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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them and these will continue till they have resisted either with words or blows or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance those of whom they suppress. —Fredrick Douglass (1849)

FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Coca-Cola, Its Egregious History and Intersection with the Martin Luther King Holiday

Celebrating Black Women on the Federal Bench

By Ben Jealous

By Heather Gray/Justice Initiative

Ben Jealous

M.L. King Backstage at Atlanta dinner in 1964 to honor him as recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (Atlanta History Center) This article is primarily about The Coca-Cola Company's shameful world-wide abuse of the environment, employees of color and whatever it chooses to do for profit. Reference is made in the article about my experience with Coke in Atlanta, Georgia; in my anti-apartheid activism regarding South Africa; Coke in Germany during the Nazi period; and my experience vis-a-vis Coke in the Philippines.

In 1986, I was working at the King Center in Atlanta as the director of the non-violent program and served under the leadership of Coretta Scott King. For the first King Week celebration in 1986, Mrs. King asked me to organize

an 'International Anti-Apartheid Conference' that would take place at the King family church Ebenezer Baptist - which is located next to the King Center. Mrs. King asked me to do this as she knew that I was deeply involved in the anti-apartheid movement.

But then, suddenly, in the midst of the plans for the King Week anti-apartheid event, there was an intersection between Martin Luther King and his non-violent philosophy, anti-apartheid activism, and the Coca-Cola Company headquartered in Atlanta. In this article I share what this 'intersection' was about.

The purpose of this article about Coca-Cola is to share

Coca-Cola Headquarters in Atlanta an assortment of some of my personal experiences with The Coca Cola corporation in the past few decades in reference to Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, South Africa and the Philippines. While I have been to South Africa - as in to observe the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994 - and to the Philippines as well, my primary experience with Coke vis-a-vis anti-apartheid issues was in Atlanta, Georgia the home of Coca-Cola.

For a comprehensive list of criticisms against The Coca-Cola Company throughout the world please go to: Killer Coke.

It seems, however, wherever I go in the world and whatever I do,

for some reason I am confronted with the Coca-Cola Company and its oppressive arrogant behavior.

The Coca-Cola Company is, of course, a capitalist company meaning that its goal is to make money virtually any way possible.

It's good at this. Coca-Cola's Net Worth in 2021 was $243 Billion in 2021. (CA Knowledge) Since its founding in the late 1800's, the Coca Cola Company is now known to have created the most recognized product in the world. Its goal of making money is accomplished regardless of the consequences be it environmental degradation, pollution, abuse of continued on page7

CSUN to Celebrate Black History Month with Full Calendar of Virtual Events Carmen Ramos Chandler

Black History Month is a celebration that often embodies remembrance, community and culture. This year’s activities hosted

by California State University, Northridge will be no different.

President Joe Biden’s first year in office has brought both triumphs and disappointments.

There’s no question that the administration has work to do on voting rights and on passing the critical social infrastructure pieces of the Build Back Better plan.

But firmly in the “wins” column is the president’s extraordinary success nominating and confirming to the federal bench extraordinarily qualified judges with a demonstrated commitment to civil rights, especially Black women judges.

This is profoundly important to our legal system, to how justice is administered and to how everyday people experience life in our democracy, whether they ever find themselves in court or not.

That’s because even though the Supreme Court grabs headlines when it decides a big case, the high court takes only a few cases every year. The vast majority of federal cases is decided in the lower courts, at the circuit and district levels. This is where rulings are made that affect our right to vote, to not be discriminated against in housing or on the, to access health care, and so much more.

Having a strong contingent of Black women judges on these courts means the lived experience they bring -- in addition to their stellar legal credentials -- is coming into play in deciding cases that will shape all our lives for years to come.

The numbers tell a powerful story. A full 65 percent of President Biden’s circuit court nominees have been people of color. Three quarters have been women, and 42 percent have been Black women. These statistics break all previous for inclusion on the critically important circuit courts, whose opinions establish the law in all the states in their region.

The president has shown a similar commitment to diversity on the district courts, as well. And all this comes against a backdrop of record-shattering appointments overall: Biden has had more lower federal court judges (circuit and district combined) confirmed than any other president in his first year, in 60 years.

Probe beneath the numbers and you discover even more compelling stories: the personal histories of the Black women tapped by Biden to serve on our highest courts.

A distinguished Yale Law School graduate, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi had her pick of high-powered legal jobs. She worked for a while at a prestigious law firm, then quit to become a public defender, representing people who could not afford a lawyer. In that role, she helped expose the government’s use of “phony stash houses,” a way to trap people into committing crimes continued on page 3

MISSION STATEMENT

The monthlong celebration will kick off with a virtual ceremony hosted by CSUN’s Black House on Feb. 1. The event will feature poetry readings and guest speakers, as well as opening remarks from

CSUN President Erika D. Beck.

The month’s other activities include a discussion of Freedom Day celebrations in California and the United States before Juneteenth, on Monday, Feb. 7; an art exhibition, “Black Joy and Liberation,” in the West Galley of CSUN’s Art Galleries from Feb. 14-26; an exploration of the state of hip hop on Monday, Feb. 14, as well as a virtual discussion of Black space on the internet on Wednesday, Feb. 16.

“I am excited to celebrate, learn and embrace as a CSUN community Black History Month,” said Dominique Moye, inaugural director of the Black House. “Reflecting on what was, moving forward, and progressing to the work that can be done ahead. Let us pause, reflect and build as a campus community.”

In addition to guest speakers,

events also will include open conversations such as “Barber Shop Talks,” and a mixer with professionals working in diverse fields.

“Black History Month is a moment of pause, a moment of reflection,” said Cedric Hackett, associate professor of Africana studies and director of CSUN’s DuBois-Hamer Institute for Academic Achievement. “Our selection of guest lectures, events and celebrations provides the campus community with thoughtful programming geared towards understanding the impact of Black contribution in the local context, as well as the global climate.”

For a complete list of Black History Month activities at CSUN, visit the website https://www.csun. edu/blackhouse/black-historymonth-2022-events-schedule.

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COMMUNITY/EDUCATION/ADVERTISING

Secretary Cardona Lays Out Vision for Education in America In major address, Secretary Cardona discusses his priorities for continued recovery through the pandemic and improving America’s education system more broadly Community /Education News

In a major address at the Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona laid out his vision for continued recovery through the pandemic and his priorities for broader investments in America’s education system to ensure all students can succeed and thrive.

During the address, Secretary Cardona discussed key strategies the Department, schools, and colleges and universities must take to help students, educators, and school communities – from preschool through postsecondary education – continue to recover from the pandemic and address inequities that have long existed in our education system.

“Reopening schools—and keeping them open—while critical, is insufficient. Our hardest and most important work lies ahead,” said Secretary Cardona in the address. “Our students’ success is at stake. Not just the students we serve today, but for those who have yet to be born.

Our task is not only to improve our education system from where it was before the pandemic, but also to take bolder action to

elevate it to lead the world.”

