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Congresswoman Barbara Lee applauded President Biden for announcing that the United States will host the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Confer ence on Sept. 19, 2022 in New York City. The United States is proud to be a found ing contributor of, and the largest single donor to, the Global Fund, having contrib uted nearly $20 billion since 2002.Founded in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) is a unique financing mechanism that relies on a dynamic partner ship among governments, the private sector, and civil society to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and ma laria in ways that contribute to strengthening health sys tems.“Over the last two de cades, the Global Fund has maintained strong bipartisan support in Congress,” said Congresswoman Lee. “Since the United States became the first country to pledge to it in 2001, the Global Fund part nership has saved over 44 million lives from the three deadliest infectious diseases before COVID-19 arose — AIDS, TB and malaria. Host ing the next Replenishment will speed the world’s prog ress toward ending these epi demics, while showing U.S. commitment to preventing future“Thispandemics.hasbeena top prior ity of mine spanning decades. We must invest in programs like the Global Fund and PEPFAR, which have saved countless lives, contributed to reducing health inequities Continued on Page 10 “Gated” Tiny Homes Communities
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Highlighting a few Black men who ad vanced through barriers to make this world a better place; some are walking history mak ers; others have passed from labor to reward. Bishop Charley Hames Jr Today, we salute, Oakland’s own, The Rev. Dr. Charley Hames Jr, Senior Pastor, of the historic Beebe Memorial Cathedral (CME) Church who was among five newly elected and consecrated Bishops during the 39th Quadrennial and 40th Session of the General Conference of the Chris tian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church held from June 25-30 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His new assignment is Presiding Prelate of the Ninth Episcopal District of the CME Church. He will serve as the chief spiritual shepherd for all CME parishes in the Cali fornia, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Alaska. Bishop Hames Jr. had humble beginnings on Chicago’s South Side. He was baptized by Pastor Dotcy Ivertus Isom Jr who ordained him as a deacon, elder and full connection to serve in the ministry.
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Vocalist Faye Carol and Pianist Joe Warner in Free Con cert at Love Center on Wednesday, September 7 at 10440 International Blvd. Oakland. For more information, see Ad on Page 10. Free Cultural Event at Love Center Ministries Resistance to School Closings and Privatization Drives Candidacies in 2022 School Board Elections
Protests and community occupation of Parker Elementary School in East Oakland has continued throughout the summer since the school officially closed at the end of May. CommentaryBy Ken Epstein Heading into the Fall 2022 school board election season, the political atmosphere re mains highly energized in the wake of the community-wide rebellion that started last year when the school board, direct ed by state officials and their representatives, pushed the Oakland Unified School Dis trict (OUSD) to close schools
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The Post News Group received inquiries from many groups and individu als throughout the Bay Area, including seven faith-based groups and two entrepreneurs who wanted to find out more about how to purchase, build, sponsor or invest in Rev. Ken Lackey’s Tiny Home project. Rev. Lackey’s building ap proach is cheap, efficient and tenant-friendly, and it is also rather old-school and respon sible when it comes to living in a “gated-close-knit” envi ronment where there are rules and conditions that emphasize respect, physical conditioning, families with children and el derly living alongside former ly incarcerated, the previously un-housed and unemployed. But Rev. Lackey looks at this motley mix of humanity with hope and optimism. He boldly says, “We have no option but to view the op portunity to put another 200 people in homes in the next few months as a God given program with loving kindness if we work together.” His vision starts with the Tiny Homes Community (THC) for everyone in Oak land then throughout the Bay Area and ultimately through out the country. The Tiny Homes Commu nity objective: Continued on Page 10 Dr. Maritony Yamot with a Tiny Home.
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Bishop Hames Jr serves God with vision and action. Bryan Stevenson is a living legend; consid ered one of the most influential lawyers of our time. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama. Un der his leadership, the EJI has won major legal challenges, breaking through concrete walls to eliminate unfair sentencing, and exonerating innocent death row prisoners while confronting abuse of the incarcerated and mentally ill and aiding children from being prosecuted as adults. With staff, they have won reversals and release from prison for over 135 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row. His book Just Mercy, is a story of justice and redemption. Invited to Join in History
Phyllis Scott, President of Pastors of Oakland, joins with City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas to denounce violence against Asian Americans. By Post Staff Oakland City Council Presi dent Nikki Fortunato Bas, who also represents District 2 where a recent shooting death of a Vietnamese dentist occurred in the “Little Saigon Commu nity,” convened a community call-in and “Peace Gathering Vigil.” She was joined by Rev. Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland and 20 Chaplains from the Pastors of Oakland Chaplaincy program that has been supportive of and served families of victims co operatively with Police Chief Barbara LeeJoePresidentBiden Lee
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Don’t be confused about the student loan forgive ness plan President Biden announced recently. Sure, it wasn’t all student debt. But it did address the most egregious debt foisted on students by forprofit predator “educators.” The plan would also definitely help BIPOC borrowers more thanAndnot.yet, days after the an nouncement, people are ques tioning the idea from the Left and the Right. The Left wants no limits, all debt relieved. The Right wants none of it, and asks “Who’s go ing to pay for it all?” Of course, they don’t ask that when it was mostly the rich who benefited from Trump tax cuts or Covid PPPBottom-line,payouts. we can’t let Joe Biden be talked out of stu dent loan relief for individuals with loans up to $10,000, with an additional amount for those with Pell Grants. This plan is focused on reg ular folks, single people with incomes under $125,000, and married folks with incomes underThe$250,000.planisalso ready made for BIPOC communities who have suffered specifically from private, for-profit schools. Schools which follow a pattern — preying on peoples’ dreams, getting them to take out expen sive student loans, that only result in debt, no degree, and bustedThatdreams.washow many private, for-profit schools like Corin thian College and ITT Techni cal Institute preyed on unwary borrowers, resulting in mas sive debt forgiveness plans for their students before the gen eral forgiveness plan was an nounced.Justthis week, the Depart ment of Education announced another $1.5 billion debt relief package for 79,000 borrowers who attended Westwood Col lege. Closed down in 2016, Westwood left students hold ing the bag until the feds came up with a debt package on Monday. “Westwood operated a cul ture of false promises, lies and manipulation in order to profit off student debt that burdened borrowers long after West wood closed,” said Education Undersecretary James Kvaal in a statement. With evidence from state attorneys general in Colorado and Illinois, the Dept of Educa tion described how Westwood “routinely misled prospective students by grossly misrep resenting that its credentials would benefit their career pros pects and earning potential.” Specifically, the school promised students jobs in their fields within six months of graduation that would “make them employable the rest of their lives.” Everything was inflated, like a “guarantee of employment pledge” that was never made good. Sound like any of the for-
Bishop Hames Jr is known for his community involvement, ex cellency in preaching and inclusive leadership style. He says, “A true visionary takes a virtual tour of your future and it is our re sponsibility to come back and make it your present-day reality.”
