Check It Out: ASMC President Ya’Mese Johnson on KQED Radio!
Merritt College’s very own ASMC President, Ya’Mese Johnson, was on KQED’s The California Report!
President Johnson spoke briefly about housing and hunger relating to academic success in the California Community College System! She has started the conversation and hopefully we can band together and find solutions together as the hard-working and dedicated Merritt College that we are!!
It’s a one minute listen and a short read after listening! Give it a listen: https://www.kqed.org/news/11731373/half-of-californias-community-college-students-experience-hunger-housing-insecurity
| Half of California’s Community College Students Experience Hunger, Housing Insecurity | The California Report | KQED News
Brittany Jones was a homeless college student at Laney College in Oakland until she got housing assistance to help her rent an apartment. Photo from November 2016. |