![[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/solis-slider.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants")
Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to put resources in place to help immigrants apply for deportation relief, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week to halt an expansion of the Obama administration’s deferred action programs. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/zumbajump-slider-blog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert")
A new crop of Zumba studios have taken root in South LA, helping people lose weight and transform their lives. Continue reading
![[Annenberg Radio] Singing for detainees behind the walls](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/img_3380.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Annenberg Radio] Singing for detainees behind the walls")
The Day Laborers of the North and Ana Tijoux brought music to the doorstep of a federal prison in downtown L.A. in solidarity with detained immigrants. Continue reading
![[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/law_people_ramiro_gomez-2250.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful")
“I know how to draw faces!” Ramiro Gomez insists with a grin, dabbing brown paint onto a glossy white magazine page with a slender brush. Shoulders and arms appear in a coppery sheen, then a head topped with thick black hair. But no face, at least not this time. Continue reading
![[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mariaelenadurazo.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)")
Activists will press for immigration reform and livable wages on May 1, International Workers’ Day. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/portrait_of_an_affluent_family.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)")
Artist Ramiro Gomez creates paintings of L.A.’s gardeners and janitors, nannies and housekeepers — the fleet of workers who keep some of the city’s most upscale households running smoothly. Continue reading
![[Neon Tommy] Israeli Musician David Broza Brings ‘East Jerusalem / West Jerusalem’ To L.A.](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/davidbroza-s-curverecords.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Neon Tommy] Israeli Musician David Broza Brings ‘East Jerusalem / West Jerusalem’ To L.A.")
Israeli musician David Broza hopes that bridging cultures through music can be one small step toward peaceful coexistence. Continue reading
![[USC] Deferred Action immigrant support program marks one year (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-03-at-4-36-55-pm.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Deferred Action immigrant support program marks one year (+ Video)")
Just over a year ago, President Obama launched a groundbreaking immigration program to help young immigrants in the U.S. to avoid deportation and find employment for two-year periods. The program is known as “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” and is meant to assist youth who came to the country as young kids, and have completed … Continue reading
![[USC] Who are the people of Israel?](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-13-at-12-52-34-am.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Who are the people of Israel?")
Mainstream media consumers often think of this tiny country’s population in terms of two factors: Jewish and non-Jewish — which often means Arab. Yet the reality is much more complex. Modern-day Israelis have emigrated from or descend from roughly 25 countries in substantial numbers, with Russia representing the largest migration, and Syria the smallest. And … Continue reading
![[USC] Latino youth learn leadership at the CASA Institute (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/img_0557.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Latino youth learn leadership at the CASA Institute (+ Video)")
Today in Los Angeles, Latino students from eight cities across the nation are learning to be the leaders of tomorrow — and to be advocates for their communities. Daina Beth Solomon met the students at La Plaza Olvera in downtown L.A. Submitted for professor David Daniel’s “Broadcast” class at the USC Annenberg School for Communication … Continue reading
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