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October 2020

San Diego Unified School District Changes Grading System to ‘Combat Racism' (nbcsandiego.com)

Students will no longer be graded based on a yearly average, or on how late they turn in assignments. Those are just some of the major grading changes approved this week by California's second-largest school district. The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is overhauling the way it grades students. Board members say the changes are part of a larger effort to combat racism. “This is part of our honest reckoning as a school district,” says SDUSD Vice President Richard Barrera. “If we’re...

Many unemployed California workers are about to get a $300 payment - but it won't continue [sacbee.com]

By David Lightman, The Sacramento Bee, October 8, 2020 Hundreds of thousands of Californians who were out of work at the start of last month will be getting another week of supplemental $300 payments from the federal government, the state’s Employment Development Department said Thursday. The Lost Wages Assistance Program payments to qualified claimants should start going out next week. They are likely to be the last such supplemental benefits for a long time. President Donald Trump...

Glendale confronts its racist past, apologizing for 'sundown' laws [latimes.com]

By Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2020 When Tanita Harris-Ligons moved to Glendale in 2008, she said locals kept asking her where she was visiting from. “If you’re Black, they didn’t believe you lived there,” she said of the city that was once a bastion for white supremacy groups and a so-called sundown town, where Black people weren’t welcome after dark . About two years later, her son, Jalani, started middle school in the city, and the children began to separate along racial...

Report: More than 100,000 low-income California college students lack internet access [calmatters.org]

By Julianna Domingo, Shehreen Karim, and Charlotte West, Cal Matters, October 8, 2020 Pierce College theater student Sonny Lira was in the middle of rehearsing a script when his phone overheated and shut off, abruptly cutting off his performance. This wasn’t the first time technical difficulties interrupted Lira’s community college class. Since Wi-Fi wasn’t good enough at home, Lira often practiced his lines over Zoom in his car, situated in the middle of a Starbucks parking lot. The...

Where Do I Go?

“If he wins I'm going to Canada.” ”I need to find and marry someone with E.U. citizenship.” “I'm going to apply for grad school in one of the Scandinavian countries!” “My family always kept dual citizenship, just in case we ever needed it.” These are just a few of the comments I have heard when people contemplate what they’ll do if Donald Trump wins the 2020 election. I would be dishonest if I said that leaving the United States had not crossed my mind. After all, I want to provide my...

Fairfax’s James Redford explores play as wellness in documentary [marinij.com]

By Vicki Larson, Marin Independent Journal, October 8, 2020 After making three movies together that focused on the challenges, stresses and resilience of childhood, it occurred to filmmakers James Redford and Karen Pritzker — well, what about adults? Adults seem to be increasingly stressed, even before the pandemic, although wellness has become a multi-billion-dollar industry. Is there anything adults can do to help keep stress in check? Yes, they discovered — play, which they highlight in...

PLAYING FOR KEEPS [kpjrfilms.co]

Announcing PLAYING FOR KEEPS The latest documentary feature from KPJR Films PLAYING FOR KEEPS examines the importance of play and downtime for all of us – children, adults, seniors, and animals. It is a tapestry of interwoven characters that takes a look at the health benefits of the play state as well as its recent decline in our lives. Premiering NOW at Mill Valley Film Festival!! October 9 - 18th, 2020 For Tickets, please visit: https://bit.ly/PFKPremiere *Original flyer attached below

An innovative storytelling project reveals the dirty secrets of LA policing [centerforhealthjournalism.org]

By Mary Lou Fulton, Center for Health Journalism, October 8, 2020 Kelly Lytle Hernandez is a UCLA scholar-activist with the instincts of a journalist. Her work sheds new light on this moment in which the nation is confronting racism embedded in policing, mass incarceration, health and other systems. Through Million Dollar Hoods , an innovative data and storytelling project based on police booking reports, Hernandez and her team revealed that Los Angeles residents were most often arrested for...

Advancing Innovative School-Based Health Strategies to Reduce Trauma, Advance Health Equity, and Help California's Children Heal [futureswithoutviolence.org]

By Karen A. Herrling, Futures Without Violence, October 15, 2020 Join Futures Without Violence and Healthy Schools Campaign for an important conversation about the impact of trauma on California's children and new strategies and funding that can help schools support health and address adversity, increase trauma-informed care for children, and prevent violence. October 29, 2020 2:00 PM PST *Original flyer attached below [ Please click here to register .]

Find ACEs Aware Providers in California [acesaware.org]

From ACEs Aware, October 2012 Use the ACEs Aware Provider Directory to find Medi-Cal providers who have self-attested to completing the certified Becoming ACEs Aware in California training, and are eligible to receive Medi-Cal payment for providing qualified ACE screenings. The ACEs Aware Provider Directory includes a subset of Medi-Cal providers who have self-attested to completing the certified Becoming ACEs Aware in California training, and are eligible to receive Medi-Cal payment for...

California's ACEs Aware Initiative Trains Nearly 14,000 Health Care Providers in Trauma-Informed Care [acesaware.org]

From ACEs Aware, October 15, 2020 Nearly 14,000 health care providers have completed the ACEs Aware initiative’s core training program, a key finding included in a data report released today by the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) and Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). “ Becoming ACEs Aware in California ” trains health care providers to screen patients for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and to recognize and respond to the symptoms of toxic stress. The Provider...

Up to 1 million California students may still lack connectivity during distance learning [edsource.org]

By Sydney Johnson, EdSource, October 15, 2020 Nearly two months into the school year, hundreds of thousands of California students are still without internet access at home needed to connect to teachers and peers during distance learning. California school districts are required to ensure that students have access to computers and the internet from home if they are participating in online distance learning. But due to global backorders on computing devices and a lack of broadband...

Supporting Student Parents in Community College CalWORKs Programs [ppic.org]

By Shannon McConville, Sarah Bohn, Bonnie Brooks, Public Policy Institute of California, October 2020 Summary Many Californians face difficulties connecting to good jobs because of limited education. This is especially true for poor families who receive cash assistance from the state’s CalWORKs (California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids) program. Few CalWORKs parents have more than a high school degree, and many struggle to balance family and work responsibilities. Quality jobs...

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