West Valley College unveiled its universal free meal program with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the campus’s newly renovated cafe on Tuesday afternoon.

West Valley-Mission Community College District and Thomas Cuisine are partnering to provide the nation’s first universal meal program at a U.S. community college, according to Chancellor Bradley Davis. He clarified that their program applies to every student and provides multiple freshly prepared meals per day, while other colleges offer a single meal or only provide free meals to a number of students that are most in need.

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“We flat out refuse to let things like the cost of tuition, the cost of childcare, heck, even the cost of parking be barriers for our students,” Davis said during the ceremony. “And when we asked the

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