The Youth Leadership Institute started the Tobacco Use Reduction Force with the goal of empowering young people to reduce tobacco access in their communities through advocacy, research and direct action.
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Grupo de jovenes lucha contra ventas de tabaco
El Instituto de Liderazgo Juvenil fundĂł el âCuerpo para la reducciĂłn del consumo de tabacoâ (TURF por sus sigla en inglĂ©s) con el objetivo de fortalecer la capacidad de los jĂłvenes a la hora de reducir el acceso al tabaco en sus comunidades mediante la abogacĂa, la investigaciĂłn y la acciĂłn directa.
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YeYe trae fusiĂłn especial a San Francisco
En febrero 24 la banda latinoamericana de afro fusiĂłn Yeye, tocarĂĄ a las 8 p.m. en el Red Poppy Arthouse en la esquina de la calle 23 y Folsom. Siguiendo una dĂ©cada de presentaciones de danza afro-colombiana, la vocalista Johanna âYeyeâ Suarez, una artista interdisciplinaria y educadora de las artes, comenzĂł a componer letras influenciadas […]
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YeYe to bring unique Latin fusion to San Francisco
On Feb. 24, Latin American Afro-fusion band Yeye will play an 8 p.m. show at the Red Poppy Arthouse on the corner of 23rd and Folsom streets.
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OPD assaults freedom of the Press
To employ a saying that may be more appropriate in my home state of Colorado than in the Bay Area, Covering Occupy Oaklandâs Move-In Day through clouds of smoke and between lines of cops and of protestersâeach in their own respective riot gearâwas not my first rodeo.
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OPD ataca libertad de prensa
Para usar un dicho que es mas apropiado en mi hogar de Colorado que en el Ărea de la BahĂa, cubrir el dĂa de mudanza de Occupy Oakland entre nubes de humo y policĂas y protestantesâcada uno en su traje apropiado, no fue mi primer rodeo.
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Breves 02/02/2012: Guatemala, MĂ©xico
GUATEMALA: Guatemala sienta en el banquillo al dictador EfraĂn RĂos Montt Casi tres dĂ©cadas luego de que el dictador EfraĂn RĂos Montt llegara al poder en Guatemala tras un golpe de Estado el 23 de marzo de 1982, se enfrenta a las cortes siendo acusado de crĂmenes de lesa humanidad. Se le imputa el […]
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Briefs 2/2/2012: Guatemala, Mexico
GUATEMALA: Guatemala puts dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Trial Almost three decades after now-retired general, Efrain Rios Montt, took power of Guatemala through a coup dâetat, he is facing trial for crimes against humanity. Montt is accused of ordering the mass killings of at least 1,771 unarmed civiliansâin almost 100 separate massacresâand the extreme […]
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‘Sol del Amor’ with Carmen Vicente, curandera de Ecuador
Sol del Amor is a celebration and community conversation with Carmen Vicente, followed by a South American âBlossomingâ Ceremony and a choir of ceremonial singers guided by Chilean folksinger Natalia Contesse. Carmen Vicente is a Medicine Woman from the border of Ecuador and Peru. For nearly 50 years, she has advocated for the autonomy of […]