Monthly Archives: October 2012

Making the Case for Voting in Long Beach

Oct. 31, 2012 / By
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By VoiceWaves Guest Writer Tonia Reyes Uranga

I want to stress the importance of voting in this very important election this November 6th...

The Fight Against the SCIG Project Goes On

Oct. 31, 2012 / By
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Long Beach community members and groups are continuing the fight against the controversial proposed $500 million dollar container loading yard just outside city limits...

November/December 2012 Palacio de Long Beach Magazine

Oct. 30, 2012 / By
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This Holiday issue of Palacio Magazine celebrates some the many reasons we have to be thankful all year long...

LGBT anti-bullying efforts may ‘fall through the cracks’ due to budget cuts

Oct. 30, 2012 / By
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By Sonia Guillen

For three years, Lakewood High School students have harassed Alyssa Mullenix emotionally and physically for being a lesbian, according to the Press-Telegram.

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In Richmond, English Learners Get Assist From Volunteers

Oct. 30, 2012 / By
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Richmond Pulse/New America Media, News Feature, Edgardo Cervano-Soto, Posted: Oct 28, 2012

“Every good story has a conflict,” says the teacher as she draws a story plot map for her students...

Khmer Girls in Action Makes Voting Easier

Oct. 26, 2012 / By
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Hoping to help voters make decisions that support a healthy Long Beach, Khmer Girls In Action created a voter guide...

Litter: The Ecological Degradation of North Long Beach

Oct. 25, 2012 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporter Candace Marquez

Once a white working-class neighborhood, North Long Beach is now home to many ethnicities including African-Americans, Latinos, Samoans, and Tongans...

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Oct. 24, 2012 / By
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From The California Endowment..

Asian & Pacific Islander Dreams Can’t Wait

Oct. 24, 2012 / By

When Anthony Ng migrated with his family to the U.S. from the Philippines at the age of 12, he had high hopes...

Salad Days: Becoming A Vegetarian To Remember Grandma

Oct. 23, 2012 / By
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By Andrew LamNew America Media

SAN FRANCISCO — For a period of a month sometime ago I became a vegetarian.
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California’s Pickiest Eaters Grade New School Lunches

Oct. 23, 2012 / By
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News Report by Jacob Simas / NAM Youth Wire reporters

Two months into a new school year that saw stricter federal nutrition guidelines go into effect for school meals, youth reporters from New America Media fanned out in high schools across California to interview their peers and check out the view from the lunch line...

Think Outside the Box: Josh & Angela

Oct. 23, 2012 / By and
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Every tax dollar funneled into jails and prisons takes funding away from other services and needs, including K-12 and higher education...