Posts Tagged ‘ Education ’

Located in Inglewood, the FreeLA High School focuses on graduation and job placement with a curriculum based on social justice and community organizing. The school is a partnership between the John Muir Charter School, the Youth Justice Coalition and the Workforce Investment Act, a federal program that promotes job training and assists U.S. businesses...
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The “occupation movement” continues to expand as teachers and workers who call themselves, Occupy Los Angeles Unified School District, decided on Friday to begin an occupation of the area surrounding LAUSD headquarters. The occupation date was voted on and is set to begin on Tuesday, Oct. 18, following a rally and march at the...
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Reporting from Orange County – A group of Cal State Fullerton students defied the rules of their commuter classmates by spending three nights camped out on campus. On April 18, CSUF President Milton A. Gordon met with students and was presented with a “Declaration to Defend Education,” which stated that education is a right...
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Reporting from Orange County – Once again, community colleges and universities across California are facing drastic cut backs due to the state’s budgetary crisis. On March 14, students from a community college in Fullerton made their voices heard by staging a walk-out and protest. Making their way through the busy restaurant and bar district...
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Supporters of the California Dream Act participated in a 50-mile bike ride from Los Angeles to Orange County today to raise awareness for their cause. The bill would open the door to student financial aid for children of illegal immigrants. Bicyclists departed Boyle Heights for Santa Ana after a 9:00 a.m. news conference. An...
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Several community organizers spoke at an LAUSD board meeting today asking the school district to take a stand against what they see as an injustice regarding school police and their targeting of an high school student. Organizers are protesting the prosecution of Jeremy Marks, a special education student at Verdugo Hills High School, for...
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The Los Angeles March 4th Committee to Defend Public Education and Social Services demonstrated yesterday against layoffs and budget cuts. Although a local action, it was coordinated with similar events around the nation and conducted in solidarity with international movements. Assembling in front of the LA Unified School District building in downtown, they marched...
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It’s Aug. 3 and Glendale’s Pacific Park Library is hosting National Night Out, an evening when people across America host events against crime and disorder in their neighborhoods. Amidst the booths of various organizations, the police officers, families, music and food, there is one booth that holds a little known story. It is a...
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At the high-traffic intersection of Sepulveda and Santa Monica Boulevards, a multicolored hodge-podge of tents and tarps line the sidewalk. Ten students from the Los Angeles and Orange County areas have chosen to make this spot of concrete their frontline of action. On July 30, national alien-rights activist group The Dream Is Coming held...
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