SF School District makes progress on community hiring and contracting
School Board members embrace growing calls to guarantee opportunities for local workers and businesses by Joshua Arce Local hiring and contracting advocates attending one of many San Francisco School...
View ArticlePacifica board member Tracy Rosenberg weighs in on JR’s unjustifiable ban...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR My banning from the KPFA airwaves on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, after 18 years of volunteering to produce broadcast journalism informing the listening public...
View ArticleGreening the hood: Is clean energy reaching poor communities?
by Eric K. Arnold Oakland – For Adama Mosley, a resident of the West Oakland neighborhood known as Ghost Town, having solar panels installed on her home was “a dream come true.” Mosely had long been...
View ArticleOct. 14 take action to stop Pennsylvania’s ‘Gag Mumia and All Other...
by Decarcerate PA Pennsylvania legislators are trying to stop prisoners from speaking about their ideas and experiences. Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Vereb introduced a bill, HB2533, called the...
View ArticleGovernor’s new budget supports more incarceration
by Lizzie Buchen, CURB Since 2007, California has authorized $2.2 billion for the construction of county jail facilities throughout the state. The $270 million for more such construction that was added...
View ArticleSFHDC celebrates 30 years in affordable housing with Power in Numbers gala
Community activists instrumental in Alabama Senate race lead roster of award honorees by Vince Echavaria San Francisco – Marking its milestone 30th year of providing affordable housing services in the...
View ArticleFillmore Heritage Center reopens with focus on community equity
by Vince Echavaria Excited to see the lights blazing at the Fillmore Heritage Center once again, people flocked to the elegant 1330 Fillmore St. venue for the Community Open House dubbed “Rebirth of...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....