Superintendent Bob Nelson has failed to add our community’s agenda item, again. We’re asking that all who see the discrimination by the current school board president, the lack of progress on LGBT protections for our students and the silence by the board president and district to the attack suffered by an LGBT student just days […]
As the Supreme Court prepares to take up one of the persistent “I won’t bake a cake for ‘those people’” cases, a friend asked me to explain the difference between a merchant who refused to do business with a Neo-Nazi group and one who refused to serve gays or Jews. It’s an important distinction, but
As a child, I was often teased for my blond hair and light skin. Yes, I really did have blond hair. Other kids called me High-Yellow, Half-breed, and Cornbread. They called me Cornbread because they said my skin tone matched the color of Cornbread. If they were really mean, they called me an Albino. This
Well, I see where Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is hosting a “news” show on Facebook, to give supporters the “real” scoop on the administration’s greatness… Since Trump’s vast accomplishments appear to have escaped the notice of credible journalism outlets, the family evidently felt the need to give the base a more flattering version of events in
Fresno Unified School District board of education president, Brooke Ashjian, Ashjian has caused a great amount of controversy not only within the LGBT community in Fresno, but also nationally with the Human Rights Campaign, who demanded that Ashjian be removed from his current position. What is the crossing line for someone in a
New York Times columnist David Brooks is given to periodic meditations triggered by the political environment: recently, he mused at some length over “what moderates believe.”New York Times columnist David Brooks is given to periodic meditations triggered by the political environment: recently, he mused at some length over “what moderates believe.”I’m not ready to endorse
This article has been updated On August 21st a group of pastors submitted a properly completed agenda item request form. Our community was informed that it would be placed on the September 13th agenda. On September 8th the agenda was posted, missing this agenda item. After repeated calls and emails, David Chavez, Special Assistant to the Superintendent,
As consumers, we typically purchase products without putting any thought into where it is that we are spending our hard-earned money. Although, there are consumers, possibly very few, who take the time to consider the motives a business stands for. How often do we as consumers stop to research the companies and businesses that we
Via The Fresno Bee, we’ve learned that Trustees Cal Johnson and Valerie Davis said Monday they would support removing Brooke Ashjian as board president. Trustee Christopher De La Cerda previously called for his resignation and is assumed to be a yes vote as well. That means three trustees have not yet taken a position. They are:
In the most recent statements by Brooke Ashjian, the current president of the board for Fresno Unified School District, he equated the movement for the rights and well-being of the LGBT community to the actions of the Ottoman Empire in 1915, when they massacred over a million Armenian people. The Armenian community is an important
