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"content": "\u003cp>Last week, we cast our ballots and proudly donned our “I Voted” stickers. We gnawed our fingernails and ate too much ice cream as we awaited the slowest election tally in recent history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, on Saturday, Joe Biden was declared the president-elect. Celebrations broke out in the streets across the country. YG’s “FDT” played out of car stereos. Horns honked. Rainbow flags waved. Americans breathed out sighs of relief that an impeached president who ordered the teargassing of peaceful protesters, separated immigrant children from parents, rolled back transgender rights and purposely downplayed the COVID-19 pandemic was voted out of office. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Of course, the Trump administration is currently \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933112418/the-trump-campaign-has-had-almost-no-legal-success-this-month-heres-what-they-ve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempting to contest election results\u003c/a> in court with no success so far. Attorney General William Barr has authorized the Justice Department to investigate Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/09/933254127/gop-tip-toes-around-acknowledging-biden-win-timidly-backs-trump-election-conspir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unsubstantiated claims\u003c/a> of voting irregularities, prompting the head of the election crimes unit to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/10/933395215/head-of-doj-s-election-crimes-unit-steps-down-after-barr-oks-election-inquiries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resign in protest\u003c/a>.) [aside postid='arts_13888740']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many rejoiced at the prospect of returning to “normalcy” under a Biden presidency in 2021, others pointed out that many of America’s woes are not uniquely Trumpian problems. Immigrant detention centers and deportations, mass incarceration, systemic racism, homelessness, transphobia and drastic income inequality are bipartisan issues that have been going on for decades, and they aren’t going to vanish under a new president. So if election season and this summer’s protests filled you with energy to do something, the fight’s not over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are organizations accepting volunteers or donations that are doing the groundwork in the Bay Area and beyond:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’re worried about a potential coup…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The group \u003ca href=\"https://holdthelineguide.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hold the Line\u003c/a> created a guide to prep people for a contested election, and now that the Trump administration is attempting to invalidate results, they’re holding \u003ca href=\"https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtdeCopjwpEtYQcw9cBCa8dDgr8LeaMQo9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weekly meetings\u003c/a> for citizens who want to protect the integrity of the democratic process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another national organization, \u003ca href=\"https://www.seedthevote.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seed the Vote\u003c/a>, is continuing its election protection work in battleground states by partnering with local, grassroots social justice groups in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’re concerned about policing and mass incarceration …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Anti Police-Terror Project\u003c/a> is a Black-led, multi-cultural activist coalition. Most recently, it led an organizing campaign for Oakland City Council to divest funds from the police department in its latest budget cycle. Members of the group also founded \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/mh-first-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mental Health First\u003c/a>, which is a program providing a non-police response to mental health crises, substance use and domestic violence in Oakland and Sacramento. APTP holds an open online meeting every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uncommonlaw.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UnCommon Law\u003c/a> provides free legal representation for people incarcerated for violent crimes. They advocate for a trauma-informed approach of restorative justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://criticalresistance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Critical Resistance\u003c/a> does policy work and direct actions with the mission of prison abolition. It has chapters in Oakland, Portland, Los Angeles and New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ellabakercenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights\u003c/a> advocates for local, state and national policies that divest from policing and prisons and invest in community services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.curyj.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CURYJ\u003c/a> is a youth-led restorative justice organization, and its many projects include advocacy around specific policies as well as hands-on work like a community garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://prisonerswithchildren.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legal Services for Prisoners with Children\u003c/a> provides legal help and policy work, with a focus on women impacted by the prison system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13884254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13884254\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Simone-Jacques-protest-car-800x540.jpg\" alt=\"Simone Jacques (with bullhorn), organizer of a youth-led protest against police violence, speaks during a march from Mission High School to San Francisco's Hall of Justice on June 3, 2020.\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Simone-Jacques-protest-car-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Simone-Jacques-protest-car-1020x689.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Simone-Jacques-protest-car-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Simone-Jacques-protest-car-768x519.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Simone-Jacques-protest-car-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Simone-Jacques-protest-car.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simone Jacques (with bullhorn), organizer of a youth-led protest against police violence, speaks during a march from Mission High School to San Francisco’s Hall of Justice on June 3, 2020. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>If you want to help our unsheltered neighbors…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/peoplesbreakfastoakland/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People’s Breakfast Oakland\u003c/a> is a mutual aid collective inspired by the philosophies of the Black Panthers. This Black socialist org is focused on improving the material living conditions of unhoused people: during COVID-19, they’ve served meals to the residents of West Oakland’s tent encampments three times a week and handed out clothing, gear and hygienic supplies. They also bailed out Black protesters arrested during the George Floyd uprisings. Currently, they’re seeking donations for a tent drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based in San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cohsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coalition on Homelessness\u003c/a> is a policy-driven organization that lobbies state and local elected officials. During the pandemic, they’ve been running a campaign to house unsheltered people in hotel rooms, provide COVID-19 testing and stop encampment sweeps that destroy unhoused people’s belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/villageoakland?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Village Oakland\u003c/a> is a mutual aid group led by unhoused women. One of its key focuses is direct action: they regularly protest to stop evictions, build tiny homes for unsheltered people and, most recently, they protested outside of councilmembers’ houses to attempt to stop the city’s controversial \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101880310/oakland-city-council-to-vote-on-homeless-encampment-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Encampment Management Plan\u003c/a>, which has been decried by advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.compass-sf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Compass SF\u003c/a> helps families experiencing homelessness access resources, secure jobs and find permanent housing. They accept donations and volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://larkinstreetyouth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larkin Street Youth Services\u003c/a> works to get young people off the streets and into stable housing and employment. They accept volunteers to help distribute supplies and spread the word about their campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.homiesempowerment.co/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homies Empowerment\u003c/a> in Oakland operates a free “store” with food and toiletries for anyone who needs them. It accepts donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want to stand up for trans rights…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.tgijp.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project\u003c/a> is a network of trans and gender non-conforming people inside and outside of prisons. They help formerly incarcerated people transition to life on the outside by helping with housing and legal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Transgender Law Center\u003c/a> offers legal help, resources and organizing tools to trans communities, taking intersections of race and disability into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want to support refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.raicestexas.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raices Texas\u003c/a> offers free and low-cost legal help to people in immigration detention, including children forced to represent themselves in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://undocufund.