Resisting injustice

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for animal and awareness of the wool shearing process in sheep.

“I wanted to show that they are sensitive feeling animals that you know,” Parker said. “And that, with an industry that's based upon how much of wool per pound, their wellbeing isn't really taken into consideration.”

Alber Almanza came from Pasadena Community College to see his friend’s exhibition and thought these types of events are important to commemorate the hard work of students.

“This is a great idea because it gives a lot of students opportunities and also [helps] their selfconfidence,” Almanza said. “They can come here maybe if they want, like, you know, play a part of like the audience and like hearing like maybe the feedback. I think it's good for experience, especially if you're gonna keep creating art.”

According to Monika Ramirez, instructor of arts, this event is important because it celebrates the efforts of the students and the department of arts and architecture.

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The Pierce College LGBTQ “Resist” event focused on positive response. Instead of shying away from prejudices and social injustices found in society, it discussed them directly.

The event was a gathering at the Great Hall on Wednesday, May 8, to celebrate LGBTQ pride. The Resist panel discussions covered topics such as pop culture, religion, navigating academia and even included a self-defense demonstration.

According to the event organizer, Queer Brahma Collective member Nate Mendoza, the event was put together as a response to some issues on campus.

“A lot of people have been put into hiding due to an incident involving doxing,” Mendoza said. “So we want to slowly reintegrate queer orientated activities back onto campus that people feel safe expressing themselves and being who they are.” sexual orientation,” Loy said. “So queer students and finding ways to have a conversation about intersectionalities, whether it be pop culture or religion.”

According to Dale Fields, the Resist event is a celebration of the resilience of the queer community in a dominantly straight society.

“If someone is straight and they identify in the same way that their body presents, then you just go walk out into the world and advertisements are built for people like you and TV shows are built for people like you and people talk and they know how to relate to you,” Fields said. “But if you're different, if you're not a part of a dominant power group, if you are a woman, if you're a person of color, if you are someone who is queer, then you don't have a society that's built for you, you don't have a place where you can just feel at home and just let all the stress go away. So a queer event like this during pride week is just to give people that space.” do, but there's this calm right as you transition from one thing to the other.’’ The evening was packed with smiles, lights, laughs, and pride from every artist that hung a frame or figure inside the gallery.

Claudio Aguilar mentioned how his painting helped him expressed a certain circumstance in his life and his oil paint of two extended arms names “Upward Despair” gave him that openness to project his feelings indirectly.

“I was frustrated with my grades and where I was going with art,” Aguilar said. “I'm not really good at expressing myself in terms of like painting or art in general. I just draw what I see. So it was a little bit showing what I feel and I like it kind of vague so that people don't get too comfortable just for personal reasons.”

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Olvia Parker is another artist who showed her skills with her oil painting called “ Free Range,” and it was inspired by her love

“It's an opportunity for them [students] to professionally show their work,” Ramirez said. “It's a juried exhibition, so that helps them to build their resume. So, it's kind of helping build their professional skills in that regard.”

The art show exhibition will continue until May 23 at the Art Gallery building.

Doxing refers to broadcasting private or identifying information about a person on the internet.

Communications Professor Robert Loy came to the event to support his student, who has been planning it for months.

“Nate actually talked to me about this event a couple of months ago and it was an opportunity for a panel of people that identify with different denominations, either different genders or different

According to Mendoza, the primary objective of Resist is to not only raise awareness about the LGBTQ community on campus but to encourage students who may feel isolated.

“I hope that people start to feel safer and that they deserve to exist and be happy on campus instead of feeling like their identity prevents them from being able to access very important parts of themselves,” Mendoza said.

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