Update on Juvenile Protection Orders!

A current incarnation of the bill allows for the record of the juvenile to be expunged following their 19th birthday and The latest version provides a method for the record of the juvenile proceedings to be sealed once its subject turns 19 and has successfully complied with the protection order. Many senators who were opposed to the bill are now vehemently supportive with the subsequent changes.

Should the record of a juvenile who has committed sexual assault, menacing, and stalking be expunged?

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100310/NEWS24/3100335

Racial Solidarity

Recent controversy at UC San Diego has sparked a string of racialized incidents. Following the "Compton Cookout", where members of a fraternity at UCSD encouraged students to come in their "ghetto-ist" fashion, black students and alumni rose in protest, forming committees and demanding movements toward breaking down acceptance of these actions and encouraging accountability. Recently, a noose was found hanging inside a campus library and swastikas drawn on one students dorm door. Asians rank as the highest minority student body across UC campuses, and have also decided to support their fellow students.

Their petition reads:

To: University of California

We the undersigned, UC community members (alumni, faculty, students and staff) of Asian descent, stand in solidarity with all who are protesting the racist incidents at UCSD and, more importantly, the systemic forces that support such incidents. It is unacceptable for UC campuses to view the recruitment and support of black and especially African-American students as anything other than a top priority. UCSD should never have allowed its black student population to languish at 1.6% of the total student population and ought to have paid much better attention to students' needs. The UC systemwide must take immediate and material action to improve the campus environments. We write as community members of Asian descent because we think it is particularly important for black students to know that they are supported by the group that is demographically the largest of the U.S. ethnic minority groups represented on UC campuses. We have common values and needs, and possess a history of African-American/Asian-American collaboration to draw upon, although this history is little publicized in the mainstream media. For example, African-Americans criticized anti-Chinese immigrant persecution in the late nineteenth century, and the Asian-American "yellow power" movement of the 1960's worked in solidarity with African-American movements toward common goals. We call upon these traditions, together with a sense of urgency that is only commensurate to a society that has effectively abandoned the pursuit of social justice, and pledge to stand with black students in their time of need.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Visit their website, to sign.
http://www.petitiononline.com/cvlihs11/petition.html