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Podcast: Connecting a neighborhood in need in San Rafael, California
Posted: September 15, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Video: Construction classes featured on Univision
Posted: September 11, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Latinos make up 71% of coronavirus cases in largely white Marin County. Will new equity efforts help?
Posted: September 8, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Radio: ‘Our Communities Are In Crisis’: Latinos and Covid-19
Posted: August 26, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Marin gets Canal community involved in COVID-19 response plan
Posted: August 18, 2020
Marin’s public health officer detailed the approach to the COVID-19 crisis facing San Rafael’s predominantly Latino Canal neighborhood as the county prepares this week to continue reopening.
Spotlight on California: Navigating Back to School in a Coronavirus Hot Spot
Posted: August 14, 2020
As COVID-19 cases spiked across the South and West over the summer, California surpassed New York to become the state with the most coronavirus cases. In July, Governor Gavin Newsom responded to the surge by ordering all schools in counties with rising infections and hospitalizations to prepare to hold all classes online when schools reopen for the fall term.
Marin supervisors to consider ‘sanctuary’ policy demand
Posted: August 14, 2020
Marin Independent Journal article by: Richard Halstead Under pressure from activists, the Marin County Board of Supervisors plans to take up a request to declare the
West Marin’s census response still well below national average
Posted: August 12, 2020
Point Reyes Light article by: Braden Cartwright The United States Census Bureau is ending its counting efforts a month sooner than previously announced, and West
Editorial: Overdue Wi-Fi for Canal coming just in time
Posted: August 12, 2020
Marin Independent Journal editorial by: Marin IJ Editorial Board From limbo to a lifeline, stretching broadband connection into San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood could become a reality
Poverty, ‘structural racism’ impact virus’ spread in Marin
Posted: August 10, 2020
Catholic San Francisco Article by: Christina Gray and Lorena Rojas The unequal impact of COVID-19 on Hispanic and Latino communities has been noted with concern