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Marie Maynard Daly, Improving Lives Through Science
She later attended Queens College in Flushing, N.Y. But that wasn’t enough for Daly, she wanted to attend graduate school and continue her studies in chemistry. Money, however, was an issue. To help with tuition, Daley took on work as a lab assistant at Queens and was able to earn an assistantship at New York University, where she earned her master’s in chemistry in one year. She then enrolled at Columbia University as a doctoral student. By this time, tensions in World War II were heightened.Thatagreat number of men had been deployed overseas, several jobs were open, leav ing employers to fill them with women. In the meantime, Co lumbia University’s chemis try program was being led by Mary Caldwell, a renowned scientist who helped blaze new trails for women in chemistry. Combined, these events would fast forward Daly’s career; op portunities she would not al low to pass her by. At Columbia, Daly took her time in the lab seriously. Under Caldwell’s direction, she stud ied ways in which the body’s chemicals assist in digesting food. Three years later, she was awarded her doctoral de gree. It was 1947 and Daly had become the first African Amer ican woman to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry. That’s when her workDalybegan.obtained a grant from the American Cancer Society, the start of her seven-year postdoctoral research at the Rock efeller Institute of Medicine. She later taught biochemistry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. In 1960, she be came a professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she remained until her retirement in 1986. Learn more about Marie Daly and other men and wom en who have improved lives through science in “Ground breaking Scientists” (Black Stories Matter), by J.P. Miller and Chellie Carroll.
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Women from all cultures have historically con tributed to the advancement of the medical sciences. Many have been overlooked. Among those lit tle-known women stood Marie Maynard Daly (1921–2003) who, at a time when only about 2% of Black women living in the United States held degrees, became the first Black woman to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry. Having conducted impor tant studies on cholesterol, sugars, and proteins, Daly was among the first researchers to help identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease, par ticularly those relating to high bloodDalypressure.helpeduncover ground breaking information detailing the organization, structure, and expression of DNA and its ele ments in cells. In addition, she was an early investigator of the effects of smoking on the heart and lungs, according to Medi cal News Today. Born in Queens, N.Y., Da ly’s parents stressed the value of having an education. Her father briefly attended Cornell University, where he studied chemistry. Unable to continue to afford the tuition, he quit and took on a job as a postal clerk. Her mother grew up in Wash ington D.C. She read to young Marie sometimes for hours, specifically books focusing on science and scientists. Daly graduated from Hunter College High School, a New York City all-girls institution.
Aysha Khoury gets emotional as she speaks in front of her former workplace the Kaiser Medical School in Pasadena. A founder of Black Doc Village, she is suing the school for racist practices. Pasadena, California, Friday Aug. 26, 2022 (by Solomon O. Smith).
