Tag: diversity
Two-Tiered Justice: San Francisco and Oakland Edition
I hope you’ve been paying at least some attention to the circus unfolding in the city of Oakland, California. It’s on a downward spiral more rapidly since the election of its mayor, Sheng Thao, who began her term January 2023....
Is It Racist: A Look at State Agency Anti-Racism Plans
Thanks to the good people at the State Water Resources Control Board, we all know now that California’s water is not racist, or at least as racist as it supposedly used to be. That’s all well and good –...
The Boy Scouts Aren’t Boys Anymore
The Boy Scouts of America just announced it will rebrand itself with a new theme and new name: “Scouting America.” The Scouts once known as “Boys” says it is “reflecting the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcome every youth and family...
A Practical Guide To Local Organizing: CFER Edition
The California For Equal Rights Foundation held their 2nd Annual Conference last month in San Diego, California. The focus of this years’ CFER Conference was “…on connecting education experts and leaders with local activists and concerned parents who are fighting...
Bakersfield College History Professor Sues CA Community Colleges over DEIA Teaching Mandates
Diversity equity and inclusion can be a remarkably exclusionary philosophy that leaves no room for dissent from its often tyrannical dictates. As the California Globe reported last month, a woman is suing the corporate behemoth Compass USA, Inc. because they...
California Lawmakers Gut Good Bill, Replace with Horrible Bill
Earlier this week, Assembly Bill 1352 by Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) on individualized county childcare subsidy plans was gutted. Berman’s bill had already gone through a few committees, and was voted on by the full Assembly without a single...