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In honor of this, Mendocino College will host its annual Native American Heritage Celebration in the Lowery Student Center and Pomo Plaza at the Ukiah campus on Wednesday, Nov. 7, from 3 to 6 p.m.
This free event is open to the public so bring your family and friends and join in an entertaining afternoon of traditional native dancers, crafts, games, food, and cultural activities, which will include a display of historical artifacts and photos that provide a history of the culture of Mendocino and Lake County tribes. Free Indian tacos will also be available.
The film screening of the documentary “More Than a Word” will also be played in the Little Theatre from 1 to 2:30 p.m. “
More than a Word” analyzes the NFL Washington football team and their use of the derogatory term “redskins.”
Using interviews from both those in favor of changing the name and those against, “More Than a Word” presents a deeper analysis of the many issues surrounding the Washington team name.
The documentary also examines the history of American Indian cultural appropriation. “More Than a Word” is an ideal classroom resource for clarifying what is truly at stake in contemporary debates about cultural appropriation and American Indian-themed mascots.
The Ukiah campus of Mendocino College is located at 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah.
For more information about the event, contact the Native American Student Resource Center at 707-468-3000, Extension 4603.
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- Written by: Lake County Friends of Mendocino College
The meeting will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Lake Center Round Room at Mendocino College Lake Center, 2565 Parallel Drive, Lakeport.
Meetings are open to the public.
On the agenda is a discussion of the group visit on Oct. 17 to the Mendocino College Art Gallery and a specific funding request.
There also will be a financial report, update on activities and events, announcements, board of trustees’ report and public input.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
The application deadline for the 2019-20 class is Feb. 11.
Eighteen fellows will be selected to start work in October 2019.
They will be placed on a state senator’s personal or committee staff and participate in a broad range of activities including policy research, constituent casework, drafting speeches and writing press releases.
Fellowships are preceded by a five-week orientation providing background on state government, the legislative process and major policy issues.
Fellows receive a $2,698-a-month stipend plus health, dental and vision benefits. The program is jointly operated by the Senate and the Center for California Studies at Sacramento State University, which awards six units of graduate credit to fellows.
Applicants must be at least 20 years old and be a graduate of a four-year college or university by Sept. 1, 2019. No specific major is required.
People with advanced degrees and mid-career candidates are encouraged to apply. Fellows will be selected in May after initial screening and panel interviews.
For more information, including brochures and applications, go to www.csus.edu/calst/senate.
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Many of those schools were predatory, for-profit colleges.
In the letter, the coalition urges Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to fulfill her obligation under federal law to provide immediate and automatic loan relief to borrowers who attended a school when it closed on or after Nov. 1, 2013, and who did not subsequently re-enroll in an eligible program within three years from the date the school closed.
It is estimated that under federal law, tens of thousands of students nationwide who attended any of the 1,400 schools that closed in 2014 and 2015 are eligible for approximately $400 million in automatic debt relief.
“It’s time for Secretary DeVos to stop dragging her feet and immediately provide relief to the tens of thousands of student loan borrowers eligible for closed-school discharge,” said Attorney General Becerra. “These students, who were pursuing their right to an education, were instead cheated by predatory for-profit schools or had their school close mid-program, and have received virtually zero support from the Department of Education under DeVos’s leadership. These students have waited long enough. The Department of Education needs to get its act together, do its job, and begin supporting the students it swore to protect.”
Students may be eligible for automatic closed-school debt relief if they did not complete the program of study at a school either because the school closed while they were enrolled, or because they withdrew not more than 120 days before the school closed.
For example, when Corinthian Colleges shut down in April 2015, it left approximately 16,000 students displaced. Many of these students are now immediately and automatically eligible to have their federal students loans forgiven and to receive a refund of all repayments amounts, provided they did not enroll in a title IV-eligible program within three years from the date the school closed.
Separate from school closures, students defrauded or cheated by their school may also be eligible for loan relief based on a federal program known as “defense to repayment.” This program gives victimized students the opportunity to have their federal student loans forgiven. When students submit a borrower-defense claim, they can request to have their loans placed in forbearance and to halt collection attempts, even on defaulted loans.
A copy of the letter can be viewed here.