Profile: heathertgilligan

Real name: Heather Gilligan

Joined: September 3, 2009

Participation: 2 comments, 4 stories

Heather Tirado Gilligan is from the Bronx and was raised in a Puerto Rican-Irish family. She has written for publications including the Bay Area Reporter, The Progressive, Curve magazine and the Huffington Post. Heather is interested in reporting on religion, especially through radio and multimedia. She had a previous life in academia (Ph.D., English, Rutgers University - 2004), and taught for 3 years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of California – Santa Barbara in Black Studies and Women’s Studies. She likes to bake. People fight over her chocolate chip cookies.

Comments

  • Posted on: Crime overlays poverty

    You can see the location and details of each 2009 homicide (to November) on Richmond Confidential's homicide map: http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/11/09/city-has-recorded-45-homicides-to-date/ I do agree, though, that it would be best to have all of the information on one map. #

    November 30, 2009 at 10:17 am

  • Posted on: Criminal justice expert discusses Richmond's challenges, hope

    Chief Magnus, Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. An earlier Richmond Confidential article on a possible gang injunction can be found here. This article includes your department's view on a possible gang injunction. The constitutionality of gang injunctions is an ongoing issue. I'd be happy to provide you with the same Q&A forum if you'd like to elaborate on why you think a gang injunction may be beneficial to Richmond and speak to concerns about how it may affect Richmond residents. Heather Gilligan #

    March 17, 2010 at 5:21 pm