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(Kevin Wolf/AP Photo)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One activity asked students to role-play as Israeli soldiers putting Palestinians into refugee camps, and another slide deck compared the civil rights movements to the Red Guards, an often-violent youth movement supporting Mao Zedong during China’s cultural revolution in the 1960s. Some ethnic studies teachers told KQED at the time they had never taught or seen the materials.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In response, Superintendent Maria Su \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046580/sf-school-district-wont-cancel-ethnic-studies-but-pauses-its-homegrown-curriculum\">paused the curriculum\u003c/a> developed by district educators over the last decade, and launched a pilot of \u003cem>Voices: An Ethnic Studies Survey\u003c/em>, published by the textbook and curriculum provider Gibbs Smith Education, last fall.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In April, the school board approved a plan to purchase and implement \u003cem>Voices\u003c/em> permanently after a vetting process that district leaders said included parent, student and teacher surveys, interviews and focus groups and classroom observations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prior to the vote, the Friends of Lowell Foundation sent a demand letter to the district asking it to postpone the decision. The group said that the way SFUSD agendized the vote — folded into the same agenda item as other history and social science materials — violated the state’s Brown Act, which guarantees the public right to attend and participate in local legislative body meetings. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the petition, the public received no clear notice that the board would permanently adopt the curriculum, and the publicly posted agenda for the April 28 meeting does not explicitly mention that it would include approving the ethnic studies course.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This curriculum was rushed through without the transparency families deserve, and it was paid for with money San Francisco voters restricted for our children’s enrichment,” Friends of Lowell board member Sarah Stettler said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, under California state law, ethnic studies is considered a social science, and the new textbook was adopted alongside new social studies curricula for much of the district.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The petition also alleges that SFUSD refused to provide parents access to the curriculum prior to the vote, citing publisher copyright. Friends of Lowell said that California law requires that the district itself makes instructional materials available for review regardless of copyright restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Board Vice President Jaime Huling contested that claim during the meeting, saying that there was a physical copy of the textbook at SFUSD’s headquarters, and the materials were accessible to the general public through a two-week free trial. She said she’d also requested a full digital copy from the publisher prior to last year’s vote on the pilot, and was granted access.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Board member Supryia Ray, who cast the lone dissenting vote against adopting \u003cem>Voices\u003c/em>, said at the time that she was unable to access the full curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends of Lowell have asked the court to set aside the April 28 vote, among other remedies. 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No teachers were identified by name in the article, but the story had an explosive impact on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Gustafson, Lowell’s journalism adviser, said he was told by administrators in April — with a teacher’s union representative present — that he would be reassigned due to his involvement in the story. Now, the district said it is only doing so to support students’ educational experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only way you can rationalize this is they want a change in the kind of reporting that is done,” Gustafson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district did not respond to the specific allegation that Gustafson was reassigned as a result of his advising of the harassment story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Education Code explicitly protects student journalism advisers from being transferred or reassigned for protecting their students’ First Amendment rights. 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They were uninformed, and then they got informed, and then they’re trying to cover their tracks,” Gustafson said. “It’s just that their tracks were recorded.”[aside postID=news_12039733 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-036-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar, who authored the student journalism resolution, said actions like reassigning an adviser can have a “chilling effect” on student journalism going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Aside from the wrong that I think is experienced by this teacher, it’s a bad lesson for the kids, right?” Melgar said. “This is who I did this for, because I feel like the kids should know that there are adults in a position of power who are watching and also that they have our support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution is co-sponsored by six other supervisors, and Melgar said she expects it to pass unanimously because no one has dissented yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas Harrison, one of the editors-in-chief at \u003cem>The Lowell\u003c/em>, said he and other student journalists plan to attend the Supervisors’ meeting in support of the symbolic resolution, as well as Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Gustafson’s] reassignment means that we would be losing his expertise. 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It is a looming question for sure,\" Fisher told KQED in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board's previous termination of Lowell's merit-based admissions policy is thought to have activated parents, especially those who are Asian American, who were angry at the board for reverting to the same lottery system as other SFUSD schools.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Alida Fisher, board member, SFUSD\"]'I want to make sure that whatever we do with our high schools, we are bringing all the rest of our high schools up to those same levels of resources as Lowell and not tear Lowell apart.'[/pullquote]As has been previously reported, the school district's legal counsel warned that the merit-based admissions system — though favored strongly by some in the city — is \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2022/02/lowells-old-merit-based-admissions-policy-wont-come-back-no-matter-whos-on-the-school-board/\">incompatible with state law\u003c/a> and, if sued to end it, the school would likely lose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's especially key as Fisher's win tips the school board's majority to progressive Democrats, who traditionally have been more apt to side with Black students and families who have wanted Lowell High School's admissions process to be lottery-based for the sake of equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher won the third of three spots by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932210/stunning-reversal-of-fortune-ann-hsu-voted-off-sf-school-board-following-racist-comments\">beating incumbent Ann Hsu\u003c/a>, whom Mayor London Breed appointed and who was part of the moderate-Democrat majority that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Big-votes-on-Lowell-and-Washington-mural-before-17259285.php\">voted to restore merit-based admissions at Lowell in June\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Persistence was key to Fisher's win. She has run for the office twice unsuccessfully but, undeterred, finally won this November. She's a frequent voice at Board of Education meetings and is the advocacy chair on the SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education. Her decade-long advocacy springs from experience, as \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/education/meet-the-special-ed-advocate-who-ousted-ann-hsu-for-a-spot-on-sfs-school-board/\">one of her four children qualified for special education\u003c/a>, according to the SF Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher is a parent volunteer, and her work in the weeds of education policy helped earn her\u003ca href=\"https://uesf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UESF-112022-Voter-Guide-FINAL-1.pdf\"> the endorsement of the teachers union (PDF)\u003c/a>, the United Educators of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10961135\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10961135 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An exterior view of Lowell High School, a gray, boxy building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main entrance of Lowell High School in San Francisco, on May 19, 2016. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From the start, the debate over Lowell High School's admissions process propelled the San Francisco Board of Education election to the front of the city's conversation. Asian parents, partially galvanized by the loss of a merit-based admissions system at the school, pushed to recall three school board members earlier this year. San Francisco's Asian communities often view Lowell as both a symbolic and very real driver of economic success for their kids, while some in Black communities say its merit-based system is skewed in ways that have historically blocked their children from attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the brief time the school was under a lottery system, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lowell-got-rid-of-competitive-admissions-New-16415271.php\">Black student enrollment did increase\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wide-ranging interview with KQED, Fisher touched on topics including Lowell’s admissions policy as well as SFUSD’s broken payroll system and her early priorities on the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The interview below has been edited for brevity and clarity. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOE FITZGERALD RODRIGUEZ: So how does it feel to have done what many said could not be done? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ALIDA FISHER:\u003c/strong> Well, I don't think it's sunk in yet. I'm still in parent mode, I'm still in (SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education) board member mode where we're still in the middle of planning for a joint CAC-AAPAC (African American Parent Advisory Council) meeting tonight. And so my focus is there, thinking in two hours I've got to pick up the kids. So I don't think the enormity of what's happened has really sunk in yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what are your first priorities on the board?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I have a lot of work to do to catch up with the governance that the current board is focusing on. I really want to dig in and understand what's going on with EMPowerSF (the school district's staff payment system). 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As has been previously reported, the school district's legal counsel warned that the merit-based admissions system — though favored strongly by some in the city — is \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2022/02/lowells-old-merit-based-admissions-policy-wont-come-back-no-matter-whos-on-the-school-board/\">incompatible with state law\u003c/a> and, if sued to end it, the school would likely lose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's especially key as Fisher's win tips the school board's majority to progressive Democrats, who traditionally have been more apt to side with Black students and families who have wanted Lowell High School's admissions process to be lottery-based for the sake of equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher won the third of three spots by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932210/stunning-reversal-of-fortune-ann-hsu-voted-off-sf-school-board-following-racist-comments\">beating incumbent Ann Hsu\u003c/a>, whom Mayor London Breed appointed and who was part of the moderate-Democrat majority that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Big-votes-on-Lowell-and-Washington-mural-before-17259285.php\">voted to restore merit-based admissions at Lowell in June\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Persistence was key to Fisher's win. She has run for the office twice unsuccessfully but, undeterred, finally won this November. She's a frequent voice at Board of Education meetings and is the advocacy chair on the SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education. Her decade-long advocacy springs from experience, as \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/education/meet-the-special-ed-advocate-who-ousted-ann-hsu-for-a-spot-on-sfs-school-board/\">one of her four children qualified for special education\u003c/a>, according to the SF Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher is a parent volunteer, and her work in the weeds of education policy helped earn her\u003ca href=\"https://uesf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UESF-112022-Voter-Guide-FINAL-1.pdf\"> the endorsement of the teachers union (PDF)\u003c/a>, the United Educators of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10961135\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10961135 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An exterior view of Lowell High School, a gray, boxy building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main entrance of Lowell High School in San Francisco, on May 19, 2016. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From the start, the debate over Lowell High School's admissions process propelled the San Francisco Board of Education election to the front of the city's conversation. Asian parents, partially galvanized by the loss of a merit-based admissions system at the school, pushed to recall three school board members earlier this year. San Francisco's Asian communities often view Lowell as both a symbolic and very real driver of economic success for their kids, while some in Black communities say its merit-based system is skewed in ways that have historically blocked their children from attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the brief time the school was under a lottery system, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lowell-got-rid-of-competitive-admissions-New-16415271.php\">Black student enrollment did increase\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wide-ranging interview with KQED, Fisher touched on topics including Lowell’s admissions policy as well as SFUSD’s broken payroll system and her early priorities on the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The interview below has been edited for brevity and clarity. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOE FITZGERALD RODRIGUEZ: So how does it feel to have done what many said could not be done? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ALIDA FISHER:\u003c/strong> Well, I don't think it's sunk in yet. I'm still in parent mode, I'm still in (SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education) board member mode where we're still in the middle of planning for a joint CAC-AAPAC (African American Parent Advisory Council) meeting tonight. And so my focus is there, thinking in two hours I've got to pick up the kids. So I don't think the enormity of what's happened has really sunk in yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what are your first priorities on the board?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I have a lot of work to do to catch up with the governance that the current board is focusing on. I really want to dig in and understand what's going on with EMPowerSF (the school district's staff payment system). I'm grateful that the superintendent has built the command center to actually get the issues fixed so that our teachers and our staff members get paid and benefits are offered, and if there's anything I can do to help keep that a priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me, long term, one of my biggest priorities — and an issue that I've been working on for years — is reading. We've got to make sure system-wide, throughout every single school in our district, that we've got the resources, we've got the curriculum, we've got the professional development, we have everything so that our kids are learning to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The curriculum in our classroom, the methodology that our teachers are using, it's actually teaching our kids the foundational skills they need to be successful later in life. It's one of our biggest gaps right now. Less than half of our kids are proficient readers, and that's — as far as I'm concerned — one of the biggest mandates our school district has: to teach our kids to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There's one thing that folks are wondering openly about Lowell High School's future. Obviously, there's a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/04/1134421129/the-supreme-court-could-end-affirmative-action-what-could-happen-next\">much-anticipated Supreme Court decision that could strike down affirmative action\u003c/a>. And there's a lot of talk about the legality of Lowell's current status now. What's next?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, as far as the law goes, I think right now there are issues that take precedence in our district in front of Lowell. 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If every student had the resources at their fingertips that the students at Lowell have, I think we would see a dramatic shift in so many things that happen in our high schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But as far as its legal status goes, I mean, is it not something that's open to challenge?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, I think it is open to challenge. I think that Lowell is definitely something that we as a board are going to have to address. It is a looming question for sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like I said, it's one of many, many big issues that we need to tackle as a district. I am one of seven commissioners in a school district with 50,000 students. One of the things that I value most is authentic family engagement and community partnership. And so I expect that this is not work that I would do as one person in a vacuum. 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"content": "\u003cp>If any of us hoped that 2021 would somehow be less eventful than the year that came before it, we didn’t get our wish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the pandemic continued into its second full year, our Bay Area communities also grappled with a rise in hate crime against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, rose up against sexual harassment and assault in schools, and tried to mobilize to aid refugees from Afghanistan — all of which KQED photographer Beth LaBerge endeavored to capture in still images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Telling these stories requires words both written and spoken, yes, but sometimes photos have a unique ability to let people tell their own stories, to show you their own plights, and bring the audience face-to-face with an issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, LaBerge has chosen the images she captured in 2021 that help do exactly that — that paint a portrait of a complex, challenging year, but also one with frequent moments of joy and community togetherness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899779\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899779 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-800x533.jpg\" alt='A woman stands in the foreground in a purple sweatshirt with the words \"Class of 21\" with trees and sky in the background.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shavonne Hines-Foster, a Lowell High School senior and student delegate for the district, stands outside of her school in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, a new reckoning in the #MeToo movement emerged from within San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School. The effort empowered current and former students to call for systemic change while curating and promoting allegations on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shavonne Hines-Foster, a former Lowell student, pictured here, said that movement helped the floodgates open for current San Francisco students to speak out on Twitter and Instagram. “That served as a catalyst for everything else,” she said. “Students came forward about their experiences with racism, sexual assault, harassment and mental health at Lowell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859164/lowell-students-say-metoo-sexual-abuse-allegations-spark-reckoning-at-sf-high-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lowell Students Say #MeToo. Sexual Abuse Allegations Spark Reckoning at SF High\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859164/lowell-students-say-metoo-sexual-abuse-allegations-spark-reckoning-at-sf-high-school\"> School\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899781 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A girl with a mask in the bottom left of the frame flies a kite with the background of buildings in San Francisco \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cliff Lee and Joao Lee Ramirez, 12, fly a kite on Portsmouth Square Bridge in San Francisco on March 20, 2021, during a vigil and rally in support of the AAPI community on March 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds gathered in San Francisco’s Portsmouth Square in March to mourn the lives of eight people shot and killed in Atlanta, including six Asian women. Those at the rally also called for an end to anti-AAPI violence, which had risen throughout the pandemic. Organizers supplied markers for signs and kite-making kits for the community to express their grief and create joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of us, including women and low-wage workers, deserve to be safe,” said Shaw San Liu, executive director of the Chinese Progressive Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865791/bay-area-vigils-remember-atlanta-shooting-victims-challenge-white-supremacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bay Area Vigils Remember Atlanta Shooting Victims, Challenge White Supremacy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899675\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899675 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An image from above. A child sits in a red chair at a blue table with a book open at a computer. The reflection can be seen in a mirror in the bottom of the frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Onyx attends school at home with his parents in Oakland on April 14, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As districts across California have grappled with difficult conversations around reopening, Ryan Austin, an artist-educator, said she’s been troubled by a certain aspect of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11858457/as-battle-over-reopening-san-francisco-schools-turns-ugly-equity-emerges-as-fault-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school reopening conversation\u003c/a>: Organizations and advocates — both for and against reopening the Bay Area’s schools — have both cited the needs and experiences of Black and brown parents to support their viewpoints\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their community, however, is not a monolith, Austin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this photo, Austin, helps her son Onyx with school through Zoom at their home in Oakland on April 14, 2021. According to Austin, Onyx has thrived during distance learning because the family can actively engage in his learning. However, Austin is quick to point out that this is only possible due to the fact that both she and her husband, Michael, work from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869776/were-not-a-monolith-some-black-and-brown-parents-in-oakland-feel-conflicted-as-in-person-learning-returns\">‘\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869776/were-not-a-monolith-some-black-and-brown-parents-in-oakland-feel-conflicted-as-in-person-learning-returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We’re Not a Monolith’: Some Black and Brown Parents in Oakland Feel Conflicted as In-Person Learning Returns\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11870699\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11870699 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut.jpg\" alt='A woman wearing a black sweatshirt and a mask places a candle at an altar above the words \"Justice 4 Mario G.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman places a candle at a memorial for Mario Gonzalez during a vigil on April 21, 2021. Gonzalez died in Alameda police custody Monday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>26-year-old Oakland Mario Gonzalez died in Alameda police custody this year after what the Alameda Police Department termed a “scuffle” with officers in a small park near the city’s Park Street corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a vigil in April in Alameda, community members and activists demanded answers in Gonzalez’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870691/we-need-justice-mourners-demand-alameda-police-provide-answers-in-death-of-mario-gonzalez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘We Need Justice’: Mourners Demand Alameda Police Provide Answers in Death of Mario Gonzalez\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875061\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11875061 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouette of a person against the blue-sky of sunrise.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Bell, a Vietnam veteran and a Cahto tribe member, stands in a circle during the Bloody Island Sunrise Ceremony near Upper Lake, California, on May 15, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over 170 years ago, the small island of Bonopoti in Lake County was still a haven for the people who had lived there for centuries: the Pomo. On May 15, 1850, a U.S Army regiment arrived on the island and killed every Pomo man, woman and child they could find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on, Bonopoti became known as Bloody Island. And for two decades, the island has hosted a Sunrise Ceremony of Forgiveness every May: A space where people from different Indigenous tribes gather to honor those ancestors claimed in the massacre, and to look to the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874585/we-always-have-our-ancestors-within-us-scenes-from-bloody-islands-sunrise-ceremony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘We Always Have Our Ancestors Within Us’: Scenes From Bloody Island’s Sunrise Ceremony\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899818\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899818 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl is hoisted onto a horse in front of a Black Panther Party mural honoring the women of the Black Panther Party\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donnell McAlister gives kids a chance to sit on top of his horse JJ, named after Jesse James, during a Juneteenth block party to celebrate the opening of the Black Panther Party Mini Museum in West Oakland on June 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In celebration of Juneteenth this year, The West Oakland Mural Project opened a small museum to highlight Black Panther Party history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the block party held to celebrate, Donnell McAlister gave kids a chance to sit on top of his horse, JJ, named after Jesse James.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878694/this-is-american-history-oakland-mini-museum-on-the-black-panther-party-opens-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘This Is American History’: Oakland Mini Museum on the Black Panther Party Opens on Juneteenth\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899762\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899762 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful scene with a large banner in the foreground and many people in the background waving rainbow flags and signs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds march head down Polk Street towards City Hall during the People’s March and Rally in San Francisco on June 27, 2021, during Pride weekend in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The absence of an official San Francisco Pride Parade made room for things to get a lot weirder, more political, and more D.I.Y. this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of corporate-sponsored floats with rainbow advertisements, a People’s March organized by artists and activists took over the streets on Sunday, June 27, connecting the celebration back to its radical roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13899473/photos-lgbtq-pride-lights-up-the-bay-area-in-all-its-rainbow-glory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">PHOTOS: LGBTQ+ Pride Lights Up the Bay Area In All Its Rainbow Glory\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899764\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edward Wooley, known as Chef Smelly, prepares garlic noodles at Smelly’s Creole and Soul Food pop-up on Broadway in Oakland on August 7, 2021. Garlic noodles are one of the most popular dishes at the pop-up. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steam rises off of a fresh batch of chef Edward Wooley’s garlic noodles at his Oakland restaurant, Smelly’s Creole and Soul Food. Here in the Bay Area, Asian Americans love garlic noodles. Black and Latino folks love garlic noodles. Indeed, once you start looking for garlic noodles, it seems, you find them everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My business is soul fusion,” Wooley says. “I take my Black seasonings and style, and mix it with the Asian cuisine. It’s a blend of everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900855/garlic-noodles-sf-bay-area-iconic-foods-thanh-long-smellys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Garlic Noodles Became one of the Bay Area’s Most Iconic Foods\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899820\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899820 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a cowboy hat stands next to a tractor with the background of a field behind him. