Monthly Archives: November 2013

Fair Share 4 Kids

Nov. 8, 2013 / By
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Fair Share 4 Kids is a statewide campaign in support of equitable school funding in California...

5k Run Draws Hundreds to Dia de los Muertos Celebration

Nov. 8, 2013 / By
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Coachella — On November 1, the night before Día de los Muertos, hundreds descended upon Sixth Street to participate in the inaugural Run with Los Muertos 5K and enjoy the pre- and post-run festivities...

NewsLongBeach: Re-Imagining School Discipline

Nov. 8, 2013 / By
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The Long Beach Unified School District recently passed a resolution regarding school discipline policies. The school board urges “careful monitoring to prevent a disproportinate share of suspensions from occurring at a given school campus or with demographic subgroups of students and it urges schools to build upon existing efforts to provide alternatives.”..

Nonprofits Adapt to Demographic Shift

Nov. 8, 2013 / By
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Richmond Pulse News Report,  Chanelle Ignant

Every Thursday at the West County First 5 center in Richmond, a group of ten to twelve moms gathers to discuss the issues that matter most to them...

Migrant Education Programs Make Saturday School a Family Affair

Nov. 7, 2013 / By
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EdSource Today, News Report, Susan Frey, Posted: Nov 07, 2013

School on Saturday? Most students would protest such an intrusion on their free time, but for children of migrant workers, Saturday school is a family affair...

Q&A: Napolitano On Diversity, Academics and the Undocumented at U.C.

Nov. 7, 2013 / By
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New America Media, Video, Peter Schurmann, Video by Jacob Simas

Ed. Note: In September former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took over as president of the University of California, the first-ever woman to hold that position...

School Reform: Students, Parents Assert Their Demands

Nov. 5, 2013 / By
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Woodrow Wilson High School junior Eduardo Pacheco remembers the day he opened his favorite school lunch meal—lasagna—to find instead a soggy drape of watered cheese...

NewsLongBeach: Teaching the Future

Nov. 3, 2013 / By
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Produced by Antonio Ruiz

L.A.M.P., Leadership Academy Mentoring Program, is a personal and career development program at the Long Beach Community Action Partnership...

Infographic: Santa Clara Community Supports Policy That Keeps ICE Out of Jails

Nov. 3, 2013 / By
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Cesar FloresCharisse Domingo • Silicon Valley De-Bug

This infographic shares the results of the first of its kind in the country survey, asking Santa Clara County community members (immigrant and non-immigrant) about how issues of trust are impacted by policies that keep ICE away from the local jail system...

Voices of Ramona Gardens: A medical clinic is a step away

Nov. 3, 2013 / By
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When Miguel Anda, 52, walks into the AltaMed Health Clinic inside the Ramona Gardens housing complex, he is usually greeted with a warm hello and a long line of patients...

How Crummy, Run-Down Housing Harms the Children Who Live in It

Nov. 3, 2013 / By
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From the Atlantic Cities by EMILY BADGER

 

The housing crisis sounded all kinds of alarms for policymakers and the public about what happens when families can’t afford their homes, or when they lose the stability that a secure home provides...

NewsLongBeach: The Voices of UndocuQueers

Nov. 2, 2013 / By
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There’s a conversation underway in this country about immigration policies and its impact on those who live in the shadow of undocumented...