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UndocuFund\u003c/a> offers disaster relief to undocumented immigrants in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://streetlevelhealthproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Street Level Health Project\u003c/a> in Oakland helps recent immigrants access free food, legal help and mental health counseling.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want to be an ally for racial justice…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/calls-to-action.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)\u003c/a> seeks to mobilize white people to join a multi-racial coalition to fight systemic racism. Its members phone bank, attend rallies and write to elected officials. In the next online meeting on Nov. 12 they’ll discuss how they can “ensure that white folks who were activated against Trump don’t fall silent and complacent under a Biden administration.” SURJ has dozens of chapters across the U.S., including several in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When white supremacist groups come to town to sow fear and hate, \u003ca href=\"https://bayresistance.org/take-action/organize-to-end-white-supremacy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Resistance\u003c/a> organizes counterprotests. They also mobilize volunteers to help with direct actions and campaigns for trans, immigrant and Black people’s rights.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11845791/lo-que-tiene-que-saber-sobre-las-elecciones-disputadas-este-2020\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve got \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13888519/stressed-about-the-election-here-are-6-tips-to-help-you-cope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">election anxiety\u003c/a>, there’s probably a simple explanation: the sheer volume of distrust and disinformation floating around the entire democratic process. The current president has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/politics/trump-power-transfer-2020-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refused\u003c/a> to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1322598210213470215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lambasted the Supreme Court\u003c/a> for allowing ballots to be counted past Election Day, and, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/02/trump-lawyers-election-biden-pennsylvania/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">promised\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionupdates/news/11845807/trump-files-election-lawsuits-as-biden-edges-ahead-in-key-states\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sent lawyers\u003c/a> to undecided states on election night, claiming that he had won the election and that the process is tainted with “illegal votes” and “fraud.” It’s destabilizing, doomscrolling fuel that’s probably made you feel helpless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reality is that there are things you can do. Challenges to U.S. democracy on this grand a scale are rare, but they are not new. And numerous resources and guides to defending democracy have already been published to inform citizens of legal, common-sense options in the case of a disputed election or an organized effort to stop the counting of ballots. [aside postID='arts_13888519']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Practice Patience and Calm\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>, Laura Rosenberger explains that counting all of the ballots in certain states could take days, if not weeks. And yet despite the rising panic you may feel, 2020 “\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/opinion/vote-2020-election-democracy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">could be the most secure election the United States has ever known\u003c/a>” due to the strong paper trail of mail-in ballots. Fraud in those mail-in ballots is virtually nonexistent, argues Rosenberger. The director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, Rosenberger also points to a project by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunk rumors and hearsay\u003c/a> about the election. Read it \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/opinion/vote-2020-election-democracy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Don’t Spread Misinformation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These \u003ca href=\"https://mediafordemocracy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">helpful tips published by the Election Coverage and Democracy Network\u003c/a> are meant for journalists, but they apply to anyone with a social media account. Misinformation only spreads if it is amplified, and the guide urges ignoring unfounded claims and unproven allegations. Know that the outcome of the election may be unclear for a while, remember that social media always gives a megaphone to the most extreme voices, and “always bear in mind that repeating a false claim, even if to fact-check it, risks increasing the likelihood that your audiences will think it is true.” Read it \u003ca href=\"https://mediafordemocracy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Be Prepared for the Worst, Just in Case\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Politico, Garrett M. Graff \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/23/election-nightmares-guide-430915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">talks with election experts\u003c/a> about various post-election scenarios, ranging from moderate confusion to utter chaos. Possibilities such as intimidation by armed militias, Justice Department intervention, Supreme Court challenges and vote suppression are explored, all with an eye to awareness and preparation. Not to induce hysteria, the election experts also predict that come Jan. 20, 2021, the country will swear in its rightfully elected president. Read it \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/23/election-nightmares-guide-430915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Get in the Streets if Necessary\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If it becomes apparent that some states have prematurely stopped counting votes or declares an illegitimate winner, Daniel Hunter argues, citizens should call it a coup, and then march in the streets. Hunter offers \u003ca href=\"https://wagingnonviolence.org/2020/09/10-things-you-need-to-know-to-stop-a-coup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a practical, non-panic-inducing guide\u003c/a> to marching legally in the streets, complete with examples throughout history of coup attempts thwarted by swift, nonviolent response. “Historically, whichever side resorts to violence the most tends to lose,” he writes. Read it \u003ca href=\"https://wagingnonviolence.org/2020/09/10-things-you-need-to-know-to-stop-a-coup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.[aside postID='news_11821950']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Don’t Go It Alone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In any period of unrest, it’s best to know who your network is. The group Protect the Vote is planning actions around the country to help ensure a full, accurate ballot count. You can find your local actions \u003ca href=\"https://protecttheresults.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on their map\u003c/a>, as well as guidance for managing your safety, first-amendment rights and de-escalation in their online toolkit. Read it \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OsDAnLJVXEASVnbdp1oJYipBBfGuGEPuqmzHFLtq6EA/preview?pru=AAABda4_OTE*5hcuj62P0kg3U1wNUiEicg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>And Finally: Stay the Course\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most scenario planning for a contested election extends a week or two past Election Day. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he lawn around California’s State Capitol building was eerily quiet on the morning of Election Day 2020. Well, that was aside from the malicious noise coming from the leaf blowers being used to wrangle the fresh fall foliage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13833985\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\">Kind of ironic that California is “leading the nation in low-carbon green growth” as Governor Newsom told reporters earlier this year, but using garden tools that \u003ca href=\"https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-car-vs-truck-vs-leaf-blower.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cause more pollution than pickup trucks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But aside from that, the epicenter of politics in California seemed a bit removed from the vibe that was pushing storeowners a few blocks away to board up their storefronts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took a lap around the Capitol Park. There were a handful of cops and a few folks setting up a stage for later in the the evening. There was also a guy on the sidewalk drinking a 211 and doing pushups, and a mail carrier driving slowly around the campus while listening to Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It” loud enough to drown out the leaf blowers; aside from that, there wasn’t much action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888885\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888885\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8960-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"The stage is set for a pro-Trump rally in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8960-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8960-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8960-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8960-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8960-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8960.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stage is set for a pro-Trump rally in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were no political signs or protestors, \u003cem>yet\u003c/em>. But that was sure to come. On this morning, there were just people biking by, taking in the monuments and even a couple birdwatching as a hummingbird made use of a fountain in the State Capitol Park’s World Peace Rose Garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took a photo and waited for the bird to fly away before introducing myself to the duo and asking them how they’re feeling on this election day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very apprehensive,” Elena, a 63-year-old woman from Washington, D.C. told me. “We’d like to see a nice clean democratic victory, with no violence and no problems. And a return—a complete return—to democracy the way it’s supposed to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888886\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13888886\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/FF153DE0-4357-48B3-BA48-3AD6B862666C.jpg\" alt=\"The Rose Garden fountain at the California State Capitol Park\" width=\"240\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/FF153DE0-4357-48B3-BA48-3AD6B862666C.