Activism

Raging Grannies participate in rally/march in reaction to lack of indictment in Breonna Taylor murder

The Raging Grannies joined about 150 others in Menlo Park yesterday at a rally and march protesting the lack of indictment in the Breonna Taylor

Rally and march for Breonna Taylor in Menlo Park on September 25

Granny Ruth of the Raging Grannies of the Peninsula emailed that there will be a peaceful rally and march for Breonna Taylor in Menlo Park

Two Menlo School students create Threads 4 BLM to fight racial injustice

Two rising juniors at Menlo School, Alli McKenney (right) and Kami Israelski (left), are working together to fight for racial justice. They learned how to

Raging Grannies form a line of defense in support of the post office

About 100 people attended a gathering initiated by the Raging Grannies of the Peninsula. Menlo Park resident and 83-year-old voting rights activist Gail Sredanovic said that

The 19th Amendment is a milestone, but not the endpoint, for women’s rights in America

Editor's note: Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Here are observations by Stanford historian Estelle Freedman

Over 1,000 paper peace cranes on display in downtown Menlo Park

Judy Adams emailed an update about The Peace Crane Project in downtown Menlo Park: "Residents are encouraged to visit the public art installation of over

Applications now open for Community Organizer Training Program

The application process is now open for the 2020-21 cohort of Innovate Public Schools' Community Organizer Training Program (COTP), launching in October. The deadline is Friday,

Mobile billboards take protest messages to Facebook and local company executives

Billboard reading “Don’t Let Facebook ZUCK UP Our Elections” and other messages toured Facebook-related sites in San Francisco on Tuesday (July 28) before motoring down

Spotted: Signs-of-the-Times: The Power of Black Teachers

We spotted this instructive sign downtown on University Avenue near Oak.

Spotted: Signs-of-the-Time: BLM – friends not enemies