City Talk SCC

05/14/2019

If passed, California Senate Bill S.B. 291 would create a financial aid fund for community college students who need help with living expenses, books, and more! This is huge. Go to truecollegecost.com and scroll down to send a letter to your state rep asking for his/her support. Thank you Danny Thirakul for fighting for this!

Student senators want their fellow students to contact their state representatives and ask them to support Senate Bill S.B. 291, which would make $250 million in grants available for low-income com…

05/13/2019

The final print edition of Sac City Express is on red stands around campus! Next fall, the student-run newspaper will publish stories online only at www.saccityexpress.com.

This is what I wrote for the final print edition of my students’ newspaper, which landed on newsstands May 9 at Sacramento City College. So proud of the editors and staffers who worked very h…

05/07/2019

Last Thursday's protest was a day of unity, education, and resistance for over a hundred students from at least ten Sacramento colleges and high schools who walked out of class and marched to the Capitol for the second time in two months. Congratulations to the Sacramento City College Black Student Union and all the other groups and individuals who were a part of this momentous day.

Over a hundred students from at least ten Sacramento colleges and high schools walked out of class and marched to the Capitol for the second time in two months to bring attention to the issue of po…

05/04/2019

City College Student Senate President Kim Ramos and Vice President-elect Sheku Baryoh with City College BSU President Joshua Robinson, Sac State BSU Founder Khalil Ferguson, BSU member Daniel Robinson, and community activist Berry Accius after the city-wide walkout for police gun reform.

05/04/2019

Some of our photos from the Sacramento City College Black Student Union rally at the Capitol on Thursday!

05/03/2019

Students march down the Capitol Mall and form a chain in front of the Capitol State Building during the city-wide walkout calling for police gun reform. Some 150 students and community members joined in, with representation from Sacramento City College, Sacramento State University, and high schools including McClatchy, Burbank, Kennedy, and Sacramento High. Family members of Stephon Clark also spoke at the rally. Organized by the Sacramento City College Black Student Union.

05/02/2019

Today on the south side of the State Capitol Building at 1:00 pm, City College student senators and students from across the state will rally to promote S.B. 291, a bill that would give California community college students access to financial aid that has long been available to students attending four-year universities.

City College student senators and students from across the state will meet at the State Capitol Building Thursday at 1:00 pm to promote legislation that would give California community college stud…

05/01/2019

The walkout begins at City College at 10 am, convenes at the Crocker Art Museum around 11 am, and ends at the State Capitol Building. The march is organized by the Sacramento City College Black Student Union, who led the March 7 walkout called “among the largest – if not the largest – student-led civil statement in recent Sacramento history” by The Sacramento Bee. The movement continues!

The 11:00 am march beginning at the Crocker Art Museum is organized by the “March For Our Lives, Too” coalition of Black students from several Sacramento colleges and high schools.