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Women across California who are farmworkers will get help to maintain home and community gardens using fewer pesticides. It is the goal of a grant from the GreenLatinos Justicia y Equidad Fund. The advocacy group Alianza Nacional de Campesinas will use the grant to fund the Madre Tierra, or Mother Earth...
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Un programa lanzado recientemente está diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes con discapacidades de escuelas secundarias y colegios comunitarios de California a identificar sus intereses profesionales, desarrollar habilidades listas para trabajar y conseguir experiencias remuneradas con empleadores locales. Career Launchpad – de la organización de desarrollo laboral Institute for...
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A recently launched program is designed to help California high school and community college students with disabilities identify their career interests, develop work-ready skills, and land paid experiences with local employers. Career Launchpad – from workforce development organization Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation (IWSI America) and the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) –...
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A new system of bundling and reselling small-business loans is funneling millions to companies owned by women, people of color, immigrants and others who are often excluded from the financial system. Community development financial institutions – known as CDFIs – focus on small loans of $5 to $250,000 sometimes...
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Las encuestas muestran que tres de cada cuatro estadounidenses mayores de 50 años quieren envejecer en su casa, pero el cambio climático puede hacer que esto sea difícil y costoso. El próximo martes, A-A-R-P celebrara un debate comunitario en línea sobre la adaptación al cambio climático. David Azevedo, de AARP California,...
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Surveys show that 3 in 4 Americans older than 50 want to age in place, but climate change can make that difficult – and expensive. Next Tuesday, AARP is holding an online community conversation about adapting to climate change. David Azevedo, associate director with AARP California, said making homes more climate...
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On a late August morning, the Echo Park Trash Club approached an underpass below Los Angeles’ 101 Freeway. Months earlier, the city had dismantled a homeless encampment located there during one of its routine sweeps. It was the Trash Club’s first return to the site since its residents had...
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Originally by Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service/Public News Service After another school year impacted by the COVID pandemic, the long-term effects of educational disruptions are increasingly visible. Years of increased stress, financial burdens, and virtual schooling have affected children as well...
Women across California who are farmworkers will get help to maintain home and community gardens using fewer pesticides. It is the goal of a grant from the GreenLatinos Justicia y Equidad Fund. The advocacy group Alianza Nacional de Campesinas will use the grant to fund the Madre Tierra, or Mother Earth...
Un programa lanzado recientemente está diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes con discapacidades de escuelas secundarias y colegios comunitarios de California a identificar sus intereses profesionales, desarrollar habilidades listas para trabajar y conseguir experiencias remuneradas con empleadores locales. Career Launchpad – de la organización de desarrollo laboral Institute for...
A recently launched program is designed to help California high school and community college students with disabilities identify their career interests, develop work-ready skills, and land paid experiences with local employers. Career Launchpad – from workforce development organization Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation (IWSI America) and the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) –...
A new system of bundling and reselling small-business loans is funneling millions to companies owned by women, people of color, immigrants and others who are often excluded from the financial system. Community development financial institutions – known as CDFIs – focus on small loans of $5 to $250,000 sometimes...
Las encuestas muestran que tres de cada cuatro estadounidenses mayores de 50 años quieren envejecer en su casa, pero el cambio climático puede hacer que esto sea difícil y costoso. El próximo martes, A-A-R-P celebrara un debate comunitario en línea sobre la adaptación al cambio climático. David Azevedo, de AARP California,...
On a late August morning, the Echo Park Trash Club approached an underpass below Los Angeles’ 101 Freeway. Months earlier, the city had dismantled a homeless encampment located there during one of its routine sweeps. It was the Trash Club’s first return to the site since its residents had...
Originally by Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service/Public News Service After another school year impacted by the COVID pandemic, the long-term effects of educational disruptions are increasingly visible. Years of increased stress, financial burdens, and virtual schooling have affected children as well...