Monthly Archives: October 2012

Students and Teachers Find Restorative Justice More Effective

Oct. 22, 2012 / By
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Reid High School Dean Melanie Webb was interrupted on Wednesday by an irate senior named Nickia Veasley...

Children and Food | The New School for Public Engagement

Oct. 21, 2012 / By
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The Food Studies program at The New School in New York City draws on a range of disciplines to explore the connections between food and the environment, politics, history, and culture...

Diary Of A Teen Diet- Ibarra Eats Healthy

Oct. 21, 2012 / By
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Diary Of A Teen Diet takes a snapshot of what South Kern teens eat on an average day...

Certified Farmers’ Market Returns to Downtown Coachella

Oct. 21, 2012 / By
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COACHELLA, Calif. — Fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables are coming back to downtown Coachella, starting this coming Saturday, October 20, when the Palm Springs Cultural Center’s Certified Farmers’ Market returns for its 2012/13 season...

In California, Students and Parents Prefer the New School Lunches

Oct. 18, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Suzanne Manneh and Jacob Simas, Posted: Oct 18, 2012

By a ratio of 3 to 1, public school students in California say the new healthy school meals being served up in California’s K-12 public schools are better than what they’ve had in the past, according to a survey released today by The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation...

Undocumented Health Day-Undocumented and Queer Survival Stories

Oct. 17, 2012 / By
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The Immigrant Youth Coalition shares their stories in dealing with depression, substance abuse and other oppressions such as bullying...

What Brought Me To The Brink Of Vegetarianism

Oct. 17, 2012 / By
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By Mark Westbrook

Not a pity-inducing documentary, not a love for animals, not for chakras, chi, or chicks (see disclaimer at bottom)...

Oakland at Center of Anti-Prop 32 Campaign

Oct. 16, 2012 / By
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New America Media/Oakland Local, News Report, Jennifer Inez Ward, Posted: Oct 16, 2012

OAKLAND, Calif...

LBCC Recording Program in Jeopardy

Oct. 16, 2012 / By
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By Betty Villalobos

As budget cuts threaten Long Beach City College academic programs, students in the music department link arms and stand ground against the menacing boulder heading directly towards the Recording Engineering and Record Producer programs...

The Long Beach Community Database

Oct. 15, 2012 / By
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The Long Beach Community Database was developed as a community service by ReThinking Greater Long Beach to provide a publicly available common set of statistical information about Long Beach, California, for those interested in making Long Beach a better place for all residents to live and work...

BHC Long Beach Full Hub Meeting

Oct. 15, 2012 / By
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This meeting will be focusing on Political Education and Voter Engagement. In partnership with the League of Women Voters, BHC Long Beach will be hosting a Non-Partisan Political Education Session!..

Pesticides Harm Kids’ Health and Intelligence, Study Finds

Oct. 14, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 10, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO – Exposure to pesticides is one key reason why children today are more likely to have a wide range of such diseases and disorders as cancer, autism, birth defects and asthma than children of a generation ago, according a study released yesterday...