With post-November 8 tension and confusion poised to come to a head on Inauguration Day, campuses across Santa Barbara — from elementary schools to institutes of higher learning — have already set in place school ground locations dedicated to the quiet safety of its most vulnerable students.
Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Trustees spearheaded a resolution on December 13 to “welcome and support children from all backgrounds, including those from undocumented families” and to “keep immigration authorities off our campuses to the fullest extent provided by law.”
At the University of California level, the pressure’s real, said third-year Film and Media Studies major Le Tang with UCSB’s Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity. “But since the election, it feels like we’ve been more fired up. And we’ve definitely been seeing more support.”