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DYNAMEX LAW: MANY BLACK APP-BASED DRIVERS, MEDIA FREELANCERS WANT TO REMAIN

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TO BEGIN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS

By Lauren Poteat NNPA Newswire

During its 110th National Convention at the Cobo Center in Downtown Detroit, the NAACP — the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization — hosted delegates from all over the country. In keeping with the convention’s theme, “When We Fight, We Win,” the NAACP national delegation voted unanimously for the U.S. House of Representatives to initiate Articles of Impeachment for President Donald J. Trump.

Kee Broussard an on demand delivery driver from the Los Angeles area at the State Captiol rally July 16, 2019.

By Tanu Henry California Black Media

“My cellulitis has become so chronic, if I get scratched, cut, pinched or burned, I’ll have to be admitted to the hospital,” says Angela Agbasi, 64, a Cancer survivor and Los Angeles single mom who drives Lyft and Uber about 30 hours a week to supplement her Social Security income.

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“The pattern of Trump’s misconduct is unmistakable and has proven time and time again that he is unfit to serve as the president

“I have four kids – three in college and one in high school. If things change, and I have to become an employee, I won’t be hirable. I won’t be able to take care of my children,” says Agbasi, adding that driving on her own time allows her to make it to her frequent doctor appointments and work in a low-risk, low-stress environment that works well for her health condition.

On Monday, July 8, Agbasi joined other members of the “I’m Independent Coalition” for a press conference at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. At

NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who has remained unwavering in his opposition to the president and his administration’s policies, gave the following remarks to the delegates shortly after the vote was cast.

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STERLING TUCKER, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER

AND ACTIVIST POLITICIAN, DIES AT 95

By Lauren Victoria Burke

CALIFORNIA’S PAID LEAVE POLICY

BENEFITS

NNPA Newswire Correspondent

OUT OF REACH FOR BLACK WOMEN

Prominent American civil rights activist and Washington, D.C. politician Sterling Tucker passed away on July 14, in Washington, D.C. Tucker was the first chair of the District of Columbia City Council and ran for mayor in 1978. He was defeated by Marion Barry by 1,500 votes.

By Tina McKinnor and Ashley Smith NNPA Newswire Correspondent

When you type “maternity leave” into Google images, white women dominate the search results. That is not a mistake. The algorithm is a reflection of who has been centered in policy conversations and benefited from paid family leave policies. We know personally: Black women in California are most in need of an inclusive paid family leave program, but least likely to have it.

We come from different backgrounds. Tina worked for Department of Social Services as a data entry operator when she got pregnant.

They pinched pennies to get by like many young Black couples. Ashley earned a comfortable wage as a Behavior Analyst while she and her husband tried for a baby. Tina had her son before the state passed the nation’s first paid family leave policy. Ashley had her daughter just recently.

Yet both of our birthing experiences, 30 years apart, and recent research by Paid Leave for the U.S. (PL+US) highlight that not enough has changed for Black women in California, despite the introduction of

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Prominent American civil rights activist and Washington, D.C. politician Sterling Tucker passed away on July 14, in Washington, D.C.

Tucker was an active part of the Poor People’s Campaign and organized Solidarity Day, a 50,000 member protest in Washington D.C. on June 19, 1969. The Poor People’s Campaign was started by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern

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policies like paid family leave.

For Tina, she was only seven months pregnant when she started having labor pains.

Her doctor put her on mandatory bedrest, forcing her to use her 30 days of paid sick days after which she was fired. Then when Tina dilated and started to push, her doctor told her she needed to be rushed to an emergency C-section - he said her son’s umbilical See BENEFITS page 2

SPEAKS ON SUICIDE AND MENTAL HEALTH ON CAPITOL HILL Award-winning actress and Empire star Taraji P. Henson testified before members of Congress on mental health issues in the African American community.

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“I am here using my celebrity, using my voice, to put a face to this, because I also suffer from depression and anxiety. If you’re a human living in today’s world, I don’t know how you’re not suffering in any way.”

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION NAACP:

proceed with the impeachment process,” Johnson continued.

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Tonight’s vote was the organization’s latest effort to encourage members of Congress to pursue impeachment against the president. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) energized the delegates, delivering remarks similar to those that launched his efforts on the floor of the House of Representatives, where he has put forth several impeachment measures.

of this country,” said Johnson.

“From his attempts to curtail the scope of Robert Mueller’s investigation, to calling out minority congresswomen and telling them to go back to their countries, to caging immigrant children without food or water, to his numerous attempts to avert the Supreme Court’s decision to not add in the citizenship question to the 2020 Census, this president has led one of the most racist and xenophobic administrations since the Jim Crow era.”

