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59th Year, No. 1
Weekly Edition. Edition. June 22-28, 2022
Pamela Price Honored for Role in Title IX Law
Warriors Parade Was America’s Juneteenth Celebration Opinion
By Emil Guillermo
This past week we saw the celebration of Juneteenth come alive with coincidence. On the second year since it became a federal holiday, people began to understand the day for what it was. A delay of the end of slavery, which officially was abolished with the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, signed 100 days later, but not practically ended until the U.S. Army brought word to Texas which had continued slavery until 1865. When it comes to social justice, even when you win, some will slow roll you to the very end. Blame it on the post office? It took an army to deliver the news. So, Juneteenth is a worthy celebration both to note the real end of slavery and to celebrate the triumph of truth and history. But, this is why there are still forces out there that don’t want Americans to know even rudimentary aspects in U.S. history that may be critical of whites, or harmful to white self-esteem. Everyone should know of the reluctance to end slavery among those who still valued free labor that masked real racism. On Juneteenth everyone was back on the same page. It was like America was finally on the same team. And that’s why the coincidence of the Golden State Warrior parade was somehow fitting. Sure, the parade was in San Francisco, but Oakland is where the soul of the team has been since their days at Oracle. To see them celebrate a fourth NBA basketball championship in eight years was remarkable. Because who were the stars? There was Stephen Curry holding up his trophies, puffing a cigar like a mogul. The 34-year-old is on a four-year contract worth $215,353,664, that expires in 2026. That’s an average salary of $53.8 million, all according to the website Spotrac. Curry’s the MVP. But the other stars are all well paid. Andrew Wiggins is at $35+ million a year. And as he and teammate Jordan Poole joked in the locker room after the Game Six win for the championship, both are expecting a “bag.” Wiggins’ bag will be bigger, and Poole’s bag should shoot up from his current $2.5 million annual salary. The Warriors already have the NBA’s biggest payroll, and the post-season adjustments will push the team to a record luxury tax. But the Warriors can afford it. They already make a ton of money from the games, from attendance, from merch, Continued on Page 10
Warriors Greeted as Conquering Heroes
About 1 million people crowded the Market Street Parade route in downtown San Francisco Monday as the Warriors celebrated the fourth championship in eight years. Alongside his wife, Ayesha, MVP Steph Curry hoists his MVP trophy to the raucous glee of Dub Nation fans who traveled from as far away as Ohio, Seattle, Washington and Ontario, Canada. Photo courtesy of NBA. For story and more pictures, go to page 8.
Oakland’s Historic Dubs Parades Now Enjoyed by San Franciso and San Jose
During the Celebration in San Francisco for the parade with the NBA Championship won by the Golden State Warriors, Cathy D. Adams, President and CEO, Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC), Libby Schaaf, Mayor City of Oakland, London Breed, Mayor City and County of San Francisco, Nichole Jordan, SVP, Public Policy and Community Affairs , VIA,Transit Tech Software and Sam Liccardo, Mayor San Jose, pose for a “Warriors Bridge the Bay Moment”. Photo courtesy of OAACC.
37 Words Author Sherry Boschert in front of poster with keynote speaker Pamela Price. (Photo courtesy of Price).
Title IX: 37 Words That Changed Everything
By Post Staff
Civil rights attorney and Alameda County District Attorney primary winner Pamela Price was a featured guest at the 50th Anniversary celebration of Title IX in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the National Women’s Law Center (NWCL). Price participated in a casual conversation with NWLC President and CEO, Fatima Goss Graves and Sherry Boschert, author of 37 Words, about the importance of Title IX and continuing to defend gender rights.
Price said the invitation-only audience included 75 high level women’s policy advocates and leaders from student chapters fighting on behalf of Title IX rights from around the country, as well as some of the behind-the-scenes pioneers of Title IX. Attorney Price has long been recognized as a significant contributor for the enactment of the groundbreaking Title IX legislation because of her role as the lead Plaintiff in the first sexual harassment lawsuit, Alexander (Price) v. Yale. Her Continued on Page 10
Juneteenth Father’s Day For the Formerly Incarcerated
De La Fuente Runs for Mayor By Paul Cobb and news services
Ignacio De La Fuente the former President of the Oakland City Council for 11 years says he will run for mayor to rescue the city from its deep troubles. He said he is returning to political leadership after a 10year absence. Claiming that he is “sick and tired of what’s happening to our city,” and he can’t just stand by and witness “the city that I love become a place where people are afraid to walk the streets, to take their children to parks, to go out to dinner with their families or to park their cars on the street. I cannot let our city continue [to] be a place where seniors are assaulted and robbed in broad daylight, a place where illegal side-shows are constant throughout the city and a place where children are being shot and killed! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Oakland is not a dumping ground, and it is time to take action!” He, along with the support of his former council colleague Nate Miley, who is now serving as an Alameda County Supervisor, and who is sponsoring a fundraiser for De La Fuente, has boldly declared that he will “do whatever it takes to increase the number of police officers, but I will give them the resources that they need to help them do their job, but above all, I will provide them the back up
From left to right: Dora Parlor, Richard Johnson and Ayanna Weathers. Photo by Jonathan ‘fitness’ Jones. By Richard Johnson
The founders of The Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back organization sponsored a Father’s Day celebration event that highlighted a “just serve
spirit” which recognized dads who want to “give and serve” their families and communities, that reached over 150 men in deep East Oakland. Fathers Continued on Page 10
Oaktown Scholar Shines After Freshman Year at Stanford Ignacio De La Fuente
and political support that they need and deserve to perform their job for our residents and for our businesses.” He said he “will not tolerate homeless encampments where violence and drug abuse are rampant.” These encroachers are disrespecting our neighborhoods, our schools, our businesses, our residents, taking over our parks and defacing our city. De La Fuente said the residents and businesses in our low-income flatland neighborhoods have been dispropor-
tionately affected by these encampments, and they deserve better. In collaboration with the county, we will serve our homeless residents who need it most, but not at the expense of other residents and businesses in our city.” He wants to change the focus and emphasis of how the city spends its infrastructure money on what is truly needed by “repairing potholes, taking back and beautifying our Continued on Page 10
After achieving an astounding 4.05 grade-point average his first year at Stanford University, Oakland’s Ahmed Muhammad has returned home for the summer to take care of Town business while giving much credit to his experience at alma mater Oakland Technical High School for his success so far, at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Photo courtesy of Ahmed Muhammad.