Posts Tagged as "community"

Joaquín Magón: Remembering César

Apr. 1, 2012 / By
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The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 11: Remembering César

I never met César. The opportunity to shake his hand or hear him speak in person is not one that I had...

Let’s Move

Apr. 1, 2012 / By
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to parents about the need for kids to be active in order to raise a happy and healthy generation...

Community Voices: Martina de Santiago

Apr. 1, 2012 / By
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Are You Optimistic or Pessimistic about the Future of Long Beach? VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez asked this question to attendees at the recent first People’s State of the City event in Long Beach...

The Health Care Law and You

Mar. 30, 2012 / By
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Find out what Health Care Services are available to you now!

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Former Nurse Finds New Way to Serve Community

Mar. 29, 2012 / By
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By Rogelio Montaño,

Coachella Unincorporated

When Lilia Rebollar came to the United States from Mexico, the only work the former nurse could find was in the agricultural fields of the Eastern Coachella Valley...

What Will Happen to California if Supreme Court Nullifies Health Law?

Mar. 28, 2012 / By
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New America Media, Question & Answer, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Mar 28, 2012

Photo courtesy of the National Partnership for Women and Families from their Supreme Court demonstration Tuesday on the health care reform law...

Dirty Crude Spells Dirty Air in California

Mar. 27, 2012 / By
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New America Media/InsideClimate News, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Mar 27, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s long-running campaign to reduce air pollution has indirectly helped create a new problem: its oil refineries now produce more greenhouse gas emissions than refineries anywhere else in the country...

The Beat Within

Mar. 27, 2012 / By
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The Beat Within’s mission is to provide incarcerated youth with consistent opportunity to share their ideas and life experiences in a safe space that encourages literacy, self-expression, some critical thinking skills, and healthy, supportive relationships with adults and their community...

Share Your Story on VoiceWaves

Mar. 26, 2012 / By
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VoiceWaves is an online community of many diverse people, ideas, and opinions. We imagine our website as a home for all people...

Community Voices: People’s State of the City- Adalhi Montes

Mar. 26, 2012 / By
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VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez interviewed a wide range of people recently at the first Peoples State of the City event...

California at Forefront of Implementing Affordable Care Act

Mar. 23, 2012 / By
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New America Media, Video, Report: Viji Sundaram / Video: Josue Rojas, Posted: Mar 23, 2012

SACRAMENTO – Today, as the nation commemorates the second anniversary of the signing of the landmark health care reform law by President Obama, California has perhaps more reason to celebrate than most other states for being at the forefront of enacting the law...

A Tale of Two Undocumented Graduates

Mar. 23, 2012 / By
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Profile, Text: Ruby Perez / Photos: Monica Quesada

Raul Rodriguez and Alberto Ledesma live parallel lives.

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