 31, 2022September 21, 2022 The Guardsman Staff layoffs, Trent Jones, aft 2121, Tyler Lyn Sorrow, ESL, class cuts, steven mayers, anita martinez, Mary Bravewoman

Approximately 300 students have been waitlisted for English 1A and ESL students are being packed into classes 200 deep.

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Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist develop ‘Solito, Solita’

October 23, 2016February 25, 2020 The Guardsman oral history project, Central America, immigration, voice of witness, deportation, youth, culture, jonathan freedman, pulitzer prize, Bethaney Lee, steven mayers, solito solita

In an oral history project relaying the stories of young Central American immigrants, City College English professor Steven Mayers and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and educator Jonathan Freedman recorded testimonies for their upcoming book titled “Solito, Solita.”