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School Absenteeism Surge / Missing Indigenous Women / Violence Against Women of Color / Transgender Advisory Council / Sacramento Greek Festival
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2021-09-29 15:00:00
Description:

Updated 9:52 a.m.

An absenteeism surge is happening at schools across the state following reopening for in-person learning. The human rights crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. California’s first-in-the-nation Transgender Advisory Council. The Sacramento Greek Food Festival returns for its 58th year.

Today's Guests

  • Senior reporter at EdSource Carolyn Jones discusses an absenteeism surge happening at schools across the state following reopening. 
  • Britta Guerrero, CEO of the Sacramento Native American Health Center (SNAHC) and member of the San Carlos Apache tribe, discusses the human rights crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. Interim Director of Impact Strategies Zoë Flowers with the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence expands the conversation surrounding Gabby Petito to include women of color and the LGBTQ+ community. 
  • Ebony Harper, the executive director at California TRANScends, on her appointment to the newly created Transgender Advisory Council, created by Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis. 
  • Terry Kastanis and Koula Gianulias join Insight to talk about the long history and tradition of the Sacramento Greek Food Festival, which is returning this year after being sidelined last year due to COVID.
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