September 2022 - Beyond Chron

Photo shows La Cocina Marketplace now has outdoor seating

Envisioning SF’s Tenderloin Without Drug Markets

Posted September 5, 2022 by Randy Shaw

A Terrific Neighborhood — Once Dealers Removed What would San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood be like if the city closed its open drug markets? The Tenderloin would be a fantastic place to live and work. An ethnically diverse, low-income community of<br> Read More »

Photo shows Cesar Chavez and Fred Ross Sr.

On Labor Day, Unions Back Fred Ross Project

Posted September 5, 2022 by Randy Shaw

Film Offers Powerful Strategies for Organizing Success Labor Day is a good time to recognize how unions are laying the groundwork for building the next generation labor movement. This requires exposing new activists to successful labor campaigns. Many labor unions,<br> Read More »

On Pasolini’s Centenary

Posted September 5, 2022 by Peter Wong

Cinecitta, the Italian Cultural Institute, Cinema Italia SF, and the Italian Consul General in association with Another Planet Entertainment will present on September 10, 2022 “Pasolini 100: Homage To Pier Paolo Pasolini” at the Castro Theatre in SF. This one-day<br> Read More »

Who is Addressing Chronic School Absenteeism?

Posted September 5, 2022 by Laurance Lem Lee

A Sense of Urgency Needed As this new school year has begun, we have a chance to address and hopefully reduce the unfortunate increase in chronic school absenteeism. The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has acknowledged the concern for<br> Read More »