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Domestic violence advocacy calls for male participation

Due to an increase of domestic violence and sexual assualt this year, the East Los Angeles Women’s Center has decided to take action and host informative online workshops.
Cases have gone up with the stay-at-home orders in place these past months during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women says, “Emerging data and reports from those on the front lines, have shown that all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, has intensified.”

October 9, 2020
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Possible automotive tech in-person classes spring 2021

October 9, 2020
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Automotive Technology may return to in-person labs for the 2021 spring semester.
Department Chair Adrian Banuelos proposal would cover all the automotive class lab sections being offered during the 2021 spring semester and would follow county guidelines on reopening. Lectures would continue as online portions.

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Guided pathways creates student support, success map

Guided Pathways helps East Los Angeles College students map out an educational path, specifically tailored to a student, based on interests and skills.
The California Guided Pathways Project teamed up with the Community College Research Center for eight years of research, on American community college students.

October 2, 2020
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ELAC focused on campus equity

East Los Angeles College is a minority majority community college, but that doesn’t mean that it is free of racism.
In efforts for equity ELAC hosted an equity audit dialogue to highlight what was learned from an anti-racism presentation last Friday.
The anti-racism presentation, Fostering and Sustaining Inclusive Classrooms for People of Color was held on Sept. 10. The dialogue was led by the e-convening team and critical topics were explained by the equity ambassadors.

October 2, 2020
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East Los Angeles College Budget meeting highlights financial woes

The East Los Angeles College Budget Committee met over Zoom to discuss details about the budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Professors and students present in the meeting reported having difficulty with enrolling for classes. Some professors noted that students were wait listing for all sections of a class, while others couldn’t waitlist for classes that reached their maximum capacity.

September 26, 2020
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Census 2020 aims to count everyone

September 26, 2020
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Despite litigation concerning the end date for the 2020 Census, data is still being collected and everyone needs to be counted.
2020Census.gov, the Census’ website, has details on response rates for the Census per state. Currently California is at 96.7 percent counted or enumerated.

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Latest issue of ELAC Campus news created by J101 students

May 26, 2020
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Issue 20 of ELAC Campus News was written by Spring 2020 Journalism-101 students, or “pups,” as they’re called in the newsroom. With the help of the current Campus News staff and page editors, the team was able to create this week’s issue exclusively online. After issue 15 of Campus News, published on March 11, the staff had to shift the newsroom into a virtual work environment due to the campus…

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