Press Advisory 9/24/08: Tomorrow's Youth Forum on California Propositions in Oakland Postponed

New time and date to be determined. YO's "As California Goes, So Does the Nation" Youth Forum will happen before the last day to register to vote.

Thanks for your patience and interest.

Contact: Karlos Gauna Schmieder, 510 444 0640 x333

Press Advisory 9/24/08: As California Goes, So Does the Nation

Youth Forum on California Propositions in Oakland on Thursday

What: The forum will address California ballot initiatives and feature a panel of youth experts, small group discussion and electronic polling. The forum will focus on CA Prop 4 (which would institute parental notification and a waiting period before a minor can terminate a pregnancy); CA Prop 6 (which would divert money from education to the criminal justice system, allow police to target and label youth as young as 14 as gang members and then punish them as adults) and CA Prop 8 (same sex marriage ban). Eligible students will also be registering to vote.

Where and When: The forum is on Thursday, September 25, from 10am to 1:30pm at Swarm Gallery, 560 2nd St, Oakland, CA, in Jack London Square, located a few blocks from the Oakland City Center BART station.

Who: New America Media, YO!, Community Justice Network for Youth, Ella Baker Center, League of Young Voters, Planned Parenthood, Students from around the Bay Area, and more.

Contact(s):

Erricka X at 415-503-4170ph or ex@newamericamedia.org.

Karlos Gauna Schmieder at c.505 363 4966 or karlos@centerformediajustice.org

The Emmy's and the Prop 6 Double Dip

One catch phrase from TV land was missed by Emmy Awards producers Sunday night. The infamous "Double Dip" from Seinfeld's George Costanza.

Now another George has been caught double dipping into the state's already crunched budget.

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