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Realizing The Promise And Potential Of Free City, Desiree D. Zerquera Jan 2019

Realizing The Promise And Potential Of Free City, Desiree D. Zerquera

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Through Free City, City College covers their college fees and a stipend to pay the cost of books for students, but there are still barriers for marginalized students. Desiree Zerquera argues for creative strategies for continuing to support students.

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The Implied Promise Of A Guaranteed Education In The United States And How The Failure To Deliver It Equitably Perpetuates Generational Poverty, Anjaleck Flowers Jan 2019

The Implied Promise Of A Guaranteed Education In The United States And How The Failure To Deliver It Equitably Perpetuates Generational Poverty, Anjaleck Flowers

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Voices Of Hope And Trepidation: Usf Scholars Tackle Critical Issues Concerning The Future Of The San Francisco Bay Area, Saera R. Khan, Christine J. Yeh Jan 2019

Voices Of Hope And Trepidation: Usf Scholars Tackle Critical Issues Concerning The Future Of The San Francisco Bay Area, Saera R. Khan, Christine J. Yeh

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Eighteen university scholars representing different academic fields provide their expertise in critical issues to underscore how the Bay Area’s stories of success and troubling challenges may forecast what our country could and would become. Although many of us share Manuel Pastor’s optimism in his book State of Resistance, we also focus on the experiences of marginalized communities which allows us to envision a version of success that is inclusive.

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Breathing Dangerously, Christine J. Yeh Jan 2019

Breathing Dangerously, Christine J. Yeh

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Smoke from the devastating wildfires throughout California greatly impacted air quality, but there also are other unseen pollutants that impact our everyday lives. Christine Yeh explores the hidden danger of air quality on vulnerable communities.

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Aging In The Bay: Where We Excel And Fall Short In Serving The Needs Of Older Adults, Erin Grinshteyn Jan 2019

Aging In The Bay: Where We Excel And Fall Short In Serving The Needs Of Older Adults, Erin Grinshteyn

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

As the population of California and the Bay Area gets older, issues of high cost of living and transportation makes it difficult for elderly people. Erin Grinshteyn looks at initiatives in the Bay Area to help the aging populations.

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Why Aren’T There More Female University Leaders?, Shirley Mcguire Jan 2019

Why Aren’T There More Female University Leaders?, Shirley Mcguire

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Many women in leadership emerge from California, but there are still too few women in academic leadership positions. Shirley McGuire considers different pathways that women take to leadership positions and ways to encourage gender equity in higher education.

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Against All Odds: A Legacy Of Appropriation, Contestation, And Negotiation Of Arab Feminisms In Postcolonial States, Hoda Elsadda Jan 2019

Against All Odds: A Legacy Of Appropriation, Contestation, And Negotiation Of Arab Feminisms In Postcolonial States, Hoda Elsadda

Journal of Feminist Scholarship

Arab feminists have always faced challenges related to the burden of colonialism, accusations of westernization, isolation from their cultural heritage, and elitism, but the biggest challenge of all has been the fact that their activism and their entire lives have all been in the context of authoritarian postcolonial states. This article engages with a persistent challenge to Arab feminists that questions their impact, their awareness of their cultural and societal problems, and undermines their achievements over the years. It constructs a narrative of what feminists have achieved against all odds, within the constraints of authoritarian postcolonial states that have politically …

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Ethnic Studies In San Francisco High Schools: A Model For The U.S.?, Noah E. Borrero Jan 2019

Ethnic Studies In San Francisco High Schools: A Model For The U.S.?, Noah E. Borrero

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Noah Borrero discusses the development of ethnic studies programs in California public schools and recent initiatives to bring courses to San Francisco high schools.

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Bay Area Resistance To Trump’S Anti-Immigrant War, Bill Ong Hing Jan 2019

Bay Area Resistance To Trump’S Anti-Immigrant War, Bill Ong Hing

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

From the Muslim ban to the assault on sanctuary cities, to the repeal of DACA, the Trump administration’s policies on immigration may be the worst in a generation. Bill Ong Hing outlines the long history of anti-immigration policies from past administrations. In the Bay Area, immigration service providers have continued their work to protect immigrants and their families.

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Building A Better Bar Exam, Marsha Griggs Jan 2019

Building A Better Bar Exam, Marsha Griggs

Texas A&M Law Review

In the wake of declining bar passage numbers and limited placement options for law grads, a new bar exam has emerged: the UBE. Drawn to an allusive promise of portability, thirty-six U.S. jurisdictions have adopted the UBE. I predict that in a few years’ time, the UBE will be administered in all states and U.S. territories. The UBE has snowballed from an idea into the primary gateway for entry into the practice of law. But the UBE is not a panacea that will solve the bar passage problems that U.S. law schools face. Whether or not to adopt a uniform …

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Money Bail Criminalizes Poverty, Lara Bazelon Jan 2019

Money Bail Criminalizes Poverty, Lara Bazelon

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

The Bay Area is home to a movement to challenge the money-bail system, which disproportionately impacts community of color, and Lara Bazelon discusses the work of the USF School of Law’s Racial Justice Clinic.

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Balancing Sustainability And Scale In California Agriculture, Naupaka B. Zimmerman Jan 2019

Balancing Sustainability And Scale In California Agriculture, Naupaka B. Zimmerman

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

California is the largest agricultural producer and exporter in America and has been at the forefront of developing organic agricultural methods. Naupaka Zimmerman looks at the impact of soil health on crop yield.

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Entrepreneurship In Silicon Valley: The Road To Sustainable Prosperity, June Y. Lee Jan 2019

Entrepreneurship In Silicon Valley: The Road To Sustainable Prosperity, June Y. Lee

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Although Silicon Valley has made significant cultural and technological advancements, only 9% of decision-makers at U.S. based venture capital firms are women and only 15% of the U.S venture dollars in 2017 went to teams with a female founder. June Y. Lee writes about the long history of successful entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and the relationship between academia and industry.

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Exploring The Development Of Three Law-Based Competency Models For Public Health Practitioners, Montrece Mcneill Ransom, Brianne Yassine Jan 2019

Exploring The Development Of Three Law-Based Competency Models For Public Health Practitioners, Montrece Mcneill Ransom, Brianne Yassine

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

As public health promotion and protection become increasingly complex and integrated into various fields, public health law is emerging as an important tool for public health professionals. To ensure that public health professionals are adequately trained public health law, public health law-related competencies should to be integrated into educational and other programming. This article provides three competency models developed by the Public Health Law Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: (a) the public health emergency law competency model, (b) the public health law competency model, and (c) the legal epidemiology competency model. These competency models provide a …

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