During his remarks, Secretary Cardona underscored the work the Biden-Harris Administration has done to help nearly all schools reopen for in-person learning over the last year. When President Biden assumed office, just 46% of America’s schools were open full-time in person. Today, 96% are open. Because of the American Rescue Plan, guidance from the Department of Education and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expanded access to tests and testing resources, and the hard work of educators, families, district leaders, and school communities, America’s students have returned to classrooms across the country. And while the Department continues to focus on keeping schools open, it is also focused on strategies to help students make up for lost instructional time, access the mental health supports they need, invest in our educators, and make improvements in our education system to address inequities that existed long before the pandemic.

Secretary Cardona laid out how the American Rescue Plan is supporting these efforts now, and how additional investments in our education system can make even greater improvements in our schools and communities.

Secretary Cardona Lays Out Vision for Education in America...continued

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Applications for Free Summer Meal Programs...continued

The Secretary also discussed strategies to improve America’s postsecondary education system, including creating stronger through-lines between P12 and higher education systems, making postsecondary education more affordable, and putting students and families first in all the Department of Education’s work.

Secretary Cardona laid out key actions in four priority areas that will guide the Department’s work over the coming months and years: Support students through pandemic response and recovery.

Engag i ng fa m ilies a s core partners to educators Addressing missed instruction through intensive tutoring, extended learning time, and other evidence-based practices Increasing access to social, emotional, and mental health supports for all students Encouraging every student to participate in at least one extracurricular activity Boldly address opportunity a nd a ch ieve me nt gaps.

Increasing funding for Title I schools and for IDEA in

and Seamless Summer Option (SSO), both federally funded, state-administered programs that serve free meals to children eighteen and younger when school is out of session. Summer meals provide children with access to essential nutrition during school closures and the summer break.

Summer meal programs have provided children with essential meal service throughout the pandemic. From January 2021 through November 2021, nutrition programs including SFSP and SSO have provided more than 967 million meals to children throughout the state.

“Our summer meal sponsors were critical in allowing us to meet the demands brought on by the COVID crisis, and I commend our school districts and other organizations that made these meals possible,” Thurmond said. “The ability to feed the most vulnerable kids throughout the state, in multiple locations, would not be possible if these organizations did not participate.”

Summer meal sites are located in communities where at least half of the children qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. All meals meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s nutrition requirements, and no paperwork or personal information is required for children to participate. Organizations eligible to participate in summer meal programs include schools, camps, nonprofits, tribal governments, and government agencies. Applications

order to close gaps in access to educational opportunity Providing every family the opportunity to start on a level playing field through free, universal pre-K and affordable h ig h- qu alit y ch ild ca re Investing in, recruiting, and supporting the professional development of a diverse educator workforce, including special education teachers, paraprofessionals, and bilingual educators so education jobs are ones that people from all backgrounds want to pursue Challenging states and districts to fix broken systems that may perpetuate inequities in our schools Make higher education more inclusive and affordable.

Providing targeted loan relief to student borrowers Hold i ng colleges a nd universities accountable for taking advantage of borrowers Ensuring borrowers have loan payment options that reflect their economic circumstances Making long term improvements to programs like continued on page 6

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Applications for Free Summer Meal Programs Community/Education News SAC R A M E N TO — St at e Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today announced that applications

are available for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) continued in next 2 columns

are due by May 15, 2022.

In addition, beginning July 1, 2022, California will become the first state in the nation to implement a Universal Meals Program in which all children are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch regardless of their individual eligibility. Under the Universal Meals Program, public schools, county offices of education, and charter schools will offer breakfast and lunch to all students during school days, including summer school. The breakfast and lunch offered to students must meet the National School Lunch and School Breakfast meal pattern provided under those programs or either the SSO or SFSP. For more information about Summer Meal Programs, visit the California Department of Education (CDE) Summer Meal Programs web page. For more information about the California Universal Meals Program, visit the CDE Nutrition What's New web page. If your agency is interested in becoming a sponsor or hosting a meal site, contact the Summer Meals Unit at 800952-5609 or SFSP@cde.ca.gov.

If your organization is not able to provide meal services, please consider promoting Summer Meal Sites in your community.

You can locate meal sites on the CDE Summer Meal Service Site web page. In addition, you can locate summer meals on your mobile phone by downloading the CDE California Meals for Kids Mobile Application.

continued in next 2 columns

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STATE/GOVERNMENT/ADVERTISING

During the Omicron Surge, the DMV Celebrating Black Women on the Federal Bench ...continued from page 1 Encourages Use of Online Services

By Carrie Stanton

The California Department of Motor Vehicles remains open for business both virtually – through online service options at dmv. ca.gov/online – and in our offices with health and safety precautions.

During this surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, customers are encouraged to use our online services as the safest and fastest way to take care of DMV business. Most things you need to accomplish at the DMV can be done online. Of course, if you have to come to an office, we are happy to serve you, but ask that everyone be cautious and follow public health guidelines during this pandemic.

To protect the health and safety of DMV employees and customers, the DMV requires everyone in its offices to wear face coverings, keep their distance, wash hands frequently, and stay home if they are sick.

Customers are also asked to limit the number of family members who accompany them to an office to those who are necessary to complete a transaction, and to be patient while waiting to be served.

Preventing the spread of COVID-19 to our team members and the public is our priority as we provide service to our customers.

Many DMV transactions, including vehicle registration and driver’s license renewals, and changing an address can be completed at dmv.ca.gov/online.

Californians also can save time by filling out the online driver’s license application, including for REAL ID, before they visit a field office. Customers may also upload required REAL ID documents beforehand to save time during their office visit.

Starting May 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will require a valid passport or other federally approved documents, like a REAL ID driver’s license or identification card, to board flights within the United States and access secure federal facilities and military bases.

In addition to providing more services online, the DMV has accommodated customers in many ways during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the DMV announced the extension of commercial driver’s licenses, learner’s permits, endorsements and special certificates expiring between March 2020 and February 2022, through February 28, 2022.

The DMV also offers many services through its 365 selfservice kiosks located in retail establishments statewide, its business partner locations, over the phone and by mail.

they would not otherwise commit.

Today she serves as the only Black judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

Similarly, Yale alumna Eunice Lee spent 20 years at Manhattan’s Office of the Appellate Defender, representing poor people in New York City convicted of felonies. Today she is a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.

And Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Harvard Law graduate, devoted years of her career to public service, representing low-income people in Washington, D.C., as a public defender. She also served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, where she worked to end the unjust discrepancy between sentences for crack and powder cocaine. Today she serves on the D.C. Circuit and is often talked about as a future Supreme Court nominee.

The paths to confirmation for these women and their fellow nominees were tainted by attacks, racist and otherwise. The rightwing press criticized these nominees as “radical liberals.” The Senate Judiciary Committee asked Jackson and Jackson-Akiwumi point-blank at their confirmation hearings if race would play a role in their judicial decision-making.

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And far-right conservatives did everything they could to delay their confirmation. But all of them prevailed, with dignity, grit and grace, the qualities that so many accomplished Black women have shown in the face of adversity.

And the story is still being written. On the campaign trail, President Biden promised to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, and Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement paves the way for that to occur. Soon, we may see that woman take a long-overdue and rightful seat on the nation’s highest court; I look forward to celebrating that beautiful and momentous day.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of Practice in the Africana Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches leadership.

