Breaking Literacy Barriers
With support, students with dyslexia and other learning disorders can thrive Reading and writing are vital everyday tasks: Ordering from a menu, sending a birthday…
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Stronger Standards, Stronger Readers
New standard for teacher accreditation focuses on literacy skills A significant element in improving literacy rates among children and teens in California has been updating…
Direct Connections
Door-to-door canvassing makes meaningful conversations possible As a community organizer and regional field director with Communities for a New California Education Fund (CNC EF), Monserrath…
A Generational Struggle
After decades of living without clean drinking water, mother-daughter activists make headway in East Orosi Miriam Sanchez grew up watching her mom, Bertha Diaz, fight…
Service Through Empowerment
Jakara Movement seeks to better community by engaging youth and bolstering educational support Central to the Sikh religion and way of life is the concept…
From Fields to Frontlines
With his own Medi-Cal at risk, farmworker joins efforts to defend care for immigrants and low-income families across California For 17 years, Señor Reyes has…
Budgets Reflect Values
The Budget Power Project shows communities how to advocate for affordable housing funding Julieta Oseguera remembers moving often when she was young. At the age…
It Doesn’t Add Up
The unaffordable reality of California’s Housing Like many, Christine Thao and her partner have found it difficult to deal with the rising cost of living…
Taken Without Warning
Woman finds support from Valley Watch Network after her husband is detained by ICE and threatened with deportation On Feb. 19, a man emerged from…
Our Voice, Our Choice, Our California!
Lúcete Latina initiative aims to amplify the voices that account for one in every six California voters Across California, Latina women are emerging as pivotal…
Driven by Data
Going straight to the source to identify the concerns of Central Valley residents Socio-political issues like those that concern MOVE The Valley tend to be…
Hope in Hard Times
MOVE the Valley coalition takes a collective approach to act, vote, and lead in the Central Valley “I feel like every day there’s a news…
Building Literacy
Sacramento County READS promotes teaching literacy through foundational, time-tested practices by Jill Spear As an educator and a parent, Channa Pitt knows firsthand about the…
Taking the Initiative
Sacramento County Office of Education aims to improve literacy rates among area students by Jacob Peterson With more than 55 percent of its students falling…
Keeping Kin Together
How Sacramento County is transforming child welfare practices and becoming a model for agencies nationwide By Elizabeth Ann Morabito Can you imagine a young loved…
A Bridge Across
Commissioner LTC Erica Courtney on the importance of supporting California’s women veterans by Dorsey Griffith Army Lieutenant Colonel Erica Courtney understands the challenges veterans face…
More Than a Meal
More Than a Meal Meals on Wheels Sacramento County and the Department of Child, Family and Adult Services partner to keep older adults safe and…
