Archive for Category: "People"

Behind The Screen Consequences

Behind The Screen Consequences

Editor’s Note: We thought this video was so important that we decided to feature it.  What are the Consequences Behind the Screen? Coachella Unincorporated responds to recent tragedies involving young people and social media with this video by Alejandra Alarcon. Click below: http://youtu.be/V-sLHhLkyPw

New Issue of Long Beach’s Bilingual Magazine, Palacio Magazine

New Issue of Long Beach’s Bilingual Magazine, Palacio Magazine

Editors Note Much like the changing of the seasons, the spring edition of Palacio De Long Beach inspires growth and positive change. Our cover features a child being introduced to musical instruments. Misty Copeland, solo ballerina, inspires us to reach for our dreams and teaches anything is possible with dedication. Learn about how the Latino [...]

Youth Leader at the official launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation

Youth Leader at the official launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation

  Christopher Covington, a central Long Beach resident, youth leader on the Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach (BHCLB) Steering Committee and Youth Committee, and CCEJ volunteer extraordinaire will be representing BHCLB at the official launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. The Born This Way Foundation will officially launch on February 29th. Lady Gaga [...]

Juanito Geronimo: A Life of Removal

Juanito Geronimo: A Life of Removal

Written by John Oliver Santiago, VoiceWaves Youth Journalist. Juanito Geronimo, left, with his wife.  Photo by John Oliver Santiago. My grandfather’s face is full of joy and amusement as he watches a Filipino program playing on satellite television. Backscratcher in one hand and remote in another, he laughs as a comedian makes a fool of [...]