“Trump needs to know that he is not above the law and the crimes that he has committed, and he must be prosecuted. We will make sure that the NAACP is at the forefront of pushing Congress to

Carmel Henry, a millennial voting delegate from the District of Columbia, believes that even if the vote won’t have any legislative ramifications, the resolution represents a step in the right direction.

“I support the resolution passed by the organization during its 110th convention because it represents a closer step in addressing the injustices in America, particularly as it pertains to minorities and persons of color,” Henry said.

The NAACP’s vote comes one day before former special counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify before Congress, which many Democrats hope will help strengthen the argument for impeachment among the legislators whose views differ from the 87 House members currently on record as expressing support for an impeachment inquiry.

While addressing attendees during Monday’s events, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), one of the four freshman congresswomen who President Trump offensively told to “go home,” a statement many believe to based solely on her ethnic background — Tlaib was born in Detroit — repeated her call for his impeachment, saying “I’m not going nowhere. Not until I impeach this president.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who also spoke at the convention Monday, did not mention Trump during her speech.

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Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), in 1968.

It would be continued under the direction of the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. King’s chief lieutenant, after King was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

The Poor People’s Campaign was focused on economic justice for poor people in America. Today that work is continued by Rev. William Barber II. Sterling Tucker worked alongside Reverend Abernathy and Coretta Scott King in what was the first formal activist effort to bring economic justice for African Americans.

Tucker served on the first District of Columbia City Council from 1969 to 1974, as home rule was established and served one term. He was also chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. During the early 80s he began a consulting firm called Sterling Tucker and Associates and in 1990 was chairman of the American Diabetes Association.

“He was fundamental to the leadership of the city,”

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the event, a panel of advocates, community leaders and drivers called on lawmakers to fix the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision and amend AB 5, a bill the full Senate is expected to hear and vote on in September. Nearly 500 on-demand delivery drivers from across the state also rallied at the State Capitol July16 asking state legislators to fix the pending bill and protect their flexibility.

On July 11, the Senate Labor committee voted to pass the legislation. It is now headed to the Appropriations committee for review.

If passed, the legislation also referred to as the “Dynamex Bill” or the “Employee Misclassification bill,” would make it tougher for companies in California to enter into working agreements with freelancers or independent contractors.

Supporters of AB 5, introduced by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), say the legislation closes loopholes employers use too often to underpay workers and deny them of benefits like health insurance, minimum wage, paid parental leave, etc., that state law requires for full-time employees.

“Big businesses shouldn’t be able to pass their costs on to taxpayers while depriving workers of the labor law protections they are rightfully entitled to,” said Gonzalez in May when the Assembly voted 5915 in favor of AB 5.

But for many African American ride-share and on-demand delivery drivers who enjoy the freedom of working for themselves and the benefits of setting their own hours, the California Supreme Court ruling known as Dynamex that created the restrictive ABC Test - and AB 5 that codifies the decision not only threatens their livelihood but also throws a wrench into their ability to control how much money they make.

“A striking 97 percent of African-American drivers in California say being able to maintain a flexible schedule is important to them,” says Pastor William Smart, President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California.

Smart, who is based in Los Angeles, says joining the

former city council chairman Arrington Dixon told the Washington City Paper about Tucker.

Dixon remembered Tucker as mild mannered but impactful. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated Tucker to be Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Sterling Tucker is survived by his two daughters, Michele Jeffery and Lauren Tucker; four

effort to oppose AB 5 gives him a chance to be the voice of thousands of people in his community who depend on driving apps for a living.

He says, for many African Americans drivers who live paycheck-to-paycheck, being able to drive when and where they want provides a safety net for those times when surprise expenses pop up that could cause “drastic financial setbacks.”

In California, tens of thousands of people make their living or generate additional income by driving for Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Grubhub or other on-demand platforms. Only 7 percent of them would prefer to become full-time employees of those companies, according to the “I’m Independent Coalition.”

“I have done the corporate thing. I have been in the office,” says Shataya Wilson, who clocks about 40 hours a week driving for Lyft. Wilson, who moved to Los Angeles from Oregon to pursue her goal of becoming a music producer, says even though she drives full-time, the flexibility of choosing when she works allows her to still chase her dreams while being assured of a steady stream of income.

