State Sen. Leland Yee, seeking support of his proposed bystander law, reaches out to a local faith-based organization, the Richmond Improvement Association.
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Stories
Real men don’t stand by
December 13, 2009 – 6:01 am
The My Strength training program teaches men how to intervene in acts of violence against women. Also called bystander training, My Strength should have been offered regularly at Richmond High, as dismayed advocates pointed out in the aftermath of the Richmond High rape.
Blogging for Jane Doe
December 5, 2009 – 6:00 am
Hannah Kenny’s Facebook group, called “Support the Richmond High School gang rape survivor,” drew messages of support from across the world.
Crime overlays poverty
November 30, 2009 – 6:00 am
The concentration of poverty tends to concentrate other problems like violent crime. Criminologists have long agreed on this relationship between poverty and crime. The city of Richmond, as the map to the left suggests, is plagued by both social ills.
Community must manage trauma, too
November 25, 2009 – 6:00 am
A rape as brutal as the recent attack at Richmond High can affect more people than the victim and her family members. Hearing the details of the crime, especially when details are repeated over and over again in news stories and on television, can extend the trauma throughout the community.
Living with shots fired
November 16, 2009 – 6:00 am
ShotSpotter, a series of sensors that detect when shots are fired, shows that gunfire is a daily occurrence in Richmond’s Iron Triangle. City residents describe the painful effects of hearing shots fired as part of daily life.
Peewee football gives kids role models
November 8, 2009 – 6:00 am
Dr. Desmond Carson, a Richmond native and ER doctor, sees peewee football as a way to rebuild community.
Knowledge — not emotion — stops rape
November 5, 2009 – 7:31 am
Policy should be based on best practices and research, not the turmoil that follows sexual assaults.
Richmond’s Climate Action Plan
November 2, 2009 – 6:03 am
Richmond’s working to reduce greenhouse gasses, and is faced with a difficult problem– 90 percent of the city’s emissions come from industry.
Richmond’s 37th Homicide
October 28, 2009 – 6:05 am
We read about murder in the paper and watch reports of homicide on television. These stories are likely the only coverage of the crimes we’ll see. What happens to the families of murder victims as they resume their lives in the weeks after the crime remains unreported, their pain undocumented.
Family and friends of murder victim [...]