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/FF153DE0-4357-48B3-BA48-3AD6B862666C-160x285.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rose Garden fountain at the California State Capitol Park \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sitting next to her on the park bench was Lawrence, 66, also from the nation’s capitol. He was just as anxious as Elena. “We’re traumatized from four years ago,” Lawrence told me, while squinting against the bright morning sun. “We’re praying and begging for a good solid victory that doesn’t tear the country apart, and both sides can get on with the business of governing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A short walk from them, just outside of the Civil War Memorial Grove, a 29-year-old from Los Angeles named Jennifer was holding on to similar hopes for this election. “You should all be ready to go vote,” she told me, urging people to use their voices. “And then, just try to be peaceful. Don’t be obnoxious and over the line, just put your vote in and watch what’s going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less anxious and more excited was Cole, a 32-year-old from Sacramento. “I always like elections,” he told me, as he puts his phone down in order to converse. “I love America, and this is a very American day. ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ has been stuck in my head all day. So I’m just excited to see what happens!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not nearly as excited about Election Day 2020 was Chris, a 23-year-old from San Diego. “I’m really just trying to just escape all of it,” he told me. And oddly, by walking through the tree-lined Capitol Park on a crisp fall day, he seemed to be getting away from politics. “I’m in Sacramento, and there doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of tension right now regarding the election, it feels super calm. It doesn’t even feel like it’s Election Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, someone just had to disturb his peace—and that someone was me. “I wasn’t thinking about the elections until you came up and asked me,” Chris said with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888887\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-Trump supporters started congregating at the Capitol building as the day went on.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Trump supporters started congregating at the Capitol building as the day went on. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Espen, a 21-year-old from Colfax, told me he wasn’t pressed about politics either. But instead of being removed from Election Day, he was literally working as the backbone to the process. “We’re here doing the election technical support for six different voter centers in the downtown area,” Espen told me. “We’re basically making sure all the systems are working well for them: their printers and their network connectivity, their laptops that they’re using to print and get all of the ballots for the voters coming into the centers … so it’s cool to see how they operate and stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if he was anxious about elections, he said, “Na, I cast my vote and whatever happens, happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting on a bench near N Street, Matt Evans, a 62-year-old man from Sacramento told me he’s feeling optimistic about Election Day 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we get a change in leadership,” Matt tells me, before pausing to search for a diplomatic way to express why he feels change is needed. “The environment that the current president has created is just—a lot of the ugliness in this country has been allowed to come to the surface, and I’m about tired of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt says he’s navigating the anxiety that comes from thinking about what has happened in the past. “The way they have the Electoral College and everything, just like 2016, there is a possibility that (President Trump) might be able to manipulate it and get in again,” Matt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That makes me a little anxious, a little nervous,” Matt admitted. “In fact, so much so that I’ll probably be looking for another country to stay in if (President Trump) goes in again. This doesn’t feel like this is my country right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt, who has recently retired, said that his children and grandkids are the only things keeping him here, otherwise he’s ready to leave. “I’ve been to other countries, I’ve traveled a lot. And I’ve found that as a Black man, I’m treated a lot better elsewhere. So, why wouldn’t I?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888888\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888888\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8987-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"An anti-Trump protestor parked not too far from the pro-Trump rally at the State Capitol.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8987-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8987-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8987-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8987-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8987-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/DSC8987.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An anti-Trump protestor parked not too far from the pro-Trump rally at the State Capitol. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not too far from Matt, on the lawn between the Purple Heart Monument and the Westminster Presbyterian Church stood Stacy. The 34-year-old Sacramentan was setting up a tripod for a selfie video, as she told me she’s energized by seeing so many people engaged in the process of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her interest in politics doesn’t necessarily come from the prospect of changing the people in office, but from changing the way people in America interact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider myself a person of faith—a Christian,” Stacy told me. “So, as a Black evangelical … I’m really paying close attention to my fellow followers of Christ, and how we look at how our nation is becoming more and more divided. And I’m hoping that this will stir up a revival, and people will look for creating a church, a government and a nation that looks like heaven—diverse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I thanked Stacy for her time, as I did with everyone else who conversed with me on what is sure to be one of the more memorable days of a very eventful year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I left the Capitol for a few hours, only to return later in the evening. As the sun set, there was much more action happening in the area. A growing Trump rally was unfolding where an empty stage stood earlier this morning, and a lot more cops were present all around the Capitol building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I wrote, “there were no political signs or protestors, \u003cem>yet\u003c/em>,” I knew that wouldn’t last long.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took a photo and waited for the bird to fly away before introducing myself to the duo and asking them how they’re feeling on this election day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very apprehensive,” Elena, a 63-year-old woman from Washington, D.C. told me. “We’d like to see a nice clean democratic victory, with no violence and no problems. And a return—a complete return—to democracy the way it’s supposed to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888886\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13888886\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/FF153DE0-4357-48B3-BA48-3AD6B862666C.jpg\" alt=\"The Rose Garden fountain at the California State Capitol Park\" width=\"240\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/FF153DE0-4357-48B3-BA48-3AD6B862666C.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/FF153DE0-4357-48B3-BA48-3AD6B862666C-160x285.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rose Garden fountain at the California State Capitol Park \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sitting next to her on the park bench was Lawrence, 66, also from the nation’s capitol. He was just as anxious as Elena. “We’re traumatized from four years ago,” Lawrence told me, while squinting against the bright morning sun. “We’re praying and begging for a good solid victory that doesn’t tear the country apart, and both sides can get on with the business of governing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A short walk from them, just outside of the Civil War Memorial Grove, a 29-year-old from Los Angeles named Jennifer was holding on to similar hopes for this election. “You should all be ready to go vote,” she told me, urging people to use their voices. “And then, just try to be peaceful. Don’t be obnoxious and over the line, just put your vote in and watch what’s going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less anxious and more excited was Cole, a 32-year-old from Sacramento. “I always like elections,” he told me, as he puts his phone down in order to converse. “I love America, and this is a very American day. ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ has been stuck in my head all day. So I’m just excited to see what happens!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not nearly as excited about Election Day 2020 was Chris, a 23-year-old from San Diego. “I’m really just trying to just escape all of it,” he told me. And oddly, by walking through the tree-lined Capitol Park on a crisp fall day, he seemed to be getting away from politics. “I’m in Sacramento, and there doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of tension right now regarding the election, it feels super calm. It doesn’t even feel like it’s Election Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, someone just had to disturb his peace—and that someone was me. “I wasn’t thinking about the elections until you came up and asked me,” Chris said with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888887\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-Trump supporters started congregating at the Capitol building as the day went on.