http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org/ http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 7-13-2009_1.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 7-13-2009_1.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 6-25-08.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 6-25-08.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 6-02-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 6-02-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 5-15-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 5-15-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 4-28-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 4-28-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-30-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-30-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-24-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-24-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-16-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-16-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 2-26-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 2-26-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-3-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 3-3-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 2-15-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 2-15-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 1-14-09.pdf http://mediaalliance2.live.radicaldesigns.org//downloads/Media News 1-14-09.pdf http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4335 <div class="text blurb">By YO! Interns, Beat Within InternsMainstream media is quick to cover extreme or sensational acts of violence but many youth live with similar threats continually.Young people from the Bay Area's toughest neighborhoods respond to the recent violent rampage across the nation ? 53 murders in the past few weeks ? of mostly "random" shooting deaths. But when violence is a part of your everyday existence, what exactly does "random violence" mean?read more</div> Fri, 01 May 2009 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4335 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4333 <div class="text blurb">By Paul KleymanEditor?s Note: Six million older immigrants live in the United States, a figure projected to triple by 2030. Advocates for these elders have set out to bring their voices ?- and new respect for them as community contributors ?- to the public and agency decision makers, who often dismiss them as mere clients seeking benefits.If treated as partners, rather than mere users of public services, immigrant elders can help cash-strapped agencies solve problems in their communities, according to a new report.read more</div> Fri, 01 May 2009 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4333 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4332 <div class="text blurb">By Bob EgelkoA federal magistrate has dismissed a suit by AC Transit riders who accused the Bay Area's transportation funding agency of racial discrimination by steering state and federal money to trains with a relatively higher proportion of affluent white riders and away from buses that carry more poor and nonwhite passengers.read more</div> Fri, 01 May 2009 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4332 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4197 <div class="text blurb">By Kristia CastrilloOne environmental justice advocate contends that before communities of color go green, they must confront the trauma of white privilege. Last fall, there was a Slow Food Nation event held in San Francisco. The city's Civic Center was turned into a temporary show-and-tell community garden and vendors sold overpriced organic foods. People spoke on the importance of learning to grow our own food and cook it fresh, leaving the world of microwaves and processed foods behind. At one point, my mom and I walked past a middle-aged white man speaking to a small crowd about meat recipes. He lectured on how they needed to learn to use the entire animal, leaving none to waste. My mom laughed and said to me in Tagalog, "Chinese and ...</div> Fri, 01 May 2009 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4197 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4036 <div class="text blurb">By Raj JayadevEditor?s Note: The high arrest rate of Latinos in San Jose isn?t limited to public intoxication charges. It turns out that the problem is more systemic. Data obtained from the Department of Justice shows that Latinos and blacks are also disproportionately charged with resisting arrest and other offenses in which police officers have greater discretion. Raj Jayadev is the director of Silicon Valley De-Bug and is a member of the new public intoxication task force in San Jose.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The night she was arrested, Maria Castillo fit the description. A petite, 49-year-old grandmother and home healthcare worker, Castillo is Latina in San Jose ? and that ethnicity, in that city, makes her the most likely person ...</div> Fri, 01 May 2009 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/4036 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/3573 <div class="text blurb">By Associated PressWASHINGTON - Eric Holder, the nation?s first black attorney general, said Wednesday the United States was ?a nation of cowards? on matters of race, with most Americans avoiding candid discussions of racial issues.In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black History Month, Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.?Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards,? Holder said.read more</div> Fri, 01 May 2009 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/3573 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/3274 <div class="text blurb">By Tomas PalermoFormer gangsters help a Bay Area organization use people power to transform communities block by block.It's 11:30 a.m. on a sunny Monday at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens. On this Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, United Playaz (UP) is gathering for their annual march for justice and members are out in full force. Vibrantly dressed tweens, skulking teens, young mothers pushing strollers and tough looking 30-something dudes walk toward a meeting spot at the downtown King Memorial Fountain. Young and old alike sport a distinctive black T-shirt or hoodie emblazoned with the letters "UP" and white script that reads: "It Takes the Hood to Save the Hood." For the past 15 years, United Playaz has lived their motto, uplifting ...</div> Fri, 01 May 2009 http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/3274