Graduating Class https://rrs.sfsu.edu/ en Congratulations RRS Class of 2024 https://rrs.sfsu.edu/news/congratulations-rrs-class-2024 <div class="row bs-1col node node--type-news node--view-mode-rss"> <div class="col-sm-12 bs-region bs-region--main"> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h1 class="news-title"> Congratulations RRS Class of 2024 </h1> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sub-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--item"> <div class="pl-component pl-component--news-headline-topfold news-wrapper"> <div class="news-author">Author: Staff </div> <div class="news-info"> <div class="news-date"> June 24, 2024 </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_01.jpg" alt="VIctoria Aloe Bell"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> &quot;Be the leader you&#039;d want to follow.&quot; </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am elated to be graduating with my B.A. in Communications and a minor in Race &amp; Resistance. During my 4 years, I served on the first national Black Student Union's executive board as the Financial Officer and President. I have become a well-known student leader across our campus and pride myself on being that girl who gets things done! I am leaving my alma mater behind as a Magna Cum Laude graduate, debt-free, and heading to the East Coast. I am looking to the future as I begin my pursuit of a career in higher education in Ithaca, New York.</p> <p>— Victoria Aloe Bell<br /><em>Communication Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_02.jpg" alt="Schyler M. Hanzas"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thank you to all my classmates and professors here at SFSU and at CCSF that taught me and helped me grow as a person! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you so much to all my loved ones who have supported me throughout my life and especially the last four years! &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3</p> <p>— Schyler M. Hanzas<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_03.jpg" alt="Catherine Ashley Flores"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Taking in Race and Resistance Studies as my minor was probably the best decision I made. Navigating through injustices and appreciating the diversity this school has to offer has made my years here in SFSU so much more memorable. From classes to the students, learning has been nothing but a blessing and I can not thank enough the professors and classmates that have impacted my education and athletic career here. </p> <p>To my Mom and Dad, who have given so much of their lives for me to follow my dreams. To my little brother, who has made me so proud and allows me to be a role model to them. To Angel, for supporting me and encouraging me to reach for anything I put my mind to. And to my other family members, who have been on my college journey, thank you for being present and showing me so much love on my achievements.</p> <p>I am forever grateful to be called a Gator!</p> <p>— Catherine Ashley Flores<br /><em>Criminal Justice, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor</em><br /><em>Queer Ethnic Studies, Minor</em><br /><em>Sociology, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_04.jpg" alt="Kathryn Constantino"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “You were not just born to center your entire existence on work and labor. You were born to heal, to grow, to be of service to yourself and community, to practice, to experiment, to create, to have space, to dream, and to connect.” ― Tricia Hersey </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls must go. Viva Palestina!</p> <p>Race and Resistance Studies has healed my inner child. It has validated all my experiences. It has taught me that love, compassion, and empathy are not only emotions but tools of liberation. My Professors, friends, peers, and classes have ignited a fire in me that will never be burnt out but will spread throughout my future work.</p> <p>To my parents who have sacrificed so much for me to be here. To my sisters who keep me grounded and fuel my passion. To my grandma, you are the center of my work, you keep the family strong and our ancestors<br />stories alive. </p> <p>I am an Inland Empire baby so a huge shout to my I.E community, it’s my experiences there that shaped who I am today.</p> <p>— Kathryn Constantino<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em><br /><em>Political Science, B.A.</em><br /><em>Latinx Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_05.jpg" alt="Alexis Roman"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> &quot; If there is one thing I am willing to bet on it’s myself.&quot; — Beyoncé </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This is for my family! Thank you Mom and Dad for everything you do. I love you Dez, Jr. and Soraya for being the best siblings. Big shoutout to Larry and the Peoples Office EP 213!!</p> <p>YOUR GIRL DID IT!!!!!!!</p> <p>— Alexis Roman<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Criminal Justice, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_06.jpg" alt="Vanessa Torres"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> It’s been a long journey to get where I am now as a first gen queer Mexicana. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am so incredibly thankful to be graduating as an RRS major and have made connections with faculty and students alike. Not only has RRS helped me feel validated in my life experience, but seen and empowered. Much love or everyone in the RRS department !! 🤎</p> <p>— Vanessa Torres<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Sociology, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_07.jpg" alt="Valerie Luna-Franco"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> First Generation Graduate! Viva Mexico! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am a blended student here at SFSU. My major is Sociology. Minor: Race &amp; Resistance. Masters in Gerontology. </p> <p>Born and raised in LA. First generation graduate! Viva Mexico! Gracias a mi familia Ama, Apa, y Chuy por todo el amor y apoyo.</p> <p>— Valerie Luna-Franco<br /><em>Gerontology, M.A.</em><br /><em>Sociology, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_08.jpg" alt="Yoko April Tamada"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “La Persistencia bate La Resistencia&quot; </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Yoko April Tamada<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Cinema, B.A.</em><br /><em>Asian American Studies, Minor</em><br /><em>Queer Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_09.jpg" alt="Karla Vanessa Muñiz Alvarez"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> &quot;We need weapons of mass construction, of mass love.&quot; — Assata Shakur </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am forever grateful for the past four years I have had, as a student in the Race &amp; Resistance Department. It has taught me endless lessons, introduced me to amazing people and has allowed me to grow in ways I never expected. I am here today not only to celebrate my accomplishments but to give roses to those who have empowered me every step of the way.</p> <p>For my siblings who will forever inspire me. My parents whose support I carried along the way. My professors' whom which I wouldn’t be standing here today. Lastly, for my community, from across the Bay Bridge and on school campus, thank you making each place feel like home.</p> <p>Viva Palestina Libre, Isang Bagsak</p> <p>— Karla Vanessa Muñiz Alvarez<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Latinx Studies, Minor</em><br /><em>Studio Art, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_10.jpg" alt="Adhila Bukhari"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “Where there is repression, there is resistance.” — Leila Khaled </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>FREE PALESTINE TIL IT’S BACKWARDS!!!</p> <p>— Adhila Bukhari<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Liberal Studies, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_11.jpg" alt="Bella Martinez-Bernal"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Para todos todo! Y ya basta! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Bella is a 2<sup>nd</sup> gen Chicana from Los Angeles! Raised by educators who taught her about social justice and the fight for liberation. Bella is forever grateful and indebted to the community she has found at SFSU from Mela de San Pancho &amp; GUPS. Bella is a proud member of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc. </p> <p>Bella is continuing her studies at SFSU by pursuing an M.A. in Ethnic Studies in the fall. </p> <p>Bella hopes to continue to honor her mother, Radha, every day. Thank you to my family and chosen family in SF.</p> <p>— Bella Martinez-Bernal<br /><em>Communication Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_12.jpg" alt="Maggie Mendoza de Guzman"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “History is the study of change, and if we are a product of that change, then history is the study of us.” — Mustafa Popal </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Our education does not begin or end in a classroom. We learn from those before us, those here with us today, and those who will come after. I learn from all our interconnected struggles, love and solidarity from Palestine, to Congo, to Sudan, to the Philippines, to the Bay.</p> <p>Thank you to my parents, Virginia &amp; Manuel, and brother, Kuya Lester, for supporting me through my college education. Your love and care are important pillars in this journey and in my life. I love you!</p> <p>— Maggie Mendoza de Guzman<br /><em>Race and Resistance Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_13.jpg" alt="Molly Gutierrez"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Race and resistance has taught me a lot about myself and the future I want to create for the youth of today. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Molly Gutierrez is a first generation graduate with roots from Oaxaca and Jalisco. </p> <p>Race and resistance has taught me a lot about myself and the future I want to create for the youth of today. I am forever grateful for this experience and the community it has introduced me to. I would like to thank everyone who stood by my side throughout this journey. For without their support, this wouldn’t be possible.</p> <p>— Molly Gutierrez<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em><br /><em>Journalism, Minor</em><br /><em>Marketing, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_14.jpg" alt="Rhoel Paragas"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Rhoel Paragas<br /><em>Asian American Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_15.jpg" alt="Seanna Lea Lanagan"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> immense gratitude to everyone who helped on this journey </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>grew up in Watsonville, CA</li> <li>sober 11+ years &amp; active in various recovery communities</li> <li>plans to continue to learn from &amp; help others. travel, &amp; contribute to the liberation of all peoples</li> </ul> <p>— Seanna Lea Lanagan<br /><em>Cinema, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_16.jpg" alt="Jason Williams"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Ghandi </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I want to give a special shoutout to Larry! Thank you for everything.</p> <p>Thank you to my family and friends who helped support me through these 4 years.</p> <p>LOVE OVER HATE #nonviolence</p> <p>— Jason Williams<br /><em>Criminal Justice Studies, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_17.jpg" alt="Leana Michele Umanzor Carcamo"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> &quot;who are we as human beings if we ignore the suffering of others?