WVC students enrolled in pre-collegiate and transfer-level writing courses were asked to reflect on the role of global citizenship in their lives, and to consider the relationship between being a Global Citizen and being more effective writers. These are sample excerpts from their insightful essays. “A Call to Action: The Power of Global Citizenship” Sofia […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015

This three day interactive art installation drew many participants who created beautiful origami cranes and composed reflections (see prompts below) which were then tucked in a box; later, these items will be displayed as art. Participants were also exposed to a passive learning opportunity, a PP presentation with information and questions for pondering; and they […]
Being global citizens… Several of the people killed by Daesh terrorists in Paris were originally from other places: One woman was from Veracruz, Mexico; she was about to marry. One Chilean grandmother had fled the Pinochet dictatorship. Her daughter and their two Chilean friends were also killed. One man from Madrid, Spain was only 29; he […]
Thursday 19 November 2015 9:20 AM and again at 2:00 PM Baltic Room by the WVC Campus Center Everyone is welcome! Hayward, CA Police Department officer and author, Sgt. Ryan Cantrell, will speak about his experiences and training book, Modern Slavery: Investigating Human Trafficking (A Detective’s Guide). His book has a FB page. In 2013, Officer […]