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A walk through cemetery history
As the day of the dead slowly approaches on Nov. 2, cemeteries become livelier with flowers and visitors who remember those who are gone, but never forgotten. Mission Dolores, formerly known as Mision San Francisco de Asis, is home to San Francisco’s oldest Cemetery—founded in 1776. Here rest some of the city’s most historically notable […]
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Un recorrido por la historia de los cementerios
Conforme se aproxima lentamente el 2 de noviembre, DĂa de los Muertos, los cementerios despiertan con las flores y los visitantes que acuden recordando a aquellos que se han ido, pero que nunca se olvidan.
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Community slams Governor Brown’s vetoes
Immigrant groups from San Francisco responded with outrage to Gov. Jerry Brown’s Sept. 30 vetoes of several bills supported by Latinos during a rally in front of the state building on Oct. 4.
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Mission honors Dolores Huerta for receiving award
The Mission paid tribute to Dolores Huerta for receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was given to her directly by the President.
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Mujeres celebran cumbre de adolescentes en Oakland
La Comisión juvenil para la condición de las mujeres (CSW, por sus siglas en inglés), del condado de Alameda, celebró el sábado 29 de septiembre, su primera cumbre anual denominada “Liderazgo de las jóvenes”, en el centro Youth UpRising (YU), ubicado al este de Oakland.
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Young women hold teen summit in Oakland
The Alameda County Junior Commission on the Status of Women held its inaugural Teen Summit, “Young Women Leadership,” Sept. 29 at Youth UpRising Center in East Oakland. More than 40 young women, youths and parents of different ethnicities from Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro and Fremont, participated in the all-day functions advocating professional, personal and self-care […]
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Fourteenth Artists Against Rape
Spoken word, music and art from local poets, artists and activists, speaking out against and healing from sexual violence. Work by youth that makes connections between youth culture, sexual violence and social issues. Emcees: Erika Vivianna Cespedes and Tonilyn A. Sideco. Featuring: DJ Agana. Tickets support programs of San Francisco Women Against Rape. Where: Mission […]
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In the Beginning Was Fox and Cinnamon
GalerĂa de la Raza presents an exhibition by artist Mercedes Dorame. As a member of the Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California—a tribe not federally recognized and without reservation land—Dorame brings her large-scale photographs to GalerĂa de la Raza, in search of her roots and historical background. With personal and cultural “artifacts,” she explores constructions of […]