The Advocate

Economic policies fuel need for DACA

October 24, 2018

How would you feel if by the time you finished college, thousands of dollars in debt, opportunities were limited because the government planned to revoke your work permit ending the possibility of you ever having a well-paid job? This...

La Llorona, played by Silvia Sobal, weeps as she wanders eternally looking for her drowned children in “The Cries of La Llorona,” currently running in the Knox Center. The play continues Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Play explores feminist arc through cultural folklore

April 10, 2018

Students in Action gather supplies for Mexico’s earthquake victims

By Anthony Kinney, Associate Editor

October 11, 2017

To aid in the relief of those impacted by the devastating earthquakes that destroyed parts of Mexico last month, the Students in Action Club is asking for donations of clothing, blankets and other essentials through the month o...

Psychology major Lizbeth Gonzalez (front middle) calls Contra Costa College a “safe place” where she can enjoy the company of her
friends La Raza studies major Luis Ledesma (left), political science major Michelle Armienta (middle back) and psychology major Alejandra
Navarro (right).

Struggles produce success, inspiration

September 28, 2017

Communications major Andrew Magnoli listens to a seminar on
American militarism in Latin America delivered by Mexican journalist
Eduardo Garcia in the Fireside Hall on Sept. 18.

Military school on watch after connection to violence

September 28, 2017

Counseling assistant Leticia Mendoza hasa built a successful career at the college she attended. Mendoza holds a reputation on campus as an empathetic figure to the English as second language (ESL) community at Contra Costa College.

Alumna succeeds, guides academically

April 25, 2017

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Economics major Oscar Martinez’s undocumented status inspires him to surpass the limitations of being a first generation student to educate himself and his community.

Puente leader sheds his ‘comfort zone’

March 29, 2017

Juan Gabriel, born, Alberto Aguilera Valdez, was considered by many to be the most successful entertainer in the history of Mexican popular music.

Mexican icon’s music, untimely death ‘crossed boarders’

September 16, 2016

Día de los muertos praises cultural heritage

November 11, 2015

The scent of copal, a tree resin, filled the air as La Raza Student Union huddled under the gazebo last Monday evening outside the Applied Arts Building to shelter from the rain for Día de los Muertos to remember loved ones through...

43 missing students incites unrest in Mexico

By Florinda Hershey, Staff Writer

December 10, 2014

People in Mexico are demanding justice for the 43 missing students in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. The students went missing on Sept. 26, when they were attacked and kidnapped by municipal police in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, and reported...