In 2018, the California Supreme Court instructed businesses in the state to apply an “ABC” test to determine whether a worker is a freelancer or employee. For a worker to be classified as a freelancer, employers would have to prove that the person is (A) not under the contracting company’s control, (B) is doing work that is not central to the company’s business, and (C) has an independent business providing a service. If freelancers or contractors don’t meet those requirements, companies would have to employ them and provide all the pay and benefits required under California labor laws.

Gonzalez says AB 5 writes into law that California Supreme Court decision and provides specific guidelines for employers to follow.

But instead of creating a uniform policy for all workers in California, the “I’m Independent Coalition” is urging Gonzalez and other lawmakers to consider what they are calling a “modern approach” to work in the state. They are advocating for clarifications in the law that allow independent workers who overwhelmingly want to stay independent to remain so.

The app-based drivers are pushing for a legislative

grandchildren and many friends and colleagues.

His body laid in repose in the John A. Wilson Building, where the D.C. City Council meets in Washington and funeral services took place at the McQuire Funeral Home on Georgia Avenue NW. The Tucker family asked that donations be made in his name to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 15829, Arlington VA 22215 and Trinity Episcopal Church Outreach Ministry to the Homeless, 7005 Piney Branch Road N.W., Washington DC 20012.

solution that allows workers to stay independent while creating a system to expand benefits; provide an opportunity for contractors to organize as an drivers’ association; and supporting legislation that calls for more transparency on how much companies earn for passenger rides or food and goods deliveries - and how much they, in turn, pay drivers for the those services.

In its current form, AB 5, which was first introduced in December 2018, makes exceptions for certain classes of professionals. They include barbers who rent booths, hairstylists, real estate agents, dentists, doctors, lawyers, architects, accountants, insurance agents, direct sellers, human resource officers and some marketers.

“It is encouraging to see that lawmakers are not using a sledgehammer to fix AB 5,” says John Warren, Publisher of the San Diego Voice and Viewpoint.

“The problem of unprotected workers in California must be removed with a scalpel that does not destroy the things that are working for people and our economy.”

Although a majority of African-American rideshare drivers, are opposed to being reclassified as employees if AB 5 passes, a small yet vocal number of other Lyft and Uber drivers across the state support the bill. On June 10, when Gonzalez hosted a rally at the Capitol in support of her proposal, protesting members of the “I’m Independent Coalition found themselves face-to face with hundreds of ride-share drivers and union workers who were also there to show their support for the legislation and lobby legislators to pass it. Many of them contend that ride-share companies are worth billions of dollars now and some like Uber, for example, have even begun to invest in new technologies like self-driving cars, while many of their drivers work long hours and still can’t make ends meet.

Ideally, Agbasi says, she would like to see legislators make a compromise that provides protections for the drivers who want the security and benefits of employment and still makes provisions for contractors like her who cherish the autonomy ride-share drivers currently have.

“I really, really love my job the way it is,” says Agbasi. “All I want is to be able to pursue happiness and take care of my family and have some fun while I’m doing that.”

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cord was wrapped around his neck from the stress of the pregnancy. After a scary 18 hours, Tina’s son was born alive and miraculously healthy.

Ashley’s pregnancy was also difficult from the start. She experienced daily migraines and achy joints, but had to push through grueling commutes to work each day in order to be eligible for state disability and maternity leave through her job.

Starting at 31 weeks she went into preterm labor with strong contractions for which she was placed on bedrest. At 34.5 weeks, Ashley was rushed to the hospital for an emergency c-section - she was in labor again and her daughter was in breach. Ashley was able to take three months off work using a combination of partially paid maternity leave and state disability. But it was not nearly enough time for herself or her premie baby. With great hesitation, Ashley returned to work when her daughter was just 14 weeks old and still so tiny.

Both our experiences are far too common among Black mothers. As a community, we have higher rates of morbidity such as preeclampsia, fibroids, and chronic toxic stress which can put us and our infants in danger. While both our babies survived, Black women and their infants in California - not to mention nationwide - are more than three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy related complication than our white counterparts, as a new report from Paid Leave for the U.S. highlights.

Our community’s health inequities are a direct result of racism, which has no silver bullet. However, when policies specifically address Black women’s inequities it can contribute to closing these gaps. Just take expanding California’s paid family leave policy: because Black women have a higher rate of dangerous pregnancy complications, we need more time to heal and recover. An expansion of the state’s policy to what doctor’s overwhelmingly recommend - six months for both infant and parent would be life changing for us, our families, and our community. As Governor Newsom convenes his Paid Family Leave Task Force, we have a unique opportunity. Now is the time to include our experiences and our voices to improve upon the state’s policy. Together, we can shape what the next 30 years looks like in California for Black families and beyond.

