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Christina: Coming up on Inside 
California Education:

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Community Colleges Meet aspiring 
entrepreneurs at City College of

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San Francisco.

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These students learn everything 
they need to know about bringing

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their ideas to market... 
including how to pitch

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to investors.

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Kevin Posadas: The confidence 
that pitching in in front of

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these large amounts of people 
that gave me so much more than

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I could have ever imagined.

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Christina: We'’ll also explore 
the first Climate Change degree

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program offered at a community 
college in Los Angeles... with

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a focus on the city'’s local 
environment and activism.

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Sarah Solis: Seeing Gen Z'’s 
passion also about climate

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change, they're really, they're 
starting a revolution.

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And I'm so excited for all of 
the youth that are coming out

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and fighting for climate change.

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Christina: And see how these 
film students at Glendale

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Community College continued to 
produce short stories during

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the pandemic... working together 
remotely to create films.

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Geri Ulrey: We adapted, um, as 
filmmakers do, and we found new

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ways to do what we needed to do.

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Christina: It'’s all next, on 
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Kevin: Through that excitement 
we can all change the world

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one bottle at a time. 
Thank You!

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Man: It's Wonderful.

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Kevin: Entrepreneurship is about 
solving problems.

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And it's about, um, finding a 
problem and finding solutions

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to that problem.

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And not only that, but in the 
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solutions to problems 
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Christina: Kevin Posadas knows 
a few things about solving

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problems.

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He'’s the founder of a company 
called Grean, which offers

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recycling services in the 
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It'’s a concept he developed 
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classes at City College of 
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Kevin: What we do is, we provide 
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them to collect their materials, 
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And once they've reached a 
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drivers comes by, we pick up the 
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to the recycling center.

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So I like to tell people we are 
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We are an environmental company, 
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the environment.

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Christina: Grean pays its 
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the value of their beverage 
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In turn, those recyclables are 
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Kevin had the idea before 
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he says it blossomed into what 
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college'’s Center for 
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The Center was founded in 2018 
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She wanted community college 
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to venture capital and startup 
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prominent universities.

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Vivian: They always say that, 
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as an entrepreneur because 
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Because they always think about 
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Tesla and all of that coming 
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So it's, it's, it's 
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our students don't have the 
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Christina: The Center for 
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is more than just 
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Through workshops and lectures, 
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The Center covers topics like 
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intellectual property.

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But perhaps most valuable.... 
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investors and entrepreneurs.... 
people like Lauren Taylor,

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who has a marketing 
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agency in the Bay Area.

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She'’s also an 
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at the Center.

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Lauren: Networking is so 
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um, in the Bay Area.

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Folks come to the Bay Area with 
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that anyone can make it.

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And anyone that has a great 
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million dollars in seed funding 
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And unfortunately it's so much 
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And so much of it relies on your 
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Christina: One way the Center 
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professionals is 
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Pitch event video: Hello good 
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Christina: Prior to Covid, these 
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City College campus, with 
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Students get three minutes to 
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business idea.

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Pitch event video: We are a 
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consultant who have come 
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Vivian: So things that they do, 
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is the problem that they would 
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What is the big, why? 
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pitch video: I came 
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and more convenient 
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Vivian: So the purpose of this 
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Not only to get funding, because 
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still being developed, it's not 
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But the pitch, this students, 
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ideas with the market who are 
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insight on how can they tweak 
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Lauren: We're really there to 
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Everybody is coming to the table 
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and idea, and what they need is 
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Christina: It'’s an intimidating 
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but one that students 
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invaluable lessons.

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Kevin Posadas will never forget 
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" So I got a total ..."

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Kevin: I had spent months, 
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this three-minute pitch.

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And I felt ready, I felt like 
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able to, to present in a way 
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and make myself a great, but 
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Lauren: And he was so nervous 
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like tears welling up in his 
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And Kevin just delivered the 
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I mean, I still, like, I have 
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I think by the end of the pitch, 
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standing ovation.

