by Mark Hedin | Mar 27, 2020 | Community
Despite mounting worries over the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a dozen Pacific Islander activists and media representatives gathered in San Mateo March 14 to anchor an online conference about the 2020 census and their collective stake in an accurate count. They were...
by Staff Writer | Mar 26, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Community
Alameda, CA – Mahesh, a 68-year-old man, is a loving husband and father of two. In May 2019, he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (a type of blood cancer), the day after celebrating his son’s marriage. A stem cell transplant is Mahesh’s only chance of...
by Srishti Prabha | Mar 25, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Community
Aditya Indla is a Sophomore at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, CA. After realizing that healthcare workers are facing a severe shortage of protective equipment as they deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided something needed to be done. In...
by Ritu Marwah | Mar 24, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Community
“Toilet Paper Na Milega Dobara,” writes Sheetal Gokhale as a rehashed title to a Bollywood film. Then quickly types “Doh Toilet Paper Bahrah Hanth”. On a Saturday morning the Saratoga dentist is playing a game of adding toilet paper to names of Bollywood films. Her...
by Meera Kymal | Mar 23, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Community
A couple days ago, the Census2020 questionnaire arrived on my doorstep. Actually, my neighbor brought it by because our overworked mailman had dumped several census envelopes intended for our neighborhood into her mailbox; so, Joanne emerged from self-imposed corona...
by Pilar Marrero | Mar 23, 2020 | *Slider - Latest, Community
In the time of Coronavirus, the state’s diverse communities are told that participation in the U.S. Census is still crucially important, aside from safe and secure The U.S. Census self-response phase went live on March 12, and civil rights leaders of diverse...
