Found that was the time for me to go back to school since i wasnt able to go immediately into college from high school. I want to tell you a tail of 2 city colleges. When i started in 2003 i saw a large number of diversity studies courses, African American studies, gay lesbian stud as, Latino American studies and a number of different arts classes that appealed to me. When i started there i was working on my aa degree and 2 dance certificate that the college offered. I had to leave school a little while after that because of some family issues and my fathers health but when i returned last year found a lot of things changed. There was a dance Major Program offered there i can work tworts fwr my aa and focus more on that, but at the same time the performing arts and Education Center wasnt present and found that a lot of money was diverted from that. A number of diversity courses offered in the past were significantly lowered and i found that disheartening. At the same time i was happy t
People are talking about accredidation on what the role of the Community College was. For me it was personal because i saw myself in the [inaudible] as many know i came from blue caller family and father didnt graduate from high school and i was the first to go to college. I struggled until i got to Community College and went to 4 Year University and graduate with a degree and make my parent proud. For me this college is about elevating people out of poverty and chaifging peoples live and giving Second Chances and most vulnerable students are at stack now and they are being treated as pawn on a chess board. It is why we need to restore the board of trustees and take bay local control. When i hear undocumented student who dont qualify for federal aid are paying thousandoffs dollars in tuition every semester only to go fl to debt for the next semester and cant register again that is heart breaking. When i read in the paper guardian scholars wasnt funded and foster children that have been
Process needs to happen a lot faster than it has thank you mr. Air gone. Next speaker. Good afternoon, my name is gab rial taumps is residence organizer for Community Housing partnership. Inel rr a direct neighbor to the eddy campus. Nigh address is 650 eddy. Im upset about the statement that was made that if the people were in danger they were going to move them out so who moved us out i live on this block. Im their direct neighbor so that is disheartening to me. As i work as a resident leader we decided to take upon ourselves to start something called take back the block so the neighborhood can be safer. Bringing back the campus is important to my neighborhood and family and very important to the community. As low Income Housing people and we have spanish speakers in my building this was a source and actual step up for them so that could move on with their education. Sometimes you need to start at a school that is closest to the house before you brounch out of your community so in or
Process needs to happen a lot faster than it has thank you mr. Air gone. Next speaker. Good afternoon, my name is gab rial taumps is residence organizer for Community Housing partnership. Inel rr a direct neighbor to the eddy campus. Nigh address is 650 eddy. Im upset about the statement that was made that if the people were in danger they were going to move them out so who moved us out i live on this block. Im their direct neighbor so that is disheartening to me. As i work as a resident leader we decided to take upon ourselves to start something called take back the block so the neighborhood can be safer. Bringing back the campus is important to my neighborhood and family and very important to the community. As low Income Housing people and we have spanish speakers in my building this was a source and actual step up for them so that could move on with their education. Sometimes you need to start at a school that is closest to the house before you brounch out of your community so in or