Cross Cultural Center Archives

Campus/Community/Crossroads/Culture/People of Color

April 13, 2023August 8, 2023

Sierra College is Empowering Asian Students after Lunar New Year Shootings

Growing up, I forced myself to awkwardly laugh along with the “ching-chong” jokes kids made about my eyes. I shyly answered the rude questions kids would ask about the “weird looking” chicken adobo my mother packed me in my Hello Kitty thermos for lunch.
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Education/Embodied Mind/Feminyx/Life Cycle/Money

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

The Period of Change

by Jessica Mananquil

empty laundry basket on bathroom floor with paper sign in it, 'if you need one, take one, if you have one, give one'

College students spend thousands of dollars on tuition, living expenses, food, gas, etc. but have little room for anything else. What if you had to choose between period products and groceries? This situation occurs more than people may think. A new study found that 14.2% of college students experienced this problem known as Period Poverty in the past year.