Monthly Archives: April 2013

Will.i.am. gives back to Boyle Heights

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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Whether producing the next top-rated song, coming up with a recycling idea for Coca-Cola, singing to sold out crowds or heading up creative innovation at Intel, will.i.am..

San Diego’s Teen Producers Project

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project has been working in the community since the Summer of 2001...

Disabled Youth Play Ball, Make Friends in Challenger Division

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated

COACHELLA — Javier Avila and Calani Raceles are two young men with mental challenges doing the unimaginable — playing baseball...

Extended Families Would Fair Poorly in New Immigration Law

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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India West, News Report, Sunita Sohrabji

As business leaders roundly cheered a sweeping immigration proposal released last week by the Senate’s “Gang of Eight,” civil rights organizations voiced concerns about the limitations the new bill would impose on extended family reunification...

From the Youth Media Network

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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Youth Media for Building Health Communities: Each week in the 14 BHC places, young people knit together experiences at school, at work, at home and in their neighborhoods to tell stories about how health happens...

Suspended Freshmen Less Likely To Graduate

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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From Youth Radio

Graphics by Teresa Chin

School suspensions during freshman year seem to have a lasting effect on students’ high school careers — but not in the way they are intended...

California’s Lifeline to the Future

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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The Center for Media Justice, The Utility Reform Network and New America Media invite you for a statewide ethnic media webinar and telebriefing...

Teens Meeting Online: A Safety Guide for LB Youth

Apr. 26, 2013 / By and
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The first time Long Beach City College student Ben Fernandez met up with someone that he met online, he lost his virginity...

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...

Youth Leadership Long Beach Class 2013

Apr. 22, 2013 / By
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The Youth Leader Long Beach Class 2013 graduated on Saturday, April 20 at the Long Beach Playhouse...

How Young People Can Care For The Environment

Apr. 22, 2013 / By
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As the years progress we hear about more and more environmental disasters caused by humanity’s mistreatment of the planet...