Grand opening for Trinity Street Elementary’s community-park
Community Contributor | 1-19-2012 |
People for Parks helps park-poor neighborhoods by developing community-school parks. And they're opening their first one and the end of January.
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Tenants score victory against slumlord in South Central
Community Contributor | 1-18-2012 |
One tenant tells his story of banding together to defeat a slumlord.
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Kingdom Day Parade Spotlights King’s Anti-Poverty Efforts
Community Contributor | 1-16-2012 |
Parade-goers gather to celebrate advances in Civil Rights, while recognizing there's still a long way to go.
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South LA residents join Occupy ICE protest
Community Contributor | 12-16-2011 |
Marching in downtown LA, protestors call for an end to threats of ICE raids in response to demands for workers' rights.
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Discovering a piece of Black LA history
Community Contributor | 12-13-2011 |
Community contributor Walter Melton made an amazing discovery while covering the groundbreaking of the Dunbar Hotel.
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Dunbar Hotel takes a step toward renovation
Community Contributor | 12-13-2011 |
Councilwoman Jan Perry and others broke ground on the Dunbar Village project, which includes renovation of the historic Dunbar Hotel on Central Avenue.
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L.A. Black Porsche Club hosts 16th annual toy run in Compton
Community Contributor | 12-12-2011 |
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South LA residents join coalition calling for responsible banking law in LA
Community Contributor | 12-7-2011 |
Activists call on LA city leaders to hold Wall Street banks accountable.
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Take Back the Capitol aims to get the attention of representatives
Community Contributor | 12-7-2011 |
South LA resident travels to Washington, D.C. as part of “Take Back the Capitol,” aiming to track down congressional representatives.
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Activists “occupy” foreclosure auction
Community Contributor | 12-5-2011 |
Activists disrupt auction of foreclosed homes in a protest organized by Occupy LA and Good Jobs LA.
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New teaching techniques may help preschoolers
Community Contributor | 12-2-2011 |
Los Angeles Universal Preschool offers new tools for providing children with better early education.
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Leimert Park lights up tree
Community Contributor | 11-30-2011 |
Councilman Parks kicked off the holiday season in South Los Angeles with the annual tree lighting ceremony and holiday concert in Leimert Park.
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Hardest hit residents struggle to survive recession
Community Contributor | 11-25-2011 |
Community contributor Carla Guerrero tells the stories of South LA residents hardest hit by the troubled economy.
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Pushing Beyond the Encampments - South L.A. Organizes as the 99%
Community Contributor | 11-23-2011 |
The Community Coalition hosts an assembly to hear ideas from South LA residents about how to improve the quality of life.
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OPINION: Beyond the Occupy movement
Community Contributor | 11-23-2011 |
Community activist Martha Sánchez shares why the Occupy movements are not representing the Latino community.
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South LA residents join Good Jobs LA march at Occupy LA
Community Contributor | 11-5-2011 |
Hundreds marched into downtown LA's financial district and closed accounts at Wall St. Banks to support National Bank Transfer Day. Good Jobs LA helped organize South LA residents to participate in the day's event.
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OpEd: Crenshaw Subway Coalition Heads to Court Over LA Mayor’s Betrayal
Community Contributor | 11-1-2011 |
The Crenshaw Subway Coalition is heading to court over what it claims is a violation of their civil rights and California's environemental laws. In an OpEd, Damien Goodmon accuses Mayor Villaraigosa of betrayal.[...]
Students Occupy LA
Community Contributor | 10-31-2011 |
A group of South Los Angeles students got a first-hand look at Occupy LA, as part of Good Jobs LA's ongoing effort to develop youth leaders.
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South LA seventh-grader fights for better healthcare
Community Contributor | 10-31-2011 |
South LA resident and health care worker Marlene Brand writes about the importance of extending community clinic funding and how one 7th grader's admirable efforts to fight for better healthcare is a model to be followed.
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OPINION: When Schools Support Our Kids, They Can Succeed
Community Contributor | 10-5-2011 |
South LA resident and parent Eddie Madison shares his opinion about the overuse of harsh school discipline, high drop out rates and how the School-Wide Positive Behavior Support program can make a difference in keeping a student in school.
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Opinion: Ralph’s workers aren’t the only ones getting played
Community Contributor | 9-18-2011 |
In an opinion piece on the looming Ralph's strike, community contributor Jasmyne A. Cannick writes about her sense of disparity among the market's stores in South LA compared to those downtown and West LA and why she would support the strikers.