Jealous has decades of experience as a leader, coalition builder, campaigner for social justice and seasoned nonprofit executive.

In 2008, he was chosen as the youngest-ever president and CEO of the NAACP. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and he has taught at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.

Assembly Passes FAST Food Recovery Act State/Government News

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assembly member Ch r is Holden’s legislation, AB-257 FAST Food Recovery Act, passed the Assembly Floor with 41 votes and is now headed to the Senate. If signed into law, California could lead the nation in the fight for systemic change within the fast-food sector.

“Employees should not have to choose between safe working conditions and their livelihood,” said Assemblymember Chris Holden. “This bill prioritizes collaboration and equity among stakeholders throughout the fast food sector, and I look forward to working with f ranchisors, f ranchisees, employee representatives, and any stakeholder who is interested in contributing an inclusive solution to move this bill through the Legislature.”

AB 257 would resolve longstanding issues in the fastfood restaurant sector by creating a Fast-Food Sector Council that

would promote industry wide collaboration and focus efforts on improving worker protections and standard operating procedures.

The Council would include state agencies, employers and worker representatives to ensure an allinclusive approach. The bill would enhance numerous local, state, and federal laws and regulations that have been instituted to require operational changes on the part of businesses to protect employees from infection since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council must conduct research and submit a report to the Legislature outlining their recommendations.

“This bill would make a big difference for a lot of folks out there, many of which are too afraid to use their voices because they have a lot to lose – their jobs. I commend my co-authors for standing with me today and sharing their experiences to help get this bill to the finish line,” said Holden.

McDonald's USA Celebrates Black History With "Future 22" — a Campaign Spotlighting Young Gamechangers Actress Keke Palmer has been tapped to tell stories of these next generation leaders who are positively shaping the future, one impactful act at a time Black History News CHICAGO, Feb. 1, 2022 / PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's has launched "Future 22," a new creative campaign that celebrates the work of 22 young, gifted and Black leaders whose passion and talent are creating meaningful change in communities across the country. The integrated campaign starts today and will run through summer, featuring TV and radio spots voiced over by award-winning actress, singer and entertainer, Keke Palmer.

McDonald’s is showcasing 22 dynamic Black leaders who are doing the work today for the world they want tomorrow. From an expert in Black American Sign Language, to a mental wellness advocate, and more.

McDonald's Future 22 campaign is elevating the unique stories of 22 Black heroes and the impact they are having on their communities.

From a bold preservationist of Black American Sign Language to a multi-faceted tutor for underserved children who is also a McDonald's Crew Leader, and an award-winning filmmaker whose keen eye for storytelling helped create the Future 22 TV spot, the Future 22 are a group of visionary gamechangers who are shattering ceilings to create a better future.

Through June, McDonald's will release original content to tell Future 22 stories, and feed and foster these young leaders' drive by amplifying their voices, underscoring that Black history deserves to be celebrated beyond February. Campaign highlights include national TV and radio spots, digital content across multiple platforms and video profiles of the Future 22 on Instagram @wearegolden.

McDonald's worked with marketing and communications agency, Burrell Communications, to bring this campaign to life.

"The Future 22 is a group of young leaders whose commitment

to community inspired this campaign. We couldn't be more excited to celebrate them as they strive to make the world better, one community at a time," says Elizabeth Campbell, Senior Director of Cultural Engagement.

"Through this campaign, we hope to inspire others to use their talent and passions to blaze trails and make a meaningful and positive mark on this world."

Palmer, whose story of triumph, resilience and commitment to community resembles those of the Future 22, narrates Future 22 TV and radio spots and gives voice to each person's story on McDonald's YouTube channel.

"I am thrilled to work with McDonald's to honor these heroic young people who are doing extraordinary things in their communities," says Keke Palmer. "They are standing on the shoulders of the giants who stood before them to chart dynamic, new paths and I am excited to let the world know about them and their causes."

Starting Feb. 1, McDonald's will introduce the first seven Future 22 gamechangers, which includes Kevin Brooks, a 27-year-old filmmaker and Memphis native who makes his commercial directorial debut with the Future 22 television spot.

"It's so special to direct this commercial that celebrates young Black leaders who are creating the change they want to see," says Brooks. "As a kid, I dreamed of

creating impactful and purposeful work, and to be recognized as a gamechanger by McDonald's, while directing the spot, is an opportunity of a lifetime and a big deal. For me, it's Black history."

The initial seven Future 22 stories include: Nasir Barnes from Deerfield, MA, is a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, who mentors music students in his hometown, while creating a robotics course to introduce and encourage underserved children to pursue careers in STEM Kevin Brooks from Memphis, TN, is a University of Memphis graduate expert storyteller, and award-winning filmmaker who is bringing positive stories of Black culture to light to help pull society forward Parisia Hutchinson from Newburgh, NY, is a student at Howard University in Washington, D.C, who in addition to being a McDonald's Crew Leader, is committed to spreading joy and giving back to people who need it most by feeding the homeless, coordinating a prom for senior citizens, tutoring children and planning indoor activities for children with sun sensitivities Marveon Mabon from Watts, CA, is a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, and is teaching kids about healthy food options by building community gardens, which also serve as continued on page 6

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ENTERTAINMENT/ LOCAL/BUSINESS/ADVERTISING

The Emmett Till Story: Search for Justice Gerald Johnson The Charlotte Post

What Better Time To Remember Forgotten Black Heroes Who Helped End Slavery In America Than Black History Month?

Docudramas based on the lives of Denmark Vesey, Charlotte Forten and Solomon Northup now streaming Now streaming on Tubi, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Productions of Past America Inc. and Pentacom Productions Inc.

Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy pictured on the left, was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was brutally murdered for allegedly assaulting a white woman.

Keith Beauchamp is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who investigated the murder of Emmett Till 50 years after the younger’s death in 1955. Beauchamp's research over nine years led to the documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, which led the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation in 2004.

I n ou r c onve r s at ion , Beauchamp will explain why he has followed leads and research for the documentary, the people he’s encountered and the relationship he built with Mamie Till Mobley, Emmett’s mother and the driving force behind keeping her son’s memory and legacy alive. While in the production phase of a new documentary on Till’s murder, Beauchamp will share the backstory to his decades of advocacy on behalf of the Till family and his

subsequent collaboration with the FBI to help bring about justice.

Beauchamp first encountered the Till story at age 10 while looking through an issue of Jet magazine.

In 1996, he started researching the case, and found microfilm of articles which listed witness who had not been questioned by police and references to uncharged participants besides J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, who were found not guilty of Till's murder, but confessed to Look magazine in 1956 they committed the crime.

Those confessions, as well as recollections of people who were never interviewed by law enforcement led Beauchamp to conclude that a disservice was done to Till’s family, and by extension, the Black community, by not bringing the culprits to justice. He also draws parallels between the 1955 murder and modern-day executions of Black Americans such as Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd.

Emmett Till, the 14-yearold boy pictured on the left (top), was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was brutally murdered for allegedly assaulting a white woman.

