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Schools move ahead on ethnic studies
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The UC Davis marching band performs at 2019’s Picnic Day Parade in downtown Davis. Owen Yancher/ Enterprise file photo
In-person Picnic Day celebration to return to UC Davis this spring By Caleb Hampton
everyone has the opportunity to rediscover what their future holds,” said Picnic Day Chair Amanda Portier. “With the first in-person Picnic Day in two years, every attendee can experience Picnic Day with fresh eyes and rediscover their tomorrow at the event.”
Enterprise staff writer After a two-year interruption caused by the pandemic, UC Davis’ Picnic Day is set to return this coming spring, the Picnic Day Board of Directors announced last week in a press release. The event, whose theme is “Rediscovering Tomorrow,” will be held on Saturday, April 23. “We selected ’Rediscovering Tomorrow’ because right now,
The upcoming Picnic Day will be UC Davis’ 108th, will the last two having been held virtually. The first Picnic Day was held in 1909. Since then, it was cancelled five times
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Greta, a long-haired dapple dachshund, won her heat in the Doxie Derby at the 2014 Picnic Day. prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. An outbreak of hoofand-mouth disease caused the first cancellation in 1924. The last pre-pandemic cancellation was in 1945, when Army Signal Corps controlled the campus during World War II.
Day 106 and Picnic Day 107, which, because of the pandemic, were celebrated virtually with the themes ‘Envisioning Tomorrow’ and ‘Discovering Silver Linings’ respectively,” Picnic Day
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County’s COVID case rate declining Boosters available for all adults New cases of COVID-19 in Yolo County have declined each of the last two weeks. After recording 280 new cases the week of Oct. 23-29, the county reported 269 new cases the following week and 122 new cases over the last seven days, Nov. 6-12, though that does include the Veterans Day holiday when many test sites were shut down and people traveling. The county has reported five COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the month, including two more on Friday. One was a resident of Winters; the other of
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The city is expected to authorize up to $750,000 in American Rescue Plan funds to continue Healthy Davis Together community testing through the end of June. Healthy Davis Together has been providing free, saliva-based COVID19 testing to community members for a year now at locations ranging from the Davis Senior Center to the Veterans Memorial Center to locations on the UC Davis campus. More than 100,000 individuals have used the testing program, according to city staff, and 96 percent of all COVID-19 tests taken by Davis residents have been through Healthy Davis Together.
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Over at the UC Davis Genome Center, which is performing the asymptomatic tests for Healthy Davis Together, 104 positive cases were reported for the week of
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Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, down from 143 the week prior and 167 the week before that. The Genome Center continues to perform more than 40,000 asymptomatic tests per week.
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The Davis School Board made history was made on Thursday, Nov. 4, when it voted to implement an ethnic-studies program in the curriculum. While the vote marked a milestone for the district and the community, the hard work has only just begun. Ethnic studies is an exploration of the cultures, histories, experiences and contributions of different racial and ethnic groups in the United States. More specifically, African Americans, Chicana/o/x and Latina/ o/x, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The program also brings light to the struggles these racial and ethnic groups have endured over the years for a broader understanding of American history. “It was a very long planning process including partners from across the community and staff to envision and implement the ethnic studies program. I think it’s validated a community value of insuring that all
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