Yesterday, college students gathered in Sacramento to protest education budget cuts and increased student fees. Those concerns have been front and center this month, starting when students and teachers staged big protests around California on March 4^th. In Oakland, public school teachers have been lobbying for higher wages since before the economic crisis hit. And now, the local teachers union has authorized a strike to start on April 22^nd.

Last year, a nationwide campaign was launched called "Sharing Ramadan" in which mosques opened their doors to the community for one night of food and mutual understanding. Last Ramadan, KALW reporter Hana Baba dropped in on the one held at the Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara. The mosque asked the congregation to invite their non-Muslim friends, colleagues, and neighbors to come break the fast with them at sunset to get to know more about their community.