Tina McKinnor is the California Campaign Strategist at Paid Leave for the U.S. Ashley Smith is a Behavior Analyst who lives and works in the Bay Area.

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Pot Meet Kettle Change Begins Within

By Kamaal Martin Special to California Black Media Partners

While testifying before the latest Senate Education Committee in favor of Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell’s (D – Long Beach) anticharter school measure AB 1505, San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten said, without irony, that children in a low performing charter school in her district lost five years of their lives before the school was closed. She said, “they don’t get those years back.” Referencing Marten’s comments, Senator Steve Glazier (D- Lafayette) remarked at the stunning lack of concern for the students languishing in the state’s 781 failing schools. Unlike with charter schools, a failing district school stays open.

The system of accountability for student achievement for charter schools stands in stark contrast to the standard to which district schools are held. District schools are allowed to fail for generations without consequence. What about the students that have fallen through the cracks of that broken system? Typically, the state’s response to a failing district school is to give it more money and more time in exchange for the promise of incremental change. Even this weak commitment to incremental change is a promise that is rarely ever kept to students attending a failing district school.

San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten should be very well aware of this situation because 14 schools in her district are on the list of California’s lowest performers. Some of those schools are located South of the 8 where San Diego’s low income, minority neighborhoods are found.

Porter Elementary and Knox Middle, for example, are San Diego schools South of the 8 that are on the list of the state’s 781 lowest performers. Over three years, from 2016 to 2018, Porter Elementary declined by 8% in ELA and Knox Middle has consistently been over 25% lower than the state average.

Unlike the charter school Marten singled out in her testimony, these district-run schools are still open for business.

Lincoln High – not even one of the 14 worst schools– is another example of a school in San Diego Unified that keeps grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons.

A recent story in the Voice of San Diego reported that at the end of the school year, Marten fired the entire school administration at Lincoln High in response to low performance. With that action, Lincoln has lost its fifth leader in 12 years. Lincoln High has been a See KETTLE on page 15

Ignorance Breeds Racism

By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq.

By ignorance breeding racism, I don’t mean the lack of college or other educational degrees. I’m really talking about how some families teach their children to hate certain people based upon lies.

In order to really drive home the point, I’m making, I recommend a book called Confessions of A Recovering Racist, a book by my good friend, the late George O’Hare, in cooperation with Emma Young of Chicago.

George does the best demonstration of how ignorance breeds racism as he talks about his upbringing and how he discovered the truth about the lies he was taught about Black people as a child. Some of it is humorous, but is the best lesson I’ve ever read or heard on the need for people to get to know each other before judging them. Even as I’m writing this, I know there’re a lot of people who would prefer not to know the truth about those they already hate without cause, but truth can change others.

George speaks about how he became a changed person once he met such people in person, listened to them, talked and worked with Dr. Martin

Luther King, Dick Gregory, Jesse Jackson, Father Clement, Willie Barrow and many others.

He speaks of the time he found himself at a meeting of Black people when a woman asked what he was doing there, and he thought he’d explain to her how he believed in equality of all people and wanted to do what he could to help. The woman told George he didn’t belong there and should go back to his own community and talk with his own people. When he told Dick Gregory about the encounter, to George’s shock, Mr. Gregory agreed with the woman and said there were many people talking to the Black community, but raised the question of who was talking to the racists in the white community.

George saw his opening Because he had so much respect for Mr. Gregory, George took on a different approach and began quizzing white people about things he had learned about the value of Black people to our world. Once when a white man was telling him about his mother’s open-heart See RACISM on page 15

Our Communities

by Dr. Quintin Bullock, DDS

For all the strongly held views on immigration being publicly articulated at the present time, there are certain realities we must acknowledge about the world in which we live. It is becoming more and more interconnected, nations’ economies more dependent on each other, workforces more diverse. Over time, the continuation of this trend is inevitable and unstoppable.

America has a unique role in this story because of who we are, how we were born and how our country grew and evolved. All of us have an obligation to look at our past, present and future honestly—to address inequities and embrace opportunities with empathy, civility and a constructive mindset.

After all, immigrants bring energy and ambition and new ways of doing things. The world would be a much different place today if not for the drive and imagination of Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant of modest beginnings who landed right here in Pittsburgh. It would be a much different place if the Brin family, including 6-year-old Sergey Brin, hadn’t taken what was at the time the great risk of applying for an exit visa from the old Soviet Union, so they could come to America.

Brin, of course, grew up to become the founder of Google.

And of course, our history would be very different if a Kenyan immigrant named Barack Obama Sr. hadn’t come to America to go to college— later to have a son who would achieve the ultimate American dream of becoming the first Black president of the United States.

