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Cassandra Wilkins

Cassandra Wilkins, Opinion Editor

Fall 2020, Spring 2021

All content by Cassandra Wilkins
Illustration by Alloy Zarate, 2020

Cross Currents: Should graduation be in-person this year?

Cassandra Wilkins and Alexandra Rubalcaba Ruther
April 30, 2021
Illustration by Alloy Zarate, 2020

Cross Currents: To meat or not to meat?

August Lawrence and Cassandra Wilkins
April 16, 2021

Voices: “A year after the killing of George Floyd, have race relations in America improved?”

Kiki Reyes and Cassandra Wilkins
April 12, 2021
Screen grab from "Ginny and Georgia," available on Netflix

“Ginny and Georgia” is a glimpse into mixed-race life in America

Cassandra Wilkins, Associate Editor
April 9, 2021
City College officials are bringing the equity, diversity and inclusion climate survey back into conversation while they draft new policies to support students and faculty. File photo of East Campus at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Leadership ‘just getting started’ on response to mistrust, SBCC climate

Cassandra Wilkins, Associate Editor
March 8, 2021
Illustration by Alloy Zarate, 2020

Cross Currents: Are tiny homes the right start to solve homelessness?

Cassandra Wilkins and Ryan P. Cruz
March 5, 2021
Screengrab of Alondra Lazaro Gonzalez, the Student Program Advisor for the Center for Equity and Social Justice, introducing the "Democracy in Action: Riding for Freedom," virtual Zoom event on February 25. The Zoom event was in honor of Black History Month.

[Photo] CESJ takes viewers on ride through history with the 'Freedom Riders'

March 1, 2021
Screengrab of Alondra Lazaro Gonzalez, the Student Program Advisor for the Center for Equity and Social Justice, introducing the "Democracy in Action: Riding for Freedom," virtual Zoom event on February 25. The Zoom event was in honor of Black History Month.

CESJ takes viewers on ride through history with the ‘Freedom Riders’

Cassandra Wilkins, Associate Editor
March 1, 2021
Protester Roy Schulte watches the scene at the sit-in protest on Feb. 26, 2021, at the San Marcos Foothills Preserve in Santa Barbara, Calif. Schulte stayed overnight in support of those trying to protect the land from development.

Second day of sit-in at San Marcos Foothills, eight arrests on first day

Rodrigo Hernandez and Cassandra Wilkins
February 26, 2021
The Eli Luria Library on City College's West campus has been closed since last March, but library staff has been working to offer the same resources available to students through rentals, online distribution and more. “We have had a lot more students accessing our collection electronically instead of physically,” said Camerin Poulson, library technician. File photo of Eli Luria Library from Feb 19, 2021, in Santa Barbara, Calif.

SBCC library still offering curbside pickup for laptops, Wi-Fi, books

Cassandra Wilkins, Associate Editor
February 22, 2021
Courtesy image of Disney’s 2020 animated movie "Soul."

‘Soul’ is the movie I wish I had seen growing up mixed-race in America

Cassandra Wilkins, Associate Editor
February 19, 2021

Voices: “What’s one new thing that happened to you because of the quarantine?”

Rodrigo Hernandez and Cassandra Wilkins
February 8, 2021

Voices: “What is your biggest goal for 2021?”

Cassandra Wilkins and Rodrigo Hernandez
February 1, 2021
Cassandra Wilkins with her parents Smiley Wilkins, Jr. (left) and Maribel Santos Wilkins during senior night on Nov. 3, 2017, in Lompoc, Calif.

Growing up mixed-race helped me embrace my own unique identity

Cassandra Wilkins, Opinion Editor
January 29, 2021
Courtesy art of the Home Alone film series.

‘Home Alone’ is the perfect holiday series for cozying up and binging

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
November 30, 2020

Voices: “What is the biggest challenge you’ve had to overcome?”

August Lawrence and Cassandra Wilkins
November 30, 2020

Voices: “What is your favorite thing to do with friends and family?

August Lawrence and Cassandra Wilkins
November 23, 2020
Sarah Jackson teaches one of her cosmetology classes through Zoom on Nov. 11, 2020 in the City College cosmetology facility in downtown Santa Barbara, Calif. The department provides each student with every product they will need throughout the semester.

The SBCC Cosmetology Academy is overcoming their online challenges

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
November 20, 2020
EOPS providing Thanksgiving gift cards for student single parents

EOPS providing Thanksgiving gift cards for student single parents

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
November 20, 2020
Screengrab of UCSB instructor Sierra Noland guiding the "Glowga" course. Noland teaches a fun way to celebrate Halloween during distanced times at the "Halloween at Home" event over Zoom on October 30, 2020. The multi-day virtual event was put on by UCSB's Associated Student Program Board and City College.

UCSB and SBCC host Halloween events for students at home

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
November 2, 2020
Screengrab of Fabiola Gonzalez during the “Overcoming Obstacles and Sharing Success: Ethnic Studies and a Form of Identity and Community” live panel held after the film screening of “Precious Knowledge” over Zoom on October 19, 2020.

Rousing EOPS screening highlights legal battle for equity in education

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
October 23, 2020
Astrid Bladh organizes the boxes filled with food before the food distribution site opens for the Food Pantry on Oct. 14, 2020, in the West Campus parking lot at City College, in Santa Barbara, Calif. The boxes were filled with cheese, milk, eggs and bread.

SBCC Food Pantry now providing perishable items to community

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
October 16, 2020

ASG trials anti-racism courses, campus-wide classes to follow

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
October 12, 2020

Isolation gave me the opportunity to start living a healthier lifestyle

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
October 9, 2020
Courtesy Image from the City College Department of American Ethnic Studies

SBCC celebrates Chicano culture in Santa Barbara for heritage month

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
October 3, 2020
Screengrab of Webinar hosted by The Museum of Ventura County featuring Dolores Huerta on Sept. 21. During the Webinar Huerta and other civil rights and Chicano activists and leaders spoke to what they are currently working on, including a photography exhibit centered around preserving photographs of the United Farm Workers union in the 60s-70s.

Ventura museum to honor Dolores Huerta, farm workers activists

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
September 28, 2020

Politicians can’t ignore evidence around climate change, wildfires

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
September 18, 2020
Screen Grab of Jazz Improvisation and Guitar Studies instructor Tony Ybarra describing the challenges in teaching music classes remotely during the “SBCC Jazz at the Cutting Edge” webinar hosted by SBCC Foundation president Geoff Green on Thursday, Sept. 4 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Jazz at The Cutting Edge spotlights new direction for music program

Cassandra Wilkins, Staff Writer
September 4, 2020
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