&quot; </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>a brown girl born and raised in the Bay, with roots in Honduras.</p> <p>Thank you to the love and resilience of my parents, Herminio &amp; Nidia, and the continuous support of my family, friends and mentors. I would not be here without you today.</p> <p>free palestine</p> <p>— Leana Michele Umanzor Carcamo<br /><em>Psychology, B.A.</em><br /><em>Criminal Justice Studies, Minor</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates.jpg" alt="Fares Muthana"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “There is no better teacher than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” — Malcolm X </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I would like to take this time to thank my family for teaching me the true meaning of hard work. From the fifteen hour shifts to work on 4 hours of sleep. I was taught to never give up and fight for what I want. And boy I definitely had to fight for this degree. I take great pride being your son and brother and I hope you take great pride in me. I also I want to give thanks to EP 213. When I got on campus I was looking for my people and I am glad I found them in y'all.</p> <p>— Fares Muthana<br /><em>Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, B.A</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor </em><br /><em>History, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_19.jpg" alt="Kymber S. Gastinell"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “There is no better adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, it’s own lesson on how to improve your performance next time.” — Malcolm X </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To my family &amp; love ones — physically &amp; spiritually present — I love you &amp; forever grateful for the pure love &amp; guidance.</p> <p>To every instructor, advisor, peer — thank you for the support, advice &amp; all around love given.</p> <p>To myself — You did it! You reached for the stars &amp; landed alongside them. Next stop, the moon &lt;3</p> <p>— Kymber S. Gastinell<br /><em>General Biology, B.A.</em><br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor </em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%202024%20RRS%20Majors%20and%20Minors%20Graduates_Page_20.jpg" alt="Georgia Thomsen"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Georgia Thomsen<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Tags</p> <div class="tags-item"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li > <a href="/index.php/tags/tags/graduating-class" hreflang="en">Graduating Class</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:50:28 +0000 Cecilia Cao 219 at https://rrs.sfsu.edu Congratulations RRS Class of 2023 https://rrs.sfsu.edu/news/congratulations-rrs-class-2023 <div class="row bs-1col node node--type-news node--view-mode-rss"> <div class="col-sm-12 bs-region bs-region--main"> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h1 class="news-title"> Congratulations RRS Class of 2023 </h1> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sub-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--item"> <div class="pl-component pl-component--news-headline-topfold news-wrapper"> <div class="news-author">Author: RRS Staff </div> <div class="news-info"> <div class="news-date"> May 26, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20.jpg" alt="1"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>My professors in this department and those adjacent to it made me feel parts of myself I would have forgotten. Through the many lessons, readings, and deep thinking, I am leaving this institution ready to share this knowledge and live committed to creating heaven on Earth with my kin. This degree does not define me. The love and support my chosen family, community, friends, and mentors is what empowered me to grave this institution.</p> <p>— Violet(a) Isabel Vasquez<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.<br /> Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%281%29.jpg" alt="2"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> The RRS courses I have taken have not only deepened my understanding but deepened my passion for and drive to do this work. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you to my professors and my classmates. Thank you, Alan, you’ve shaped the framework I’m building to become a therapist. Thank you to everyone who has helped me get here and has helped me get into my master’s program. And for Dana and Zola, I did this for you as much as I did this for me. You’ve made everything brighter.</p> <p>— Brenna Miller<br /><em>Labor &amp; Employment Studies, B.A.<br /> Counseling, Minor<br /> Queer Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%282%29.jpg" alt="3"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> This is for my raza. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you mom and dad for all your sacrifice. To my ancestors that gave me the strength to make it to this moment, thank you. Thank you to SFSU, Metro Program, professors, and mentors that attributed to my success, I’ll never forget the power of ethnic studies. I’m proud to be a brown and educated chicana, long live the raza and the College of Ethnic Studies.</p> <p>— Briana Elizabeth Torres<br /><em>Political Science, B.A.<br /> Education, Minor<br /> Race &amp; Resistance Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%283%29.jpg" alt="4"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of profound love for the world and for people… Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is commitment to others… It must generate acts of freedom; otherwise it is not love… If I do not love the world, if I do not love life — if I do not love people — I cannot enter into dialogue.” —Paulo Freire </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>My big brother was my first Ethnic Studies teacher. The streets of southside Stockton — where I was born and raised, my first classroom and exposures to mutual aid and community care. My parents, Jocelyn &amp; Sofronio, were the first cultural bearers of our Ilokano culture I met in this life. I knew these things already because I have <em>lived</em> it, but this education simply gave me the language to articulate what I have known my whole life. Solidarity to us all from Palestine to the Philippines, especially here in Yelamu — the Indigenous name to the OG land stewards Ohlone peoples for so-called “San Francisco” where this institution resides.</p> <p>— Jaelyn Galasinao Sanidad<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.<br /> Race, Ethnicity, and Health, B.A.<br /> Queer Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%284%29.jpg" alt="5"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I didn’t know the Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies minor existed until my second to last semester at SFSU. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To my surprise, I had already completed all of the required courses. I was just naturally drawn to this field of study. I’m so grateful for the opportunity the RRS department has provided me to dive deeper into what I’m passionate about.</p> <p>— Alexandra “Kitty” McNeill<br /><em>Women &amp; Gender Studies, B.A.<br /> Queer &amp; Trans Ethnic Studies, Minor<br /> Human Sexuality Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%285%29.jpg" alt="6"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I didn’t find out about the Queer Ethnic Studies minor until I was almost finished with my studies at SFSU. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I was happy to find that I had almost finished all the requirements and was able to complete the minor while learning something that wasn’t part of my major. Starting school after years away was a challenge that I didn’t realize that was up for. I am grateful for the support of my family and friends and the SFSU. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to be a part of this field of study. Everyone I have had the pleasure of coming in contact with during my education has been wonderful, inclusive and helpful.</p> <p>— Denise Marie Lavelle Lauron<br /><em>English Literature, B.A.<br /> Queer Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%286%29.jpg" alt="7"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> RRS has revealed my purpose. Now it’s time to change the world. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Leslie D. Townsend<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.<br /> Queer &amp; Trans Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%2810%29.jpg" alt="10"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left.” —Tupac Amaru Shakur </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This year has taught me many things. The most important, to cherish and honor the little moments, so cheers to this moment and to everyone who has believed in me. We did it! A special thanks to my daughter Angel Baby “Stinky” Nala and partner for life Jerome.</p> <p>— Pelesani Sua<br /><em>Labor &amp; Employment, B.A.<br /> Counseling, Minor<br /> Critical Pacific Islands &amp; Oceania Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%287%29.jpg" alt="7"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am forever grateful for the wonderful faculty and amazing courses I have taken within the Race &amp; Resistance Studies department. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Moving into the future I will continue to advocate for queer voices within the Latinidad as well as mobilize the community to conjure critical thinking skills. I plan to continue my education into graduate programs for Ethnic Studies with a focus on queerness. Saludos.</p> <p>— Susan Chavez (they/theme/elle)<br /><em>Latina/Latino Studies, B.A.<br /> Queer Ethnic Studies, Minor<br /> Women &amp; Gender Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%2811%29.jpg" alt="11"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Service over Success. People over Possessions. Principle over Power. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This education has aptly equipped and prepared to me to be a voice for the “voiceless,” marginalized, undervalued, and underrepresented populations in our communities.</p> <p>— John Cunningham Jr.<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%288%29.jpg" alt="8"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time.” —Malcom X </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This is dedicated to my community, as well as all the underrepresented ones. Also my familia, gracias por todo el apoyo! A huge thank you to all professors in this department that have given me so much knowledge, strength and understanding. Especially a huge shoutout to Larry Salomon! So lucky to have had you as a professor, advocate and mentor.</p> <p>— Sofia Contreras<br /><em>Psychology, B.A.<br /> Race &amp; Resistance, Minor<br /> Holistic Health, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%2812%29.jpg" alt="12"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.” <br /> —Che Guevara </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I came to SFSU to study Race &amp; Resistance Studies because I was interested in the unique emphasis on social justice and community work. I am grateful to all the support I have received here and I will continue my education at CSULB where I will be studying Literature with a Marxist perspective. I dedicate my degree and education to my parents, whose love has guided me on my educational journey and I am so grateful for their support.</p> <p>— Melanie Montoya<br /><em>Literature, B.A.