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Andrew Jolivette spoke at SFCC’s theme event informing students about discrimination, racism, and being prejudiced. An accomplished educator, writer, speaker, and social/cultural critic, Jolivette’s work spans from many social and political arenas and is an associate professor in American Indian Studies, Educational Leadership, and Critical Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University. “Everyone has two eyes, two Andrew Jolivette ears, and one mouth, that’s why we need to look, listen, and speak last,” Jolivette said. “With comparing today’s society with the movie Crash, people generally don’t judge on our insides and personalities, they judge on the skin color, race, or sexual orientation.” Teaching education reform, community of color identity issues, mixed race identity, whiteness studies,
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gay marriage, and AIDS disparities among people of color, Jolivette wants students to understand the steps they have to take in order to include everyone. Jolivette is the author of two books, Cultural Representation in Native America; part of the Contemporary Native American Community and Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and mixed Race Native American Identity. Currently working on two new books, Mixed Race Gay Men and HIV: A Community History, Jolivette explored how race and sexuality intersect to create social and sexual risk. “Dr. Jolivette really made sense on how we, as a society, need to think of how we treat others and thank our ancestors on where we are today,” said SFCC student Tim O’Brian. San Francisco State University will be unveiling a Native Mural on Nov. 20 that will be mark the 40th anniversary of Alcatraz in 1969. Jolivette brought up the topic of how Native Americans have a crisis identity. “We have to recover our languages, internalize questions and respect ourselves. We are a nation of multiples, our challenge is to focus on young men and women, look past the labels, identity, and invisibility, “We have the power to change the landscape of communities,” Jolivette said. “It will be a transformation power of resistance.” See SPEAKER | Page 2
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The blue phones will come in three phases and be placed around campus in locations designated by Security.
Blue phones to arrive soon Kaylie Brown
The Communicator Students will soon have a better way in making sure they feel safe while receiving an education. New safety measures will soon be arriving after construction settles down at SFCC providing more security with the new “Code Blue Phones” throughout campus. The emergency telephones will be
placed in parking lots with tentative plans to put units on the outside of buildings. Blue phones are wheelchair accessible, include instructions in Braille and have a push button on an illuminated telephone faceplate. It is undetermined at this time on how many blue phones SFCC will be receiving in total. See PHONES | Page 2
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