While not everyone grows up to be Andrew Carnegie or Sergey Brin or Barack Obama, most immigrants are here because they want to work hard, get an education, have a good life and contribute to their communities.

And while the conversation about immigration often is based on emotion rather than facts, there are many reasons to have hope for the future.

I like to think of our country atlarge as a great tossed salad. It’s not very interesting if you have the lettuce in one bowl and the tomatoes in another and the carrots and peppers and other ingredients all in their own separate bowls. But you mix it all together and it’s great— the perfect example of something that is far better than the sum of its individual parts.

Our politics and public discourse today is often marked by anger and hostility. It doesn’t have to be that way. We can all play a role, in our own lives and in our own communities, in improving the dialogue and changing the culture. In trying to address the big issues of the country and world on a larger scale, let’s not overlook what’s happening close to home.

Walk around your own neighborhood. Are there people living right nearby—perhaps new immigrants—who need some help?

Talk to your friends and family and neighbors. What can you do to improve the lives of people in your own backyard?

Large parts of the population were oppressed. Opponents were imprisoned. What could anyone do to change it? Well, in 1966, Robert F. Kennedy went there and said: “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

It took a while, but he was right.

Slowly but surely, people around the world started speaking out and taking action. And eventually apartheid fell.

Even if we sometimes feel powerless in times of political and social division, always remember that we have the potential of being the stone on the water that Bobby Kennedy spoke about, sending out ripples of hope that can build into powerful currents that change the world. If we want to change the tone of the conversation, if we want to welcome new immigrants to our country, if we want to make our communities better places to live, it begins with each of us and the actions we take every day.

(Dr. Quintin Bullock, DDS, is president of Community College of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. This article originally appeared in the New Pittsburgh Courier.)

One of the great injustices of modern times was the system of apartheid that existed for many years in South Africa. It seemed intractable.

Black Women Taking on the Fight Against Diabetes

By Linda Goler Blount, MPH, President and CEO, Black Women’s Health Imperative

The cost of insulin is skyrocketing and people—especially Black women—are dying because they cannot afford or don’t have access to vital medication.

There is not enough being done to lower the prices of prescription medications that could mean life or death for so many African Americans that depend on it to live.

Over 30 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes—including nearly 13% of all non-Hispanic Black people.

According to the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, African Americans are 80% more likely to

be diagnosed with diabetes and the majority of them are women.

Many of those suffering from diabetes depend on insulin to regulate their blood sugar to remain healthy so that the food they eat does not threaten their lives.

Instead of ensuring that people with diabetes can have access to this lifesaving drug, some political leaders have put up road block after road block to make it harder for patients to receive care, despite bipartisan outrage by the excessively high cost of prescription drugs.

This isn’t just bad politics: this is a life or death issue for working families across the country, and African Americans are disproportionately

paying the price.

Instead of focusing on lowering drug costs for all Americans, some lawmakers continue to attack the Affordable Care Act and its health care protections for those that have pre-existing conditions. While they do this, as many as one in four people skips insulin doses or ration prescriptions because of the rising cost. Sadly, some of these people are dying as a result—and many black women are specifically at risk.

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Vera Dewitt SUNRISE

December 18, 1935

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July 11, 2019

Graveside service was held Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary VERA ODESSA DeWITT was born December 18, 1935 in Camilla, Texas to Bolivar and Beatrice Lee. She was the youngest of ten children born into this union and was raised in a religious household and accepted Christ at an early age. She attended MacWhealley Elementary School in Camilla, Texas and graduated from Lincoln High School in Coldspring, Texas in 1952. Vera was a good student and athlete in school. She loved playing on the girls’ high school basketball team. It was there that she developed her lifelong love for basketball and sports in general.

Vera moved to Oakland California after graduating high school to live with her sister, Helen Parker and work in the medical field. While living in Oakland, she met Elmore G. DeWitt whom she married on March 21, 1957. She and her husband permanently moved to San Diego, where their two children Victor and Darlene were born.

Vera was a homemaker while raising her two children. She worked for the San Diego City School District starting in the 1970’s when her children became older until her retirement as a teacher’s aide after over twenty years of employment.

Vera was a warm and caring person with an easy manner and a ready smile. She was always a positive person who gave everyone she met a kind word and blessing.

She was preceded in death by both of her parents and all of her siblings.

On Thursday, July 11, 2019, Vera Odessa DeWitt was called from earthly labor to eternal rest. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her daughter, Darlene DeWitt of San Diego, California; her son, Victor DeWitt and daughter-in-law, Janice DeWitt of El Cajon, California; one grandson, De’Angelo DeWitt-Redding of San Diego, California and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn passing, yet celebrate her life.

John Scott SUNRISE

September 8, 1930

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June 23, 2019

SUNRISE

In August of 1983 met the love of her life, Ted Womack. They were inseparable. One of their favorite things to do was go to concerts of the bands they liked the most. They enjoyed meeting new people, building friendships, and entertaining. As they progressed, they helped a lot of kids in the community by coaching and mentoring at South Eastern Little League. Maxine’s heart and spirit made everyone feel as if she was their real mom rather than just the team mom. Maxine and Ted’s union was confirmed by the Lord on December 17, 2018.

As Maxine evolved and was advancing her career she became an underwriter at Wells Fargo. She was very accomplished and excelled at different mortgage companies over her twenty-five plus year career.

This made her highly esteemed and a master in her field.

Maxine was a woman of God. She was very diligent in her relationship with Christ. She dedicated herself to the Lord and was baptized on December 27, 2018, where she began attending Our Fathers House of Worship Seventh Day Adventist Church. She was a student of the word and was very adamant about walking in the teachings.

Maxine was called home on July 20, 2019 at the age of 55. She was preceded in death by her father Ollen Williams II. Left to cherish her memories are, mother Vertis Williams, husband Ted Womack; two children Ted Womack, Jr. and Kayla Womack; two grandchildren Zayd Womack and Tristan Holmes; sister Kimberly Jordan and brother Ollen Williams III; nephew Cory Jordan; and numerous family members and friends.

Maxine will be missed more than words can ever express. Her love and understanding for everyone was colossal. She was one in a million, Max-A-Million.

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PASTOR DORANCE ALDRIDGE was born to Sarah and James Aldridge, on October 26,1951 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Although he was born in Richmond, he and his brothers and sisters were raised in Henrico, Virginia. Being the son of a hardworking farm laborer and sailor, John was shown how to work.

So, when he was drafted into the United States Navy at age 17, he already had an example to follow. John began his journey with the Navy on December 1, 1947. After boot camp he reported to duty aboard the submarine. This is where he began his career as a cook inlet.

Which in today’s time is called a chef. On December 17, 1949 John decided to make a big decision in his life. He proposed to a beautiful young lady by the name of Mary Ellen Hurt. She said yes!

They got married on Christmas Eve, in 1949 at the A.M.E Zion Church in Richmond, Virginia by Min. Cornelius W. Turns. During their union they had nine children. Mona Lisa, Marlette, Melissa, Medesa (preceded in death), Marcelle, Mardeet “Dee Dee”, John “Johnny”Jr., Jonathan “Ray”, and Jurad “Radi”.

On November 30, 1951 John had served his four year term in the Navy and had to make a decision to re-enlist or end his term. John decided to re-enlist. Sometime around 1966, John and Mary got news from the Navy, they’d be relocating to sunny San Diego. So, John and Mary packed their family up and relocated to San Diego, to a neighborhood called Encanto. During his service John earned two bronze stars, one was for national defense. He served in the Navy for over twenty years and retired with an honorable discharge and ranked as an E6.

John and Mary remained married until July 1977. He later remarried but she did not. They both remained living in San Diego. John returned home to Virginia for a short period of time, but came back to San Diego.

John departed this life on Sunday, June 23rd at approximately 9 pm. Left to mourn his loss are his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Also, a host of other family members who mourn his departure. John accepted Christ early in life. Before he passed, he rededicate his life to Christ and joined through Christian experience Greater Trinity Missionary Baptist Church of San Diego.

We as a family salute him.

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During Maxine’s youth she loved playing softball. She played at Twin Hills Little League with her sister until high school, where they continued playing at Monte Vista High School. Her position was back-catcher.

She blocked a lot of runs and was mean down on home plate.

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October 26, 1951

On Monday, September 8, 1930, John Robert Scott, Sr. was born to Pearl Viola Johnson and Rev. Winston Clarence Scott in Richmond, Virginia. Both of his parents preceded him in death.

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Maxine DeNeen Williams was born on March 11, 1964 in San Diego, CA to Vertis and Ollen Williams of Mississippi.

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As John grew older he remembered his life in Virginia owning land, his Navy life and his life as a chef on the multiple submarines he was on.

The submarine that he remembered most was the USS Permit. John enjoyed and lived a long prosperous life, traveling the seas, building a family and dressing the part in his collared shirts and dress pants.

