#community-advocacy

#community-advocacy

He turned a smile into a movement. His iconic symbol invites HIV dialogue, reduces stigma, and builds community. Through design, empathy, and fearless love, he embodies PMLE: Practice Makes Love Easy, and I am therefore proud to celebrate Dave Watt as the 10th individual spotlighted in this column. In a world where silence still surrounds HIV, Watt chose to speak-with a smile.

Have you ever made a promise to a child and taken it back? How about 100,000 children? That's exactly what the federal government has done in Queens. They made a promise to fund the new QueensWay, a project to transform 47 forgotten acres-a railway that hasn't been used in 60 years, a public eyesore and dumping ground-into a lush greenway running through the middle of Queens.

Aquil Basheer believed that ending gang violence wasn't the kind of career you just fall into. "In this type of work, you're usually chosen. You don't choose it," he said in 2024 in an interview for "The Storytelling Project," an L.A. County Public Health Department project that documented the effects of violence on local individuals and communities. Basheer, it seems, was among the chosen.

A decades-old parking lot along the East River waterfront in Manhattan will become a park next year, thanks to locals who pushed the city to return the prime waterfront space to people. The city-owned plot at the eastern terminus of 34th Street, just south of an NYC Ferry stop, had been the site of stacked car storage for the nearby NYU Langone hospital, but it will become a public amenity next spring, according to city officials.

The fatal collision was reported around 2:35 p.m. Saturday when, according to San Jose police, a man driving a white 2018 GMC Yukon east on Foxworthy Avenue was approaching Jarvis Avenue and tried to pass a green 2018 Subaru Forester, but instead hit the Subaru. That caused the GMC to travel into oncoming westbound traffic and crash head-on into a blue 2012 Honda CR-V.

Family members greeted Emma De Paz with tears, hugs, signs and bouquets of flowers on Monday when federal immigration agents freed her after four months of detention. As she stepped out of the SUV that had ferried her to her home in East Hollywood from the Adelanto Detention Center, she already was holding her arms wide to hug loved ones welcoming her back.

There are three that I want to highlight. S 244: Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations. S 181: Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons. S00785: Adds medical and health insurance information within the definitions of personal identifying information.

Community leaders from the Boston Lesbigay Urban Foundation held a virtual press conference and rally Wednesday in response to an alleged homophobic hate crime in Mattapan last month. "We gather in love, but we also gather in truth," Curtis Santos, executive director of the foundation, said. "These incidents are reminders that while we've come a long way, there is still more work to do."

Families gather to demand justice for Jalani Lovett, a man who died in solitary confinement in L.A. County jail. They seek accountability from Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Protesters gathered at 26 Federal Plaza to denounce ICE activity as a man was detained by ICE, highlighting the growing tensions surrounding immigration enforcement.

"I think there's a good case that in most circumstances, that [infill] housing is going to be a net benefit for the climate and so speeding up its production is more likely than not to be good for the for the environment as a whole," said Zack Subin, an associate research director for climate and housing at UC Berkeley's Terner Center for Housing Innovation.

The Berkeley Police Department first adopted its fair and impartial policing policy in 2014, aiming to eliminate racial profiling and reduce disparities.

Without these people, without supporters, I would be nothing. Chef Bruja published her first cookbook, titled Tales Of The Bronx, which records the cultural melting pot of New York City by highlighting the blend of the Bronx and the Caribbean in food.

Residents in Canarsie, Brooklyn have long advocated for NYC Ferry service, viewing their neighborhood as a transportation desert with limited public transit options.

Campaigners intend to convert the disused Queensbury tunnel into England's longest cycle and pedestrian tunnel, opposing the government's decision to fill it with concrete.

According to Mr Hostan's data, over the 15-day period, 41 of the 525 scheduled departures were no shows. Of these, 33 were during the morning rush hour and the longest gap between tubes was on Friday 2nd, when the 8.12am and 8.26am trains were both cancelled, leaving people waiting 41 minutes for the next train.

"We think we can do it," Beailieu said in an interview with Fox 23 Maine.

Annabel Rook was a dedicated advocate for survivors of gender-based violence and co-founder of MamaSuze, enriching the lives of disadvantaged women.

The city improperly, irrationally, without proper legal notice and in an abuse of discretion announced on Friday, June 13, 2025 that it would remove the upgraded bicycle lane.

The state officially delayed penalties for not fulfilling affordable housing obligations for Pacific Park, shifting deadlines and putting integrity of the project at risk.

"It feels like the tree is still the fall guy in this situation and it is just morally, ethically, environmentally wrong."