Melissa Morgan: A Biracial Black Woman Fighting for Diversity and Justice
Melissa Morgan is an old friend of ours (Antonio Ruiz and Sumire Gant). We all worked together back in the mid-2000s on a project called ArtPeace. The project’s goal was to use art as a tool for...
Dr. Juan Benitez on K-12 Education: It’s Complicated but Fixable
Dr. Juan Benitez is the Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement at California State University, Long Beach and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies...
Stephanie Rivera, LBPost: Seeking Social Justice with Journalism
Stephanie Rivera, Diversity and Immigration Reporter at the Long Beach Post, became a journalist because she saw it as a middle ground between social justice activist and politician. “When I was...
Long Beach Latinos: An Economic Power for the City’s Future
The economic power of Long Beach Latinos was the focus of a summit at the Convention Center on November 13th. An estimated 150 Government, Nonprofit, and Educational leaders gathered for an in-depth...
Lionel Gonzalez is Busy with the Future, The Youth of Long Beach
Lionel Gonzalez knows firsthand the challenges that a young person faces. When he was in high school, he was labeled at risk. “In High School, I was put on probation because I was in a car accident...
Latino Economic Power in Long Beach: A Summit for Action
Latino economic power will be the agenda for the first summit on the subject in Long Beach on November 13, 2018. A wide range of leaders from education, government, nonprofits, as well as neighborhood...
Steven Chaparro Helps You Discover and Tell Your Story
Steven Chaparro describes himself as a Storyteller and Strategist who helps “visionaries redesign the future.” If you think that might be a little heady, then you haven’t spent any time with...
Gustavo Arellano Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the Comfortable
Gustavo Arellano “Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the Comfortable.” Arellano describes himself as “a Mexican with glasses con su pluma en su mano who writes pure DESMADRE about...