<br /> Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Congratulations%20RRS%202023%20Graduates%20%20%289%29.jpg" alt="9"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “If diversity is being invited to the party and inclusion is being asked to dance, belonging is dancing like nobody’s watching — feeling free to be your full, authentic self. Knowing that you are welcome and accepted just as you are.” </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am immensely grateful to all of my supporters. It has taken me an entire lifetime to believe that I deserve this moment. It is not a silly, whimsical time in my life — it was earned through hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and love of self. I did not accomplish this alone; I am a member of a tribe of humans who love and support me and I belong here. We all belong here. Congratulations to us!</p> <p>— Krissi Lewis<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance Studies, B.A.<br /> Sociology, Minor<br /> Queer Ethnic Studies, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Tags</p> <div class="tags-item"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li > <a href="/index.php/tags/tags/graduating-class" hreflang="en">Graduating Class</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 26 May 2023 23:09:28 +0000 Cecilia Cao 150 at https://rrs.sfsu.edu Congratulations RRS Class of 2022 https://rrs.sfsu.edu/news/congratulations-rrs-class-2022 <div class="row bs-1col node node--type-news node--view-mode-rss"> <div class="col-sm-12 bs-region bs-region--main"> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h1 class="news-title"> Congratulations RRS Class of 2022 </h1> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sub-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--item"> <div class="pl-component pl-component--news-headline-topfold news-wrapper"> <div class="news-author">Author: RRS Staff </div> <div class="news-info"> <div class="news-date"> May 27, 2022 </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/3.jpg" alt="3"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> ¡Sin mujeres no hay revolucion! Shoutout to Larry for inspiring me to continue with this degree and work in public service!!! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Alondra Esquivel Garcia<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/5.jpg" alt="5"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” —Ida B. Wells<br /> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Amaya Edwards<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/8.jpg" alt="8"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> She believed she could, so she did. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Andrea Cardona-Galvez<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/10.jpg" alt="10"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I did it all for my mom, grandma, and brother. This is our accomplishment. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Andrea Michelle Bernal<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/12.jpg" alt="12"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thank you to my friends and family for the endless support &lt;3 </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Ariana Khateeb<br /><em>Arab &amp; Muslim Ethnicities Diaspora Studies, Minor</em></p> <ul> <li>Board Member for the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS)</li> <li>Student Org Representative on the Associated Students Board</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/13.jpg" alt="13"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> This is the manifestation of my mother’s and grandfather’s dream. This is for y’all, Mami and Apa &lt;3 </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Brianna Valeria Mejia-Carreno<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> <ul> <li>Clínica Martín-Baró</li> <li>Metro College Success Program</li> </ul> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/16.jpg" alt="16"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thankful for my mom, dad, and boyfriend for always sticking by me and supporting me, and encouraging me to keep going when I wanted to give up. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Carolina Garcia<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/18.jpg" alt="18"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> They tried to bury us but they didn’t realize we were seeds. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Chantel Bermudez<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> <ul> <li>AS Board of Directors (2019 – 2022)</li> <li>Founder of AS Program Survivor Support</li> <li>Experimental College Teacher</li> <li>Residential Life</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/19_0.jpg" alt="19"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thank you to all my loved ones, including everyone in the RRS Department. My journey has been beautiful because of the love and support I’ve been surrounded by. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Domonique Savanh Insixiengmah<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> <ul> <li>American Indigenous Business Leadership (AIBL)</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/21.jpg" alt="21"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Para mi familia. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Elizabeth Carranza Campos<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/22.jpg" alt="22"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> All my relations. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Gabriel “Chauncey” Mireau<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> <ul> <li>Miniconjou Sioux</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/23.jpg" alt="23"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “It’s about time!” —Gabe </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Jacob Paul Mata<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> <ul> <li>SF Rising</li> <li>Student Organizer</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/25.jpg" alt="25"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “A comrade is as precious as a rice seedling… and yes because it grows, not only to fill his hunger, but to give birth to other rice seedlings who will give birth to many more who will fill the hunger of generations of peasants for food and land and right.” <br /> —Mila D. Aguilar </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Javi de Leon Javines<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> <ul> <li>Anakbayan East Bay</li> <li>Liyang Network</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/27.jpg" alt="27"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Shout out to my family and mentor for being my biggest supporters. I am proud to be the first person in my family with a Bachelor Degree — I love y’all. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Jontae’ M. Henry<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> <ul> <li>SFSU Speech and Debate Team</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/31.jpg" alt="31"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Gracias a mi padre y mi madre! Dedicado para ustedes! Si es posible! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Keila Indira Rodriguez<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/33.jpg" alt="33"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Laila Ahmad Abdulkader<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/34.jpg" alt="34"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Sometimes, home is a person. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Lizette Trujillo<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> <ul> <li>Teacher’s Assistant at Early Childhood Education Center</li> <li>Health Promotion and Wellness Ambassador</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/36.jpg" alt="36"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Couldn’t have done it without my support system. This one is for you, Mom and Dad! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Maryfrances Di Maggio<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/39.jpg" alt="39"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “I’ll never be known for my work with boundaries.” —Carrie Fisher </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Mikaela Manuel<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/41.jpg" alt="41"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Real hot girl sh*t </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Mikayla Calvo<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/43.jpg" alt="43"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination.” —Bell Hooks <br /> <br /> Shout-out Larry and the Sucio Gang, couldn’t do it without y’all. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Mireya Marley Tabasa<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/44.jpg" alt="44"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thank you/Gracias a mi familia, amigos, y el coffee! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Mitzy Lopez<br /><em>Criminal Justice Studies, B.A.<br /> Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/46.jpg" alt="46"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thank you! Thank you to my family, the homies, and the universe for making this happen. Si se puede mi gente!! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Monserrat Guevara Ledezma<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/48.jpg" alt="48"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Please talk to me nice because I’m really a whole college graduate!! Thank you to everyone who has shown me love and support throughout this journey, especially my parents! This wouldn’t be possible without you. Shout out to all of the amazing people I’ve met throughout my time here at SF State as well. We did it y’all, congrats to Class of 2022! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Natalia Reyes<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/50.jpg" alt="50"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Shout out to my friends, my family, and Larry Salomon, of course! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Randella Louise Jones<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/52.jpg" alt="52"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “One more step. One more breath. Move past what’s stopping you. Leave it behind and walk towards greatness.” </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Reginald Mosley-Moon<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/55.jpg" alt="55"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Ahéhee’ to my family, ancestors, and to the land I was born and raised on.<br /> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Robert Williamson<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/56.jpg" alt="56"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Big appreciation to my baba and mama who traveled to a foreign land for a better life for my siblings and I, and push me towards success. Shoutout to Rajab, Ziniab, all my family, Larry, EP 213 Gang, Brianna, Metro, and my GUPS family. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Sabreen Khairy Imtair<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor<br /> Arab &amp; Muslim Ethnicities Diaspora Studies, Minor</em></p> <ul> <li>President of the General Union of Palestine Students</li> <li>Member of Arab Resource and Organizing Center</li> <li>Student Leader with Metro College Success Program</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/60.jpg" alt="60"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Shout out to me for breaking generational cycles. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Silvia Denisse Ramirez<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, Minor</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/62.jpg" alt="62"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Mate ma’a tonga. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Tailua Wilna Catriona Manu<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/64.jpg" alt="64"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “What’s the plan? How long is the dreaming going to last? … I don’t trust dreams that don’t allow the possibility of nightmares.” <br /> —Joy James </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Trân Minh Tim<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> <ul> <li>SFSU Transformative Justice Group</li> <li>#KeepSFSUFullyVirtual</li> <li>VietLead</li> <li>VietUnity</li> <li>Spoonie Uni Project</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/65.jpg" alt="65"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “Pies para qué los quiero si tengo alas para volar.” —Frida Kahlo </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Yatnari Del Toro<br /><em>Race &amp; Resistance, B.A.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Tags</p> <div class="tags-item"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li > <a href="/index.php/tags/tags/graduating-class" hreflang="en">Graduating Class</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 27 May 2022 17:53:12 +0000 Cecilia Cao 149 at https://rrs.sfsu.edu Congratulations RRS Class of 2021 https://rrs.sfsu.edu/news/congratulations-rrs-class-2021 <div class="row bs-1col node node--type-news node--view-mode-rss"> <div class="col-sm-12 bs-region bs-region--main"> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h1 class="news-title"> Congratulations RRS Class of 2021 </h1> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sub-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--item"> <div class="pl-component pl-component--news-headline-topfold news-wrapper"> <div class="news-author">Author: RRS Staff </div> <div class="news-info"> <div class="news-date"> May 21, 2021 </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <h2 class="heading-large"> Race &amp; Resistance Majors </h2> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%281%29.jpg" alt="Aldo Pizano would like to thank his family, friends and all the people who have helped him on this path."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Me gustaría agradecer a mi familia, amigos y a todas las personas que me han ayudado en esta camino. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>¡Los aprecio y los amo a todos!</p> <p>— Aldo Pizano</p> <p><em>Summa Cum Laude</em><br /><strong>Double Major: </strong>RRS &amp; Psychology<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>Criminal Justice</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%282%29.jpg" alt="Janine Padpad is sincerely thankful to her village."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> A sincere thank you to my village. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To my family, my loved ones and all educators: eternal gratitude and thanks for watering me and pushing me onward. You always reminded me I’m capable of my wildest dreams. I will carry your love in my heart always. May we continue to shape a world rooted in community and compassion.</p> <p>— Janine Padpad</p> <p><em>Summa Cum Laude</em><br /><strong>Double Major: </strong>RRS &amp; Psychology<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>Global Peace, Humans Rights, and Justice</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%283%29.jpg" alt="Eliana Hernandez is so grateful to have graduated within the RRS Major in the College of Ethnic Studies"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am so grateful to have graduated within the RRS Major in the College of Ethnic Studies because I found a community that I belong to with very similar passions and drives which works towards liberating oppressed people or changing the way the world works currently. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I’m honored to have received the award for the hood as well!! I couldn’t have been here without my family, friends, and professors. I had a huge support system behind me pushing me to do my best. Every professor in this department is so so amazing; those who impacted me the most were professors Larry Salomon and Rama Kased! They taught me so much and believed in me my whole time at State. I also want to thank my family who inspired me in every way from coming to this country, to organizing for social justice/change, to being an artist, and many more. I love you guys!! Thank you again and congratulations graduates!!</p> <p>— Eliana Hernandez</p> <p><em>Cum Laude</em><br /><strong>Double Major: </strong>RRS &amp; Criminal Justice<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>Queer Ethnic Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%284%29.jpg" alt="Hannah Lomax has gratitude for the RRS department, her professors, and her classmates is truly immeasurable."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> My gratitude for the RRS department, my professors, and my classmates is truly immeasurable. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you all so much, and thank you to each of my closest loved ones for all of your support. Although I am so relieved and happy to be graduating, I know that I will also be grieving the version of myself that existed as an undergraduate student of RRS at SFSU. I am committed to continuing my learning beyond the classroom and to apply all of the knowledge that has been shared with me over the last few years. Thank you all again, I feel so grateful to be here with you.</p> <p>— Hannah Lomax</p> <p><em>Cum Laude</em><br /><strong>Major: </strong>RRS<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>Queer Ethnic Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%285%29.jpg" alt="Kristal Osorio says, &quot;Serve the People!&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Serve the people! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Kristal Osorio</p> <p><em>Cum Laude</em><br /><strong>Double Major: </strong>RRS &amp; Sociology</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%286%29.jpg" alt="Alicia Manzano would first like to thank her parents and family for being her number one supporters."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I would first like to thank my parents and family for being my number one supporters. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I would also like to thank my amazing RRS professors at SF State because their teaching has made the biggest impact on my life. I feel so blessed to be a part of the second graduating class of the RRS major.</p> <p>— Alicia Manzano</p> <p><strong>Double Major:</strong> RRS &amp; Latina and Latino Studies </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors_0.jpg" alt="Athea-Marin Santos is definitely looking forward to what&#039;s ahead of her, and she hope to continue doing the work of giving back to the community."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I want to congratulate my fellow cohort and the many colleagues I had the opportunity to work with. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I’m grateful for this moment; it feels so surreal that I’m graduating, and that I made it.  I would like to thank all the professors who I’ve experienced an amount of knowledge and growth by learning from and with them, especially would like to thank Bibiana, Professor Jaimy, and Justin for a lot of guidance. I’m definitely looking forward to what’s ahead of me, and I hope to continue doing the work of giving back to the community. A lot of what I do is for my family and my family back in the Philippines. I thank them infinitely for all their love and support.</p> <p>— Althea-Marin Santos</p> <p><strong>Double Major:</strong> RRS &amp; Visual Communication Design</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%281%29_0_0.jpg" alt="Alondra Esquivel Garcia wants to thank her family and friends for being the most amazing support system a girl can ask."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> She Believed She Could and So She Did! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you to my family and friends for being the most amazing support system a girl can ask. Thanks to RRS for making these 4 years in San Francisco amazing. I appreciate all the courses I took and all the Professor who taught them &lt;3 mucho amor Larry.</p> <p>— Alondra Esquivel Garcia</p> <p><strong>Double Major: </strong>RRS &amp; Political Science</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%282%29_0_0.jpg" alt="Arasi Hamilton wants to say thank you to everyone who believed in her."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> First gen student, and I dedicate my degree to community. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I would not be here without community. Thank you to everyone who believed in me.</p> <p>— Arasi Hamilton</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>RRS<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%283%29_1_0.jpg" alt="Melisa Garay Galindo excited and grateful to have graduated from RRS."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am excited and grateful to have graduated from RRS. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported me through college and the class faculty who made each class different, interesting, and a place where I felt comfortable. Congrats to the second RRS graduating class! Si se Puedo!</p> <p>— Melissa Garay Galindo</p> <p><strong>Double Major:</strong> RRS &amp; Sociology</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%284%29_0_0.jpg" alt="Tailua Manu entire educational journey has been her looking for spaces that recognized her community."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> My entire educational journey has been me looking for spaces that recognized my community in its curriculum and staff and knowledge, where I could be myself. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I found that here in Race and Resistance. Class of 2021, we did it!</p> <p>— Tailua Manu</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> RRS<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> Critical Pacific Island and Oceania Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%285%29_0_0.jpg" alt="TaraLynn Ta&#039;ala has joy and pride for making it to graduation."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> This journey was long and anything but easy, but the joy and pride I have created not only for myself, but for my future made all these challenges, tears, and long hours worth all the risk. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p> I never thought I would make it to this day, yet here I am.</p> <p>— TaraLynn Ta’ala</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%286%29_0_0.jpg" alt="Yoselin Rodriguez is excited to enter the &quot;real world&quot; and make a difference."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I’m so happy to be graduating! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As a first generation college student, it was very challenging, but with the support of my family, I was able to accomplish my goals. San Francisco State University has taught me some amazing things that I will cherish forever. I’m excited to enter the “real world” and make a difference. My degree is in honor of my mother and grandparents. Los Amo.</p> <p>— Yoselin Rodriguez</p> <p><strong>Double Major:</strong> RRS &amp; Criminal Justice</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>We’d also like to honor the following RRS Majors</h3> <ul> <li>Diego Bautista</li> <li>Stephanie Gonzalez</li> <li>Marilyn Mota</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <h2 class="heading-large"> Race &amp; Resistance Minors </h2> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021.jpg" alt="Ai Fry is honored to be the first in my family to attend and graduate as the class of 2021."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am very proud to be the first graduate ever in my family, especially coming from a household that was not able to provide for me financially. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I put myself and education first and made it. I am honored to be the first in my family to attend and graduate as the Class of 2021.