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Dia de Los Muetros held their 16th anniversary festival celebration
The city of Corpus Christi came together on Oct. 28 for the Día de los Muertos Street Festival for their 16th year of celebration. The streets of downtown Corpus Christi were crowded with people celebrating the Mexican tradition of honoring their deceased loved ones. The festival had live music from three stages, a Kids Corner that provided activities for children, various vendors selling their handmade arts and crafts, and food trucks. There were also ofrendas such as “Altars of Remembrance” that was held in the Ritz Theater for the duration of the festival. Among the local artisans, the Del Mar…
DMC tackles civility and conflict resolution
Warren Joshua Maxwell wmaxwell@foghornnews.com Del Mar College recently held a group discussion to address conflict resolution and what to do when harassment happens, as well as how it can be resolved in a peaceful manner. Civility Week is a weeklong event that is held every fall semester at the beginning of September. The event took place on Sept. 12 and covered ways to handle toxic situations. It also gave an opportunity for students to share and explore ideas together. “What I hope that people gain from Civility Week is to learn that everyone is human, you don’t know what everyone…
DMC, KEDT join forces for StoryCorps project
Mark Young myoung@foghornnews.com A rainy day did not stop members of Del Mar College and KEDT from coming together for the kickoff of StoryCorps coming to Corpus Christi. StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization that was created to record the conversations of everyday Americans, which are then logged in the Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. It has become one of the largest oral history projects, with over 65,000 interviews from all 50 states, and will now include 150 conversations from the people of Corpus Christi. The kickoff opened with Don Dunlap, the KEDT president and general manager, saying he…