This year’s May Day saw faculty unions, professors, staff, and students across the Seattle Colleges standing in solidarity amidst a growing budget crisis and proposed furloughs backed by Governor Bob Ferguson. These proposals would require faculty to take unpaid leave in order for the state to save money. Unions like the American Federation of Teachers…
Angelo Harper | The Seattle Collegian Following President Trump’s inauguration, there have been unconfirmed reported sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the Seattle area, allegedly entering businesses and other public places to detain undocumented individuals. These reports led to concerns among students and faculty at Seattle Central College about the possibility of ICE agents entering campus in…
Angelo Harper | The Seattle Collegian Brenda Wangari has always had a passion for baking, which she picked back up last year. “It was a pretty stressful year for me last year so baking was like my stress reliever and it was calming too,” said Wangari. Her friend Marion Emme invited her to participate in a past pop-up event, which led…
Angelo Harper | The Seattle Collegian The Umoja Program, named after the Kiswahili word for unity, offers Black students at Central a space to make connections with fellow students, faculty, and counselors along with weekly workshops that highlight personal and academic success for Black college students. The Seattle Central College chapter of the Umoja Scholars Program was founded in 2022 by…
Photo Courtesy of Daudi Abe Dr. Daudi Abe is not only a humanities professor and the faculty coordinator of The Academy for Rising Educators (ARE) at Seattle Central College, but he is also an outspoken writer and historian. He has written pieces for The Seattle Times and The Stranger and authored the book Emerald Street: A History of Hip-hop in…
Angelo Harper | The Seattle Collegian The popularity of house shows in the University District has increased over these past few years. More venues are opening up, shedding a spotlight on many of the local bands in the Greater Seattle area. One of these venues attracting both college students and punks alike is called Evil House. Evil House was founded in…
Photo courtesy of Aysenur’s family Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was a gift to our community, not only here in Seattle and at the University of Washington but also at Seattle Central College, where she attended before transferring to UW and majoring in Psychology. After graduating earlier this year, Eygi traveled to the West Bank to pursue activism work with the International…
Paul Harper (left) with Mahin Bahandori (right) Mahin Bahandori immigrated to the U.S. from Iran in 1973. She stayed on the East Coast in states like New York and Vermont until she moved to Seattle in the summer of 1975. That same year, she started attending Seattle Central College, and it was during that summer quarter she met Rory ‘Paul” Harper, her…
Angelo Harper | The Seattle Collegian Winston Constable joined the Umoja (Kiswahili for “unity”) scholar program here at Seattle Central in the fall of 2022 because he wanted to be part of a community that assists struggling students of color and has been a regular member ever since. Over time, Constable has received guidance and counseling from the Umoja faculty and…
Angelo Harper | The Seattle Collegian Hip-hop has been a community-unifying force and a creative outlet for artists trying to make a living. Whether it’s as an emcee, a DJ, breakdancers, aka b-boys/girls, or graffiti artists, hip-hop has given opportunities for talented artists to make a living for decades. For the past 20 years, 206 Zulu has been dedicated to unifying…