future Latino students must continue to engage with values of leadership, involvement, and advocacy, and realize their full potential as active members of a rising and inspiring community in the years to come.

Community-Based Research as a Democratic Practice, commonly known as State of the State, is a politics class with a focus on community involvement. Recently, the class attended a prominent conference in Seattle, Wash., where it learned from and discussed immigration issues with community leaders in Washington State and researchers from across the nation and around the world.

In an effort to educate Walla Walla's Latino community about political issues, a debate between Terry Nealey, the candidates for 16th District State Representative, took place Sunday, Oct. 18, at St. Patrick's...