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La Cofradía de la Merced protagoniza mañana una de las procesiones más esperadas de la Semana Santa ferrolana, tras un año de ausencia a causa de la lluvia. La hermandad celebrará así, con especial ilusión, el 25 aniversario de su refundación, llevando por las calles de la ciudad a Nuestra Señora de los Cautivos y al Santísimo Cristo Redentor. La imagen de la Virgen Blanca saldrá a la calle arropada por las oraciones y peticiones de los fieles, depositadas en una urna durante los días previos. Estas súplicas permanecerán junto a la imagen durante un año. Tras la procesión, quienes lo deseen podrán venerarla en su capilla, ya entronizada, de 11:30 a 14:00 horas. Una de las grandes novedades de este año es la incorporación del primer "tramo silencioso" en la Semana Santa de Ferrol. El cortejo recorrerá las calles María, Méndez Núñez —donde se saludará a la Cofradía de Dolores—, Real, Sánchez Barcáiztegui y Magdalena. En la calle Tierra, concretamente en el tramo entre Magdalena y Real, la procesión avanzará en completo silencio, sin música, con el objetivo de facilitar la participación y el disfrute de personas con trastornos del espectro autista y otras condiciones cognitivas. La banda de gaitas Terra de Trasancos, del Coro Toxos e Froles, abrirá el desfile. El Cristo Redentor saldrá primero, portado en cruz y sin trono, acompañado por la Agrupación del Santísimo Cristo de la Buena Muerte. A continuación, lo hará Nuestra Señora de los Cautivos, seguida por la banda Acotaga. Como broche final, la marcha “Líbrame”, compuesta especialmente para la Virgen, sonará durante la recogida, interpretada por la banda cofrade vinculada estrechamente a la hermandad mercedaria. Con esta emotiva salida procesional, la Cofradía de la Merced no solo retoma su lugar en la Semana Santa, sino que lo hace en un año muy especial, lleno de simbolismo y fervor para todos sus hermanos y devotos.

Coming out of Merced in the Central Valley, GB aka Getto Boy is putting on for his hometown in a major way. The child of Mexican immigrants, he fell into gang culture but turned his life around during a prison stint when he became a father behind bars. Turning to music to express himself, GB received instant recognition after dropping his first music video. This led to attention from rap fans and labels in Northern California, and he's been dropping music ever since. He also developed his own clothing brand and gained recognition from the city of Merced and California State Assembly for his community philanthropy. But this made him a target for law enforcement, and he was caught up in a massive gang sweep that tried to overshadow his community spirit by defaming his reputation. GB remains resilient and continues to host givebacks and drop new music.--For promo opportunities on the podcast, e-mail: info@historyofthebay.com--History of the Bay Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZUM4rCv6xfNbvB4r8TVWU?si=9218659b5f4b43aaOnline Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuCcJlRb8ImMc5haZHXF?si=poJT0BYUS-qCfpEzAX7mlAInstagram: https://instagram.com/dregs_oneTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@dregs_oneTwitter: https://twitter.com/dregs_oneFacebook: https://facebook.com/dregsone41500:00 Intro02:18 Mexico to Merced06:29 Trump administration08:48 Gang culture13:48 Prison17:03 186.22 gang enhancements20:56 Becoming a father in prison23:02 Starting to rap28:00 Separating the streets from music39:29 Getting targeted by law enforcement51:52 Staying in the community58:14 New projects

Importante hallazgo arqueológico en la cueva del tesoro de Nerja , preocupación entre la empresas malagueñas ante la imposición de los aranceles de EEUU, mañana sábado a las 11.30 saldrá la manifestación por la vivienda desde la plaza de la Merced , y en ronda a las 12 h tendrá lugar la manifestación para denunciar el abandono de las conexiones por carretera , en Mollina se celebra hasta el domingo el encuentro provincial de asociaciones de Parkinson, además de los sucesos actividad cultural y deportiva , y en nuestra entrevista hoy tenemos a la directora de la primera edición de Periscopio la Térmica ;Sara Magán.Escuchar audio

En la sección de Hoy por Hoy Ciudad Real,  la guía oficial de turismo, Raquel Méndez hablar de la colección permanente del Museo Convento de la Merced 

More trouble tonight for the state's controversial high-speed rail project.It now needs a lot more money fast.At a budget hearing in the state assembly Wednesday, California Legislative Analyst Office representative Helen Kerstein told lawmakers the project is now reporting it's $7 billion short of what it needs by next June, 2026, and Kerstein says that's not all.“There is no specific plan to meet that roughly 7 billion dollar gap from Merced to Bakersfield. We also think there's some risk that that gap could grow,” said Kerstein.With no plan in sight to meet that shortfall, Kerstein says the project could grind to a halt in as little as 15 months.

La cofradía celebrará este próximo domingo una misa de hermandad, que contará con la participación de la Camerata de la Merced de Elche.

In the last episode, Paul Smaldino, Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at the University of California, Merced, and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute discussed how human behaviour is shaped by cultural evolution. In this episode, Paul discusses social learning and identity signalling and how they’re both being affected by rapidly changing technologies. Connect: Simplifying Complexity on Twitter Sean Brady on Twitter Sean Brady on LinkedIn Brady Heywood website This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Danny Royer is the Farm Coordinator at UC Merced. From smart farms to reimagining supply chains, we'll hear how Danny blends innovation with the art of growing food. He and Monte explore farming that looks at scaling back costs with sustainable practices as well as inspiring the next generation through real-world experience. Instagram: @esf_ucm https://www.instagram.com/esf_ucm?igsh=aml5Z3pmZmlyMXJ1 Danny was born and raised in Merced, California. Merced is located in the heart of California's Central Valley and is surrounded by production agriculture. Not having family ties to agriculture though, Danny found his passion for farming and agriculture through 4-H, FFA and on his best friend's farm just outside of Merced. He started his career in farming by irrigating pistachios in Madera at age 16 and eventually found himself working summers on a construction crew for Merced Irrigation District. After high school Danny took his passion for Agriculture to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. While he was there he continued to focus on broadening his work experience by taking on jobs at the Cal Poly Foundation Dairy and the Cal Poly Farm Shop. Danny Graduated from Cal Poly in 2008 with a degree in Agricultural Systems Management and minor in Agricultural Business. Cal Poly had prepared him for life after graduation, but Danny attributes his summer internships and combined work experiences to preparing him for the grind that would become the next eight years of his career. After graduating Danny worked in management and leadership positions for some of the largest farms and food production companies in California. After years of operational roles Danny transitioned into a new role as the VP of Technology for world renowned Bowles Farming Company. It was ag tech that allowed Danny to start driving change in operations and redefining company cultures. Danny's vast and extensive agriculture operations experience combined with the onslaught of ag tech allowed him to shift his strategy to incorporate ag tech solutions. After years of implementations and improvement iterations though, Danny was ready for something more. Along with being a serial agriculturalist and technologist, Danny is an active member in his Community of Merced. He serves as the Chairman of the Board for the Community Foundation of Merced County and actively engages in community events and initiatives. Lastly and definitely most importantly to Danny, he is very much a family man. Danny is married with three children, who are the light of his life and his mission to create sustainable food systems is driven by a desire to see a more balanced and sustainable world for his family. Got questions you want answered? Send them our way and we'll do our best to research and find answers. Know someone you think would be great on the AgEmerge stage or podcast? Send your questions or suggestions to kim@asn.farm we'd love to hear from you.

Merced Irrigation District GM John Sweigard joined the show to discuss The State Water Resources Control Board's intention to divert billions of gallons of water from Merced and send it to the ocean for the possible benefit fewer than 500 new salmon on the Merced River. March 28th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

¿Tú también lo has visto? Cada noche, centenares de personas en todo el mundo afirman ver al pie de su cama la silueta de un hombre alto, envuelto en una capa, y con un extraño sombrero en la cabeza. Si durante tus sueños a ti también se te ha aparecido, o conoces a alguien que le haya ocurrido algo similar, no dudes en escuchar este episodio. El investigador Carlos G. Fernández traerá testigos reales y nos ofrecerá pistas sobre el posible origen e intenciones de este oscuro ser, que cada día protagoniza las pesadillas de más y más gente. Para conocer al guía: https://rutasmisteriosas.es/reservar/vigo-misterioso/ También nos trasladaremos hasta Elche, donde nuestra compañera Verónica Cano nos hablará sobre los inquietantes fenómenos paranormales que se vienen reportando en los últimos años en el emblemático Convento de la Merced. Un edificio cuya luctuosa historia quizás nos ayude a comprender el origen de las apariciones y episodios sobrenaturales. Para conocer a la guía: https://rutasmisteriosas.es/reservar/elche-oculto/ Presentado por Juanca Romero (juancaromero.com), dirigido por Juanca Romero y José M. Morales, locuciones de Verónica Cano Una producción de Rutas Misteriosas®. Busca las experiencias que puedes vivir en tu ciudad en https://rutasmisteriosas.es/

Ya pasado el ecuador de la Cuaresma, nos volvemos a reunir en el estudio de Radio Jaén - Cadena SER para hablar de nuestras cofradías y hermandades. Nos visita Javier Jiménez, Hermano Mayor de la Hermandad del Divino Maestro, para contarnos como preparan la primera salida procesional de María Stma. del Amor. Además, Marina Rascón nos cuenta los trabajos de restauración que se están realizando sobre el grupo escultórico de Jesús Descendido. Fran Cubero sale a la calle para palpar cómo se está viviendo el besamanos a María Stma. de los Dolores y el traslado de Jesús Divino Maestro y San Pedro a la Merced. Y como siempre, la actualidad cofrade, la agenda y la tertulia, hoy repasando un poquito el tiempo de paso de nuestras hermandades.

