153 entries

Category: Community

MACSA 2012

Block2Block radio host David Madrid talks with Michael Lopez, the Executive Director of the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA). Michael talks about the services provided at their East San Jose youth center and their current community work out in South County, Gilroy and Morgan Hill.

The Danny Pina Story: How a De-Bug Member Won A Federal Trial Against Police for Excessive Force

Danny Pina recounts his journey that started when he got is arm dislocated and nose cartilage broken by a San Jose Police officer in 2009, to the ultimate jury verdict win in federal court a couple years later.

Two Realities, One Child

Just last April, ACJP’s youngest member was at immigration court fighting deportation charges. Yesterday, he graduated eighth grade. In the fall of this year, he came back from an ICE detention facility after being referred there by San Mateo County probation.

VIDEO, RADIO, COMMENTARY: UNITE HERE Hotel Workers Share Their Voices on Historic Double Tree Strike

Over 250 Doubletree Hotel workers returned to the job on Friday, June 8 after a successful 4-day strike.

"Why am I Ignored?" From The Bad Guy Poet

Poetry by Baylingual, intro to his upcoming album called "Y am I ignored?"

Hoopa Rez: Ground Zero for Ever-Expanding Meth Economy

Residents of the Hoopa Indian Reservation in northern California say meth use, a by-product of the tribe's past, is clouding its future.

A Pacific Islander's API Month In Photography

Documentary photographer Jean Melesaine explains a Pacific Islander's month in photography as May is Asian Pacific Islander month.

Still Hope: Bring Sierra LaMar Home

Block2Block radio host David Madrid talks with “Cathedral of Faith” youth director and gospel rapper “Brother Ig” about the latest break in the Sierra LaMar missing person’s case. His ministry is based in Morgan Hill, giving him insight to the hopes and fears of the South County community.

On Immigrant Day, California Offers Signs of Hope

With a uncertainty hanging over immigrant communities from coast to coast, California could be a ray of light that breaks through the clouds

When "Hella" and "Y'all" Meet: De-Bug Connects with Rio Grande Community Along the Border

De-Bug traveled to the US/Mexico border to connect with organizations working in the Rio Grande Valley. Here is a collection of tweets, instagram shots, facebook posts and youtube uploads chronicling the amazing work being done in an area where the communities pre-date the demarcations of national boundries.
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