The picture on the right is Till in his open casket for public viewing that his mother wanted, to allow the world to see what happened to her baby boy.

The picture on the right (bottom) is Till in his open casket for public viewing that his mother wanted, to allow the world to see what happened to her baby boy.

Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store.

Till, who was born and raised in Chicago, was visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi. The teen’s interaction with 21-yearold Carolyn Bryant, Roy Bryant’s wife and proprietor of a small grocery store led to an accusation of inappropriate behavior that violated an unwritten code of behavior for Blacks in the Jim Crow South.

Several nights after the incident, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam went to Till's great-uncle’s house and abducted Emmett. After kidnapping the teen, they beat

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When do new maps go into effect?

Article 21, section 2(i) of the state Constitution states that the final maps are deemed to have been “enacted” on the date of their certification to the Secretary of State (12/27/2021). The “enactment” date triggers the 90-day period for a referendum petition to be filed. In the absence of a sufficient and timely referendum petition being filed, the maps would otherwise become “effective” 90 days after enactment/certification (3/27/22). But the maps and the new district boundaries don’t actually become “operative” until the 2022 primary and general elections; the new boundaries are used for those elections and the new districts don’t actually “exist” until after the 2022 general election is completed.

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The current boundaries still apply for purposes of determining who are the constituents of the various elected officials and offices; in other words, until the 2022 general election/inauguration, constituents are still represented by the representative of their old/existing district, and not by the existing representative of the new district in which they might find themselves following the 2022 election.

What if a representative resigns?

A special election to fill a vacancy in an existing district uses the “old” boundaries and takes place in the district as it existed when that candidate was last elected, even if this special election may take place after March 27, 2022 .

and mutilated Till before shooting him in the head and throwing his body in the Tallahatchie River.

Till's body was returned to Chicago where his mother insisted on a public funeral service with an open casket. Photographs of the mutilated body published in the Black press sparked public outcry about the brutal treatment of Blacks in the South and galvanized support for the Civil Rights Movement’s launch.

In December 1955, the Montgomer y bus boycott began in Alabama and lasted more than a year, resulting eventually in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregated buses were unconstitutional.

In September 1955, an all-white jury found Bryant and Milam not guilty of murder. Protected against double jeopardy, the perpetrators publicly admitted in a 1956 interview with Look magazine that they killed Till.

Black History News Denmark Vesey’s Rebellion Denmark Vesey grew up a slave in Charleston, South Carolina.

After purchasing his freedom, he became a carpenter and could have led a comfortable life but he was unable to accept the enslavement of his race. Against great odds, he organized an extensive slave rebellion in Charleston but authorities arrested the leaders before it could begin. Vesey and others were convicted and executed. Many anti-slavery activists came to regard Vesey as a hero. During the Civil War, abolitionist Frederick Douglass used his name as a battle cry to rally African American regiments in their fight against the Confederacy.

Starring Yaphet Kotto as Denmark Vesey with Ned Beatty, Cleavon Little, Antonia Fargas, Donald Moffat, Brock Peters, William Windom, Mary Alice, and Bernie Casey. Direccted by Stan Lathan.

Charlotte Forten's Mission During the Civil War, Southern troops were forced off the Sea Islands which left 8,000 slaves suddenly free. Charlotte Forten who grew up in a wealthy black family in Philadelphia gave up her privileged life to travel south and help them build a new society. Forten became

an integral part of President Lincoln's "Great Experiment" to aid slaves in the transition from slavery to freedom. As she worked tirelessly under difficult conditions her health deteriorated but she never faltered in her determination to create new opportunities for the free blacks.

Starring Melba Moore as Charlotte Forten with Ned Beatty, Glynn Turman, Mary Alice, Moses Gunn, Anna Marie Horsford, Bruce McGill. Solomon Northup's Odyssey The original story on which the Oscar winning “12 Years A Slave” was based is the last feature film directed by the iconic Gordon Parks. Solomon Northup, a free black man from Saratoga, New York struggled for twelve years to regain his freedom after being kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841.

He returned north and wrote an account of his ordeal which became a powerful weapon of the abolitionist movement to end slavery. Starring Avery Brooks as Solomon Northup with Petronia Paley, John Saxon, Mason Adams, Lee Bryant, Janet League, Joe Seneca, J.C. Quinn, and Michael Tolan. Directed by Gordon Parks.

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LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20220000519 Date Filed 01/27/2022 Filing Expires On: 01/27/2027 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): GABRIELLE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 400 N. MOUNTAIN AVE. SUITE 123D UPLAND, CA 91786 Number of Employees: 4 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: HOSPICE CARE AT HOME, INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: C3594955 Residence Street Address: 400 N. MOUNTAIN AVE. SUITE 123D UPLAND, CA 91786 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Aug 07, 2013 Rowena M.Abarico, CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20220000618 Date Filed 01/28/2022 Filing Expires On: 01/28/2027 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): NEW LIFE TALENT MANAGEMENT County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business:154-A W. FOOTHILL AVE. UNIT 149 UPLAND, CA 91786 Name of Individual Registrant: Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: THE WINNER INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC. State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 154-A W. FOOTHILL AVE. UNIT 149 UPLAND, CA 91786 This business is/was conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Adetra Jones, CEO, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2022.

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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2022.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2130510 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: QUADRI OLATUNJI SHAMUSIDEEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. QUADRI OLATUNJI SHAMUSIDEEN to Proposed name: BABAFEMI OLATUNJI SAMSON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 01/27/22 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.: S16 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino District-Civil Division 247 West 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: Dec 14, 2021 John M. Pacheco Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2022.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2133389 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TOM LEONARD BOWERS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. TOM LEONARD BOWERS Proposed name: to: YIRMEYAH AVRAHAM BOWERS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 2/22/2022 Time 9:00 a.m. Dept.: S17 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 San Bernardino District-Civil Division A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: Jan 07, 2022 John M. Pacheco Judge Of The Superior Court

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210012435 Date Filed 12/20/2021 Filing Expires On: 12/20/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): CALIFORNIA TRUCKING COMPANY County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 12693 WHISPERING SPRINGS RD. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Mailing Address: 9319 SVL BOX VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Name of Individual Registrant: JONATHAN CORA Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 12693 WHISPERING SPRINGS RD. VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 01, 2021 Jonathan Cora, Owner, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20210012648 Date Filed: 12/27/2021 Filing Expires On: 12/27/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): TAYLOR POE PRODUCTIONS County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 13737 BURNING TREE DRI VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Mailing Address: 13737 BURNING TREE DRI VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 Number of Employees: 0 Name of Individual Registrant: LLOYD B. POBER Name of corporation or limited liability company as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.: State of Inc./Org./Reg.: Inc./Org./Reg. No.: Residence Street Address: 13737 BURNING TREE DRI VICTORVILLE, CA 92395 This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant has commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Lloyd B. Pober, declares that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE- IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORT IN THE

Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 2022.

PETITION/PROBATE

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BRUCE KEMP CASE NO: PROSB 2100080

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: BRUCE KEMP A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: OSCAR RODRIGUEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: OSCAR RODRIGUEZ 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 authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 03/10/2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: S36 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino District-Probate 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: Oscar Rodriguez 57492 29 Palms Hwy Yucca Valley, CA 92284 (760)820-2236 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 27, February 3, 10, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GEORGE W. EVERETT CASE NO: PROSB 2200021

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: GEORGE W.

