From The Herald-Monteray County Guest commentary 04/17/2010 Eleven-year-old Mynesha Crenshaw was making dinner when a spray of bullets pierced the window, killing her and wounding her sister. “There wasn’t even enough time for her to experience her first crush, learn how to drive or to go to the prom,” the San Bernardino Sun reported in […]
Hurricane McCarter Creates Villages: Community Renewal International
“This is like a double ray of sunshine. Now I can walk to the bus on streets I would not walk on before.” – Reola Cormbe, resident “When we first got here, the kids were talking about drive-by shootings, gangs and drugs. And now we’ve gone from fear to quiet. Now we feel safe enough […]
Mud
I am attracted to people with their feet in mud. The poet Marge Piercy celebrates urns, highly ornate amphoras, treasures from the past. Beautiful, yes, but also highly utile, filled by the ancients with olive oil for cooking, wine for celebration Water to slake thirst. She writes: “I want to be with people who submerge […]
Success Depends on Mayors’ Leadership
Since 1981, gang violence has claimed the lives of more than 15,000 Californians. Most of this violence occurs in cities. Death is just one measure of victimization. Among others: In crime-besieged neighborhoods kids fear going to school, parks become unusable, and shopping and taking a bus to work are dangerous ventures for residents. In short, […]
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