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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Photo of three YEPI members at an event presenting their posters. Photo taken by the YEPI team.

Organizing change

Exploring the role nonprofits play in social activism
Arushi Singh and Alan Tai
December 7, 2023
An activist in San Francisco speaks into a microphone, protesting the 2023 APEC summit. Photo Courtesy of Ann Penalosa / La Voz News

Power to the people

Highlighting people who have participated in protests
Pranati Kotamraju and Corinna Kuo
December 7, 2023
Local politics are just as important in the lives of MVHS students as federal news, if not more.

National concern, local impact

Why students should be involved in local politics
Anika Bhandarkar and April Wang
September 30, 2023
Activists congregated at the San Jose City Hall on June 25 to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Photo | Anna Jerolimov

Rising up for Roe

Student activists recount their involvement in abortion rights activism
Sonia Verma and Lillian Wang
March 1, 2023

Artivism on social media

Discussing the unique impacts of combining art, activism, and the widespread use of social media
Lily Jiang and April Wang
February 3, 2023

Single-use plastics on the rise due to COVID-19 restrictions

Exploring steps being taken to help restaurants minimize plastic use
Ritu Atreyas
May 14, 2021
Change.org is a platform that allows users to create online petitions and request leaders to make change

Social change.org

Online petitions, albeit performative, should not be classified as purely apathetic
Anushka De
April 29, 2021
Students use Instagram to spread awareness about their own experiences with the threat of sexual harassment and assault, and how to remedy those issues

“The experience of too many women”

Young women take to Instagram to share their experiences as women and facing the threat of sexual harassment and assault
Anushka De and Prisha Tiwari
March 22, 2021
Analyzing meaningful forms of anti-racist work and how we can improve

Reflecting on Black History Month

Analyzing meaningful forms of anti-racist work and how we can improve
Oishee Misra
February 27, 2021
MLK links arms with protestors at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963

The continued erasure of MLK’s legacy

The portrayal of the leader as passive and accommodationist damages our capacity to continue his fight for radical change
Jannah Sheriff
January 24, 2021
The hyperfocus on political correctness among the MVHS community hinders productive discussion.

Intellectual elitism

The hyperfocus on political correctness among the MVHS community hinders productive discussion
Oishee Misra
January 17, 2021
A "Black Lives Matter" poster by National Geographic stands in Washington D.C.

“Arrest the cops”: Exploring the parallels between performative activism and profits

Companies and celebrities are profiting off tragedies
Robert Liu
November 7, 2020
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