A multi-cultural coalition Club focuses on empowering underrepresented groups

MITCH NODELMAN Reporter @MitchNodelman

Peace. Multiculturalism.

Inclusion.

The Blatigenous (Black, Latino, and Indigenous) club at Pierce College seeks to build a community with these three things.

The Blatigenous Club is a progressive social justice group, focused on the socioeconomics of Black, Latina/o, and Indigenous peoples.

“It’s highly a politically motivated group that’s working on the concepts of coalition building,” Faculty Advisor James Mckeever said. “This group [Blatigenous Club] is going to deal with issues that have to deal with Black, Latino, and Indigenous students, but also deal with issues outside of the campus.”

Mckeever said that their focus is primarily on the three groups because they’re at the bottom of