The Pushing the Boundaries and Discovering New Horizons session from day one of RNIB Scotland's Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference. Dr Wanda Díaz-Merced has advanced the field of sonification—turning data into sound—making astrophysics more accessible and inclusive. In this session, she will discuss her experiences in leadership and space exploration. Hear all audio from the conference here: Audioboom / Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference 2025 Image description: Wanda speaks animatedly on stage. She's holding up a microphone in one hand and her bright pink cane in the other. She's looking up at the audience gathered at the conference.

We all know that we are shaped by evolution, but we're also shaped by cultural evolution. In this episode, we’re joined by Paul Smaldino, Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at the University of California, Merced, and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, to explain how cultural evolution has shaped human behaviour. Connect: Simplifying Complexity on Twitter Sean Brady on Twitter Sean Brady on LinkedIn Brady Heywood website This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

More now from the IDS Conference at the Glasgow Science Centre as David Hogg catches up with one of the keynote speakers, Dr Wanda Díaz-Merced. Image description: Wanda poses for a photo, smiling brightly. She's holding her long with its bright pink handle close to her chest. She's wearing a matching pink beanie and has a soft dark grey-brown turtleneck on with dangly gold earrings.

Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Radio Participatory sizzle Mercury stationing late Friday, Venus descending into Underworld and we with her/him Much with which to cahoot, so welcoming fellow Libran, Venus in Scorpio, Moon in Virgo – Eli Painted Crow   Eli PaintedCrow (Maya/Yaqui) is the Founder of Turtle Women Rising, a peace activist, a ceremonialist elder and an author. She is a retired Army Veteran, a mother of two veteran sons, and a grandmother of eight. She currently lives in Merced, California. Eli's current work is centered on helping women remember and find their sovereignty and purpose. She devotes her time to participatory sane reverent ingenuity. She is the author  of “Why You Matter: Wellness, Balance, and Wholeness Through Indigenous and Western Healing.” This work examines the intertwining of two roads, life led from an Indigenous point of view while living in a colonized world. She shares the values needed for humanity to heal historical and present-day wounds of the spirit and the perspective necessary for us to find significance in everyday living. https://www.turtlewomenrising.live/ The post The Visionary Activist Show – Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Radio appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode of The Edge of Risk podcast, host Joel Appelbaum welcomes Andy Stoelting, senior director of insurance and risk management at Webcor, to discuss the evolution of Webcor's Hawaii-domiciled captive insurance company, Paramount Insurance, Inc. Andy shares his journey from insurance defense attorney to risk management leader and provides an inside look at how Paramount transitioned from a pure captive to a sponsored captive with protected cells. The discussion explores how Paramount supports Webcor and its affiliates in managing construction risks, including innovative uses of the captive to address unique challenges, such as a 10-year performance obligation for the University of California, Merced project. Andy also highlights the benefits of domiciling in Hawaii, the influence of Japanese governance from Webcor's parent company, Obayashi Corporation, and the strategic considerations for balancing captive utilization with opportunities in the commercial market. Whether you're in the construction industry or exploring captives as a risk management tool, this episode offers valuable insights into the power of captive insurance in a complex and evolving landscape.

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A look at the iconic symbol at UC Merced. Series: "UC Landmarks" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 40499]

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In this episode of the AgNet News Hour, Sabrina Halvorson and Lorrie Boyer delve into the upcoming World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, discussing its vast exhibit space, international exhibitors, and the focus on new agricultural technologies, specialty crops, and dairy advancements. They also highlight the significance of the Women in Ag Pavilion. Further, the conversation pivots to the first on-farm robotics incubator, Reservoir Farms, which aims to bridge the gap between technology and agriculture with its facilities in Salinas and Merced. Additionally, the episode covers a proposed composting bill that seeks to increase composting capacities for farms and urban community projects, emphasizing its potential benefits for air quality and soil health.

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Knute Rockne, All AmericanReagan as George GippA disinformation deluge on California policiesThe owner of the LA Times takes the red pillThousands rally in downtown Los Angeles, shut down 101 Freeway to protest Trump's immigration policiesCalifornia Democrats delay vote to ‘Trump-proof' the state and protect immigrantsGavin Newsom heads to D.C. to meet with Trump officials about wildfire disaster aidTrump says California's High-Speed Rail project should be investigatedInspector General: High-Speed Rail off schedule for Merced-to-Bakersfield routeCiting LA fire victims, Trump orders more water for Central Valley agriculture and less for fishNewsom issues order to ‘maximize' water capture during storms. Critics say it sounds just like TrumpCalifornia fires don't justify an energy industry shakedownCalifornia's Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction StrategyLong Beach is considering a major hike in waste collection fees. Expect a higher trash bill

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Un fuerte olor a hierba delató a aquella plantación de marihuana. Al principio, los policías de la comunidad de Merced, California, en el Valle de San Joaquín, pensaron que ese hedor provenía de algún grupo de amigos o familia que ejercía con pasión su derecho al consumo recreativo de cannabis. Luego, por la permanencia del olor que sólo rodeaba a un inmueble, intuyeron que se trataba de algo más: una instalación ilegal. Los policías pidieron a la tesorería de la ciudad de Merced los registros de fábricas, cultivos, dispensadores y comercializadores legales de marihuana. Ninguno correspondía a la direccion de donde provenía ese olor penetrante. Aquello confirmó que estaban frente a un negocio cannabico ilegal apenas a unos 650 kilómetros de Tijuana, Baja California, que en los últimos años se ha vuelto un bastión codiciado por Los Chapitos. Así que las autoridades se prepararon para actuar. Juntaron testigos, evidencias, fotografías y acudieron a un juez, que les firmó una orden de cateo. El pasado 26 de julio, la policía de California ejecutó ese mandato judicial: rodearon el inmueble y decenas irrumpieron en el edificio. Un golpe de olor dulzón a marihuana los recibió al patear la puerta. Los que entraron primero vieron un espejo de cuerpo completo en la planta baja. También, un ventilador para atenuar el olor. En el piso, desordenadas, varias cajas de cartón con marihuana empaquetada en dosis personales. Y sillas plegables para quienes tenían la tarea de recibir el cannabis, pesarlo, dividirlo, embolsarlo y encajarlo. Una típica casa de distribución de droga. Lo que en México llamamos “un punto” o “un piquero”. Adentro estaban 60 trabajadores, hombres y mujeres, quienes habían llegado al inmueble apenas unos días antes. Todos eran migrantes indocumentados que habían cruzado la frontera con la promesa de que en la Unión Americana les esperaba un trabajo honrado. En realidad, los polleros les tenían reservado un asiento en esa mitad plantación, mitad fábrica de marihuana en condiciones infrahumanas, cercanas a la esclavitud. Unos aceptaron porque debían a los polleros, es decir, al cártel que los había llevado. Otros bajaron la cabeza por miedo a ser asesinados, si renegaban de ese trabajo sucio. “Esto es descorazonador. Vamos a ayudar a estas personas”, dijo el sherif Vern Warnke. Y cumplió su promesa con una generosidad que yo no sé si veremos otra vez en la segunda administración Trump: ninguno de los 60 trabajadores migrantes indocumentados fueron arrestados. Al fin y al cabo, eran víctimas, no delincuentes, como esos que escaparon cuando vieron el operativo y siguen prófugos de la justicia. Le cuento esta historia a un hombre que me ha pedido que lo llame Raymond. Él es administrador de un plantío ilegal de marihuana en California. A pesar de la legalización, prefiere operar sin licencias para no pagar altos impuestos y vender a bajo costo. Por ende, su negocio es pujante. Y Raymond me cuenta algo que yo no había imaginado: también los narcotraficantes, como él, necesitan migrantes indocumentados para sus negocios sucios. Raymond me confiesa que está preocupado. La política de deportaciones masivas de Donald Trump también amenaza su forma de vida: sin migrantes indocumentados que trabajen para él —aunque ofrezca condiciones que él llama dignas, similares a un campo de jitomates o fresas— su negocio corre peligro. Otros como él comparten esa angustia: ¿qué fuerza laboral nos quedará, si millones sin papeles regresarán a la fuerza a sus países? El plan de deportaciones masivas de Trump podría provocar una caída del PIB anual entre el 4 y el 7%, lo que equivale a pérdidas de entre 1.1 y 1.7 billones de dólares anuales. Estas cifras superan el impacto de la Gran Recesión de 2007-2009, cuando el PIB se redujo un 4.3%. El impacto sería especialmente severo en California, Texas y Florida, donde viven casi la mitad de los inmigrantes indocumentados del país y 1 de cada 20 podría ser deportado. Para Raymond eso tendría un efecto claro en el mercado de drogas. Si empresas como la suya no tienen mano de obra, el mercado irá a otras variantes de drogas que no necesitan tanto personal, ni cuidadores de invernaderos, ni cultivadores ni piscadores, es decir, las drogas sintéticas. Y la mejor de todas es el fentanilo. Para marihuana ilegal, se necesitan 60 migrantes indocumentados. Para fentanilo, apenas unos cuantos cocineros. El plan de Donald Trump, dice, es un balazo en el pie: es la manera más sencilla de orillar a narcos gringos como Raymond a mudarse de los cultivos a lo sintético. Y entonces todo lo ganado contra el fentanilo se irá al carajo porque Donald Trump mandó al carajo también a nuestros paisanos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Los Angeles fires are a warning to all of us. Over the past week, lives, homes, businesses and entire communities have been lost in what's expected to be among the nation’s costliest disasters ever. But with more than one-third of the U.S. population living in counties with high wildfire risk, this begs the question: Should lots of people relocate? Crystal Kolden, director of the Fire Resilience Center at the University of California at Merced and a former wildland firefighter, said abandoning these places isn’t the only option. On the show today, Kolden explains why the L.A. fires have been so tough to put out, why wildfires are different from other natural disasters like hurricanes and floods, and how devastated communities can rebuild in a way that makes them more resilient to future fires. Later, a listener shares a teamwork approach to cleaning up after a house party. And, Brad Stulberg, author of “Master of Change,” was wrong about how to find motivation. Here’s everything we talked about today: “L.A. Fires Show Limits of America's Efforts to Cope With Climate Change” from The New York Times “Column: Recovery will be tempered by hard decisions and, if we aren’t careful, inequality” from The L.A. Times “Palisades and other Southern California fires could be most expensive in US history” from LAist “More People Are Living in the Riskiest Wildfire Zones” from Bloomberg “‘Zone Zero’ Mandates Near Completion for High Wildfire Risk Areas” from the Sierra Club “‘Conditions’ should be placed on California wildfire aid: House Speaker Mike Johnson” from USA Today We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

