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  IDEAS Aid Undocumented Students

  By Helga Salinas

  IDEAS presented a workshop in January ago explaining the effects of the University of California’s 32% fee hike on undocumented students. High school students and other campus organizations as well as students from San Fernando Valley attended, uniting in an …

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  The Value of Education: Crisis in the Budget

  By Salvador Mesinas

  The quarter has been bittersweet for José, the AB 540 …

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  The End of Public Education

  By Paulina Aguilar

  Early last summer, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles …

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• Highlights of the UCLA's Protest on the Recent Racial Incidents on UC Campuses

  By Maria Renteria

  The recent incidents at the universities were: swastika sign in UC Davis, vandalizated LGBT center in UC Davis, “Compton Cookout” Fraternity Party in UC San Diego, noose founded in Library in UC San Diego, replicated noose with graffiti founded in UC Santa Cruz, “Tijuana Sunrise” and “ZBTahiti” fraternities party at UC Los Angeles. These incidents lead students to protest for diversity. Students block side paths of bruinwalk, in order to have students walk in the middle of the of the pathway aligned with different students, protesting for diversity in the University. The demands for the university Protest advocated for a diversity general requirement in which students will have a course that focus on identities and communities, other then their own ethnicity. They advocated to maintain admission and enrollment of the underrepresented groups. Chanting “UC, UC, can’t you see there is no one that looks like me!” This protest was held by Afrikan Student Union, American Indian Student Association, Asian Pacific Coalition, Mecha de UCLA, Muslim Student Association, Pacific Islands Student Association, Queer Alliance, Samahang Pilipino and Vietnamese Student Union.

• UCLA Protest for Equal Education

  By Diego Henry Santos Dominguez

  Students walked out to protest against increasing fee hikes, budget cuts, equal quality education for all Students and no to furlough day for UC workers. Photo series by Diego Henry Dominguez Santos

• New Bill may save Undocumented Students from Deportation

  By New America Media

• LaGente.org's Winter 2010 Poetry Contest

  By Samantha Lim

  Thanks for your submissions!! Check out the winners in our upcoming Winter 2010 issue of La Gente; they'll be posted online once the newsmag hits the stands.

• In Response to the UC Fee Increase

  From his cell, Ibarra recognizes the UC Regents poor choices and California's misaligned priorities in spending, encouraging us to continue taking action against legislators with our power as a voting block. His letter demonstrates a reaction sought by students involved in the protest against UC fee hikes.

• Rallying for Education

  By Esmeralda Alvarez, Samantha Lim

  LOS ANGELES – The two day protest at the University of California Regents (UC Regents) meeting demonstrated a state-wide solidarity against fee hikes in California’s universities.

• Highlights of Nov. 19 UC Protest

  By Maria Renteria

  LOS ANGELES - Over a two day period, UC students came to UCLA to protest at the UC Regents meeting which took place at Covel Commons. The protest started as early as midnight and ended as late as 7p.m., with the release of Campbell Hall. UC Regents approved the tuition and fees increase, but protests continued in order to demonstrate to The Regents that both students and workers will not stop with their struggle.