Publish Date: Sep 8, 2016
9-11 Remembrance and call to action to end violence
SALINAS, Calif. – The Hartnell Community College District and its Office of Student Life invite the public to a 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony and Call to Action to end violence on,
Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Hartnell College – Student Center
411 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 93901
This ceremony will remember the lives of 2,977 victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. This year, the Office of Student Life will Remember our Own - a commemoration of recent violent events that have taken innocent lives around the country and here in our own back yards – most recently two Hartnell students, Martin O. Heredia and Salvador Duran.
Guest speakers for this special ceremony will include Superintendent/President, Dr. Willard Lewallen, Mayor of the City of Salinas, Joe Gunter, and a keynote from News Director and Anchor at Univision 67, Erandi Garcia. Her dad was murdered in Salinas as he walked over to his car to go to work; he was 61 years old. Erandi will share on her loss and express what she is doing now to make this a safer place for the community.
The Hartnell Sociology Club will have a Call to Action to End Violence and will ask the audience to take the pledge.
This ceremony is open to the media and the community. Light refreshments will be served.
Hartnell Community College District – established in 1920
The Hartnell CCD serves over 16,000 students annually through its main campus in Salinas, the Alisal Campus in East Salinas, the King City Education Center, and various outreach learning centers throughout the Salinas Valley. Hartnell College, a Hispanic Serving Institution, provides workforce training, basic skills courses, and prepares students for transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Hartnell College is recognized for its innovative public and private partnerships that support world class STEM education, career technical education, fine and performing arts, humanities, and athletics. We are proud to be the winners of the California Innovation Award for CSin3 – a Computer Science degree in three years . We are growing leaders through opportunity, engagement, and achievement. For more about Hartnell CCD, visit www.hartnell.edu .
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