The Los Angeles fires are a warning to all of us. Over the past week, lives, homes, businesses and entire communities have been lost in what's expected to be among the nation’s costliest disasters ever. But with more than one-third of the U.S. population living in counties with high wildfire risk, this begs the question: Should lots of people relocate? Crystal Kolden, director of the Fire Resilience Center at the University of California at Merced and a former wildland firefighter, said abandoning these places isn’t the only option. On the show today, Kolden explains why the L.A. fires have been so tough to put out, why wildfires are different from other natural disasters like hurricanes and floods, and how devastated communities can rebuild in a way that makes them more resilient to future fires. Later, a listener shares a teamwork approach to cleaning up after a house party. And, Brad Stulberg, author of “Master of Change,” was wrong about how to find motivation. Here’s everything we talked about today: “L.A. Fires Show Limits of America's Efforts to Cope With Climate Change” from The New York Times “Column: Recovery will be tempered by hard decisions and, if we aren’t careful, inequality” from The L.A. Times “Palisades and other Southern California fires could be most expensive in US history” from LAist “More People Are Living in the Riskiest Wildfire Zones” from Bloomberg “‘Zone Zero’ Mandates Near Completion for High Wildfire Risk Areas” from the Sierra Club “‘Conditions’ should be placed on California wildfire aid: House Speaker Mike Johnson” from USA Today We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

Nella Contea di Merced, in California, nel dicembre 1972 un bambino di sette anni viene rapito da un molestatore che lo terrà prigioniero per 8 lunghi anni. Cosa, o sarebbe meglio dire chi, gli avrà dato il coraggio e la forza di fuggire? Questa è la storia di Steven Stayner.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor at YES! Media.  She is also the host of Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program that airs on Pacifica Radio.  Books: Rising Up;  Bleeding Afghanistan; and her forthcoming Talking About Abolition will be released in 2025. Anthony LeRoy Westerling is Professor of Engineering, Natural Sciences, and Geography at the University of California, Merced.   Photo credit: John Perchlyn from the Esplanade area of Redondo Beach looking north towards Malibu. The post An Update on the LA Wildfires & What Can We Do About them appeared first on KPFA.

Adam is joined by the host of “The SDR Show”, Ralph Sutton, and his new co-host, comedian Dov Davidoff. They open by talking about what Dov has been up to since Adam last saw him in 2014. They also discuss the latest California wildfires, the power lines that cause them, and California's never ending high-speed rail plan. Next, Dov recounts growing up on his father's New Jersey junkyard and his mother's tendency to overshare, and they discuss their various strategies of “time lying” to people. Then, Jason “Mayhem” Miller joins to read the news including stories about a teacher allegedly paying her underage students in cash or giving them alcohol & drugs in exchange for sex, Donald Trump trolling Justin Trudeau by suggesting the U.S. and Canada should merge, and Bill Maher calling actor Jon Cryer "crazy woke" after he refused to judge the strict dress code for women in the Islamic religion. For more with Ralph Sutton: PODCAST: The SDR Show on GasDigital TWITTER/X: @iamralphsutton INSTAGRAM: @iamralphsutton For more with Dov Davidoff: PODCAST: The SDR Show on GasDigital TWITTER/X: @dovdavidoff INSTAGRAM: @dovdavidoff Thank you for supporting our sponsors: hexclad.com/Adam ​​HomeChef.com/ADAM RuffGreens.com, use code: Adam http://Homes.com

Join us on this episode of the Contacts Coaching Podcast as Scott Winton, athletic director at Livingston High School, delves into his rich history in sports. Scott shares personal anecdotes about his family's deep roots in the Livingston community, his own athletic career, and his extensive coaching background. Learn about his transitions from player to coach, the challenges and successes he's encountered, and his current role as a district co-lead AD. Scott also discusses the impact of travel sports, the importance of multi-sport participation, and innovative strategies to support coaches and students. Whether you're a coach, athlete, or educator, Scott's insights are both inspiring and practical.  Don't miss this captivating episode! 00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 00:27 Livingston High School Legacy 00:50 Coaching Journey Begins 01:28 College and Coaching Foundations 03:39 International Coaching Experience 05:55 Return to Merced and Coaching Roles 07:57 Transition to Athletic Director 09:38 Impact of Youth Sports Industrial Complex 12:25 Challenges and Solutions in High School Sports 17:28 Redefining Success in Athletics 21:42 District-Wide Athletic Initiatives 22:53 Starting a Flag Football Program 23:22 Promoting Multi-Sport Participation 24:12 Building Trust Among Coaches 25:17 The Value of Being a Role Player 25:55 Challenges of Sports Specialization 27:10 Recognizing Multi-Sport Athletes 28:39 Transferable Coaching Skills 29:49 Observing and Learning from Other Coaches 33:59 Digital Tools for Athletic Management 35:24 Navigating School Politics 39:30 Micro Battles in Athletic Administration 41:06 Changing Perspectives on Coaching 42:42 Concluding Thoughts and Reflections

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El director de Etica Gubernamental pone en contexto las decisiones de casos que ha decidido su oficina y que al llegar al Tribunal Supremo, la mayoría ideológica le da la razón a los imputados de corrupción. Comenta el caso de los cabilderos por la estadidad. (La entrevista se dio antes de que el Foro Judicial fallara a favor de los cabilderos que no quisieron rendir cuentas sobre sus estados financieros a pesar de ganar sobre $90K de la chequera del pueblo).

El director de Etica Gubernamental pone en contexto las decisiones de casos que ha decidido su oficina y que al llegar al Tribunal Supremo, la mayoría ideológica le da la razón a los imputados de corrupción. Comenta el caso de los cabilderos por la estadidad. (La entrevista se dio antes de que el Foro Judicial fallara a favor de los cabilderos que no quisieron rendir cuentas sobre sus estados financieros a pesar de ganar sobre $90K de la chequera del pueblo).

