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May 1
Special Needs Network’s campaign to stop discrimination against autistic children of color by the State Dept. of Developmental Services results in a legislative hearing April 30 and proposed remedies. L.A. Times says “California agency ripped over disparities in autism spending.”
Background, April 14: coverage of Special Needs Network challenging policies resulting in disparities. |
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April 27
Many news agencies covered Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment member Ana Casas Wilson, a woman with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair, who fell behind with mortgage payments during a hospital stay. She was arrested on the doorstep of a Wells Fargo Bank executive.
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April 27
New data from Labor Community Strategy Center on school police ticketing shows that shocking numbers of middle-schoolers are pushed into the prison pipeline for non-criminal behavior.
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April 25
A student video on Asian Pacific Islander Equality Los Angeles (APIE-LA) with thoughtful interviews and parade footage. |
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April 25
A gentle but firm video by members of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice inviting Warren Buffet to their community to see why they don’t want his company to build a new railyard in their neighboirhood, already known as a “diesel death zone.” |
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April 24
The federal government dings MTA for violating bus riders’ civil rights, but Bus Riders Unionorganizers say the penalty is paltry.
For background and analysis on how and why the L.A. transit system is unequal, read this article in Pasadena Weekly. |
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April 24
The L.A. Times does an editorial on solitary confinement of youth in California prisons, citing Youth Justice Coalition’s work on behalf of incarcerated kids. |
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April 22
The Long Beach Press Telegram publishes findings from Khmer Girls in Action’s report on a wellness survey of 500 Khmer youth in Long Beach and what was learned about refugee children and effects of "intergenerational transmission of trauma." |
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April 19
Earth Day interviews with car-free Angelenos included a conversation with Bus Riders Union organizer Sunyoung Yang.
A month of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice Earth Day events are described. |
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April 13
“Angry Asian Man” blog interviews “Angry Readers of the Week,” a lesbian couple who talk about their work with Asian Pacific Islander Equality Los Angeles. |
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April 11
The Business section of the L.A. Times notes the tactic employed by Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment in organizing demonstrations across California in front of the residences of leaders from some of the state's largest corporations. |
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April 8
A rally in support of the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center resulted in continued funding from the city. |
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April 5
Los Angeles Community Action Network is one of the grantee organizations now losing funding by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, an anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, is no longer funding groups that support LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights or oppose aspects of Catholic doctrine. |
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April 5
Various publications announce that the Rooftop Solar Energy Program wins critical approval from Los Angeles City Council, a victory for groups including Communities for a Better Environment.
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April 4
Soulvine columnist Betty Pleasant of WAVE newspapers comments on a broadcast debate between Larry Gross, Coalition for Economic Survival’s executive director, and Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris over the city’s treatment of Section 8 residents. |
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