</p> <p>— Ai Fry</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Psychology<br /><strong>Double Minor: </strong>RRS &amp; Queer Ethnic Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%281%29.jpg" alt="Amanda Rukasin is so unbelievably grateful for her last four years at SFSU!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> So unbelievably grateful for my last four years at SFSU! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Amanda Rukasin</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Sociology<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%283%29.jpg" alt="Athziri Martinez is so excited to graduate and excited to see what the future holds for her!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am so excited to graduate. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The journey here has not been easy and nothing like I expected, but I’m excited for the next chapter of my life. I take all the relationships I’ve built, the knowledge I have gained, and the experience of being a first-gen with me. Grateful for how far I’ve come and excited to see what the future holds for me!</p> <p>— Athziri Martinez</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Latina/Latino Studies<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%282%29.jpg" alt="Angela Rodas quotes Pele. &quot; Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” — Pele </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Angela Rodas</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Political Science<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%284%29.jpg" alt="Baleria Barrera thanks her mother and father."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Our existence and success in higher education is the most beautiful form of resistance. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>We are the flowers they never thought would blossom. Gracias mama y papa… no me gradue, <em>nos</em> graduamos.</p> <p>— Baleria Barrera</p> <p><strong>Double Major:</strong> Sociology &amp; Latina/Latino Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> Education &amp; RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%285%29.jpg" alt="Bryanna Zuleta major is Sociology &amp; Latina/Latino Studies."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Bryanna Zuleta</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Sociology &amp; Latina/Latino Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%286%29.jpg" alt="Caity Rymel is anxious to be graduating during such an unsure time, but excited to enter the career and &quot;real adult&quot; world!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> While I am anxious to be graduating during such an unsure time, I am excited to enter the career and “real adult” world! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I sincerely congratulate my fellow graduates for getting through this past year and a half!</p> <p>— Caity Rymel</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Anthropology<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%287%29.jpg" alt="Cecilia Castaneda plans to incorporate my knowledge into her life and work by becoming a resource for her community through librarianship."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> As a first generation student, graduating is both a personal accomplishment and an accomplishment for my community who has supported me. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I want to become a pillar of knowledge and resources to build community ties and support them by any means. I plan to incorporate my knowledge into my life and work be becoming a resource for me community through librarianship. Thank you to all my professors, friends, and family for supporting me!</p> <p>— Cecilia Castaneda</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Latina/Latino Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%288%29.jpg" alt="Erica Vasquez said, &quot;Graduating not only for myself, but for those who came before me, those with me now, and those that will come after me.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Graduating not only for myself, but for those who came before me, those with me now, and those that will come after me. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Erica Vasquez</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Psychology<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%2810%29.jpg" alt="Fatima Gutierrez to say thanks to her parents for their effort, love, and discipline."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Gracias a mis Padres por su esfuerzo, amor, y disciplina. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>LO LOGRAMOS! Los quiero mucho! Aqui empezamos una nueva etapa. A seguir triunfando.</p> <p>— Fatima Gutierrez</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Criminal Justice<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%2811%29.jpg" alt="Honna Afzal is blessed to have met many incredible people during her two years at SFSU and know those connections will last a lifetime!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> As a Muslim and a woman of color, I’m proud to have learned how I can put my passion for social justice work and filmmaking into what I hope will become the foundation of my career in the future. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I’m blessed to have met many incredible people during my two years at SFSU and know those connections will last a lifetime!</p> <p>— Honna Afzal</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Cinema<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021_1.jpg" alt="Jemal wants to move forward with strategies and find amicable solutions to the issues."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I want to analyze the historical past and decolonize the concepts and philosophies of present day Black communities. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I don’t <em>only</em> want to examine the problems and trauma of past generations with criticism, but I want to move forward with strategies and find amicable solutions to the issues.</p> <p>— Jemal Taylor</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Sociology<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%281%29_1.jpg" alt="Jontae Henry would like to thank everyone who has supported her along the way."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> This has been a wonderful crazy journey. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>This is not how I expected it to turn out, but I am glad I made it to the finish line. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me along the way. If it weren’t for you all I would not be here today. To my fellow grads, we did it!!!!</p> <p>— Jontae Henry</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Communications<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%282%29_1.jpg" alt="Katherine Burgos is excited to have accomplished her studies but sad to say goodbye to the friends she made."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> It’s a bittersweet ending. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I’m excited to have accomplished my studies but sad to say goodbye to the friends I made.</p> <p>— Katherine Burgos</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Photojournalism<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%284%29_1.jpg" alt="Kaylee Bokeh would like to thank her amazing family and friends for all their love and support! "> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I would like to thank my amazing family and friends for all their love and support! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To all my fellow graduates, congratulations!</p> <p>— Kaylee Bokeh</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Criminal Justice<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%283%29_1.jpg" alt="Kaylah Breiz would like to thank RRS department for filling her undergraduate years with transformational and healing lessons along with an extremely supportive community."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thank you RRS department for filling my undergraduate years with transformational and healing lessons along with an extremely support community. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you to my ancestors, family, friends, and loved ones for guiding and supporting me through these past 4 years. Shoutout to my city, SF, for raising me into the person I am today. I am so excited to continue to learn in the Ethnic Studies M.A. program at SFSU!</p> <p>— Kaylah Breiz</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Political Science<br /><strong>Double Minor:</strong> Education &amp; RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%285%29_0.jpg" alt="Laurin Lovato Romero would like to thank her mother and father for all the support and love they have given her throughout these 4 years."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Through adversity, I was able to complete my education. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I would like to thank my mother and father for all the support and love they have given me throughout these 4 years.</p> <p>— Laurin Lovato Romero</p> <p><strong>Double Minor:</strong> Latina/Latino Studies &amp; RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%286%29_0.jpg" alt="Maria Guadalupe said, &quot;These past 4 years at SFSU were some of the best years of my life! I met so many amazing people and learned so much!&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> These past 4 years at SFSU were some of the best years of my life! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I met so many amazing people and learned so much! I want to specifically thank all my RRS professors for all the support and for all the knowledge they bring to the table, so thank you! I’m excited to be graduating with all of you today and I wish you all the best!</p> <p>— Maria Guadalupe Hernandez Morales</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Criminal Justice Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021_2.jpg" alt="Melchor Bongato is so happy to finally be graduating from SFSU! After taking a two-year break, coming back to finish his undergraduate degree feels amazing."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am so happy to finally be graduating from SFSU! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>After taking a two-year break, coming back to finish my undergraduate degree feels amazing. I never would have gotten this far if it wasn’t for my family, mental health support team, friends, and God. I am extremely grateful and honored to be graduating from the College of Ethnic Studies!</p> <p>— Melchor Bongato</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Asian American Studies<br /><strong>Double Minor:</strong> RRS &amp; Queer Ethnic Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%287%29_0.jpg" alt="Mariela Cisneros is thankful for her time at SF state and excited for her new journey ahead."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am thankful for my time at SF State and excited for my new journey ahead. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you to my family and friends for their continuous support!</p> <p>— Mariela Cisneros</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Criminal Justice<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%281%29_2.jpg" alt="Mina Hernandez would like to thank her parents for their unconditional support throughout her educational journey and their encouragement for her pursue her passions."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I’d like to thank my parents for their unconditional support throughout my educational journey and their encouragement for me to pursue my passions. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I would also like to thank the Residential Life department, as well as Health Promotion and Wellness for the opportunity to expand my leadership abilities across campus.