Poet Luivette Resto: ‘My existence right now is a political expression’

Share: Laughter from the audience mixed in with the soothing voice of poet Luivette Resto. Her words, at times angry and biting, like when she reads a poem about an idiotic coworker, capture the audience more than once.  Standing at a podium, Resto presents her thoughts in an organized anecdotal manner that speak to an audience that ranged in age while also sprinkling her poems in between. Follow:

From thrift store to something much more

Share: PCC’s campus was crowded, with students scattered all around going in different directions. Through what seemed like a never ending amount of people emerged a young woman wearing an oversized bright red hoodie. 20-year-old Angel Vazquez had no intention of going to college. Fresh off of graduating high school, she immediately started working as a team-member for a thrift store called Savers. Her duties consist of making sure the store stayed clean and stocked, while also taking in customer donations and answering questions. Vazquez …

‘Planting Memories of Our Roots’: PCC honors indigenous culture

Share: A group of ten people, clad in nuts and feathers and some in traditional Native garments and headbands dance in a circle while low drums guide their beat. Their ankles, strapped with rows and rows of nut shells, match the beat of their steps and add to the sounds of the flutes to come together as they perform four different choreographed indigenous dances. Follow: