Skip to main content

CCE's Blog

The CCE has 25 years of blog posts about community events on and off campus. We invite you to use this resource by entering a keyword in the search box below. If you are searching for a phrase, we recommend you enclose it in quotation marks (example: "It Matters").

Slide: Indigenous Organizing 1
Knowledge Is Our Tool: Zapatistas and Indigenous Organizing

“Change is very slow, but the decisions we choose to make contribute to the larger balancing of the world,” said assistant professor Silvia Soto during her presentation on Indigenous organizing desde abajo.

Happy 10th Anniversary, blog!
The Blog is 10!

Way back in 2009, George Moskoff did a study of our community partnerships. The results were clear: our community partners wanted much more contact via email and social media. 

Screenshot Zoom meetings with CAPS
Race: Conversations Are Key

“We’re not going to get anywhere in this movement if you don’t get uncomfortable,” said panelist Amber Lucas during the

Students working on the greenhouse project
Hard Work Has Paid Off For These Electrical Engineering Students

During the Spring 2020 semester, a small group of Electrical Engineering students began a partnership with the Petaluma Bounty Farm called the Greenhouse Project which was ov

Community Conversations on Race and a picture of 4 people
Bringing Change to Santa Rosa

“It's an opportunity for us to become stronger together”, said Eddie Alvarez during the first night of the two part City Council Special,Community Conversations on Race Event.

Panelists at History of Voting
Gender, Race, & The History of Voting in America Hub Event

“A lot of us talk about [voter suppression] but may not know what to do”, said Dr. Lauren Morimoto while speaking at the “Gender, Race, & The History of Voting in America” event.

SSU Ballot Box
Drop Your Ballot Off On Campus

Come vote on campus! A ballot box is located near the flagpole at the front entrance of SSU and is available for use by Sonoma State students, staff, and the surrounding community. Any California ballot can be dropped there, you don’t need to have a Sonoma County ballot.

Slide from Covid seminar: Impacts on Latinx Community
What We Should Know About COVID-19 & The Latinx Community

“Your zip code affects your health as much as your genetic code,” said Dr.Enrique Gonzales-Mendez during the COVID Town Hall. 

A collage of six different books from SSU faculty
Toward a Universe of Scholarship on Race and Social Justice

First and foremost, Sonoma State University is a university and is home to world class faculty with an extraordinary breadth and depth of scholarship on the politics and realities of race in America,  In the last five years alone, books including Megan Burke’s unflinching and revel

Image reading Scholar Strike for Racial Justice
Come Strike with Me!

I've been impressed and inspired by the professional sports strikes to protest racial injustice and racialized police violence, and I'm not alone. Dr.