Monique Limon

State Ed Chief Thurmond Is Piecing Together the Future of California’s Post-Pandemic Education

Joe W. Bowers Jr., California Black MediaApril 28, 2022

“The pandemic really did put a spotlight on places where there were big holes and gaps and inequities,” Thurmond told California Black Media (CBM). “In a nation with the wealth we have, that there should be a digital divide, I think that’s just a big example of the kinds of inequities that have existed.”

Coastal Commission Approves Sweeping New Environmental Justice Policy to Increase Coastal Protections for All Californians

Sentinel News ServiceMarch 22, 2019

The commission adopted the policy on Friday, March 8 at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Since 1999, California has passed a series bills advancing the concept of environmental justice, which emerged out of the civil rights movement. In recent years, the push to correct long-standing inequities that have disproportionately burdened lower-income communities of color has been increasing with a number of state agencies working to adopt similar policies.