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South LA students encouraged to become leaders
Community Contributor | 8-30-2011 |
More than 200 students from South LA neighborhoods gathered for a two-day youth leadership summit geared to educate and mobilize today’s youth to be tomorrow’s leaders.
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OPINION: Dangerous Distortions: Anti-Abortion Fascists and Third World Allies
Community Contributor | 6-19-2011 |
The new wave of anti-abortion billboards targeted at the Latino community is part of a larger movement designed to 'criminalize' choice.
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United Teachers Los Angeles protest proposed layoffs
Community Contributor | 5-25-2011 |
Hundreds of educators protested the layoffs of more than 5,000 teachers outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters Tuesday.
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OPINION: Remembering Corey Nicholson
Community Contributor | 5-19-2011 | Comments |
Three years ago,15-year-old Corey Nicholson died unexpectedly. Today, his still-grieving family is working to better the community in memory of Corey.
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OPINION: Providing mental health services for South LA families
Community Contributor | 5-16-2011 | Comments |
The Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic works with mental health providers to bring quality mental health services to South Los Angeles.
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OPINION: Parental involvement helps children prosper in school
Community Contributor | 5-9-2011 | Comments |
Los Angeles Universal Preschool's Jennifer Quinonez argues that parental involvement plays a significant role in the academic future of a child.
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Honoring a champion’s fight against stigma
Community Contributor | 5-6-2011 | Comments |
May is Mental Health Awareness month and Lakers star Ron Artest is speaking out against the stigma associated with mental illness.
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VIDEO: South LA adult students speak out for immigration reform
Community Contributor | 4-30-2011 | Comments |
A group of ESL Adult School students write messages to President Obama asking him to fulfill his promises about immigration reform.
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OPINION: Working hard or hardly working: the Black teen unemployment crisis
Community Contributor | 4-4-2011 |
A black teenager says he'd rather die than work at Burger King. The author argues there's something wrong with that attitude.
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Single dad finds affordable option for son’s preschool needs
Community Contributor | 3-22-2011 | Comments |
Theo Mays, Sr. was able to provide a quality pre-Kindergarten education to his son Theo Jr. thanks to the efforts of Los Angeles Universal Preschool.
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The young teaching their elders
Community Contributor | 3-20-2011 | Comments |
The Crenshaw Digital Media Team is helping the over-50 set learn new skills.
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OPINION: Planned Parenthood and the Rape of American Women
Community Contributor | 2-28-2011 | Comments |
Sikivu Hutchinson argues that the House's decision to gut Planned Parenthood is an assault of poor and working class women.
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OPINION: LAUP offers educational resources to aspiring teachers
Community Contributor | 2-25-2011 | Comments |
Los Angeles Universal Preschool donates resources, funds and one-on-one support to the next generation of early childhood educators.
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OPINION: How to help the transition from preschool to Kindergarten
Community Contributor | 2-15-2011 | Comments |
Los Angeles Universal Preschool's Jennifer Quinonez explains the importance of high-quality preschool programs in getting children ready for elementary school.
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L.A. City Council 8th District debate gets heated
Community Contributor | 2-13-2011 | Comments |
The debate for the candidates for City Council District 8 got contentious Saturday, as several personal remarks were made.
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OPINION: Funding early childhood education, funding California’s future
Community Contributor | 2-10-2011 | Comments |
Incoming L.A. Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy and Los Angeles Universal Preschool CEO Celia C. Ayala urge Gov. Jerry Brown to rethink cuts to early childhood education.
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OPINION: School violence, the media and Gardena High School
Community Contributor | 2-4-2011 | Comments |
The Women’s Leadership Project of Gardena High School responds to the treatment of their school in the media following the shooting on January 18.
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OPINION: Making public safety a priority
Community Contributor | 2-2-2011 | Comments |
City Council District 10 candidate Althea Rae Shaw argues that Los Angeles should rethink its position as a sanctuary city.
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OPINION: A field report from the Public School Choice 2.0 Advisory Vote
Community Contributor | 2-1-2011 |
L. A. Unified teacher David Lyell shares his experiences while voting for the future of Central Region Elementary School #14 as part of the Public School Choice 2.0 process.
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Karen Bass gets a Los Angeles swearing-in
Community Contributor | 1-31-2011 | Comments |
Former California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass is sworn in to represent the 33rd District in the House of Representatives
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OPINION: A story of foreclosure and eviction
Community Contributor | 1-29-2011 | Comments |
M.A. Currie's family was pestered and bullied to leave their home after it was foreclosed. Now, she embarks on a legal quest to preserve her rights as a tenant.
