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Omar Morales

Omar Morales

Omar Morales is a recipient of the 2021 Washington Media Fellows Scholarship. He is a senior at SF State majoring in international relations with a minor in journalism. Omar has completed two terms as copy editor for both Xpress publications, and remains a contributor. His original contributions to Xpress include packaged multimedia stories, which highlight racial justice and equity issues in the era of COVID-19. Omar’s hobbies include reading, photography, poetry and working out. (edited) 
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Executive Director Diane Gray and Associate Program Director Tachelle Herron (right to left) talked to GGX in a garden at 100% College Prep, a Bayview-Hunters Point nonprofit geared toward helping students make it to college. The organization is finding success in creating Black excellence amid the pandemic. (Omar Morales / Golden Gate Xpress)

Alum spotlight: Black women leading students to excellence at Bayview-Hunters Point nonprofit

Omar Morales Apr 2, 2021
High school students are finding record-breaking success amid the era of COVID-19.
Peter Gentile, who is a bartender at Martuni’s, said that the SF Queer Night life is nonexistent now. “Well, I can speak for Martuni’s. I can’t speak for everybody, but what’s it like now? It’s nothing. We’re nothing. There’s no nightlife. We’re not taking nearly enough money, and there’s no community, which is what Martuni’s had because we are a piano bar.” (Emily Curiel / Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco’s queer nightlife grasps for a return to normalcy

Omar Morales Mar 9, 2021

Esta Noche, Trocerdo Transfer, Lexington, Universe, Pendulum — uttering these names of shuttered venues among queer circles in San Francisco is to uncan the history of a storied nightlife that began...

(Upper Left to Bottom Right) Tachelle Herron-Lane, Shanice Robinson, Denise Robinson,Tiffany Knuckles, Kevin Williams, Bryon Thomas, Neveah Vaughan, De’Onnie Dixon, Mar’Niyah Vaughan hold up fists and photos of slain Black Americans like Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin, Soul of SF State stands against racism and anti-Blackness at SF State on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.

Soul of SF State returns with virtual event observing Black History Month

Omar Morales Feb 15, 2021

The Soul of SF State committee held a virtual community event that featured remarks from prominent local leaders on Saturday, as a follow up to a Black Lives Matter forum held last fall.   According...

Among the priorities slated for implementation in the coming months are: the improvement of hiring practices, bolstering support for Black student clubs, anti-racist student programming, and the development of more scholarship resources. (Emily Curiel / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State admin delivers first round of ‘fluid’ BLM agenda timetable

Omar Morales Oct 20, 2020

SF State’s Black community is set to receive a bevy of new programming that is designed to create educational and economic equity on campus, according to a working document authored by the administration...

According to James Martel, president of the SF State chapter of the California Faculty Association, the top concern for the bargaining team in this part of the negotiation was to save as many jobs as possible from what he described as a form of capitalism that is provoked by extreme circumstances such as a pandemic. (Golden Gate Xpress)

University, labor group strike preliminary deal on better practices amid pandemic

Omar Morales Sep 8, 2020

James Martel, president of the SF State chapter of the California Faculty Association, announced on Sept. 1 progress on a sweeping portion of ongoing negotiations between the SF State chapter and the university....

Black students at SF State organized at a Open Forum for Black Students on July 24, expressing concerns with administration and personal experiences. (Olivia Wynkoop/Golden Gate Xpress)

Black students mobilize to press administration

Olivia Wynkoop and Omar Morales Aug 6, 2020

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story featured a quote from a source who referenced a proverb by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, but incorrectly recounted it as an African proverb.  The quote has...

A pedestrian walks by Hot Cookie in the Castro district. (James Wyatt / Golden Gate Xpress / San Francisco, Calif. July 29, 2020)

Campus voices react to Hot Cookie clash

Omar Morales Jul 30, 2020

Workers of famed Castro bakery, Hot Cookie, went public last week via Instagram to accuse the shop’s owners of a pattern of sexual harassment and racial discrimination. According to the social media...

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