City College students and other guests filled the Little Theater April 22 to watch students and professionals speak at the first Sac City Talks, hosted by Student Leadership and Development.
The event featured multiple eight-minute speeches over four sessions between 3–9 p.m. Topics included racial relations, preventing overconsumption, and maintaining physical and mental safety. Each subject tied into the overarching theme of “the next 100 years of progress,” according to Student Senate Secretary of Public Relations Melisa Lasell.
Session 3 included talks from both guest speakers and students, including those involved with Student Leadership and Development. One student speaker was Clubs and Events Board Project Coordinator Georgia Sherman.
In her speech, Sherman, an international relations major with an emphasis on cultural anthropology, asked the audience, “Why do we overconsume?” She suggested that Americans have become comfortable borrowing and spending too much money.
“We have to find our new philosophy by the items that we own, and how many of them we own, and how frequently we can replace them,” Sherman said. “It’s become our social achievement.”
After discussing Americans’ overconsumption of fast food and excessive food modifiers, Sherman tied her speech in with Earth Day. She said that City College students should “reduce, reuse, recycle, and educate,” and then discussed the new recycling bins at City College.
Student Senate President Marianna Sousa represented the other side of student government at Sac City Talks. Sousa brought her daughter onstage to help demonstrate the importance of keeping a safety kit for emergencies at home. After going through a list of essential items — such as Band-Aids, extra clothing and toilet paper — Sousa handed out Red Cross checklists to the audience.
“I’m not here to convert you, but I am here to convince you,” said Sousa.
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The event also featured professionals in various fields from outside City College. Sacramento Assembly member Kevin McCarty spoke during session 3 about his work to provide more funding for preschool and college programs, hoping to have 1 million more college graduates in California by 2025.
“[We] as Californians, we need many more college graduates,” McCarty said.
McCarty also discussed his goal to provide mental health services for college students.
In a later speech, Jenny Davison, a spoken word artist, who said she carries the title of “Sacramento slam-master,” used both speech and poetry to describe her experiences with mental illness.
“I typically find catharsis in helping others function through their own problems,” Davison said.
In addition to the speeches, Sac City Talks included several performance pieces. Five women from the O’Sullivan Academy of Irish Dance performed during the intermission between Sessions 2 and 3. A Session 3 presentation by Chico-based artists Tazuo Yamaguchi and Gian Sosa involved song and a story inspired by Japanese folklore, accompanied by onscreen artwork.
Lasell said she and the student planners were satisfied with the turnout and that they plan to upload the recorded speeches to YouTube in the next few weeks.
“We are thrilled about the participation from all areas we were trying to target: community, academics, students,” Lasell said.
