**Topic Graduations, Covid-19, National Uprisings Against Police Brutality

Title:** Graduating During Covid19

Participants: Lizeth Aguirre, Chandra and Zion

Broadcast Air Date: 06/05/2020

Time: 5:15 PM (PST)

Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA

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Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside.

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  • How do you prepare to graduate during Covid-19?
  • How do we acknowledge the hard work of students if we are unable to hold a physical graduation ceremony?
  • Covid-19 measures of quarantine and social distancing disrupted our school friendships, colleagues and support.
  • The school transition to online formats severed our opportunities to say goodbye to friends and professors.
  • How did students figure out the housing situation when colleges and universities informed students they had to leave campus?
  • Getting ready for graduation causes anxiety, and fear but also optimism and exciting energy
  • How does the post gradation job hunting season look during the covid-19 national shut down?
  • How do you prepare for your first year of college when the college you plan to attend is under quarantine due to Covid-19?
  • What is the difference between an online education and an in-person school experience?
  • What are your thoughts on graduating during the national uprising against police brutality?
  • How do we manage our frustration, fears and heart break when seeing people risk their lives to protest police brutality during a pandemic?
  • How do we support Black Lives Matter?
  • This generation is taking a stand and committing itself to changing the future for the better?
  • How do we walk forward with optimism?
  • We educate ourselves and the people around us to end police brutality.
  • How do we use our college preparation as tool sets to take-on the future?
  • How do we build a community with the tools developed from our college experience?