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100

This amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures.

What is the Fourth Amendment?

100

This three‑digit number affects your ability to rent, get a loan, or open utilities

What is a credit score?

100

This is the appropriate attire for both men and women attending court

What is a blouse, dress shirt, and slacks?

100

What program on campus helps students apply for hot meals, and grocery cards or Uber cards?

what is Lancer Care?

100

On January 30,2026, students gathered at Harbeson Hall to protest Trump administration immigration enforcement during this national demonstration 

What is the Anti- ICE National Shutdown? 

200

When interacting with police, you can say this phrase to invoke your right to remain silent.

What is “I am exercising my right to remain silent”?

200

Many reentry programs teach that saving at least this percentage of your income builds long‑term stability.


What is 10%?

200

This legal process seals or removes a criminal record as if it never occurred

What is expungement?

200

Where is CORE located?

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200

Held in Alhambra in March 2021 this rally and candlelight vigil brought community members together to speak out against anti- Asian Hate and Violence 

What is Stop Asian hate SGV/LA?

300

Under federal law, employers cannot ask about your criminal history until after this stage in many states with “Ban the Box.”

What is the initial job application?

300

This government- backed home loan allows qualified first time buyers to put down just 3.5% but borrowers typically need at least this minimum credit score to qualify 

what is 580 ?

300

If convicted of a misdemeanor, this is what a judge may grant instead of jail time

What is probation?

300

This PCC center supporting undocumented and mixed-status students is located in a room within the IT Building. Name the room number.

What is IT-224?

300

Held in Los Angeles on May 1,2006 this massive workers and immigrant rights demonstration to march and skip work or school to show their economic power 

What is the May Day March without Immigrants? 

400

Schools receiving federal funds must provide equal access to education regardless of criminal history under this civil rights law

What is Title VI?

400

After a student graduates, leaves school, or drops below half time enrollment, this is the usual amount of time they have before payments begin on a federal direct unsubsidized loan 

What is 6 months?

400

Earning a bachelor’s degree is associated with this low recidivism rate, around 5–6%.

What is the recidivism rate for individuals with a bachelor’s degree?

400

In 1954, this decision reshaped American education by rejecting the “separate but equal” doctrine and mandating school desegregation  

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

400

During the COVID-19 era in 2020, Los Angeles saw major Black Lives Matter protest after George Floyd's murder. This Black Lives Mater Los Angeles co-founder was one of the most visible leaders for those efforts in the city

Who is Melina Abdullah? 

500

This federal law allows some people with convictions to request sealing or expungement of certain records.

What is the First Step Act?

500

In financial aid, these terms refer to the authority and circumstances that allow a college to reconsider a student's aid eligibility when the fasfa does not fully reflect major changes such as income loss, medical expenses, or family hardship

What is the professional judgement or special circumstance appeal ?

500

This proposition adds felony charges for theft and classifies fentanyl as a Class A drug.

What is Proposition 46?

500

Name one program organized by APIDA Initiatives or the APIDA Student Advisory.

What is Spill the Tea Support Sesh? 

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What is Changemakers: Empowering APIDA Leaders?

500

This 1942 Los Angeles case, named after a reservior near the city, became a symbol of racial injutice after Mexican American youth were unfairly targeted and the trail helped inflame tensions that foreshadowed the Zoot Suit Riots. 

What is the Sleepy Lagoon case? 

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