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Borba and his son Joseph repair a broken irrigation line on their family-owned farm in Porterville, California, on August 10, 2021. Record droughts in California’s Central Valley, the country’s most lucrative agricultural area, have made life difficult for growers in the region. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Record droughts in California’s Central Valley, the country’s most lucrative agricultural area, have made life difficult for growers in the region. The lack of rain, over-pumping of aquifers, and the rising temperatures from climate change, which dry out the soil, have contributed to many farmers removing crops that they’ve grown for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As seen above, Chris Borba and his family have farmed in the Central Valley for several generations, but he worries that their farm might not survive if there is another year as dry as 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976510/central-valley-farmers-weigh-in-on-californias-historic-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Valley Farmers Weigh in on California’s Historic Drought\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899766\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jatinderpal Singh sits at his home in Fresno on August 11, 2021. Singh is a former employee of the Foster Farms’ Cherry facility. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jatinderpal Singh, 71, a former line worker at Foster Farms’ Cherry plant, equated the loss of his cousin, Baljinder Dhillon, 65, a mechanic at the plant, to losing an arm. Dhillon tested positive for COVID-19 in December of 2020 during an outbreak at Foster Farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My legs still shake,” Singh said in an interview on Aug. 11, speaking in Punjabi through an interpreter. “I still feel it, even today. Sometimes I feel weakness in my legs when I think about him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892838/there-is-anger-he-should-be-alive-an-investigation-into-deadly-covid-19-outbreaks-at-foster-farms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>‘\u003c/strong>There Is Anger. He Should Be Alive.’ An Investigation Into Deadly COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farms\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899767\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899767\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herrera and Gonzalez hold hands in their yard on Aug. 23, 2021. Along with their three children, the couple fled Mexico and are seeking asylum in the U.S. But their case has dragged on for six years in immigration court. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2015 a man named Herrera fled to the U.S. with his family after he says he became the target of political violence in his hometown in central Mexico. When they reached the San Francisco Bay Area, he applied for asylum. But security still feels elusive: His case in immigration court has dragged on for six years, and it involves grueling cross-examinations that he says rekindle the terror he experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t want to remember the kidnapping or anything else because it’s really ugly,” said Herrera, now 50 and a construction worker in San José. “But I have to keep opening up the trunk and pulling out those memories.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886227/like-living-through-it-all-over-again-new-biden-plan-could-ease-impact-on-asylum-seekers-asked-to-recount-their-trauma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>‘\u003c/strong>Like Living Through It All Over Again’: New Biden Plan Could Ease Impact on Asylum Seekers Asked to Recount Their Trauma\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899768\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899768 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Redwood trees, smoke and a firefighter pointing his hose at a blazing fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Storey County Fire District crew battles the Caldor Fire off of Highway 50 near South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 31, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state is in a dangerous place. Scorching summers coupled with tinderbox dry forests render fire containment ineffective — especially when it’s hot, windy, or a combination of the two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Caldor Fire burned into the Tahoe Basin, it looked like this city, a center of gravity for culture in this part of the Sierra, could (and many thought, \u003cem>would\u003c/em>) burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it did not, thanks to the 3,500 firefighters, a timely shift in the winds and years of fire preparations by a myriad of players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1977037/wildfire-torched-the-sierra-all-summer-evading-containment-heres-how-tahoe-protected-itself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildfire Torched the Sierra All Summer, Evading Containment. Here’s How Tahoe Protected Itself\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899830 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman sits at a computer in the background of a home, while a man plays with two kids in the foreground.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Nazia Gabar teaches English classes to women from Afghanistan who have resettled in the United States, her husband Hassam plays with their two children at their home in San Leandro on Sept. 8, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nazia Gabar arrived from Afghanistan and landed in the Bay Area in 2017 with her husband and baby. “At first it’s very difficult to adapt to a new culture, a new environment, new people,” she said. “At that time when we came, we were very stressful about everything because there was no home and no jobs. We didn’t have any money, and the rent was very high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They had friends who had come earlier who helped them transition, and now they both do the same to help newly arrived Afghan refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890467/i-know-exactly-what-you-feel-bay-area-afghans-work-overtime-to-welcome-new-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘I Know Exactly What You Feel’: Bay Area Afghans Work Overtime to Welcome New Refugees\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899769\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899769 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An older woman with glasses and a slight stands in the sunlight.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mardonia Galeana poses for a portrait at her home in San Jose on Oct. 7, 2021. During the 1990s, she ran an informal restaurant out of her apartment. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In The Bay Area’s Great Immigrant Food City, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series of stories\u003c/a> exploring San Jose’s wonderfully diverse immigrant food scene, we meet Mardonia Galeana, also known as Abuela, through the eyes of her grandson, Yosimar Reyes. In the early 1990s, Abuela started an informal business selling home-cooked meals and offered them at a reduced price to the immigrant community in their neighborhood. Her clientele grew, and for several nights a week, men crowded into their apartment, sharing laughs and hardships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those men, the camaraderie of sitting around Abuela’s table helped make being in this country feel less lonely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904861/abuela-mexican-kitchen-undocumented-workers-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Abuela’s East San Jose Kitchen Fed Dozens of Undocumented Workers Every Week\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899770 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Five people stand in different brightly colored dresses and face paint against a backdrop of a mural in the Mission.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group Eveyln’s Whisper perform a tribute to Evelyn Hernandez during a community healing vigil and living ofrenda celebration on 24th and Capp streets in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2021, part of the neighborhood’s Día de Los Muertos festivities. The event honored the memory of womxn, QTPOC, and children lost to violence. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of residents filled the streets of the Mission District in San Francisco on the evening of November 2 to honor and celebrate the dead on Día de los Muertos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sidewalks of 24th Street, from Mission Street to Potrero Avenue, were packed with families, some holding candles, others wearing delicately crafted dresses, face paint, and hair arrangements made out of cempasúchil, or marigolds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894929/to-also-celebrate-the-living-dia-de-los-muertos-returns-to-the-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘To Also Celebrate the Living’: Día de los Muertos Returns to the Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899771\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899771 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A kid sits in a chair receiving a bandaid from a nurse while a woman holds his hand.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Registered Nurse Elia Moreno administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Fergus, 10, while his mother, Kyre Osburn, holds his hand at the United in Health vaccine site in San Francisco’s Mission District on Nov. 9, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On November 2, kids aged 5-11 became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in California. Families filled the United in Health vaccine site in San Francisco’s Mission District, including Fergus, who wore a tuxedo shirt to celebrate the long-awaited day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894546/pfizer-covid-vaccine-kids-5-11-near-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where Can I Get a Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Kids Age 5-11 Near Me?\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899772\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899772 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman stands with arms outstretched in a beautifully outfit lit by the window.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Genesis Rosales dances with family at the 52nd Anniversary of the Alcatraz Occupation on Alcatraz Island on Nov. 20, 2021, during a visit to Alcatraz by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>2021 marked 52 years since Native American activists occupied Alcatraz Island to bring attention to past and ongoing injustices against Native peoples — and it’s a day that brought promises for more inclusion from the Biden administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anniversary also was marked by a visit and speech from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/15/977558590/deb-haaland-confirmed-as-first-native-american-interior-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the nation’s first Native American cabinet secretary\u003c/a>. “The occupation of Alcatraz Island by Indigenous people in 1969 was more than a call for action. It was a cry for a sense of community and the life ways that were stolen from us,” she said. “We’re in a new era, an era in which we can embrace our identities as Indigenous people and be proud of how much we have accomplished.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897041/were-in-a-new-era-on-52nd-anniversary-of-alcatraz-occupation-biden-administration-commits-to-native-american-inclusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘We’re in a New Era’: On 52nd Anniversary of Alcatraz Occupation, Biden Administration Commits to Native American Inclusion\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If any of us hoped that 2021 would somehow be less eventful than the year that came before it, we didn’t get our wish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the pandemic continued into its second full year, our Bay Area communities also grappled with a rise in hate crime against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, rose up against sexual harassment and assault in schools, and tried to mobilize to aid refugees from Afghanistan — all of which KQED photographer Beth LaBerge endeavored to capture in still images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Telling these stories requires words both written and spoken, yes, but sometimes photos have a unique ability to let people tell their own stories, to show you their own plights, and bring the audience face-to-face with an issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, LaBerge has chosen the images she captured in 2021 that help do exactly that — that paint a portrait of a complex, challenging year, but also one with frequent moments of joy and community togetherness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899779\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899779 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-800x533.jpg\" alt='A woman stands in the foreground in a purple sweatshirt with the words \"Class of 21\" with trees and sky in the background.