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Paloma Villegas, assistant professor of sociology, encourages her students to think about a radical hope. “How can we imagine a future that is not like right now? And what would we need to do to get there?”
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The award will be used to recruit and train 22 academic fellows per academic year from the CSUSB Undocumented Student Success Center, Office of Pre-College Programs, and 2020 alumni.
![A rally in San Francisco on support of DACA. This week's conversation will focus on the June 18 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DACA. Photo: Pax Ahimsa Gethen via Wikimedia Commons.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_DACA_rally_SF_05Sept2017_Pax%20Ahimsa%20Gethen%20via%20Wikimedia%20Commons_10Aug2020.jpg.webp?itok=mPzJrON4)
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this summer that prevented the Trump administration from immediately ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be the focus of the program.
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Learn more about the U.S. Census, how it affects you, how it has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how you can join the project as a volunteer or paid worker. The panel presentation will take place at noon on Friday, May 22, via Zoom.
![5th annual Black & Brown Young Men’s Conference](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/_NewsSlide_BlackBrownConf_02Nov2018_1.jpg.webp?itok=VVgCym-E)
About 100-150 Latino and African-American high school seniors will visit CSUSB for the fifth annual Black & Brown Young Men’s Conference on Nov. 22.
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Hispanic Hertiage Month look back: CSUSB Undocumented Student Success Center has been named one of “20 Programs to Watch” by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating Latino success in higher education.
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CSUSB Undocumented Student Success Center has been named one of “20 Programs to Watch” by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating Latino success in higher education.
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Online registration is now open for the second annual Chasing Our Dreams 5K Walk/Run, set for 8 a.m. Saturday, May 19.
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CSUSB celebrated the accomplishments of its undocumented students at the third annual Undocumented Graduation Recognition Ceremony held at the Santos Manuel Student Union Events Center on June 8.