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OPINION: The School Board Election: What L.A Unified doesn’t want you to know
Community Contributor | 1-27-2011 | Comments |
[UPDATED] L.A. Unified teacher David Lyell shares who he is voting for in the upcoming Board of Education election and reasons behind those votes.
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Voters weigh in on fate of new South L.A. high school
Community Contributor | 1-20-2011 | Comments |
As part of the Public School Choice process, plans for a new high school on Central and Gage avenues were presented to parents, students, teachers and community members.
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OPINION: Value-added assessments: has the data been cooked?
Community Contributor | 1-19-2011 |
LAUSD teacher David Lyell spoke to future Superintendent John Deasy about value-added assessments, budget cuts and non-mandated testing.
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OPINION: The economic impact of preschool
Community Contributor | 1-18-2011 | Comments |
The early child care and education industry generates $1.9 billion dollars annually in L.A. County. So why isn't there more investment?
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South L.A. gets Empowered to Realize the Dream
Community Contributor | 1-17-2011 | Comments |
A summit hosted at USC focused on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King as inspiration for L.A. activists, politicians and residents.
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OPINION: John Deasy a disappointing choice for LAUSD superintendent
Community Contributor | 1-13-2011 |
Deasy's background and LAUSD's lackadaisical attitude are cause for concern for one teacher.
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OPINION: Good habits begin in preschool
Community Contributor | 1-12-2011 | Comments |
Attendance and punctuality can be learned at an early age and carried throughout adulthood.
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OPINION: The benefits of preschool
Community Contributor | 1-7-2011 | Comments |
Jennifer Quinonez from Los Angeles Universal Preschool explains the benefits of an early education.
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Financial changes you need to know about for 2011
Community Contributor | 1-5-2011 | Comments |
Changes include the end of free checking, no credit cards for college students and mandatory 401k contributions.
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Keeping Your Spending Plan Merry During the Holidays
Community Contributor | 12-8-2010 | Comments |
'Tis the season to rack up debt: stay clear of the red with a few simple money-saving tips.
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The meaning of Christmas, from Skid Row
Community Contributor | 12-7-2010 | Comments |
Kiera, an imaginative 7-year-old formerly living at the Union Rescue Mission, tells the Nativity Story in her own special way.
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OPINION: Walk in the shoes of a teacher
Community Contributor | 10-22-2010 | Comments |
While the Great Education Debate continues, the teachers are on the front lines learning who their students are and what they need. No data necessary.
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OPINION: Making high poverty schools high priority
Community Contributor | 10-19-2010 | Comments |
All children can learn. But it takes some re-thinking of the how, what, where, when and whys.
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A walk in the Gilbert Lindsay Park
Community Contributor | 10-19-2010 | Comments |
Since Alejandro Chagolla first started playing here at 11 years old, the park has seen much improvement.
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Homeowners protest at the Los Angeles County Courthouse
Community Contributor | 10-14-2010 | Comments |
Homeowners dealing with foreclosure protested at the Los Angeles County Courthouse Thursday. The protest stems from anger at banks for seizing homes. [...]
Central Library helps prepare students for college
Community Contributor | 10-14-2010 | Comments |
Getting into college is difficult, but the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles is doing what it can to help prepare students for it.
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Finding identity at the Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science
Community Contributor | 10-13-2010 | Comments |
The KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science searches the past for guidance and community kinship.
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OPINION: Asking students to show teachers the way forward
Community Contributor | 9-28-2010 | Comments |
Grand View Elementary teacher Sujata Bhatt is torn between the standardized teaching model, and the one her students ask for.
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OPINION: An open letter to Stephen Colbert
Community Contributor | 9-27-2010 | Comments |
Althea Rae Shaw, aunt of the 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw who was killed by an undocumented immigrant gang member in Los Angeles, responds to Colbert's congressional address.
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OPINION: “Waiting for Superman” sparks polarized debate
Community Contributor | 9-24-2010 | Comments |
The documentary presents an argument that looks black and white: but what about the gray areas?
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PHOTOS: Crenshaw and Dorsey students visit the White House
Community Contributor | 9-21-2010 | Comments |
The visit included a tour of the White House garden and a meeting with Obama's personal aide, Reggie Love.
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OPINION: Standardized tests provoke students to fail
Community Contributor | 9-13-2010 | Comments |
Manual Arts teacher John Hankey explains how testing undermines students and wastes valuable teaching time.
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Redevelopment Hell
Community Contributor | 9-8-2010 | Comments |
The story of Santa Barbara Plaza: How a prime opportunity for redevelopment in South Los Angeles became the bane of the community.