</p> <p>— Mina Hernandez</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Sociology<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%282%29_2.jpg" alt="Natalie Herrera is proud to say that she broke generational cycles and graduated college with a boyfriend, a beauty baby girl, and a family, still being prouder than ever!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Dear children of immigrants, it may feel like you were born into a game of life where you were born into a game of life, where you’re expected to reach certain milestones and goals in a particular order to be happy, successful, and worthy. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am proud to say that I broke generational cycles and graduated college with a boyfriends, a beautiful baby girl, and a family, still being prouder than ever!</p> <p>— Natalie Herrera</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Criminal Justice Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%285%29_1.jpg" alt="Raquel Aceves would like to thank her family, friends and professors for making this a memorable experience!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I would like to thank my family, friends and professors for making this a memorable experience! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Raquel Aceves</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Criminal Justice<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%284%29_2.jpg" alt="Nickel Rivera said, &quot;If there&#039;s anything that RRS has taught me, it is to continue to study our history from the people by the people.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> If there’s anything that RRS has taught me, it is to continue to study our history from the people by the people. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As young individuals coming out of an institution with rich revolutionary history with our student activism, we must continue to work beyond academics!</p> <p>— Nickel Rivera</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Cinema<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%284%29_3.jpg" alt="Amy Ricky Rivera was provided her the tools, space, and community from RRS to further radicalize her politic and be grounded in third world liberation."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I am a mixed heritage Asian American, first generation college student, child of a refugee parent. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>RRS provided me the tools, space, and community to further radicalize my politic and be grounded in third world liberation. I met my chosen family and forever companions in these classes. I’d like to express my immense gratitude to Simmy Makhijani for mentoring me and reminding me of the magic of community care throughout my last three years at SF State!</p> <p>— Amy Ricky Rivera</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Asian American Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%285%29_2.jpg" alt="Jules Retzlaff was provided with the necessary tools and lessons from RRS for a lifelong dedication to the people&#039;s movement for freedom and justice."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> RRS provided me with the necessary tools and lessons for a lifelong dedication to the people’s movement for freedom and justice. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Could not have done it without the support of an incredible community too many to count, but especially Simmy Makhijani who provided mentorship and guidance to myself and so many others. LONG LIVE PALESTINE, LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY!</p> <p>— Jules Retzlaff</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Cinema<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%286%29_1.jpg" alt="Sadik Twal is sad that his college journey ended this way-in a pandemic-but, like the great Max Holloway once said: it is what it is! Congratulations everyone. Let&#039;s go kill it out there!!!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> It’s been quite a ride. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Too many sleepless nights to count, but even more memories to recall later in life. I’m sad that my college journey ended this way — in a pandemic — but, like the great Max Holloway once said: it is what it is! Congratulations everyone. Let’s go kill it out there!!!</p> <p>— Sadik Twal</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Liberal Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%287%29_1.jpg" alt="Shantel U is grateful to have had this opportunity at SFSU, and will really miss her time in SF. "> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Graduating during a global pandemic is strange and a bit anticlimactic but the closer it gets to May 21st, the more real it becomes. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Nonetheless, I am proud, and feeling extremely accomplished. I’m grateful to have had this opportunity at SFSU, and I will really miss my time in SF. I’m also very appreciative of those around me who have been there to remind what an accomplishment it is to be the first to graduate from my family.</p> <p>— Shantel U</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Psychology<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%288%29_0.jpg" alt="Shawnee Sample wants to give a big shout out to my dad I miss you. Couldn&#039;t do this without you."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Big shout out to my dad, I miss you. Couldn’t do this without you. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Shawnee Sample</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> American Indian Studies<br /><strong>Double Minor: </strong>RRS &amp; Queer Ethnic Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%289%29_0.jpg" alt="Wencie Hoang wants to thank to her family, friends, the School of Cinema, the College of Ethnic Studies, the College of Liberal &amp; Creative Arts, and her incredible mentors for all of their guidance and support."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Thank you to my family, friends, the School of Cinema, the College of Ethnic Studies, the College of Liberal &amp; Creative Arts, and my incredible mentors for all of their guidance and support. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Without you all, I would not be able to graduate with all of the empowering opportunities I have been able to experience.</p> <p>— Wencie Hoang</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Cinema<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>RRS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>We’d also like to honor the following RRS Minors</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-4col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-4-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--first"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Adalia Rodriguez</li> <li>Alauna Jaden Torres</li> <li>Aliyah Bowman</li> <li>Alyssa Sober</li> <li>Andrea Olazabal</li> <li>Andrew Carillo</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--second"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Christopher Vanegas Aguilar</li> <li>Emily Uribe</li> <li>Erika Ramirez</li> <li>Hector Chacon Arevalo</li> <li>Jalyn Casey Ocampo</li> <li>Janneth Gasca-Lozano</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--third"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-3 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Johnny Mejia</li> <li>Makaela Mabrey</li> <li>Melissa Aceves-Yepez</li> <li>Monica Rodriguez</li> <li>Nadime El-Ali</li> <li>Olivia Zamorano-Pedregom</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--fourth"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-4 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Rizza Ward Gordon</li> <li>Sydni Mullen</li> <li>Taylor Thomas</li> <li>Yvonne Cantero</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <h2 class="heading-large"> Arab &amp; Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Minor </h2> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%2012.40.22%20PM.jpg" alt="Janelle Coronada quoted Snoop Doggs I want to thank me speech."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> “I want to thank me for believing in me, I want to thank me for doing all this hard work. I wanna thank me for having no days off. I wanna thank me for never quitting. I wanna thank me for always being a giver and trying to give more than I receive. I want to thank me for just being me at all times.” —Snoop Dog </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Janelle Coronado</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> International Relations<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> AMED</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <h2 class="heading-large"> Queer Ethnic Studies Minor </h2> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%281%29%2012.40.22%20PM.jpg" alt="Amalia Laventure is entering into the last semester for the BA/MA program in Ethnic Studies, she hope to embody the love that has been imparted to her through this program."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> As I am entering into the last semester for the B.A./M.A. program in Ethnic Studies, I hope to embody the love that has been imparted to me through this program. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Amalia Laventure</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Latina/Latino Studies<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> QES</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%282%29%2012.40.22%20PM.jpg" alt="Briauna Guerrero is grateful for her maternal grandparents for the opportunity to go to school. "> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> It’s unbelievable that I’m already graduating because it feels like I just started my B.A. program. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I wouldn’t have this opportunity without my maternal grandparents because they offered me a place to stay, making going to SFSU affordable for me. I also thank many of my advisors and close family (and friends) for sticking with me on this journey. Without everyone’s words of encouragement, I wouldn’t have made it this far. So, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!</p> <p>— Briauna Guerrero</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>Sociology<br /><strong>Double Minor:</strong> QES &amp; LGBT Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%283%29%2012.40.22%20PM.jpg" alt="Elia Wee wants to thank Mikaela, Charlize, Lucy, Zack Snyder, and all the people who helped her get here!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I want to thank Mikaela, Charlize, Lucy, Zack Snyder, and all the people who helped me get here! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Elia Wee</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Child and Adolescence Development<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> QES</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%284%29.jpg" alt="Hannah Lomax has gratitude for the RRS department, her professors, and her classmates is truly immeasurable."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> My gratitude for the RRS department, my professors, and my classmates is truly immeasurable. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you all so much, and thank you to each of my closest loved ones for all of your support. Although I am so relieved and happy to be graduating, I know that I will also be grieving the version of myself that existed as an undergraduate student of RRS at SFSU. I am committed to continuing my learning beyond the classroom and to apply all of the knowledge that has been shared with me over the last few years. Thank you all again, I feel so grateful to be here with you.</p> <p>— Hannah Lomax</p> <p><em>Cum Laude</em><br /><strong>Major: </strong>RRS<br /><strong>Minor: </strong>Queer Ethnic Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%285%29%2012.40.22%20PM.jpg" alt="Mari Champagne is grateful for my experience and am excited for the future!"