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  A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.   In this episode of APEX Express, host Cheryl shares Part 1 of a powerful intergenerational conversation featuring the OG organizers of Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and young leaders from Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP). The discussion highlights the challenges and inspirations that drove CAA's founders to join the Asian American Movement of the '60s and '70s, offering valuable lessons for sustaining activism across generations. Important Links: Chinese for Affirmative Action: Website  |  Instagram Hmong Innovating Politics: Website  |  Instagram Transcript   Cheryl Truong: good evening and welcome to tonight's episode of apex express. I'm your host, Cheryl Truong and tonight is an AACRE night. Now you might be wondering what is AACRE. AACRE stands for the Asian Americans for civil rights and Equality network, which is made up of 11 grassroots, social justice groups. Together leverage the power of our network to focus on longterm movement, building and support for Asian-Americans committed to social justice. And speaking of AACRE groups. APEX express is proud to be a part of the AACRE network.  For tonight's show, I'm thrilled to share a really special and intimate recording from a panel discussion we hosted here at the AACRE network that bridges generations of organizing. This panel brought together the OGs– originals– who helped build chinese for Affirmative Action or CAA into the esteemed 50 year old civil rights organization it is today. Alongside young organizers from Hmong Innovating Politics, also known as HIP, who are paving the way for Hmong Americans in Sacramento and Fresno. Both hip and CAA are vital groups within the AACRE network. The purpose of this exchange. To spark an intergenerational dialogue between seasoned CAA leaders and current hip staff and exploring how their roles in the movement have evolved over time.  Together, they delve into the strategies they've employed to sustain their impact over decades of organizing. However, this is only part one of what is and was a much longer conversation. So for tonight's episode, we'll focus on getting to know some of the CAA OGs. You'll hear them introduce themselves. Share some of the hardships they faced as pivotal organizers during the Asian-American movement of the tumultuous sixties and seventies. And reflect on what catalyze them to get involved in the movement. Through the stories we hope to uncover lessons from the past that can guide us in sustaining and evolving the fight for justice today. So stay tuned. It's going to be an inspiring and reflective journey into the heart of activism.  So I'm pleased to introduce. The panel facilitator, Miko Lee who is AACRE's director of programs. And CAA OGs Germaine Wong Henry Der Laureen Chew Stephen Owyang and Yvonne Yim-Hung Lee  Miko: Yvonne,  what was a kind of chrysalis moment for you in terms of social justice? Yvonne Yim-Hung Lee: First of all, when I got the email, I didn't know what O. G. was, so I said “Oh Geezer!” That's how I interpret it. I said “Oh, I'm there!” This is going to be a really honest and frank family gathering so thank you inviting me and I'm really excited to be here with my, peers and colleagues and more importantly to really hear from you, your experience. I am a first generation immigrant. My parents were very well to do business people in Hong Kong. They decided to immigrate to this country with three young kids. My father when he was young, he was the richest boy in his village. Overnight, people came and forced his father to give up 98 acres of their 99 acre farm. So from being the richest boy in town, in his village, to have to go to Hong Kong to live with this uncle. My mom was from a rich family in China also. Her father was one of the few merchants who came to the U.S. after the Chinese Exclusion Act, he went to New York, opened up a pastry shop, but he found his goal. He won second prize of a New York lotto. So he decided to go back to China because even though he was a merchant, he experienced a lot of discrimination. He never talked about his experience in America. But my mom was a little princess. You know, we used to call her , and her friends, the little Paris Hilton of the group, because that's what they did. They went to school as ABC's, never had to work a day in their life. But one thing, She and my father, because they were both from richest families in different villages, they were supposed to be matched up. But by the time they were at marriage age, he was already a poor kid. But my mom told the father, said, a promise is a promise.. So she married this poor guy, moved to Hong Kong, and he did quite well for himself. So we were brought up, ” money is not what should drive you in your life. You can lose it in one day. The most important thing is to have a good heart, to make sure that everything in this world, you have to make a difference. Whether it's to your family, or to others. You cannot be angry, because someone else is going to make you angry. When we came, it was a really tough time for him. You know, we lived really well in Hong Kong. Coming here to live in Chinatown back in the 60s really wasn't that pleasant. But, we made do based on the three principles. We came here for freedom. We came here for knowledge. And knowledge doesn't mean just college. So we were lucky. We never were forced to study certain fields so that we can make money because for him, it was always experience to really, really take in the nourishment for yourself, but give out whatever you have to others. So based on the guidance and that's how, that's my North Star. That's what's driven me. So I went to Davis. Yay Davis and the Cows! They're still there. What really got me to community activism was when I was 16, I was in the hospital. And They put this, at the time I thought she was elderly, but thinking back she was probably in her 30s. But when she was 16, anyway over 20 is elderly. And she could not speak English. And they could not communicate with her. And half of the hospital staff was making fun of her. And that was in, 70? 1970? It wasn't that long ago. It was still in my our lifetime. So, I was young but I acted as her translator. It was very difficult because she has women issues. And I didn't know her. And her husband was standing there. And she had to tell me her most intimate thing. And all the room of doctors, nurses and everything– they were very dismissive of her because of the fact that she did not speak their language. So because of that I felt that that's wrong. Because prior to that, even when we were living in Chinatown, I still felt I was privileged. You know, we weren't poor. We were still doing well. But after seeing that experience, it really taught me that even though we came to America for freedom, freedom is only for those who could really stand for themselves. And there are some who, if they cannot, send someone else in to fight with them. Not for them, but with them. So that's how I started my career, and I jumped from place to place. I'm not the CAA member, but I'm the honorary member of CAA because I had the privilege of working with Henry. All the meetings that we had back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s and everything with Ted and Steve on redistricting, immigration reform, census, welfare reform, everything that we today take granted. We don't even think about it. Came from here. This room. Before this room, it was another room. It was a little less, little place. We, we moved up by, by moving here in the 90s. So, thank you so much for this privilege and I look forward to our conversation. Miko: Thank you, Yvonne. And I just, OG, just so you know, does not mean OG. Does anybody want to explain what OG means? Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP) Staff: Old Gangster   Miko: It's actually a hip hop terminology for gangster, but it actually means the original. Who's the original, the source of the knowledge, the source of the power. So it's, we use it with love and honor.  Yvonne Yim-Hung Lee: Intergenerational communication.  Miko: I'm sorry I did  Henry Derr: I have to say, I never liked the term O. G. when I first heard it. Because I thought it meant an old guy, Even though I'm old, I didn't want to admit that I was old. , one thing I have to say straight away is, you all are happy about this weather, I'm very unhappy about this weather, because I, even though I'm a native of San Francisco, Chinatown, at the age of seven, my family moved into Stockton. I went through all my schooling till I graduated from Franklin High School on the east side of Highway 99. Some of you may have, your high schools may have competed against Franklin High School. When we moved into Stockton for the longest time, We could never figure out why in the hell our father moved us into Stockton, because we were the only one or two Chinese family on the east side of Stockton right there on Main Street. And then over time, and actually very recently when I think about it, there was, he probably had a good reason for moving us into Stockton. Because my father was actually quite clever in terms of circumventing the discriminatory impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act. As some of you may know, a lot of Chinese men who came here to the United States after the Exclusion Act had to lie about who they were. They would claim that they were sons of U. S. citizens in order to enter the United States. Well, it turned out that my father and my mother on paper had 17 children. And in our family, there were really only just eight of us who were born from our parents and my oldest brother who was adopted. The rest were actually paper sons. So my father moved the family into Stockton because I remember very clearly when I was less than five years old, my mom said to us, children, don't say anything about the family when you go out the streets and I could never understand why don't say anything about that. Well, it turned out that. There were a lot of immigration agents prowling around Chinatown during the fifties, during the confession program. So, I think my father made the right choice to move the family into Stockton. And we always longed about coming back to San Francisco. But also looking back at it, it was actually a blessing in disguise. Because I actually grew up, as some of you may know, from Fresno, Sacramento, Visalia, Ceres, Modesto, then, not now. It was actually, I lived in a very diverse neighborhood. There were blacks, there were Mexicans and there were whites and the whites were not rich. They were like the rest of us. They were poor from Oklahoma. So probably the first social, I would consider this first social justice consciousness that I developed during the 19 50s and 60s when I was growing up. In addition to following what was going on and unfolding with the Black Civil Rights Movement in the South, was that Stockton Unified was impacted by school desegregation and there was busing. So there was a lot of talk that kids from our high school in Franklin were going to be bused to Stagg High School. And at that time, in the 50s and 60s, Stagg was all white, they were all wealthy, and we basically protested, said, we are not going to go, that we're not, we don't need those rich white folks. We're okay by ourselves. So that kind of built a consciousness in me. And I would say the other big social justice consciousness was really actually during college, when many of us protested against the war in Vietnam. We marched to the Oakland Army Induction Center in Oakland. We had a sleep in, in the old student union on the college campus. We didn't get arrested like the kids are being arrested today who are protesting the atrocities in Gaza. During my last year in college, There wasn't anything known as Asian American Studies, but there were enough black students who wanted black studies on the campus. So, we just joined in and helped protest that there was an absence of black studies on the college campus. After I graduated from college, I knew that I was going to go into Peace Corps because I was inspired by President Kennedy. And it didn't make, truth be told, it made no difference what college I was going to go to. I knew I was going to go into Peace Corps, and that's what I did, because the last year I was in college, they offered Swahili, and I said, oh, that's perfect, I'm going to enroll in Swahili, and I end up going to Kenya for two years. And after two years of service in Kenya, you know, it kind of made sense for me to say, you know, if I can go halfway around the world to do public service work, I can certainly come back to Chinatown and do community work. And that's how I end up coming back to San Francisco in 1970. And then, The rest is whatever I did.  Female speaker: The rest is history.  Female Speaker 2: The rest is documented history.  Miko: We'll get into that a little bit more. Steve, what about you? What was your first kind of experience of recognizing social justice?  Stephen Owyang: Okay, so, Both sides of my family came to the U. S. a long time ago in the 1870s from Southern China. And they were in San Francisco until the big earthquake in 1906, after which point most of the family went into the Sacramento Valley. So I was born in Sacramento. I was raised in, down the river in the Delta. I'm really excited to meet you because my father had a small business back then and we went up and down Highway 99 all the time. So, Stockton, Lodi, Modesto, Merced, Kingsburg, Fresno, Hanford, Ripon, Visalia. And my father's business was basically delivering stuff to little mom and pop grocery stores run by Chinese families, mainly from one little county in Guangdong province. There was no I 5 back then, just 99, and you know, in the summer, as you know, it gets really hot. So it was a treat for me to go along with my father because I always got free sodas at every store, so I would go out with him and you know after six or seven sodas It was like, it was a great day. My first glimmers about social justice were just growing up in the Delta and I'll give you three stories.  It's the town of Walnut Grove, and the town of Walnut Grove on Highway 160 is one of the few delta towns that are on both sides of the river. There's a bridge that connects it. And on one side of the river, it's middle class and upper middle class and wealthy white families. Our side of the river, you had the folks from the Dust Bowl days, as Henry mentioned, people from Oklahoma and Texas who came out during the Depression. You also had a small Chinatown, a small J Town, a small Filipino area, a small Mexican area. And that just reflected the social conditions of California agriculture, because each one of those communities at one time was the main source of farm workers. And in fact, my own family, because of the alien land laws, they were farmers, but they couldn't own farmland, right? And so they were sharecroppers. Just, you hear about sharecropping happening in the South, but it also happened in California. So when I was growing up, three things. On the rich side of town, the white side of town, there's a swimming pool that was only open to white families. It was a private pool. You could only go there if you were a member. You could only be a member if you were white. The only way I could go there is if a friend who's a white, from a white family, who's a member, takes you there as a guest. So that's number one. Number two. My best friend was from one of these landed white families, and we were, we were very close. We were good students in elementary school. And then one day in the seventh grade, he, he takes me aside and he says, You know, I can't hang out with you anymore because my mom says I need to have more white friends. So he just cut it off like that. And I, that's the, that's, that's the truth. That's just how it happened. I guess the other thing that affected me back then was I used to go to a little American Baptist church and we had, I guess visits to black churches. And I remember going up to Sacramento on one of these visits and one of the kids there did Martin Luther King's, I have a dream speech from memory. And, it's like amazing oration. And I thought, wow, there's something. going on here that you sort of opened up my eyes to the situation in this country.  So basically until high school, I was a country kid, you know, but then we moved out to San Francisco and it was a big culture shock, big shock. So I was in, I basically came out for high school and this was in the late 60s and I remember it was 1968 when Laureen was on strike for, uh, Ethnic Studies and the Third World Strike in SF State. My high school was literally a few blocks away. I was at Lowell High. And students from SF State were coming over and leafleting us. I started reading that stuff and that's when I really got interested in what was going on at State and later on when I was at Berkeley, you know, in Ethnic Studies. So I think my grounding came from Ethnic Studies, the anti war movement, and, you know, I would love to talk to you about the whole thing about the Vietnam War because, You know, I'm guessing maybe your parents or grandparents were involved in the secret war in Laos, a war that the U. S. wouldn't even acknowledge happened even though we were bombing Laos. So it was ethnic studies, the civil rights movement, and the anti war movement that got me involved. In Berkeley, I was involved in some of the ethnic studies stuff. Even though I'm a fourth generation Chinese American, it's always been very important to me to try to learn the language so I was in the Cantonese working group. So I helped put together the curriculum stuff that was going on in Asian American Studies. I think before Germaine was there, or maybe around the same time. Yeah, I've known these folks for literally 50 years. It's kind of scary. So, um, I was inspired by what was going on at CAA, what Laureen was doing at SF State. So I joined CAA. Biggest mistake of my life. Because I saw this little ad in East West newspaper, used to be this community newspaper, and there was literally a coupon that you would clip out. And I sent in the coupon with a 5 check. It's like the most expensive 5 I've spent in my whole life. And then I went to law school, and I was involved in the law caucus and a number of other things, but my first job out of law school was Right here at CAA. Well, not here, but up on Stockton Street. Henry was my boss. You know, I feel like I would have been less burned out had we done some of this stuff. But we didn't do any of this. I remember my first desk had literally a door on top of like cardboard boxes. That was our office back then. And in one form or another, I've been involved in CAA ever since. I've been in a couple of organizations. Other organizations, but CAA is the one that's closest to my heart, and I'll tell you why. One, I met my wife here. And number two, I feel like the great thing about CAA is it's never lost its real community roots. I feel like other organizations do great work, don't get me wrong, but I feel like CAA has always maintained a real close connection to the community, and that's why everybody. I wrote that 5 check and, and several others. So yeah, that's, that's my story.  Miko: Thanks, Steve. Laureen, what about you?  