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Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism

By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer of hate. T ...

By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer of hate. The most growth and change for children often happens over summer. This year we have the call to ...

September 27, 2020
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Grand Jury Report Examines Police Accountability Commission, Public Records and Picnic Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2020
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Grand Jury Report Examines Police Accountability Commission, Public Records and Picnic Day

By David M. Greenwald The Grand Jury heavily called into question the decisions by the Police Accountabil ...

By David M. Greenwald The Grand Jury heavily called into question the decisions by the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) to limit participation by the police at their meetings as well as the poli ...

September 25, 2020
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Davis Community Honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Davis Community Honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy

By Lauren Smith and Jordan Varney DAVIS -- “She left a legacy of open doors and barrier free places for w ...

By Lauren Smith and Jordan Varney DAVIS -- “She left a legacy of open doors and barrier free places for women and the most vulnerable people in our community.” Mayor Gloria Partida opened with this s ...

September 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Toward a New Model of Policing for Davis

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|Date: September 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Toward a New Model of Policing for Davis

A Letter to the Public Safety Joint Subcommittee by Morgan Poindexter, Julea Shaw, Aarthi Sekar, Rowan Bo ...

A Letter to the Public Safety Joint Subcommittee by Morgan Poindexter, Julea Shaw, Aarthi Sekar, Rowan Boswell, Caitlin French & Jordan Varney When formulating the specifics of policy changes, it ...

September 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Our Community’s Struggle Over Symbols

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|Date: August 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Our Community’s Struggle Over Symbols

By Gloria Partida This week we saw the Milwaukee Bucks boycott after the shooting of Jacob Blake. This bo ...

By Gloria Partida This week we saw the Milwaukee Bucks boycott after the shooting of Jacob Blake. This boycott was largely supported by the professional sports industry. It follows a growing trend of ...

August 30, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Resemble This Politico Article – the Clash of Suburbs, Housing and Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Resemble This Politico Article – the Clash of Suburbs, Housing and Race

A provocative Politico article that came out this week, entitled “Trump Doesn’t Understand Today’s Suburb ...

A provocative Politico article that came out this week, entitled “Trump Doesn’t Understand Today’s Suburbs—And Neither Do You.” But this isn’t about Trump—it’s about us. As the article notes, “Suburb ...

August 10, 2020
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March for Our Mothers, Daughters and Sisters in Davis Draws Several Hundred

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2020
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March for Our Mothers, Daughters and Sisters in Davis Draws Several Hundred

On Father’s Day, a march that went from Playfields Park to Barovetto Park at Alhambra drew over 1000 peop ...

On Father’s Day, a march that went from Playfields Park to Barovetto Park at Alhambra drew over 1000 people—the compendium march fell short of that mark but still drew several hundred in the heat on S ...

August 10, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Phoenix Coalition Sorry BLM Removed from Second Street (Updated at 8:15 am)

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|Date: August 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Phoenix Coalition Sorry BLM Removed from Second Street (Updated at 8:15 am)

By the Phoenix Coalition Board The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to thank all the volunteers who cam ...

By the Phoenix Coalition Board The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to thank all the volunteers who came out and helped spray Black Lives Matter on 2nd Street. Our beautiful rainbow street mural bro ...

August 09, 2020
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Chief Acknowledges Errors in Handling of ‘Karen’ Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2020
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Chief Acknowledges Errors in Handling of ‘Karen’ Case

A few weeks ago the Vanguard reported on complaints that Dr. Khoa Lam had in encounters with two resident ...

A few weeks ago the Vanguard reported on complaints that Dr. Khoa Lam had in encounters with two residents of Moore Apartments in Davis which ultimately led to the police being called. Among his compl ...

July 25, 2020
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Social Determinants of Public Safety – Community Discussion on Re-Envisioning Public Safety and Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2020
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Social Determinants of Public Safety – Community Discussion on Re-Envisioning Public Safety and Policing

On Monday Morgan Poindexter, Caitlin French, Julea Shaw, Rowan Boswell and Aarthi Sekar presented to the ...

On Monday Morgan Poindexter, Caitlin French, Julea Shaw, Rowan Boswell and Aarthi Sekar presented to the Social Services Commission. This evening (Thursday) there will be a similar presentation to th ...