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The #BlackDocsBelong campaign held a rally in Pasa dena last Friday calling on Black medical doctors to join their movement dedicated to keeping and growing the ranks of Black physicians. “We actively support and advocate for Black trainees and physicians facing work place discrimination,” states the website of Black Doc Vil lage, the group organizing the rally. “We aim to expand the Black physician workforce to improve health outcomes in the BlackThecommunity.”nationalkickoff for the not-for-profit organization Black Doc Village began with a breakfast at the Pasadena Hil ton hosted by two Black Doc Village cofounders: nephrolo gist Vanessa Grubbs and edu cator and physician Aysha H. Khoury.About 100 young medical students and staff gathered to march to the Kaiser Perman ente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. A wide range of ethnicities came to provide support.Astudent who chose to re main anonymous shared the contents of a message about the protest from the Kaiser School of “StudentsMedicine:whochoose to participate in the demonstra tion tomorrow will not be pe nalized or retaliated against for doing so,” reads an email by senior associate dean for student affairs Dr. Anne M. Eacker, “and absence from class or clinical sites tomorrow morning will be considered an excused absence.” The Kaiser School of Medi cine was named the 6th Most Diverse Medical School in the nation and ranked 2nd in Cali fornia by U.S. News & World Report after the School of Medicine at the University of California Davis. With handmade signs and white lab coats, the rally set off for a two-block march to the medical school. Walking in a single file line, the doctors raised their voices in a shouted call-and-response chant. “Stop pushing,” they shout ed followed by the comeback, “Black docs out.” Black medical professionals from across the country came to support the Black Doc Vil lageDr.rally.Robert Rock, who prac tices on the East Coast, says he was inspired to go into medicine by his grandmother and the strength she exhibited when she “refused to be dis respected” by medical profes sionals during her care. He witnessed a racist act aimed at a patient which he described as shocking.“Wewere deterred from talking about it,” said Rock. “It was then that I lost my faith [in theJessicasystem].”Isom is a Bostonbased psychiatrist and an ad vocate for equity and justice for BIPOC patients. She has been an outspoken resource and advisor in Diversity, Eq uity and Inclusion programs through her company Vision for Equality, which has worked with several major brands and medical institutions. She sees part of the issue as a flaw in the culture of medicine which makes changing it difficult. Isom says resistance to
7th Annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival at Oakland Technical High School, Sept. 24
If eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is sup posed to bring good luck, then Oakland will be having a tremendous lucky day on Sept. 24, 2022, when it will host the 7th annual Oakland Black-Eyed Pea Festival. Appealing to all ages, the free festival at Oakland Technical High School will feature African American traditional music from sever al genres including zydeco, blues, gospel, funk and avant garde jazz and poetry. Handmade items by people of Af rican descent and Afrocen tric food — with black-eyed peas as part of the menu — will be sold as well. This year, the festival’s sponsoring organization, Omnira institute, is partner ing with the Akoma Libera tion Park’ s traveling group of artists and crafters and the Museum of Children’s Art Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic will be featured at the 7th Annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival on Sat urday, Sept. 24, 2022 at Oakland Technical High School’s Front Lawn, 4351 Broadway, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. This is a FREE com munity event for all ages. (MOCHA) for a small arts and crafts for tent for chil dren.Why a Black-Eyed Pea Festival?“Theblack-eyed pea is a metaphor for what is resil ient, creative, and collabora tive about African-American culture,” said Wanda Rav ernell, director of the BlackEyed Pea Festival and found er of Omnira Institute. “We are especially pleased to have a range of genres in this year’s line-up because it brings to mind the time when Oakland’s Seventh Street was the ‘Harlem of the West,’” Ravernell said. Gentrifica tion has almost finished the job that the construction of the Grove Shafter Freeway, BART tracks and the Post Office did in dividing what had once been a thriving Black community. The sound of the music, the scent of the food and the creativity of the artists in vokes that time of prosperity. “Their work is entertaining, but it’s also a history lesson and a Thishealing.”festival is unique be cause it focuses on the spe cific relationship between black-eyed peas and Afri can-American culture and history.Itis common knowledge that black-eyed peas have been a staple New Year’s Day dish for generations of African-Americans. But to festival organizers, it’s im portant to know that the first domestication of the blackeyed pea was in West Africa and that George Washington Carver (African-American biologist and inventor) pro moted the planting of blackeyed peas because the crop enriched the soil and had high nutritional value. “This festival brings our mission to life, “ says Rav ernell. “We want to highlight and preserve the cultural and spiritual traditions of Afri can Americans and demon strate how these traditions are connected to Africa and the African Diaspora. “ For more information, please email us at oakbep festival@gmail.com or call (510) 332-5851.
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Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Alameda), a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) shared her own struggles with paying back student debt she owed. “I graduated with over $150,000 in student debt. I was in my 20s then,” she said. “I didn’t make my final payment until almost 20 years later, just in time to send my oldest daughter to Accordingcollege.”toBonta, a Black woman owes 112% of the loan amount she takes out 12 years after starting college. For a La tina, 12 years after starting col lege, she will owe 86% of that loan.“Black and Latino students coming from low-income com munities take on a dispropor tionate amount of school debt,” Bonta said. “I witness this ev ery single day. The PSLF and TEPSLF programs are entirely differ ent from President Joe Biden’s plan for targeted student debt cancellation to borrowers with loans held by the Department of Education. Qualifying bor rowers must have an annual income of under $125,000 (for individuals) or under $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households). Bor rowers who qualify can have up to $10,000 worth of eligible debt canceled. If the borrower received a Pell Grant, the bor rower could have up to a total of $20,000 of debt canceled. Biden also extended the pause on student loan repay ment, interest and collections through Dec. 31, 2022. Last year, the U.S. De partment of Education (ED) launched a limited-time PSLF Waiver opportunity that runs through Oct. 31. It allows eligi ble borrowers to receive credit for past student loan payments that would otherwise not qual ify under the PSLF program. ED improved the PSLF pro gram in response to a lawsuit and years-long advocacy by a number of state attorneys gen eral and others urging ED to fix the broken Followingprogram.resolution of the lawsuit, AG Bonta has contin ued to advocate for changes to the PSLF program. The Cali fornia Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking part in the California Student Loan Debt Challenge to raise awareness about the PSLF program to help DOJ employees’ access loan“Onforgiveness.behalfof the more than 5,000 public servants at the Cal ifornia Department of Justice, I’m proud to take the California Student Debt Challenge,” AG Bonta said. “Our public servants work day-in and day-out on be half of the people of California as our nurses, teachers, first re sponders, state workers, and more. I urge you to take advan tage of the new PSLF Limited Waiver Opportunity before the Oct.31Californiadeadline.”ranks No.13 among states on student loan debt with borrowers owing an average of $37,084. Califor nia’s student loan debt adds up to $141.8 billion, the largest amount of any state. According to EDI, student loan debt statistics show tre mendous disparities among ra cial and ethnic groups. African American college graduates owe an average of $25,000 more debt than white graduates. Four years after grad uation, 48% of Black students owe an average of 12.5% more than they borrowed. Black student borrowers are the most likely to struggle finan cially due to student loan debt, with 29% making monthly pay
California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta is urging Cali fornians to take advantage of re cent changes to the Public Ser vice Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and Temporary Expanded Pub lic Service Loan Forgiveness (TEPSLF) programs. Bonta’s announcement coin cides with a CNBC survey that reports 31% of Black women are disproportionately impact ed by student debt. Also, four years after graduation, 48% of Black students owe an average of 12.5% more than they bor rowed, according to the Educa tional Data Initiative (EDI).
