Archive for December, 2011
Kwanzaa With Taitu
Written by Taitu Negus, VoiceWaves Journalist. Photo by Sophinarath Cheang. Taitu (purple tank top) and her family. Photo by Sophinarath Cheang. Kwanzaa was created by Maulana Karenga in 1966, a professor and philosopher whose goal was to “give Blacks an alternative to the existing holiday and give Blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and history.” [...]
Gay During The Holidays: Celebrating Posada With Bienestar
Text and Photos by Prumsodun Ok, VoiceWaves Project Director + Executive Editor Jesus Kanessa Gonzalez. Photo by Prumsodun Ok. On a cold Wednesday night the Guild Room of St. Luke’s Church is filled with warm chatter. Beneath the flatness of fluorescent lights, approximately twenty people celebrate Posada. They gather around two tables and laugh over [...]
Mental Health Taboos Fuel Korean Am. Suicides
New America Media, News Feature, Peter Schurmann and Aruna Lee, Posted: Dec 19, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO — Jean Yoo’s friends and co-workers all said nothing seemed to be amiss with the 36-year-old media personality, well known among Los Angeles’ Korean community as the anchor for Prime News. Which explains why so many were shocked by word of her [...]
Older workers face bleak prospects, program cuts
BY ANDREA PARROTT, TC DAILY PLANET December 18, 2011 “The message we are sending is ‘America to seniors: drop dead because we don’t want to provide healthcare, social security, or employment.’” Anthony Sarmiento, executive director of Senior Service America, Inc., told the Gerontological Society of America’s 2011 conference that’s the message older workers are hearing, as they [...]
