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Despite the hot weather Saturday, the Pasadena community turned out for the 34th annual Black History Parade and Festival, which featured food trucks, music and PCC students and administrators.
As one of the oldest and longest parades for Black History Month in the U.S., the Black History Celebration Planning Committee wanted to honor past leaders of the community who continue to inspire a new generation of future leaders.
Share: In honor of Black History Month, PCC’s Cross Cultural Center hosted a Poetry Night in the Wi-Fi Lounge last week. Three experienced spoken word poets performed personal pieces about the emotional subjects of being black, police brutality, and being an ally. Follow:
Share: Thought-provoking questions challenging all of those involved were being asked during Superintendent-President Dr. Rajen Vurdien’s forum held in the Creveling Lounge Tuesday afternoon. Follow:
Share: When he walked across campus at Pasadena City College for the first time, Ryan Liu never imagined that only two years later he would attend an Ivy League college and receive a personal letter from the President of the United States. Follow:
Share: The production “Fly” follows four Tuskegee Airmen—the first African-American aviators in the U.S. military—from their initial squad training and education and through the often thinly veiled racist oppression by their superior officers, their comrades and even their subordinates. But the play also largely focuses on their bonding as a team and as men of mission, their triumphs as fighter pilots, and their losses in wartime. Follow:
Share: Tyra Tse, a freshman Lancer and member of the PCC Salle Lancier Fencing club, recently just won first place in the E & Under women’s foil at the Gryphon Fencing club tournament in Placentia. Follow:
Share: The quad was alive Tuesday afternoon as the Ujima program held their opening ceremony for Black History Month with the African group Kabasa Drummers and Dancers. The group shared the culture and variety of stories through dances and music. Follow:
Share: Multiple departments funded an event that brought guest author and speaker Erin Gruwell to the Creveling Lounge on Wednesday night to gather dreamers and believers alike. Follow:
Student Health Services held their first meeting of “Walk PCC” this past Tuesday. The new program hopes to encourage students to exercise for 30 minutes and discuss healthful lifestyle tips during their class free hour from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Share: PCC art professor and abstract painter Rebecca Morris has been chosen as one of 26 local artists to be featured in the third iteration of the Hammer Museum’s “Made in L.A.” exhibition coming in June. Follow: