Long Beach residents took signs, slogans and spirit on Saturday to participate in a Families Belong Together rally which began at Cesar Chavez Park. The Families Belong Together events arose nationwide in response to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s separation of migrant children and parents after processing them into detention[Read More…]
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Former foster youth students share their stories
Lauren-Michelle Hardge has lived the last several years of her young adulthood in what she calls “survival mode.” Hardge, 25, grew up in Inglewood and was put into the foster system at 6 years old. Her biological father was never around the house, and her mother struggled with substance[Read More…]
Long Beach community members connect and clash at town hall session
Tensions rose Monday night as roughly 1,000 residents of the 47th District packed the Long Beach City College auditorium for a town hall meeting with Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach. Topics discussed at the “Conversation About America” event held by the Democratic congressman centered around health care, immigration and the[Read More…]
Congressman Lowenthal addresses a thousand Long Beach constituents
Congressman Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, held a town hall forum on Monday night to answer constituents’ questions on national issues including health care reform, immigration policies, the environment and civil rights. Nearly 700 people RSVP’d for the event online, but the crowd was large enough to fill the Long Beach[Read More…]
CSULB hosts a Young Women’s Empowerment conference
University President Jane Close-Conoley asked how many in an audience of about 150 female high school students want to go to college, and every student in the room raised her hand. “That decision opens doors,” Conoley told the audience. 60 percent of women in the United States earn college degrees[Read More…]