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I had a short but sweet time here at SFSU. I am grateful for my experience and am excited for the future! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Mari Champagne</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Women &amp; Gender Studies<br /><strong>Double Minor:</strong> Global Peace, Human Rights, and Justice &amp; QES</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%286%29%2012.40.22%20PM.jpg" alt="Veronica Hernandez is thankful for friends and family who have supported her on her journey."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I want to thank my parents that were there for me every step of the way, and for all the sacrifices they have made. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I want to thank my older sister that has paved the way for success for my younger brother, sister, and I. I want to thank Clinica Martin Baro for being a safe space and a family.</p> <p>— Veronica Hernandez</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Latina/Latino Studies<br /><strong>Triple Minor:</strong> Health Education, QES, Education</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>We’d also like to honor the following QES Minors</h3> <ul> <li>Adali Rodriguez</li> <li>Aliyah Bowman</li> <li>Chris Lawson</li> <li>Diego Bautista</li> <li>Grace Mcguire</li> <li>Hillary Ortiz-Luis</li> <li>Jerome-Tomas San Diego</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <h2 class="heading-large"> Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies Minor </h2> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%282%29_0_0.jpg" alt="Arasi Hamilton wants to say thank you to everyone who believed in her."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> First gen student, and I dedicate my degree to community. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I would not be here without community. Thank you to everyone who believed in me.</p> <p>— Arasi Hamilton</p> <p><strong>Major: </strong>RRS<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%288%29%2012.40.22%20PM.jpg" alt="Cassandra Fong is grateful for the Ethnic Studies program that allowed me to learn more about my culture and my people"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Grateful for the Ethnic Studies program that allowed me to learn more about my culture and my people. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Excited to use this knowledge and these tools to better my communities. Thank you, SFSU, for all the great experiences. I look forward to what the future has in store for me!</p> <p>— Cassandra Fong</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Biology<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> CPIOS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021_3_0.jpg" alt="FiaauLagi Tautolo said &quot;Do yourself a favor and enjoy the journey even through the chaos, you&#039;ll find out at the end of the tunnel, it was never really that bad!&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> WE DID IT! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Class of 2021 we are a force to be reckoned with! Do yourself a favor and enjoy the journey even through the chaos, you’ll find out at the end of the tunnel, it was never really that bad! We MADE IT! Cheers to all the great things we will accomplish!</p> <p>— FiaauLagi Tautolo</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Psychology<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> CPIOS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20%282%29_3.jpg" alt="Uhna Nauer is forever grateful for her family for being super supportive and continue to encourage her to push beyond her limits."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> First, I would like to thank everyone that helped me throughout my journey at SFSU. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Being a first generation college graduate within my family is mind blowing and honoring. I am forever grateful for my family for being super supportive and continue to encourage me to push beyond my limits. Shoutout to my friends, they have been my backbone throughout this whole journey of college. CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2021!</p> <p>— Uhna Nauer</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> Criminal Justice<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> CPIOS</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/RRS%20Graduation%202021%20Majors%20%284%29_0_0.jpg" alt="Tailua Manu entire educational journey has been her looking for spaces that recognized her community."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> My entire educational journey has been me looking for spaces that recognized my community in its curriculum and staff and knowledge, where I could be myself. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I found that here in Race and Resistance. Class of 2021, we did it!</p> <p>— Tailua Manu</p> <p><strong>Major:</strong> RRS<br /><strong>Minor:</strong> Critical Pacific Island and Oceania Studies</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Tags</p> <div class="tags-item"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li > <a href="/index.php/tags/tags/graduating-class" hreflang="en">Graduating Class</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 21 May 2021 21:47:44 +0000 Cecilia Cao 148 at https://rrs.sfsu.edu Congratulations RRS Class of 2020 https://rrs.sfsu.edu/news/congratulations-rrs-class-2020 <div class="row bs-1col node node--type-news node--view-mode-rss"> <div class="col-sm-12 bs-region bs-region--main"> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h1 class="news-title"> Congratulations RRS Class of 2020 </h1> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sub-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--item"> <div class="pl-component pl-component--news-headline-topfold news-wrapper"> <div class="news-author">Author: RRS Staff </div> <div class="news-info"> <div class="news-date"> May 29, 2020 </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.47.06%20AM_0.png" alt="Ciana Olivia Adams said, &quot;I hope to use what I&#039;ve learned as an RRS minor to advocate for the needs of the people of color in urban planning.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I hope to use what I&#039;ve learned as an RRS minor to advocate for the needs of the people of color in urban planning. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Ciana Olivia Adams</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/thumbnail_Screen%20Shot%202020-07-01%20at%2011.05.18%20AM%20%281%29.png" alt="Diana Argueta plans on using her degree go into the educational field."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Earning my degree in RRS, LTNS and minoring in Education, I took forward to serving the youth in my community. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>During my time at SFSU, I was able to gain the Ethnic Studies experience I had not had in my previous education. With my degree, I'm going into the educational field where I can teach the youth the histories that are rarely represented in textbooks.</p> <p>— Diana Argueta</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.54.54%20AM.png" alt="Lesly Cecilia Argueta would like to keep learning and educate others on similar struggles we face in our education system, healthcare, and socioeconomic status."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> With my degree in RRS, I will use it to bring awareness of oppression we face in communities of color and the resistance we all fight for in our daily lives. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I would like to keep learning and educate others on similar struggles we face in our education system, healthcare, and socioeconomic status. I would like to break the cycle of how social factors do not define or stereotype who we are.</p> <p>— Lesly Cecilia Argueta</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.55.09%20AM.png" alt="Jenny Farroso hopes to work with youth who have been affected by the juvenile justice system or by the foster care system with her RRS degree."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> With my degree in RRS, I hope to work with youth who have been affected by the juvenile justice system by providing them with the guidance and resources they need in order to be successful. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Jenny Barroso</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.55.19%20AM.png" alt="Kathleen Mae Alvarez Buban plans to utilize her RRS Minor through educating and reminding others that we have been resisting and fighting since the beginning of time."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I plan to utilize my RRS Minor through educating and reminding others that we have been resisting and fighting since the beginning of time. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I plan to work in social services and continually educate myself on Race and Resistance Studies.</p> <p>— Kathleen Mae Alvarez Buban</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.55.34%20AM.png" alt=" The department of RRS has prepared Isabella Canal to make a difference in my community."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> The department of RRS has prepared me to make a difference in my community. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>RRS has given me the tools to be a critical thinker when it comes to fighting daily inequalities, I'm so thankful to be working with a grassroots organization as a recent graduate. Thank you to all the professors who have helped me grow into the person I am today.</p> <p>— Isabella Canal</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.55.45%20AM.png" alt="Megan Carbajal plans to be part of dismantling and abolishing the school to prison pipeline in hopes to implement critical thinking and history of ethnic identities in public school curriculums."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I plan to be part of dismantling and abolishing the school to prison pipeline in hopes to implement critical thinking and history of ethnic identities in public school curriculums. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Megan Carbajal</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.55.55%20AM.png" alt="Adriana Castillo will use her minor in RRS as a framework for her work in decolonizing outdoor education."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I will use my minor in RRS as a framework for my work in decolonizing outdoor education. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I will work as a bridge for BIPOC, immigrants, LGBTQIA communities to secure access to green spaces. I plan in using the knowledge my professors left me with to create multicultural and relevant curriculum to teach youth in the outdoors.</p> <p>— Adriana Castillo</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.56.03%20AM.png" alt="Alena Catherine Chavez got the tools from RRS to know that she will never stop fighting for a just world. "> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Growing up in a conservative town, I grew up with racism, sexism, and homoantagonism around every corner. It took years for me to be proud of being a queer Chicana woman. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Learning about the ways to decolonize my life took work, and RRS gave me the tools to know that I'll never stop fighting for a just world. Thank you to everyone! Mom, Dad and Nico, esto es para ti.</p> <p>— Alena Catherine Chavez</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.56.12%20AM.png" alt="Melissa Cruz hopes to use her degree to give back to communities of color, by continuing to fight against the social inequalities we face in this country."