Healthy Richmond Initiative Launches Website
News Feature, Edgardo Cervano-Soto There’s a 21st Century saying that goes, “if you don’t exist in social media...
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Sep
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Sep
Remembering the Four Little Girls
Blog, Monet Boyd It was Sunday morning, September 15, 1963 and the roaring sound of dynamite rang through Birmingham, Alabama, coming from the 16th Street Baptist Church. A fourteen year old boy named William Bell heard it from 3 miles away. William’s father rushed into the car with his family and went...
11
Sep
Richmond Forges Ahead with First-in-the-Nation Plan to Seize Underwater Mortgages
Leer en Español News Report • Anna Challet Richmond will move forward with its plans to seize underwater mortgages using eminent domain, raising the stakes in a test case of whether a city can take on Wall Street and rescue troubled homeowners on its own. “The City of Richmond and our residents have...
10
Sep
Annual Summer Event Encourages Youth to RYSE Up
Photo Essay, Luis Cubas It was a beautiful, sunny day, and the rhythm of the music was perfect, along with the scent of food being cooked. For the fourth consecutive August, the RYSE Center, a nonprofit youth center in Richmond, organized its own Summer Jam, an event that features live music,...
05
Sep
Writing the Future: Innovative ‘WriterCoach’ Program Enters Second Year at Richmond High
News Feature • April Suwalsky WriterCoach Connection (WCC) is an East Bay-based organization that trains and coordinates volunteers to work one-on-one with middle and high school students as “writing coaches” in their English classes. Coaches help students to hone their writing skills, as well as develop their own writing voices and...
04
Sep
El Rincón de Khalid – September 2013
Sabiduria de un Líder Comunitario, Khalid Elahi Nunca conocí el valor completo de la vida hasta que perdí a mi amigo más cercano a la brutalidad de una arma en 1991. Vi los efectos que su muerte tuvo en su familia entera y las metas que nunca cumpliría....
En un Condado Plagado por el Asma, un Paso Hacia la Prevención
Read in English Reportaje, Malcolm Marshall La estudiante de último año en Richmond High School Maribel Navarro recuerda lo que se siente tener que ir a la sala de emergencia cada vez que tenía un ataque de asma, lo que solía ser seguido. “Cuando era pequeña, mi asma era muy fuerte. Iba...
01
Sep
In Asthma Plagued County, a Move Toward Prevention
Leer en Español News Report, Malcolm Marshall Richmond High School senior Maribel Navarro remembers what it felt like to have to go to the emergency room every time she had an asthma attack, which was often. “When I was little, I'd get my asthma really bad. I would go to the hospital...
31
Aug
Porque Tú Me Amaste: “El Jardín de Aprendizaje del Abuelo Allen” Honra a un Organizador de la Justicia Social
Read in English Por April Suwalsky Un maestro afecta la eternidad; él nunca puede decir donde se detiene su influencia. –Henry Adams Un nuevo patio escolar verde esta creciendo en Richmond. Localizado en las escuelas Richmond College Prep (RCPS en inglés) en el 1014 Florida Avenue, el Jardín de Aprendizaje del Abuelo Allen...
29
Aug
One City, Two Success Stories
By Yaquelin Valencia My name is Yaquelin Valencia. I am 21-years-old, an undocumented Dreamer and a recent recipient of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). I was born in Aquila, Michoacán, Mexico. My mother brought me to the U.S. at the age of two, and I was raised in Richmond, California....
28
Aug
Una Ciudad, Dos Historias de Éxito
Por Yaquelin Valencia Mi nombre es Yaquelin Valencia. Tengo 21 años, soy una DREAMER indocumentada y recién beneficiaria de DACA (Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia). Nací en Aquila, Michoacán, México. Mi mamá me trajo a los Estados Unidos cuando yo tenía dos años, y crecí en Richmond, California....
20
Aug
Because You Loved Me: “Grandpa Allen Learning Garden” Honors Social Justice Organizer
Leer en Español By April Suwalsky A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. –Henry Adams A new green schoolyard is growing in Richmond. Located at the Richmond College Prep Schools (RCPS) at 1014 Florida Avenue, the Grandpa Allen Learning Garden honors the memory of Allen Trachtenberg (1927-2012), a...
16
Aug
New School Year Brings New Academic Standards
By Antoinette J. Evans If all goes according to plan, Richmond public schools -- and the students they serve -- will have something positive to look forward to, this fall and beyond. Back in 2010, California’s State Board of Education voted to adopt a new...
13
Aug
Suit Alleges Mistreatment of California Minors With Mental Health Problems
News Report • Susan Ferriss, The Center for Public Integrity Minors with mental health problems and other disabilities are held in “unconscionable conditions” of 23-hour solitary confinement and deliberately cut off from education and other rehabilitation at a San Francisco Bay Area juvenile hall, alleges a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal...
12
Aug
Staying Off Probation, and Teaching Others How
Profile, Pendarvis Harshaw In 2008, Reinaldi Gilder promised himself that he would never go back to jail. Since his release in December of that year, he’s not only managed to keep his word, he has also shown others that they can do the same. “Being on probation [is] kind of like being...
