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Vol 53, NO. 46
THISWEEK Community College students working to increase voter participation
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Students at Crafton Hills College (pictured above) and San Bernardino Valley College organized non-partisan voter registration activities to encourage their peers to participate in the electoral process. By Anthony Victoria
an Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD) officials provided student leaders a boost in their efforts to increase voter registration and participation. The district, which oversees Crafton Hills College and San
Bernardino Valley College, approved a resolution on October 20 to sign a memorandum of understanding with the California Secretary of State’s Office to implement a voter registration project. According to the memorandum, the district will work with State Secretary Alex Padilla’s office to host voter engagement events,
integrate online voter registration with class registration and enrollment, and access to polling places at both campuses for future elections. SBCCD is the first community college district in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to sign Padilla’s California Students Vote
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Olive Avenue Market 7th annual Dia de los Muertos celebration set for Sunday
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San Bernardino Community College Chancellor Bruce Baron with San Bernardino Valley College Associated Student Government President Rocio Aguayo and Crafton Hills College Student Outreach Volunteer Jordan Mack.
C Riverside Costo Chair, Dr. Cliff Trafzer shares more information on the "Gathering of Tribes Conference” on Indigenous Songs and Sacred Places at the Oasis of Mara at Twentynine Palms. It is scheduled for November 12, 2016 at the Twentynine Palms Community Center, 9 am to 5 pm. It is sponsored by the Costo Endowment, Native American Education Program, Native American Land Conservancy, Inn at 29 Palms, Morongo Basin and Conservancy. The conference is open to tribal people, land managers, and the public at no charge. Southern Paiute Salt Song Singers, Mojave and Mojave Bird Singers, and others are involved, but other singers are welcome to attend and share their knowledge. Upcoming events 11/4 - "The Art of Homeland in the United States”, Symposium, 10 am to 5 pm, UCR ARTSBlock, Culver Screening Room, 3834 Main Street, Riverside, Information: Jason Weems, jweems@ucr.edu 11/6 - Día de los Muertos, Olive Ave. Market, 12 noon to 5 pm, Corner of Olive Ave. and S. Michigan Street, Redlands, CA 11/8 - Dr. Benjamin Madley Book Talk on An American Genocide, The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 2 to 3:15 pm, California State University, Long Beach, University Ball Room. I n f o r m a t i o n : Larry.Smith@csulb.edu 11/10 - Native American Veterans Memorial Consultation, Event Center at San Manuel Village, 10 am to 2 pm, 27923 Highland Avenue, Highland California, Information: Kenneth Shoji, Kshoji@SanManuelNSN.Gov -Henry Vasquez, Colton