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Actress, activist Amazon Eve revisits Turlock roots
Turlock High students invite Eve to speak at Gay Straight Alliance event
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As the worlds tallest model and a well-known actress, Erika Ervin or Amazon Eve returned to Turlock Tuesday to speak to students and community members during an event hosted by the Turlock High School Gay Straight Alliance.
With an undeniable sense of confidence that can only come from decades of bolstered courage and self-validation, actress Erika Ervin, who is also professionally and belovedly known as Amazon Eve, graced a stage in Turlock, a city she fled out of fear more than three decades ago. The reason Ervin left Turlock all those years ago is because she is transgender, meaning that her gender identity differs from the sex she was assigned at birth. On Tuesday, however, Ervin was welcomed back by students and community members in the Turlock High School Performing Arts Building during an event hosted by the school’s Gay Straight Alliance.
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Stanislaus State ranked among nation’s best colleges
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Stanislaus State’s Academic Senate voted in favor of a bill that would require students enrolled in all 23 California State University campuses to take one 3-credit unit of any qualifying Ethnic Studies course before they graduate (Journal file photo).
The Princeton Review has named Stanislaus State one of the nation’s Best Value Colleges for 2025, recognizing the University for offering one of the highest returns on investment (ROI) in higher education.
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