San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Presents Unique and Authentic Global Perspective

by Jessica Mosby -USA- March 10 is the opening day of the 29th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. From now until March 20, Bay Area residents can attend a varied selection of film screenings, discussions, interactive events,...

Posted by Jessica Mosby on March 11, 2011 12:01 AM

California’s Prison Spending Grows While the State Budget Shrinks

by Rachel Meyer - USA - As I sit and write this, a young man sits in County Jail awaiting his sentence. Three years ago he was involved in a fight while in juvenile hall for drug related charges. This...

Posted by Rachel Meyer on January 28, 2010 12:00 AM

A Turbulent Year for California’s Cormorants

by Kimberly N. Chase - USA - Once one of the world’s most notorious prisons, Alcatraz is now home to a new type of visitor – nesting seabirds. On a bright May morning this year, the sun cast bold shadows...

Posted by Kimberly N. Chase on December 21, 2009 12:00 AM

Leadership for a Woman's Nation

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP California’s Women’s Conference, one of our nation’s largest annual forums for women, took place in the port city of Long Beach October 26th and 27th. Hosted by Governor Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on November 4, 2009 12:00 AM

Cultural Challenges and Personal Sacrifices: Is the Journey Worth it for Hispanic Women in Hi-Tech?

by Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk - USA - Talking to my friend Nevada Flores* about her decision to leave her comfortable engineering job reminded me of one of our scary trips into the Cuyamaca Mountains outside San Diego. An avid hiker,...

Posted by Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk on May 25, 2009 12:00 AM

In California, Advocates for Disabled Adults Brace for Cuts

by Maria H. Lewytzkyj - USA - Every day in Sonoma County, Michelle Sanchez gets around in her wheelchair at Grosman Apartments in Santa Rosa, California. As a teenager, she hid her increasing equilibrium problems from her peers. Once she...

Posted by Maria H. Lewytzkyj on March 30, 2009 12:00 AM

Reverse the Trend: Respect Teachers and California’s Future

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP - USA - As many as a third of California’s teachers may retire over the next decade leaving California with a shortage of approximately 100,000 teachers. While budget cuts limiting opportunities for new...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on March 23, 2009 12:00 AM

Online Education Could Help More Students Make it to Class

by Kimberly N. Chase - USA - In an age of ever-busier schedules, escalating costs and dwindling funding for public education, the image of the full-time college student, loafing in libraries and flipping through volumes of political theory in campus...

Posted by Kimberly N. Chase on March 16, 2009 12:00 AM

Closing The Gap: A Prep School Environment for All

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP - USA - It’s clear that school budgets are woefully inadequate and underfunded. But, will simply throwing money at a system that is flawed, broken, and unequal successfully nurture the academic achievement of...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on March 9, 2009 12:00 AM

California’s Fight for Water

by Jennifer I. Fenton - USA - "Steal my horse, run off with my wife, but damn you, don't touch my water." - Unknown Unlike many modern cities and towns across the United States, the town of Bishop, California bursts...

Posted by Jennifer I. Fenton on January 12, 2009 12:00 AM

2008 Bioneers Conference Focuses on Indigenous Culture in Sustainable Development

by Kimberly N. Chase - USA - It's not everyday that thousands of like-minded people from diverse fields come together to discuss ecological topics from biomimicry to eco-tourism, but the 2008 Bioneers conference, held October 17-19 in San Rafael, California...

Posted by Kimberly N. Chase on November 8, 2008 12:00 AM

Former UFW Organizer Dolores Huerta Weighs in on Leadership, Immigration and Society

by Diane Solomon - USA - Like Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before them, when Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez organized California’s exploited and marginalized farm workers into the United Farmworkers of America (UFW) in the 1960s...

Posted by Diane Solomon on July 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Creating Sustainable Cities: The Bay Area and New York City Lead the Way

by Michelle Chen - USA - Angela Greene has a tough job: she and her workcrew scale the rooftops of Richmond, California to run wires, lay racks, and bend metal piping. Yet in the end, when she unfurls a gleaming...

Posted by Michelle Chen on January 2, 2008 6:07 AM

High Stakes Testing

by Janelle Weiner - USA - Johnny realized late in his high school career he needed to make a change or face the fate of not graduating with his class. After cutting school regularly his first two years, he decided...

Posted by Janelle Weiner on March 8, 2007 5:13 PM