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And his older brother, Josh.
Both have a form of muscular dystrophy, Becker, that those closest to them or who have known them for years are aware of, but others could miss.
But Jess Westman, a Hardin-Simmons senior, put his theater talents to the task of shining a light. Not just on muscular dystrophy but on the disabled.
He has written the script and music for Wheels: An Original Musical, a production that opens Thursday at Behrens Auditorium at HSU. He also is the director, with the assistance of Dylan Scott.
Westman also is one of the main characters, Elijah. Elijah and his sister, Nancy, have an even more serious form of muscular dystrophy, called Duchenne. It primarily affects boys and begins its debilitating effects at an early age.
Black truckers shut down multi-million-dollar UCSF job site for 4.5 hours
May 13, 2021
The UCSF job site at Mariposa and Illinois has only one way in or out, so it was easy for five Black-owned big rigs to block it for 4.5 hours! Here is Michael Gregory’s HVYW8 Trucking rig, one of several vehicles in his fleet. You don’t acquire rigs like these without knowing your business as well or better than anyone. Blacks in construction excel, so they know that racism is the only excuse for locking them out, for fearing their competition, so it’s only fair: You lock us out; we shut you down. This shutdown prompted the vice president of Clark Construction to call the Black truckers from Washington, D.C., with the only excuse he could think of, “We didn’t know you all were here.” The Black community has lost billions in earnings since the lockout began in 1998. The lockout of Blacks from construction is largely responsible for driving most of San Francisco’s Black population out
Earth Day 2021 in San Francisco!
April 28, 2021
On this Earth Day, April 22, 2020, more than 120 fired up Hunters Point and Treasure Island residents and supporters gathered in front of San Francisco City Hall to call for real environmental and social change that comes from the people in the wake of complete disinvestment and neglect of our Black communities by city leaders. But we also came together to acknowledge, learn about and celebrate the amazing work of people and organizations like Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai, Greenaction, Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee, Arieann Harrison, Elaine Brown, Dr. Aude Bouagnon, Ms. Margaret from West Oakland, investigative reporter Carol Harvey, Gloria Berry, attorneys Stanley Goff and Charles Bonner, Literacy for Environmental Justice and many more. – Photo: Griffin Jones
Griffin Jones, DrPH 22, speaks during a class as his son makes an unexpected appearance
April 9, 2021 In her work as a social scientist, Elizabeth Perry, DrPH ’23, uses behavioral research to nudge people towards making better choices, such as saving for retirement or getting vaccinated for COVID-19. But on a recent afternoon, she had a different behavior challenge to contend with that of a bored kid in search of snacks.
As Perry worked on a group project with fellow Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students over Zoom, she tried to focus on the complex statistical problems at hand while also keeping part of her brain tuned to her 8-year-old son’s movements in the house. But the work demanded close concentration, and her attention eventually shifted more fully to the screen. Soon, however, she saw movement in her Zoom background.