Daily Archives: June 4, 2010
‘We want our voices to be heard’: Democracy in Haiti’s earthquake zone
“We are living in the mud. We are wet and we are hungry. Those in charge have left us without hope. If they have a plan, we do not know it. We are asking about the future. And we want our voices to be heard.” Each Saturday a thousand or more Haitian earthquake survivors meet in the auditorium of the Aristide Foundation for Democracy to talk about the future of their country.
African-American game changers and the California Democratic Party: Call to action
Double-digit unemployment, growing high school drop-out rates, a 33 percent single year tuition fee increase at California’s public colleges and universities, and an elevating HIV/AIDS infection rate. The California Young Democrats Black Caucus is responding to the glaring need for a youth voice and perspective.
The candidates came, the candidates spoke
Nyese Joshua, longtime resident of Bayview Hunters Point, reports back from the Bayview Hunters Point District 10 Supervisorial Community Candidates Forum on April 29, 2010.