Photo of the day: Free health and safety services for Sacramento City College students

Patricia Jones, Staff Writer

May 1, 2025

Entrance for the new Student Health and Wellness Center is located behind the Student Services Center building at Sacramento City College, Thursday, April 3, 2025 in Sacramento, Calif.

Sacramento City College offers free medical and mental health services for Los Rios Community College students. Some of the free services include health and illness assessments, condoms, flu vaccine, sexual health, pregnancy tests and Narcan.

If you need mental health services or anybody to talk to, City College offers that as well. Being a student can be challenging, so City College offers both in person and online therapy.

City College does not encourage drug use, but supplies resources so you can safely use them and help yourself or a friend safe from a possible overdose. City College offers opioid overdose and drinking spiking prevention at the Student Health and Wellness Center. Feel free to stop by and pick up a safety tool kit. The kit comes with two doses of Narcan, fentanyl testing strips, drink spike testing kits and a drink cover.

Los Rios also offers WEAVE confidential advocates. A WEAVE confidential advocate is a person who confidentially handles domestic violence, sexual assault or sexual harassment situations that students or staff may experience. The advocate is not an employee of City College. They provide emotional support and refer you to resources on and off the campus, and will gladly accompany you to investigations and hearings.

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Patricia Jones, Staff Writer

She loves breaking news stories and anything that grabs readers full attention. Growing up in Sacramento, Patricia didn’t get the privilege to see a lot of journalists that looked like her. This inspired her to go into the field of journalism, the best journalist she could possibly be.

Elijah Antoine, Staff Photographer

Elijah Antoine is a staff writer for the Express. This is his first semester writing for the Express. Sports writing really interests him, from either talking about information with player contracts or the history of different sports through the years. Growing up, journalism would be the biggest interest in Elijah’s youth, and always watching ESPN gave him clues while tuning in with his parents. He would always watch the analysts talk about sports trades, new contracts and various aspects of sports. Knowing the ESPN reporters were all journalists and went to school for it had Elijah interested just from being a big sports fan. He wants to talk about sports on another level than just with friends and family. He also has a love for photography and taking pictures that paint a story. He plans to transfer to Cal State LA to pursue his bachelor’s degree in journalism.