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Marisol Aguilar  |   OW Contributor
Aug 19 2010

Youth hone skills in L.A. medical research labs

While it is not easy for underrepresented students to attend college due to either lack of financial resources, guidance, support or the combination of all three, 15 fortunate inner city high school students gained the experience of a lifetime through the Latino and African American High School Internship Program (LA-HIP) that is expected to open doors to many colleges.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Aug 12 2010

Summer literacy programs keep kids on track

The Culver City Freedom School recently held a celebration to commemorate its last day of the summer literacy program, which teaches children the love of reading by using creative storytelling, social action, and high parental involvement.

The program also stresses the importance of civic engagement, and teaches children aspects of their history that, most do not receive as a part of their regular curriculum.

Jun 26 2009

L.A. officials ignore Baca’s message on gang killings at their own peril

Two things happened this week that make L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca’s warning that racially motivated gang killings of blacks and Latino are on the rise. The first was the start of preliminary testimony in the scheduled trial of Pedro Espinoza, the 18th Street gang member charged with gunning down local Los Angeles High School star football player Jamiel Shaw Jr. back in March.

The killing ignited a torrent of rage in the city when it was revealed that Espinoza is an illegal immigrant, and even more rage that the killing may have been a racially motivated hit.

May 22 2009

Parents protest; Council seeks details

A coalition of African American and Latino parents from schools throughout the region gathered at the Los Angeles Unified School District Seven office on Western Avenue and 106th Street Friday morning, to protest removal of Carol Truscott and Scott Braxton. The parents claim the two are being used as scapegoats in the matter of how Steven Rooney, a former Markham administrator, was returned to a school site, after allegations of improper conduct with a student surfaced.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 15 2009

Multiple culprits are at the center of Locke High violence

Less than 24 hours after an estimated 75 Latino activists from around the city converged at the Community Coalition in South Los Angeles to take a more high-profile stance on the black-brown tensions that are plaguing Los Angeles, a brawl erupted at Locke High School that allegedly pitted African American and Latino students against one another.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.