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In Photos: Scenes from Long Beach Trans Pride 2021

Nov. 18, 2021 / By
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Creating a space to offer events and services for youth and their families was the goal for the Long Beach Trans Pride team. And with their first event, that vision became a reality.
Three people dance.

Community “rises” through people power at Filipino Migrant Center’s “Pagbangon” anniversary event

Nov. 4, 2021 / By
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Filipino Migrant Center celebrated their 11th anniversary by highlighting the power of organizing and remembering those who were lost during the pandemic.
A car windshield has a butterfly sticker next to a sticker saying "wag more."

“The monarchs in my neighborhood:” A poem about moving to a new city

Oct. 5, 2021 / By
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In this poem, VoiceWaves reporter Rachel Livinal writes about her transition from a small city to the much larger city of Long Beach, and how she's learned to move through it all.

Jul. 28, 2021

Tents are lined up on the ground in a ditch next to a street in front of sign welcoming people to Long Beach.

VIDEO: Long Beach program and unhoused residents speak on struggles of people experiencing homelessness

May. 12, 2021

For Long Beach grocery workers, soon to expire hero pay has helped with necessities and mental health during the pandemic

May. 4, 2021

Five women hold up a banner that says L B C says protection not detention.

Long Beach activists speak out at May Day 2021

Apr. 9, 2021

A man with a mask over his mouth poses in front of a tree and holds a sign saying "Food 4 Less enforce mask use."

Long Beach residents continue protesting Kroger as closure of two local stores nears

Mar. 15, 2021

A woman holds an orange sign that says support workers not the bottom line.

Protests against Kroger’s Long Beach store closures continue

Mar. 2, 2021

Rosa Moreno stands to the right with a microphone held up to her masked face. To her left is a cut-out picture of her son, Cesar Rodriguez.

IN PHOTOS: Community organizations hold vigil, and demand justice, for Cesar Rodriguez