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$60,000 donation expands Kern’s Art4Rehabilitation program for juvenile youth
(Haley Duval/ Kern Sol News)
Kern County’s 5th District Supervisor Letica Perez held a joint press conference with Kern Family Health Care CEO Emily Duran on September 4th.
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Highlights from Kern’s First Health Equity Symposium
On June 14, 2024, at 8 a.m. was the start of the inaugural Sexuality and Gender Identity Healthcare Symposium. Healthcare providers discussed several impactful topics such as Transgender healthcare for providers, Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer, deconstructing binaries in Bisexuality, zero suicide – awareness and prevention, plus more regarding substance use disorders and holistic ways of healing.
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Celebrate Pride: Upcoming events in Kern County
During June, the nation observes, honors, and celebrates Pride. Locally, organizations have started advertising their Pride events. Kern Sol has listed some events you can mark on your calendar.
Living Fa’a-Samoa: Shafter football coach on coaching and culture
Fa’a-Samoa, known as the Samoan way of doing things, is what Konelio Maino Jr, 32, likes to live by throughout his life of coaching, the man he tries to be, and someday teach his future children.
Afghan refugees resettled in Mojave adjust to a new life in a new country
The remote Kern County desert community of Mojave 61 miles east from Bakersfield has one grocery store, limited transportation service, and hasn’t had a hospital in more than 50 years, according to Ted Hodgkins, president of the Mojave Chamber of Commerce.
Larry Itliong Unity Park pays tribute to Delano’s Filipino Community
Forty-seven years after his death, the city of Delano paid tribute to the man who was a pioneer in the Filipino farm labor movement.