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I hope to use my degree to give back to communities of color, by continuing to fight against the social inequalities we face in this country. Now, more than ever, is the time to rid our society of racial and ethnic discrimination. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Melissa Cruz</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.29.12%20AM.png" alt="Jacqueline Galicia said &quot;Con diligencia, integridad, y mucho amor planeo usar mi conocimiento para asistir en la transformación de mi comunidad de Woodland.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> Con diligencia, integridad, y mucho amor planeo usar mi conocimiento para asistir en la transformación de mi comunidad de Woodland. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Jacqueline Galicia</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.57.03%20AM.png" alt="Andrea Jacqueline Gil said &quot;RRS introduced me to an intersectional academia that allows students to define the nature of their education.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> RRS introduced me to an intersectional academia that allows students to define and nature of their education. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>We must continue to reflect history through all lens of cultures and minds. I hope to create a space that allows youth to think, create and deconstruct the -isms in our communities.</p> <p>— Andrea Jacqueline Gil</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.57.10%20AM_0.png" alt="Diego Cihuacoatl Gomez said &quot;I am deeply grateful for the existence of the College of Ethnic Studies and, most importantly, the RRS teaching faculty, for cultivating in its students the profound practice of belonging.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> My return to academia, after having dropped out, was a long-awaited fruition. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Feeling perpetually alienated from perceiving myself as a knower, in the house of knowledge, I was unaware of the power paradigms imbedded in the university experience. Echoing Ms. Angelou, now that I know better, I do better. I am deeply grateful for the existence of the College of Ethnic Studies, and, most importantly, the RRS teaching faculty, for cultivating in its students the profound practice of belonging. I plan to keep pushing.</p> <p>— Diego Cihuacoatl Gomez</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.57.17%20AM.png" alt="Randella Jones plans to earn my teaching credential for music at SF State next to become an elementary school music teacher."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I plan to earn my teaching credential for music at SF State next and become an elementary school music teacher. I then plan to pursue graduate studies and researching ethnomusicology. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Randella Jones</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.57.43%20AM.png" alt="Alexandra Lalama said &quot;RRS has instilled in me to be resistant in the wake of complacency.&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> RRS has instilled in me to be resistant in the wake of complacency. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To be fearless when I say 'Abolish ICE' or 'Defund the Police,' because I know my education has given me the resources and tools to know what this means and how to give back to my community.</p> <p>— Alexandra Lalama</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.58.00%20AM.png" alt="Genesis Jasmin Morales with a minor in Race and Resistance Studies, she hopes to use this to elevate students in under resourced communities."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> With a minor in Race and Resistance Studies, I hope to use this to elevate students in under resourced communities. My goal is to specifically help students of color achieve a higher education! </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Genesis Jasmin Morales</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2010.58.18%20AM.png" alt="Ashura Mujawashema learned so much about her people, all people, and herself within after graduating."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I learned so much about my people, all people, and myself within after graduating. <br /> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>— Ashura Mujawashema</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.30.46%20AM.png" alt="Karishama Kaushik Patadia plans on using her knowledge and skills that I&#039;ve learned in this RRS department by writing stories, whether it be in print, audio, or visual journalism, around race in America."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I plan on using my knowledge and skills that I&#039;ve learned in this RRS department by writing stories, whether it be in print, audio, or visual journalism, around race in America. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I have my degree in Journalism, and I would really like to apply what I've learned about lost histories in ethnic groups to my career. I would love to talk to communities of color and give them a voice and have them feel heard by society.</p> <p>— Karishma Kaushik Patadia</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.30.52%20AM.png" alt="Rachel Perry plans to use her RRS minor to continue to inspire me to do organizing work."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I plan to use my RRS minor to continue to inspire me to do organizing work. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I hope this minor will help me stay vigilant and critical of the systems we are fighting against, my conditions and the conditions of the people around me. Being in RRS has allowed me to participate in student organizing and connecting me to local grassroots orgs that work directly in the communities in SF and the Bay Area. I have been able to connect and build community with so many amazing individuals, and I hope to continue genuinely building with my community in the future. Thanks for your work everyone!</p> <p>— Rachel Perry</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.30.58%20AM.png" alt="Ada Reyes is using her field of studies as a foundation to teach on past Liberation movements, so we can learn from and build upon further in our communities."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I want to create a space to organize with Black/Indigenous and POC youth in my community, to inspire and support them in obtaining local change. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Using my field of studies as a foundation to teach on past Liberation movements, so we can learn from and build upon further in our communities.</p> <p>— Ada Reyes</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.31.10%20AM.png" alt="Maria Nathali Ildefonso Salas plans on serving a community much like my own."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> With my degree, I plan on serving a community much like my own. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I want to help first generation families find a voice in order to reach their highest potential because THEY MAKE AMERICA GREAT! Gracias ma y pa, lo hicimos! QUE VIVA MI RAZA!</p> <p>— Maria Nathali Ildefonso Salas</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.31.17%20AM.png" alt="Thea Jewel Terrado Soriano plans to use her major in RRS in my social work practice."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I plan to use my major in RRS in my social work practice. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Upon graduation, I plan to work for a nonprofit organization that is committed to advancing the rights of marginalized communities. My long-term goal is to utilize my degree and experiences to enact macro-level change in the Philippines in the future.</p> <p>— Thea Jewel Terrado Soriano</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-2col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-2-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.31.24%20AM.png" alt="Selena Teferi plans to use her Bachelor&#039;s in RRS to support the advancement, success, and legacy of Black and Brown people."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> I plan to use my Bachelor&#039;s in RRS to support the advancement, success, and legacy of Black and Brown people. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It is my goal to continue to learn how I can best serve my community so that I can be apart of the movement to create resources for our empowerment. In doing this I know my ancestors will guide me along the way and for that I am grateful.</p> <p>— Selena Teferi</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--basic-image paragraph--view-mode--sfstate-image-rounded"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><img class="pl-component pl-component--img img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-13%20at%2011.31.32%20AM.png" alt="Sone Yun. A Queer non-binary Lao/Korean who found a lot of hope and empowerment through RRS."> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><blockquote class="pl-component pl-component--blockquote"> A queer, non-binary, Lao/Korean who found a lot of hope and empowerment through the RRS minor track. </blockquote> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I saw resilience and hope, and I encourage many others to take the opportunity for the major! I appreciated the like-minded resilient, QTPOC folks the classes brought together. May we continue to create community and remember how close we are and our strength as a community. For collective liberation. We are never alone.</p> <p>— Sone Yun</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h2>Other Graduates Not Pictured</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"><div class="row bs-4col paragraph paragraph--type-layout-4-columns paragraph--view-mode-default"> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--first"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Renz Andales</li> <li>Soha Ashraf</li> <li>Carmen Lima Ayala</li> <li>Janus Baetiong</li> <li>Isela Carreras</li> <li>Johanna Castaneda</li> <li>Vikas Chonkria</li> <li>Pamela Estrada Christian</li> <li>Fernando Espinoza</li> <li>Sammy Garcia</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--second"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-2 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Rizza Gordon Ward</li> <li>Jenna Harris</li> <li>Chelsea Herrera</li> <li>Nathan Hinsley</li> <li>Leah Jarrard</li> <li>Antonia Johnson</li> <li>Clay Keniston-Finger</li> <li>Sam Lund</li> <li>Leelamini Massaquoi</li> <li>Angelica Mendez</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--third"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-3 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Alejandra Mendez-Ruiz</li> <li>Sam Moore</li> <li>Genesis Morales</li> <li>Dina Muqhar</li> <li>Maricela Nunez</li> <li>Emely Nunez</li> <li>Alondra Ochoa</li> <li>Alexandria Reber</li> <li>Jules Retzlaff</li> <li>Amy Rivera</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-3 bs-region bs-region--fourth"> <div class="field field--name-field-p-referenced-content-4 field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><div class="pl-component pl-component--content-basic" > <div class="field field--name-field-p-formatted-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><ul> <li>Alondra Robles-Romero</li> <li>Azucena Salas-Esparza</li> <li>Jocelyn Salaverria</li> <li>Marina Salazar</li> <li>Rosalea Salmeron</li> <li>Alexis Shelton</li> <li>Luke Sullivan</li> <li>Jomal Terrado</li> <li>Chloe Vannasdall</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Tags</p> <div class="tags-item"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li > <a href="/index.php/tags/tags/graduating-class" hreflang="en">Graduating Class</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 29 May 2020 18:44:03 +0000 Cecilia Cao 144 at https://rrs.sfsu.edu