5C Latinx in Tech (5C LIT) is an empowering community for Latinx students aspiring to enter the tech industry. The club provides members with networking opportunities, career workshops and industry tips from professionals in the field. The club is also a crucial support system for first-generation Latino students in tech.
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Creating safe spaces for the Latinx community: A preview of Latinx Affinity Groups across the 5Cs
Latinx affinity groups create spaces for 7CLatinx students, also referred to as Latine, to find community on campus. TSL spoke with student leaders from Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College to learn more about their organizations. Pomona College Latinx Alliance The Pomona College Latinx Alliance (LXA) strives to provide a
OPINION: A message to first-generation Latine first-years
Lizette Gonzalez PO ’27 is a first-gen, Latine first-year. Safe spaces have been crucial during her transition to the 5Cs, but she has noticed a major issue with actually addressing the major culture shock experienced by students like her.
‘Please tell your story’: Natalia Molina speaks to the 7C Community about her latest book, ‘A Place at the Nayarit’
MacArthur Fellow Natalia Molina visited Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theatre Nov. 3 to talk about her new book “A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community,” published this April.
In memoriam: Ronald Lopez Sr., pioneer of the 5Cs’ Chicano Studies Program
Ronald Lopez Sr., who played a key role in creating the 5C program in Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, died in Sacramento March 10. He was 83. Lopez helped establish what was then called the Mexican American Studies Center in 1969, in what would become the second program of its type in the country. He served as the executive director of the center for four years and helped oversee the department’s renaming to Chicano Studies Center.
‘I have been everything’: Author Isabel Allende talks feminism, inclusivity at Scripps Presents
On International Women’s Day, Scripps Presents spotlighted one of the most international women: author Isabel Allende, who has written 24 books available in over 42 languages, according to her website.
Musician Gaby Moreno creates community through language at Scripps College performance
Guatemalan singer Gaby Moreno performed at Garrison Theater to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 7Cs’ Chicano Latino Student Affairs.
OPINION: The problem with Latinidad
Latinidad prioritizes white Latinx identities. To counter this, it should be led by black and indigenous Latinx people.
Reynaldo Rivera’s photographs explore a lost LA subculture
If you went to a drag bar in Los Angeles in the 1980s or ’90s, you might have seen a buoyant Reynaldo Rivera working the room.