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shavonne Hines-Foster, a Lowell High School senior and student delegate for the district, stands outside of her school in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, a new reckoning in the #MeToo movement emerged from within San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School. The effort empowered current and former students to call for systemic change while curating and promoting allegations on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shavonne Hines-Foster, a former Lowell student, pictured here, said that movement helped the floodgates open for current San Francisco students to speak out on Twitter and Instagram. “That served as a catalyst for everything else,” she said. “Students came forward about their experiences with racism, sexual assault, harassment and mental health at Lowell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859164/lowell-students-say-metoo-sexual-abuse-allegations-spark-reckoning-at-sf-high-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lowell Students Say #MeToo. Sexual Abuse Allegations Spark Reckoning at SF High\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859164/lowell-students-say-metoo-sexual-abuse-allegations-spark-reckoning-at-sf-high-school\"> School\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899781 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A girl with a mask in the bottom left of the frame flies a kite with the background of buildings in San Francisco \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/030_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cliff Lee and Joao Lee Ramirez, 12, fly a kite on Portsmouth Square Bridge in San Francisco on March 20, 2021, during a vigil and rally in support of the AAPI community on March 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds gathered in San Francisco’s Portsmouth Square in March to mourn the lives of eight people shot and killed in Atlanta, including six Asian women. Those at the rally also called for an end to anti-AAPI violence, which had risen throughout the pandemic. Organizers supplied markers for signs and kite-making kits for the community to express their grief and create joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of us, including women and low-wage workers, deserve to be safe,” said Shaw San Liu, executive director of the Chinese Progressive Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865791/bay-area-vigils-remember-atlanta-shooting-victims-challenge-white-supremacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bay Area Vigils Remember Atlanta Shooting Victims, Challenge White Supremacy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899675\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899675 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An image from above. A child sits in a red chair at a blue table with a book open at a computer. The reflection can be seen in a mirror in the bottom of the frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS48652_043_Oakland_AustinFamily_04142021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Onyx attends school at home with his parents in Oakland on April 14, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As districts across California have grappled with difficult conversations around reopening, Ryan Austin, an artist-educator, said she’s been troubled by a certain aspect of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11858457/as-battle-over-reopening-san-francisco-schools-turns-ugly-equity-emerges-as-fault-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school reopening conversation\u003c/a>: Organizations and advocates — both for and against reopening the Bay Area’s schools — have both cited the needs and experiences of Black and brown parents to support their viewpoints\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their community, however, is not a monolith, Austin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this photo, Austin, helps her son Onyx with school through Zoom at their home in Oakland on April 14, 2021. According to Austin, Onyx has thrived during distance learning because the family can actively engage in his learning. However, Austin is quick to point out that this is only possible due to the fact that both she and her husband, Michael, work from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869776/were-not-a-monolith-some-black-and-brown-parents-in-oakland-feel-conflicted-as-in-person-learning-returns\">‘\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869776/were-not-a-monolith-some-black-and-brown-parents-in-oakland-feel-conflicted-as-in-person-learning-returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We’re Not a Monolith’: Some Black and Brown Parents in Oakland Feel Conflicted as In-Person Learning Returns\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11870699\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11870699 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut.jpg\" alt='A woman wearing a black sweatshirt and a mask places a candle at an altar above the words \"Justice 4 Mario G.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48713_026_Alameda_MarioGonzalezVigil_04212021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman places a candle at a memorial for Mario Gonzalez during a vigil on April 21, 2021. Gonzalez died in Alameda police custody Monday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>26-year-old Oakland Mario Gonzalez died in Alameda police custody this year after what the Alameda Police Department termed a “scuffle” with officers in a small park near the city’s Park Street corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a vigil in April in Alameda, community members and activists demanded answers in Gonzalez’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870691/we-need-justice-mourners-demand-alameda-police-provide-answers-in-death-of-mario-gonzalez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘We Need Justice’: Mourners Demand Alameda Police Provide Answers in Death of Mario Gonzalez\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875061\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11875061 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouette of a person against the blue-sky of sunrise.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49144_007_UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony_05152021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Bell, a Vietnam veteran and a Cahto tribe member, stands in a circle during the Bloody Island Sunrise Ceremony near Upper Lake, California, on May 15, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over 170 years ago, the small island of Bonopoti in Lake County was still a haven for the people who had lived there for centuries: the Pomo. On May 15, 1850, a U.S Army regiment arrived on the island and killed every Pomo man, woman and child they could find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on, Bonopoti became known as Bloody Island. And for two decades, the island has hosted a Sunrise Ceremony of Forgiveness every May: A space where people from different Indigenous tribes gather to honor those ancestors claimed in the massacre, and to look to the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874585/we-always-have-our-ancestors-within-us-scenes-from-bloody-islands-sunrise-ceremony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘We Always Have Our Ancestors Within Us’: Scenes From Bloody Island’s Sunrise Ceremony\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899818\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899818 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl is hoisted onto a horse in front of a Black Panther Party mural honoring the women of the Black Panther Party\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/016_Oakland_JuneteenthBBPMiniMuseum_06192021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donnell McAlister gives kids a chance to sit on top of his horse JJ, named after Jesse James, during a Juneteenth block party to celebrate the opening of the Black Panther Party Mini Museum in West Oakland on June 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In celebration of Juneteenth this year, The West Oakland Mural Project opened a small museum to highlight Black Panther Party history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the block party held to celebrate, Donnell McAlister gave kids a chance to sit on top of his horse, JJ, named after Jesse James.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878694/this-is-american-history-oakland-mini-museum-on-the-black-panther-party-opens-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘This Is American History’: Oakland Mini Museum on the Black Panther Party Opens on Juneteenth\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899762\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899762 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful scene with a large banner in the foreground and many people in the background waving rainbow flags and signs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/017_SanFrancisco_PeoplesMarch_06272021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds march head down Polk Street towards City Hall during the People’s March and Rally in San Francisco on June 27, 2021, during Pride weekend in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The absence of an official San Francisco Pride Parade made room for things to get a lot weirder, more political, and more D.I.Y. this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of corporate-sponsored floats with rainbow advertisements, a People’s March organized by artists and activists took over the streets on Sunday, June 27, connecting the celebration back to its radical roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13899473/photos-lgbtq-pride-lights-up-the-bay-area-in-all-its-rainbow-glory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">PHOTOS: LGBTQ+ Pride Lights Up the Bay Area In All Its Rainbow Glory\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899764\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/022_Oakland_ChefSmellys_08072021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edward Wooley, known as Chef Smelly, prepares garlic noodles at Smelly’s Creole and Soul Food pop-up on Broadway in Oakland on August 7, 2021. Garlic noodles are one of the most popular dishes at the pop-up. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steam rises off of a fresh batch of chef Edward Wooley’s garlic noodles at his Oakland restaurant, Smelly’s Creole and Soul Food. Here in the Bay Area, Asian Americans love garlic noodles. Black and Latino folks love garlic noodles. Indeed, once you start looking for garlic noodles, it seems, you find them everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My business is soul fusion,” Wooley says. “I take my Black seasonings and style, and mix it with the Asian cuisine. It’s a blend of everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900855/garlic-noodles-sf-bay-area-iconic-foods-thanh-long-smellys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Garlic Noodles Became one of the Bay Area’s Most Iconic Foods\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899820\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899820 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a cowboy hat stands next to a tractor with the background of a field behind him. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/046_Porterville_Farm_08102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Borba and his son Joseph repair a broken irrigation line on their family-owned farm in Porterville, California, on August 10, 2021. Record droughts in California’s Central Valley, the country’s most lucrative agricultural area, have made life difficult for growers in the region. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Record droughts in California’s Central Valley, the country’s most lucrative agricultural area, have made life difficult for growers in the region. The lack of rain, over-pumping of aquifers, and the rising temperatures from climate change, which dry out the soil, have contributed to many farmers removing crops that they’ve grown for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As seen above, Chris Borba and his family have farmed in the Central Valley for several generations, but he worries that their farm might not survive if there is another year as dry as 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976510/central-valley-farmers-weigh-in-on-californias-historic-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Valley Farmers Weigh in on California’s Historic Drought\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899766\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_Fresno_FosterFarmsCOVID_08112021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jatinderpal Singh sits at his home in Fresno on August 11, 2021. Singh is a former employee of the Foster Farms’ Cherry facility. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jatinderpal Singh, 71, a former line worker at Foster Farms’ Cherry plant, equated the loss of his cousin, Baljinder Dhillon, 65, a mechanic at the plant, to losing an arm. Dhillon tested positive for COVID-19 in December of 2020 during an outbreak at Foster Farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My legs still shake,” Singh said in an interview on Aug. 11, speaking in Punjabi through an interpreter. “I still feel it, even today. Sometimes I feel weakness in my legs when I think about him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892838/there-is-anger-he-should-be-alive-an-investigation-into-deadly-covid-19-outbreaks-at-foster-farms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>‘\u003c/strong>There Is Anger. He Should Be Alive.’ An Investigation Into Deadly COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farms\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899767\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899767\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herrera and Gonzalez hold hands in their yard on Aug. 23, 2021. Along with their three children, the couple fled Mexico and are seeking asylum in the U.S. But their case has dragged on for six years in immigration court. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2015 a man named Herrera fled to the U.S. with his family after he says he became the target of political violence in his hometown in central Mexico. When they reached the San Francisco Bay Area, he applied for asylum. But security still feels elusive: His case in immigration court has dragged on for six years, and it involves grueling cross-examinations that he says rekindle the terror he experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t want to remember the kidnapping or anything else because it’s really ugly,” said Herrera, now 50 and a construction worker in San José. “But I have to keep opening up the trunk and pulling out those memories.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886227/like-living-through-it-all-over-again-new-biden-plan-could-ease-impact-on-asylum-seekers-asked-to-recount-their-trauma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>‘\u003c/strong>Like Living Through It All Over Again’: New Biden Plan Could Ease Impact on Asylum Seekers Asked to Recount Their Trauma\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899768\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899768 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Redwood trees, smoke and a firefighter pointing his hose at a blazing fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/038_CaldorFire_08312021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Storey County Fire District crew battles the Caldor Fire off of Highway 50 near South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 31, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state is in a dangerous place. Scorching summers coupled with tinderbox dry forests render fire containment ineffective — especially when it’s hot, windy, or a combination of the two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Caldor Fire burned into the Tahoe Basin, it looked like this city, a center of gravity for culture in this part of the Sierra, could (and many thought, \u003cem>would\u003c/em>) burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it did not, thanks to the 3,500 firefighters, a timely shift in the winds and years of fire preparations by a myriad of players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1977037/wildfire-torched-the-sierra-all-summer-evading-containment-heres-how-tahoe-protected-itself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildfire Torched the Sierra All Summer, Evading Containment. Here’s How Tahoe Protected Itself\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899830 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman sits at a computer in the background of a home, while a man plays with two kids in the foreground.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/024_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Nazia Gabar teaches English classes to women from Afghanistan who have resettled in the United States, her husband Hassam plays with their two children at their home in San Leandro on Sept. 8, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nazia Gabar arrived from Afghanistan and landed in the Bay Area in 2017 with her husband and baby. “At first it’s very difficult to adapt to a new culture, a new environment, new people,” she said. “At that time when we came, we were very stressful about everything because there was no home and no jobs. We didn’t have any money, and the rent was very high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They had friends who had come earlier who helped them transition, and now they both do the same to help newly arrived Afghan refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890467/i-know-exactly-what-you-feel-bay-area-afghans-work-overtime-to-welcome-new-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘I Know Exactly What You Feel’: Bay Area Afghans Work Overtime to Welcome New Refugees\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899769\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899769 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An older woman with glasses and a slight stands in the sunlight.