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Christina: Kevin says that 
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motivated him to keep going.

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He went on to enter a national 
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This time, he spoke in front of 
600 people...but delivered his

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pitch perfectly, coming home 
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Kevin: It was one of the best 
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owe it all completely to, to the 
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and Innovation at City College 
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into that position.

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Christina: When Covid hit, the 
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moved all its workshops and 
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Ly: Thank you for joining us 
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first, the first, time that 
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Christina: The same went for the 
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Zoom in 2020.

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Pui: Hello everyone.

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My name is Pui San Tan, and I am 
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An online, on demand, networking 
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Christina: Pui San Tan is a 
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She already has a bachelor'’s 
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working as an independent 
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priorities changed.

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Pui: Last year when the pandemic 
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home, but also I have 
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full-time at home, but full-time 
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this pandemic as that 
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Christina: Pui San says she 
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conversations with other 
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coworking space.

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So, she came up with the idea 
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independent workers to connect 
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Pui: You will be matched 
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who is online and matches 
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Then it's just a matter of 
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It's just as simple as that.

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Christina: Like Pui San, a 
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Center already have a college 
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transfer to America.

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But they all share common 
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themselves, and better 
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Cathleen: Decolonize 
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of free resources ranging from 
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poetry, immigrant experiences, 
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to exchange ideas and connect 
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Christina: Leaders say moving 
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was challenging, but it also 
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Vivian: Its mission really is to 
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So with that, even though they 
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City College, the workshops are 
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And I thought that's really what 
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community college is to really 
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Lauren: What we see nationally 
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entrepreneurship are that 
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and new businesses at four times 
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And I think that that's one of 
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is such an important part of our 
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Christina: For Pui San and 
Kevin....the Center for

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Entrepreneurship has helped them 
realize their aspirations.

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Pui: I learned that I really 
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So I do hope to one day be able 
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and, um, get my idea out there 
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Kevin: There are so many 
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right now who I'm sure have 
ideas for, for companies that

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have potential to be great, but 
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The Center for for 
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to dream in a way that I don't 
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ever done without them.

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Michael: A SMALL BUSINESS IS 
DEFINED AS ANY COMPANY WITH LESS

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THAN 500 EMPLOYEES. CALIFORNIA 
IS HOME TO MORE THAN 4 MILLION

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SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH MAKE UP 
99.8% OF ALL BUSINESSES IN THE

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STATE. THEY EMPLOY MORE THAN 
SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE, NEARLY

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50% OF THE STATE'S WORKFORCE, 
MAKING THEM A VITAL PART OF

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CALIFORNIA'’S ECONOMY.

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Emily: There are people in the 
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community who were the OG 
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at West Los Angeles College.

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local park but went remote 
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it's unique both in its college 
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Emily: So the conservation 
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West LA students and anyone in 
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Well we're talking about birds 
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see the birds, you know, birds 
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birds are for everyone. 
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Emily: What advice do you have 
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career entomology or a career in 
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Marty: I guess the best advice 
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learning and, uh, 
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keep getting experience

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Jim: The Conservation Studies 
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the college's focus on 
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West LA has also created an 
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this community college apart.

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Jennifer: As far as we know, 
this is the first climate change

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associate's degree in the 
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Our community college is 
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Los Angeles. And the majority of 
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black or multiple races.

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Los Angeles college because we 
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minoritized communities are 
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climate change and among 
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by climate change. And we 
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understand the complexity of the 
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become part of solutions to the 
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Sarah: Climate change is one of 
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world right now. So I definitely 
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Jim: Student Sarah Solis says 
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course work, climate change 
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trips, make their voices heard 
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make up the membership 
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environmental club.

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Sarah: The environmental club 
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really amazing.

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It really shows that people 
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of a community.

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Our main thing is that we have a 
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we plant and harvest vegetables, 
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That's been such incredible 
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am not a gardener, but because 
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members, we do have some 
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have just green thumbs.