EVERETT

A Petition For Probate has been filed by: JEFF EVERETT and DAVID EVERETT in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO. The Petition For Probate requests that: 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 authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Feb 10, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: S35 Superior Court Of California, County Of San Bernardino 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 Central/Main 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: Guay P. Wilson Attorney At Law 14 N. 8th St. PO Box 166 Redlands, CA 92373 (909)793-2044 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 27, Correction February 3, 10, 2022.

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Why single payer died in the California Legislature, again

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Lawmakers on the state Assembly floor on Jan. 31, 2022. A single-payer bill didn't come up for a vote. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters Despite, or perhaps because of, an aggressive last-minute push by progressive activists ahead of a crucial deadline, legislation to create a government-run universal health care system in California died Monday without coming up for a vote.

The single-payer measure, Assembly Bill 1400, was the latest attempt to deliver on a longtime priority of Democratic Party faithful to get private insurers and profit margins out of health care. Because it was introduced last year, when it stalled without receiving a single hearing, it needed to pass the Assembly by Monday to continue through the legislative process.

But even the threat of losing the party’s endorsement in the upcoming election cycle was not enough to persuade the Assembly’s Democratic supermajority to advance the bill for further consideration, effectively killing the effort for another year.

After several tense hours Monday afternoon, during which a scramble of meetings took place just off the Assembly floor, Assemblymember Ash Kalra, the San Jose Democrat carrying AB 1400, announced that he would not bring up the measure for a vote.

Kalra declined multiple requests to discuss his decision and whether he would seek another path forward for his proposal. Following the floor session, he waited on a membersonly balcony outside the chamber until a group of reporters was told to leave by a sergeant-at-arms.

“I don’t believe it would have served the cause of getting single payer done by having the vote and having it go down in flames

and further alienating members,” Kalra said on a Zoom call with disappointed supporters later in the evening, in which he shared that he believed the bill, which needed 41 votes to pass, was short by “double digits.”

Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, discusses his bill that would pay for the universal health care bill, during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Kalra's universal health care bill stalled last year, in part because there was no plan to pay for it. On Thursday Kalra unveiled a second bill that would raise taxes on some business and individuals to pay for it. Photo

by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo Assemblymember Ash Kalra discusses his bill that would pay for the universal health care at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 6, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo Stuck between powerful interests The political obstacles to such a radical restructuring of the health care system remain enormous, even in a state as putatively liberal as California.

The influential California Chamber of Commerce, which represents business interests in the state, labeled AB 1400 a “job killer” shortly after it was reintroduced in January, indicating it would be a top priority to defeat. Its lobbying campaign — joined by dozens of insurers, industry groups and the associations representing doctors and hospitals — included social media advertisements and a letter to members denouncing the “crippling tax increases” that would be needed to pay for continued on page 8

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pursue my dream of becoming a teacher," said Parisia Hutchinson.

"I do what I do because I love people and my community, so big thanks to McDonald's for showing me and others love who are out here grinding."

Celebrating Black History during February and beyond is one of the many ways McDonald's serves its communities, customers, and crew. Additionalefforts include the Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Program, which provides f inancial resources to HBCU students; the Black & Positively Golden Mentors Program, which has paired industry leaders with upand-coming changemakers in the same fields; support of the Boys & Girls Club of America's diplomas2Degrees program which familiarizes teens with post-secondar y education opportunities; and the Archways to Opportunity program, which provides educational resources to eligible crew at participating U.S. restaurants. Together, with its Owner/Operators, McDonald's is feeding and fostering its communities.

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Lou Yeboah What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away. [1 Corinthians 7:29-31]. I tell you; our entire lives are about to change.

You see, we are moving forward toward the Biblical description of the last era of human history prior to Christ's return. [Romans 13:11-14]. Events will unfold soon to destroy the world’s way of life as we have known it.

How much time is left? We do not know. That is a mystery that

God holds in His hand, and He will not tell us. But what He does tell us is, “IT’S LATER THAN YOU THINK.” Time is passing quickly. It will not be long before this present age as we know it will end. I tell you our entire lives are about to change. Wake up!

The Bible reveals that the worst, most indescribably terrifying time in the entire history of this planet is soon to occur. This terrifying time [the Great Tribulation] spoken of as the time of “Jacob’s trouble” [Jeremiah 30:7] will be such an awful time that the destruction and genocide of World War II will seem like a picnic in comparison!

Just thinking about the horrors to be visited on the city caused Jesus to weep. [Luke 19:41].

“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be continued in last 2 columns

shortened” [Matthew 24:21–22].

I tell you, we are now approaching that time, and these things are now being revealed.

War, violence and lawlessness, drought and famine, earthquakes and other natural catastrophes, disease epidemics, the rise of an aggressive, fundamentalist Islamic power, an ascendant European Union seeking global primacy, the crisis involving Jerusalem, the abomination of desolation. Understand the significance of today’s news and where it is all leading, for the end of all things is at hand. [1 Peter 4:7]. The night is nearly over the day is almost here. Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. [Romans 13:11-14].

And Jesus said to the multitudes on one occasion: "Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming'; and so, it is. And when you see the south wind blow, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is. Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you

do not discern this time?" [Luke 12:54-56]. Days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation" [Luke 19:42-44]. Wake up! Everything is about to change!

Even though Moses, wrote in [Psalms 90], "Teach us to number our days aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom." We don't know how to do that. We don't know how to measure the number of days we have left. And therefore, the heart of wisdom is for us to assume that today might be our last day on earth, and that we should make the most of the hours we have today, to live them to the fullest to the glory of God, and do this, understanding the present time.

None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand” [Daniel 12:10].

I say, and I say again, “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand!”

WITNESS FOR JUSTICE #1084

This is Still What Democracy Looks Like Sandy Sorensen When I attend marches, vigils, and actions for justice these days, I almost always hear this call-andresponse chant: one section of the gathering will chant, “Show me what democracy looks like!” and a second group will respond, “This is what democracy looks like!”

In the wake of last week’s deeply disappointing Senate failure to restore and expand voting rights, that question hits a little harder. But the answer, I think, is the same—we are still what democracy looks like.

The Hebrew prophets wisely recognized the necessity of lament, the need to name the pain rightly in order to create the space for true healing. So many of you have labored so very hard, for so many years, in so many ways to expand access to voting and to restore and strengthen our battered election infrastructure. So it is important to allow ourselves some time to lament the failure of our elected officials to pass critical voting rights legislation, and the failure to place the integrity of our democracy over Senate rules. We know from many faith teachings and from our own personal and collective experiences that history is not linear. It is not a straight line continually moving forward. As writer and activist Rebecca Solnit notes in her book Hope in the Dark: Cause-and-effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension. Sometimes one person inspires a movement, or her words do decades later, sometimes a few passionate people change the world; sometimes they start a mass movement, and millions do…. All that these transformations have in common is that they begin in the imagination, in hope.