Laureen Chew: Wow, this is amazing. Listening to everybody else's story, really. I guess I'll start pretty much how, my family was. My grandfather came in 1870s. I think I found out when I went to the roots program, which is only like five years ago, that was an adventure. so my parent, my father and his whole family was born here and born during Chinese exclusion. And so obviously they lived in Chinatown and nowhere else to go, even though they, my father and especially his, younger siblings. They all spoke English. Interestingly, his first two sisters were born here too. They didn't speak a lick of English because they never went to school. So what was really interesting for me, so I was born and raised in Chinatown. Okay. I wasn't born in Chinese Hospital. I was born in Children's Hospital, which everybody thinks is odd. But that's another story. My mother is actually an immigrant. She's a first generation, but she didn't come until 1947. So what's interesting is that I'm always kind of stuck between generations, like one and a half. But having a very strong mother who spoke only Chinese and my father's side, who's mostly English speaking. But a lot of them, my cousins or whatever, they were a lot older. They did speak Chinese also. But what's really stark to me is because growing up in Chinatown, you go to school with basically majority Chinese kids, right? And so you live in this community that on the one hand is very nurturing, very safe. Very intimate in a lot of ways. All my cousins and whatever are here. I mean, to show you how large my father's side was, when my aunt, the oldest aunt had her 50th anniversary wedding anniversary, she married when she was 14 because otherwise women, people forget. I I'm probably the first generation of women that either had a choice to not get married and I was still able to eat because I made my own money. Okay, my mother's generation, no, all her friends, no, you know, so don't take that one for granted either as women. So what was interesting was the fact that because she is very strong in being Chinese and then my father's side are total assimilationists, mainly, which was really interesting because many of them who grew up during Chinese exclusion. It was horrific, but you would never, I never heard one story. His family must have had over 300 people because his sister had 13 kids. Okay, then they had all had kids, one at 10, one of her daughter in law. So it was like huge. Growing up in this area, I just never felt I was different than anyone else because you don't come in contact with anyone that's really different until I went to high school. My mother is the immigrant. She wanted to send me to a school that was not a public school that a lot of the Chinatown kids went to, which was Galileo, because she somehow felt that I would be the kind of kid that would go not the straight and narrow, but more towards the the More naughty kids, to put it mildly, she knew that. So what she did was that she sent me to a Catholic school, okay, because she, God knows, oh yeah, she went to school for two years in Hong Kong. She's another story, she didn't have any money, and so she was given to an aunt to be raised. So she married to get out of Hong Kong because At twenty, she told me the only thing she told me was at twenty seven, I was considered an old maid. And then my father, who was, didn't have, there weren't very many women here because of Chinese exclusion, and he had to marry Chinese, actually saw my mom, and my mom's a picture bride, so they didn't even know each other when they got married. But she took over. My mom is like the queen of the family and the decision maker. And my father made the money and she spent it however little she had. Okay. And going to Catholic school was one thing that she felt that would help me become a good girl, except that I had never been to a where there were white kids. And so this school Was not only Catholic, but it was also a school that was considered kind of the, the best girls, Catholic high school. It was at the end of Chinatown. And that's the only reason why she wanted me to go there because I didn't have to take the bus. I can walk home. It's, it's a French school called Notre Dame de Victoire. So I went there and I thought I would have a really good time, just like all, all the high school. My problem was, was that. I was different, but never to know that you're different until you're in high school. Because you know, you know how mean girls can be in high school. And then they're all, it's an all girls school and it's a small school. And so my mom told me very clearly, you know, it's $150 a year. We really don't have that money, but. You know, we'll scrape and do whatever we can to send you through that. I said, Oh, okay, cool. Right. Except I had no friends. I mean, I was one of three Chinese girls in the school and I never knew how different I was until I got there because I used to get home perms, you know, permanence. And all the other girls had money. They were at least middle class, if not richer, and they all went to beauty parlors. My mom cut my hair and gave me the home perms, and she was into saving money, like I said, so she always kept the perm on longer than you should have it. I swore one year it came out like I had an afro, and I was so embarrassed. I made her cut it just to make it look straighter, but it was horrible. I don't have a picture. No, first of all, pictures aren't that common back then, you know, it costs money to have film and a camera. You didn't even have a camera. Yeah. So anyway, plus another thing is that because I wasn't the smartest Chinese girl either. Okay, the other two Chinese girls did pretty well. They were smart, and they were good in sports. I was neither. And I looked like a dork. Then what would made it even worse was that my mother spoke no English. My father did, but he might as well be absent because he slept during the day and worked at night. So we have things called mother daughter fashion shows. Mother, daughter breakfast. And I saw the way those mothers were dressed and I saw the way everybody acted and my way of dealing with it was I had no mom. I never brought her to the school. Any mother, daughter thing, I didn't go to. You didn't have to. I mean, that made me even less part of the school. And it was very painful because I didn't understand why I would be treated that way. Just because I looked, but I spoke English, it didn't matter. I did look a little weird, you know, so to this, I think it influenced me a couple of ways. One, whenever I had money, clothes was going to be my big deal. It still is, you know, it's kind of psychological. And then secondly, then that was a time that I figured out like, how come I don't, I hate myself and my family versus versus hating those girls. Right. I mean, that's how I dealt with it. It was, I call it a form of self hatred and it's, it's done by schooling. It's done by not only schooling in terms of omission about who we were as a people here, but omission about racism. Omission about discrimination and just about our histories here. But I didn't have a label for it in high school. I just, I really thought there was something wrong with me and my family. And that's the greatest danger about racism, is this form of internalizing it and not having a vehicle to deal with it. And there was nothing in our schools that dealt with it, you know, and I think what I came out of there realizing was that. Oh, another thing, I had mixed messages about what was happening because Martin Luther King was already on TV, and I was trying to watch it, and then I was still in high school, and my mom would, and my cousins, American boys, don't watch the black people. They're troublemakers. You know, all they do is make trouble, you know, they don't, they should be like us. We don't complain, right? We don't make trouble. And that's how you succeed. You succeed, I think, in my, what I was raised with, with the older generation of American born who had to go through this horrific history, you know, one, you don't get a job in Chinatown. You should get a job outside of Chinatown because it means that you're working for white folks and working for white folks is better than working for your own. So self hatred doesn't just run in yourself. It kind of permeates how we feel. feel as, as a group of people, right? And so, my whole thing was that I was looking for answers as to why, why I felt the way I did. And not only that, I wasn't the only one. That's what was interesting. And I didn't realize that until I went to San Francisco state, you know, because I was told, my mom said, you want to go to college, you're going to have to You know, find your way up to court because she, you know, she spent that on my fabulous high school education, which I came up miserable and, and I would tell her I want to go to Galileo. I want to go there. She said, no, you're not going to go. I said, she goes, what is wrong with you? Because I started crying certain times and she would just say, well, you're going to school to learn, not to make friends, so forget about it. I'm giving you the best with best intentions. But then when I went to college, this one girl who grew up in South City, similar experience because South City was all white back then. So she said to me one day, she was, she's Chinese too. And she says, you know, there's a meeting there that's huge. The people are talking about all this stuff. We talk about how we were mistreated in high school and how people are blah, blah. There's a name for it. It's called racism. I was called what racism. Okay. She goes, you want to go? I said, well, who's there? She said, black people. But I said, Oh, my mom would kill me. I mean, I was really worried because my mom doesn't even know what I do at state. So I went. I think that time we had some pretty interesting people. One time there was Eldridge Cleaver, who was the head of the Black Panther Party. Um, there were people like Carlton Goodlett, who was from the Bayview Hunters Point, who had certain people from the mission. They were all kind of leaders of different communities. There was Yuri Wada, who was a Japanese American. He was very prominent in dealing with civil rights. Chinatown, I, George Woo, George Woo is an infamous person also. He was the spokesperson for gang kids in Chinatown. He was very, very, very alive and took over in terms of the whole thing about the youth problems in Chinatown. So he was not part of this group, but just hearing the stories of these other ethnic groups that were very similar, not the same, but this whole thing of like just being dissed for the way you look, the way you speak, and supposedly your values. And my whole thing is that, that thing opened my eyes to the extent that helped me to release a lot of my anger towards something I didn't know who to be angry at, right? So you have to, I felt that the San Francisco State Strike, I mean, I was all in and with a small group of Chinese that were there, including Mason, all these people. And we had to really open our eyes to working with other people that were not like us. And what was more interesting for me to see was that every single group said that if we're ever going to have classes on ethnic studies, a key part of those classes should be why we are getting an education. And why we're getting an education primarily is to serve our communities. So there is a real strong component to ethnic studies that was community based. And because of that, during my college years, I actually came back, I mean came back, I was still living in Chinatown, but I actually placed myself in the Chinatown that I knew nothing about, which is our issues, our problems. And during my time, it was mainly about youth problems. We had a gang problem. We had girls that were on drugs. We had immigrant kids that didn't speak any English and just thrown into schools nilly willy without anybody helping them. So I was lucky enough for three years or four years during college that I worked as a house parent for runaway girls. I worked trying to tutor immigrant kids, you know, and I was trying to become a teacher. So those formative years, in terms of just having my feet in different things really showed me that, you know what, I don't want next generations of people who kind of look like me to have to go through the struggle of hating myself. Because of things that are my home, that are based home base, you know, this country, this is what I feel that very strongly about the United States, that I think people are losing sight of, especially now that we're all in very ethnic silos. This country is very different in the sense of just the whole fact of different groups mixing, you know, you go to China or whatever it's still basically you. you're Chinese, even in my north, south, pink, whatever direction you are. It's still basically Chinese, but in this country you can come from different areas and different places of the world and still have a vision that ties you together. That should be a singular vision, which is a democracy at this point. And then also this very simple statement of justice. And equality for all. We sometimes forget about the all, if we're just kind of in our little silos. But I think that's the reason why, from state on, and reacquainting to my community, it was life changing. Whatever job I took after that, whether I was a teacher, a faculty, associate dean, chair of the department. My main focus was that I'm here for the students and the people, quote unquote, who are here with me that have this similar vision, that we all have a place here. And in order to, for us to really respect others, we have to respect ourselves. And that includes what we're raised with in terms of our values and also our history here. Miko: Thanks, Laureen. Germaine?  Germaine Wong: Oh. well, my experience is similar to many of yours and a little bit different. I grew up in Oakland, Chinatown, and Went to a school that was only three blocks from where I live. And the school was Mexicans, blacks, as well as Chinese. Although I would say maybe half the school, at least half the school was Chinese. And I didn't, I didn't speak any English until I went to school, so I had that experience too. And then, my father was always very upwardly mobile, wanted to live the white middle class life. And I didn't know it at the time, but, he managed to buy property in Castro Valley, Southeast of Oakland. At the time, they wouldn't sell to Chinese. So he got somebody at work to buy the property for him. And then sold it to my father. That's how we got to move there. So I started high school in Castro Valley. I was the only non white in the whole school. The janitors, the cafeteria workers, everybody was white. I was the only one in that school who was not white. But I'm a little bit more dense than all of you, so I was not aware of whatever racism there was. At that time Castro Valley was really white. And also very affluent. So most of my classmates. It's unlike in Oakland, Chinatown, these classmates, they were children of doctors and lawyers and engineers and dentists and most of the people in my high school, they, the kids either had horses or cars. At that time, Castro Valley was not the suburb it is today. Our neighbors, for example, our next door neighbors had chickens and goats So it was really different. So it was all so different from Oakland Chinatown. And then I finally experienced some racism the following year when a black family moved in and somebody really literally did burn a cross in their front lawn. Wow. Yeah. And she was in the same grade I was in, one of the daughters. And then another Chinese girl moved in. And I recognized her, but we were never friends in Oakland Chinatown. And that's where I first experienced reverse discrimination. Because I met the stereotype of an Asian student, right? So I did well in math and all the classes. Well, she was definitely a C student and the teachers treated her as if she was an F student. Teachers just expect us to excel in our classes. So that was my first, really, where it hit home for me. And then in the 50s, in Oakland, Chinatown, I experienced what Henry did during the confession program. So my mother was going through all these things. These are your aunts and uncles and these are not your aunts and uncles. And so if any white person comes and starts asking you about your family, just remember these people are not related to you because all of us had paper names. Like I'm not really a Wong. My family's really a Kwan. But in my situation, I had a great grandfather who was here legitimately. And then the next generation, when they went back, they decided we're never coming back to the United States. So they sold their papers. So then when the next generation decided to come back, they had to buy papers. So my family went through that situation. I had jobs where I lived in, during college, I, I had live in jobs, I lived with a family first when I was going to UC Berkeley, and then later on when I transferred over to San Francisco State, I worked for an older white woman, and so I, I got to see what upper white middle class families lived like, and then with this older woman that I lived in with here in San Francisco, what the rich people lived like, so that was kind a different world. And then somebody asked me to work at the Chinatown YWCA here. And I got to experience San Francisco Chinatown then. I was assigned to work in a pilot program where I worked with third grade Chinatown girls. One group were immigrant girls who lived in the SROs here. They literally are eight by eight rooms with a whole family lives in them. And the kitchen and the bathrooms are down the hall. So that was the first time I had ever seen people living like that, in such crowded digits. And the other group of girls I worked with, again, were middle class, upper middle class Chinese girls whose parents were doctors and dentists and like that. And the woman who was the executive director was a Korean American woman named Hannah Sir. And this was all when I went to college when President Kennedy was assassinated and then Lyndon Johnson became president. And so it was during this time that this Korean American woman said to me, you have to apply for this program because right now, President Lyndon Johnson only thought about blacks and Hispanics who needed help. And we really need to get Asian Americans in. So she convinced me to apply for program and some miracle happened and I got into the program. After I went to that summer training program, I came back here to San Francisco and I was assigned to work in the Bayview, Hunters Point, and Fillmore areas of San Francisco working with black gang kids. That was a new experience for me too. Then from there, then I went to grad school, then when I came back, I got assigned to working here in Chinatown, where I worked mainly with immigrant adults looking for jobs as well as the gang kids, both English speaking as well as Chinese speaking. And, from there, I met people like Ling Chi Wong and Eileen Dong. who were already working in Chinatown before I was. And that's when we got together and Ling Chi was actually the organizer, the lead person. And, we started CAA. So all of us had other jobs. We had full time jobs and so we were doing this kind of on the side. I think Ling Chi was the only one who didn't have a job. He was a graduate student. And I want to tell you, he was a graduate student in Middle Eastern ancient languages. That's what he was studying at UC Berkeley at the time. And, uh, but all the rest of us had full time jobs. We started CAA as a volunteer organization. We had no office, no staff, no money. And that's how we started. And eventually I first met Laureen, who really helped us out with one of our first major projects. Teaching English on television, remember? You and Helen, yes. You and Helen Chin really helped us out. Laureen Chew: Okay, nice to know.  Germaine Wong: And then I remember meeting, and then when Henry came to Chinatown and his Swahili was better than his Cantonese. Wow. Yes. Wow. Anyway, and I met all of these good people and CAA continued to grow. And there still is. Yep. Amazing, amazing story.  And that wraps up part one of this incredible intergenerational conversation. Between the OGs of Chinese for affirmative action. And the young organizers of mung innovating politics. Tonight. We got a glimpse into the powerful stories of CAS.  Of CA's founders.  Their hardships resilience and what drove them to commit their lives to the movement. Their reflections, remind us that the fight for justice is not just about the moments of triumph and the victories, but also about the struggles, the sacrifices. And perhaps most importantly, the. Vital importance of being grounded in our communities and our values. Be sure to join us next time for part two, where we'll dive into the dialogue between. Seasoned OJI leaders and today's. Today's youth Changemakers from Monday innovating politics. Together, they'll explore strategies, how strategies have shifted over the decades and how we can sustain our work for social justice in the longterm. As always thank you for tuning into apex express. For more about Chinese for affirmative action and mung innovating politics.  Please do check them out on their websites, which will be linked in the show notes. At apex express. At kpfa.org/apex express. Until next time. Apex express is produced by Miko Lee, Paige Chung, Jalena Keane-Lee, Preeti Mangala Shekar. Shekar, Anuj Vaidya, Kiki Rivera, Swati Rayasam, Nate Tan, Hien Nguyen, Nikki Chan, and Cheryl Truong  Cheryl Truong: Tonight's show was produced by me, cheryl. Thanks to the team at KPFA for all of their support. And thank you for listening!  The post APEX Express – December 19, 2024 – Bridging Generations appeared first on KPFA.

