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NEWSPAPER A Community Newspaper Serving San Bernardino, Riverside & Los Angeles Counties Volume 51 No. 51
April 08, 2021- April 14, 2021
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Black Women’s Voices Take Center Stage at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women BlackPressUSA News
In Loving Memory Of Ann Elizabeth Alexander, A Mother, A Friend, A Trailblazer Obituary News
International leaders and activists promoted strategies for grassroots action to inform, prevent, and address violence against women including intimate partner-based violence, physical and mental abuse.
Ann Elizabeth (McClenney ) Alexander Born: April 10, 1924 Died: March 29, 2021
IBWPPI President Barbara A. Perkins
IPWPPI Panelists (Atlanta, GA) — Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. and the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI) hosted the panel discussion “Promoting the Safety and Security of Women of African Descent” on Thursday, March 16th. The virtual session was held during the 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The panel convened experts and world leaders to speak on the exploitation of Black women and girls in the underground human trafficking world and other forms of violence. Speakers included: Rasheeda S. Liberty, International President, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc; Barbara A. Perkins, IBWPPI President and CEO; the Honorable Paula Cox, Former Premier of Bermuda; Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, historian and professor at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michellene Davis, Health Equity Strategist/ President & CEO of M.D. Clarida Drew, LLC; Ouleye Ndoye, human rights activist; and Teresa Stafford, Chief Programs Officer, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. In the United States, there are more than 600,000 to 800,000 people being trafficked annually across international borders and 40% percent of sex trafficking victims are Black women and girls. The panelists discussed the vulnerabilities of Black female trafficking victims, gaps in services and public policy, and the historical context of the oversexualization of Black females dating back to the Transatlantic Slave Trade. These elements coupled with poverty, racism, and a wide array of social determinants feed into the vicious cycle of human trafficking. International leaders and
Health Equity Strategist Michellene Davis
Attendees Participate in Forum activists promoted strategies for grassroots action to inform, prevent, and address violence against women including intimate partner-based violence, physical and mental abuse. IBWPPI shared with attendees their position paper “Slavery by Another Name: The Epidemic of Black Female Trafficking Victims in the US and Abroad.” “Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is proud to be a part of such powerful work to amplify the importance of protecting women and youth for nearly 100 years. As we amplify, our sisterhood acts to ensure that women of African descent are protected in healthcare, education and financial equity policies,” said Rasheeda S. Liberty. “The issue of human trafficking as it pertains to Black women and girls is largely an issue of not being seen, heard or valued.
The International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute’s goal is to change that,” said Barbara A. Perkins. “Humanizing and centering the voices of Black women is our collective call to action, regardless of where they are because Black women matter.” The 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women will be open to the public until March 26th. Attendees can register for the virtual event, which features over 700 sessions, at https://ngocsw.org/event/ngocsw65-forum. International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute The International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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Ann Elizabeth McClenney was born April 10, 1924 to Rosa Lee and Matthew McClenney. She was number two of three girls, Sarah (Baker), and Bernice (Scott) who both preceded her in death. She later gained five siblings who she loved, Percell McClenney, Joseph McClenney (deceased), Alvester McClenney, Annie McClenney-Benbow, and Eva McClenney. Oct 16, 1946, she married Stewart Alexander, to this union was born eight children, Bobbie, Jimmie (deceased), Billie, Stewart, Jacquelyn, Shirley, John and Landon. She was an entrepreneur, a licensed bail bond agent and notary public for many years. She worked at Celeste King Bail Bonds in L.A. and Creative Bail Bonds in Van Nuys, CA. Later she opened her own bail bond agency, EZ Bail Bonds in Compton CA. O ne of he r g re at e st accomplishments was getting her pilot’s license. She flew out of Hawthorne Airport for many years. She took lessons at Santa Monica Airport where her eight children waited for her in the back of a station wagon. She had plans to star in a movie about her 22-year-old grandson Romel C. Deloatch II, who preceded her in death in 2000; the movie to be released in 2024. She received some of her formal education from L.A. Trade Technical College in Los Angeles. She still has an active RN nurses license and pilot license. She worked at UCLA Medical Center in West Wood, Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, CA, Rancho
Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, CA, Cedars- Sinai in Los Angeles, General Hospital in East L.A. and many other hospitals and nursing; homes. She did not consider these jobs; it was just who she was. In 1971 she opened Ann’s Nurses Registry in Inglewood, CA. She was a private duty nurse and worked for many celebrities. She also still has an active driver license and was driving until Covid-19. She made everybody that met her feel like family. She lived in many states because her husband was in the Coast Guard including Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan and traveled to 48 total states. She leaves to cherish her memories, her children, Bobbie, Billie, Stewart (Vicki), Jacquelyn, Shirley, John and Landon (Lisa), 19 grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Annie McClenney Benbow, Eva McClenney, Alvester McClenney and Percell McClenney (Jean). A host of nieces and nephews, cousins, friends, extended family, neighbors, her church family (True Vine Community Church in Carson, CA, (Pastor George Lyons) and everyone who ever met her. She received her wings March 29, 2021. In lieu of flowers, support her favorite charity, R.C.D. Entrepreneurial Training Center, Box 622, Bellflower, CA 90707. www.everymovematters. org Her final words were, “Tell everybody I love them”