And so, the work continues with even greater urgency. I recently attended a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day march for voting rights, and there were signs with the image of the late Rep. John Lewis quoting him, “Democracy is not a state.

It is an act.” So, in the midst of our grief and disappointment in the actions of our lawmakers,

we know our actions are more important than ever.

There is much we can do. Many state legislatures are just beginning their legislative sessions, so now is an ideal time to re-engage our state-based policy advocacy, identifying allies to introduce state legislation to expand voting access and repair the damage done by the wave of restrictive state voting bills passed in 2021.

As we enter the 2022 midterm election year, we can redouble our efforts to help people engage in nonpartisan election participation and resist voter suppression in all its forms: registering voters, lifting up the issues, showing up at town hall meetings and candidate appearances, and making unflagging efforts to empower voters and get them to the polls, even in the midst of setbacks. We can make voting rights a prominent election issue by engaging in social media messaging, writing letters to the editors and op-eds, engaging our neighbors and communities in education and conversation. We can recommit to the work of passing essential federal voting rights legislation, even as we acknowledge our deep disappointment and our weariness. “Giving up on voting rights now would be unconscionable,” as columnist E.J. Dionne, Jr. wrote recently in a Washington Post editorial.

The poet Amanda Gorman, who read at the 2021 presidential i n au g u r at ion c e r e mony, beautifully names the place where we are now in an essay recently published in the New York Times. She writes: If nothing else, this must be known: Even as we’ve grieved, we’ve grown; even fatigued we’ve found that this hill we climb is one we must mount together. We are battered, but bolder; worn, but wiser. I’m not telling you to not be tired or afraid. If anything, the very fact that we’re weary means we are, by definition, changed; we are brave enough to listen to, and learn from, our fear. This time will be different because this time we’ll be different. We already are.

This is what democracy looks like.

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Coca-Cola, Its Egregious History and Intersection with the Martin Luther King Holiday continued from page 1 and destabilizing water use, worker assassinations, discrimination in the work place, or the health of individuals drinking its product, to name but a few. Promoting a product that requires purchase by huge numbers of individuals in order to make a profit necessitates deliberate efforts at creating a positive public image. It's good at that also but it is simultaneously considered by some as one of the most evil corporations in the world - a designation that suits it well.

Living in Atlanta, the home of Coca-Cola, the time has come for me to begin writing about the company, as Alex Cockburn had wanted.

First, here are photos and brief descriptions of Asa Candler, the founder of Coca-Cola, James Pemberton, who created the drink, followed by Charles Pemberton, the son of James Pemberton.

Asa G. Candler (1851-1929) was the founder of "The CocaCola Company" in 1892. An Atlanta, Georgia resident, he managed to purchase the rights to use the formula, but not the name "Coca-Cola". So, at first, the drink by Candler was called "Yum Yum" and "Koke".

He proceeded from there and ultimately acquired the legal access to the name 'Coca-Cola'.

John Pemberton, (1831-1888) a pharmacist from Georgia, was the creator of the CocaCola formula. He died in 1888.

And yes, the original formula contained cocaine. Pemberton was wounded in the Civil War, as part of Confederate Army, and like many others became addicted to morphine while trying to relieve the pain. He created this nonalcoholic drink to help diminish the pain and his addiction.

Pemberton gave his son Charles, the right to the name "Coca-Cola".

Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia and Experiencing the Coke Culture

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of Coca-Cola no less.

To begin this saga, I need to say that I went to Druid Hills High School in the Druid Hills area that borders Emory University where I also started my university career and that has historical Coca-Cola connections.

T he Ca nd ler fa m ily's involvement in the Druid Hills area was profound in the early 1900's and resonated for subsequent decades. It's as if the aura of Candler was everywhere.

And yes, Candler was the critical initiator and funder of the creation of Emory University.

In 1914, after a long struggle between the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust and the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South over control of the university, the Board of Trust won a decision in the Tennessee State Supreme Court. The church subsequently severed its relationship with the university and forged plans to create a new Methodist university in the Southeast with a school of theology. The General Conference decided to charter one university east of the Mississippi River, and one to the river's west.

(Southern Methodist University) It was Asa Griggs Candler, the founder of The Coca-Cola Company and brother to former Emory President Warren Candler, who persuaded the church to build the new university in DeKalb County, and to make Emory the nucleus. He endowed the school with one million dollars and a gift of 75 acres (304,000 m²) of land in the newly emerging Druid Hills community, located northeast of downtown Atlanta in DeKalb County. The campus is less than a mile from the current Atlanta city limits. For Asa's generosity, the campus library at the east end of the quadrangle—recently restored to its original 1920s appearance— was named after him. (Wikipedia) Candler's philosophy was seemingly a combination of "trickle down" economics and of individuals simply being blessed

by God for their wealth. It was most definitely not "collective" in motive or philosophy. But he did have a mission, albeit what is seemingly an elite one. In her book "God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola" (2002), Kathryn Kemp explains Candler's perspective in the review below: (The book is) an examination of an entrepreneur who saw his personal wealth as a divine trust.

Kathryn W. Kemp (asks) 'Can

a rich man enter heaven?' Asa Candler, who was a very rich man, thought so. He accepted the principle of Christian stewardship, which holds that God gives wealth to individuals in order to promote His kingdom on earth. Candler thus felt obligated to protect and build the fortune that he held as a sacred trust, and to use it to carry out God's purposes in the world.

"God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola" is an examination of the life of an entrepreneur who saw his personal wealth as a divine trust to be used to the benefit of humanity.... At the end of his life, he had given away his entire fortune. Despite his wealth and reputation, he was opposed by those who did not share his point of view, which was primarily shaped by his religion and his social position among Atlanta's elite. (Mercer University) As you might assume correctly, Emory University has the "Candler Theological Center". Not wanting to disparage Candler's religious faith, it has not been uncommon for white Southern elite historically to use religion as a way to both justify and assuage their guilt for white southern abuse of power and white supremacy overall. To put this in context, in the early 1900's the white South was launching its oppressive Jim Crow laws and in 1906 the infamous Atlanta Race Riots occurred as Blacks started moving into Atlanta from rural areas. Please see below the cover of the 2009 book by Rebecca Burns entitled: 'Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot".

Attending High School in Atlanta and Surrounded by the Candler & Coke Influence Druid Hills High School (founded in 1919)

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, at Druid Hill High School, I would often look out my classroom window across the football field

to the railroad tracks and then to the estate on the "other side of the tracks". The estate was the property of Walter T. Candler, the third son of Asa Candler. Walter Candler purchased this 185-acre property in 1925 that he called the Lullwater Farms and built his sizable house on the property in 1926. I would often see cows grazing on the Candler propertyowned field by the railroad tracks.

In 1958 Candler sold the property to Emory University. Since 1963, the Emory president, whoever that might be at the time, has lived in the Lullwater House.

Walter Candler's 'Lullwater House' on Lullwater Farms in Atlanta where Emory University President's now live. The house was built in 1935.