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Dr. Teenie Matlock, professor emerita of cognitive science at the University of California, Merced and active member of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, joins us in this episode of Diverse to honor Native American Heritage Month. Interviewed by Laurie Shuster, editor-in-chief of SWE Magazine, Dr. Matlock shares how her heritage shaped her upbringing, educational journey, perspective, and career in the sciences. Hear the challenges and opportunities Indigenous women face in STEM, the importance of fostering inclusive environments, and Dr. Matlock's vision for increased representation in leadership. Plus, learn how to get involved with Advancing Indigenous Peoples in STEM (AISES), one of SWE's joint member partner organizations.

En Hora América, repasamos la actualidad del continente americano y que nos lleva de nuevo a Estados Unidos porque el recién elegido nuevo presidente Donald Trump está preparando el que será su equipo, aunque no tomará posesión hasta finales de enero. América Latina está expectante de ver qué nuevas relaciones mantendrán, sobre todo con la deportación de migrantes y la subida de aranceles a algunos productos. Después del bloque informativo, hablamos de cine con varios festivales como el de Cine Europeo de Sevilla, El Festival de Cine de Mujeres que termina en Madrid y también el estreno del documental El libro de los abrazos del cineasta valenciano Alberto Pla, en el que recoge la situación de trabajo infantil en República Dominicana y la labor que allí desempeñan con ellos la Fundación la Merced junto a Manos Unidas.Escuchar audio

