By Ruby Pratka Local Journalism Initiative Léa Côté was near tears as she stood in line to speak at a spontaneous open-mic sharing session at the end of the Bishop’s Forum on Aug. 12. She and her 60 or so fellow participants were functioning on an hour or two of sleep, having worked through the night on their final presentations. Voices were hoarse and emotions bubbled up. Côté is a Bishop’s business administration student from Compton who spe…