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Continued from page 6 dedicate an area in the cem etery for our people. I took advantage of the opportunity and purchased a plot.” Rev. W.F Lewis, North Richmond Baptist Church, Richmond, CA.“Many of the Garden of Grace and Freedom plots have already been purchased by families at the time of need. Many more have been bought on a pre-need basis at significant discounts. In addition to saving money, pre-need purchases alleviate additional stress and grief on families at the time of a rela tive’s death.” Pastor Ulis G. Redic, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Richmond, CA. We look forward to see ing you at the ribbon-cutting ceremony as we commemo rate the Garden of Grace and Freedom at Rolling Hills MemorialSaturday,Park.Sept. 10, 2022 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. will be an event that goes down in history in our City of Rich mond. There will be live entertainment with Sheila Morris, Far-I Shields and more and also including free lunch. Special discounts are being offered for a limited time to attendees and others wishing to take advantage of the savings along with prizes.Forany questions, please contact Bishop Andre Jack son at 510-734-6291. We are also available for free semi nars for churches, group set tings and tours at Rolling Hills Memorial Park. To get an accurate head count for the food, please contact Bishop Andre Jack son at 510-734-6291 or linegmail.comdrejackson.properties@anorRegisteronatEventbrite.
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CAROLYN LEIGH AERSKINEPetition for Probate has been filed by LINDA G. LUFT in the Superior Court of California, County of TheALAMEDA.Petition for Probate requests that LINDA G. LUFT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the Aauthority.hearing on the petition will be held in this court on SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 at 9:45 A.M. in Dept. 202 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: MICHAEL C. FERGUSON, 1816 FIFTH STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94710, Telephone: 510-548-9005 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/22 BERKELEYCNS-3616128#TRI-CITY POST NOTICE OF PETITION TO CASEJOHNESTATEADMINISTEROFWILLIAMHOMACNO.RP22129175
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To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MARK STOKER A Petition for Probate has been filed by ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. The Petition for Probate requests that ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 at 9:30 A.M. in Dept. 202 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: P.O. BOX 2071, OAKLAND, CA 94604, Telephone: 510-577-1979 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/22 BERKELEYCNS-3617048#TRI-CITY POST NOTICE OF PETITION TO CASECAROLYNESTATEADMINISTEROFLEIGHERSKINENO.RP22129286
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“Regarding Dr. Aysha Khoury, one of the found ers of the Black Doc Village organization, the school has been clear that Dr. Khoury was not placed on leave because she brought content related to anti-racism to the classroom or because she shared her ex periences as a Black woman in medicine,” the Kaiser state mentKhourysays. and Grubbs say that issues with Kaiser are a small part of a bigger problem in the medical community and are hoping that their stories can be the jumping-off point for ac tion.“Kaiser is where we are to day, but this is everywhere, not just there,” said Khoury. “This is why we need the whole vil lage.”
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN WILLIAM HOMAC A Petition for Probate has been filed by MARY BETH HOMAC in the Superior Court of California, County of TheALAMEDA.Petition for Probate requests that MARY BETH HOMAC be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the Aauthority.hearing on the petition will be held in this court on 9/21/2022 at 2:00 P.M. in Dept. 201 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: LAUREN N. PEEBLES, ESQ., 1150 BALLENA BLVD., SUITE 253, ALAMEDA, CA 94501, Telephone: 510-2638/17,85558/24, 8/31/22 BERKELEYCNS-3615341#TRI-CITY POST AUCTION/SALESPUBLIC LIEN SALE Bay Cities Diesel, 145 Third Street, San Rafael, 09-13-2022@ 11:00am CA SEARAY HIN# 8/31/22SERY0128J495 MARINCNS-3619364#COUNTY POST TRUSTEE SALES T.S. No.: 22-6159 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Loan No.: *4864 APN: 53-161820-0 You Are In Default Under A Deed Of Trust Dated 1/22/2021. Unless You Take Action To Protect Your Property, It May Be Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need An Explanation Of The Nature Of The Proceeding Against You, You Should Contact A Lawyer. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Capital Homes Investments, Llc, A Nevada Limited Liability Company Duly Appointed Trustee: Prestige Default Services, LLC Recorded 2/2/2021 as Instrument No. 2021041556 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Alameda County, California, Date of Sale: 9/14/2022 at 12:00 PM Place of Sale: At front Fallon Street Emergency Exit, Alameda County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon St., Oakland Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $935,299.61 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2933 Stanton Street Berkeley, California 94702 A.P.N.: 53-1618-20-0 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.
PROGRAMS In FY2020-21, Alameda CTC expended $97.1 million in Measure B funds and $95.9 million in Measure BB funds on local streets and roads, mass transit, special transportation for seniors and people with disabilities, bicycle and pedestrian safety and other grants.
The Independent Watchdog Committee (IWC) reports its findings annually to the public to ensure appropriate use of sales tax funds and provides oversight by reviewing Measure B expenditures and Measure BB expenditures and performance measures. The IWC does not opine on other funds the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) manages and/or programs. The 20th annual report reviews expenditures and IWC activities during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 (FY2020-21). The full report is available at AlamedaCTC.org/IWC2022Report.
