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Child Prostitution Meeting on KPFA Site
Posted April 28th, 2008 by jstevens
For those of you who couldn't attend the meeting (mentioned in Kamika Dunlap's previous blog posting) at Youth Uprising last Thursday, you can listen to it on KPFA, which aired and recorded the live broadcast of a town hall meeting on the commercial abuse of children titled "No Longer Invisible." The meeting was sponsored by the Alameda County Interagency Policy Council. The broadcast was moderated by Weyland Southon.
-- Jane Stevens, UC Berkeley
Oakland faces its Prostitution Problems
Posted April 21st, 2008 by kdunlap
For some time now, I have been reporting about the epidemic of the commercial and sexual abuse of hundreds children in Oakland.
Councilwoman Jean Quan says "Teen and child prostitution is a dirty secret."
Bikers Give Back
Posted April 10th, 2008 by kdunlap
community
Who is Men Against Violence (MAV)?
Posted December 14th, 2007 by TomSepull
You. Empowered. Men Against Violence (MAV) is a non-profit men’s program committed to helping men age 16 and older restore connections to themselves, their intimate partners, their families and their communities. MAV provides a safe environment for men to communicate with other men. Through accountability and advocacy men gain tools, using the Manalive Program, to successfully develop healthy relationships and create more peace in their lives. Participants learn communication and active listening skills designed to create deeper intimacy in their relationships.
Community Blog
Posted December 10th, 2007 by drewhimmelstein
In the community blog portion of the site, we will have guest bloggers who work on the issues we report on here. Watch out for upcoming posts from Tom Sepull, an instructor at Manalive, a treatment program for domestic batterers, and from Bob Ehrlenbusch, executive director of the L.A. Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness.
Featured Story
TURF Dancing Block Report
Posted April 4th, 2008 by yoram
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(Please click on the link http://opentosolutions.com/turf for the bigger version)
Please click on one of the dancers in the image above.
This is a preview for an upcoming feature story about the Bay Area's newest dance form: TURF dancing. We will explore the origins, style and evolution of this mode of creative self-expression by sharing the lives of 4 young TURF dancers from Oakland: Looney, Chonkie, Eninja and NoNoise. This multimedia story is part of an ongoing citizen journalism project at the Youth UpRising community center in East Oakland. It is produced by Yoram Savion, Kash Gaines and their students in the Youth UpRising Multimedia Literacy and Production program (YU Media-LP). Spring 2008.