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Image-from-iOS-12.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Trump supporters started congregating at the Capitol building as the day went on. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Espen, a 21-year-old from Colfax, told me he wasn’t pressed about politics either. But instead of being removed from Election Day, he was literally working as the backbone to the process. “We’re here doing the election technical support for six different voter centers in the downtown area,” Espen told me. “We’re basically making sure all the systems are working well for them: their printers and their network connectivity, their laptops that they’re using to print and get all of the ballots for the voters coming into the centers … so it’s cool to see how they operate and stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if he was anxious about elections, he said, “Na, I cast my vote and whatever happens, happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting on a bench near N Street, Matt Evans, a 62-year-old man from Sacramento told me he’s feeling optimistic about Election Day 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we get a change in leadership,” Matt tells me, before pausing to search for a diplomatic way to express why he feels change is needed. “The environment that the current president has created is just—a lot of the ugliness in this country has been allowed to come to the surface, and I’m about tired of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt says he’s navigating the anxiety that comes from thinking about what has happened in the past. “The way they have the Electoral College and everything, just like 2016, there is a possibility that (President Trump) might be able to manipulate it and get in again,” Matt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That makes me a little anxious, a little nervous,” Matt admitted. “In fact, so much so that I’ll probably be looking for another country to stay in if (President Trump) goes in again. This doesn’t feel like this is my country right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt, who has recently retired, said that his children and grandkids are the only things keeping him here, otherwise he’s ready to leave. “I’ve been to other countries, I’ve traveled a lot. And I’ve found that as a Black man, I’m treated a lot better elsewhere. 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The 34-year-old Sacramentan was setting up a tripod for a selfie video, as she told me she’s energized by seeing so many people engaged in the process of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her interest in politics doesn’t necessarily come from the prospect of changing the people in office, but from changing the way people in America interact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider myself a person of faith—a Christian,” Stacy told me. “So, as a Black evangelical … I’m really paying close attention to my fellow followers of Christ, and how we look at how our nation is becoming more and more divided. 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"content": "\u003cp>Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any more dramatic for women named Karen… On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/briefing/the-2020-vote-preferences-of-102-common-first-names.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> released\u003c/a> the results from polls it’s been conducting in 18 battleground states, alongside New York’s Siena College. 17,000 voters with 102 common names were polled, and the results draw parallels between voter trends and their first names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s right! Your first name, it turns out, might dictate who you vote for. In one big reveal, the \u003cem>NYT\u003c/em> made this handy graph showing who the 20 most popular names (10 male, 10 female) say they are most likely to vote for in the 2020 election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888787\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-12.59.16-PM-800x633.png\" alt=\"A chart tallying presidential choice, based on the first name of the voter, according to polls conducted by 'The New York Times' and Siena College. \" width=\"800\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-12.59.16-PM-800x633.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-12.59.16-PM-160x127.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-12.59.16-PM-768x608.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-12.59.16-PM.png 863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential choice by first name, according to polls conducted by ‘The New York Times’ and Siena College.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Naturally, the internet’s first thought was related to those Karen results—60% voting for Biden, 40% for Trump. It also upended the idea that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13882681/we-all-know-a-karen-when-we-see-one-now-we-need-to-talk-about-kevin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">male Karens should probably be called Kevin\u003c/a>. (Looks like we’re switching to Richard now.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MattDoyle76/status/1323273466662047745\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/stgrump/status/1323283260294623234\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/1323276806691131393\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen and Richard silliness aside, some other results from the polls were genuinely fascinating. Here are the major takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Women are overwhelmingly voting for Biden\u003c/strong>, while men are evenly split between the presidential candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>74% of Sarahs are voting for Biden, while 67% of Janets are voting for Trump.\u003c/strong> Age is likely the reason—the name Sarah is most common for women under 45, while Janets tend to be seniors. Biden is, according to the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em>, “winning by a landslide among younger voters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>74% of Jasons and 67% of Brians are voting for Trump\u003c/strong>—and the reason is surprising. According to the \u003cem>NYT\u003c/em>: “Two-syllable boys’ names ending with N were especially popular among younger parents during the 1970s and 1980s. Young parents are more likely to be working class, and an important part of Trump’s base has been white working-class voters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>63% of Anthonys and Marias are voting for Biden.\u003c/strong> This is related to two main factors. The first is that a majority of Latinx voters are supporting Biden over Trump. The second is Biden’s popularity with Catholics—51% back him according to Pew Research. (This is also why he has the support of a whopping 76% of Patricks.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Debras support Trump and Deborahs like Biden.\u003c/strong> Class is a factor here too. Debra tends to be the more popular spelling for younger parents, while Deborah is more commonly favored by “older parents with bachelor’s degrees, especially in the Northeast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>78% of Donalds plan to vote for Trump\u003c/strong>. This is partly because the age of most Donalds skews older—the name peaked in popularity in 1934. 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"content": "\u003cp>Para entender mejor la vida, a veces hace falta una lección. No una bofetada o un jalón de orejas, sino un episodio en el cual basta con observar. Fue en el verano de 2005, en la ciudad californiana de Oakland. El señor Cervantes despertó a su hijo Julio, de 12 años, con un par de instrucciones a las dos de la mañana. Julio debía cambiarse y acompañar a su padre. En el auto, somnoliento, se abrochó el cinturón de seguridad sin idea de lo que le esperaba: conducir horas y descargar cajas con frutas, conducir horas y descargar cajas con verduras, así sucesivamente. Hacia el final del día laboral, Julio descubrió a qué se dedicaba su padre y lo admiró. Eran tantos los sacrificios que su familia emprendía para que él cumpliera sus metas en un país tan suyo como extranjero.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cerca del balón, lejos de las pandillas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio Cervantes no recuerda cómo llegó a Estados Unidos. Jamás olvidará, sin embargo, la reacción de sus compañeros al enterarse de su estatus migratorio. “Las miradas en sus rostros me daban la sensación de que se preguntaban a sí mismos ‘¿por qué es indocumentado?’”, cuenta Julio sentado en uno de los dos muebles de la sala decorada con fotografías suyas vistiendo distintas camisetas deportivas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que Julio, aproximadamente \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/oakland-demographics-for-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">112,000\u003c/a> residentes de Oakland nacieron en el extranjero. Cuando al fin conoció a otros jóvenes provenientes de hogares inmigrantes, Julio sintió realmente que su lugar de nacimiento no era un problema. Pero más allá de compartir historias migratorias semejantes entre ellos, fue a través del fútbol que surgió una sensación de pertenencia. Una comunidad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No había necesidad de hablar el idioma materno o la lengua adoptada, solamente había que pegarle al balón. A temprana edad, ese deporte ya empezaría a definir el futuro de Julio. A poco tiempo de terminar su ciclo escolar en Urban Promise Academy, Julio le pidió a su madre, Juanita Flores, que lo inscribiera en Fremont High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Todos mis amigos iban a Fremont para jugar fútbol. Había más latinos en Fremont, era muy diverso pero también muy problemático. Todos los días fui testigo de al menos una pelea, un tiroteo, una persecución policial”, cuenta Julio mientras revisa fotografías de su segundo cumpleaños en Guadalajara, México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888718\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg\" alt=\"Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg 384w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En 2007, cuando Julio ingresó a la preparatoria, más del 50 por ciento de los estudiantes en Fremont High School eran de origen latino. De los 265 estudiantes que acompañaron a Julio desde el primer año en la preparatoria, solo 141 de ellos se graduaron en 2011, según datos recopilados por la institución.