Throughout the Druid Hills neighborhood and close to the high school there are constant reminders of Asa Candler and his four children. They all had mansions in the area that have, thankfully, now been converted into public institutions of some sort, or owned

by Emory University, and one is now a condominium community attached to the mansion that some say is haunted (Asa Candler's son-in-law, Henry Heinz, was murdered on the property in 1943).

Robert Woodruff (1889-1985) became the president of CocaCola in 1923 and remained in that position until 1954. He stayed on the Coca-Cola board of directors, however, until 1984. His name is everywhere in Atlanta from parks, university libraries, to a whole assortment of buildings.

Woodruff continued the CocaCola tradition of supporting the "white" Emory University but also the "black" Atlanta University Center. He was in no way as generous to Atlanta University as with Emory. The center of the city has the "Woodruff Park" which is now named, by activists, as the Troy Davis Park. Troy Davis - a black male - who was, what many considered, illegally executed by the State of Georgia in 2011.

Coke and Martin Luther King

World/Local/Health News

Credit: Shutterstock After a new report, researchers are saying the Omicron variant survives longer on plastic and skin than other COVID-19 variants. That may be one possible

explanation for why Omicron has spread so rapidly around the world.

In a lab experiment, samples of different variants were applied

Omicron on skin The researchers also found that the different variants of the virus survive on the skin of cadavers for differing durations: The original version of SARSCoV-2 survives for 8.6 hours.

The Alpha variant survives for 19.6 hours.

The Beta variant survives for 19.1 hours.

The Gamma variant survives for 11 hours.

The Delta variant survives for 16.8 hours.

The Omicron variant again outlasts the other variants, surviving for 21.1 hours.

How to Clean Omicron The EPA and CDC recommend List N disinfectants for all variants of SARS-CoV-2; there has not been a change regarding the efficacy of disinfectants.

Below is the EPA Statement in response to questions about disinfectant efficacy against virus variants: “EPA expects all products on List N to kill all strains (variants) of SARS-CoV-2. Genetic changes to the virus do not impact the efficacy of disinfectants. List N disinfectants work by chemically inactivating viruses. The difficulty of killing a virus depends on its physical features, and mutations to SARS-CoV-2 have not changed the basic physical properties.”

Disinfecting Omicron: Cleaning without disinfecting is not enough to protect yourself from catching omicron. Therefore, after you wipe down your surfaces with a traditional cleaning solution, you must use a disinfectant to effectively eradicate any active traces of the virus. Otherwise, you will only clean for aesthetic purposes instead of protective

purposes.

Use the correct disinfectants: Here’s where the cleaning process gets tricky. Not all disinfectants are effective against COVID-19. To find if the disinfectant you’re using will kill all traces of the virus, visit https://cfpub.epa.gov/wizards/ disinfectants/ and place the product EPA number in the search bar. If your disinfectant isn’t effective, you may need to take a trip to the store. If you’re not sure what ingredients to look for, pinesol products are a good option.

Pine-sol is a recent addition to the EPA’s list of effective cleaners against COVID-19.

Clean your HVAC system: Proper air circulation is crucial at preventing traces of the omicron variant from staying in the air.

Therefore, make sure to replace your air filter regularly, clean your vents, and schedule a professional air duct cleaning service. In addition, you can place air filters throughout your property to keep the air free of pathogens and germs.

Electrostatic spraying: Ele ct rost at ic s pr ay i ng services use an air compressor to evenly spray surfaces with elect rost at ically charged disinfectant. This charge sanitizes spaces with a large force that begins working within two minutes and remains active for up to 4 days. Many schools, hospitals, and other businesses use electrostatic spraying to keep their customers and clients safe.

However, only professionals can handle these harsh chemicals.

Thankfully, we’re equipped and licensed to get the job done. If you’re interested in electrostatic spraying services, call us today.

SBCUSD School Of Choice Applications Open Through March 15 For 2022-2023 School Year World/Local/Health News

Shandin Hills Middle School is one of the many SBCUSD Schools of Choice for the 2022–2023 school year.

To Be Continued 2/10/22

Omicron Lasts Longer on Skin, Plastic & Other Surfaces (How to Clean Omicron) to pieces of plastic and human skin collected from autopsies, researchers from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine wrote in bioRxiv. A variant “survived” until it could no longer be detected on the surface.

“This study showed that the Omicron variant also has the highest environmental stability among VOCs (variants of concern), which suggests that this high stability might also be one of the factors that have allowed the Omicron variant to replace the Delta variant and spread rapidly,” the researchers wrote.

Omicron Lasts Longer on Skin, Plastic & Other Surfaces (How to Clean Omicron)...continued

Omicron on plastic According to the study, when on plastic: The original version of SARSCoV-2 survives for 56 hours.

The Alpha variant survives for 191.3 hours.

The Beta variant survives for 156.6 hours.

The Gamma variant survives for 59.3 hours.

The Delta variant survives for 114 hours.

The Omicron variant outlasts the other variants, surviving for 193.5 hours. continued in next 2 columns

San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) believes that all families should have choices and input when it comes to their children’s education. To that end, SBCUSD offers several Signature Programs, middle school lottery programs, and School of Choice options.

If your child is currently enrolled at an SBCUSD school, you can apply now for a change of school for the 2022–2023 school year. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2022.

“School staffing is based on student attendance, which is usually based on the number of children living in a school’s attendance area,” Leonard Buckner, director of Enrollment

& Placement Services, said.

“However, if students apply early for a change of school, we may be able to alter our staffing, to the extent possible, to accommodate parents’ requests.”

Families are not able to request a transfer to Chavez Middle School, Richardson PREP HI Middle School, or Rodriguez Prep Academy Middle School since all three schools are part of the middle school lottery system. Paakuma’ K–8 School does not have space to accommodate any additional students. Middle College High School has a unique application process. Most other SBCUSD schools are available as a School of Choice option.

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White House Praises California Model; Says Equity Is Critical in COVID Fight Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media

Last week Dr. Cameron Webb, the White House COVID-19 Response Team’s Senior Policy Advisor for Equity, discussed with California Black Media (CBM) the importance of fairness in the country’s fight against COVID. He complimented California's pandemic response model.

“There has been a great model in California, which has always been a leader in some of these equitable initiatives,” Webb said.

He praised the work of Deputy Director for the California Department of Public Heath's (CDPH) Office of Health Equity Dr. Rohan C. Radhakrishna.

“Some of the work they've been doing on data collection in California had them tracking [COVID-19] across demographics in preparing to respond to the need. Without having the data, without knowing what the problems are, you can't find the solution.” Webb said.

California was among the first states to start tracking

racial data to determine why the disease, based on early infection patterns, was disproportionately impacting Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans. Although the rate of infections by race narrowed over time, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and California Department of Health data still show higher COVID death rates for African Americans than the general population.

The COVID-19 death rate is 15% higher for Black Californians than the statewide average. Nationally African Americans, who account for 12 % of the country’s population, they make up about 14% of COVID-19 related deaths.

According to Webb, inequity in health care is one of the many challenges that need to be addressed as the country pushes to end the pandemic.

“Just to address it head on, we have an inequitable health care system,” Webb told CBM. “We have a health care system that does not serve all communities in a way

that's fair and that is rooted in systemic and structural dynamics that are themselves inequitable.

