Jan 18 2007
GUESTS, Alex Sanchez, Executive Director of Homies Unidos, Alex Alonso, founder of Streetgangs.com
Yesterday, the Advancement Project presented its recently released report on gang violence to the Los Angeles City Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Gang Violence and Youth Development. The report described the past two decades of gang prevention in Los Angeles, as a …
Jan 18 2007
GUEST: Jennifer Pozner, Executive Director of Women in Media
Over three thousand people attended last weekend’s National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tennessee. Among the activists, experts and concerned citizens who gathered were Bill Moyers, Helen Thomas, Jesse Jackson, Jane Fonda, Danny Glover, Geena Davis and Amy Goodman. The conference, organized by Free …
Jan 18 2007
… on the Mangas Coloradas Killed by the US.
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
Comments Off on Radical Day in History – 01/18/07
Jan 18 2007
GUESTS: Jim Sandoval, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Yolanda Moses, Professor of Anthropology and Special Assistant to the Chancellor on Excellence and Diversity
Whereas UCLA faced an enrollment crisis in terms of diversity this past fall, the campus of UC Riverside has seen an increase in the ethnic diversity of its student body in …
Jan 18 2007
GUEST: Thandisizwe Chimurenga, writer, activist, and the Director of the Ida B. Wells Institute.
From Anbar Province to the Harbor Gateway, militarism will never be the answer
According to Coretta Scott King, a set of notes for a speech that her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had never delivered, were taken from his pocket following his murder in Memphis, TN …
Comments Off on Commentary: From Anbar Province to the Harbor Gateway.
Jan 18 2007
Neighborhood activists all over Southern California hold regular peace vigils to end the war in Iraq. Each week we announce just some of the 50 plus vigils that are taking place. Complete listings of all the vigils are available at www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org or www.peacevigils.com.
On Fridays in Costa Mesa / Santa Ana
5:00 – 7:00 pm
On the corner of Bristol & Anton (in front of major entrance to …
Comments Off on Neighborhood Peace Vigils
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
... more Announcements, Speaker Series
|
