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Wednesday, Sept. 9, was a rich day at California State University, Monterey Bay for advancing racial understanding and democratic participation. That's because there was a convergence of three virtual events throughout the day that, together, formed a nearly spontaneous extracurricular seminar of social and political consciousness.

On August 16, a lightning storm ignited a wildfire southeast of Salinas, in Pine Canyon, near Mount Toro and River Road—the road that would give it the namesake River Fire. It grew to 2,000 acres that first day.

The term “raft” is a fitting metaphor for this time at ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø, one that turns to the university’s otter mascot, Monte Rey. California sea otters gather on the water in large social groups called rafts, often holding hands or wrapped in kelp to keep from floating away. So the word, here, can symbolize strands of connection, keeping afloat, staying together.

California State University, Monterey Bay (ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø) Associate Librarian Sarah Dahlen is one of 25 faculty across the California State University (CSU) system to be awarded the Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award (FILA).

ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø is primed to teach safely, effectively, yet remotely in the fall semester. That is the result of a lot of work and collaboration by many people and departments. Here are just a few of them.

Selina Espinoza, psychology major and statistics minor, has been awarded as this year's Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar. Espinoza will receive an award of $3,000 to support graduate school and professional development endeavors for the upcoming 2020-21 year.

The third in a series of Q&As with ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø faculty about Black Lives Matter and the racial justice movement occurring in our country and around the world.

A new coalition has honed in on the epicenter of a Monterey County coronavirus population hotspot: farmworkers. Thousands of seasonal workers have arrived to the Salinas Valley for the summer harvest, and that—along with misinformation, a fear of deportation and cramped living and transportation quarters—has created a recipe for widespread infections.

The second in a series of Q&As with ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø faculty about Black Lives Matter and the racial justice movement occurring in our country and around the world.

The first in a series of Q&As with ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø faculty about Black Lives Matter and the racial justice movement occurring in our country and around the world.