Student organizations gathered on the Lory Student Center Plaza last Wednesday afternoon for the United Front for Freedom’s monthly Student Mass Assembly, where community members voiced concerns ranging from campus resource cuts to immigrant rights.
The event, held from 1-3 p.m. on April 1, was co-hosted by six organizations: The Young Democratic Socialists of America, Planned Parenthood Generation at CSU, Revolutionary Student Union CSU, Young Democrats at CSU, Students for Justice in Palestine and The People United. Organizers also accepted donations of food and clothing as part of a mutual aid effort.
The assembly opened with an open-mic style forum where students raised grievances about university resource allocation. One attendee criticized the university’s decision to build a new on-campus stadium, arguing that it came at the expense of an existing student community garden that had provided free, fresh produce…