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo paré muchas peleas. Detuvimos a estudiantes con armas y drogas. La mayoría de nuestros estudiantes eran Norteños y Julio lo vivió de cerca. A veces, teníamos que cerrar toda la escuela por estas situaciones”, cuenta Emiliano Sánchez, vía telefónica, sobre los años como subdirector de Fremont High School, mismos en los que conoció a Julio, a quien describió como un adolescente tímido de una sonrisa amable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont High School está situada sobre la calle 47 y Foothill Boulevard, domicilio y zona de operación de una pandilla conocida como Los Norteños. La disputa de territorios y negocios turbios entre Los Norteños y otras pandillas latinas, tales como Los Sureños y los Border Brothers, generaron, por varios años, altas cifras de violencia en Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un día estaba con unos amigos en el carro y tenía puesta una gorra con la parte de adelante de color rojo. Nos paró la policía y de repente teníamos helicópteros y varias patrullas. Cualquier persona o joven que se vestía como un pandillero sería detenido”, cuenta Julio hoy de cabello rapado en ambos lados, un flequillo que roza su ceja derecha, barba corta bien cuidada y dos aretes negros, uno en cada oreja.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right']Vivir en Oakland era entonces vivir a la defensiva: de ser fichado erróneamente por la policía, alejarse de las pandillas y ser detenido por la falta de documentos.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En vista de que, en ciertas ocasiones, la policía identificaba a pandilleros según la apariencia, Julio tiró la gorra de la visera roja, color usualmente asociado con los Norteños, días después de aquel incidente. A las semanas, se vio forzado también a cortarse el cabello largo y cambiar su forma de vestir. Vivir en Oakland era entonces vivir a la defensiva: de ser fichado erróneamente por la policía, alejarse de las pandillas y ser detenido por la falta de documentos. Por nada del mundo Julio quería que estereotipos en torno a su comunidad arruinaran sus metas dentro de la cancha y en el salón de clases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El fútbol me llevaba por otros lugares, lejos de las pandillas. Muchas de las personas que conocí en la preparatoria están en la cárcel”, cuenta Julio quien guarda silencio segundos después, pensando en dónde estarán esos amigos olvidados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>El “Sueño de tu Vida”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio se graduó de Fremont High School en 2011, mismo año que participó en el popular torneo de talentos, “Sueño de tu Vida”, organizado por \u003ca href=\"https://alianzadefutbol.com/aboutus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alianza de Fútbol Hispano\u003c/a>, líder dedicado al apoyo y desarrollo del fútbol amateur en Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al evento llegaron, además de Julio, otros 399 jóvenes con la esperanza de formar parte de un exclusivo grupo de 18 jugadores que serían invitados a un partido de exhibición contra los San Jose Earthquakes, escuadra de la Major League Soccer (MLS). No obstante, una primera oferta para Julio llegó desde México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este hombre vino a ver otros muchachos, pero se interesó en mi hijo. Quería que lo dejáramos ir. Le dije al agente que para nosotros es muy difícil porque Julio no tenía papeles. El agente movía la cabeza y decía ‘¡híjole!’”, cuenta Julio César Cervantes, padre, sentado en una silla de madera en la cocina de la casa, compitiendo con su propia memoria para recordar el nombre del agente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El nombre del cazatalentos es José Luis Ortega, un ex futbolista mexicano con una trayectoria de 17 años. Ortega, presente en el “Sueño de tu Vida”, propuso a Julio una pasantía en el club Santos Lagunas de Torreón, Coahuila. En una entrevista telefónica, Ortega confiesa que son pocos los jóvenes quienes logran ser invitados a prestigiosos equipos mexicanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si Julio aceptaba la pasantía, implicaba volver a México, tierra que dejó a los dos años de edad. De no prosperar, porque el éxito no es garantizado, corría el riesgo de no poder regresar a Estados Unidos al ser indocumentado. El impedimento no era su falta de talento, sino su condición migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888716\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg\" alt=\"En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \" width=\"800\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3-160x155.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \u003ccite>(Juanita Flores)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Descartada la oferta del Santos, Julio fue seleccionado para entrenar con los San Jose Earthquakes a la expectativa de que firmase un contrato profesional, lo cual no sucedió. Julio se preguntaba entonces si ser indocumentado afectaba sus posibilidades de ser futbolista profesional. La respuesta la sabría pronto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Universidad del Pacífico, en la ciudad de Stockton, buscaba instaurar un programa de fútbol masculino y para dicha tarea reclutó a Julio, aún con años elegibles de competitividad universitaria. En la división I de fútbol universitario, es decir, el más alto nivel colegial en Estados Unidos, Julio demostró su capacidad en encuentros memorables, impresionando a más de uno en su último año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Debido a sus dotes físicos, al hecho de que marcó goles y que en video se mostraba en gran estado atlético, varios equipos profesionales estaban interesados y buscaban iniciar conversaciones sobre él,” cuenta Ryan Jorden, entonces entrenador de la Universidad del Pacífico, hoy jefe del comando técnico del equipo masculino de fútbol de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, vía telefónica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uno de los requisitos para formar parte del Superdraft, evento en el cual se eligen a futbolistas universitarios para integrarse a clubes profesionales, es que cada participante reciba el interés oficial de al menos un equipo. Julio cumplía con el requerimiento, por lo que envió un formulario a la MLS como posible prospecto en el Superdraft 2016 durante su último año en la Universidad del Pacífico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuatro años antes, el entonces presidente Barack Obama creó el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés), que hoy protege a más de 640,000 jóvenes indocumentados de la deportación y los autoriza a trabajar legalmente en Estados Unidos. Julio es beneficiario, es un soñador, un ‘dreamer’, como se les conoce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según Paul Michael Ochoa, portavoz de la MLS, todo beneficiario de DACA con la posibilidad de jugar en la liga profesional tomaría un cupo internacional en la nómina de un club, usualmente reservado para futbolistas de gran jerarquía y salarios exorbitantes procedentes de importantes clubes europeos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Prefiría un equipo profesional apostar por un muchacho universitario o por un futbolista experimentado? Las chances se reducen aún más frente a una estadística peculiar: la probabilidad de que un estudiante de preparatoria juegue en la división I de fútbol universitario en Estados Unidos es de \u003ca href=\"https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/research/pro_beyond/2020RES_ProbabilityBeyondHSFiguresMethod.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1.3 por ciento\u003c/a>. ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante quiere ser futbolista profesional? ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante es indocumentado? La carta de interés para participar en el Superdraft de la MLS nunca llegó a casa de Julio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mentalmente me destruyó. Fue un día que nunca me voy a olvidar”, responde Julio con una voz desalentada a la idea de ser considerado un foráneo en el país que él llama hogar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg\" alt=\"De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Más de 112,000 personas en Oakland nacieron en el extranjero al igual que Julio y sus amigos más cercanos. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland, contando su historia. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Un ‘dreamer’ en Oakland\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Son casi las dos de la tarde y el sol arde en Oakland. Es octubre de 2020. Julio busca la sombra detrás de un camión de comida mexicana ubicado sobre la avenida Fruitvale y la calle San Leandro. Su burrito vegetariano está listo minutos después. Julio se sienta en un muro de mediana altura que da vista a los vagones del BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Termina de comer, se limpia las manos y se huele los dedos. Los vagones arrancan en dirección sur y cuando el ruido de los rieles culmina, Julio dice, “mis papás siempre me dijeron que vaya a la escuela y saque buenas notas. Me recordaban ‘¿no quieres ir a la escuela? Entonces te vas a levantar a las dos de la mañana’”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estudiar y jugar fútbol sí es posible. Por eso cuando su anhelo de ser atleta profesional no resultó, Julio colgó los botines para asumir el cargo de profesor de educación física, carrera que estudió en la universidad, en Urban Promise Academy, su antigua secundaria. Si bien su suerte en el fútbol fue impactada por el sistema migratorio, fue su talento el que mucho después lo compensaría.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Una vez estaba con mis alumnos y ellos estaban muy emocionados porque su profesor se iba a convertir en un futbolista profesional. De repente, uno de los niños pregunta ‘¿entonces ganarás más dinero?’ Le tuve que decir la verdad. Le dije que no, que haría la mitad de lo que ganaba como profesor…nunca olvidaré su rostro, no podía creer lo que le estaba diciendo. A veces en la vida hay que hacer sacrificios y hacer lo que te hace feliz”, cuenta Julio sobre el día en el que Oakland Roots Football Club le ofreció integrarse a sus filas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julio vistió la camiseta \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandrootssc.com/squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">número 27\u003c/a>, en reconocimiento al número de la calle donde creció en Oakland. La calle 27 con Foothill Boulevard es la intersección y la suma de su niñez, su identidad, los idiomas, las amistades y el deporte al que se aferró para hoy hacer realidad su sueño.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CGnQv73Bh9q/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando los Roots juegan, el estadio de Laney College se tiñe de una fiesta multicultural conformada en su gran mayoría por la familia Cervantes y miembros de la comunidad inmigrante que cuentan la historia de Julio con orgullo. Una historia que, pese a obtener su tan ansiada recompensa, es desafiada, una y otra vez, por las políticas migratorias en Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gracias a repetidas decisiones por cortes federales, que incluyen una por parte del tribunal supremo este verano, la administración del Presidente Donald Trump no ha progresado en su intento de eliminar DACA, aunque el procedimiento para recibir esta protección de deportación es mucho más complejo ahora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right' citation='Julio Cervantes']‘Yo sé que DACA se puede terminar cualquier día, pero antes de DACA, yo no tenía nada … Si DACA se termina algún día, hay que buscar la manera de seguir luchando.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquellos que jamás hayan sido beneficiarios de DACA, no podrán ser parte de este programa. Aquellos que renueven sus permisos, como Julio, lo obtendrían tan solo por un año, y no 24 meses como se estableció en 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo sé que DACA se puede terminar cualquier día, pero antes de DACA, yo no tenía nada. Pasé mucho tiempo sin tener nada. Muchos años sin tener un guardaespaldas. Si DACA se termina algún día, hay que buscar la manera de seguir luchando”, cuenta Julio con una mirada convincente en su rostro, la misma que demuestra cuando habla de fútbol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La reelección de Trump como presidente de Estados Unidos significaría la continuación de mayores complicaciones en torno a DACA y un posible nuevo esfuerzo en erradicarlo. Por su parte, el candidato presidencial demócrata Joe Biden prometió en el último debate con Trump, tal como lo hizo como vicepresidente bajo el mandato de Obama, que millones de indocumentados tendrían un camino a la ciudadanía, entre ellos los “dreamers.” Entre ellos, Julio Cervantes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Para entender mejor la vida, a veces hace falta una lección. No una bofetada o un jalón de orejas, sino un episodio en el cual basta con observar. Fue en el verano de 2005, en la ciudad californiana de Oakland. El señor Cervantes despertó a su hijo Julio, de 12 años, con un par de instrucciones a las dos de la mañana. Julio debía cambiarse y acompañar a su padre. En el auto, somnoliento, se abrochó el cinturón de seguridad sin idea de lo que le esperaba: conducir horas y descargar cajas con frutas, conducir horas y descargar cajas con verduras, así sucesivamente. Hacia el final del día laboral, Julio descubrió a qué se dedicaba su padre y lo admiró. Eran tantos los sacrificios que su familia emprendía para que él cumpliera sus metas en un país tan suyo como extranjero.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cerca del balón, lejos de las pandillas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio Cervantes no recuerda cómo llegó a Estados Unidos. Jamás olvidará, sin embargo, la reacción de sus compañeros al enterarse de su estatus migratorio. “Las miradas en sus rostros me daban la sensación de que se preguntaban a sí mismos ‘¿por qué es indocumentado?’”, cuenta Julio sentado en uno de los dos muebles de la sala decorada con fotografías suyas vistiendo distintas camisetas deportivas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que Julio, aproximadamente \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/oakland-demographics-for-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">112,000\u003c/a> residentes de Oakland nacieron en el extranjero. Cuando al fin conoció a otros jóvenes provenientes de hogares inmigrantes, Julio sintió realmente que su lugar de nacimiento no era un problema. Pero más allá de compartir historias migratorias semejantes entre ellos, fue a través del fútbol que surgió una sensación de pertenencia. Una comunidad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No había necesidad de hablar el idioma materno o la lengua adoptada, solamente había que pegarle al balón. A temprana edad, ese deporte ya empezaría a definir el futuro de Julio. A poco tiempo de terminar su ciclo escolar en Urban Promise Academy, Julio le pidió a su madre, Juanita Flores, que lo inscribiera en Fremont High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Todos mis amigos iban a Fremont para jugar fútbol. Había más latinos en Fremont, era muy diverso pero también muy problemático. Todos los días fui testigo de al menos una pelea, un tiroteo, una persecución policial”, cuenta Julio mientras revisa fotografías de su segundo cumpleaños en Guadalajara, México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888718\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg\" alt=\"Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg 384w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En 2007, cuando Julio ingresó a la preparatoria, más del 50 por ciento de los estudiantes en Fremont High School eran de origen latino. De los 265 estudiantes que acompañaron a Julio desde el primer año en la preparatoria, solo 141 de ellos se graduaron en 2011, según datos recopilados por la institución.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo paré muchas peleas. Detuvimos a estudiantes con armas y drogas. La mayoría de nuestros estudiantes eran Norteños y Julio lo vivió de cerca. A veces, teníamos que cerrar toda la escuela por estas situaciones”, cuenta Emiliano Sánchez, vía telefónica, sobre los años como subdirector de Fremont High School, mismos en los que conoció a Julio, a quien describió como un adolescente tímido de una sonrisa amable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont High School está situada sobre la calle 47 y Foothill Boulevard, domicilio y zona de operación de una pandilla conocida como Los Norteños. La disputa de territorios y negocios turbios entre Los Norteños y otras pandillas latinas, tales como Los Sureños y los Border Brothers, generaron, por varios años, altas cifras de violencia en Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un día estaba con unos amigos en el carro y tenía puesta una gorra con la parte de adelante de color rojo. Nos paró la policía y de repente teníamos helicópteros y varias patrullas. Cualquier persona o joven que se vestía como un pandillero sería detenido”, cuenta Julio hoy de cabello rapado en ambos lados, un flequillo que roza su ceja derecha, barba corta bien cuidada y dos aretes negros, uno en cada oreja.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En vista de que, en ciertas ocasiones, la policía identificaba a pandilleros según la apariencia, Julio tiró la gorra de la visera roja, color usualmente asociado con los Norteños, días después de aquel incidente. A las semanas, se vio forzado también a cortarse el cabello largo y cambiar su forma de vestir. Vivir en Oakland era entonces vivir a la defensiva: de ser fichado erróneamente por la policía, alejarse de las pandillas y ser detenido por la falta de documentos. Por nada del mundo Julio quería que estereotipos en torno a su comunidad arruinaran sus metas dentro de la cancha y en el salón de clases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El fútbol me llevaba por otros lugares, lejos de las pandillas. Muchas de las personas que conocí en la preparatoria están en la cárcel”, cuenta Julio quien guarda silencio segundos después, pensando en dónde estarán esos amigos olvidados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>El “Sueño de tu Vida”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio se graduó de Fremont High School en 2011, mismo año que participó en el popular torneo de talentos, “Sueño de tu Vida”, organizado por \u003ca href=\"https://alianzadefutbol.com/aboutus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alianza de Fútbol Hispano\u003c/a>, líder dedicado al apoyo y desarrollo del fútbol amateur en Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al evento llegaron, además de Julio, otros 399 jóvenes con la esperanza de formar parte de un exclusivo grupo de 18 jugadores que serían invitados a un partido de exhibición contra los San Jose Earthquakes, escuadra de la Major League Soccer (MLS). No obstante, una primera oferta para Julio llegó desde México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este hombre vino a ver otros muchachos, pero se interesó en mi hijo. Quería que lo dejáramos ir. Le dije al agente que para nosotros es muy difícil porque Julio no tenía papeles. El agente movía la cabeza y decía ‘¡híjole!’”, cuenta Julio César Cervantes, padre, sentado en una silla de madera en la cocina de la casa, compitiendo con su propia memoria para recordar el nombre del agente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El nombre del cazatalentos es José Luis Ortega, un ex futbolista mexicano con una trayectoria de 17 años. Ortega, presente en el “Sueño de tu Vida”, propuso a Julio una pasantía en el club Santos Lagunas de Torreón, Coahuila. En una entrevista telefónica, Ortega confiesa que son pocos los jóvenes quienes logran ser invitados a prestigiosos equipos mexicanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si Julio aceptaba la pasantía, implicaba volver a México, tierra que dejó a los dos años de edad. De no prosperar, porque el éxito no es garantizado, corría el riesgo de no poder regresar a Estados Unidos al ser indocumentado. El impedimento no era su falta de talento, sino su condición migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888716\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg\" alt=\"En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \" width=\"800\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3-160x155.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \u003ccite>(Juanita Flores)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Descartada la oferta del Santos, Julio fue seleccionado para entrenar con los San Jose Earthquakes a la expectativa de que firmase un contrato profesional, lo cual no sucedió. Julio se preguntaba entonces si ser indocumentado afectaba sus posibilidades de ser futbolista profesional. La respuesta la sabría pronto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Universidad del Pacífico, en la ciudad de Stockton, buscaba instaurar un programa de fútbol masculino y para dicha tarea reclutó a Julio, aún con años elegibles de competitividad universitaria. En la división I de fútbol universitario, es decir, el más alto nivel colegial en Estados Unidos, Julio demostró su capacidad en encuentros memorables, impresionando a más de uno en su último año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Debido a sus dotes físicos, al hecho de que marcó goles y que en video se mostraba en gran estado atlético, varios equipos profesionales estaban interesados y buscaban iniciar conversaciones sobre él,” cuenta Ryan Jorden, entonces entrenador de la Universidad del Pacífico, hoy jefe del comando técnico del equipo masculino de fútbol de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, vía telefónica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uno de los requisitos para formar parte del Superdraft, evento en el cual se eligen a futbolistas universitarios para integrarse a clubes profesionales, es que cada participante reciba el interés oficial de al menos un equipo. Julio cumplía con el requerimiento, por lo que envió un formulario a la MLS como posible prospecto en el Superdraft 2016 durante su último año en la Universidad del Pacífico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuatro años antes, el entonces presidente Barack Obama creó el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés), que hoy protege a más de 640,000 jóvenes indocumentados de la deportación y los autoriza a trabajar legalmente en Estados Unidos. Julio es beneficiario, es un soñador, un ‘dreamer’, como se les conoce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según Paul Michael Ochoa, portavoz de la MLS, todo beneficiario de DACA con la posibilidad de jugar en la liga profesional tomaría un cupo internacional en la nómina de un club, usualmente reservado para futbolistas de gran jerarquía y salarios exorbitantes procedentes de importantes clubes europeos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Prefiría un equipo profesional apostar por un muchacho universitario o por un futbolista experimentado? Las chances se reducen aún más frente a una estadística peculiar: la probabilidad de que un estudiante de preparatoria juegue en la división I de fútbol universitario en Estados Unidos es de \u003ca href=\"https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/research/pro_beyond/2020RES_ProbabilityBeyondHSFiguresMethod.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1.3 por ciento\u003c/a>. ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante quiere ser futbolista profesional? ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante es indocumentado? La carta de interés para participar en el Superdraft de la MLS nunca llegó a casa de Julio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mentalmente me destruyó. Fue un día que nunca me voy a olvidar”, responde Julio con una voz desalentada a la idea de ser considerado un foráneo en el país que él llama hogar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg\" alt=\"De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Más de 112,000 personas en Oakland nacieron en el extranjero al igual que Julio y sus amigos más cercanos. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland, contando su historia. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Un ‘dreamer’ en Oakland\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Son casi las dos de la tarde y el sol arde en Oakland. Es octubre de 2020. Julio busca la sombra detrás de un camión de comida mexicana ubicado sobre la avenida Fruitvale y la calle San Leandro. Su burrito vegetariano está listo minutos después. Julio se sienta en un muro de mediana altura que da vista a los vagones del BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Termina de comer, se limpia las manos y se huele los dedos. Los vagones arrancan en dirección sur y cuando el ruido de los rieles culmina, Julio dice, “mis papás siempre me dijeron que vaya a la escuela y saque buenas notas. Me recordaban ‘¿no quieres ir a la escuela? Entonces te vas a levantar a las dos de la mañana’”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estudiar y jugar fútbol sí es posible. Por eso cuando su anhelo de ser atleta profesional no resultó, Julio colgó los botines para asumir el cargo de profesor de educación física, carrera que estudió en la universidad, en Urban Promise Academy, su antigua secundaria. Si bien su suerte en el fútbol fue impactada por el sistema migratorio, fue su talento el que mucho después lo compensaría.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Una vez estaba con mis alumnos y ellos estaban muy emocionados porque su profesor se iba a convertir en un futbolista profesional. De repente, uno de los niños pregunta ‘¿entonces ganarás más dinero?’ Le tuve que decir la verdad. Le dije que no, que haría la mitad de lo que ganaba como profesor…nunca olvidaré su rostro, no podía creer lo que le estaba diciendo. A veces en la vida hay que hacer sacrificios y hacer lo que te hace feliz”, cuenta Julio sobre el día en el que Oakland Roots Football Club le ofreció integrarse a sus filas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julio vistió la camiseta \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandrootssc.com/squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">número 27\u003c/a>, en reconocimiento al número de la calle donde creció en Oakland. La calle 27 con Foothill Boulevard es la intersección y la suma de su niñez, su identidad, los idiomas, las amistades y el deporte al que se aferró para hoy hacer realidad su sueño.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Cuando los Roots juegan, el estadio de Laney College se tiñe de una fiesta multicultural conformada en su gran mayoría por la familia Cervantes y miembros de la comunidad inmigrante que cuentan la historia de Julio con orgullo. Una historia que, pese a obtener su tan ansiada recompensa, es desafiada, una y otra vez, por las políticas migratorias en Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gracias a repetidas decisiones por cortes federales, que incluyen una por parte del tribunal supremo este verano, la administración del Presidente Donald Trump no ha progresado en su intento de eliminar DACA, aunque el procedimiento para recibir esta protección de deportación es mucho más complejo ahora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He won an Oscar for playing an Irish cop, Malone, in 1987’s \u003cem>The Untouchables\u003c/em>. In 1989 he played Indiana Jones’ father, professor Henry Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He made his final Bond film in 1983, \u003cem>Never Say Never Again\u003c/em> (though he did reprise the part to record a voiceover for the \u003cem>From Russia With Love\u003c/em> video game in 2005).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connery was Scottish to the core — he had the word Scotland tattooed on his arm. A member of the Scottish National Party, he ardently supported secession from Great Britain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1999, he addressed hundreds of party activists before a vote. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s no secret that voters are entering this election on edge. \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jclp.22600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research shows\u003c/a> that the election of Donald Trump in 2016 affected the mental health of Americans more than any political event since 9/11. And that anxiety has only gone up in 2020, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/10/election-stress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over two-thirds of Americans\u003c/a> reporting election-related stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re worried about things that might happen in the future and the possibility of that feels intolerable, you’re going to experience a lot of distress around the anticipation of that event and if you don’t get the outcome you wanted,” says Dr. Nili Solomonov of Cornell University, whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323765346_Patients'_perspectives_on_political_self-disclosure_the_therapeutic_alliance_and_the_infiltration_of_politics_into_the_therapy_room_in_the_Trump_era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018 study\u003c/a> tracked the ways the political climate impacted client-therapist relationships after the 2016 election. “If you’re going into an election thinking, ‘It’s fine either way. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Nigerian soldiers shot at a crowd of protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on Oct. 20, killing at least 10 people, \u003ca href=\"https://artbyrenua.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Renua Giwa-Amu\u003c/a> knew she had to do something—even if that something would happen all the way across the world, in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area artist and animator grew up in Lagos, and she passed through the Lekki Toll Gate every day on the way to school. News of the massacre horrified her. “It’s heartbreaking even if you were disillusioned before,” she says, adding that her cousins back home have been attending the protests against police violence. Thankfully, none of them were hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888462\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888462\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-13.