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

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

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

“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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Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist develop ‘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.”

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