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Jim: Alan Cooper'’s enjoyment of 
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an interest in a possible career 
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The Climate Change coursework at 
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added another dimension.

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Alan: I went to West LA with the 
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transferring into forestry.

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It just kind of resonated with 
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more I learn about this topic, 
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it's like an issue that we, as a 
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able to ignore.

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We'’re at a point where it's not 
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kill us all, but our inactions 
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And I think that that's 
definitely something I kind of

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came to a full understanding and 
appreciation of here at West.

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Jim: West LA College says 
fostering climate change career

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choices for their diverse 
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directly benefit local 
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concerns of clean 
coastal water, wild fire

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prevention, and diminishing 
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Jennifer: We know that as the 
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are being significantly 
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And so by taking field trips to 
our local oceans, students can

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maybe appreciate this more and 
think about the, the connections

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that we have with each other and 
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nonhuman parts of, uh, our 
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You know, the city is not going 
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it's going to keep on growing 
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we're providing habitat for the 
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knowledgeable about the animals 
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Sarah: You can see how 
communities of color are always

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subject to the brunt 
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poor neighborhoods. 
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Social justice and racial 
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They really are one 
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Girl: ...countless people are 
suffering and dying from.

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Alan: What'’s really neat about 
this degree is it empowers you

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in a way, it, it shows you 
really like a thing to focus on

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and a problem that needs fixing 
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That'’s what being an 
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You're one part activist, one 
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I guess, science communicator.

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Jennifer: Our students are 
natural leaders.

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Our students know what's best 
for their communities.

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Our students are inspire me 
every day and our students are

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going to be the change that we 
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the climate crisis.

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We hope that all of these 
opportunities will allow our

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students to share their voices 
with our local community in

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Los Angeles, but also 
with the world.

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Christina: What kind of jobs are 
available for those who want to

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study climate change?

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Top careers include 
environmental scientists,

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climatologists, and 
geoscientists.

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Experts also expect to see job 
growth in clean energy sectors

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such as wind power, electric 
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retrofitting homes and 
businesses to be more

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energy-efficient, and rebuilding 
infrastructure to withstand the

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impacts of more severe weather, 
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Christina: Maria "“Lua"” Ternes 
is a student at Glendale

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Community College.

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Originally from Brazil, she was 
working and living in the Los

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Angeles area as an Au Pair when 
she enrolled in the college'’s

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film program.

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Lua'’s classes began in the fall 
of 2020...

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just before the pandemic hit.

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But she made the best 
of the situation...

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using the pandemic as 
inspiration for her work.

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(Scream)

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Maria: For the class, 
Introduction to

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Motion Picture Production.

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I had the opportunity to create 
a little short film, where I try

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to put in all my emotions of 
being stuck in quarantine and is

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basically this girl who is stuck 
at home and she wants to do

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something and she decided to go 
camping, but we end up finding

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out that she'’s camping in the 
front yard and is not going

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anywhere.

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Christina: Lua is taking 
editing, screenwriting and

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production classes as she works 
toward earning an Associates of

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Arts degree, with plans to 
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a four- year university.

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Maria: I think the main benefit 
of studying in a community

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college is that you have a very 
small classes where you can have

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more contact with not only the 
students, but with the faculty.

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And they can help out like 
closely with anything

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that you need.

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Geri: Part of our mission as a 
department is to reach diverse

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voices and folks that maybe are 
not having an easy access

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into the industry through 
traditional means.

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Christina: Geri Ulrey chairs the 
Film, Television and Media Arts

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program at Glendale 
Community College.

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She says enrollment in the 
program has doubled

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in the last five years.

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Geri: What is the clip? 
The second clip,

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the second roll in?

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Amanda: The second roll in is a 
video of Ferro in his kitchen

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and he like throws the towel in 
frustration and he says

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something like, he just doesn't 
understand the kind of

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pressure we'’re under.

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Christina: Every student is 
different.

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Some are still in high school.

