Rose Portillo, born November 7, 1953 is an actress and educator. Her repertoire includes Zoot Suit (1981), …and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994), and Seis Manos (2019). She is an adjunct professor at Pomona College, where she founded and continues to lead the Theater with Young Audiences program. Uriah Celaya ‘22 is from San Fernando, CA. He loves vegan baking, dyeing hair, scrapbooking, … Continue reading Rose Portillo: An Oral History
By: Jack Friedman The United Nations gives all people the fundamental right to self-determination. It’s undeniable that this right is violated in various places across the world. However, many have the assumption that “First-World” countries like the ones in the European Union are free countries that respect people’s rights. Not the case. In the prominent country of Spain there’s a fight for self-determination you’ve probably … Continue reading You Need to Support Catalan Independence: A Fight from Freedom in “One of the Freest Countries in the World”
By: Lizbeth Valdivia-Jauregui The constant failure of the federal government to provide access to healthy affordable options to low-income communities forces the establishment of urban community gardens in areas that are needed the most. This form of collective resistance stems from a long history of food insecurity and poverty. In California, specifically the Inland Empire, vacant lots have been left behind with industrial waste that … Continue reading From Vacant Lifeless Lots to Blossoming Community Gardens Filled with Resistance
By: Emme Laundry On Oct. 14, 2020, American students wrote essays on the rhetorical effectiveness of “Actually, Raising Beef Is Good for the Planet,” an article by cattle rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman featured in the SAT. As a vegan who’s passionate about activism and sustainability education, writing an essay explaining how effective this article’s rhetoric was pained me, to say the least–knowing so many others … Continue reading Bullshit Is Killing the Planet
By: Casey Xu and Emme Laundry On October 14th, 2021, students across the 5Cs demonstrated in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders protecting their sacred headwaters, Wedzin Kwa, from being drilled by the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project funded by Claremont McKenna College trustees Henry Kravis CM ’67 and George Roberts CM ’66. Roughly fifty students stood in the quad by the Cube and the Kravis Center … Continue reading The 5Cs of Divestment: Change, Coalition, Conflict, Criticism, and Censorship
