Administration Program Internship took place at California Common Cause. I began as a volunteer in February of 2006‚ which quickly turned into an internship‚ followed by a fellowship. I have now been working at California Common Cause as its Northern California Organizer since January 2007. California Common Cause is a non-profit‚ non-partisan citizens’ lobby organization working to hold public officials and public institutions accountable to the people. California Common Cause’s current focuses include
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Press‚ 2000: 84-96. Machado‚ Manuel A. (1978). Listen Chicano! An Informal History of the Mexican-American. Chicago: Nelson Hall. Paz‚ Ireneo. (2001). Life and adventures of the celebrated bandit; Joaquin Murrieta: His exploits in the state of California Pitt‚ Leonard. (1966). The Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians‚ 1846-1890
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¨Lava Beds National Monuments¨ stationed in north eastern California is a park filled with fun filling beauty‚ history‚ and scientific wonders. This would be a trip of a lifetime‚ but only if our principle would let us go. Lava Beds National Monuments has a humongous amount of beauty stretching all the way across the park. With the Lava running all over the place like a water runs in a stream. The park has beautiful figures like lava tubes‚ scenic trails‚ climb cumber cones‚ and beautiful desert
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see. But they had many different unusual insects that you usually wouldn’t see in Southern California like fireflies and deer’s even snakes. There were a lot of wooden and brick homes and homes without gates with huge land mass. But the food you would mostly see out there is soul food which was actually great! But the adults seemed to dress the same as any other regular adult you see in Southern California but the teenagers were slightly different .Most wore baggy clothing well the boys did and
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in Sacramento Valley in California(http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849). He brought it back to the East‚ and showed everyone the nugget of gold he found. Not only did he say that he found gold‚ but he spread the word about how much gold there was to be found. That caused what is known today as the “Gold Rush”. The “Gold Rush” is the time when people traveled to California to search for gold. Before Marshall discovered gold‚ the non-native population of California was about 800 in March
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The Old Spanish Trail was a series of trails from Santa Fe‚ New Mexico‚ to Los Angeles‚ California. The three routes were called the Main Route‚ the Armijo route‚ and the North Branch.The trails went through New Mexico‚ Colorado‚ Utah‚ Nevada‚ and California. These trails were used for trade‚ including Native American goods of blankets and baskets for horses and mules from California. I choose this topic because it was a major trade route from 1829 to 1848. This is a huge part in our Western history
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Genochio 1 Comparing and Evaluating Two S.F. Murals People throughout time have always expressed their struggles through art. I’ve lived in San Francisco’s Mission district for most of my life and have always been fascinated with the murals in Balmy alley. “Victorion; Protector of the Mission” by Sirron Norris and “Naya Bihana (New Dawn)” by Martin Traverns both have political messages‚ but the messages are expressed in 2 different art forms. Although “Victorion” conveys a positive message and a
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I left home and my friends‚ when my mom told me that we were moving to America. I was very excited to explore the unknown place. It was my dream to move to America and to be an American girl. When I moved to New York from my home country then to California‚ I needed to make several adjustments to my life. First of all‚ I met a lot of new people in New York with different backgrounds that influenced my life. They were teachers‚ Mrs. Nelson and Olga. They taught me new language. It was hard
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The state of California possesses nearly 32% of the illegal immigrant population in the United States. The debate of our border with neighboring Mexico has grown into one of the biggest issues facing the United States in the last few years. Unfortunately‚ there has been no reform in our border policy and as a result California citizens suffer more economic burden each year this problem continues. Education‚ medical care‚ and incarceration of illegal aliens are costing the California
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second largest demographic group is Hispanics/ Latino by 16 percent following blacks/African-Americans by 6.3%. Whereas Bakersfield‚ CA population is approximately 373‚640 (census.gov‚ 2015)‚ it is also the 9th most populated city in the state of California. Similarly‚ Colorado Springs and Bakersfield the majority of the populations is Non-Hispanic Whites. The demographics of
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