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Others are working towards an 
A.A.

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or a transfer degree...or are 
earning a certificate in

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cinematography or editing.

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Still others are simply taking 
the class for fun.

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Geri: We have students that 
already have careers in other

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industries, successful careers 
that they have now decided

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I'’m going to go and change. 
I want to change what I do.

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I'’ve always been interested in 
film and television.

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I'’m going to take a class, see 
what that'’s about.

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And then often they stick 
with us and they,

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they get their cert.

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They decide they want to 
get an AA.

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They sometimes decide they want 
to get a BA and they'’re building

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that skillset to make that 
career change.

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Christina: Cortney Colvig was a 
child actor who grew up around

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the film industry, where her dad 
worked as a cinematographer.

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She already has a bachelor'’s 
degree in agribusiness and

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food science, but wanted 
a career change.

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Cortney: I've always been 
fascinated what's behind the

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camera instead of 
in front of it.

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I just thought maybe let's try 
it behind the camera.

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Let's see what it's like.

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I just fell in love with it. 
It was, it was so much fun.

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My first day on set as a camera 
production assistant,

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it was a lot of fun 
and I'm like, okay.

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I think, I think this is the 
place.

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Christina: Cortney says the 
program has helped her make

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connections in the industry and 
sharpen her technical skills.

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She'’s already landed some 
freelance work as a

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First Assistant Camera.

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But it'’s the classes at Glendale 
that have given her the freedom

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to explore many different 
aspects of filmmaking.

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Annc: Find your future at 
Glendale Community College

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today. Learn Screenwriting, 
Producing...

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Cortney: In your first class, 
you make your own film in,

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and you go through 
trial and error.

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So you start with the script, 
you start with, um, learning

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basic things like overhead shot 
list, storyboards, and you get

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assigned a role.

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And you can like put your input.

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Like, I really want to be a 
cinematographer.

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I really want to be a director, 
or I really want to do PD,

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I want to try these different 
things.

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But you and your team, 
just like on a set,

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you get to make this film.

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Deb: This teacher is kind of 
looking down and she'’s got look

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space here, so we usually give 
people look space here.

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So she'’s looking down 
and to the right.

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And then we cut to 
the little guy.

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Christina: Deb Diel teaches 
audio production, editing

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and a narrative film class at 
Glendale.

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Both Cortney and Lua were taking 
her classes when the pandemic

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hit and classes moved online.

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Instead of working in groups and 
having an instructor on hand to

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help guide students through the 
film making process...

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everyone was forced to adapt.

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Deb: I'’m proud that we were able 
to keep the quality of their

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academic work and their creative 
work up.

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It'’s really, really good.

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And I have to say that one of 
the reasons for that was the

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district, our college, we have a 
college foundation.

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They all worked to help us get 
money to get some extra

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equipment and some laptops so 
that students could borrow

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equipment for longer 
periods of time.

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♪♪♪

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Okay. 
And standby.

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Rolling. 
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Cristina: During class... 
students have the chance

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to watch each 
other'’s work.

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Projects are analyzed by both 
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Students can take the feedback 
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or life endeavors.

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For many, that'’s 
the beauty of

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the community 
college experience.

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Deb: Community colleges are a 
place where they'’ve truly are

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about community.

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They are providing people with a 
bridge to whatever their goal is

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for themselves.

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That we'’re there to really 
support them and walk them

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across that bridge into the, 
into the next thing that they'’re

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going to do.

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Christina: That'’s it for this 
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Inside California Education: 
Community Colleges

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If you'’d like more information 
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our website insidecaled.org.

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Thanks for joining us.

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We'’ll see you next time on 
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Annc : Inside California 
Education: Community Colleges

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is made possible by:

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College Futures Foundation 
believes nothing is more

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transformative for individuals 
and our society than an

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educational opportunity.

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We partner with organizations 
and leaders across California

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to help students earn college 
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skin color, or income.

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More information at 
collegefutures.org.

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