Saturday, June 21

New bill would require notifying students of CalFresh eligibility

A state assemblymember introduced a new bill that would make it easier for college students to qualify for food stamps. Assemblymember Shirley Weber introduced Assembly Bill 214, which would require the California Student Aid Commission to provide written notice to Cal Grant recipients who are qualified to participate in the CalFresh program, federally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read more...

Photo: The Community Programs Office, which manages several programs that aim to increase student food security, could get help informing people who qualify for CalFresh benefits under a new bill. (April Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Watermark senior residents speak on adverse effects of eviction notice

This post was updated on April 13 at 10 p.m. When Emiel Meisel and his wife settled in Westwood in 2014, he thought their journeys had come to a close. Read more...

Photo: Ruth Frank (left) and her daughter Carol Frank (right) are pictured in Ruth’s apartment in the Watermark at Westwood. Ruth Frank, who lives in The Watermark at Westwood, met her late husband at UCLA. Jeannine Frank, her other daughter, lived in the same building that her mother lives in now as a student at UCLA. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Student-run organization helps immigrants get access to legal services

The day after President Donald Trump announced his executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries, more than 200 law students mobilized to protest and volunteer at the Los Angeles International Airport. Read more...

Photo: A group of UCLA law students is working to help defend immigrants in the current political climate, continuing the efforts of a mobilization that took place four months ago. (Courtesy of Sasha Novis)


UCLA hosts forum to discuss global refugee issues, potential solutions

International and domestic government officials discussed how to solve the global refugee crisis at a day-long forum at the UCLA Faculty Center on Friday. Several UCLA centers organized the Global Refugee Crisis Conference, including the Center for the Study of International Migration, the Center for European and Russian Studies, the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the UCLA International Institute. Read more...

Photo: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, former United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees, shared his thoughts on how to alleviate the international refugee crisis at a UCLA conference Friday. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)




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