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Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees Dr. Virginia Baxter and Sunny Zia, and Interim Superintendent-President Dr. Mike Mu帽oz hosted a to launch 海角社区鈥檚 Helping Homeless Students Fund website and to discuss the Helping the Homeless Students Associate Group鈥檚 work on Tues., June 2.

Approximately one in six 海角社区students experience homelessness or housing insecurity.

Speakers also included Tamara Lincoln and Majeedah Wesley, two 海角社区alumni who also experienced housing insecurity. Lincoln now works for 海角社区and splits her time between the College鈥檚 Learning and Academic Resources department and outreaching to LBCC鈥檚 unhoused student population. Wesley is a staff auditor and whistleblower investigator for the City and County of San Francisco鈥檚 Office of the Controller.

Attendees were able to watch a brief documentary , a former student who spoke about her journey from sleeping by the Los Angeles River, to taking classes at 海角社区and then graduating with a certificate and associate degree in Welding.

鈥淗ousing is a challenge in Long Beach and our surrounding cities. It鈥檚 an even bigger challenge for community college students who are often balancing school with multiple jobs and family,鈥� said Mu帽oz. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 town hall brings this issue to light, and the new website will make it easier for our community to help us in our fight to help our most vulnerable students.鈥�

The mission of the 海角社区 Foundation鈥檚 Helping the Homeless Students Associate Group is to assist housing and food-insecure students with basic needs and other support so they can focus on their academic success. This mission is undertaken by achieving various goals including Identify students who are food and housing insecure; Support identified students who are food and housing insecure; support student recipients academically; monitor the academic success of student recipients, and raise funds to continue implementing the Housing Committee mission.

For more information on the Helping Homeless Students Fund, visit .

The town hall can be viewed on LBCC鈥檚 YouTube channel at .