Monthly Archives: August 2013

Our Community: Leadership Academy Mentoring Project

Aug. 30, 2013 / By
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“Our Community” is a VoiceWaves project and community event that was showcased on Aug. 26. Youth reporters were tasked to explore their community through a camera’s lens, each picking one community-based organization to shine a spotlight on...

Revamp CA Education

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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Every (other) Wednesday, Building Healthy Communities Long beach will be filling you in on the Revamp CA Ed Campaign...

Our Community: LB Alliance for Children with Asthma

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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“Our Community” is a VoiceWaves project and community event being showcased on Aug. 26. Youth reporters were tasked to explore their community through a camera’s lens, each picking one community-based organization to shine a spotlight on...

Magon: Five Generations of Sinaloa

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 26:  Five Generations of Sinaloa

My great grandmother, Maria, never wrote anything down...

The Dream Lives: San Jose Commemorates March on Washington

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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Silicon Valley DeBug, Video, Charisse Domingo

Ed. Note: Photographer Charisse Domingo captured the images and voices of the hundreds who gathered in San Jose earlier this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, which falls on Aug...

Our Community: Immigrants’ Rights Coalition

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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“Our Community” is a VoiceWaves project and community event that was showcased on Aug. 26. Youth reporters were tasked to explore their community through a camera’s lens, each picking one community-based organization to shine a spotlight on...

A Dream of MLK Today – Aging Against the Machine

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman

SAN FRANCISCO — Fifty. This week’s anniversary celebration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom resounds with a worthwhile mix of critical reassessment and historical pride for the progress made since then and yet to be accomplished...

Photojournalism showcased at VoiceWaves “Our Community” exhibit

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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VoiceWaves celebrated a successful exhibition of photos and audio slide show presentations on Monday, August 26...

Discovering the Power of Words

Aug. 26, 2013 / By
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ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Uninc

I know how it feels to be unheard. But when I began to write, I learned I had the power to change this...

Covered California: Request Enrollment Assistance

Aug. 26, 2013 / By

 

Request Enrollment Assistance from Covered California..

CA Bills Address School Discipline to Narrow Racial Achievement Gap

Aug. 26, 2013 / By
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New America Media, News Analysis, Nicole Hudley

What accounts for the achievement gap between minority and white students?..