Young voter turnout across the U.S. has historically been low. But this year, youth voter registration has surged. And that could make a difference in the Congressional District 13 race in northern San Joaquin Valley. Two years ago, Republican John Duarte beat Democrat Adam Gray by less than 600 votes.  Reporter: Rachel Livinal, KVPR Another demographic that could sway the vote in California's 13th District is Latinas. They make up 1 in every 4 voters in the District, according to Lucete Latina, a Federal Political Action Committee. Guest: Roxana Pantoja, 19-year-old Merced resident  The Los Angeles Dodgers won in dramatic fashion Wednesday night, coming from behind to beat the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 of the World Series. It's the franchise's eighth World Series championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rina Gitler es sobreviviente de cáncer de mama, médico cirujano, conferencista, deportista, filántropa y fundadora de Fundación ALMA IAP.Se define como una mujer apasionada del deporte y de la vida muy afortunada de haber sobrevivido al cáncer, feminista de corazón y entregada al 100% a la medicina social.Rina nació en CDMX, estudió medicina en la Universidad Anáhuac, tiene una especialidad en medicina estética por la Universidad de Miami, un fellowship en la Universidad de Tel Aviv y Wolfson en Israel y además tiene un diplomado en Alta Dirección de empresas en el IPADE.En 2009 Funda Alma IAP, dedicada a la reconstrucción de mama en mujeres de escasos recursos que han sufrido cáncer de mama y que cuenta con programas de apoyo en más de 18 estados de la República.Ha colaborado con empresas como Roche, Volaris y Avon como vocera de las necesidades de las mujeres con cáncer y promoviendo el proyecto “Sobrevivir No es Suficiente” que la llevó junto con otros 22 mexicanos a la cumbre del Kilimanjaro con el objetivo de procurar fondos para reconstrucción mamaria en 2012 y en 2019 se unió al Reto Pelayo en España y junto con otras 5 mujeres sobrevivientes de cáncer para pedalear 200 km por la causa.Junto con la escritora Edmee Pardo publicó la trilogía de libros de salud mamaria dirigida a niñas de 5º de primaria con el objetivo de hacer conciencia de la importancia de la auto-exploración: El Brasier de Mamá, Ese Monstruo tiene mi cara y Las tres reglas que cambiaron todo.Rina ha capacitado a más de 20,000 personas en el país con respecto al tema de salud mamariaHa recibido varios reconocimientos como la Medalla Omezihuatal por el Gob de la CDMX y el Instituto de las Mujeres en 2011, fue la Mujer del Año por la Cámara Nal de la Mujer en 2012, se ha reconocido su labor filantrópica a través de los premios “razón de ser” de Fundación Merced y la presea José Maria Morelos y Pavón otorgado por el Edo Mex por su labor en los derechos humanos. En 2019 fue también galardonada con el premio La Mujer del Año por el consejo de mujeres del Gobierno Federal de México.Hoy platicamos con ella de todos esos retos, de los que no se habla, a los que se enfrenta una mujer diagnosticada con cáncer de mama, desde los tiempos de espera para ser atendidas, el impacto en sus relaciones, las pruebas genéticas, el impacto en su fertilidad y el camino de la reconstrucción cuando es posible.  Suscríbete para apoyar al podcast y comparte tus episodios favoritosSiguenos en InstagramSiguenos en YouTubeSiguenos en FaceBookSigue a Pau Feltrin Sigue a Val BenavidesDESLINDE DE RESPONSABILIDAD: El contenido en este podcast es meramente informativo y no pretende sustituir la atención diagnóstica o tratamiento médico profesional. Siempre consulta a tu doctor o profesional de la salud certificado para cualquier duda o pregunta respecto a una condición médica o de salud. Nunca ignore el consejo médico profesional ni demores en buscarlo por algo que hayas escuchado en este podcast.