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• Annual Report to the Public: Each year, the IWC establishes a subcommittee to develop the annual report to the public regarding Measure B and Measure BB expenditures.
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Notice To Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. All checks payable to Prestige Default Services, LLC. Notice To Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (877) 4404460 or visit this Internet Web site https://mkconsultantsinc. com/trustees-sales/, using the file number assigned to this case 22-6159. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice To Tenant: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (877) 440-4460, or visit this internet website https://mkconsultantsinc. com/trustees-sales/, using the file number assigned to this case 22-6159 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: 7/18/2022 Prestige Default Services, LLC 1920 Old Tustin Ave. Santa Ana, California 92705 Questions: 949427-2010 Sale Line: (877) 4404460 Briana Young, Trustee Sale Officer 8/17, 8/24, 8/31/22 BERKELEYCNS-3614093#TRI-CITY POST Alameda CTC • 1111 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94607 • 510.208.7400 • www.AlamedaCTC.org
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Black Doctors March Shine Spotlight on Institutionalized Racism
Independent Watchdog Committee Activities IWC members performed the following activities from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. • Ongoing Programs and Capital Projects Monitoring: The IWC monitors specific programs, capital projects and issues of concern. Independent Audit of Alameda CTC: The IWC reviews the independent auditor’s plan for the audit before it begins and reviews the draft audited Annual Comprehensive Financial Report regarding Measure B and Measure BB revenues and expenditures. Audit and Compliance Report Review: The IWC members review audited financial statements and compliance reports, including performance measures, received from Measure B and Measure BB direct local distribution recipients to ensure expenditures comply with the requirements in the applicable Expenditure Plan.
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Continued from page 2 change is “perpetuated through training” and that people may not be conscious that change is needed. She referred to an ar ticle written by Rhea W. Boyd, a pediatrician who has spoken before Congress about racism in the medical profession. “People see it. The person who serves you your food looks like me. The person who provides you your medical care often does not, and that is an intentional process of segre gation,” says Isom. Doctors are not the only people who want more Black physicians and medical profes sionals in the industry. Rob ert Phillips was looking for a Black nephrologist, a doctor specializing in diseases and functions of the kidneys and found Dr. Grubbs. He felt ig nored and unheard by white
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doctors.Scores of studies show that health outcomes for African Americans have historically been among the lowest, ac cording to various metrics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recent ly reported African Americans have the highest rate of infant mortality of any ethnic group. The number of Black doctors is also disproportionately low, at just 5 %, according to a 2019 survey by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Some at the rally are in liti gation against Kaiser, includ ing Khoury. She is well-known for a viral thread on Twitter re lating her story of how she was removed from Kaiser Medical School.Kaiser has released a state ment disputing Khoury’s claim.
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Continued from page 5 ments of $350 or more. About 3% of California borrowers owe more than $200,000 and nearly 10% of the state’s popu lation have student loan debt. The moratorium on federal student loan payments expires on Aug. 31. A total of 43 mil lion Americans owe student loan debt — worth $1.6 trillion, federal data “Thankfullyshows.now, there are federal and state programs that can play a critical role in reduc ing or eliminating student debt altogether,” Mia Bonta said. “Now we have this last op portunity to spread awareness about these programs. Beyond that, we have to simplify the application process and create a better coordinated outreach program between institutions of higher learning, the govern ment and the private sector.” Under the limited PSLF waiver rules, any past periods of repayment count as a quali fying payment, regardless of loan type, repayment plan or whether or not the borrower made a payment or if the pay ment was made in full or on time.Each borrower needs to work for a qualifying employer, pri vate or nonprofit. The Tempo rary change applies to borrow ers with Direct Loans, those who have already consolidated into the Direct Loan Program, and those who consolidate into the Direct Loan Program by Oct. 31, There2022.aretwo requirements in order to receive additional qualifyingFull-timepayments:employment — Borrowers must have worked full-time for a qualifying em ployer during the prior periods of repayment. They receive credit only for periods of repay ment after Oct. 1, 2007, which is when the PSLF program be gan.Loan consolidation — Bor rowers with Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Pro gram loans, Federal Perkins Loans, or other types of federal student loans that are not Direct Loans must consolidate those loans into the Direct Loan pro gram by Oct. 31, 2022. If the borrower had Direct Loans and had PSLF employ ment certified, ED will award additional payments without further action. If necessary, Federal Student Aid may con tact the borrower to certify additional months of employ ment.An employer needs to be a governmental organization, a 501(c)(3) organization, or a not-for-profit organization that provides a designated public service in order to qualify for PSLF under normal rules and the Limited PSLF Waiver. “My team has advocated for years for the Department of Education to fix this broken program, and with the recent changes under the Biden Ad ministration, Californians are finally beginning to receive re lief,” AG Bonta stated.
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Summary of Revenues and Expenditures Alameda CTC is responsible for administering the Measure B and Measure BB transportation sales tax measures. In FY2020-21, Measure B revenues for Alameda CTC totaled $170.5 million, and audited expenditures totaled $149.3 million. Measure BB revenues totaled $170.7 million, and audited expenditures totaled $175.8 million in FY2020-21 1
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The IWC concludes that 2000 Measure B and 2014 Measure BB tax dollars were spent in accordance with the intent of the two measures during FY2020-21, except as noted in the findings and recommendations on page 12 of the full report.
Brandon Smith and Royal Ramey pose together at Victor Valley College Wildland Firefighting Academy. (Courtesy of Brandon Smith)
By Manny Otiko, California Black Media After Brandon N. Smith was imprisoned for the ninth time, he found himself at a crossroads. That’s when he learned about the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) conservation campfire crews, which allows inmates to train as firefighters. Smith initially joined the program to get out of his cell, but something changed after working alongside firefighters and saving lives and homes. Smith said he found direction and realized he gained satis faction fighting forest fires. Smith is no longer incar cerated and now serves as executive director of the For estry and Fire Recruitment Program, a nonprofit organi zation that supports formerly incarcerated firefighters, and those currently incarcerated in California’s Conservation Camps.He said, “This work changed my life.” Inmates who participated in one of the 44 California Con servation Camps received the same training from the Cali fornia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection or CALFIRE as it gives to seasonal firefighters but inmates are paid $2 to $5 a day in camp and an additional $1 to $2 an hour when they’re on a fire line. But once they were out of custody, former inmates couldn’t get hired on with fire crews de spite their training and experi ence because of their criminal backgrounds.Thatchanged in 2020 when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2147. The law changes the penal code so that formerly in carcerated firefighters can file a petition to request their re cords to be expunged of con victions and gain early termi nation of probation or parole. This opened the door for their employment in firefighting. “This legislation rights a historic wrong and recognizes the sacrifice of thousands of incarcerated people who have helped battle wildfires in our state, and I would like to thank the Legislature for passing this bill,” said Newsom in a pressSmithrelease.says AB 2147 opens opportunities in the fire pro tection field to formerly incar cerated“Signingpeople.AB 2147 into law is about giving second chances. To correct is to right a wrong; to rehabilitate is to restore,” said Assemblymem ber Eloise Gomez Reyes, the bill’s author. According to Smith, find ing employment continues to be a challenge for people with criminal backgrounds. But it’s not just finding work; it’s find ing well-paying jobs. He was looking at minimum-wage jobs when he got out of prison, but thanks to the bill’s passing and his firefighter training, he could find a good job. It’s not just about financial compensation for Smith. He genuinely loves his job and finds the work meaningful. “The first fire I did, we saved 10,000 lives,” said Smith. Smith credits retired Chief Betty Ashe for giving him a chance when he got out of prison. He had tried to get a job in the fire protection field but ran into obstacles because of his record. Professional firefighters initially hesitated to work alongside former inmates, but eventually, they were glad for the help. “They want to find a way to get more people into the pro gram,” said Smith. Forest fires continue to be a major problem in California. The situation has been exac erbated for several reasons, such as climate change, hot ter temperatures, drought and mismanagement of forests. Current climate conditions have created a perfect storm for forest fires, and there is a great need for people with the skills to work in fire protection and“Thereprevention.are not enough people to do the work,” said Smith. He admits that fight ing fires is dangerous and scary. He said of the first time he fought a fire, “I have never been that scared in my life.” However, for Smith, being a firefighter allows him to “be a good citizen for the State of California.” Being a firefighter has al lowed Smith’s family to im prove their situation. Now his daughter wants to be a wild land firefighter. And members of his church are interested in getting their family members into the program.
Book Banning is a Concerning Trend in the Golden State
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Nationwide, book banning is on the rise. It’s reached a 20-year high, according to the American Library Association and Unite Against Book Bans. Some of the books that have been banned include titles like “Beloved” by Toni Morri son, “I Am Enough” by Grace Byers and “Maus” by Art Spie gelman.“Itis also worth noting that most challenged books feature LGBTQIA-related topics or are by BIPOC authors,” Kadie Seitz, a librarian at the Los An geles Public Library who fo cuses on youth services, wrote on the organization’s blog. Troy Flint, Chief Informa tion Officer at the California School Boards Association (CSBA), pointed out that book bans are not happening in Cali fornia at the same level as in other states but cautioned that there is still cause for concern. “There are a wide range of books that have been banned in a number of districts, al though it’s a relatively small number,” Flint said. “However, this is a concern ing trend because the actual effects are on a much bigger scale than they might appear,” he Gov.continued.Gavin Newsom says the bans are largely partisan. “Republicans are trying to destroy public education. Ban ning history. Banning books. Banning student speech. And now Betsy DeVos is admit ting it,” Newsom tweeted last month, responding to the for mer U.S. Secretary of Educa tion declaring that she believes the nation’s Department of Ed ucation “should not exist.” In March, the governor tweeted a picture of himself reading several frequently tar geted books with the caption, “reading some banned books to figure out what these states are so afraid of.” Flint also spoke about some of the perceived political mo tivations for the renewed vigor of book-banning efforts across the“PartisanU.S. interest has been driving these kinds of deci sions as opposed to objective assessments of material on the basis of what children can handle and what they should learn,” Flint said. In 2020, the liberal leaning City of Burbank banned five well-known titles: “Huckle berry Finn” by Mark Twain, “The Cay” by Theodore Tay lor, “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” by Mildred D. Taylor and “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.
The Burbank Unified School District objected to the inclusion of these books in their schools’ curriculum because according to them these titles “cast Black people in negative, hopeless, and sec ondary roles; and all but one are written from the lens of a White author.” The same year Burbank Unified made its decision to challenge the use of five books, Pennsylvania’s Central York School District banned eight times the number of books and educational materials banned by the California district, in cluding Brad Meltzer’s “I Am Rosa Parks” and the James Baldwin centered documen tary “I Am Not Your Negro” directed by Raoul Peck. While all the 40 books and multimedia articles that the Central York School District banned are either written by authors of color or relate to race, the board insists that the motivation for its controver sial decision was the “content” of the material — not the race of the material’s content cre ator.Flint argued that this trend of widespread book banning could lead to complications at the local level for educators and institutions who want to avoid legal trouble. He warned that districts that ban several books in similar demographic target audiences could risk “self-censorship at a classroom and district level, even if some books have not been officially banned.”
