Sonoma County Gazette May 2020

MAY 2020
PLAY with Eviction Ban Document Creating
Resources for Help & to Give ~ 44
Your Food: YUM! ~14
for Tenants & Landlords ~ 18
History in the Making ~ 20
Habitat for Pollinators ~ 28
Concrete
Closing
the Digital
Divide
For many school districts, online distance learning is not yet a viable option
systems across Sonoma County--and across the country-- have faced an unprecedented challenge: pivoting from a regular school year to at-home learning with only a few days to prepare. While some systems have begun implementing comprehensive home learning plans, many are still struggling to connect students with reliable internet access, a critical aspect of effective distance learning.
DIVIDE cont’d on page 12
Steps
Forward
What do the Pandemic
& Climate Change
Have in Common?
By Kimberly Burr
Rather than sugar coat it, let’s just
By Erin Hawkins
Over the past few weeks, school
be frank. The last few months, while tragic in terms of loss of human
life and livelihoods, has given us a glimpse of what might still be possible.
Many of us have been liberated from multi-hour commutes, obligatory corporate conferences, sales junkets, discretionary gasoline consumption, crowded classroom teaching models, and other activities which many of us never imagined we could change.
Another incredible fact - in one week, the pollution in New York City dropped by half...unimaginable. There are hundreds of like stories.
In Sonoma County, the issue of internet access disproportionately affects our rural/remote districts. Students in districts like Horicon, Two Rock, and West Sonoma County Union High School District are
There has been a massive cleansing and rebirth of our natural world seen and felt around the world.
FORWARD cont’d on page 12
Home Towns: 30-43 CALENDAR of What You CAN Do!: pgs 58 - 63