En 1965, un movimiento comenzó en el sur del Valle Central. César Chávez y Dolores Huerta apoderaron a Latino y Filipino trabajadores del campo a luchar por mejores salarios y condiciones...
The Geography Program is gearing up for their annual GIS (geographic information systems) Day. The theme this year is Geography Meets Humanities: A Focus on Social Justice.
This year, the event is...
Yosimar Reyes, well known undocumented poet, writer and comedian shared his wisdom and educated Stan State students on what it really means to be undocumented.
Part of the Undocumented Student Week of...
Slacktivism is a new term, which is the idea that you are creating and participating in political change, but in reality you are just endorsing a movement on social media. This can occur by posting about...
Modesto Junior College (MJC) hosted their second annual Viva la Mujer Que Lucha event, which highlights powerful women of color actively working to change the Central Valley.
The organizers of the...
Clubs, organizations and local artists tabled their work at the ninth annual Latino Comics Expo. For the first time ever, the Expo was chosen to be held at Modesto Junior College (MJC).
Founded in 2011,...
The Chicanx Latinx Faculty and Staff Association (CLFSA) teamed up with the Stanislaus Family Justice Center to bring awareness to Stan State's community regarding human trafficking.
The Human Trafficking...
The Department of Admissions and Outreach welcomed approximately 500 high school students to Stan State for the 14th annual Chicanx Latinx Youth Conference (CLYC).
Students started off the day with pan...
The Ethnic Studies Department hosted their fourth annual Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) event at Stan State's Art Space in Downtown Turlock, which was recently reopened after a yearlong hiatus, last...
During his years as an activist, Cesar Chavez adopted nonviolent means to bring light to the harsh conditions that many farmworkers lived through day-to-day during the 1960s.
As a labor leader,...
In recent days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been on multiple raids throughout Northern California. Since California has claimed that it is a sanctuary state it has been under closer watch...
Nearly 23 years after her tragic death, Selena Quintanilla’s status as a pop culture icon and a heroine of the Latinx community is stronger than ever.The Vasche Library and Housing & Residential...