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/031_SanJose_MardoniaGaleana_10072021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mardonia Galeana poses for a portrait at her home in San Jose on Oct. 7, 2021. During the 1990s, she ran an informal restaurant out of her apartment. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In The Bay Area’s Great Immigrant Food City, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series of stories\u003c/a> exploring San Jose’s wonderfully diverse immigrant food scene, we meet Mardonia Galeana, also known as Abuela, through the eyes of her grandson, Yosimar Reyes. In the early 1990s, Abuela started an informal business selling home-cooked meals and offered them at a reduced price to the immigrant community in their neighborhood. Her clientele grew, and for several nights a week, men crowded into their apartment, sharing laughs and hardships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those men, the camaraderie of sitting around Abuela’s table helped make being in this country feel less lonely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904861/abuela-mexican-kitchen-undocumented-workers-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Abuela’s East San Jose Kitchen Fed Dozens of Undocumented Workers Every Week\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899770 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Five people stand in different brightly colored dresses and face paint against a backdrop of a mural in the Mission.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/033_SanFrancisco_DiadelosMuertos_11022021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group Eveyln’s Whisper perform a tribute to Evelyn Hernandez during a community healing vigil and living ofrenda celebration on 24th and Capp streets in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2021, part of the neighborhood’s Día de Los Muertos festivities. The event honored the memory of womxn, QTPOC, and children lost to violence. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of residents filled the streets of the Mission District in San Francisco on the evening of November 2 to honor and celebrate the dead on Día de los Muertos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sidewalks of 24th Street, from Mission Street to Potrero Avenue, were packed with families, some holding candles, others wearing delicately crafted dresses, face paint, and hair arrangements made out of cempasúchil, or marigolds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894929/to-also-celebrate-the-living-dia-de-los-muertos-returns-to-the-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘To Also Celebrate the Living’: Día de los Muertos Returns to the Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899771\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899771 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A kid sits in a chair receiving a bandaid from a nurse while a woman holds his hand.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/008_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Registered Nurse Elia Moreno administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Fergus, 10, while his mother, Kyre Osburn, holds his hand at the United in Health vaccine site in San Francisco’s Mission District on Nov. 9, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On November 2, kids aged 5-11 became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in California. Families filled the United in Health vaccine site in San Francisco’s Mission District, including Fergus, who wore a tuxedo shirt to celebrate the long-awaited day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894546/pfizer-covid-vaccine-kids-5-11-near-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where Can I Get a Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Kids Age 5-11 Near Me?\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899772\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11899772 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman stands with arms outstretched in a beautifully outfit lit by the window.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/078_Alcatraz_InteriorSecretaryDebHaaland_11202021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Genesis Rosales dances with family at the 52nd Anniversary of the Alcatraz Occupation on Alcatraz Island on Nov. 20, 2021, during a visit to Alcatraz by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>2021 marked 52 years since Native American activists occupied Alcatraz Island to bring attention to past and ongoing injustices against Native peoples — and it’s a day that brought promises for more inclusion from the Biden administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anniversary also was marked by a visit and speech from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/15/977558590/deb-haaland-confirmed-as-first-native-american-interior-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the nation’s first Native American cabinet secretary\u003c/a>. “The occupation of Alcatraz Island by Indigenous people in 1969 was more than a call for action. It was a cry for a sense of community and the life ways that were stolen from us,” she said. “We’re in a new era, an era in which we can embrace our identities as Indigenous people and be proud of how much we have accomplished.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "Hundreds of SF High School Students Walk Out of Class, Demanding More Support for Sexual Assault Survivors",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of students from at least three San Francisco high schools walked out of class on Wednesday to show solidarity with sexual assault survivors, and to call for administrators to hold perpetrators accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The actions at George Washington High School, Lowell High School and Abraham Lincoln High School \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11891813/bay-area-students-push-again-for-changes-in-how-schools-handle-sexual-misconduct\">follow similar recent protests at other Bay Area high schools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At George Washington High School, hundreds of students gathered at the football field wearing red and black to show support for survivors. They held signs that read \"Boys Will be Boys Who Respect Girls\" and \"If You're Not Angry, You're Not Paying Attention.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We wanted to show the district and show the administration that there are people who really care,” said Ha Bui, a senior and one of the organizers at George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895942\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11895942 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/030_sanfrancisco_georgewashingtonhswalkout_11102021-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Students who appear to be girls stand in a row, outside, holding protest signs reading "Stand With Victims" and "My Clothes DON'T Determine My Consent!". They're standing on a football field, the audience seating is visible behind them. They're all wearing COVID masks.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/030_sanfrancisco_georgewashingtonhswalkout_11102021-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/030_sanfrancisco_georgewashingtonhswalkout_11102021-1020x679.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/030_sanfrancisco_georgewashingtonhswalkout_11102021-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/030_sanfrancisco_georgewashingtonhswalkout_11102021-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/030_sanfrancisco_georgewashingtonhswalkout_11102021.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at George Washington High School in San Francisco's Richmond District walk out of class for a rally against sexual abuse on Nov. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The students protesting say they want protection even when abuse occurs off campus, and more trauma-informed protocols for people who report abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re hoping to build on momentum from a walkout held last week at Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, where students drafted a set of demands. The walkout there was planned by a senior at the school, Daniela S. Oropeza, who said she and other students were fed up by the lack of response to a rape culture on campus. She put up posters around campus that read \"Get the Abusers Off Campus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those posters are what finally caught administrators' attention on sexual assault, but it should not have taken so long to make them listen, Oropeza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have had countless meetings with the administration in the years,\" Oropeza said. \"And it's just insane how they say they hear us, but they don't protect us. They don't do anything to change the environment so we feel safe.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REKqNgzMoGE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Above the Noise explores student-led\u003cspan class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/metoo\">#MeToo\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> movements around the world in high schools, demanding an end to sexual assault and harassment. This episode tackles the question: Can this activism actually change rape culture?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack Guan, a senior at George Washington High School, said the action there inspired other schools to hold walkouts of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This issue is not constrained to a current high school. This is a district-wide issue. It's not like we're protesting each school administration — we're protesting all administrations,” Guan said. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Shavonne Hines-Foster, former student advocate\"]'Little to no progress was made. But when it was, it was all from students.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Washington High students had recently set up an Instagram account for students to share their experiences anonymously. They’re hoping to collect information from students about the reporting process to gather data about the district’s response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We reply with affirmation, and we hope it will educate people about sexual violence,\" said Serena Zhang, a senior at George Washington High School, during the rally. “We encourage them to share their stories, but also take action. Another reason we're doing this is to get attention from our school, have them acknowledge victims, and meet our demands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895943\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11895943 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/032_SanFrancisco_GeorgeWashingtonHSWalkout_11102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Seen from behind, two students hug one another. On the right, a student in a white tshirt with red and blonde hair, the tshirt has red blood-colored palm prints. The student on the left is in a black hoodie. They are standing in a crowd.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/032_SanFrancisco_GeorgeWashingtonHSWalkout_11102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/032_SanFrancisco_GeorgeWashingtonHSWalkout_11102021-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/032_SanFrancisco_GeorgeWashingtonHSWalkout_11102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/032_SanFrancisco_GeorgeWashingtonHSWalkout_11102021-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/032_SanFrancisco_GeorgeWashingtonHSWalkout_11102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at George Washington High School in San Francisco's Richmond District walk out of class for a rally against sexual abuse on Nov. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the walkout, organizers passed out flyers that described students’ rights under Title IX, the 1972 law that bars gender-based discrimination in federally funded colleges, universities and K-12 schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Dudnick, a spokesperson for the school district, said in a statement the district wants all students to know their concerns are taken seriously, and supports students taking action to address issues that concern them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been working closely with our principals and other school leaders to ensure they are supported in allowing students to exercise their right to free speech,” Dudnick said. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jessica Weiss, a 24-year-old Wall Street analyst, was scrolling through Twitter on a break while working from home in New York this summer when she saw the smiling image of a former Lowell High School classmate, Raymond Lang. She was shocked as she read through the growing series of posts accusing him of rape and other sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Lang, 25, was facing felony rape and other criminal charges in Alameda County related to one of those allegations, the violent assault of a woman he’d met via an online dating app in 2018. He’d later accept a plea deal that dismissed all but the less serious charge of assault with a deadly weapon — with the sentence deferred over a five-year probation term.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jessica Weiss, 2014 Lowell High School graduate\"]‘I think a lot of me wanting to speak out about this comes from just guilt of being silent back then.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to reach Lang for comment were not successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weiss didn’t know it at the time, but those posts would help trigger a new reckoning in the #MeToo movement focused in part on San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School. The effort empowered current and former students to call for systemic change while curating and promoting allegations on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates and survivors nationwide had spontaneously created accounts over the summer to share hundreds of stories of abuse experienced while they were in high school. Many of the people behind these grassroots efforts say the COVID-19 pandemic left them with more time and space to reflect on trauma they had experienced as teenagers. And remote learning added a sense of security, separating students from alleged abusers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Painful Memories From High School\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Weiss, who graduated from Lowell in 2014, said seeing her former classmate publicly accused pushed her and others in her Lowell alumni community to reckon with painful memories from high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said a different Lowell alum, Hiromi Fujita, sexually harassed her in high school, and she’d heard other allegations about him from several friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of me wanting to speak out about this comes from just guilt of being silent back then,” Weiss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She eventually connected with three other women who anonymously posted allegations on June 7 that Fujita had abused or assaulted them in high school and college, prompting another woman to come forward with a similar story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859411\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859411\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Jessica-Weiss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1254\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Jessica-Weiss.