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1 year on the job for BUSD superintendent | Bird-safe glass | Get The Scene, our new arts newsletter | We're hiring: Nosh Editor

Tony Thurmond

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Op-ed: Standing up for student mental health

by Tony Thurmond Oct. 07, 2014, 1:09 p.m.October 4, 2022

KQED recently reported that students in the University of California system are struggling to get critical mental health services. Even at UC Berkeley, demand is at an all-time high and health directors are raising a red flag, asking for more staffing and funding. Over the last six years, the number of students seeking help increased […]

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Op-ed: East Bay should raise minimum wage, be a model for state

by Tony Thurmond April 06, 2014, 7:43 p.m.October 4, 2022

I am a person who escaped poverty with education and a minimum wage job. In so many ways, I was lucky. My cousin and her husband, both campus police officers, raised me as their own son after my mother passed away from cancer when I was six years old. Through their love and guidance, I […]

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