On Friday, March 6, 5C students gathered on Walker Beach for the Mutual Aid Bash, where vendors, student organizations and community members came together to raise funds and awareness for local mutual aid efforts. Co-hosted by several 5C groups, the event highlighted the power of collaboration in redirecting campus resources toward community-based organizations.
Students moved between tables offering food, art and resources, engaging with initiatives supporting deportees, legal aid and grassroots organizing across the Inland Empire.
“You think you are in a bubble, suburban fantasy, but in reality, there are ICE kidnappings everywhere,” event co-organizer Zeean Firmeza PO ’26 said. “As affinity groups, we get a lot of funding … How can we ensure students can access and donate money for aid?”
Words by Irikaa Mehrotra | Photo by Maggie Zhang
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