[su_slider source=”media: 29980,29981,29982,29983,29984,29985″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] With total grace and ease, Santiago Prietoâone of the founders of the Colombian music group Monsieur PerinĂ©âexplained the origin of his bandâs name. âWe did lots of gigs that were baptisms, weddings and things of that […]
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Early childhood educators deserve equal play
[su_label type=”info”]LETTER TO THE EDITOR: [/su_label] Dear Editor: With the âWeek of the Young Childâ [the annual celebration of early learning hosted by National Association for the Education of Young Children] having just concluded on April 16, it is an important time to bring to everyoneâs attention the widespread problem of low wages in early […]
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Peruvian activist battles mining industry to save her homeland
[su_slider source=”media: 29955,29956,29957,29958,29959,29960,29961″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] Maxima Acuña, one of this yearâs six winners of the Goldman Environmental Awards, is doing what many are across the world: protecting the land, water, the rivers and streams from resource extraction. Acuñaâs fight in defending […]
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Housing activists seek to stall latest luxury development in the Mission
A small group of residents and community organizers protested the Lennar project at 1515 South Van Ness Ave. on April 14, demanding that it be delayed. Lennarâs proposed development at the corner of 26th Street and South Van Ness Ave. would include 165 market-rate units, with only 12 percent (about 20) of those units being […]
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The last dance? Dance Mission Theaterâs future uncertain
With soaring rents in San Franciscoâs Mission District continuing to impact numerous business and community institutions, Dance Mission Theater is now faced with the possibility of displacement. Rising rental costs for the 18-year-old feminist dance company, located at the corner of 24th and Mission streets, are worrying the organizationâs founders, who have attempted numerous times […]
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Bay Area Latina develops scholarship app for undocumented students
Former DREAMer and East Palo Alto resident Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca was one of four Latinas who claimed the Hispanicize 2016 Positive Impact Award, for her development of a website and mobile application that provides access to college scholarships for DREAMers and undocumented students. The 26-year-old Salamanca came up with the idea of an app, DREAMers […]
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Medi-Care to expand coverage to undocumented immigrants
As May 1 quickly approaches, an estimated 170,000 undocumented children in California under the age of 19 will be eligible for access to Medi-Cal coverage. Senate Bill 4, the Health for All Kids Act by state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown last summer. The bill will take […]
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Gender is defined by the individual not the state
North Carolina made headline news last month when it became the first state in the nation to legally enforce that restroom use correspond to a personâs biological sex. In a special session meeting that occurred within less than 24 hours at a cost of $42,000, House Bill 2 passed through the House, then the Senate […]
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Chilean woman burned by Pinochet regime still seeking justice
[su_slider source=”media: 29886,29887″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] Carmen Gloria Quintanaâwho, as a teenager, opposed the violent regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochetâstill bears the scars as a result of her activism. Quintana was only 18 on July 2,1986 when she was set on […]
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Construction begins on community park at 17th and Folsom
[su_heading size=”24″ align=”left”]Breaking new ground in the Mission [/su_heading] In what is being viewed as a modest victory in the face of the Mission Districtâs continued gentrification, community organizers and members of San Franciscoâs Recreation and Parks Department gathered on March 17 to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new park, which will open next year, […]