Category Archive: 'Schools and Communities'
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
According to the most recent Field poll released on April 4, 2012, “There is nearly unanimous agreement among voters (97 percent) that it’s important for the schools to be encouraging more physical activity during regular school hours. In addition, three in four (74 percent) think that providing kids with more physical activity during regular school [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Schools and Communities
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Clean water compliance and flood control projects should be combined with efforts to improve green access through multipurpose projects. The Santa Clara and Ventura Rivers are ideal for multi-benefit preservation and restoration projects that meet the needs of the people as well as the environment. The Santa Clara River flows 116 miles through Ventura and [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
With parents worried that local schools are letting down their children, education companies are finding a niche offering academic enrichment programs outside the classroom. Now, a local company is applying that same business model to physical education, which has taken some of the most severe cuts. TGA, an El Segundo franchisor that was founded in [...]
Posted in Health and Equality, Schools and Communities, The City Project
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Mark Williams writes: We share sad news with broken hearts and great sorrow that Reverend Eugene Williams III passed on Friday, March 16, 2012. We ask that no one send flowers. Our family needs your prayers and your patience more, while we mourn our father, our brother, our uncle, our grandfather, our friend, and our [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Everyday Heroes, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Environmental Grantmakers Association State of the States 2012 The Perils of Shrinking Government: New Challenges for Our Environment Across the nation, state and local governments are accelerating the pace of deregulation and privatization of public services, resources and more. These “solutions” are endangering common assets and the public trust, and are putting at risk the [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, L.A. River, Map Justice, Schools and Communities, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
San Francisco’s elementary school students are not getting enough physical education, according to UC San Francisco researchers who spent several months last year observing gym classes at 28 San Francisco Unified School District campuses. The researchers, led by Dr. Kristine Madsen, an assistant professor of pediatrics, found fifth-graders at some elementary schools were getting as [...]
Posted in Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Schools and Communities
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Ventura County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Ventura en Español. Click here to view other reports [...]
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Ventura County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Ventura en Español. Click here to view other reports [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Employment Opportunities, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Schools and Communities, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Green Justice What Is Green Justice? by Robert Garcia I am a civil rights attorney. I have represented people on Death Row, helped free Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther leader, from prison after 27 years for a crime he did not commit, prosecuted public corruption and international drug trafficking conspiracies, and litigated international banking cases [...]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Riverside County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Riverside en Español. [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Employment Opportunities, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Infrastructure Justice, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art, Schools and Communities, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement