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February 15, 2024 Thursday Edition

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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)

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The California Commission on Aging (CCoA) hosted its second annual forum focused on challenges facing Californians over 65 years old.

Titled “Aging and Disability Issues: What Legislative Staff Need to Know for 2024,” the virtual event was organized to bring awareness to lawmakers that California’s aging adults are living longer and to emphasize the importance of developing policy to support this growing population, according to organizers.

This year’s meeting included the perspectives of gerontologists and other subject-matter experts who provided data and insights critical to informing policy.

Former Assemblymember Cheryl Brown (D-San Bernardino), who chairs the CCoA’s Executive Committee, began the discussion.

“The landscape of California is changing. Aging is changing and it’s changing California,” Brown said. “Older adults are living longer, and the cohort is becoming more ethnically diverse, underscoring the need to develop culturally, appropriate services.”

The discussion encompassed a range of topics including planning for long-term care, assisted living, enhancing healthcare quality, technology use, services for senior adults with disabilities, state budget considerations, and the best policies and practices to help aging adults stay healthy, active, independent, and confident.

The CCoA acts as the principal advocate for older Californians and as a catalyst for change

that supports and celebrates Californians as they advance in age. The CCoA advises the Governor and Legislature, along with state, federal, and local agencies on programs and services that affect senior adults.

Statewide organizations that participated in the event included LeadingAge California, Disability Rights California, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, and California Collaborative for Long-Term Services and Supports.

In addition, representatives and staff members of Choice In Aging, Age Watch Newsletter, California Elder Justice Coalition, California Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and the California Long-Term Care Ombudsman Association were presenters during the 90-minute discussion.

“In California, we know that older adults are underserved and unserved relative to their needs,” CCoA Executive Director Karol Swartzlander said. “In stark terms, we know that 4% of older adults who need service actually receive services.”

According to the California Department of Aging (CDA), California’s aging population is expected to reach an estimated 4.5 million individuals aged 60 to 69 and 4.2 million senior adults ages 70- to 79 by the year 2040, based on information from CDA’s Master Plan for Aging.

Recognizing that the state’s 65-plus population is projected to grow to 8.6 million by 2030, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order calling for the development of the MPA.

D e b b i e To t h , f r o m ChoiceInAging, said the MPA is a model of “how we can do better” to service the needs of older adults. ChoiceInAging, Toth said, “is going to be shopping accessible transportation and rate increases for adult day healthcare.

“But we need to have legislation to do it,” Toth told legislative staff members.

The seriousness of aging in the state – particularly for Black Californians -- had been flying under the radar for almost 15 years before the state began to make it priority. A 2016 California Health Report (CHR) revealed that by 2030, 18% of the state will be 65 or older. Projections in that study also indicated that 52% of these older adults would be from diverse minority groups but “no population is expected to be harder hit than African Americans,” the report stated.

The California Department of Finance (CDF) projects that about one in four (23.1%) Californians will be 65 or older by 2040. The CDF projects that the state’s population will reach 40.2 million in 2044.

According to the 2020 Profile of Older Americans, a summary of critical statistics related to the older population in the United States, in 2019, slightly more than half (52%) of all older African Americans lived in eight states: New York (396,670), Florida (394,307), Georgia (362,535), Texas (350,106), California (304,751), North Carolina (298,365), Maryland (238,219), and Illinois (237,467).

Nationally, the African American population aged 65

and older was 4,979,133 in 2019 and is estimated to grow to 12.1 million by 2060. In 2019, African Americans made up 9% of the older population. By 2060, the percentage is forecast to increase to 13%. The number of African Americans aged 85 and older is calculated to increase from 511,540 in 2019 to 2.2 million in 2060.

Brown, who was the seniormost lawmaker in the California Legislature at the age of 69 during her tenure, stressed the importance of the master plan in focusing on the state’s aging minority groups.

“I feel that it’s important to highlight that the MPA acknowledges and offers strategies to address inequities leading to disparities and life expectancies,” Brown said.

Gov. Newsom presented a $291 billion spending plan to the California Legislature on Jan. 10, but a looming shortfall estimated at tens of billions of dollars could affect expenditure for programs targeting the state’s aging residents.

Presenters told legislative staffers attending to relay to lawmakers the importance of servicing a rapidly growing population.

“If you walk away with nothing else today, the whole goal is that the subject matter experts, these stakeholders are invested in the success of the legislative staff,” said Toth, explaining that the advocates participating are committed to working with lawmakers and their aides to improve policy for aging Californians.

The annual San Bernardino County Black History Month Parade and Expo, scheduled for Saturday, February 24th, in Fontana, is now accepting parade entries and vendor applications. This vibrant event celebrates the rich cultural heritage and contributions of the Black community.

Parade and Expo Details: Date: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 10 am Location: Citrus Ave and Summit in Fontana. The Expo will immediately follow the parade on Sierra lakes parkway and Citrus avenue in the Home Depot parking lot.

How to Participate: Parade Entries: If you wish to be part of the dynamic parade, please scan the QR code attached to this release to complete the entry form. We encourage diverse representations and expressions of Black culture.

Ve n d o r A p p l i c a t i o n s : Entrepreneurs and businesses interested in being part of

the event as vendors are also welcome. Scan the QR code to access the vendor application and secure your spot.

We urge all interested participants to return the completed forms as soon as possible to ensure inclusion in this momentous celebration.

This year's Black History Month Parade promises to be a memorable occasion, showcasing unity, diversity, and the significant contributions of the Black community. Join us in commemorating this cultural heritage in a spirit of joy and togetherness.

For further information, please contact: (909) 333-9950 Concerned Citizens for the Development of North Fontana

New Report Shows Racial Disparities in Suburban Police Department Arrests in Northeast Los Angeles Arrest and booking data from three police departments in Northeast Los Angeles County - Glendale Police Department, Pasadena Police Department, and South Pasadena Police Department revealed large disparities in arrests by race.

LA County News LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, In partnership with the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, Dr. Seva Rodnyansky and Dr. Jorgen Harris of Occidental College published Data Analysis of Policing and Human Relations in Los Angeles County Suburban Police Departments, a report that analyzes arrest and booking data from three suburban police departments in Northeast Los Angeles County – Glendale Police Department, Pasadena Police Department, and South Pasadena Police Department.

The data referenced in this report were collected via Freedom of

Information Act requests as part of a multi-year collaborative initiative with local activist groups: Coalition for an AntiRacist Glendale, Care First South Pasadena, and Coalition for Increased Civilian Oversight of Pasadena Police.

The report’s significant findings include the following: Large disparities in arrests by race, with Black and Latino/a arrests rates much higher than those for Whites and Asians.

Cash bail disparately impacts Black and Latino/a arrestees. continued on page 6

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as well as the District-level parent council meetings. When she meets with the principal, she always brings solutions and ideas on how to improve. Romero always looks out for not only her own children but for all children at Gomez.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA—In November, the Board of Education presented the Outstanding Achievement Awards to students, parents and staff of Barton and Gomez Elementary Schools, Arrowview Middle School and San Gorgonio High School (San G).

The Board recognizes Outstanding Student Award winners to honor excellence in academics, athletics, fine arts, citizenship and most improvement. The Board also presents the Outstanding Parent/ Grandparent/Volunteer Award and Outstanding Employee Award to individuals who embody the District’s dedication to student achievement and wellbeing.

Barton Elementary School, Principal Dr. Janice Gordon: Aaron Caballero is a fourthgrader and Outstanding Student.

Caballero is a model student for his peers and the definition of a Barton Bulldog by being respectful, responsible and safe. As ASB class president, he leads by example. His quiet but confident demeanor shines when he makes announcements.

Caballero wants to become a lawyer. He said, "I want to help people with their cases.”

Alana Chavez is a sixth-grader and Outstanding Student. Chavez is innovative, creative and excels in all academic areas. Her commitment to her academics is commendable, and it is obvious she has a passion for learning that inspires others to be the best version of themselves. Chavez would like to attend Cal State San Bernardino to major in Business and open a Craft Shop.

Barton Elementary fourth-grader Aaron Caballero was presented with an Outstanding Student Award by the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education.

(Photo by Corina Borsuk and provided courtesy of SBCUSD) Outstanding Aunt Award winner Hanna Perez is an asset to Barton, helping in the classroom, on field trips and events like the Fall Festival. She has a nurturing approach when she works with students. Perez is new as a volunteer, but it seems like she's been a part of the Barton team for years.

Educational Assistant III (EAIII)-Spanish Luz Cruz models a sense of purpose and emotional commitment by how she carries herself every day.

She is emotionally invested in the data-driven discussions to ensure that all the supports are in place for all students. She is truly outstanding.

T h i r d - G r a d e Te a c h e r Anna Ortega is respected by staff, students, parents and administration for her commitment to educating students. She has a great attitude and tackles any task with a big smile. She is always professional and works collaboratively with colleagues and parents to ensure students are learning and

growing.

Gomez Elementary School, Principal Maria Martinez: Korinna Dominguez is a sixth-grader and Outstanding Student. In addition to excelling in academics, Dominguez also follows all behavioral expectations and is a great role model for other scholars. During her time at Gomez, she has joined the honor orchestra and played the violin. Dominguez enjoys baking cakes, so she aspires to one day become a chef or baker.

Melanie Flores is a fifth-grader and Outstanding Student. Flores is a hardworking and involved student. She plays the violin and is also in choir. She participates in the Expanded Learning acting club, even being cast as the protagonist of one of the school's films. Flores wants to become a teacher because she wants to help kids learn.

Outstanding Parent Award winner Mayra Romero attends all the school council meetings,

Outstanding Bilingual Secretary II Jose Alvarez is an Outstanding Classified Employee. Alvarez always comes to work with a positive attitude.

When asked to complete an assignment, he never complains, and he follows through with all requests made. He frequently checks in to ensure that staff members are satisfied with how he handled a situation or how he completed a task.

Fourth-Grade Teacher Iliana Munoz is extremely dedicated and passionate about the students she serves. She ensures that all the students in her class get the best education that they can receive. She has an emotional commitment to her scholars by showing pride and empowering them to become leaders on campus.

Arrowview Middle School, Principal Berenice Rios: Seventh-grader Tafara Sibanda is an Outstanding Student.

Sibanda is polite, respectful and is an overall model student. You will not find another student more excited about coming to school and learning. Sibanda’s goal is to attend UCR's Medical School to become a heart surgeon.

Arely Velazquez is an eighthgrader and Outstanding Student. continued in next 2 columns

The urgency of ending the racial wealth gap Karen Juanita Carrillo - NY Amsterdam News Updated Jun 28, 2023

Dramatic side view of two young African American people on black backgroundRocketclips About this series This article, inspired by Deloitte research, is part of a series in which five Black-owned publications around the United States explore the key factors that contribute to racial and generational gaps in acquiring wealth.

“The career choices open to Black men?”

Independent economics researcher Chris Lee seems bemused by the question.

“Well, there’s a famous book

by William Julius Wilson about when work ‘disappears,’” Lee finally replies.

“Work for high school graduates, that pays well, has disappeared, especially for men and more so for Black men who are high school level graduates –– and now it’s happening to some who are in college too.”

Indeed, a 2020 analysis from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that Black men have the lowest employment numbers among all ethnic groups. In addition, when Black women are employed, they earn 63% less than what a white man would be paid for the same job, according to the analysis.

This unequal access to jobs and reduced earning power presents

Black households with fewer opportunities to build wealth through home ownership and the acquisition of stocks.

Those dual pillars of financial well-being are "the largest assets driving wealth creation," according to a recent analysis of how homeownership and stocks contribute to the wealth gap in America, which draws on data from the Federal Reserve Board’s 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances.

On average, the study finds, white households added $34,400 to their median real wealth between 2010 and 2019, while Hispanic households added $17,100 and Black households only $5,300.

The Intentionality of the Racial Wealth Gap "The main thing that we need to know is that there was never ‘40 acres and a mule.' And as a result, we have suffered ever since."

Black Americans having less wealth than white Americans — the racial wealth gap —“can be traced to slavery and the end of the Civil War when government policies and programs were created to keep Black Americans from prospering in U.S. society,”

says Jan E. Christopher, an associate professor of economics in the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance in the College of Business at Delaware State University.

“The main thing that we need to know is that there was never ‘40 acres and a mule.' And as a result, we have suffered ever since," observes Christopher.

The promised 1865 wartime order that would have allotted 40 acres of land and a mule to some 40,000 emancipated African Americans as a form of compensation for being enslaved was never granted.

In a 2021 report, researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis pointed out that historical discriminatory laws continue to hamper Black people from accessing wealth at the same pace as whites, and called for systematic change.

“Our findings also suggest that historic economic advantages enjoyed by white families continue to influence the wealth accumulation of their descendants,” the report says.

“Our research suggests families will be better positioned to fully participate in the economy and realize their full economic potential when race is no longer predictive of starting points,” it concludes.

The report explains how Federal policies like the 1862 Homestead Act, the Social Security Act of 1935, the 1944 G.I. Bill, and multiple levels of discrimination in the criminal justice system have helped the nation maintain a racial — and financial — hierarchy that is still in place to this day.

For example, the Homestead Act granted 160-acre plots of government land to only white people, and the Social Security

Act created financial safeguards for the elderly, unemployed, and disabled, but took pains to exclude predominantly African American domestic and farm workers. The G.I. Bill welcomed home returning World War II veterans with access to employment, schooling, and housing, but ended up excluding many Black veterans, according to the report.

Meanwhile, racially restrictive covenants and “redlining” kept Black homebuyers out of "white" neighborhoods with higher property values.

This combination of policies and business practices steered them to neighborhoods seen as undesirable — neighborhoods where their homes are less likely to grow in value, thus denying their families access to generational wealth, the report points out.

A Need for Significant, Systemic Change Reducing the differences in wealth attainment brought about by generations of these policies undoubtedly takes work.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis researchers noted that "individual actions and marginal policy changes" simply aren't enough to undo the damage of "systemic barriers like asset poverty, the legacy of wealthstripping tactics in housing markets, and discriminatory practices."

Instead, "larger systemic changes" are needed — and there is a call to consider forms of reparations to the descendants of enslaved Black Americans as part of the solution.

For example, in June 2022, California's Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation continued on page 3

Velazquez is mature, confident, respectful, polite and a leader for the many extracurricular activities she participates in, such as Folklorico club, National Jr. Honor Society, Dual Club and more. Velazquez is always ready to learn and always has a positive attitude. Her goal is to become a lawyer.

Maria Solano Moreno is Arrowview’s Outstanding Parent.

Solano Moreno has served on the School Site Council and ELAC for the past few years, and when it comes to decision making she is always advocating for all students.

School Accounting Tech I Norma Martinez is an Outstanding Classified Employee. She works closely with the school’s Associated Student Body and the principal to ensure students and staff have everything they need in order to be successful. Martinez goes above and beyond, has positive passion and is focused on results for students.

Outstanding Program Facilitator Yesenia Casillas is an Outstanding Certificated Employee. She has been an instructional coach for 12 years, and she has impacted every new teacher that comes to the Arrowview campus. Casillas wears many hats at the school, and one of them is to organize professional development and the Arrowview Academy for new teachers.

San Gorgonio High School, Principal Jorge De La Torre: Amara Jackson is a senior and an Outstanding Student. Jackson has been a key member of the music program at San G. As a senior, she has stepped up and been a role model for all student

musicians. Jackson is always willing to lend a hand and works hard at everything she sets her mind to. Jackson plans to major in museum arts and hopes to one day be a museum curator.

Senior Gustavo Morales is an Outstanding Student. Morales shows tremendous resiliency and confidence in himself. He strives to step into leadership positions, currently serving as Vice President of Civic Awareness and participating in the Del Sol Mariachi and Ballet Folklorico. Morales has plans to join the military and also has an interest in law.

Nereida Rubio is a stellar San Gorgonio Spartan parent, supporting her three children at San G. Her oldest graduated in 2020 and competed in football and track. Her second oldest just graduated in 2023 and competed in cheerleading and swimming.

Her youngest child is currently a junior and plays football and track.

Custodian III Anjeanette Tirado is an Outstanding Classified Employee. Tirado is a positive influence at San G. She is always smiling, laughing and making sure our school is ready for students and staff. She works to ensure customers receive the best service, even working 6 days a week because of the frequent Saturday events at San G. Associated Student Body Director Jeffrey Juhnke is an Outstanding Certificated Employee. No matter what the obstacles and challenges are, Juhnke makes sure we give our students the best. He builds his students to be leaders and work collaboratively to make decisions for the students they represent.

FREE Online Tutoring and Homework Help Now Available to All K-12 California Students through Local Libraries On-Demand Access to Expert Tutors Offered 24/7 Community/ Education News SAN MATEO, Calif. – All California students in grades K-12 now have access to free online tutoring and homework help offered by California’s public libraries through the HelpNow Program, which is administered by Pacific Library Partnership (PLP), in partnership with the California State Library and Brainfuse.

The HelpNow Program ensures all California students can have access to high quality tutoring and homework help regardless of such barriers as high cost of tutoring, technology requirements, time constraints, transportation hurdles and other issues. With HelpNow, the goal is to even the playing field for all students, to ensure equity not just with tutoring but in

overall educational attainment, especially for those with limited resources and access.

“More than 240,000 California students are already taking advantage of the free, top-notch, 24-7 tutoring," said Greg Lucas, State Librarian of California State Library. “Let's make it easier for even more to take advantage of this impactful service."

Students and families can get help by going to the HelpNow website Tutoring.Library. ca.gov, selecting their local library and then following the easy instructions (step-by-step instructions are available here).

Students do not need a library card to access the program. continued on page 3

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Black Dad-Daughter Legal Duo Win Again County/Government News Nationwide — Attorney Zulu Ali and his daughter, Attorney Whitney Ali, have been listed as two of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), Law and Justice Edition. MIPAD is a global civil society initiative in support of the International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed

by United Nation’s General Assembly resolution 68/237, to be observed from 2015 to 2024. MIPAD identifies high achievers of African descent in public and private sectors from all around the world as a progressive network of relevant actors to join together in the spirit of recognition, justice and development.Attorney Zulu and Attorney Whitney are the owners and partners of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP, making the firm one of the largest Black family-owned law firms in California; and the largest Blackowned in the Inland Empire, which comprises the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.

The Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP has been named

as one of the top 10 law firms by Attorney and Practice Magazine; and its founder, Attorney Zulu Ali, has also been named top 100 lawyers by the National Black Lawyers and National Trial Lawyers; a Top 10 Lawyer by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys, American Jurist Institute, Attorney & Practice Magazine; Rue Ratings Best Lawyer in America; and Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers.

Attorney Ali is also a member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., serving as its general counsel.

In 2007, inspired by civil rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Avon Williams, Jr., who used the law and courts as a vehicle to make a change and protect all people against injustice, Attorney Zulu opened the Law Offices of Zulu Ali with a focus on representing persons accused of crimes and seeking criminal justice, immigrants, victims of discrimination, persons seeking civil justice in state and federal courts throughout the United

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The tutors are highly qualified subject-matter specialists holding college degrees – at least a bachelor’s degree – and certifications in the area they tutor. They are selected only after a thorough review of their qualifications and proficiency in their subject area as well as interviewed to determine their ability to work with students in an online environment.

Additionally, tutoring support is available in multiple languages breaking down language barriers and making for a personalized learning experience for all California students. Languages served are English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Tagalog.

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States; and defendants and victims at the international criminal courts at The Hague, Netherlands and the African Court of Human Rights in Tanzania. Attorney Zulu Ali and the law firm takes on extremely difficult cases and matters that provide an opportunity to make changes in the law, through the courts, when the law is unjust.

“It is always nice to be recognized for your work. We face immense scrutiny from courts and others for challenging the system. I am deeply inspired by the late great civil rights

attorney Avon Williams who was jailed more than once for not kowtowing to racist courts in the defense of his clients.

Being in this fight with my daughter by my side ensures this type of advocacy spirit that was established by great black pioneers of the legal system continues,” Attorney Zulu adds.

Learn more about the law firm at ZuluAliLaw.com For press inquiries, contact Rosa Nunez, Executive Producer, Justice Watch Radio at 951-7828722

The urgency of ending the racial wealth gap... continued from page 2 Proposals for African Americans released its 500-page interim report detailing "the ongoing and compounding harms experienced

by African Americans as a result of slavery and its lingering effects on American society today."

The task force's economic consultants estimated that Black Californians are owed $223,239 as compensation for the housing wealth gap.

Similarly, a separate study released in November estimated that payments of $828,055 per household would eliminate America's racial wealth gap.

A Widening Wage Gap For the last half-century, the Black community's tried-andtrue methods for economic advancement have been twofold: either gaining access to higher education — and the salaries that come with postsecondary degrees — or being employed in jobs that pay union wages.

But even with those shifts, the racial wealth gap persists.

“If you look at employment in the United States — let’s say going back to the 1960s –– and you look at the share of employment that’s allocated to whites, to Blacks, and to Hispanics, one of the things that’s really kind of telling is the fact that the share of employment that’s allocated to Blacks and Hispanics has actually increased, but so has the wage gap between whites and Hispanics, whites and Blacks,” explains Romie Tribble, Jr., a professor of economics at Spelman College.

Tribble is the secretary of the National Economic Association (NEA), an organization of Black economists founded in 1969.

“One of the things we are looking at is why do these disparities still exist and why are they still widening when there are other indicators that suggest that there are changes that are taking place,” he says.

Christopher, who is also an NEA member, says research shows that the U.S.’s higherpaying jobs tend to go to white workers. Even when Black workers manage to land one of these coveted positions, their pay scale is lower.

The Impact of Inflation “Inflation is not only coming from the energy sector and the food sector. It’s also coming from the government borrowing sector."

The analysis of data from the Federal Reserve Board’s 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances

found that in addition to Black households having lower average incomes than their white peers, due to inflation, "a larger proportion of their total expenditures typically goes toward necessities such as food, housing, utilities, and transportation.”

As a result, “after paying for necessities, lower-income households have less left over in dollar terms to use for home or stock purchases,” the study concludes.

Christopher adds that rising Federal Reserve interest rates are likely to further pressure Black households.

“Inflation is not only coming from the energy sector and the food sector. It’s also coming from the government borrowing sector," Christopher points out.

"A lot of Black people, in particular, they’re being crowded out, whereas you have whites who continue to spend at the same pace," she said. "Even though [the Federal Reserve] keeps raising interest rates, there’s a whole class of people who are not stopping spending and another class of people who can’t even afford to eat. We have a big divide.”

This reality, and uncertainty as to whether Black workers can maintain their current employment level, particularly as the cost of higher education rises and the number of union jobs shrinks, is further evidence of Black workers’ vulnerability.

“Are reparations the way to go to close the gap?" Tribble asks.

"Or are there other ways to close this disparity? Is it about closing the employment disparity? Is it about closing the housing ownership disparity?"

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Three days after Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) was sworn in as the 49th President pro Tempore (Pro Tem) of the California State Senate, he appointed California Legislative Black Caucus members, Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood) and Sen. Lola SmallwoodCuevas (D-Ladera Heights), to leadership positions.

McGuire reassigned Braford to chair the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications. He will be responsible for oversight of -and evaluating legislation related to -- utilities, energy companies, alternative energy development and conservation, and communications development and technology.

McGuire appointed Smallwood-Cuevas to lead the Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee (formerly the Labor and Industrial Relations Committee).

Smallwood-Cuevas and five other committee members are responsible for oversight, legislation and state activities related to labor, industrial safety, unemployment, workers’ compensation and insurance, and state and local public agency collective bargaining.

Bills concerning state and local non-school public employees, noncertificated and classified public school employees, public retirement systems, public employees’ compensation and employment benefits, including retirement and health care, and state social security administration are all within the committee’s purview.

Smallwood-Cuevas called McGuire “the hardest working man in the California State Senate.”

At some point during the current legislative session, McGuire will have to weigh in on a reparations bill Bradford has introduced, Senate Bill (SB) 490, that proposes the establishment a new state agency called the California American Freedman Affairs Agency (CAAFAA).

A recommendation by the California Reparations Task Force, CAAFAA would be responsible for administering the reparations process for Black Californians and determining eligibility under the lineagebased structure set up by the state’s reparations task force.

“I look forward to advancing our shared mission of serving all Californians,” Bradford

posted Feb. 5 on the social media platform X. “You have some expensive shoes to fill, but I know you have all the talent and wisdom (along w/my full support) to make great things happen.”

McGuire was sworn in on the Senate floor on Feb. 5 with his family by his side. Members of the California State Senate and Assembly attended as well as state leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister).

Sen. Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) will serve alongside Bradford as Vice-Chair. The committee comprises 14 members.

McGuire says he is confident that his leadership team will focus on consensus building and making decisions in the best interest of Californians across the state.

“My core belief is this: The highest calling in life is to help others. To fight for those who can’t fight for themselves. And to work together – no matter your party affiliation – because working together is the only way to make progress stick,” he said after he took the oath of office.

“California has always been the light of hope for America – the beacon of progress – and along with the Assembly and Governor, we will continue to fight for all of us, always together, always forward,” he added.

Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego) issued a statement following the swearing-in ceremony.

“Mike and I have a long positive history of working together for a better California. While we differ in some viewpoints and policies, we both remain committed to working together as leaders of the California State Senate,” said Jones.

I appreciate that he has a shown a willingness to work in a bipartisan manner,” Jones stated.

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STATE/HEALTH//LIFESTYLE NEWS

Study: New Therapy Could Decrease the Risk of Death Among Small Changes During Heart Health Awareness Month Can Put California Critically Ill Black Patients With COVID-19 Seniors on Path to Better Health

By Anna Jones | UAB News

Naman Shetty, M.D., (left) and Pankaj Arora, M.D., (right) were involved in a study that revealed high-dose inhaled nitric oxide therapy was more beneficial in reducing the risk of mortality in Black patients compared with their white counterparts. (UAB Photos) In a first-of-its-kind study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine discovered that high-dose inhaled nitric oxide therapy may improve oxygenation and reduce the risk of mortality among critically ill Black patients with COVID-19. Acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, is a condition that most commonly occurs in the setting of a lung infection such as COVID-19.

“In ARDS, the barrier between the blood vessels and air sacs in the lungs is disrupted leading to the accumulation of fluid from the blood vessels in the air sacs, restricting air exchange in the lungs,” said Naman S. Shetty, M.D., a research fellow in the UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease and the first author

of this manuscript. “Poor air exchange in ARDS leads to organ damage and increases the risk of death. Therefore, increasing oxygenation in ARDS may improve survival and decrease organ damage. However, it may not be possible to maintain oxygenation in patients with ARDS when providing external support for breathing using a mechanical ventilator.”

During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, witnessing the ever-increasing mortality of COVID-19 patients led Pankaj Arora, M.D., the senior author of the manuscript and an associate professor in the UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease, to collaborate with Lorenzo Berra, M.D., to initiate the NOSARSCOVID trial, an international multicenter trial to examine the effects of high-dose inhaled nitric oxide on improving oxygenation in COVID-19

patients who required support from a mechanical ventilator.

Trials are rare in critically ill patients due to enrollment difficulties; therefore, this effort provided a much-needed boost in critical care research during the pandemic. The primary trial revealed that high-dose inhaled nitric oxide therapy improved oxygenation.

As an extension of the NOSARSCOVID trial, Shetty and his team assessed whether racial differences in the response to inhaled nitric oxide were present. The trial recruited a diverse patient population, allowing them to effectively examine this research question.

“In the study, we evaluated whether the improvement in oxygenation and risk reduction in mortality differed among white and Black patients recruited in the trial,” Shetty said. “Inhaled nitric oxide therapy was associated with a larger improvement in oxygenation among Black patients compared with white patients. Most notably, inhaled nitric oxide therapy reduced the risk of death at 28 and 90 days in Black patients. This benefit was not observed among white patients.”

Arora says these findings may be due to differences in biological systems among different races and ethnicities.

“To ascertain that self-reported race could indicate biological differences, we used data from the All of Us Research Program and restricted the data to include populations where patients were recruited from in our trial,” Arora said. “This was done to determine

Therapy’s racial gap: The urgent need for diverse therapists

By Marlene F. Watson

It is natural and normal for a person seeking mental health help to want their therapist to understand them. It is difficult now for people to find a therapist, but people of color who want a therapist who understands their experience are having an especially hard time of it. That’s a problem.

In an ideal world, the race of a person’s therapist shouldn’t matter. But anyone who is paying attention knows this is not an ideal world. Race plays a role in most human interactions, and there are few interactions more human than therapy. Race is a factor for all of us in how we see and measure ourselves, and it’s a factor in how we see each other. Denying that closes off the therapeutic relationship before it can even get started.

Most therapists are White – 73 percent of them. Only 8 percent are Latinx, even though Latinx people make up 18.9 percent of the population. Only 4 percent are Black, even though Black people are 12.6 percent of the population. Clients who speak only Spanish, Cantonese or Mandarin — the three most popular non-English languages in this country — have even fewer options.

For clients of color, comfort and fluency in issues related to race are foundational to whether therapy is going to succeed.

Clients of color want a therapist who can really understand them, without having to explain what their experiences mean. Having to do so feels like a questioning of their culture, having to educate White s about race-tinged issues they encounter in their lives.

It is more galling when clients realize that when they do that, they are paying to educate their therapist. Clients want the therapist to have the cultural knowledge and smarts to bring this up on their own. When therapists fail to ask about race, it’s problematic.

I once interviewed White therapists about how they deal with race. In many cases, they don’t. They duck the issue, shortchanging the client. One told me, “I don’t want to feel bad about myself as a White therapist, so I don’t bring up race.” Another said, “I am not going to bring it up, because I’m not going to let them question who I am.” How does that serve the client?

This dynamic is just as true with therapists of color and White clients. As a Black therapist, if I have a White racist client, I have to figure out a way to work with that client and understand who they are. Even though White people are the “norm” in this country, that can create race-related issues for them as well. For example, what might be behind why they feel they don’t measure up to expectations? A Black therapist needs to dig into a White client’s identity. You have to understand the client in their full identity, and race is a part of everyone’s identity.

If therapy does not address race and explore its role, it fails to see the client, and to really know the client.

No one has the goal of making White children uncomfortable with race, but children of color deal with it every day.

The paucity of therapists of color is a call to train more of them and to welcome them into the field. There is a need that they can fill.

Even so, I am not advocating that people should see only therapists of their own race.

Instead, I am advocating that

all therapists should be able to acknowledge, talk about and investigate issues that stem from race. We have to be unafraid and undeterred to ask questions. We should be trained to do our own work.

This is why we focus on the “self of the therapist” at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, the organization where I am director of training. We help future family therapists uncover their unconscious biases. We ask that they think of how they feel about their own racial identity, whatever it may be.

This is not easy work. We had a White student who left Ackerman, saying she just was not going to look at race.

This was a psychologist with a doctorate degree. I can only imagine how her clients of color must suffer now.

Clients have their own responsibilities in helping themselves. They must advocate for themselves. They should try to select a therapist they’re comfortable with, but they must understand it is not always possible. They should ask about treatment philosophies at private practices. The success of the therapeutic relationship depends on the client, too.

Over the years, it has become more critical to talk about issues related to race, particularly in family therapy. We have tried as a society to act like race doesn’t matter. It was only after George Floyd’s death that we began to talk about systemic racism.

This is why we need to train more therapists of color, and train all therapists more fully.

Therapists need to do their own work, and learn how they come across to clients. If they can be honest and courageous with themselves, they will better serve their clients.

This commentary was originally published by Word in Black.

whether the self-reported race is a good surrogate for genetic ancestry in these individuals. We found that the self-reported race in these geographical areas was a good proxy for genetic ancestry.”

Arora says the differences observed in this study may be attributed to differences in the nitric oxide system.

“Black individuals have been shown to have a suppressed nitric oxide system at baseline compared with white individuals,” Arora said. “The suppressed nitric oxide system in Black individuals increases their susceptibility to developing severe ARDS with a high risk of death. Treatment with inhaled nitric oxide overcomes this intrinsic deficit in the nitric oxide system in Black individuals.”

Arora says this study calls for a larger phase three trial to test the hypothesis in Black patients.

Arora explains that, due to the complexity of conducting trials in critical care, the inclusion of a diverse population was traditionally placed lower on the list of priorities.

“Our study highlights that the treatment effect of an intervention may vary by race,” Arora said. “Therefore, there is a need for adequate representation of minority populations in large clinical trials. Furthermore, our study draws attention to the individualization of treatment based on the patient. Precision phenotyping techniques incorporating clinical, physiological, imaging and molecular markers may help guide physicians to individualize therapy in ARDS.” Submission Deadline Monday By 5pm

Dr. Damanpreet Jamarai, chief medical officer, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement of California

February is Heart Health Awareness month, a great time to start on the path to better heart health and wellbeing and to understand the risk factors that can contribute to heart problems.

Late last year, the America’s Health Rankings (AHR) report highlighted a startling fact: heart disease is one of eight chronic conditions that has reached record highs since the report began tracking health and wellbeing in the United States.

Despite a decline in deaths tied to heart disease, it remains the leading cause of death among men and women. Heart disease costs the U.S. health system $216 billion per year, according to the CDC, not including an additional $147 billion in lost wages and productivity.

Risk factors for heart disease include conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity as well as unhealthy behaviors such as physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol abuse.

In California, 25.4 percent of adults over age 65 qualified as physically inactive while more than 23.9 percent are obese and just over 7 percent smoke, according to the America’s Health Rankings 2023 Senior report.

What's more, the report shows strong disparities exist across

geographic, racial, and economic groups, putting certain people at greater risk of developing heart problems. The prevalence of heart disease, like overall health and wellbeing, is influenced by the “social determinants of health” such as lack of access to transportation, healthy foods, and safe housing. Talk to your health plan and your health care provider about resources that may be available to you to help improve your health and wellbeing.

According to the American Heart Association (AHA), there are immediate steps you can take to help you live a longer, healthier life and help reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.

First, eat a healthier diet.

Center your eating plan around vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and fish. Limit sweetened drinks, added sugars, processed meats, sodium and saturated fats.

Second, be physically active and keep any eye on your weight.

Adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity each week.

Lastly, live tobacco free. If you don’t think you can quit for good on your own, ask for help and talk to your healthcare provider.

For more helpful health and wellness information, visit UHCMedicareNewsroom.com.

This information is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for the advice of a doctor. Consult your doctor prior to beginning an exercise program or making changes to your lifestyle or health care routine.

O.J. Simpson Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer; Denies Hospice State/Health /Lifestyle News

News broke this week that O.J. Simpson, the former NFL player turned actor, who was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife and her friend in the ‘Trial of the Century’ in 1995, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy to treat it. But that diagnosis also came with a number of various rumors. Simpson has been also said to be in hospice/end-oflife care, just weeks after he was spotted looking frail in Las Vegas.

Simpson, 76, has since taken to social media to deny the hospice rumors.

In a clip posted to his 870,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter), he can be seen sitting in his car, telling the camera, “Hospice? Hospice? You talking about hospice,” before bursting into laughter.

“I don’t know who put that out there… like The Donald [Trump] say, you can’t trust the media! In any event, I’m hosting a ton of friends for the Super Bowl here in Las Vegas, and all is well. So hey guys, take care, and have a good Super Bowl weekend.”

Black men make up roughly 37% of all newly diagnosed prostate cancer cases. Black men get prostate cancer at a younger age than men from other groups, and they are more likely to have advanced disease when they are

diagnosed.

Ultimately, Black men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than most other men.

However, when prostate cancer is detected earlier—either at a localized stage before the cancer has spread outside the prostate or a regional stage when spread is limited to nearby body structures—the odds of survival are high. “Prostate cancer is the only cancer that has a five-year survival rate of 96 to 100% when found early,” says Vincent M. Bivins, M.D., FACS, president of Urology Centers of Alabama.

But when it comes to getting the treatment that Black men need, the data is just as heartbreaking.

A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found Black men diagnosed with more advanced stages of prostate cancer are significantly less likely to be prescribed novel hormone therapy than other racial and ethnic groups – including white or Latino men – despite the therapy being proven to effectively control the growth of prostate tumors and extend the lives of men with the disease.

The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, reveal a concerning racial disparity in the utilization of the crucial therapy

for the treatment of the disease.

“This revelation is particularly concerning given the already disproportionate impact of prostate cancer on Black men, who are 1.5 times more likely to be diagnosed and 2.4 times more likely to die from the disease than white men in the United States,” said co-senior study author Dr. Amar Kishan, professor of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a researcher at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Little has been shared about Simpson’s treatment plan, but some speculate that his chemotherapy may be a combination of oral chemotherapy drugs.

Chemotherapy may be ordered for advanced prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone treatment. It is usually given for metastatic disease (disease that has spread). Metastatic disease may be present at diagnosis or, in some cases, the cancer can return in a distant location months or years after initial treatment.

Chemotherapy is given to cause the cancer to shrink and, hopefully, to disappear. Even if the cancer does not disappear, symptoms may be relieved.

OJ was known for his time in the NFL, where he played for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Obviously, he is also well known for being accused of a double homicide which includes his wife Nicole Brown Simpson.

Plus, in 2007, the former NFL player was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years in prison, with a minimum of nine years without parole.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN 20240001066 Date Filed: 02/02/2024 Filing Expires On: 02/02/2029 LIST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME BELOW (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): MARIA R SCHICK INSURANCE AGENCY County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business (P.O. Box or PMB address NOT acceptable) 5420 PHILADELPHIA ST SUITE E CHINO, CA 91710 Business Mailing Address: 5420 PHILADELPHIA ST SUITE E CHINO, CA 91710 # of Employees: 1 Name of Individual Registrant (First Name) MARIA (Middle Initial only) R (Last Name) SCHICK This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Aug 14, 2000 (If registrant has not yet commenced to transact business, insert statement “Not Applicable.)

Maria R. Schick, Agency Owner, DECLARES THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

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 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 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN 20230012022 Date Filed: 12/06/2023 Filing Expires On: 12/06/2028 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): WARREN AUTO County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 16771 KALMIA LN. FONTANA, CA 92336 Name of Individual Registrant: YOLANDA WARREN Residence Street Address: 16771 KALMIA LN FONTANA, CA 92336 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 Yolanda Warren, 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 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN 20240001086 Date Filed: 02/05/2024 Filing Expires On: 02/05/2029 LIST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME BELOW (as shown in the Articles of Inc./Org./Reg.): ENVIROKLEEN County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Street Address of Principal Place of Business (P.O. Box or PMB address NOT acceptable) 10864 JOSHUA ST ADELANTO, CA 92301 Business Mailing Address: 10864 JOSHUA ST ADELANTO, CA 92301 # of Employees: 1 Name of Individual Registrant (First Name) CARRIE (Middle Initial only) L (Last Name) RUSTAD This business is/was conducted by: An Individual Registrant to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 01, 2024 (If registrant has not yet commenced to transact business, insert statement “Not Applicable.)

Carrie L. Rustad, Owner, DECLARES THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

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 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 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2400806 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: FANNY KAREN AGUILAR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. FANNY KAREN AGUILAR to Proposed name: b. KAREN BARRERA 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: 4/02/2024 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept.: S14 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY 247 West 3rd St. San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 Civil Division of the San Bernardino District 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: Gilbert G. Ochoa Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVSB 2400467 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: LAILANIE OCBUS PARAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. LAILANIE OCBUS PARAN to Proposed name: b. LAILANIE PARAN DAPIAOEN 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: 3/01/24 Time 8:30 a.m. Dept.: S30 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY San Bernardino District-Civil 247 West Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 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 19, 2024 Gilbert G. Ochoa Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVBA 2400044 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JULIA R. SANCHEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. NATHALIA ROSE PRECIADO to Proposed name: b.

NATHALIA ROSE SANCHEZ 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: 3/12/2024 Time: 1:30 p.m.

Dept.: B1 The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY 235 E. Mountain View St. Barstow, CA 92311 Barstow District 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 24, 2024 James R. Baxter Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2024

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVSB2301146 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ADAM A LUCERO, YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen.

Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Harlan M. Reese, Esq. (CA Bar No.: 118226), REESE LAW GROUP, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 569496) DATE (Fecha): MAR 14, 2023, Clerk (Secretario), by Gilberto Villegas, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served .

2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/24 CNS-3777200# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): CIVSB2220376 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CHRISTOPHER ARISMENDEZ, YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen.

Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 WEST THIRD STREET, SAN BERNARDINO CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): HARLAN M. REESE, ESQ. (CA BAR NO.: 118226), REESE LAW GROUP, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 568393).

DATE (Fecha): OCT 18, 2022 Clerk (Secretario), by ANGELICA SEGURA, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15/24 CNS-3775490# THE SAN BERNARDINO AMERICAN

PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PAMELA GAIL SILLS DECEDENT CASE NO: PROVV2400001

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

GAIL SILLS

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by GLENNISE HURT in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: GLENNISE HURT 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: 3/26/24 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: V12 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County Of San Bernardino 14455 Civic Drive Victorville, CA 92392 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: Glennise Hurt 34007 Winterberry Ln Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 (626)381-8571 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper February 8, 15, 22, 2024.

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U.S. Senate Candidates’ Forum with Lee, Schiff, Porter As the U.S. Senate race heats up, candidates Barbara Lee, Adam Schiff and Katie Porter joined a forum to discuss their platforms.

By Selen Ozturk current platform.

As the race to fill the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat in the U.S. Senate heats up, candidates Barbara Lee, Adam Schiff and Katie Porter joined a forum presented by EMS and California Black Media on Thursday, February 8 to discuss their platforms.

Barbara Lee Representative Barbara Lee (D-12), who has represented Oakland and most of northern Alameda County since 1998, said many of the challenges Californians face are part of her lived experience.

“For a long time, I was on public assistance, food stamps and Medi-Cal, raising two small boys as a single mother, formerly a survivor of domestic violence … I formed a community mental health center and was a business owner with thousands of employees over 11 years,” she said, adding that she was running

for Senate because “I know what it takes to help lift people out of poverty into the middle class, to grow the middle class, to create businesses, to address a mental health crisis.”

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-CA 12th District, discusses her support for single-payer healthcare and how she intends to expand access to healthcare if she is elected to the senate.

Of her experience as a Congressional legislator, Lee said “I’m a fighter, and I’ll stand my ground.” When George W. Bush was President, for instance, she alone voted against the blank check authorization which set the stage for “forever wars.”

Additionally, she led the effort to establish a framework for single-payer health care in California” through Affordable Care Act negotiations, and for AIDS epidemic responses through The Global Fund, which saved 25 million lives.

These efforts extend to her

UAB Among 12 Entities To Provide Services for the International Space Station Program World /Political News

The International Space Station is seen in this image taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. UAB's School of Engineering’s Engineering and Innovative Technology Development organization has been selected to provide research, engineering and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program.

(Luca Parmitano, Wikimedia Commons) The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering’s Engineering and Innovative Technology Development organization has been selected to provide research, engineering and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program.

Along with 11 other entities, UAB will receive a multipleaward, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract allowing the opportunity to be awarded task order projects as a part of the $478 million Research, Engineering and Mission Integration Services-2, or REMIS-2, contract.

“This new contract will operate as if we’ve been added to an ‘approved supplier list’ for future opportunities that arise,” said Chad Duke, P.E., director of the UAB EITD. “The award grants us the ability to essentially bid on task orders that come out under the duration of the contract.”

The seven-year contract began in January 2024 and extends through Sept. 30, 2030, with an option to extend through Sept.

30, 2032.

“The REMIS-2 contract is a tremendous opportunity for our group and reinforces our commitment to excellence in this field,” Duke said. “We are excited about this new opportunity

with hopes that it allows us to expand our offering of hardware and services within the NASA community and beyond.”

To read more about the work of EITD, click here.

The EITD group was created to support the development of specialized research instruments for ground- and microgravitybased research experiments.

Under the direction of Duke, EITD serves as one of the nation’s leading developers in thermal controlled hardware for use in microgravity and aspires to provide hardware for operations beyond low Earth orbit.

Prior to the awarding of this recent contract, EITD’s work in thermal controlled systems had established a baseline of consistency and excellence with NASA under multiple previous contracts. EITD currently offers a range of options in size, temperature range, cooling rate and sample containment. With a team of experienced engineers and technicians, EITD specializes in the design, development and commercialization of innovative hardware and software systems for the aerospace and life sciences industries.

For more information about NASA and its programs, visit www.nasa.gov.

Lee said she supported Medicare for all, including for immigrants; would vote for any legislation that ensures a free and open U.S. press; was championing the OLIGARCH Act to tax extreme wealth; and backed the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine during the war.

Furthermore, Lee stressed — as the only person of color in the running — the need to protect disproportionately vulnerable communities of color through climate justice. She also emphasized the need for both border state and black and brown representation among legislators pushing immigration bills like last week’s GOP-blocked border deal, which had representatives of neither.

Adam Schiff U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (CA D-30), who has represented various parts of Los Angeles County since 2001, agreed with Lee’s criticism of the border deal, adding that foreign aid should never “have ever been combined with an border provision, because it meant the President could be extorted over aid funding by unrelated domestic policy … I

would support a comprehensive approach to immigration that includes a pathway to citizenship, and relief for DACA recipients and Temporary Protected Status holders.”

“I’m running for Congress because I want to fight to make the economy work for everyone and to protect our democracy and our planet,” he said, mentioning his support for a universal basic income pilot project for Americans on Medicaid.

Adam Schiff, D-CA, 30th District, discusses his support for Medicare for All and his efforts to increase the childcare tax credit.

His other efforts on this front have included forming a bipartisan and bicameral Congressional caucus on press freedom; federally prosecuting oil companies smuggling waste; promoting Medicare for all and carrying legislation to make racially equitable health care a civil right; fighting online hate against communities of color; advancing a bill repealing the NRA’s immunity from liability; and fighting to more than double the Child Tax Credit, lifting 40% of families with impoverished kids out of poverty.

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Disparate arrest trends based on race/ethnicity primarily driven by misdemeanor offense arrests, including drug offenses reclassified by Proposition 47.

For decades, local police accountability efforts have been focused primarily on the big three metropolitan police departments in Los Angeles County – LA County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles Police Department, and Long Beach Police Department. Consequently, important information about small to mid-sized police departments, especially those in suburban cities, often has been overlooked. This report is a preliminary effort to remedy this omission by surveying the data collection landscape for suburban police departments, uncovering potential disparities in enforcement actions, and illustrating the need for parity.

The Commission’s 2020 seminal report on public safety, Redefining Policing with our Community, is the impetus for this current exploration of arrest and booking data from these three police departments.

Recommendation 16 of the 2020 report calls for greater public accessibility of the kind of information detailed in the current study. That recommendation specifically refers to information collected in compliance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) of 2015.

RIPA explicitly prohibits racial and identity profiling by law enforcement and requires regular reporting to the Attorney General on all vehicle and pedestrian stops and citizen complaints alleging racial and identity profiling. RIPA aims to provide data, best practices, and recommendations for community advocates, organizations, law

enforcement, and policymakers to advance equity in policing practices collectively. While RIPA applies to all police departments, small to mid-sized police departments often struggle to meet reporting standards because of limitations in data collection procedures, antiquated data systems, and lack of staff expertise. The analysis of data from the three police departments demonstrates the urgency of addressing these challenges.

Ella Hushagen, a Care First South Pasadena member shared, “…the city [of South Pasadena] was informed about the findings of this data. [However,] the city has yet to respond to community demands to reduce racial disparities in police arrests [or] questions about whether paying for the costly service of policing is the best use of public resources to address traffic violations and nonviolent incidents. This report demonstrates the importance of data in shaping policing, whether in large or small cities such as ours.”

Cities across the nation are responding to public outcry and heeding calls for increased police accountability and data transparency of law enforcement activities. Recently, New York City adopted the How Many Stops Act, which calls for critical transparency in the daily enforcement activities of the New York Police Department (NYPD). The new law fills existing equity gaps by requiring NYPD to report on all police stops and encounters, including where they happen, demographic information of the contacted person, the reason for the encounter, and whether the encounter led to any use of force or enforcement action.

The federal monitor over NYPD reports that as many as 25% of current stops are unconstitutional, and roughly 97% of New Yorkers stopped identify as Black and Latino/a.

We encourage people to join the Commission in using this report and the corresponding data to advance equity in law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles County.

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American Foundation of Suicide Prevention working to bring mental health equity to Black people

By Anissa Durham Word In Black

Breaking Barriers: T.D. Jakes Foundation and Wells Fargo Invest $9 Million in Transformational Community Development Across America...continued America. These grant recipients will use the funds to further financial literacy in Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), build career centers and offices, support affordable housing projects and cultivate top-tier careers for college students.

Organizations receiving grants include:

A new initiative by the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention aims to bring hope and healing to those in the Black community.

Photo: Courtesy of Vic Armstrong via Word In Black If you’re feeling suicidal or concerned that someone you know may be in danger of hurting themselves, call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. The lifeline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is staffed by trained counselors “Within the Black community, we’ve had a narrative that we don’t die by suicide, that we’re resilient people who survived slavery. And that suicide was really a white problem.”

That’s what Vic Armstrong, vice president for health equity at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, says. With more than 35 years of experience working towards equitable access to mental health care, Armstrong knows the importance of starting those tough conversations.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, suicide was the third leading cause of death in 2020 for Black Americans ages 15 to 24. The suicide rates for Black youth increased nearly 37 percent between 2018 and 2021.

On Feb. 5, AFSP launched a new initiative to support mental health

equity for Black communities.

Listening, Empathy, Trust and Support or L.E.T.S Save Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention for Black and African American Communities is a free presentation aimed at fostering dialogue around mental health and providing suicide prevention resources.

The presentation will be shared through the chapters the organization has in each state, its media partners, and HBCUs. It is also available virtually. Word In Black sat down with Armstrong, who shared more about this program and its importance for the mental health of Black people.

Word In Black: Tell me about the L.E.T.S Save Lives program.

Why did AFSP decide to create this initiative? What’s the goal?

Vic Armstrong: It’s part of an ongoing initiative by AFSP on how we can reach historically marginalized communities. Our goal was to create a resource by Black people for Black people — that could address the issues continued on page 8

Community Foundation of Central Savannah River Area (CFCSRA): $500,000 Fund the introduction and development of a grocer in the Laney Walker neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia The Dallas Entrepreneurs Center (DEC) : $250,000 Fund the DEC's Capital Access Resource Center to support underrepresented founders Enterprise Community Partners: $1,000,000 Invest in Faith-Based Developers' Initiative to help houses of worship convert underutilized land into affordable homes Fort McPherson (T.D. Jakes Foundation): $1,500,000 Build T.D. Jakes Foundation office, located within the Fort McPherson development, to provide wraparound services to citizens within Metro Atlanta.

Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center: $25,000 Support Greenwood Rising's Homecoming event honoring icons of Wall Street and inspiring action needed for financial inclusion Greenwood Cultural Center: $25,000 Support of Greenwood Cultural Center's educational programs HBCU Community Development Action Coalition: $100,000 Further the "Our Money Matters" program for HBCU students HomeFreeUSA: $1,250,000 Support new technology platform to and develop a housing counseling and financial education program pilot in Dallas, TX and Atlanta, GA

Jackie Robinson Foundation: $1,500,000 Support JRF Impact for broadened support of Black college students The Milken Institute: $1,000,000 Support the HBCU Fellows Program equipping students with similar access to tools and resources historically afforded only to Ivy League institutions Operation Hope: $600,000 Develop the functionality of On-Demand Services to connect clients to financial health programs Paul Quinn College: $150,000 Establish an on-campus Financial Wellness Center for financial health and literacy Society for Financial Education & Professional Development (SFEPD): $200,000 Support of Seminars & Workshops initiative for HBCUs in Texas SoLa I CAN FOUNDATION: $250,000 Promote a Career Development Initiative in the South Los Angeles community Westside Future Fund: $500,000 Support the Cradle to Career Education initiative for next generation Atlantans Wiley University: $150,000 Establish an on-campus Financial Wellness Center for financial health and literacy "We have worked at the local and national level to build meaningful partnerships that help us cultivate cultural and economic shifts, and our relationship with Wells Fargo advances what we are aiming to achieve at T.D. Jakes Foundation," said Kelley Cornish, CEO of T.D. Jakes Foundation. "The grantees will use the funds to arm the next generation of college students with financial literacy and career building skills and will create much needed support for entrepreneurs, homebuyers and the underserved population who have not had access to life-changing and uplifting resources."

Breaking Barriers: T.D. Jakes Foundation and Wells Fargo Invest $9 Million in Transformational Community U.S. Senate Candidates’ Forum with Lee, Schiff, Development Across America Porter...continued from page 6 Grant funding part of 10-year strategic partnership between T.D. Jakes Group and Wells Fargo to promote economic advancement nationwide Inland Empire News DALLAS, Feb. 7, 2024 -- The T.D. Jakes Foundation (TDJF), in collaboration with Wells Fargo, are creating opportunities for historically underrepresented communities with a philanthropic investment of $9 million in grants to 16 community-based organizations across the United States. This funding is poised to support the creation of financial wellness and innovation centers, help organizations convert underutilized land into affordable homes, and drive impactful change for college students.

In April 2023, T.D. Jakes Group and Wells Fargo announced a 10year partnership that could result in up to $1 billion in capital and financing to support underserved communities across the United States.

The philanthropy spans across diverse communities, including Black, Brown, and impoverished White populations. The alliance is a resounding commitment to narrowing divides and empowering marginalized communities with tools and resources for generational wealth. The grants are funded through a donor-advised fund managed at the Communities Foundation of Texas on behalf of T.D. Jakes Foundation and Wells Fargo.

"This partnership allows both of our organizations to catalyze change in a myriad of sectors and to help craft better lives for those

benefiting from the work of the T.D Jakes Foundation and other community organizations funded by the partnership. While our work is just beginning with Wells Fargo, this is a continuation of our organization's commitment to providing financial literacy, career development opportunities and financial resources for underserved students and communities," said T.D. Jakes, CEO of T.D. Jakes Group.

"Disruption is the only solution to systemic inequality. Partnerships with impactful and relevant organizations enable us to provide even more opportunities to transform historically marginalized groups and areas across the entire nation."

"To create transformational change, we need to collaborate simultaneously across the multitude of issues facing our communities," said Darlene Goins, head of philanthropy and community impact at Wells Fargo. "With our philanthropic investment, Wells Fargo is aiming to expand the reach of the T.D. Jakes Foundation across housing, small business, and financial health to help tackle the complexities of the wealth gap."

The 16 community-based organizations represent a combined effort to strengthen the economic, entrepreneurial and cultural infrastructure across continued in next 2 columns

its chairman, and required diversification progress reports from other agencies like the CIA and NSA. “Diversity is not only a moral and ethical obligation, but it’s good for keeping the country safe.

You can’t have comprehensive, diverse intelligence around the world, if your people don’t look like the rest of the world,” he explained. “If I have a chance to weigh in on appointments, I’m going to elevate people of color to positions of responsibility and make sure that our workforce is reflective of America.”

As “one of the gravest threats we face is this now decades-long effort to disenfranchise people, particularly people of color, my first priority in the US Senate is going to be to do away with the filibuster and pass voting rights,” Schiff added.

Katie Porter Katie Porter (CA D-47), who has represented various parts of Orange County since 2019, said the biggest challenge faced by California specifically is the cost of housing: “I’m ready to make sure that the federal government is investing in affordable homeownership and undoing the harms of racist redlining policies.

My Housing for All plan would focus Washington on the numberone expense for California families, so every Californian can afford safe, climate-resilient housing.”

“One of the most important

functions of Congress is oversight,” she continued, explaining why she was running.

“It’s not just about giving speeches, it’s about getting powerful people to admit the truth.”

On this front, Porter got Trump’s Director of the CDC to make COVID testing free for all Americans, regardless of insurance, or immigration status; got Tim Sloan to resign as the CEO of Wells Fargo by confronting his “ongoing willingness to cheat Americans”; and got Bank of America to raise its minimum wage to $20 an hour.

Rep. Katie Porter, D-CA, 47th District, discusses her record of keeping those in power accountable through oversight.

This oversight extends to climate change, which costs taxpayers about $145 billion in climate-related disasters.

Porter said she has held polluters accountable through her work in the House Natural Resources Committee and by successfully pushing laws raising rates on those who drill and lease public land, adding that we should “not just address climate change, but also the health inequities that we have as a result of the fossil fuel industry … I’m a big supporter of Medicare for All, for undocumented immigrants as well.”

About recent border negotiations, she said “the bill did not tackle our actual needs for a lawful, orderly and continued in next 2 columns

U.S. Senate Candidates’ Forum with Lee, Schiff, Porter... continued humane immigration system …

Immigrants are an incredible source of strength to this country. We cannot have the economy that we need if we do not have an immigration system that recognizes their value” through asylum protections and citizenship pathways, particularly for DACA and TPS recipients.

“I’ve never been for sale,” Porter continued. “I’m the only elected official in this race who has never taken corporate PAC or federal lobbyist money, because it corrupts decisions.”

She said she aimed to follow her Shake up the Senate plan

including filibuster abolishment, expanded voting rights and a ban on Congressional stock trading to tackle “the corruption in Washington to give younger voters what they have long deserved, confidence in our government.”

“There is no doubt that our next senator needs to be a champion for communities of color,” she added. “Right now in the Senate, ultra-wealthy donors control the conversation. Elected leaders talk too much about how to help corporate America get even richer, and not nearly enough about how to help all of us make ends meet.”

“Are We Living in the End Times?

Yes!”

By Lou K. Coleman

sides, wickedness everywhere, natural disasters, famine, all evidence that we are living in the end times, last days, and that the apocalypse is just around the corner. Lend a sense of urgency to this message, please!

Lou K. Coleman

Is the Apocalypse around the Corner? Yes! Is it the Last Days?

Yes! But you ask, how can you say with such certainty?

Bible prophecy: [Isaiah 11:11-12, Ezekiel 11:17, Amos 9:14-15, Isaiah 52:9, Zechariah 8:7-8 and 12:6, Ezekiel 34:12-13, 36:24, and 39:28, Jeremiah 23:7-8, Revelation 11:8-9, Revelation 13, Matthew 24:12, 2 and Peter 3:3-2, Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11, Matthew 24:14, Mark 13:10, Revelation 13:17, Daniel 7:16-24, Revelation 13:1-8 & 17:1-18, Matthew 24:9, Mark 13:13, Luke 21:17, John 15:20, 2nd Timothy 3:12, 1 Timothy 4:1-2, Matthew 24:1012, Ezekiel 38:2-6 Zechariah 12:3, Ezekiel 37:10].

Read it all and then take a look around you. What do you see?

War and the nations gathering for more war. Economic woes, massive inflation, crime on all

Prophecy [Ezekiel 7:1-4] …

An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.

Three specific prophecies that God gave Ezekiel regarding how the people will be punished— one-third will die by plagues or famine; one-third will fall by the sword; one-third will be scatted to every wind. He tells Ezekiel that he is about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem and only give the people rationed water.

He tells Ezekiel the people will waste away. And plagues and bloodshed were coming. Bones were going to be scattered, towns laid waste, and the high places of idolatry were going to be demolished.

Days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. [Luke 21:20-22].

Please lend a sense of urgency to this message. For indeed, we are living in the Last Days, EndTimes, and the Apocalypse is just around the Corner.

WITNESS FOR JUSTICE Issue #1190

The Measure of Humanity Rachel Hackenberg “The question, ‘What is man*?’ is one of the most important questions confronting any generation,” began Martin Luther King, Jr. “The whole political, social, and economic structure of a society is largely determined by its answer to this pressing question.”

King was presenting the first of two addresses to the 1958 gathering of the National Conference on Christian Education of the United Church of Christ, reflecting on the nature and purpose of humanity. Are we animals? Are we a “cosmic accident”? Are we gods or fools, angels or sinners? He quoted Psalm 8 with its ancient question, “What are human beings that [God is] mindful of them?”

In his second address to the gathering, King developed this existential question—examining not only the condition of our being but also the character of our living. How do we make choices, set goals, and mature in such a way that we can live with ourselves? How do we labor together to support each other’s well-being, to recognize and address global needs? “As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich,” King declared. “As long as diseases are rampant . . . I can never be totally healthy. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.”

To be human, with integrity, is a noble life.

To be humane, with mutual compassion, is a worthy life.

To be humanity together, King asserted, not only with integrity and compassion but also with hope in the mystery of God, is a complete life.

Quite often I greet the morning with existential questions: pondering my flesh and bones, critiquing my faults, evaluating my purpose and its worth, faltering to understand my little piece within the grand puzzle.

King’s The Measure of a Man returns me to the essentials: To be human is to be a miracle, a complex chemical mass that is full of ideas and faults and growth and discontent. To be humane is to return to love, in all its complexities, over and over again. To be one part of the whole of humanity is to play with our toes in holy dust even as we reach with our spirits toward holy fulfillment. *King’s use of “man,” meaning all humanity, is kept in this quotation.

Quotations drawn from The Measure of a Man, Martin Luther King, Jr. (Christian Education Press, 1959)

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American Foundation of Suicide Prevention working to bring mental health equity to Black people... continued from page 7 around suicide.

We wanted something that would help educate the community about the prevalence of suicide in the Black community. And something that would create avenues to open conversation. We engaged a marketing team, The House of Joy, a Black female-led organization to create Black imagery. Everything speaks to the Black experience.

Ultimately, the goal is always to reduce suicide rates.

Specifically, we want to think about how we can get upstream in suicide prevention. Suicide itself is not a disease, it is the worst possible outcome of a combination of a lot of complex things that often include mental health challenges.

That means we need to create culturally relevant resources.

And raise awareness that suicide is relevant to the Black community and is happening in our community. So that we don’t ignore people around us that are hurting.

WIB: Why was it important to create this program by Black people and for Black people?

VA: Historically, when we look at suicide prevention, it’s not a conversation that we typically have. In the last few years, we’ve been more open to trying to have that conversation. But, when you look around, there were very few resources for Black people, that speak to the Black experience.

For AFSP, when the mission is to save lives and bring hope — that’s for everybody. But traditionally, we’ve created resources that were not specific to any community, like painting

American Foundation of Suicide Prevention working to bring mental health equity to Black people...continued

with broad strokes.

Suicide doesn’t discriminate.

Suicide is not exclusive to any one race or ethnicity. Neither is hope.

WIB: You’ve been working in the mental health space for more than three decades. What has kept you going in a space that can be dark and heavy?

VA: I grew up in rural North Carolina— my world was really small. I didn’t know a lot about what happened outside of my community. Once I got into the field of social work, my perspective broadened over time.

I started my career as a therapist. At one point, I was the only clinician in three counties. I saw adults. I saw kids. I saw men reported for domestic violence.

I saw the women that they abused. I really saw some of the generational challenges — and that made me really fall in love with community mental health.

I think the suicide piece that really hit home for me was when I was the vice president of behavioral health for a large hospital system. In looking at all these resources as a hospital system, your primary goal is to avoid preventable deaths — we weren’t focusing enough on efforts around suicide prevention, especially in historically marginalized communities.

Now, I really focus on health equity in the suicide prevention and awareness space.

WIB: Thinking about the narrative that as Black people we don’t die by suicide or have depression. How does that then continued in last 2 columns

change the way we experience suicidality?

VA: Black people are more likely to go to a faith leader than a psychiatrist or psychologist.

One of the things that happens is we look inwardly, into our community. The other thing that makes it difficult is when we tell ourselves a narrative that we should not be experiencing depression or anxiety.

We tell ourselves we don’t have the right to have those feelings, and that we should be able to manage it on our own.

What ends up happening is that we don’t seek help.

So, part of what we want to do is be able to change that conversation. We are changing the message to our community.

Letting them know that it’s OK

to not be OK, it’s OK to feel vulnerable, and it’s OK to ask for help.

There are nuances in the way that communities internalize things that have happened to them. In the Black community, where we’ve seen racial discrimination and segregation — we have internalized that as just being part of the Black experience. What we’ve also done is not allow ourselves to talk about those things and how they impact us.

Some of these things are unique to the Black experience.

We now want to create avenues for people to talk about it — and come into a space to acknowledge those challenges and talk about resources to provide healing.

This article was originally published by Word in Black.

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