Here are the participants:
Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio
Former Representative John Delaney of Maryland
Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Senator Kamala Harris of California
Former Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado
Governor Jay Inslee of Washington
Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas
Representative Tim Ryan of Ohio
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Representative Eric Swalwell of California
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
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A local student coalition is celebrating commitments on Cal Poly s part to provide resource centers for students of color and additional advocates for students who have experienced sexual violence. But Cal Poly isn t budging on the group s demands to disarm and divest from the campus police. click to enlarge File Photo By Jayson Mellom
DEFUND Cal Poly SQE is one of several groups in SLO County pushing for divestment from policing. Alejandro Bupara is a member of Cal Poly Students for Quality Education (SQE), a local chapter of a statewide organization that aims to address issues of racism, sexism, and classism on campuses in the California State University system. For years San Luis Obispo s SQE has been pushing for increased diversity at Cal Poly through improved support services for the students of
–Children’s television host Fred Rogers, affectionately known as Mr. Rogers, once shared that his mother would encourage him to look for the helpers during a scary time. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided plenty of heroes here in San Luis Obispo County, from the teachers who are adjusting to online coursework to the first responders who are tasked with keeping us safe and healthy.
Everyday citizens have also stepped up to the call, filling in for at-capacity government leaders who have seen their own capabilities stretched. My position as Chair of the SLO County Democratic Party, allows me to often find inspiring community leaders putting in the work, and today, I’d like to share the story of a Paso Robles resident Yessenia Echevarria.