#racial-equity

#racial-equity

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1. Mental health equity is of paramount importance, and understanding the societal, economic, and cultural factors that contribute to disparities in mental health is essential to achieving it.
2. Self-care is an important part of promoting mental health and well-being, and individuals should be empowered to

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Tuesday in favor of a new admissions process at one of the most prestigious public high schools in the country, and found that it had not discriminated against Asian American students in its admissions policies.Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Va., had replaced the admissions exam with an essay and began admitting students from a cross-section of schools, with weight given to poorer students and those learning English.

After seven days of strikes, the Oakland Unified School District announced it had reached an agreement with the teachers' union on four common good demands which, until this point, had placed the two sides in a gridlock since the strikes began.For over a week, the district had argued that these demands which seek to address racial equity, homelessness, and environmental justice for students fell outside the scope of a union bargaining agreement.

As the Oakland Unified teachers strike marches toward its eighth day next week, the school district is warning a continued walkout threatens high school seniors' academic future as graduation season approaches while representatives with the teacher's union say significant progress is being made toward a deal to restart classes, perhaps by Monday.

Sometimes, things get worse before they get better.New York Knicks point guard Micheal Ray Richardson ( that's how he spells his name) understood this.In 1981, he offered one of the most trenchant observations in the history of professional sports.When asked about the Knicks' latest losing streak, Richardson said, " The ship be sinking."

President Joe Biden announced Friday that Neera Tanden will succeed Susan Rice as the White House domestic policy adviser.The White House announced last week that Susan Rice would be leaving her post this month, marking one of the Biden administration's highest-profile departures as the president's domestic agenda stalls in a divided Congress.

The phrase developer dirty bomb entered the chat surrounding the San Francisco Housing Element debate at Thursday's Planning Commission meeting, as affordable housing activists argue the soon-to-be-final draft of the plan gives short shrift to racial equity.As of press time for this post, the San Francisco Planning Commission is still in session discussing the final draft of the San Francisco Housing Element, a state mandate requiring that each county submit a plan to build enough housing to keep up with their population growth.

The California Department of Justice has launched a fact-finding mission into the Oakland Unified School District over its plan to close seven schools and merge two others, as the closures may violate students' rights to equal access to education.Early this year when the Oakland Unified School District announced it was closing a bunch of schools over budget woes and declining enrollment (a plan whose current incarnation is to close seven schools and merge two others), the response from teachers and parents was very Bay Area: hunger strikes, student walkouts, and activists occupying a shuttered school.

A longtime leader in the Los Angeles Community College District is poised to lose his seat on the district's Board of Trustees.Ernest Moreno, a Republican and frequent critic of the district and how it spends its money, trails challenger Sara Hernandez by an overwhelming 22 points in initial returns.