Monthly Archives: July 2012

Co-Teaching & Other Collaborative Projects for English Language Learners

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The New School for Public Engagement is a division of The New School, a university in New York City offering distinguished degree, certificate, and continuing education programs in art and design, liberal arts, management and policy, and the performing arts...

Key Features of the Law: Rights & Protections

Jul. 29, 2012 / By
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The Affordable Care Act puts you – not insurance companies – back in charge of your health care...

Center for Families and Youth

Jul. 29, 2012 / By
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The City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, offers a variety of family support programs. ..

Coachella Kicks Off New Sidewalk Project

Jul. 29, 2012 / By
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Coachella Unincorporated is a Youth Media Startup in the East Coachella Valley, funded by the Building Healthy Communities Initiative of The California Endowment and operated by New America Media in San Francisco...

Question of the Month: Small Biz Community Weighs in on Soda Tax

Jul. 29, 2012 / By
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Compiled by Monica Quesada

QUESTION: If the Soda Tax is approved by Richmond voters in November, do you think people will stop buying soda?..

City Council Moves Forward On Limiting Liquor Stores

Jul. 29, 2012 / By
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From the Long Beach Post By Brian Addison

Ninth District Councilmember Steve Neal had a few questions on Tuesday night.

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Unwounded Casualties of the War

Jul. 26, 2012 / By
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By CLARA BRUNO/South Kern Sol

INDEPENDENCE, CALIF.– A date which shall live in infamy,” affected the Japanese and Japanese Americans that lived in the On Feb...

Study Claims Students Not Being Challenged

Jul. 26, 2012 / By
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By Edgardo Cervano-Soto

This year, reports of California’s budget cuts to its education system have dominated the education headlines...

Expert paints bleak air pollution picture to children’s asthma group

Jul. 24, 2012 / By
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By Greg Mellen, Press-Telegram Staff Writer

LONG BEACH – While politicians like to tout improvements in pollution and air quality, that’s not the world that scientists like John Froines see...

San Diego Youth Media Boot Camp: The Stories

Jul. 22, 2012 / By
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July 6-8, a group of young people from around Southern California including Long Beach gathered at  Media Arts Center San Diego  for an intense 3-day Boot Camp in Journalism and Media...

Do you know where health happens?

Jul. 22, 2012 / By
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Did you know how long you live depends on where you live?

Health Happens Here! In our neighborhoods, in our schools, in our grocery stores and our parks—every moment of the day the places where we spend our lives affect how long, and how well, we live...

Timeline: What’s Changing and When

Jul. 22, 2012 / By
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Timeline: What’s Changing and When

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act...