Remembrance is crucial for community, so we hope this conversation with one of our leaders who passed away (read our story here) December 26, 2021, Juan Pablo GutiĂ©rrez, reverberates in memory. On this episode, we go back and listen to an interview Juan Pablo GutiĂ©rrez did with us on November of 2021. A San Francisco […]
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PODCAST: The Rich, The Racists, and The Recall
The 2022 San Francisco Board of Education recall elections are due to be held February 15, 2022. On this episode we speak to the President of the Board of Education and one of the commissioners who is up for recall, Gabriela Lopez.
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COVID-19 and SFUSD’s response
Throughout this pandemic we have been fortunate to work with some of the best public health experts in the world right here in San Francisco, who continue to affirm that it is safe to keep schools open. Even though we are seeing a new wave of community transmission, and that includes our schools, we are […]
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Local billionaires support recall of bilingual School Board President
As a former classroom social studies teacher who taught high school in SFUSD for 30 years, I worked to get Gabriela LĂłpez elected to the School Board. With lots of hard work and grassroots support she won becoming the first bilingual teacher ever to hold the position. Now, high tech billionaires are trying to recall […]
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Mental health coping tips during the pandemic
Let’s allow ourselves to imagine that COVID-19 is a storm. Usually, when these arrive, despite being able to know what is coming, they never allow us to keep in mind the havoc that they’re going to leave in their wake. No matter how prepared we may be for its arrival, the consequences of its passing […]
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San Francisco marches for voting rights on MLK Day
As the John Lewis Voting Rights Act faces obstructionist forces in Washington D.C., San Francisco took to the streets to show support for voting rights.
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Chile elects youngest President in history
A long and dark cycle of the convulsed Chilean political life appears to have ended. With the triumph of Gabriel Boric in the recent Presidential Election, a new cycle begins. Boric, candidate of the Leftist coalition “Apruebo Dignidad” (“I Approve Dignity”) earned an absolutely clear and overwhelming victory. In March, he’ll become one of the […]
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As pandemic continues, unemployment and rent woes persist for Latinos
As 2022 begins and Omicron infections skyrocket throughout the United States, many Latino families are left wondering how the pandemic will continue to negatively impact them and what resources are available during these stressful times. Prior to the pandemic, California’s homelessness was dire. As of January 2020, California had an estimated 161,548 people experiencing homelessness, […]
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Latinx community fights back against school board recall effort in special election
When Maria Nuñez was left to suddenly guide her then 7-year-old son, through virtual learning in March 2020, all while taking care of her youngest child of three years, she was lost. But not alone. An immigrant, Spanish-speaking mother of two who like many was forced to abruptly adjust to the chaos of sheltering in […]
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COVID In The Classroom
School reopening was a hot topic in 2021, but now we ask the question, how are the teachers and students doing? We caught up with a few educators and parents to talk about the recent outbreak of COVID cases in schools and the latest news about how they are being protected.