What policies actually reduce gun violence? Plus: Rob Bonta appointed as California’s new Attorney General; and Mills College announces end to degree programs, we host a round table on the impacts and hear from students, alums and listeners
0:08 – What policies actually reduce gun violence?
Allison Anderman is senior counsel with the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (@GiffordsCourage).
0:25 – KPFA News: The House of Representatives passed immigration legislation last week that would create pathways to citizenship for several categories of migrants, including DREAMers, undocumented people who arrived in the U.S. as children. Ariel Boone (@arielboone) spoke to DACA recipients and activists about what that would mean, and what else they want from the Biden administration.
0:34 – Rob Bonta appointed California’s Attorney General
Chesa Boudin (@chesaboudin) is the District Attorney of San Francisco.
0:52 – Youth-led rally this weekend to combat Asian-American hate and build solidarity
Mina Fedor and Bee Norton Tsang are East Bay 7th Graders and organizers of the rally.
Event: Asian-American Pacific Islander Youth Rally. This Sunday March 28 from 2-4pm. Meet at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park for a program, then march to the SF Bay Pedestrian Bridge to hold up signs and banners.
1:08 – Mills College announces end to degree programs
Maya Chinchilla (@chachachapina) is a Guatemalan, Bay Area-based writer, video artist, educator and author of The Cha Cha Files: A Chapina Poética. Maya received her MFA in English and Creative Writing from Mills College.
Lila Goehring is a senior at Mills College majoring in creative writing, and an organizer with the Save Mills campaign.
Event: Save Mills Rally. This Friday March 26 at 4pm. Join in person or via live stream outside of Mills College at the front gate to demand that Mills College and the Board of Trustees reverse the decision to close the College. In-person at 5000 MacArthur Blvd in Oakland, details on Facebook.
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