Los Angeles Southwest College Staff Guild

05/20/2024

Meet NS-25 astronaut Ed Dwight, a former United States Air Force Captain who was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black as...

02/12/2024

Tavares Strachan Re-imagines ‘The Last Supper’ in a Monumental Tribute to Black Historical Figures

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/02/tavares-strachan-the-first-supper/

01/08/2024

05/22/2023

Happy Classified School Employee Week!

02/14/2023

Please sign the petition to support ! Please share this link with your family & friends: https://bit.ly/adjunctfacultyhealthcarenow
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To our Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Administration and Elected Board of Trustees: Faculty wellness is student success. We, the undersigned members and supporters (students, staff, and community) of the LA College Faculty Guild Local AFT 1521 here in LACCD support accessible, afford...

09/27/2022

Please sign this petition and share via email or text with everyone you know. These are a blight and eye sore in the community and they MUST GO!

The problem: As a result of the supply chain issues facing the country and ports in California, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-19-21, which allowed all state departments to lease unused land to alleviate the issues at ports like the Port of Los Angeles. At least 2 properties owned by Caltr...

08/10/2022

Ernest Moreno, the lone trustee who voted no, said it is inappropriate to spend money on new construction when the community college district lost tens of thousands of students over the last several years.

Between 2019-20 and 2020-21, enrollment plummeted to 220,986 students — a decline of nearly 27,000 learners, according to state data. Many students have also opted to continue taking classes online.

“This is an inappropriate time and essentially an irresponsible act on our behalf to pursue this bond,” Moreno said. “What I’m fearful is we’re building a ghost town.”

Moreno said in a phone interview that he supported previous bond measures. Over the last two decades, voters have green-lighted more than $9 billion in bonds for the district."
--Debbie Truong, L.A. Times, Staff Writer 08.05.2022

The Los Angeles Community College District says the money is badly needed to modernize aging buildings. Critics are not so sure.