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Kids are suffering from toxic stress. Here's some advice on how we can help them heal

Pemberton is an associate professor of educational psychology and counseling in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Cal State Northridge and the faculty liaison for Strength United, the CSUN charter center that provides trauma services to the community and on campus. In addition, she has a private practice and is director of training and manager of the crisis program at the Child & Family Guidance Center's Balboa Boulevard offices in Northridge. -- Waukesha Freeman

Fresno Unified gets 'game-changing' $20 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

Scott has given hundreds of millions of dollars each to big-name charities: YMCAs-YWCAs; Big Brothers, Big Sisters; Planned Parenthood; United Ways; Second Harvest. Her education giving in California includes CSU Northridge and other California State University campuses, Long Beach City College and other community colleges, advocacy and research nonprofits, including Learning Policy Institute, NewSchools Venture Fund, Kingmakers of Oakland, which focuses on developing Black boys to reach their potential, College Track, and the parent empowerment organization The Oakland REACH. -- Visalia Times-Delta

Secretive lawsuits by fossil fuel companies could hold back climate action

Featuring Kyla Tienhaara, Canada research chair in economy and environment at Queen's University, Ontario in Canada, Emilia Onyema, reader in international commercial Law at SOAS, University of London in the UK, Lea Di Salvatore, PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham in the UK and Maria-Rita D'Orsogna, anti-oil activist and professor of mathematics at California State University, Northridge in the US. -- PlayerFM

15 TV Shows From the 90s That Would Have Certainly Been Scrutinized Today

“People need to understand that when they are wearing that Calavera, that it’s not just a mask or something to decorate their face with,” Yreina Cervantez, a Chicano/a studies professor at California State University, Northridge, told the Inquisitr. “What they are wearing is the symbolism of that eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth.” -- mamas uncut

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Oct. 6-13

Malpaso Dance Co.: The company performs with Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m. Oct. 13. Program: “Stillness in Bloom” by Aszure Barton; “Woman With Water” by Mats Ek; “24 Hours and Dog” by Osnel Delgado. Tickets $39 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. www.thesoraya.org. thesoraya.org/calendar/details/malpaso-dance-2022 -- Los Angeles Daily News

US universities, colleges join edu fair organized by embassy

Among the American universities and colleges in the education fair include Arizona State University; Bowling Green State University; California Baptist University; California College of the Arts; California State University-Chico; California State University-Northridge; Calvin University; Carnegie Mellon University; Cascadia Community College; Citrus College; Clark College; Clark University; Drexel University; Elgin Community College; Foothill + De Anza Colleges; Full Sail University; George Mason University; Hawaii Pacific University; Lewis University; New York Institute of Technology; Northeastern State University; Nova Southeastern University; Pearson (PTE Academic); St. Francis College; SUNY at Albany; University of Arizona; University of Colorado at Boulder; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon; University of Rochester; University of San Francisco; and Youngstown State University. -- Manila Times

FRESNO UNIFIED GETS ‘GAME-CHANGING’ $20 MILLION GIFT FROM PHILANTHROPIST MACKENZIE SCOTT

Scott has given hundreds of millions of dollars each to big-name charities: YMCAs-YWCAs; Big Brothers, Big Sisters; Planned Parenthood; United Ways; Second Harvest. Her education giving in California includes CSU Northridge and other California State University campuses, Long Beach City College and other community colleges, advocacy and research nonprofits, including Learning Policy Institute, NewSchools Venture Fund, Kingmakers of Oakland, which focuses on developing Black boys to reach their potential, College Track, and the parent empowerment organization The Oakland REACH. -- Fresno Business Journal

Five Candidates Vie for Open Seats on San Fernando City Council

Solorio is the daughter of immigrants and a life-long resident of the City. She has worked for San Fernando Recreation and Community Services as an after school counselor, a summer camp counselor and then recreation leader. She received a bachelor’s degree in sociology at California State University, Northridge, and a master’s degree in teaching. Her stated goals are to make the community safer and improve and connect residents to city services and resources. -- San Fernando Valley Sun

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