Governor Brown has done it again. He has proposed in the state budget to close the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) once and for all. The DJJ drains… Read more
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Shut ‘Em Down
by Jakada Imani on Jan 23, 2012
The Banality of Evil
by Owen Li on Jan 17, 2012
On November 18, 2011, a campus police officer at UC Davis used pepper spray on a row of seated students peacefully protesting. A cell phone video of the incident went… Read more
Stand with Incarcerated Youth
by Lino Silva on Jan 26, 2012
The facilities at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility are unacceptable. I know because I’ve experienced them first hand.
I started this petition with help from Books Not Bars because its important for those outside of prison to stand in solidarity with those of us who are locked away and… Read more
Celebrating Roe
by Shanelle Matthews on Jan 24, 2012
This post is a part of Blogging for Choice Day.
This week we celebrate the 39th anniversary of Roe. V. Wade, the landmark decision by the Supreme Court to guarantee a woman’s right to privacy and the legalization of abortion. This decision dramatically changed the way women and families… Read more
Fem Sex Comm returns to the Bay Area
by Elizabeth Adler on Jan 20, 2012
When I first heard about FemSex while a student at Brown University, I was skeptical. The Female Sexuality Workshop. I was from the Bay Area…issues of sexuality had been on my radar since elementary school. I didn’t need an entire workshop on sexuality. But then I noticed
Lessons in Moving the 99%:
by Lucas Guilkey on Jan 19, 2012
Last weekend I attended SOUL’s “Lessons in Moving the 99%,” with over 80 people in downtown Oakland.
Sitting at the front of the 9-story high room were panelists Maria Poblet of Causa Justa Just Cause, Shaw San Liu of Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), Brooke Anderson of East Bay Alliance for… Read more
California’s Governor Sends Wake-Up Call to the State’s Counties
by Selena Teji and Emily Luhrs on Jan 19, 2012
The following has been reposted from The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) is the only publication covering juvenile justice and related issues in the Southeast and around the nation on a consistent, daily basis.
In his first move of 2012, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal for… Read more
Reasons to Run
by Javier Alvarado on Jan 18, 2012
When my co-workers asked me to write a quick blog post about the benefits of running I thought it would be a piece of cake. My other job is coaching cross country running and track and field at Skyline High School here in Oakland so knowing a thing or two… Read more
#HijabiFlashMob Represent!
by Tanzila Ahmed on Jan 17, 2012
A #HijabiFlashMob – at least that’s what we were calling it even though there was no actual dancing involved. In its literal interpretation, it’s a sudden mob of women in hijabs.
A “hijab” is the head covering worn by some Muslim women as a sign of faith, humility,… Read more
Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by Meredith Fenton on Jan 15, 2012
We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Team Ella Baker Center- Runner Resources
by Jessica De Jesus on Jan 13, 2012
Citizens United Against Citizens United
by Helen Grieco on Jan 12, 2012
Join us in Sacramento on Saturday, January 21, for a rally on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling.
The Citizens United ruling has increased the influence of corporate money in our elections and expanded corporate political power by ending a century-old ban on… Read more