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Jessica-Weiss-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Jessica-Weiss-1020x666.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Jessica-Weiss-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Jessica-Weiss-1536x1003.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Weiss, who graduated from Lowell High School in 2014, says a social media post last summer about a former classmate brought back painful memories. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jessica Weiss)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A total of nine former Lowell students told KQED that he was abusive or inappropriate to young women when he was in high school and college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two former students said they saw Fujita assault a female classmate on school grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fujita, who graduated in 2013, was popular with administrators and students. He was on the football team, involved in student government and close to the dean and principal, according to several former students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district declined to comment on specific allegations against Fujita, and Lowell Principal Dacotah Swett said the school couldn’t locate records of any reported incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the allegations, Ray Cordoba, the dean of Lowell while Fujita was a student, said, “Any reports of assault are reported and dealt with accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11859413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-800x738.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-800x738.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-1020x941.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-160x148.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-1122x1037.jpeg 1122w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI.jpeg 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiromi Fujita posted a series of tweets in early June from a now deactivated account acknowledging the allegations made against him. \u003ccite>(Via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fujita did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but he appears to have tweeted an apparent response the day the posts about him went up: “Sexual assault is not okay. The fact is that I was and have been part of the problem, especially by not speaking out for my bad actions sooner. I have sought counseling and therapy for a lot of my issues, such as control and anger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One woman, who graduated from Lowell in 2014, spoke on the condition of anonymity over fears that she or her family may be physically harmed in retaliation. She said Fujita sexually assaulted her in his car when she was a junior, and she felt waves of anxiety for years just seeing cars that looked like his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sharing her experience on social media made her feel less alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I almost felt relieved. Maybe there was no real reason to be scared,” she said. “Hopefully we can head towards a future where we don’t have to call someone out because it’s normal now to not rape and assault people. And I hate that it has to come to this. But I think these changes need to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>More Students Speak Out\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Several alumni who spoke with KQED said the elite reputation of Lowell contributed to an environment where students did not trust administrators to take their allegations seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a top-tier public school in the state of California. We exist in progressive, liberal San Francisco. That definitely led to a culture where students who experience these issues weren’t comfortable coming forward,” Weiss said. “We were a school that was very concerned with reputation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours after the allegations against Fujita were posted, more alumni began posting about their experiences at Lowell. Shavonne Hines-Foster, a senior at Lowell, said that soon opened the floodgates for current San Francisco students to speak out on Twitter and Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That served as a catalyst for everything else,” she said. “Students came forward about their experiences with racism, sexual assault, harassment and mental health at Lowell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859782\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shavonne Hines-Foster poses for a photo at Lowell High School in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shavonne Hines-Foster poses for a photo at Lowell High School in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least four current San Francisco students, 12 alumni, two teachers and a former dean have been accused online of sexual misconduct since the summer. Hines-Foster used her Instagram account to share and amplify students’ stories, and her role as a San Francisco Unified School District student delegate to bring these posts to the district’s attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowell Principal Swett said she reached out to students who posted online when possible, and also offered students who had faced allegations counseling services and support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an educator who deeply cares for all students, I am very saddened that these things take place to begin with,” Swett said. “There are limits to what I can reveal to people because of privacy acts and things like that. My main concern is to make sure that our students are getting the resources they need to heal and be supported and making sure that students aren’t ever put in these positions in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swett said the allegations made online were mostly made anonymously or by people who had not experienced the abuse firsthand and were difficult to substantiate. She said no current students at Lowell had been punished for allegations made on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hines-Foster said the pandemic made it easier for people to share their stories without needing to worry about confronting classmates or their friends in person. Some students said they turned to social media because they didn’t feel taken seriously when they reported harassment or other abuse to administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Administrators Grapple With Allegations\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“What I hear in young people going to social media to tell their stories is that the system has failed them, that they don’t see it as a system that’s going to support them,” said Emma Mayerson, executive director of Oakland-based Alliance for Girls. “They’re saying, ‘You are not helping me, so I’m going to get my voice heard one way or another.’ And social media is a way to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reported incidents of sexual violence in K-12 schools around the country increased by about 55% from the 2015-2016 to 2017-2018 school years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/sexual-violence.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey data\u003c/a> released in October by the U.S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. That same data shows California has the ninth highest rates of reported incidents of rape or attempted rape in schools nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The increase in reported allegations may reflect under-reporting in 2015-16, an increased sensitivity to this issue in 2017-18, or an actual increase in incidents of sexual violence from 2015-16 to 2017-18,” the report says, noting that while overall rates of alleged sexual assault are low, “the seriousness of this violence merits attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terence Abad, executive director of the Lowell Alumni Association, says he received nearly 60 emails over a matter of days this summer from alumni and others asking the school to respond to the online allegations. District officials declined an interview request, but SFUSD spokesperson Laura Dudnick issued a statement that said, “SFUSD wants all students to feel like their concerns are taken seriously. The Office of Equity monitored the online activity all summer, and beyond, and made efforts to reach out to every student who had posted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"A 2014 Lowell graduate who spoke under the condition of anonymity and said she was sexually assaulted while in high school\"]‘Hopefully we can head towards a future where we don’t have to call someone out because it’s normal now to not rape and assault people. And I hate that it has to come to this. But I think these changes need to happen.’[/pullquote]Dudnick also wrote that the district can only investigate when the incident occurs in connection to the school, or significantly disrupts school programs or activities. She said some of the allegations posted online this summer referenced incidents off campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Complications of Social Media Campaigns\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Creating and maintaining unofficial platforms for posting accusations has also proven complicated for the young people taking on this issue themselves. There has been trolling and threats of retaliation. Others collecting stories of abuse struggled to vet the influx of allegations sent their way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Instagram account, @dearSFUSD, was set up in June for students to share their experiences anonymously until posts were taken down over concerns about false allegations and defamation lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sadly, some people have seen the posts of survivors speaking out as an opportunity to use the court of public opinion for their own personal agenda,” a June 19 statement from the account said, which also encouraged people to believe what survivors are posting. “Their experiences ARE valid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posting allegations online can spread awareness about abuse and inspire solidarity, but there are also drawbacks to bypassing official systems, said Deborah Tuerkheimer, a law professor at Northwestern University who has \u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3366126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">studied\u003c/a> the impact of using social media to report abuse in the wake of the #MeToo movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Informal reporting doesn’t provide process for the people accused,” she said. “That can be overstated as a worry and weaponized by people who want accusers to remain silent. At the same time, process has value. When these allegations are brought only in informal channels and only in the court of public opinion, I think something important is lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pushing for Structural Change\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Justine Orgel, a senior at Lowell, said her focus is less about targeting perpetrators and more about showing support for victims. She said she was sexually assaulted by a student a few years ago, and that’s part of the reason she felt motivated to speak out on behalf of her peers. After she saw allegations posted online about a current student she knew, she felt obligated to push for action from the school district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She began drafting emails to high school and college administrators. She researched Title IX and the district’s policy around harassment and assault. In these emails, she defined sexual harassment, referenced board policies and Title IX, and argued that allowing people with “predatory habits” to “roam campus unscathed is a safety risk.” She called on schools to keep a record of the allegations and consider consequences for perpetrators, like suspension or barring them from sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859418\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859418\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justine Orgel poses for a portrait at Lowell High School in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But many of those allegations, Orgel acknowledged, were outside the school district’s ability to address. Some concerned alleged off-campus assaults, and most emails to the district about these incidents were sent by people without firsthand knowledge of the alleged incidents, according to Dudnick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sucks to say this, but there’s very little the school districts can do,” Orgel said. “But I want structural change. I want people to find peace, and I want them to have faith that their communities believe them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orgel posted the email template on her Instagram page so that other students could email it to administrators as well. Then she went to sleep, waking up a few hours later to a barrage of messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My Instagram was just super flooded,” Orgel said. She’d received hundreds of messages of thanks. “I’m the type of person where I hate not getting something done, especially when someone is counting on me. I just felt like such a sense of urgency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the summer, Lowell Principal Swett sent an email to students that outlined steps the school had taken to educate and prevent sexual harassment on campus, such as awareness campaigns, training for teachers and programs to educate students about healthy relationships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish that I had as much power as kids think I have,” Swett said. “I am very sorry that anyone has ever been hurt. It’s not fair, and we do our best to try to mitigate all of that. I have spent a tremendous amount of my time simply responding to people’s bad behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Finding Support Online\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even if the school district is unable to do anything about it, some students say sharing their stories and finding support online has helped them in other ways. Xufei Zhao, who graduated from Galileo Academy of Science and Technology in San Francisco last spring, said a few years ago she was sexually assaulted by a family member, a student at Lowell High School. She had no idea what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it happened, a lot was going on in my mind. I was like, what do I do? Am I supposed to talk to him first? Am I supposed to tell my parents? Am I supposed to file a report? Am I supposed to … hide it from everybody until I die?” she said, remembering the shame she felt at the time. She bought a lock for her bedroom door so she could hide when the relative came over for family gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859421\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859421\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xufei Zhao, a recent graduate of the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology high school in San Francisco, says it felt like a weight had been lifted after she posted about her experience of assault online. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Xufei Zhao)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED is unable to verify the allegations and is not naming the alleged perpetrator. He did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Zhao posted about her experience online, she opened up to her parents about the alleged abuse, and was put in touch with a hotline for sexual assault survivors. San Francisco police reached out to her on Instagram, and she considered filing a police report. But she says she decided against it because she already felt drained, and was skeptical filing a report would lead to a conviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>When Teachers Are Accused\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But the school district did complete at least two investigations against Lowell teachers after allegations were posted on social media, according to disciplinary documents provided to KQED in response to a public records request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Physical education teacher Thomas Geren was accused last summer of demonstrating patterns of inappropriate behavior, including unwelcome touching, staring and catcalling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school found that Geren had used terms of endearment to describe students, pointed out a student’s hickies and “touched a student’s shoulders in what was an unwelcome gesture,” according to a counselling memo. Principal Swett directed Geren to refrain from physical contact with students and familiarize himself with district policies and employee codes of conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geren and his attorney did not comment on the allegations or the discipline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate case, a student posted allegations of harassment against social studies teacher Adam Michels on Instagram in June. She wrote that she had reported his behavior during the school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11858202,news_11859065,news_13891866\" label=\"More on San Francisco’s Lowell High School\"]“I received radio silence the moment my classes were switched, with no idea if this man even knew what he did was wrong,” the student, who declined to be interviewed, wrote in the post. “Please listen to me. A class and subject that I was so eagerly looking forward to taking has been tainted and ruined for me. I don’t want that for anybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others had also reported Michels to administrators before the post went up, according to a memorandum written by school officials in December 2019. An unnamed colleague had complained that Michels made her uncomfortable and affected her ability to work in the same classroom as him. An unspecified number of students also complained about the teacher’s behavior that fall, which they alleged ranged from sarcasm to intimidation, condescending remarks and use of sexual innuendo, according to the memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michels “appeared responsive” according to the December 2019 memo, which says he received a verbal reprimand. But less than a year later, he would again face discipline for similar behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Aug. 11, 2020 interview with administrators, Michels admitted to following several of his current students on social media, according to a follow-up disciplinary memo. He also tried to contact a student who’d posted about him via social media through another student, despite being directed not to do so. He’d used a picture of a student in his class without permission, unnecessarily touched students, teased them and made unwelcome comments about a student’s appearance, according to the memo. This time, Michels received a written reprimand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over two phone interviews and a series of emails, Michels denied ever harassing or inappropriately touching students. He said he had used students’ photos in presentations for years without any complaints until the last school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he now has a good working relationship with the colleague who complained, which he said stemmed from a dispute over music. He also said the school should have told the student who turned to Instagram over the summer the outcome of her original complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She felt like she wasn’t heard by me or the administration, that it had just been swept under the rug, and it’s not true,” Michels said. “I almost feel as though the whole post could have been avoided if there had been some process where she felt some completion or resolution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Emma Mayerson, executive director of Oakland-based Alliance for Girls\"]‘What I hear in young people going to social media to tell their stories is that the system has failed them, that they don’t see it as a system that’s going to support them.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Principal Swett said the school was able to inform the student her concerns had been addressed after Michels’ inappropriate behavior had continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After seeing the Instagram post, an alum who graduated in 2015 wrote in a testimony for the district’s investigation that Michels also harassed her in class and online. She included embedded screenshots in the testimony, which she shared with KQED, that show Michels complimenting her appearance and expressing doubt about her intellect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said he told her she did not fit the stereotype of Asian girls at Lowell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Throughout … my studies, I felt a constant pressure to defy norms imposed on Asian women and prove the worthiness of my accomplishments,” the student wrote in the testimony. She asked not to be named over concerns being identified could put her career at risk or lead to retaliation by the teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michels said he could not remember making the comments, which he said may be taken out of context, and that referencing a stereotype does not mean he believes it to be true. He said he would usually only message a student online if they were teaching assistants or if they had already graduated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he was interviewed for this story, Michels sent over a dozen emails describing the reprimand as unfair to him and criticizing so-called cancel culture and what he called “a culture of heightened sensitivity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11801840,news_11754307,news_11643771\" label=\"More on the #MeToo movement\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Principal Swett said it was very clear to her that Michels had violated professional conduct standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a little concerned that your article might spread the falsehood that I sexually harass students in class. I do not,” Michels wrote in one email in November. “Even presenting the story as if it is an open question is completely unfair. I don’t meet with students outside of class. I compliment students and I tease them sometimes, but it is in front of 35 other students, and I have never sexually harassed anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three Lowell students and alumni told KQED that while they enjoyed his class and thought Michels did not intend to cause harm, they could also understand how some would find his sense of humor inappropriate. One said they never saw Michels inappropriately touch anyone. Another student described him as a “very professional” teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alum who testified against Michels said she was disappointed in the outcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The outcome that happened was absolutely disheartening,” she said. “It’s just so hard. These systems protect perpetrators more than they ever will victims. I’m emotionally exhausted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Julie Chang and Teresa Cotsirilos contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was produced as a project for the \u003ca href=\"https://centerforhealthjournalism.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism\u003c/a> Impact Fund.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He was on the football team, involved in student government and close to the dean and principal, according to several former students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district declined to comment on specific allegations against Fujita, and Lowell Principal Dacotah Swett said the school couldn’t locate records of any reported incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the allegations, Ray Cordoba, the dean of Lowell while Fujita was a student, said, “Any reports of assault are reported and dealt with accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11859413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-800x738.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-800x738.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-1020x941.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-160x148.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI-1122x1037.jpeg 1122w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/EZ8poNBVcAE-KnI.jpeg 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiromi Fujita posted a series of tweets in early June from a now deactivated account acknowledging the allegations made against him. \u003ccite>(Via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fujita did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but he appears to have tweeted an apparent response the day the posts about him went up: “Sexual assault is not okay. The fact is that I was and have been part of the problem, especially by not speaking out for my bad actions sooner. I have sought counseling and therapy for a lot of my issues, such as control and anger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One woman, who graduated from Lowell in 2014, spoke on the condition of anonymity over fears that she or her family may be physically harmed in retaliation. She said Fujita sexually assaulted her in his car when she was a junior, and she felt waves of anxiety for years just seeing cars that looked like his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sharing her experience on social media made her feel less alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I almost felt relieved. Maybe there was no real reason to be scared,” she said. “Hopefully we can head towards a future where we don’t have to call someone out because it’s normal now to not rape and assault people. And I hate that it has to come to this. But I think these changes need to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>More Students Speak Out\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Several alumni who spoke with KQED said the elite reputation of Lowell contributed to an environment where students did not trust administrators to take their allegations seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a top-tier public school in the state of California. We exist in progressive, liberal San Francisco. That definitely led to a culture where students who experience these issues weren’t comfortable coming forward,” Weiss said. “We were a school that was very concerned with reputation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours after the allegations against Fujita were posted, more alumni began posting about their experiences at Lowell. Shavonne Hines-Foster, a senior at Lowell, said that soon opened the floodgates for current San Francisco students to speak out on Twitter and Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That served as a catalyst for everything else,” she said. “Students came forward about their experiences with racism, sexual assault, harassment and mental health at Lowell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859782\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shavonne Hines-Foster poses for a photo at Lowell High School in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Shavonne-Hines-Foster-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shavonne Hines-Foster poses for a photo at Lowell High School in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least four current San Francisco students, 12 alumni, two teachers and a former dean have been accused online of sexual misconduct since the summer. Hines-Foster used her Instagram account to share and amplify students’ stories, and her role as a San Francisco Unified School District student delegate to bring these posts to the district’s attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowell Principal Swett said she reached out to students who posted online when possible, and also offered students who had faced allegations counseling services and support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an educator who deeply cares for all students, I am very saddened that these things take place to begin with,” Swett said. “There are limits to what I can reveal to people because of privacy acts and things like that. My main concern is to make sure that our students are getting the resources they need to heal and be supported and making sure that students aren’t ever put in these positions in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swett said the allegations made online were mostly made anonymously or by people who had not experienced the abuse firsthand and were difficult to substantiate. She said no current students at Lowell had been punished for allegations made on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hines-Foster said the pandemic made it easier for people to share their stories without needing to worry about confronting classmates or their friends in person. Some students said they turned to social media because they didn’t feel taken seriously when they reported harassment or other abuse to administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Administrators Grapple With Allegations\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“What I hear in young people going to social media to tell their stories is that the system has failed them, that they don’t see it as a system that’s going to support them,” said Emma Mayerson, executive director of Oakland-based Alliance for Girls. “They’re saying, ‘You are not helping me, so I’m going to get my voice heard one way or another.’ And social media is a way to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reported incidents of sexual violence in K-12 schools around the country increased by about 55% from the 2015-2016 to 2017-2018 school years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/sexual-violence.