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Gertie Clemmons SUNRISE

January 3, 1934

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July 15, 2019

Arrangements by Preferred creamation & Burial Gertie Valeria Storey Clemmons born on January 3, 1934 to Lucinda Moore and Eugene Storey, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. She was the youngest of three siblings. Gertie, affectionately called” Doodle Bug”, or later in life “Trudy” was loved and liked by all.

Gertie didn’t meet a person that she did not genuinely like or come to know. She was a choir member at Saint Paul Missionary Church in Omaha, Nebraska.

Gertie was also a basketball player at Yazoo High School. She was an excellent cook and part owner of a restaurant, with her husband James Clemmons III. She and her husband had ten children, Jimene Clemmons, Omaha, Nebraska, Frederick Daryl, Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Tiffany Clemmons-Streete, San Diego, Reverend Kevin Clemmons, Raytown, Missouri, Karen Juline Clemmons McCrearry, Omaha, Nebraska, and Richard Eugene, Florida. Six are still alive.

She greatly loved all of her children equally. Gertie was an excellent and outstanding person, friend, sister, daughter, auntie, and friend.

We will surely miss her, cherish her awesome memories, laughter, genuineness, no-nonsense demeanor, and true love to others. We love you mommy, our confidant, friend, and queen.

Dorance graduated from Central High School in 1969.

Shortly afterward, he became a male model for fashion shows and print magazines. He later joined the Navy and was stationed in San Diego where he met his soul mate, Brenda Hubbard-Jackson in 1972.

They were married on November 9, 1975. He assumed responsibility of being father of LaTonya and LaVell Jackson, and baby Aina Kizuwanda was born later.

The family enjoyed camping and fishing trips together. Durance’s passion was cooking, and could fix and create anything he puts his mind to. After discharge from the Navy he became a heavy equipment operator. He received an AA Degree in photography in 1980, and later joined the San Diego Police Department where he was one of the first officers to share the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in schools.

After eight years of service he resigned from the police force in 1990 to pursue his wife’s dream of opening a restaurant; Brendory’s Southern and Cajun Cuisine. Brendory’s was located in Bonita and Brendory’s by the Sea in Imperial Beach. After several years of operation they closed the doors to sell Brendory’s Creole Sauce and Brendory’s Andouille Sausage in the Navy Commissary, Costco, Smart and Final, among others. Eventually, he returned to his passion as a chef for Marriott Hotels and later transferred to become Security Night Manager.

Dorance accepted Christ at a young age and for the past decade or so, he has been associated with East Village Community Church.

He and Brenda coordinated several activities for the youth groups.

Subsequently, he was appointed pastor and installed on August 28, 2018.

Dorance departed this life on July 19, 2019. He was preceded in death by; mother Sarah Updyke; father James Aldridge; step-fathers James Updyke, and Theodore Oglesby; sister Diana Aldridge; nephews Dominick Oglesby, and Jason Nelson.

Dorance is survived by; wife of forty-four years, Brenda, children LaTonya Joseph (Keith), LaVell Jackson (Renee) and Aina Smith (Joel); eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and one on the way; sisters Teal Hicks, and April Oglesby; brother James Aldridge; parentsin-law Jimmy and Jerry Hubbard; sister-in-law Donna Ringgold (John) and brothers-in-law Darnell Hubbard, Mark Thompson (Rita), and Gary Thompson; and a host of family and dear friends.

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NATIONAL NEWS 100-year old legendary African-American debate coach awarded 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from NSDA

The Storied History of the NAACP

debate coach for six decades before his retirement in 2013. Freeman recently celebrated his 100th birthday on June 27, 2019.

“The National Speech & Debate Association is deeply honored to award Dr. Freeman with our 2019 lifetime achievement award,” said J. Scott Wunn, Executive Director of the National Speech & Debate Association. “Our members, board members, coaches, and students hold Dr. Freemen with such high esteem - he’s like a celebrity within our organization. Freeman is the epitome of who our members hope to become - someone who defies the odds and uses the power of words to propel change.

His words of encouragement at our National Tournament in Dallas will always echo through our hearts.”

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100-year old legendary African-American debate coach Dr. Thomas Freeman has been awarded the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Speech & Debate Association.

Freeman’s 70-plus year resume includes teaching Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his time at Morehouse, former U.S. Reps. Leland and Jordan, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, gospel superstar Yolanda Adams, and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, who sought out Freeman’s expertise to coach the cast of the Golden Globe-nominated film “The Great Debaters.”

