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Help Improve Your Community, Oct. 13
The County of Kern is in the process of updating its General Plan, which determines how a county will grow and how land will be used.
Event Highlights Challenges, Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color in Kern
South Kern Sol, News Report, Jesus Meraz
The impact of school discipline policies on young men of color was the focus of a recent event hosted by CSU Bakersfield’s Center for Social Justice and Building Healthy Communities South Kern.
Kern Youth, This Poem is For You.
InmigranteBy Nora Ramirez
No todo es color de rosa
A veces hay caminos negros Los que marcan nuestras vidas y destinan caminos inimaginables Con destinos desapercibidos Que ahora son nuestra realidad
Inmigrantes
De lo que está formada esta tierra.
Celebrating AB1066 – ‘It’s About Time’ Farmworkers Get Overtime Pay
Coachella Uninc., Commentary, Leydy Rangel
Children of farmworkers grow up seeing their parents wake up before sunrise, just early enough to make lunch, pack it and drive as far as it takes to get to work.
A Child of Encarceration
We’Ced Youth Media, Jermiah Castillo
Ed. Note: Jeremiah Castillo, 13, is a Merced resident and aspiring community activist.
“We will be there in November, at the voting booth”
By Randy Villegas
Ed. Note. This piece was read at South Kern Sol’s Youth Summer Arts Festival on July 7, 2016 in Rexland Acres Park.
Lisa Green — Closing Libraries Won’t Make Us Safer
By Randy Villegas
During a recent Board of Supervisors meeting Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green declared that public safety must remain the top priority.
More Than a Thousand Gather to Celebrate BHC-SK’s 6th Anniversary
South Kern Sol, News Report, Yesenia Aguilar
More than a thousand South Kern residents turned out for the sixth annual Building Healthy Communities South Kern (BHC-SK) celebration this past Saturday.
Fate of Farmworker Overtime Bill in Hands of the Assembly
By Chris Romo
A major showdown is expected to take place in Sacramento today as the Assembly floor session adjourned abruptly on Thursday before hearing one of the most important bills of the day: AB 1066.
Kern Youth Weigh in on KHSD’s Decision to Allow Guns on Campus
By Jesus Meraz
Editor’s Note: The Kern High School District Board of Trustees recently voted 4-0, with one member abstaining, in favor of allowing non-employees with a Conceal Carry Weapons (CCW) permit to bring firearms onto the district’s more than two-dozen high school campuses.