Change To Penal Code Allows Hiring Firefighters with Criminal Records
Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong announced the graduation 30 officers from the188th class of Oakland Police Academy recruits. He said Oakland now has 683 officers which is 5 more than those required by Measure Z.
The late Congressman John Lewis, the son of sharecroppers. Inspired by Dr. MLK Jr., he dedicated his life to freedom and equality. He was beaten and arrested in his early career. He was elected to Congress n 1986. One of his fa mous quotes: “Get in Good Trouble, necessary trouble, and redeem the soul of America.” One of his first bills was the creation of a national museum to chron icle the history, culture, and successes of Black Americans. His good works indeed have followed him. The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock is the Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and the first African American to repre sent Georgia in the United States Senate and the first Black Democrat to be elected to the Senate by a former state of the Confederacy. Dr. War nock is the eleventh child of his parents who are both Pentecostal preachers. Dr. Warnock has shattered the glass ceiling of politics in Georgia. The late Rev. Dr. James Cone, the Father of Black Liberation Theology changed the trajec tory of the way theology is understood from the Black perspective. His ground breaking book, “Black Theology and Liberation” charted a new way to understand that God is on the side of the oppressed by pointing to the reality of the lived experiences of Black people in America.
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Continued from page 1 LeRonne Armstrong. Bas said, “We are coming to gether united, across neighbor hoods, race, faith, and cultures to heal and grieve, to honor the lives and memories of beloved community members Dr. Lili Xu, Patrick Kon Fung, and the countless others lost to sense less acts of violence and the targeting of our Asian elders, women and vulnerable neigh bors. I am grateful to the Pas tors of Oakland and Little Sai gon leaders for working with my team to organize efforts to build cross-racial solidar ity, stop the violence and hate, and call in all Oaklanders to be part of the solution with us to achieve a peaceful commu nity. This includes meeting the needs of those being harmed, as well as those causing harm.” Pastor Scott said, “Oakland should be a safe haven for all that call Oakland their home. No Oaklander, of any ethnicity whether they be Black, Cauca sian, Latino, Arabic or Asian should fear walking the streets of their neighborhood or this city. We don’t want anyone to fear shopping at their grocery store or running their business. The violence we are wit nessing in the Asian American community (Little Saigon) could very well be in any of our neighborhoods, but enough is enough! It’s time for all con cerned citizens to stand up for the right to live in peace. Let’s begin the conversa tion on how we live together in peace and respect despite our differences. and for the shalom (peace) of our city. If you are interested in being a part of the conversation, join with this movement towards peace. Please call 510-6887437 to be a part of a multi cultural, intergenerational and interdenominational gathering from our various communities to seek solutions to violence. “We all want to feel that we are seen, heard, safe and have a sense of belonging. Yet too many of our community mem bers have experienced targeted violence and do not feel as if they belong or can stay in Oakland, despite having deep, decades-long roots in our com munity as business owners, neighbors and culture-keepers. I am outraged and heartbroken over this persistent violence and am committed to work with all of our communities to seek reconciliation, unity and peace,” said Bas. Other community leaders along with Councilmember Carroll Fife and Assembly member Mia Bonta joined Bas and her community gathering. After the community gath ering, Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong announced an in crease of a police presence and patrol which includes new surveillance tactics designed to help the City hold those who do harm accountable. Last week Armstrong announced the graduation of 30 officers from the 188th class of Oakland Po lice Academy recruits. He said Oakland now has 683 officers, which is five more than those required by Measure Z. He said, “Our new officers will go to work immediately, helping to address our 911 backlog and violence in our most vulner able communities. While we have reached the staffing mini mum promised to the voters, we are continuing to run addi tional academies, as our police officers play an important role in addressing public safety.”
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Dr. Cone was an ordained AME minister, and distinguished pro fessor of systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. His writings changed my academic and spiritual under standing of theology for life. The late Malcolm X was truly a history mak er and a widely celebrated figure who had a thirst for human dignity for Black people. Hundreds of streets and schools in the U.S. have been re named in his honor. “Our common goal is to obtain human rights that America has denied us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens until we are first recognized as humans.
Time and space do not permit me to name every great Black man who changed the universe; however, I pray you join me in honoring those mentioned and unmentioned.
Nikki Fortunato Bas, Pastors of Oakland, and Little Saigon Community Convene A Peace Gathering, Vigil Community Call-In
God has highly exalted Him and given Him the name above ev ery name. His name is Jesus, the Savior of the World; the head of the Christian Church and the center of the Christian faith. He di vided centuries into “B.C.” and “A.D.” He divides world history.
