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Wednesday’s events in Washington, DC and across the country will not soon be forgotten, and local educators are already taking steps to ensure that students – most of whom return to virtual classrooms this week or next week – have the tools to discuss and to contextualize. they.
The LA County Office of Education and the Long Beach School District each compiled resources for teachers. Both encourage adults to process their own feelings before tackling the problem with children, and then make room for their students to talk.
Suggestions include Long Beach remind students that ‘violence and hatred are never solutions to anger’, and ‘history shows that hatred only harms.’
Parents, caregivers and other adults are also responsible for helping young people process this week’s events, and their feelings and thoughts around them. But Brent Smiley, who introduced the early worldhistory and American history to high school students at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Reseda, believe teachers are in a unique position.
“In every classroom sits a professional teacher who knows their children better than anyone else in the assignment.” Smiley told my colleague Caroline Champlin. ‘The message to the teachers? Go learn. ”
Read on for more information on what’s happening in LA today, and stay safe out there.
What you need to know today
LA’s Surge: The infrastructure for oxygen delivery is crumble under pressure in LA and other COVID-19 hotspots, which jeopardize patients’ access to precious air and limit hospital turnover.
Faulty tests: The FDA says that the Curative test for COVID-19, which is frequently used in LA, carries a high risk of false negatives, which means that our number of cases may be even higher than we think.
The housing crisis: In a new report on the deaths of homeless people in LA County, officials say they are concerned a dramatic rise an overdose of fentanyl.
California children: Six of California’s largest school districts, including LAUSD and Long Beach, say Gavin Newsom is pushing for the reopening of classrooms. set unrealistic deadlines for compliance and will punish unfair low-income communities.
Local clashes: These photos show a group of Trump supporters who marched through downtown LA in solidarity with the violent mob that stormed the capital in Washington, DC
Impeachment, 2021 Edition: Karen Bass says Trump should be kicked out, but that it is unlikely to happen given that his supporters in Congress are still under his “cult” -like game.
Weekend reading
There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and it’s hard enough to keep up with our daily lives, let alone keep up with the news. But if you have time for the weekend, you can miss it:
Martin Luther King, Community Hospital, serving some of the LA neighborhoods hardest hit by the coronavirus has been moved to the extreme. (LA Watts Times)
The county insists on a “food handler” card that will force delivery managers to become certified. Some believe that it will harm black-owned injuries and cause job loss for those who for various reasons cannot follow the certification course. (LA Sentinel)
LA Democrat Ted Lieu is a co-leader in an attempt to accuse President Donald Trump (again). (LA Mag)
Some Boyle Heights residents are awaiting their next federal stimulus test, while immigrants in the non-legal area cannot receive the financial aid at all. (Boyle Heights beat)
A service for delivery of plants, handmade candles and Thai comfort food are just a few local small businesses that have faced unique, significant challenges over the past year. (Los angeleno)
Latina / o and black people, if stopped by California police, they are more likely to use violence or be searched than other racial groups. (San Fernando Valley Sun)
The Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza sales were a back-and-forth of soaps over the course of 2020. (LA Wave Newspapers)
Transport has been irrevocably changed by the pandemic – and some believe it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change things for the better. (Streetsblog LA)
Before you leave … Take a break from this week
It was a week, immediately following a year. Self-care has become a bit of a joke these days, but it is extremely important for all of us to, if at all possible, turn off our brains and think of something other than the horrific situations we have been bombarded with since March. of 2020.
In this spirit, here are some suggestions: Check out pop art inspired by movies released in 1991, listen to a live Rufus Wainwright concert, learn more about Oshogatsu food for the year of the ox, and more in this weekend’s best pandemic-approved events.
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