Calen James, an organizer of Expression Not Supression and a board member of GSA Network, took a few minutes to share his story with The kNOw’s Christina Tran.
Category: Community Health
WeConnect, an event held on Feb. 16 at the Fresno Fairgrounds, helped people with health care enrollment and it was also a resource fair. Many families came out to the event to learn more about health care changes and get resources like tax preparation and flu shots.
On January 30, 2013 Hadiya Pendleton was shot when an individual jumped a fence and opened fire on her and a group of her friends. For some reason, when I heard that Hadiya was killed, the news didn’t hit me as hard as when I heard of shootings in the past. The shooting epidemic sweeping our nation makes me fear desensitization to gun violence is becoming the norm for our country.
The mom, an obvious Bullard parent stated that Edison has always been bad news and she was scared for this game. When I told her I was an Edison student she was slightly shocked.
When I’m out in public and see someone who looks to be homeless I don’t look the other way; I help them. People have a tendency to look the other way, give dirty and judgmental looks, accuse them of wrongdoing, and generally treat them as lesser people.