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When I was member of The Source Magazine, traveling across the country to interview celebrities or speak on panels was business as usual...
What are we first? Are we black? Am I black? Then a woman? Then gay? How do we define ourselves? Is it by the struggles we face? Whichever is most prominent? Whichever has been in place the longest...
League of Young Voters Happy Halloween from the League! Make sure to keep your eyes out for those dastardly windmills stalking the streets ... unexpectedly cool breezes are a dead giveaway. www.shutupwindmill.com
Over a year and half ago, young activists and former students in the Portland public schools approached me about the challenges facing immigrant and refugee students and students of color in our public schools. I met with former students who had gone through the English Language Learners (ELL) ...
League of Young Voters "I think that the mainstream media is ignoring the youth story" says Biko Baker, the League's E.D., in a new article at Huffington Post! Check it out: http://bit.ly/73rR9
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Young voters were instrumental in helping elect President Obama but since then they've felt largely ignored by the political process. Now a number of youth advocacy organizations are insisting that they may have an important role to play in the health care debate.
Before delving too deeply into conjecture about what the “Son of Man” (Acts 7: 54-57) would do to...man, I must fully disclose my spiritual position for reasons of integrity, impartiality and intent. I grew up in the church. Sun...
The Peninsula Transit Study passed unanimously by the City Council tonight...
League of Young Voters
Check our this article about the League's work on the Youth Promise Act - go young people!!
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Young people represent 62.5 percent of all murder victims. And for young people of color, the statistics tell an even grimmer story.
League of Young Voters Check out HBOX and Dave Dix on http://99problems.org/ - get educated and get involved in the YOUTH PROMISE ACT!!
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The League is going to be in D.C. tomorrow standing tall with our Senators to demand support for this pivotal bill! Call your rep and start building momentum for the Youth PROMISE Act in your hometown today!
At about 1 AM on Tuesday, March 3rd, I arrived back to my apartment in Brooklyn, New York. The weather was devastatingly frigid and I couldn't see my hands in front of my face - my bus had arrived really late on the count of a blizzard that attacked the northeast...
I live in a low income neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. While the popular attitude in my part of the city has been historically positive and hopeful, recently, the crisis has taken its toll...
How old are you? Do you know how old your district's City Council representative is? One clue: the youngest is 30. And why do I ask? I have to answer that question with another question: have you heard of peak oil, or permaculture? ...
(originally posted at Portland Press Herald) The election is over. Now it's time to breathe...
My eyes teared up as I watched our president-elect, Barack Hussein Obama, make his acceptance speech. Like many I never imagined we would see a black president and here it was...Election Day…and WE DID IT! We elected Barack Obama! I...
My good friend over at SouthWest Organizing Project (www.swop.net), Tomas Garduno, articulated this entire article for me the eve of the election on VOTE LIKE A ROCKSTAR: The After School Special which aired on Channel 27. In...
