Posts Tagged ‘Lao Family Community Development’
Non-profit celebrates 35 years of helping Laotian immigrants achieve self-sufficiency
In 1980, refugees from Laos gathered in the living room of a modest three-bedroom Richmond apartment. Their daunting goal was to help their growing community find jobs and housing in America after fleeing the destruction wrought by the Vietnam War. On Wednesday last week, Lao Family Community Development, Inc. celebrated its 35th anniversary at Maple…
Read MoreAs financial crisis for public schools worsens, OUSD cuts almost 90% of its budget for Adult Education
As parents, students and teachers at Oakland schools grapple with the school board’s recent decision to close five elementary schools, the Adult and Career Education program in the district has already come to terms with cuts that closed two campuses and decimated the program’s funding.
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