Posts Tagged as "Long Beach"

Long Beach Pride & Prejudice: Notes from a Queer Youth

May. 23, 2013 / By
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(Chelcee Bunkley pictured above third from the right with representatives from the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Center)

Long Beach Pride: a time of year everyone (and sometimes their mothers) are waiting for...

Laws to Look Out For: How Currently Proposed Bills Can Affect LB

May. 22, 2013 / By
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Interactive Map by Angel Kastanis

Four pieces of legislation are revamping the education system as we know it...

Long Beach Schools Improve, But Achievement Gaps Persist

May. 17, 2013 / By
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Infographic by Angel Kastanis

Long Beach Unified might want to hide the report card it got last month...

Voices from the LA Gang Conference

May. 17, 2013 / By
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Last week, community members, law enforcement and health and city officials from all over Southern California came together to discuss gang violence prevention and intervention strategies...

The Basics: What You Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act

May. 13, 2013 / By
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The city of Long Beach is expected to greatly benefit from the Affordable Care Act when the law goes into full effect next year...

Local Teen Tips: How To Eat Healthy In Long Beach

May. 10, 2013 / By
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About 80 percent of U.S. teens follow an unhealthy diet, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination...

Celebrating Dia de La Madre in Long Beach

May. 9, 2013 / By
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For Mother’s Day this year, VoiceWaves honors three local Latina mothers and asked them to share their stories of motherhood...

Grand Prix May Have Displaced Homeless

Apr. 26, 2013 / By
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Dedra Wilson was woken up around 5:40 a.m. on last Thursday morning by Long Beach police...

Youth at Reid Bring Awareness to Sexual Assault

Apr. 26, 2013 / By
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Every ninety seconds, someone is sexually assaulted in the United States, according to U.S. Department of Justice and in last year Long Beach, there were 115 documented rapes...

Students Mull Over Effects of Health Class Cuts

Apr. 20, 2013 / By
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Empty classrooms sit unoccupied while posters of the food pyramid and a woman’s reproductive cycle collect dust on the walls...

Snapshots of Homeless Youth in Long Beach

Apr. 19, 2013 / By
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The stereotype of a homeless person is such: an older man, holding a sign, with missing teeth, begging on a street corner...

Cambodian New Year Celebrated Through Art and Struggle

Apr. 19, 2013 / By
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In the aftermath of years of war, over 1 million Cambodia refugees fled with their families to rebuild their lives in the U.S...