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-13-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-13-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Renua Giwa-Amu speaks at the #EndSARS rally in Oakland on Oct. 24. \u003ccite>(Benito Martin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, Giwa-Amu has joined a global movement of the Nigerian diaspora organizing in solidarity with those on the ground her home country. Last Saturday, Oct. 24, she helped plan a protest that drew hundreds of Nigerian Americans and their supporters to Oakland’s Lake Merritt amphitheater. Its goal was to amplify the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/26/massive-protests-nigeria-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#EndSARS movement\u003c/a>, which calls for the dissolution of Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit that has been accused of extorting, brutalizing and sexually assaulting young people in Nigeria without accountability since the 1990s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/26/massive-protests-nigeria-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peaceful protests against SARS\u003c/a> have been going on since 2017 but picked up momentum this October after the police killing of a man in Ughelli was captured on video, drawing comparisons with the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Though the Nigerian government announced that it would disband SARS on Oct. 12, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/article/sars-nigeria-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demonstrators question\u003c/a> whether it’s an empty promise and have continued marching. They see their movement as a referendum on corruption, inequality and oppression in Nigeria. Amnesty International estimates that Nigerian police killed over 56 protesters and injured dozens more in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/africa/nigeria-protests-56-dead-jail-fire-intl/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most recent uprisings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Nigeria everyone is Black, so people socially profile [instead of racially profiling],” says another organizer of Saturday’s protest, Jeffrey Amechi Enebly, who DJs and throws events as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flygerianjeff/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flygerian Jeff\u003c/a>. Born and raised in Oakland, Enebly says he was harassed by police officers last time he went to Abuja to visit family in 2015. He says that Nigerian police often extort young people who look wealthy, or simply untraditional, under the pretext that they’re suspected thieves or scammers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It comes from colonial times where people were judging each other based on what they wore, how they presented themselves—there’s a saying in Nigeria: you’re addressed how you dress,” says Enebly. “And that speaks to the fact that, if you look like a scammer or something like that, you are [treated as] a scammer. So pretty much, if you have an iPhone, or you have locs, or tattoos, and you drive a nice car or you dress really nice, they’re going to harass you. If you’re a woman with colored hair, they may extort you for sexual favors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888464\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888464\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-26.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-26-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-26-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flygerian Jeff, a.k.a. Jeffrey Enebly, DJs at the #EndSARS protest he helped organize in Oakland on Oct. 24. \u003ccite>(Benito Martin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Activists see the protests as bigger than just SARS: to Giwa-Amu, they’re part of an international movement of formerly colonized people fighting for self-determination and dignity. “The fate of Nigeria affects everyone globally,” she says. “If white people are tired of seeing Black people as refugees in their countries, guess what? We’re tired of being put in that position. We would like to be empowered in our homes and in our communities and not have to do the undignified thing of begging to be given the permission to live. I would like to see Black people of all walks of life and all backgrounds to come together and realize we are fighting the same problem, it just has different faces.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the protesters are drumming up international solidarity and media attention to the humanitarian crisis, Giwa-Amu says they aren’t calling for an intervention from the U.S. or U.K. governments. “Someone always gains from the conflict, and Black bodies or bodies of color are the collateral damage,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the rally on Saturday, she was heartened to see a crowd of hundreds of people. Immigrants like her joined forces with Nigerian Americans born in the U.S., whose parents fled the Nigerian Civil War of the late 1960s. The Nigerian diaspora united across class and ethnic lines, and supporters of other backgrounds joined in solidarity. The activists lent their various talents to the movement: Giwa-Amu designed the flyers; Enebly activated the network he built with his dance parties; and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/official_nkan/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nkan Eledua\u003c/a>, an Afro-jazz singer who came to Richmond from Nigeria three years ago, was the emcee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eledua was inspired by the solidarity she witnessed at the event; she believes the momentum of this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests helped activate supporters. “George Floyd’s spirit woke up every nation,” she says. “When George Floyd died, there was no Black, there was no white—everybody who wants the change of truth came out all over the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888463\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-2.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-2-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/Endsars-2-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators at the #EndSARS rally in Oakland on Oct. 24. \u003ccite>(Benito Martin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eledua, Giwa-Amu and other activists are organizing another rally in November. This one will be led by Nigerian women, and will highlight the ways they and LGTBQ+ people are doubly marginalized by sexism and homophobia. Giwa-Amu says that she was sexually harassed and physically assaulted last time she visited Nigeria and went to a government office to renew her driver’s license. She says that “sounding or looking gay” is also often a pretext for police extortion or harassment. [aside postid='news_11842699']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women and queer people were the first to speak up online because we are most vulnerable,” says Giwa-Amu. She points to the leadership of queer, non-binary activist Matthew Blaise, who wrote a \u003ca href=\"https://www.out.com/news/2020/10/13/endsars-queer-nigeria-homophobic-abuse-viral-matthew-blaise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">column in \u003cem>Out\u003c/em>\u003c/a> about the #EndSARS movement, and the \u003ca href=\"https://feministcoalition2020.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feminist Coalition\u003c/a>, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for medical help, legal support and funeral services for protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of us are asking that question, where is the next thing?” says Giwa-Amu. “We’re going to see lots of individual efforts online and in the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s announcement of $2.5 million in aid to the city’s beleaguered entertainment and nightlife industry is receiving a mixed response from local bars and clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a statement from the mayor’s office on Monday, the city will waive clubs’ and bars’ regulatory license and business registration fees for two years, as well as these businesses’ payroll expense taxes for 2020. Businesses will not be required to pay back these fees at a later date, but will still have to file tax returns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement says the city will provide financial relief for approximately 300 permitted entertainment venues which meet the criteria of gross receipts amounting to less than $20 million.[aside postid='arts_13886812']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our entertainment venues are a large part of the reason people flock to San Francisco and rave about our culture,” said \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator/entertainment-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Entertainment Commission\u003c/a> president, Ben Bleiman. “They are also particularly vulnerable during these times due to their business models. We must do all we can to support these businesses, so that we have places to be able to come together once we’re able to come together again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clubs and bars have now been shuttered for most of the year. The city’s nightlife scene has suffered more than many other major local industries since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And hopes for a partial easing of restrictions currently scheduled for mid-November are tentative, to say the least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Struggling business owners are glad to finally be getting help from the city, but remain doubtful this relief will be enough to see them through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m excited to see the city doing something, because so far they have done zero to help venues like ourselves,” says Dan Strachota, managing partner and talent buyer at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rickshawstop.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rickshaw Stop\u003c/a> in Hayes Valley. “But I’m uncertain how much this is going to help. Even if they waive all of our fees, there’s still so much money that has to be paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s welcome,” says Tadd Cortell, managing partner for the SOMA nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://www.monarchsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monarch\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.thegreatnorthernsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Northern\u003c/a>, a music bar in the Inner Mission. “Any help targeted towards the nightlife industry is particularly helpful at this point. Being able to waive taxes and fees especially over the next two years will make a difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cortell also says the city’s move is “too little too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nimble thinking required of venues in order to survive has resulted in sales of surplus off-sale liquor and online archival livestreams. 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