Black Storytelling Masters Lead Online Classes for Oakland Elders
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Oakland Post “Where there is no vision, the people perish...” Proverbs 29:18
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57th Year, No. 43
Weekly Edition. Edition. April 14-20, 2021
East Oakland Stadium Alliance Update By Post Staff
State Launches Covid-19 Vaccine Outreach Campaign Targeted at Black, African American Communities
The East Oakland Stadium Alliance (EOSA) hosted a community meeting on Wednesday to educate and engage West Oakland residents on the impacts of the Oakland Athletics’ proposed ballpark stadium and luxury Rob Bonta
Rob Bonta Introduce Bill to Combat Hate Crimes By Kiki
Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), who has been nominated to be Attorney General of California, has introduced a bill, AB 886, “to combat recent surge in hate attacks with community-based solutions including prevention steps and victim assistance.” The bill would also provide support for victims and avenues of restorative justice. “The recent rise in racist and xenophobic attacks on members of the API community and the larger increase in hate crimes must be addressed with decisive action,” said Bonta. “The embers of hate have always been present, but they have recently been fanned into a than the previous occupant of the White House.” AB 886 would fund community-based organizations that provide culturally competent mental health services for victims of hate violence and restorative justice programs. The bill would also expand the eligibility for victims of hate violence to access victim compensation funds and not be denied solely because the victim Continued on Page 12
at Howard Terminal on Market Street, in the heart of the industrial working port. After over a year long delay, the City issued a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the project at the end of February. impacts that the project will have on the local environment, such as air quality, noise and transportation hazards. With only 60 days to review a very technical and complex, 6,000-page document, West Oakland stakeholders and industry leaders came together during an open forum to discuss the project, review the DEIR process and answer community members’ questions. West Oakland Resident Mercedes Rodriguez said the project would result in a “real big impact” to the community. She expressed concerns about the impacts on local residents due to increased trafevents.
Port of Oakland. Courtesy of EOSA
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By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation
“We will have to pay for residential parking permits and that’s not fair,” said Rodriguez. “The A’s have not adequately addressed this concern.” Melvin McKay, Vice President of ILWU local 10, which employees represents Longshoremen at the Port of Oakland, emphasized velopment would cause for the port and the jobs that would be threatened because of it.
Aaron Wright, another ILWU leader, displayed life live footage for attendees to see the Port in action and explained how the loss of Howard Terminal would delay trucks coming in and out and lead current port customers to seek other, more reliable options. . “We know what it is to make a good living and I know for a fact this will be bad for our industry,”
The state’s Department of advertising campaign intended to encourage the Black and African American communities to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The campaign is part of the state’s “Let’s Get to ImmUnity” public education effort to encourage residents to get vac-
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Post Salon Investigates School Black-owned Businesses District’s State Overseers By Kiki
Jackie Goldberg By Post Staff
The Oakland Post Salon Community Assembly will hold a Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 18 to investigate the -
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trict’s state-imposed overseers and call for a return – after 20 years – of local voters’ control over their public schools. Speakers at the Post Salon will include Jackie Goldberg, member of the Los Angeles
of Education and former State Assembly member; Oakland school board members VanCedric Williams and Mike Hutchinson; Kampala TaizRancifer, OUSD parent and Continued on Page 12
DMX, Long a Voice of the Community, Was the News Opinion By Emil Guillermo
The narrative of the Black Man in America continues with Daunte Wright, 20, gunned down by a white, female cop in a Minneapolis suburb who thought she was using a Taser. Does it sound like Fruitvale Station 2009, when Oscar Grant was face down on the ground and shot by an ofing a Taser? And all of this just 10 miles from where another cessive force that resulted in the killing of George Floyd. Earl Simmons would have had a lot to rap about. But the mic has already dropped for the icon known as DMX.
Lucinda Bazile, deputy director of Lifelong Medical Care, gets vaccinated for COVID-19 at a Lifelong clinic on February 25, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Lifelong Medical Care)
DMX at 4:11 a.m. Oakland time. Britain’s Prince Philip died. I slept through it. Five hours later at 9:35 a.m. the New York Times “DMX, the snarling yet soulful rapper whose string of No.1 alat 50.” This time, I paid attention.
You probably did, too. DMX sold more records than the Queen’s Duke. And now DMX was pronounced dead from that heart attack he suffered on April 2. To be honest, I didn’t know the difference between DMX and my old Reeboks. I grew up with the Temptations, the Stylistics, and Tower of Power. When hip/hop and rap emerged, I was more prone to KRS-1. By the time DMX hit, I was raising kids and playing “Barney” songs. I missed out. But when he made Page one of the Times, I listened to all the music of Earl Simmons a/k/a DMX over the weekend. I got it. I use the moniker “Emil Amok” when I write my columns, because “amok” de-
“rap” name. But my columns are practically the Queen’s English compared to DMX. A major voice of Black America, he sang the real headlines of the community. With multiple arrests for fraud, assault, weapons possession, drugs, DUI, Simmons knew a part of the Black
pent-up anger in me. It’s my
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time for animal cruelty, drug possession and theft, and then where he put into rhymes and a back beat what it meant to be Black in America. After listening to his “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem,” his macho calling card, and his other songs like his hit “Party Up in the world that doesn’t use the euphemistic phrase “n-
Target announced on Wednesday, April 7 that it will spend $2 billion with Black-owned businesses by 2025 including marketing agencies, construction companies, facilities maintenance and more. “We have a rich history of working with diverse businesses, but there’s more we can do to spark change across the retail industry, support the Black community and ensure Black guests feel welcomed and represented when they shop at Target,” chief growth officer, Target. “The bold actions we’re announcing today reflect Target’s ongoing commitment to advance racial equi-
Christina Hennington, executive vice president and Photo courtesy of rate.target.com
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Kim Godwin, Promoted to President of ABC News First Black Woman to Run a Broadcast Television News Division By Kiki
Kim Godwin, 57, currently works at CBS News as executive vice president of news, and joins ABC News as president in May, replacing James Goldston who left ABC in March. Black woman to run a broadcast news division. ABC’s parent company is Walt Disney Co. Godwin started at CBS News in 2007 as senior producer for the evening news anchored by Katie Couric. She was also the executive director for development and diversity at CBS and received
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the Ida B. Wells Award last November from The National Association of Black JournalContinued on Page 12