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Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal

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|Date: May 23, 2021
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Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal

The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified Scho ...

The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified School District From: Members and Leaders of the Davis and Yolo County Jewish American Community W ...

May 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD

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|Date: April 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD

By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the school board at th ...

By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the school board at that time. The writer is the mother of a student in DJUSD and lives in Davis. Good Evening Staff ...

April 10, 2021
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Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels

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|Date: March 14, 2021
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Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels

Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, an ...

Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, anti-racist scholars who support Ethnic Studies at the State and local levels. While Ethnic Studi ...

March 14, 2021
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Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum (Video)

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|Date: March 12, 2021
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Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum (Video)

On March 5, the Vanguard had a discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum. The discussio ...

On March 5, the Vanguard had a discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum. The discussion covered: – What Ethnic Studies (ES) is and is not, from historical and academic perspectives; ...

March 12, 2021
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LETTER: Original Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft Supported by Trans Queer Racial Educational Justice Coalition

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|Date: July 31, 2020
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LETTER: Original Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft Supported by Trans Queer Racial Educational Justice Coalition

The widespread support for the original Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft continues to grow, with sup ...

The widespread support for the original Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft continues to grow, with support from leading educators of color, community-based and grassroots organizations, institution ...

July 31, 2020
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Letter: Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft Supported by Large Armenian American Organization

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|Date: July 27, 2020
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Letter: Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft Supported by Large Armenian American Organization

The widespread support for the original Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft continues, as support from ...

The widespread support for the original Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft continues, as support from leading educators of color, community-based and grassroots organizations, institutions, profess ...

July 27, 2020
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Commentary: Something Pretty Extraordinary Happened This Week

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|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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They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

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|Date: July 15, 2020
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They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg ...

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg to fill the vacancy left by Cindy Pickett will go to the voters in November in a special elect ...

July 15, 2020
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Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

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|Date: July 11, 2020
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Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made ...

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made a provisional appointment to fill a board seat vacated by the resignation of Cindy Pickett, wh ...

July 11, 2020
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Citizen Group in Davis Launches Petition to Overturn DJUSD Board Appointment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
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Citizen Group in Davis Launches Petition to Overturn DJUSD Board Appointment

Last week on a 3-1 vote with Bob Poppenga in dissent, the DJUSD School Board appointed Joy Klineberg to f ...

Last week on a 3-1 vote with Bob Poppenga in dissent, the DJUSD School Board appointed Joy Klineberg to fill the School Board position held by Cindy Pickett, who stepped down on June 30 to take a posi ...

July 08, 2020
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Letter: People of Color Repressed by a Decision-Making Body

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|Date: July 05, 2020
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Letter: People of Color Repressed by a Decision-Making Body

By Tracy Tomasky Discussions following the school board’s decision to fill Dr. Pickett’s seat exposed man ...

By Tracy Tomasky Discussions following the school board’s decision to fill Dr. Pickett’s seat exposed many deep feelings. As I listen, I grow increasingly frustrated that people of color are again rep ...

July 05, 2020
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With Apologies to Alan Fernandes

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|Date: July 05, 2020
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With Apologies to Alan Fernandes

Over the last few days, I have written on numerous occasions that the school board is all-white and have ...

Over the last few days, I have written on numerous occasions that the school board is all-white and have expressed concern about the board being tone deaf on their appointment process. What I did not ...

July 05, 2020
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Voters Could Put School Board Appointment to a Vote

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|Date: July 04, 2020
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Voters Could Put School Board Appointment to a Vote

If voters are angry about the appointment process, they have the option of petitioning it and put it to a ...

If voters are angry about the appointment process, they have the option of petitioning it and put it to a vote in November. For the second time in a row, the Davis School Board replaced the only woma ...

July 04, 2020
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Commentary: The School Board Has Made a Huge Mistake

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 03, 2020
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Commentary: The School Board Has Made a Huge Mistake

In a lot of ways this is going to be an unfair indictment of the majority on the school board. They ende ...

In a lot of ways this is going to be an unfair indictment of the majority on the school board. They ended up making a decision on May 21, four days before a revolution started. It was a financial de ...

July 03, 2020
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Board of Education and Superintendent Statement on Racial Injustice

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|Date: June 05, 2020
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Board of Education and Superintendent Statement on Racial Injustice

The following message was posted earlier this week... This spring has been difficult for our entire commu ...

The following message was posted earlier this week... This spring has been difficult for our entire community, as our daily life has changed so dramatically from what we could have imagined just a few ...

June 05, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Oakland – ‘WE WON!’ Students & Multiracial Coalition Defend Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft

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|Date: May 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Oakland – ‘WE WON!’ Students & Multiracial Coalition Defend Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft

by Sam Gonzalez Many students and educators of color stayed up late Wednesday night until 2 a.m. to spe ...

by Sam Gonzalez Many students and educators of color stayed up late Wednesday night until 2 a.m. to speak up for Ethnic Studies - specifically Arab American, Central American and Pacific Islander St ...

May 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Jewish-Americans Support Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum

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|Date: May 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Jewish-Americans Support Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area responds to accusations of antisemitism in the curriculum. Jewish Voice f ...

Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area responds to accusations of antisemitism in the curriculum. Jewish Voice for Peace – Bay Area Chapter (JVP-BA) supports the proposed model Ethnic Studies curriculum for ...

May 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Mizrahi Jews Speak in Support of the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum

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|Date: May 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Mizrahi Jews Speak in Support of the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum

By Michal David and Shahar Zaken JIMENA’s response to the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum brin ...

By Michal David and Shahar Zaken JIMENA’s response to the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum brings up much-needed criticism of the essentialism and orientalism that plagues the discourse on t ...

May 15, 2020
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Board Receives Update on Ethnic Studies in Davis

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|Date: January 17, 2020
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Board Receives Update on Ethnic Studies in Davis

The DJUSD School Board on Thursday received an update on the status of the Ethnic Studies program. Admin ...

The DJUSD School Board on Thursday received an update on the status of the Ethnic Studies program. Administration recommended that the board appoint in future meetings an Ethnic Studies Task Force wi ...

January 17, 2020
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Ethnic Studies in California: Asian American Scholars Defend Inclusion of Arab American Studies

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|Date: January 12, 2020
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Ethnic Studies in California: Asian American Scholars Defend Inclusion of Arab American Studies

Leading Asian American Scholars Defend the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Mo ...

Leading Asian American Scholars Defend the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. This statement was sent to the California Department of Education by the nation ...

January 12, 2020
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