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‘We are human beings first’: NFL players lead conversation on social justice and activism
National Football League players, dreamers, foster youth, members of the LGBTQ community and others from all walks of life came together Tuesday for the Dear America: A Social Justice Conversation event at Bakersfield College to hear about becoming agents of change in their community.
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CSUB programs catering to incarcerated students inspire change; spark conversations around ethical issues about incarceration
Larry Gonzales is on track to graduate in just two years with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from California State University, Bakersfield, but his journey to success has not been the easiest.
The 35 year old has served two prison sentences before beginning his education in the Fall of 2018.
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Youth Empowering Success at Bakersfield College to host first social justice conference, featuring NFL players
National Football League players Demairo Davis and Josh Norman will advocate for social justice at the first Dear America, a Social Justice Conversation conference, held at Bakersfield College.
What is Kern Sol News thankful for?
With Thanksgiving just days away, Kern Sol News wanted to take a moment to share what we are thankful for.
‘Today, I am an American’: People from around the world become citizens at Naturalization ceremony at CSUB
Seventy-Five people from countries around the world gathered in Cal State Bakersfield’s Dore Theater Tuesday morning to complete the final step in becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States of America.
OUR VIEW: Bakersfield, it’s time to honor our Sikh Community
In the early 1990s, a man discovered his country had killed thousands of young men. The government made these men “disappear” in the 1980s, and tried to cover up these murders.