We have inequitable risk factors, social risk, within communities.”

Webb said that the racial disparities that Americans have been struggling with during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to expose deeper, systemic problems.

"COVID-19 really just highlights those inherent inequities and it makes it much more urgent, I would say, for some folks to find a strategy and solution," Webb said.

During our interview, Webb provided an update on the state of the Black community d u r i ng t h i s p a nd e m ic.

"If you go back to 2021, back in late August, you actually saw that the rate of cases in the Black community was lower than the rate of cases in the White community," Webb said.

“And that was all through September, all through October, and through most of November until the very end of November when Omicron started to surge.

That's when we saw the case rate jump up again in Black communities to be where it is now which is at 1.6 times the White case rate,” he pointed out.

Webb said that vaccination rates in the Black community are improving.

"In the earliest days of the vaccination effort, we saw pretty wide gaps emerge between

White adults and Black adults.

But by September of 2021, those rates were equivalent," he said.

Webb pointed out that his team found that local communities around the country are taking steps to address racial disparities, too. However, challenges remain.

"We still see some gaps in who has been boosted. We see some gaps in pediatric vaccination rates. We need to apply the same strategies that got our adult vaccination rates up to get kids vaccinated, and also to get more folks boosted," he said.

“We're seeing communities take the lead on that, and we are being as supportive as we can from the federal side because we know that it works.”

Ac c o r d i n g t o We b b, income inequality, housing instability, food insecurity, and educational inequity all correlate with health outcomes.

All of those factors, he said, contributed to communities of color facing disproportionate challenges during the pandemic.

"They leave a significantly higher burden of chronic illness in communities of color which leads to higher risk of poor outcomes with COVID-19," Webb said.

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White House Praises California Model; Says Equity Is Critical in COVID Fight...continued inequity since 1619, but what we can say in the short term: 'what are the acute needs that we can address in a way that we can create workarounds to get more resources to the Black community and other hardesthit communities; what are the medium term fixes that we need to offer to make sure these

communities are more protected; and, finally, how do we change this system so that 5 to 10 years from now, my kids are not saying we have an inequitable health care system,'" Webb emphasized.

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Identity theft can happen to anyone

by Jim Kreidler It’s the second day of Identity Theft Awareness Week and today we’re talking about steps that can help reduce your risk of identity theft.

Many of us access our online accounts — credit cards, investments, insurance, or checking and savings accounts — nearly every day. In our digital world, bits of our personal information are everywhere.

Identity thieves know this and look for ways — both hightech, like lifting our passwords, or low-tech, like stealing our mail — to get their hands on our money and personal information.

Since identity theft can happen to anyone, here are some ways to keep your money and personal information safe.

Protect documents that have personal information. Keep things with personal information — think financial records or Social Security and Medicare cards — in a safe place. Shred them before you throw them away. If you get statements with personal information in the mail, take your mail out of the mailbox as soon as you can.

Don’t share your Social Security number with someone who contacts YOU. While some organizations might need your Social Security number to identify you, they won’t call, email, or text you to ask for it. So if someone contacts you, asks you for your Social Security number, and says they’re from the IRS, your bank, or your employer — it’s a scam.

Protect your information online and on your phone. If you’re logging in to an online account, use a strong password. Add multi-factor authentication for accounts that offer it. Multi-factor authentication makes it harder for scammers to log in to your accounts if they do get your username and password.

Review your bills. Charges for things you didn’t buy, or an unexpected bill, could be a sign of identity theft.

Remember to check out the free events and webinars each day of Identity Theft Awareness Week.

And if you think someone has been using your personal information to open accounts, buy things, or file taxes, report it and get recovery help at IdentityTheft.gov.

Why single payer died in the California Legislature, again...continued from page 6 the system. After the bill stalled Monday, the chamber declared it would be ready if ideas from the “dangerous proposal” resurfaced.

Republicans were eager to make it into an election issue this year.

Though Kalra’s bill was largely conceptual, with a separate measure introduced to address the financing, they attacked it as a massive tax hike on Californians.

(Kalra proposed a series of taxes on businesses and high-earning households to fund the singlepayer system, estimated by legislative analysts to cost between $314 billion and $391 billion annually.) A 4,000-page petition signed by voters who opposed AB 1400 sat in the back of the chamber on Monday for Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron of Escondido to use as a prop in a floor debate that never happened.

Democrats also faced a squeeze from the left flank of their party. Activists with the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus said last week they would push to withhold endorsements from members who did not vote for the bill.

That ultimatum generated fierce anger in the Assembly caucus from members who felt cornered, though many refused to speak publicly about their frustration.

Backlash from activists The decision not to bring up AB 1400 for a vote on Monday may have been about protecting members from having to take a position one way or the other on the bill, as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon did with the last single-payer measure in 2017.

Legislation to move the state toward a government-run health care system passed the state Senate

that year, but was held by Rendon without a hearing because the bill included no plan to pay for it. That put him in the crosshairs of single-payer supporters, who blasted him on billboards.

This time, Rendon said he supported the effort, but he was not closely involved in rounding up votes for AB 1400. He declined to answer questions after the floor session on Monday and, in a statement, he pushed the blame onto Kalra.

“The shortage of votes needed to pass this bill out of the Assembly indicates the immense difficulty of implementing single-payer healthcare in California,” he said. “Nevertheless, I’m deeply disappointed that the author did not bring this bill up for a vote today. I support single-payer and fully intended to vote yes on this bill.”

The explanations are unlikely to assuage the measure’s most enthusiastic proponents.

The California Nurses Association, the main sponsor of AB 1400, slammed Kalra for “providing cover” for his colleagues by not holding a vote.

“Nurses are especially outraged that Kalra chose to just give up on patients across the state,” the association said in an unsigned statement.

“Nurses never give up on our patients, and we will keep fighting with our allies in the grassroots movement.”

During the Monday night call, he and other advocates repeatedly criticized Kalra for setting back their movement and urged him to name the members who were opposed. “We are

protecting them from negative scrutiny of a ‘no’ vote,” Shergill said.

Kalra said it would give him more time to work on winning over colleagues who were on the fence about AB 1400 and try again next year.

W h e r e w a s Ne w s o m?

One prominent Democrat who did not express support for AB 1400 was Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ran for office in 2018 on a platform to create a single-payer system in California but has since distanced himself from that pledge.

During a press conference in January to unveil his budget proposal, Newsom reiterated that he believed “the ideal system is a single-payer system,” but dismissed questions about Kalra’s approach.

“I have not had the opportunity to review that plan, and no one has presented it to me,” Newsom said at the time.

As AB 1400 marched toward defeat, the governor remained mum. His public remarks in recent weeks focused instead on several of his own budget proposals that he said would bring universal health access to California, including an expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for the poor, to all residents regardless of their immigration status.

The distinction he has drawn between universal access to health insurance and an actual universal health care system has infuriated the nurses’ union, one of his earliest endorsers during the 2018 campaign, who accused him of flip-flopping on single payer. It seems unlikely to cause him much trouble in his upcoming re-election campaign, however, where he has yet to draw a significant challenger.