August 17, 2011 in Sacramento, CA launches a much-needed series of hearings on the state of Boys and Men of Color in California. A bi-partisan group of eight legislators will be charged with examining key issues affecting the health and well-being of men and boys of color in California for the purpose of developing a comprehensive state policy, and programmatic recommendations to improve the health, educational and economic outcomes for this population.

New blog post by Rob Schwartz.

A bunch of protesters stand outside of Chipotle. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided locations in Minnesota and DC and fired undocumented workers employed at Chipotle. The protesters were angry that Chipotle would let this happen and that the workers thought it permissible to take “our jobs”, particularly in such a terrible economy. This begs me to ask the question, which of our jobs is it ok for undocumented workers to take?

I saw the writing on the wall back in 1998. I was teaching a course for an urban school district’s intern program entitled, “Science for Elementary School Teachers.”