Johanna Bejarano
Bilingual Multi-Platform Journalist at Northwest Public Broadcasting
Central Washington Reporter at @NWPBroadcasting. I am always looking for extraordinary stories to voice communities. Opinions here are my own RTs ≠ endorsement.
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1 week ago |
spokanepublicradio.org | Johanna Bejarano |Doug Nadvornick |Steve Jackson |Owen Henderson
Federal funding cuts cause Head Start suspensionsMore than 400 children in Central Washington are without educational support services after federal funding never arrived. Inspire Development Centers is located in Sunnyside, Washington. The organization offers early childhood education programming to low-income children through various centers in Central Washington. They receive federal funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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3 weeks ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano
Rodeado de estudiantes en busca de autógrafos y fotografías, el astronauta José Hernández terminó una de sus conferencias en la Escuela Secundaria de Pasco. Hernández, quien en el pasado fue trabajador agrícola, logró vincularse a la NASA. Era sólo un niño cuando decidió perseguir su sueño de ser astronauta.
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3 weeks ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano
Surrounded by students seeking autographs and photos, astronaut José Hernández finished one of his conferences at Pasco High School. Hernández, a former farmworker who went on to work for NASA, was just a child when he decided to pursue his dream of being an astronaut. He visited Eastern Washington and shared his story of resilience and determination with local students at Pasco High School and Columbia Basin College.
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1 month ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano
Two lawsuits filed against the Adams County Sheriff’s Office have drawn attention to the role of state and local authorities in enforcing federal immigration laws. The Washington state Attorney General sued the Adams County Sheriff’s Office earlier this month. The complaint said their deputies have detained people solely because of immigration status. It also said the agency allowed federal immigration agents to interrogate those detained while in local custody.
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1 month ago |
nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano
People in Mount Vernon, Wash. are asking the city council to pass a resolution committing to the Keep Washington Working Act. The request comes after community members expressed concerns about discriminatory comments made by a council member in January. During a council meeting when discussing feral cat problems, council member Navor Tercero alluded to false claims about immigrants eating pets in Springfield, OH.
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I loved doing this story. Don Gabriel is an inspiration to others who want to become citizens and express their voices through voting. @NWPBroadcasting
Becoming a citizen and voting for the first time on the same day is unusual. But @jpbejaranob reports Gabriel Gomez of Yakima wasted no time exercising his new right to vote. https://t.co/MkG33dy5Wo
“The key rule should apply when temperatures reach 75 not 89," says Alfredo Cortes, a farmworker in Skagit County. "Because to everybody in the community, 75 is already hot, but to us in the field, 75 feels like 90 or 100 degrees." https://t.co/DAkcgq1Vxj
As @lniwa develops permanent rules to protect WA's outdoor workers from extreme heat, farmworkers in Central WA have mixed opinions on the regulations. Many are caught between either working in dangerous (even fatal) heat, or losing valuable hourly wages." https://t.co/O5GrPfcaXX
