Education/Schools/Youth
High School Students Walk Out, Saying: “Graduations Not Funerals”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ken Epstein Wanting their voices to be heard in the growing protests…
Schools’ Superintendent Calls on Educators to Understand the “Urgency of Now”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ken A. Epstein Oakland Unified School District’s new superintendent Antwan Wilson has…
Black Students at Alameda’s Encinal High Hold Silent Protest
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter Special to the Post The Black Student Union (BSU) at Encinal High School…
Oakland Street Academy’s Students, Jesse Jackson Say, “Black Lives Matter”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ashley Chambers and Ken Epstein In an impromptu visit to Emiliano Zapata…
Rashidah Grinage Passes the Torch at PUEBLO Celebration
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety John Yuasa Takes Over as Executive Director By Ken Epstein Rashidah Grinage is…
UC Berkeley Students Continue to Protest Tuition Hikes
UC Berkeley students sit-in against tuition hikes. Poto courtesy money.cnn.com By Nikolas Zelinski Students rallied in front…
Team Oakland to Compete in International Children’s Games
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth Left to right, Team Oakland athletes Najee McDonald, Briona Rivera, Jaden Nixon, Jordon Dabney, Jeremy Wshington,…
Education Activism Spreads Across the Country
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Kitty Kelly Epstein Ethnic Studies advocates in Los Angeles won a school board resolution…
Nationwide Protests Expected After Grand Jury Verdict in Ferguson
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ashley Chambers Residents in cities around the nation – and…
Opportunities to Attend Medical School Free in Cuba
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Health, World News Training is free, but graduates must commit to return home and practice medicine in…