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Chinese Immigrants Lead Call for College Access
OAKLAND, Calif. -- English-language learners have the lowest scores on the California High School Exit Exam and the lowest rates of college attendance in the state. Zhuanyi Deng hopes to change all that.
New America Media Education Editor Carolyn Ji Jong reports.
New America Media, News Report, by Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen, Posted: May 28, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif. -- English-language learners have the lowest scores on the California High School Exit Exam and the lowest rates of college attendance in the state. Zhuanyi Deng hopes to change all that.
Deng
is
part
of
a
group
of
Cantonese-speaking
low-income
students
who
went
to
high
school
largely
unaware
that
they
had
to
take
a
certain
set
of
courses
to
be
eligible
to
attend
the
University
of
California
or
California
State
University.
They
are
determined
not
to
let
other
students
meet
the
same
fate.
Zhuanyi
Deng
and
MuTing
Cen,
members
of
Asian
Immigrant
Women
Advocates
youth
group,
work
on
their
speeches.
Save Our Chinatown - Judge Rules
Judge Sharon Waters rules on the Save Our Chinatown case against the City of Riverside.
News release from the Save Our Chinatown Committee
September 5, 2009
Hello, Everyone,
We
have
ALL
been
waiting
to
hear
Judge
Sharon
Waters'
decision,
so
here's
the
news.
Please
find
below
1)
The
SOCC
press
release,
and
2)
the
article
about
the
decision
from
the
Press
Enterprise.
Both documents are also available at our website - http://saveourchinatown.org .
Watch
for
the
next
updates
that
a)
will
let
you
know
some
of
our
next
steps
and
how
you
can
help
us,
and
b)
news
of
our
recent
activities.
Keep up the support and good thoughts; we will need all that and your continued help!
Blessings,
Judy
for
the
Save
Our
Chinatown
Committee
(SOCC)
http://saveourchinatown.org
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Updated October 12, 2011 - Relief Efforts for Japan's Victims
October 12, 2011:
Peace Boat will be holding a special event on October 13, reporting and looking back on the activities in the 200 days since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, and announcing the launch of the Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Leader Training Programme. This programme will train people in disaster relief skills to ensure that the effects of future disasters can be mitigated. Please join us to learn about our work, our future goals, and to connect with other Peace Boat supporters. For more information on this event and about Peace Boat click here.
August
18,
2011:
August 17, 2011:
Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami created huge Icebergs in Antarctica.
Satellite
image
evidence
show
icebergs
broke
off
in
Antarctica,
collectively
the
size
of
50
square
miles
approximately,
or
two
times
the
surface
size
of
Manhattan,
in
about
18
hours
from
the
time
the
initial
Tohoku
earthquake
and
tsunami
hit
8,000
miles
away
in
Japan
on
March
11,
2011.
The
findings
were
published
online
in
the
Journal
of
Glaciology.
It
is
the
first
known
direct
observation
of
a
connection
between
tsunamis
and
icebergs.
Click
here
for
the
story
on
the
NASA
website,
and
to
view
the
multimedia
satellite
images
taken
by
the
European
Space
Agency/Envisat,
MODIS
Rapid
Response/NASA,
and
NASA/Goddard.
iPhones, Flipcams & Satellite modems are tools for news gathering as violence escalates against journalists in the Middle East
As violence is escalating against journalists working in war-torn countries, low profile or nearly invisible still and video cameras, and content capture and distribution technologies are becoming necessary survival gear.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has reported an unprecedented number of casualties: eleven journalists have been killed this year worldwide, eight of the eleven in the Middle East, one in Vietnam, one in the Philippines, and one in Mexico. CPF reports that there have been more than 300 attacks on journalists covering the recent political unrest in the Middle East.
CNN's
Anderson
Cooper
and
his
camera
crew
were
attacked
by
pro-government
supporters
on
February
2,
2011
in
Cairo
while
covering
the
Egyptian
conflict.
A
video
shot
by
Cooper
for
CNN's
AC360
can
be
seen
on
this
link.
Cooper
was
able
to
keep
his
small
Flip
video
camera
recording,
as
he
was
escaping
from
his
attackers.
While
Cooper
was
able
to
broadcast
his
reports
and
fly
back
to
New
York,
many
other
journalists
have
not
been
as
lucky.
Some
have
been
jailed,
brutally
beaten,
stabbed
or
shot,
their
equipment
destroyed,
or
worse
-
killed.
The
large,
conspicuous
shoulder
mounted
video
cameras
have
quickly
been
replaced
by
low
profile
gear
such
as
the
miniature
Flip
video
cameras.
Laptops
are
being
replaced
in
the
field
by
iPhones
and
other
cell
phones
which
can
transmit
still
images,
audio
and
video,
and
update
blogs,
Twitter
and
Facebook
accounts.