Continued from page 1 profit schools that have hooked someone you know to sign up for classes in a business park campus off a highway after taking out a hefty student loan? Sure, there are schools like the Cal State East Bays and the Laney Colleges, state colleges and junior colleges respective ly. They are solid public-nonprofit institutions. There are also the expensive traditional private schools like Stan ford where people have loans out. The Biden-Harris plan will cover between $10,000$20,000 of all those loans (including Parent-Plus loans) from those schools. But for the most part we are talking about predator “pri vate, for-profit” colleges, not the kind of schools that teach you the humanities like history or Andpoetry.they sure took many a BIPOC student for a ride. A Brookings Institute study in 2018, took a long view on student borrowing going back
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Lee Applauds Biden’s Funds to Fight AIDS and protecting human rights and health services for those around the world. As we continue to fight our current public health emergencies and prepare for those in the future, gatherings like the Replenishment Confer ence are crucial. I applaud Presi dent Biden for reaffirming the United States leadership in the fight for an AIDS-free genera tion.”President Biden’s FY 2023 budget includes a request for $2 billion for the Global Fund intended to be a first part of a total U.S. $6 billion three-year Seventh Replenishment pledge, to save lives and continue the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuber culosis, and malaria. The Global Fund raises funds ahead of each three-year grant cycle at re plenishment conferences when donors formally pledge their in tended contributions. The Sev enth Replenishment Conference will raise funds to be used in the 2023-25 grant Congresswomancycle.Lee was in spired by her predecessor, Con gressman Ron Dellums, to estab lish the framework for the Global Fund. She worked closely with Republican Congressman Jim Leach to get H.Res.3519, the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000, through the Banking Committee, which was eventually signed by President Bill Clinton in 2000. The legis lation was later championed at the United Nations by Secretary General Kofi Annan. Congresswoman Lee is a member of the House Appropri ations Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She serves as Co-Chair of the Steering & Policy Committee, former Chair of the Congressional Black Cau cus, Chair Emeritus of the Pro gressive Caucus, Co-Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Health Task Force, and Co-Chair of the ProChoice Caucus. She also serves as Chair of the Majority Lead er’s Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity. As a member of the House Democratic Leadership, she is the highest ranking Black woman in the U.S. Congress.
* Re-educate and re-train hard-to-hire people, includ ing the formerly incarcerated population, unemployed and homeless*Re-train their mindset * In-house counseling with an understanding of living in spaces under 200 sq. ft. * How to get along with a “gated Tiny Homes Commu nity” * How to adjust and relate to tiny home communities rang ing from 10 to 25 homes. Rev. Lackey said, “We have seen it work. You just have to have skin in the game and be in our training sites in the Al ameda Navy Base to learn how to build tiny homes or you can work in our restaurant in Oak land or our catering jobs.” The THC program offers training on: 1) How to build Tiny Homes 2) Handy skills on basic maintenance 3) Food and Hospitality training 4) EBT -Emotional Brain Training with certified practitioners and life coaches 5) THC services to help build and protect families 6) Security training to help pro tect the THC residents Rev. Lackey recently pre sented these concepts to a community meeting and some decided not to participate in the THC concept because the “rules and regulations would not allow them to carouse and do whatever, whenever they wanted to without regard for noise, loud music and random partying.TheBasic Rule in Tiny Homes Community (THC): To remain in the program, all ten ants must not have three write ups. If they received three write ups they would receive a 30 days Notice of Dismissal from the program. The definition of a write-up is a written report on something or someone from your THC neighbor. What are the THC write up examples?*Police being called be cause of your behavior * Causing conflict with an other THC neighbor * Fight or argument within the THC gated community or right outside * Vandalism or damaging THC property or surrounding areasRev. Lackey says these rules are a small price to pay when one gets the opportunity to have a place to live for $500 to $900 a month during their fiveyear stay. “The resident can sell their home back to the THC at the end of their stay,” he said. When some readers asked where he received grants to build the THC he said, “I have never received a city, county, state or federal grant. I have received volunteer help, dona tions of materials and food for the residents to augment the trainings.Toinquire about how to ap ply send queries to: TinyHome sC@gmail.com Next Week: Part 3 How to apply, donate materials, funds and how to volunteer to build with the THC.
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Lastly, above all of these great men, there is a greater man.
Resistance to School Closings and Privatization
Love Center Ministries legendary vocalist+ all-star trio+ string quartet+ rapper Legendary drummer Oakland rapper Wednesday String QString Quartet uartetMiss Faye s Bangin Black free reservations at fayecaroloakland eventbrite com and dramatically cut school spending.Thereare three seats that are up for election on the sevenmember board. None of the incumbents, who backed the school closures, are running for re-election. There are a to tal of nine candidates, three in each of the three races. At least six of the candidates, two in each race, self-identify as pro gressives who are opposed to school closures and privatiza tion.The rebellion in the school community erupted in early 2022 after the school board approved the closure of 16 schools last school year and this year. Schools and com munities responded with daily walkouts and marches, as well as citywide mass marches and rallies. Two staff members at Westlake Middle School held a prolonged hunger strike that captured international atten tion.Joining the opposition, the Oakland City Council passed a resolution against the clos ings, as did the Alameda La bor Council and the Alameda County Board of Education. Possibly in response to the pressure, the school closure list was reduced from 16 to 11. The decision to close some of the schools that were slated to close last year was postponed to this year, giving sites time to organize to save themselves. At least two schools, Westlake Middle and Prescott, were per manently removed from the closureUltimately,list. three schools were closed in June. Opposition to school clo sures gained strength from a newfound alliance between rank-and-file teachers and longshore workers, members of ILWU Local 10, who formed a new organization, Schools and Labor Against Privatiza tion (SLAP), has held joint ac tions against school closures and the City’s proposed give away of public land at the Port of Oakland to the Oakland A’s corporation.Inaddition, community an ger ended the political career of Alameda County Supt. Of Schools L. Karen Monroe, who was voted out of office in November. It was Monroe, as the front person for the state officials and the state-funded nonprofit Fiscal Crisis Man agement and Assistance Team (FCMAT), who threatened OUSD with direct takeover if it To read the full story, go to postnewsgroup.com
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