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Merced Parents Add Their Voice to School Funding Debate
Experts, community advocates, parents and students gathered at the Merced Senior Center on October 24th to discuss their preferences for how new funds are to be spent at local schools. The Fair School Funding Law, or Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), determines that school districts with high percentages of low-income and English learning students can receive a share of an expected $18 billion increase in education spending in California over the next eight years.
Youth-Led Candidate Forum a First for Merced
Nearly 100 people gathered at Tenaya Middle School on the evening of October 22nd for a city council candidate forum. The youth-led forum, which was hosted by local organizations We’Ced Youth Media and Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Merced, was the first of its kind in this city.Obamacare: What Does It Really Mean?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, can offer healthcare benefits for people who previously couldn't afford it. It will take time for Obamacare to be fully implemented and even longer to see if it had a positive impact for the people in Merced and our nation as a whole. Only time can truly tell if the future of our health care system is bright.
Partying In Merced: The Thin Line Between Fun and Disaster
I think it’s important for the family members and friends of young people to understand that being exposed to the party scene -- and the drugs and alcohol that come along with that -- is not an uncommon experience for youth, especially in a town like Merced.
Merced LGBT Health Forum: Youth Responses
Photo: LGBT Health Forum by We’Ced Youth Editor’s Note: On August 8th, We’Ced Youth Media attended Merced’s first LGBT Health Forum held at the Italo-American Lodge on Main Street. Read More
I Am From: Boys and Girls Club Pre-Teens Share Through Poetry
We'Ced Youth Media spent the summer conducting weekly writing circles with over two dozen pre-teens at Merced's Boys and Girls Club's Summer Camp. For over six weeks the writing circles practiced writing, built relationships and explored identity. As a capstone to the experience, during the last circle the B&GC youth shared of themselves through a poetic writing exercise entitled "I Am From" to create these writing pieces to share with their communities.
Trayvon Martin, Stand Your Ground and the Perception of Youth of Color
Photo: werthmedia by We’Ced Youth Media Editor’s Note: Following last week’s Zimmerman trial verdict, We’Ced engaged in a series of lengthy discussions on the death of Trayvon, the trial itself and the message the entire experience sends to youth of color. Read More
