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Martin Luther King III, the sixth presenter of the 2025 Lesher Foundation’s Newsmakers: Speaker Series, spoke at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek on April 23 and said that while progress has been made, the fight for human rights and racial justice is far from over.
MLK III: ‘Leadership is about love … love for all of our fellow human beings’
Keerthi Eraniyan, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • May 1, 2025

In August 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. inspired the nation with his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech — a powerful vision for equality.  Almost 62 years later, King’s oldest son, Martin Luther...

It seems like these days the elderly have gathered as candidates for the position of president of the United States. Politicians have been getting older. Illustration by Viktoria Lutsenko, California High School
Aging, politics and the U.S. presidency
November 2, 2024

By Ben Barba Zuniga Special to Contra Costa Youth Journalism Throughout the ages, our amazing country has had a proud history of balding old men as our great leaders.  In fact, prior to the massive...

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Bella Alaniz, 6, pulls names during a raffle drawing at The Hallmark House in December. Bella and her family were recipients of the 2024 Tunnels of Joy fundraiser. Photo credit: Facebook
Brentwood community spreads holiday cheer with ‘Tunnels of Joy’
Ishita Khanna, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • January 28, 2025

The traditional winter holiday season has come to an end, however, the joy the different celebrations emit can last long after the new year ball drops. Tunnels of Joy – a festive, decorated holiday...

Author and humorist Dave Barry, shown here at the Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland in 2023, will be the featured speaker at the Lesher Foundation’s Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series event on May 13 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
‘Class Clown’ Dave Barry to take the stage in Lesher speaker series
Caroline Donahoe, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • May 9, 2025

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and humorist Dave Barry is set to speak at the Lesher Foundation’s Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek on May 13. This series, which hosts prominent...