There needs to be room for people to show up just for themselves and for their children. That might be their revolutionary act today: that they showed up, that they were present and played and laughed, that they were attuned to each other.
The plan for the new ice skating rink in Coachella Valley – a 250 million dollar sports and entertainment arena – was shared with our community just last year. The company’s chief executive, Tim Leik wants the future minor league hockey teams affiliated with NHL’s Seattle Kraken to start their upcoming season in October 2022. But, at what cost?
Racial prejudices and biases plague our systems and ultimately end in bloodshed. Because this system has gone unchecked for so long, innocent lives have continued to be lost to a vicious cycle of abuse, largely in part to the power of police unions.
These weren’t just some fun programs to keep kids distracted from drinking. For a lot of us, especially in the communities that were most impacted, it was about how to change the circumstances of our lives, because what we were given was not acceptable.
As the only student with gay parents in my New York middle school, I became the defacto sex-ed informant… While we did have a health class, it was entirely focused on heterosexual sex, leaving all non-heterosexual students with questions they turned to me or to social media to answer.
My family tries to avoid going outside of our house for unnecessary reasons. We try to protect ourselves as much as possible. Every time we go out of the door, we are very aware of any potential threats to us.
As a Latino student in Half Moon Bay, it worries me that my community is overlooked and not properly supported within our schools. I worry for future students who may not have the resources needed to succeed in their own community.
“The community wasn’t comfortable with me, and I would constantly get stopped [by police] for no reason, as they assumed I had no permit. Protesting and getting our community involved has made things tolerable, but discrimination is still seen on the streets.”
