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Weekend Evening News September 22, 2024

From East Oakland to the South Yuba River, we'll hear from folks who are at the center of people-led movements for change.

Nothing About Us Without Us, A Poor and Formerly Unhoused People's Solution to Houselessness

Alanis Morissette--Community, Belonging & wholeness

An in depth story of navigating homelessness & college at the same time

Sunday July 21, 2024--Newscast Preview

Farmer's Markets Are For EVERYONE!

A summertime favorite for many of us is the ritual of attending weekly music and market events which happen each Thursday at Todos Santos Park in Concord in the summer and year-round on Tuesdays. While accompanying my neighbor who is a senior citizen, I learned about a match program that's meant to make the market accessible to EVERYONE across the economic spectrum. This week, I spoke with the vendor from what is arguably the most popular spot at the market--Rodriguez Organic Strawberries, the Market Manager, the assistant manager, who also happens to be a remarkable artist. 

Edyth Boone, Greg Asdourian & the late Walter Ford

On this edition of the Weekend Evening News, iconic East Bay Muralist Edyth Boone weighs in about art, Comedy Headliner Greg Asdourian talks about Laugh-ayette and we remember the fathers who were not with their children on Father's Day. 

Remember his name: George Perry Floyd

In honor of George Perry Floyd whose life was cut short by the weight of the knee of a former Minneapolis Police Officer and the complacency of three officers. George Floyd's life may have ended on May 25, 2020, but his name and story live on in America's longest standing protest memorial. 

May 19, 2024 From Gaza to Oakland to Lafayette

How and Why to Be Allies to Our Transgender friends, neighbors, classmates and colleagues

When the Lafayette School District opted to acknowledge Transgender Day of Visibility, which happens each year on March 31st, with the rising of a Transgender Flag. It's part of the district's affirmative efforts towards making its schools inclusive and safe for ALL children regardless what their gender identity is. 

 

For the past few years, this effort has attracted a protester carrying signs with messages like 'hormones don't cure depression' and 'natural bodies are perfect' that have a transphobic tone. This woman, who is occasionally joined by 1-3 other protesters, has been repeatedly been met by dozens of allies trans-identifying people from other communities, members of the local chapter of PFLAG, doctors, parents and residents who carrying rainbows and the message that all children should be unconditionally loved.

 

This piece includes trans-identifying community members, doctors and psychologists and community allies who chime in about lived experience, while debunking myths and offering thoughts about allyship