Politics
Trans youth and families face hard choices after Bay Area clinics pause gender affirming care
Over the summer, Bay Area medical centers and clinics Stanford Medical and Kaiser Permanente paused gender affirming surgeries for youth under 19 years old. Now, parents of transgender kids are facing some new, hard decisions. Some are even making plans to leave the Bay Area, which is known for its vibrant queer community.
District warns of anticipated federal immigration enforcement “surge” in East Bay
Peralta’s email affirmed “the right of all to receive a college education, including individuals lacking immigration credentials” at its colleges.
LGBTQ+ students are feeling “fear and hesitation” under Trump. What’s Peralta doing about it?
Each college acknowledged a desire to protect queer students, but institutional approaches have varied.
Merritt College updates its online resources for undocumented students after The Citizen finds outdated information from 2022
Up until Feb. 10, undocumented students seeking resources via Merritt’s website were not given the proper information for the state-mandated “Dreamer Liaison” at Merritt College.
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Gilkerson quells Pell grant fears during federal freeze: “This executive order does NOT impact your financial aid”
A White House memo mandating a freeze on all federal grants left students nationwide concerned about their financial aid.
Laney community reflects on 2024 election results
How is the Laney community responding to the new president-elect? (Spoiler: Mixed emotions.)
Sinead Geneva Anderson runs for Peralta board against Area 2 Trustee Paulina Gonzalez-Brito
The Citizen makes plans for public forums, endorsement
Former LGBTQ trustee reflects on past activism and Peralta politics, opines on chancellor search
Tom Brougham, former trustee, urges board to choose a chancellor committed to 'maximizing future educational opportunity'
A warning from the Peralta Community College District reported an “active shooter” at the Laney Fieldhouse at 12:17 p.m Thursday, triggering a campus-wide lockdown. Laney was closed for the rest of the day following the shooting.
Over the summer, the board of trustees approved multi-year contracts for two new security companies to operate across the district.
Florida-based private prison operators GEO Group were called to answer to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for alleged sexual violence, carceral conditions, and the death of former San Francisco resident Melvin Bulauan while under their care at their Taylor Street reentry facility -- a building historic for housing the one of the earliest recorded transgender riots against police brutality in the nation.
Four long-awaited construction projects commenced at Laney College on Tuesday.