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Poll suggests opposition to bringing back the Compton Police Department
Community Contributor | 8-24-2010 | Comments |
A citizens survey conducted on the social networking website Hub City Livin' aimed to glean public opinion on the issue.
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Collaborators in South Los Angeles
Community Contributor | 8-24-2010 | Comments |
Working journalists are teaming up with community members in a bid to take "citizen journalism" to a new level and investigate the status of Marlton Square.
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Students interview education officials in Sacramento
Community Contributor | 8-5-2010 | Comments |
A group of about 30 students from South and East Los Angeles high schools have examined the state of education in California. Read reflections from their trip to Sacramento.
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FROM THE WORKSHOP: The stories of Vernon/Central
Community Contributor | 8-3-2010 | Comments |
Vernon/Central residents young and old took part in a CDTech/Intersections workshop to learn how to tell stories multimedia-style.
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Raising funds — and the roof — for Homeboy Industries
Community Contributor | 8-2-2010 | Comments |
Facing a financial shortfall of crippling proportions, Homeboy Industries held a musical fundraiser at the Colburn School of Music.
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West Adams Panthers baseball team calls for funds
Community Contributor | 7-7-2010 | Comments |
The team at West Adams Preparatory High School is short over $8,000 for uniforms and equipment for next season.
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Town hall meeting held on racial profiling in Torrance
Community Contributor | 6-25-2010 | Comments |
Earl Ofari Hutchinson believes the profiling to be a concerted reaction to demographic change in Torrance.
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Youth learn about media and its impact on stereotypes
Community Contributor | 6-8-2010 | Comments |
The Youth Media Education Conference held at Cal State University Dominguez Hills debated issues such as self esteem and sexual identity.
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OPINION: Yes on Proposition 15: Elections Should be Won, Not Bought
Community Contributor | 5-6-2010 | Comments |
Proposition 15, the California Fair Elections Act, changes the way we finance election campaigns.
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Councilman Bernard Parks discusses city’s financial crisis at town hall meeting
Community Contributor | 4-22-2010 | Comments |
The budget crisis and recently deceased former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates were among the topics covered at a town hall meeting in Leimert Park.
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Training the next generation of minority media professionals
Community Contributor | 4-14-2010 | Comments |
The Urban Media Foundation instructs inner-city youth in multimedia communications, financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
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Animo Justice students and parents protest school closing
Community Contributor | 3-28-2010 | Comments |
VIDEO: Students and parents of Animo Justice Charter High School protested the school's closing with a march to Green Dot Headquarters.
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FROM THE WORKSHOP: Taking responsibility for low performing schools
Community Contributor | 3-21-2010 | Comments |
Anita Thomas, Maurice Harrington and Ron Dowell discussed the question of why schools in the South Los Angeles area are failing, and who is to blame.
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FROM THE WORKSHOP: We need better grocery stores
Community Contributor | 3-18-2010 | Comments |
During a workshop on community reporting, hosted by the South LA Report and the Metamorphosis Project, South LA residents spoke about the poor quality of grocery stores in South Los Angeles.
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A son’s suicide, a mother’s pain
Community Contributor | 3-14-2010 | Comments |
Wanda Jackson tells the story of her son Kevin, who took his own life and left two children behind. Know the signs and save a life.
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A crisis of priorities: March 4 Day of Action, Downtown Los Angeles
Community Contributor | 3-5-2010 | Comments |
March 4th was a historic day, students and supporters of public education came together to show their opposition to the current state of public education and our state and nation's priorities.
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Left behind by the LAUSD, parents get organized
Community Contributor | 2-25-2010 | Comments |
The fate of two school sites in South LA hangs in the balance, as parents push for their voices to be heard.
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Teachers, students and community protest charter schools in South LA
Community Contributor | 2-20-2010 | Comments |
Video by Santee teacher Jose Lara, who helped organize the rally in South LA Friday to protest charter school takeovers.
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OPINION: Speaking out about suicide
Community Contributor | 2-19-2010 | Comments |
We can all try to positively influence a young discouraged person and prevent suicide. All it takes is an open mind, and awareness.
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10 ways to manage your money in 2010
Community Contributor | 1-15-2010 |
Drowning in debt? Money expert Shay Olivarria shares her top 10 tips for financial freedom in 2010.
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FROM THE WORKSHOP: What our tax dollars pay for
Community Contributor | 1-12-2010 | Comments |
SCOPE workshop participant Delores Kelley reminds us of what everyday necessities our tax dollars are paying for.
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OPINION: The Story of Compton United and Victor
Community Contributor | 1-11-2010 | Comments |
The tragic death of a teenage soccer player unites a community and showcases the strength of Compton's youth.
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