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey data\u003c/a> released in October by the U.S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. That same data shows California has the ninth highest rates of reported incidents of rape or attempted rape in schools nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The increase in reported allegations may reflect under-reporting in 2015-16, an increased sensitivity to this issue in 2017-18, or an actual increase in incidents of sexual violence from 2015-16 to 2017-18,” the report says, noting that while overall rates of alleged sexual assault are low, “the seriousness of this violence merits attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terence Abad, executive director of the Lowell Alumni Association, says he received nearly 60 emails over a matter of days this summer from alumni and others asking the school to respond to the online allegations. District officials declined an interview request, but SFUSD spokesperson Laura Dudnick issued a statement that said, “SFUSD wants all students to feel like their concerns are taken seriously. The Office of Equity monitored the online activity all summer, and beyond, and made efforts to reach out to every student who had posted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Dudnick also wrote that the district can only investigate when the incident occurs in connection to the school, or significantly disrupts school programs or activities. She said some of the allegations posted online this summer referenced incidents off campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Complications of Social Media Campaigns\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Creating and maintaining unofficial platforms for posting accusations has also proven complicated for the young people taking on this issue themselves. There has been trolling and threats of retaliation. Others collecting stories of abuse struggled to vet the influx of allegations sent their way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Instagram account, @dearSFUSD, was set up in June for students to share their experiences anonymously until posts were taken down over concerns about false allegations and defamation lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sadly, some people have seen the posts of survivors speaking out as an opportunity to use the court of public opinion for their own personal agenda,” a June 19 statement from the account said, which also encouraged people to believe what survivors are posting. “Their experiences ARE valid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posting allegations online can spread awareness about abuse and inspire solidarity, but there are also drawbacks to bypassing official systems, said Deborah Tuerkheimer, a law professor at Northwestern University who has \u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3366126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">studied\u003c/a> the impact of using social media to report abuse in the wake of the #MeToo movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Informal reporting doesn’t provide process for the people accused,” she said. “That can be overstated as a worry and weaponized by people who want accusers to remain silent. At the same time, process has value. When these allegations are brought only in informal channels and only in the court of public opinion, I think something important is lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pushing for Structural Change\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Justine Orgel, a senior at Lowell, said her focus is less about targeting perpetrators and more about showing support for victims. She said she was sexually assaulted by a student a few years ago, and that’s part of the reason she felt motivated to speak out on behalf of her peers. After she saw allegations posted online about a current student she knew, she felt obligated to push for action from the school district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She began drafting emails to high school and college administrators. She researched Title IX and the district’s policy around harassment and assault. In these emails, she defined sexual harassment, referenced board policies and Title IX, and argued that allowing people with “predatory habits” to “roam campus unscathed is a safety risk.” She called on schools to keep a record of the allegations and consider consequences for perpetrators, like suspension or barring them from sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859418\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859418\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46522_012_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Justine_01092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justine Orgel poses for a portrait at Lowell High School in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But many of those allegations, Orgel acknowledged, were outside the school district’s ability to address. Some concerned alleged off-campus assaults, and most emails to the district about these incidents were sent by people without firsthand knowledge of the alleged incidents, according to Dudnick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sucks to say this, but there’s very little the school districts can do,” Orgel said. “But I want structural change. I want people to find peace, and I want them to have faith that their communities believe them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orgel posted the email template on her Instagram page so that other students could email it to administrators as well. Then she went to sleep, waking up a few hours later to a barrage of messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My Instagram was just super flooded,” Orgel said. She’d received hundreds of messages of thanks. “I’m the type of person where I hate not getting something done, especially when someone is counting on me. I just felt like such a sense of urgency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the summer, Lowell Principal Swett sent an email to students that outlined steps the school had taken to educate and prevent sexual harassment on campus, such as awareness campaigns, training for teachers and programs to educate students about healthy relationships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish that I had as much power as kids think I have,” Swett said. “I am very sorry that anyone has ever been hurt. It’s not fair, and we do our best to try to mitigate all of that. I have spent a tremendous amount of my time simply responding to people’s bad behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Finding Support Online\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even if the school district is unable to do anything about it, some students say sharing their stories and finding support online has helped them in other ways. Xufei Zhao, who graduated from Galileo Academy of Science and Technology in San Francisco last spring, said a few years ago she was sexually assaulted by a family member, a student at Lowell High School. She had no idea what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it happened, a lot was going on in my mind. I was like, what do I do? Am I supposed to talk to him first? Am I supposed to tell my parents? Am I supposed to file a report? Am I supposed to … hide it from everybody until I die?” she said, remembering the shame she felt at the time. She bought a lock for her bedroom door so she could hide when the relative came over for family gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859421\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859421\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/144581126_177955346994097_8481618358854499444_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xufei Zhao, a recent graduate of the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology high school in San Francisco, says it felt like a weight had been lifted after she posted about her experience of assault online. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Xufei Zhao)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED is unable to verify the allegations and is not naming the alleged perpetrator. He did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Zhao posted about her experience online, she opened up to her parents about the alleged abuse, and was put in touch with a hotline for sexual assault survivors. San Francisco police reached out to her on Instagram, and she considered filing a police report. But she says she decided against it because she already felt drained, and was skeptical filing a report would lead to a conviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>When Teachers Are Accused\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But the school district did complete at least two investigations against Lowell teachers after allegations were posted on social media, according to disciplinary documents provided to KQED in response to a public records request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Physical education teacher Thomas Geren was accused last summer of demonstrating patterns of inappropriate behavior, including unwelcome touching, staring and catcalling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school found that Geren had used terms of endearment to describe students, pointed out a student’s hickies and “touched a student’s shoulders in what was an unwelcome gesture,” according to a counselling memo. Principal Swett directed Geren to refrain from physical contact with students and familiarize himself with district policies and employee codes of conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geren and his attorney did not comment on the allegations or the discipline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate case, a student posted allegations of harassment against social studies teacher Adam Michels on Instagram in June. She wrote that she had reported his behavior during the school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Now, those same doors exist except they call it an admissions policy.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the racist and pornographic messages bombarded the virtual classroom in late January, Lowell administrators initially wrote an email to parents and students saying that the lesson had been hacked – but in a later statement changed course, saying it was “highly likely” the posts were made by a student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Tsia Blacksher, then BSU co-president, led a walkout in protest of similar racist attacks. “These countless stories of racism we have heard from students and alumni have dated decades back. 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The school board will vote Tuesday on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“History is not a thing of the past. It’s something that lives among us,” said student Kathya Correa Almanza, “Waiting for someone with courage to call it out. When these walls opened in the 1800s they were only open for white students. 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Less than 2% of students at Lowell are Black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution comes as the San Francisco Unified School District continues to investigate racist, anti-Semitic and pornographic messages \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/anti-racism-lesson-San-Francisco-Lowell-hacked-15890373.php\">posted during a virtual anti-racism lesson\u003c/a> at the school late last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowell administrators initially wrote an email to parents and students saying that the lesson had been hacked – but in a later statement changed course, saying it was “highly likely” the posts were made by a student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophomore Gabrielle Grice – a member of the school’s Black Student Union – said it felt like school officials were initially trying to blame people outside the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like the administration responded this way to keep up their reputation of like, ‘Oh, we’re a really good school, free of racism. 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Her father is one of the few Black teachers at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you get into the classrooms and you sit down, you’re met with many micro-aggressions and things like that, people telling you, ‘You got in just because of your dad,’ ” Grice said. “The general environment is not welcoming with Black students there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11858194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11858194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1824\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-800x570.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-1020x727.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/IMG_6896-1920x1368.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabrielle Grice, a sophomore at Lowell and member of the Black Student Union. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Gabrielle Grice)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lowell Principal Dacotah Swett did not respond to requests for comment for this story, but posted a video message soon after the racist posts went up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are one of our students, the full measure of disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with the district policies up to and including expulsion,” she said in the video, addressing the perpetrator(s) of the racist posts. “I am committed to working alongside our leadership groups, the [Black Student Union], and our cultural clubs to collaborate with them and determine what we can do together to heal this fresh wound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shavonne Hines-Foster, a Lowell senior and Black Student Union leader, spoke during a long and emotional Board of Education meeting soon after the racist posts were made. Hines-Foster is also a student delegate for SFUSD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Y’all keep coddling this raggedy-ass school. Ya’ll need to stop now,” Hines-Foster said at the meeting. “It’s really the fact that students feel more comfortable coming to me to deal with this situation than administrators. That shows you a lot … This has gone on for too long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Black Student Union at Lowell has been demanding changes at the school for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Yulanda Williams, SFPD officer and Lowell '73 alumna\"]‘When we dared to say we wanted a Black Student Union, they felt like we were revolting and like we were going to become the Black Panthers or we were going to engage in some type of guerrilla warfare.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yulanda Williams graduated from Lowell in 1973. She’s now a San Francisco police officer and the president of Officers for Justice, an association of Black SFPD officers. She still remembers how it felt arriving on school grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could feel the tension just starting to rise and the pressure starting to rise,” Williams said. She still remembers the offensive song her classmates used to sing to her: “They used to sing something that went like this: ‘Dark Girl in the Night.’ Why would you do that to me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said there were about 300 Black students at Lowell at the time, and they organized. 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