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LUMBERJACK WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 , 2022 | VOL. 120 NO. 11

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STUDENTS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH EL SALVADOR

Photo by Carlos Pedraza | After giving her speech at the Arcata Plaza Klara Hernandez poses with an organizer at the protest on April 7.

by Alana Hackman and Carlos Pedraza Cal Poly Humboldt students and Arcata residents gathered around the plaza Thursday, April 7 in solidarity with El Salvador. The event was led by Klara Hernandez, a senior environmental studies student at Cal Poly Humboldt. Hernandez organized the event through her senior project and organization Eko Social Justice. Hernandez

was also joined by Centro De Pueblo an immigrant rights organization for Southern Indigenous communities also joined the event. The protest began at 4 pm and carried on into the evening around 6 pm. Hernandez walked to the center of the plaza megaphone in hand and began her speech with a land acknowledgment

and thoughtful address to her family who fled to the U.S from El Salvador. Hernandez called for solidarity with the people of El Salvador and pointed out problems of racial discrimination against Indigenous and Afro-Salvadorian citizens as they are forced to adopt Spanish culture. Hernandez also addressed abortion

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Campus community hosts Food Summit

by Angel Baker

A three-week-long Food Summit is on campus, and you’re invited. On-campus organizations El Centro, HEIF, Umoja Center, the Food Sovereignty Lab, Oh Snap!, WRAPP, and La Comida Nos Une all collaborated to make this event happen. Liszet Burgueno, Developmental Manager for the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (HEIF) and environmental resource engineering major, talked about the nature of the event. “The Food Summit is a collaborative event where multiple campus organizations came together to start conversations about food justice, food sovereignty, and to give people food,” Burgueno said. The first week was about the general topics to introduce people to the issues of food sustainability and justice. This week is about jobs and exploration in the food industry, and next week is about environmental justice and social justice. HEIF is funding the Food Summit Photo by Angel Barker| Students getting cookies from one of the many tables at the food summit on Apr 6. according to Katie Koscielak, Cal Poly organization. This event is not only to educate, coordinator for El Centro. Humboldt’s sustainability analyst and “Last semester, El Centro came to but to get students involved with interAccording to Paz, the event itself is, advisor for the event. HEIF and submitted an idea paper, active events to help make the planet a way to really reflect on our carbon im“The campus has done other food where they wanted to get reusable a better place. This event is really im- pact in terms of food that we use. summits, but not in several years, and utensils,” Burgueno said. portant to Torres, as food insecurity is This Thursday, April 14, there will this is the first one funded by HEIF,” Darin Torres, criminology and jour- a huge part of the greater Humboldt be a film screening of Gather hosted on Koscielak said. nalism major, pitched the idea this community. Zoom, and on Friday there is a plant HEIF funds sustainability projects semester for a food summit. Torres “We have issues with indigenous tour on campus and an opportunity to on campus through instructionally re- spearheaded the ideas and planning, cultures’ food not being respected,” volunteer at Bayside Farm. Many more lated activities fees that students pay and after months of collaborating with Torres said. “Food is a major insecurity events are also scheduled throughfor each semester. Past projects have many campus groups and local orga- in Humboldt County, we have students out the week. To find the whole event included water refilling stations, com- nizations, the event planning has been who face hunger and homelessness so schedule, go to https://lcae.humboldt. post bins, lots of lighting upgrades successful. much. So we just wanted to incorporate edu/food-summit. throughout campus, hand dryers, and “I am really proud of what we’ve it all into the food summit.” “This event is made for you in mind, many more. These projects take effect done so far,” Torres said. “Education is “We have regenerated, and hopeful- it was made for students, by students,” when students submit proposals to the power.” ly it will continue,” said Fernando Paz, Torres said.


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