July 23, 2020
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Commentary: Something Pretty Extraordinary Happened This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2020
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Commentary: Something Pretty Extraordinary Happened This Week

It seems that everything comes together—in two weeks it will make the 14th anniversary of my founding of ...

It seems that everything comes together—in two weeks it will make the 14th anniversary of my founding of the Davis Vanguard. The impetus for that foundation was the June 2006 shutdown of the Davis Hu ...

July 17, 2020
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Guest Commentary: In Defense of Diversity

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|Date: July 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: In Defense of Diversity

By Robb Davis Telos is a Greek word that means “ends”, specifically “ultimate” ends—what in French is “ra ...

By Robb Davis Telos is a Greek word that means “ends”, specifically “ultimate” ends—what in French is “raison d’être” or the reason for a thing, why it exists. The first enormous truth flowing from ou ...

July 16, 2020
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Letter: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

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|Date: July 16, 2020
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Letter: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

By Davis Phoenix Coalition The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to join the growing chorus of voices ex ...

By Davis Phoenix Coalition The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to join the growing chorus of voices expressing disappointment in the DJUSD Board. On July 2nd, the four members appointed a replacem ...

July 16, 2020
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Analysis: City Releases DPD Stop Data from 2019, Hints at Disproportionate Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2020
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Analysis: City Releases DPD Stop Data from 2019, Hints at Disproportionate Policing

For years, we have heard complaints from communities of color about disproportionate policing in the city ...

For years, we have heard complaints from communities of color about disproportionate policing in the city of Davis by the Davis Police Department. Newly released data show that 9 percent of traffic s ...

July 15, 2020
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Asian Man Believes He Was ‘Karened’ in Davis, Davis Police Unsympathetic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2020
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Asian Man Believes He Was ‘Karened’ in Davis, Davis Police Unsympathetic

Khoa Lam, a Vietnamese immigrant who grew up in Davis and recently passed his residency to become a docto ...

Khoa Lam, a Vietnamese immigrant who grew up in Davis and recently passed his residency to become a doctor and landed a position in Dallas, was visiting his parents this week in Davis at the Moore Vil ...

July 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Community Rallies for Kayli Jefferson-Henkel, Killed Nearly a Year Ago at Travis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2020
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Community Rallies for Kayli Jefferson-Henkel, Killed Nearly a Year Ago at Travis

While the nation demands answers for the death of Vanessa Guillen and Gregory Morales, whose bodies were ...

While the nation demands answers for the death of Vanessa Guillen and Gregory Morales, whose bodies were recently found nearby, in the Sacramento region, the death of Kayli Jefferson-Henkel is just no ...

July 12, 2020
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Letter: People Power Supports Fundamental Change to Davis Policing Model

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|Date: July 07, 2020
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Letter: People Power Supports Fundamental Change to Davis Policing Model

Yolo People Power is grateful to those Davis City Council Members and Candidates who have publicly suppor ...

Yolo People Power is grateful to those Davis City Council Members and Candidates who have publicly supported fundamental change from the current policing model, to a new Public Safety System. Thank y ...

July 07, 2020
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Guest Commentary: The Hidden Agenda of Black Lives Matter

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|Date: July 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: The Hidden Agenda of Black Lives Matter

by Jeff Boone Today campus-trained young people are exploiting social networking to organize, protest and ...

by Jeff Boone Today campus-trained young people are exploiting social networking to organize, protest and fundraise in pursuit of a social justice mission. But until recently the modern American news ...

July 01, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It Really Is About Masks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It Really Is About Masks

All week commenters on the Vanguard have been pressing me to acknowledge that protests during the time of ...

All week commenters on the Vanguard have been pressing me to acknowledge that protests during the time of COVID are inadvisable and against the advice of science. I get the point they are making. The ...

June 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Hundreds Participate in Father’s Day March to Protest Racial Injustice

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2020
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Hundreds Participate in Father’s Day March to Protest Racial Injustice

Davis - A crowd estimated at 750 people in Davis—perhaps larger—comprised of children and community membe ...

Davis - A crowd estimated at 750 people in Davis—perhaps larger—comprised of children and community members of all races and ethnicities walked 2.6 miles on Sunday from Playfields Park on Research Par ...

June 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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