Acompaña al Padre Román Flecha a Meditar sobre la celebración de la Virgen de la Merced, y conozcamos más sobre este maravilloso tema.

Acompaña al Padre Román Flecha a Meditar sobre la celebración de la Virgen de la Merced, y conozcamos más sobre este maravilloso tema.

P. Federico (Guatemala)Como buenos hijos de nuestra Madre, bajo la advocación de la Merced, merece la pena no escatimar esfuerzos por cuidar la fe de nuestros hermanos. Así protegernos la libertad de los nuestros, especialmente los más vulnerables.[Ver Meditación Escrita] https://www.hablarconjesus.com/meditacion_escrita/mercedes-merceditas-mercy-meches/

How to Support the Rob Skinner Podcast.  If you would like to help support my mission to multiply disciples, leaders and churches, click here:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robskinner   Transcript for "Raise your activity level, don't lower your goals"   I was looking forward to the final message of the evangelism conference.  Christians from all over the world were gathered for a conference meant to inspire and unify our family of churches.  The final speaker was someone I've always respected and is one of my favorite preachers.  I was waiting for a massive call to action.  A dream casting lesson that set our vision on winning this lost world.  In past seminars and conferences, the final lesson is usually one of the best and is typically preached by one of the most gifted leaders.  That slot summarizes the primary points from all the classes and channels them into a call for massive action on the part of the participants.  As the speaker began, I was waiting for that call.  Instead, I heard a lot of stories about family and parenting.  It was a long, meandering lesson and what I heard from it was that we are not going to win the world in one generation, therefore let's pass the torch on to our kids and let them do it.  I left deflated.  Instead of getting pumped up to return to my home church ready to change my city, I had seen a hero of my faith pull out the white flag of surrender and slowly wave it in front of the gathering of over ten thousand followers of Jesus.  Looking back, I understand what he meant.  We do need to pass on what we've learned, our convictions and passion for God and the lost people of this world.  I recognize that there will be millions of lost people long after I'm past.  I know that the work will continue on until Jesus returns.  However, the tone of the lesson was, “It's never gonna happen so let's not stress about it and let's just focus on the next generation.”  It felt very much like a call to lower expectations and to get satisfied with maintaining what we had rather than multiply what God had given us.  As people filed out on their way home, I sat there thinking to myself, “I'm not ready to surrender, settle or be satisfied yet.  I'm not dead yet.  Yes, I want to pass my faith on to my children, but as long as I have breath, I want to advance the Kingdom as far as I can.” Every generation has to decide how they will face the challenges God has placed before them.  During the Exodus, Moses called the Israelites to explore the land they would enter and see what they were facing, both good and bad.  In Numbers 13:17 it is written,  17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. 18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)  Twelve tribal leaders led the scouting expedition.  Their evaluation is found in Numbers 13:26, “26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.” 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”  Ten leaders saw the land and said, “We can't.”  Two leaders, Joshua and Caleb, said “We can.”  Those two men were some of the few who made it into the promised land.  The other ten were put to death by God for their lack of faith.  The Israelites were condemned to wander for forty years for their lack of trust in God.  All the leaders saw the same thing.  The same land, the same fruit, the same enemies and the same challenges.  The facts were identical, but the faith couldn't have been more different.  Every generation has the same command to obey, “Go and make disciples of all nations.” (Matthew 28:19).  We face open fields, difficult fields, persecution and blessings.  This lost world has both opportunities and challenges for us individually and as a Christian family.  However, we have to decide how we will respond.  Will we say with Caleb, “We can!” or with the forgotten and doomed ten leaders, “We can't.”  If you want to be a multiplying Christian, you have to consciously decide that you will be a “We can!” Christian.  It may be difficult, and there will be giants and fortresses to face down, but with God, we can.  One of the biggest traps many Christians fall into is lowering their expectations to when faced with spiritual challenges.  Instead of increasing activity, faith, intensity, focus, they begin to spout the language of those who say, “we can't.”  You can recognize it by: ·         Being satisfied with only a few people becoming Christians ·         Shifting focus from saving the lost to satisfying the saved ·         A critical spirit toward those bent on conquest ·         Jealousy and envy toward those who are making spiritual progress ·         Negative talk, gossip and slander toward those whose passion for the lost is still strong ·         A change of emphasis from building God's kingdom to padding our retirement ·         Faithless language like: o   “People aren't open” o   “Times have changed” o   “I've tried but…” o   “We don't have the right song service, enough money, the right people, etc.” I was reading a book by Grant Cardone called “The 10x Rule.”  He points out that so often when we don't hit our goals, we lower our expectations and our efforts.  We don't want to experience the emotional pain of failing.  Instead, he counsels people to increase your efforts ten times, or “10x.”  This principle is applicable to the world of finance, business, relationships, family or spirituality.  We all have a choice when faced with not achieving our ambitions, we can settle or we can set our minds on God and accept that our current level of faith, activity and love will need to grow to meet the challenge before us.  The difference between the man who returned with 10 minas versus the one who simply returned the mina given him by his master (Luke 19:11-27) is that the multiplying servant raised his expectations and efforts to meet the challenge and multiply what God had given him.  The wicked servant settled and became critical of the master and his expectations.  “21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.” (Luke 11:21)  He justified his inactivity by blaming his master for being hard and having too-high expectations. The apostle Paul faced difficulties in his ministry in Ephesus.  Take a look at Acts 19:8-10, “8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.”  When he faced opposition and a lack of openness, he didn't lower expectations, he changed locations and raised his level of activity.  He held daily discussions in a public location.  The result was that he was able to multiply disciples, leaders and churches in western Asia Minor.  I was reading this passage recently and challenged myself to increase my level of effort this fall.  My goal is to hold 90 “discussions in 90 days.  Anytime I am using a Bible with a non-Christian present I'm counting it as a “discussion.”  Sermons, group discussions or personal Bible studies all count.  If I'm going to reach the metropolitan area I live in, it has to start with greater activity on my part.  Yesterday, I went sharing on campus and we shared with over 100 people. Then I led three Bible studies in the afternoon and evening.  The last person I had a discussion with said he wants to get baptized right away.  I was energized and fired up at the end of the day even though it was a packed day.  I'd rather raise my intensity than lower my standards. I appreciate people like Kevin Miller, church leader from Boston.  He has a passion to reach the lost in the Boston metro area.  He could sit there and say that the church is too old, it's been this size for too long or the membership is too old or set in their ways.  Instead, he has a can-do attitude that won't settle for survival. He wants to see the church grow, multiply and do better than it ever has.  I love what Shawn Wooten is doing in Eastern Europe.  He could call it a day and retire on all the inspiring experiences and stories he's accumulated over the years.  Instead, he's driving on toward expansion of the gospel. Dr. John Oakes lifts my spirits.  Like Caleb, he is an older man.  He's retired from teaching.  However, he's determined to advance the kingdom in central California.  He planted a church in Merced, California in his late sixties.  Instead of lowering expectations, he raised his levels of effort.  He goes out on campus twice weekly to reach out and has grown his church of three Christians to over 25 in a little over a year.  He is a “We can!” disciple. Take a look at yourself.  Are you listening to the excuses and rationalizations that Satan and even well-meaning Christians are placing in your head?  Satan's lie is that when faced with difficult challenges, just lower your expectations, back off and don't try so that you won't experience disappointment, failure or defeat.  For example, if you haven't saved a soul in a while, you might be tempted to think, “I'm too old, too unrelatable, too isolated or too something…”  Take captive that thought and instead raise your activity level.  Start sharing your faith actively.  Keep a prayer list of people you can pray for, serve, show hospitality to and invite to church.  Increase your efforts ten times.  If you raise your energy, efforts and faith, you will see things begin to change.  Jesus said in Matthew 9:29, “According to your faith will it be done to you.” Just like with the exploration of the land, for every two faithful followers there will probably be ten cynical and faithless people.  Don't allow other people's negativity or spiritual issues drag you down.  If you want to do great things for God, you will get heat and reasons why it can't be or shouldn't be done.  People will say your too “old school.”  This often happens because the person is simply trying to justify their lives and low expectations.  Ignore it and do God's will.  Become a multiplying disciple.      Application: ·         In what areas have you surrendered or lowered your expectations? o   Relationships o   Evangelism o   Finances o   Purity ·         What could you do starting today to raise your level of faith and activity to see God work in that area?

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