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• Hostos Students Volunteer to Beautify the Grand Concourse
  
  On a cold blustery morning on the Grand Concourse, a group of Hostos Community College students pulled on some work gloves and hauled dozens of bags of soil and fertilizer and carts full of flowering plants out to the sidewalk along the College’s A building to undertake a spring beautification project. Led by the Student Government Association (SGA), the 14 volunteers set about cleaning out the planters along the base of the building, mixing fresh soil with manure, and planting flowers and shrubs.

• Bronx's Celebrated Chef Yala Visited Hostos, Offered Inspiring Advice and Cooked Delicious Dominican Staples
  
  On Wednesday, April 17, Carmen Báez, better known as Chef Yala, visited Hostos Community College to inspire the community and shed light on her life's journey. This visit was part of the "Nourishing Conversations" series, which highlights critical on-campus resources for students and addresses the pressing issue of food insecurity in the Bronx.
   

• Important Discussion on the Use of Authentic Listening to Mitigate Hate in the Digital Age Held at Hostos Community College

  
  Online conflict, hate and harassment is a pervasive problem that plagues people across generations and the globe. With this in mind, Hostos Community College’s Civility Committee (CCC) and Anti-Hate Initiative hosted an important interactive discussion on how to use authentic listening to increase empathy and mitigate bullying and hate in the digital age. Held on Tuesday, April 16, the event featured a presentation by Dr. Jeffrey Lane, author of “The Digital Street” (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Associate Professor of Communication at Rutgers University, on authentic listening, followed by a student panel discussion on cyberbullying.