On Saturday, November 7, the US woke up to find President-elect Joe Biden had narrowly won Nevada and Pennsylvania, making him the winner of the 2020 General Election. Though not yet official, the Biden-Harris presidential…
Posts published by “Alexa Villatoro”
Alexa is an avid journalist seeking an A.A. with an emphasis on Global Studies at Seattle Central College. She's interested in pursuing investigative journalism to report on social struggles like immigration, civil rights, and access to education in South and North America. She is currently working to cover budget cut reforms at Central and civil rights movements in Seattle. Alexa is also a Youth Council Member at OneAmerica, advocating for greater access to quality education for immigrants and refugees in WA. She is a first-generation American who has travelled to 13 countries to explore world cultures and politics.
We might not have all drowned in the volatile waves of what nearly became a true authoritarian state, but today’s victory doesn’t mean the ocean of politics will stop thrashing. Though the Biden-Harris ticket claims…
Gloomy skies poured over Seattle on Election Day, mirroring the uneasy atmosphere of what the day might bring. Volunteer students and staff from Seattle Central College organized support stations from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
Though Seattle Colleges has been experiencing budget deficits for years, the district and its colleges today face unprecedented revenue and expenditure shortfalls. But amid efforts from college and district administrations to provide greater financial transparency,…
In partnership with Washington State Women’s Commission and KD Hall Foundation, Seattle Central College hosted a Zoom webinar on Wed, Oct. 13 called Girls on the Rise: Black Women in the Suffrage Movement to “reflect…
As an active movement to defund the police continues across the nation, Seattle now faces beginning reductions to the Seattle Police Department (SPD) after protestors successfully swayed Seattle’s City Council to rebalance the police budget.…
As Seattle Colleges continues to implement budget cut strategies which began in 2020 July, staff union members organized to stand against furloughs and lay-offs at a Counter-Convocation event on Wednesday, September 25. With over 100…
Since the dismantlement of protestors’ Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) Zone on Jul 1, protests challenging issues of democracy, police brutality, and racial inequity had begun losing significant momentum. A lack of extensively publicized protests…
Since the dismantlement of Capitol Hill’s Organized Protest zone on Jul 1, an encampment has occupied Seattle Central’s South Plaza. Central’s President Dr. Sheila Edwards-Lange had addressed the Central community in a statement last week,…
Last week, the federal government had announced new restrictions that directed international students on F-1/M-1 student visas to leave the country had they been registered for a fully online course load this fall. The July…