Freeman was the Texas Southern University

About the National Speech & Debate Association The National Speech & Debate Association is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school, high school, and collegiate students in the United States. The Association provides competitive speech and debate activities, high-quality resources, comprehensive training, scholarship opportunities, and advanced recognition to more than 150,000 students and coaches every year. For 90 years, the National Speech & Debate Association has empowered nearly two million members to become engaged citizens, skilled professionals, and honorable leaders in our society. For more information, visit www. speechanddebate.org.

YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire National Correspondent

Winning is what the NAACP was built on – winning battles for racism, freedom, justice and equality. The NAACP was formed in 1908 after a deadly race riot that featured anti-black violence and lynching erupted in Springfield, Illinois.

According to the storied organization’s website, a group of white liberals that included descendants of famous abolitionists Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard; William English Walling, and Dr. Henry Moscowitz, all issued a call for a meeting to discuss racial justice.

About 60 people, seven of whom were African American, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell, answered the call, which was released on the centennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln.

“Echoing the focus of Du Bois’ Niagara Movement for civil rights, which began in 1905, the NAACP aimed to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, which promised an end to slavery, the equal protection of the law, and universal adult male suffrage, respectively.”

Accordingly, the NAACP’s mission remains to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice.

“The NAACP seeks to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes,” Johnson said.

The NAACP established its national office in New York City in 1910 and named a board of directors as well as a president, Moorfield Storey, a white constitutional lawyer and former president of the American Bar Association.

Du Bois, the only African American among the organization’s original executives, was made director of publications and research, and in 1910 established the official journal of the NAACP, The Crisis.

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By 1913, with a strong emphasis on local organizing, the NAACP had established branch offices in such cities as Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and Detroit. NAACP membership grew rapidly, from around 9,000 in 1917 to around 90,000 in 1919, with more than 300 local branches.

Joel Spingarn, a professor of literature and one of the NAACP founders formulated much of the strategy that fostered much of the organization’s growth. He was elected board chairman of the NAACP in 1915 and served as president from 1929-1939.

The NAACP would eventually fight battles against the Ku Klux Klan and other hate organizations. The organization also became renowned in American Justice with Thurgood Marshall helping to prevail in the 1954’s Brown v. Board of Education, the decision that overturned Plessy.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s,

which was disproportionately disastrous for African Americans, the NAACP began to focus on economic justice.

Because of the advocacy of the NAACP, President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to open thousands of jobs to black workers when labor leader A. Philip Randolph, in collaboration with the NAACP, threatened a national March on Washington movement in 1941.

President Roosevelt also set up a Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) to ensure compliance.

The NAACP’s Washington, D.C., bureau, led by lobbyist Clarence M. Mitchell Jr., helped advance not only integration of the armed forces in 1948 but also passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

NAACP Mississippi field secretary Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie would become high-profile targets for pro-segregationist violence and terrorism.

In 1962, their home was fire bombed, and later Medgar was assassinated by a sniper in front of their residence. Violence also met black children attempting to enter previously segregated schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, and other southern cities.

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s echoed the NAACP’s goals, but leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, felt that direct action was needed to obtain them.

Although the NAACP was criticized for working too rigidly within the system, prioritizing legislative and judicial solutions, the Association did provide legal representation and aid to members of other protest groups over a sustained period of time, including The Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“Much has changed since the creation of the NAACP 110 years ago, Johnson said. “With new threats emerging daily and attacks on our democracy, the NAACP must be more steadfast and immovable than ever before to help create a social political atmosphere that works for all,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson.

The NAACP provided information for this report.

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First Ever Black Woman-Owned Rideshare Service for Kids Debuts in San Diego

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You don’t have to be a parent to know that parenting is a fulltime job with barely any breaks in between; and ensuring your child is well attended to is an around the clock task, even when they aren’t in your presence. Shan Cureton, a mother of three, understands this all too well. She is the founder of Kiddie Commute, a full-service transportation company for kids located in the greater San Diego area; and the only Black womanowned transportation company in the state. It is also the only comprehensive service that serves the needs of parents and caregivers, offering safety and reliability.

Launched in 2017, Kiddie Commute was created purely out of need. “I am a busy working mother. At the

time, I worked and went to school full time. My youngest son was in Kindergarten, I had another son in middle school, and a daughter in high school. It was challenging picking up my youngest son from class in the middle of the day when I had to work or be in class.”

Cureton says she didn’t have family available to help her with school pick-ups. “Adding to that stress, my oldest two were taking Lyft. I was a nervous wreck as I watched the ticker on the app pick up my most precious assets and drop them off at home. I couldn’t focus because let’s face it, they were strangers. I had no peace of mind and assurance that the driver was safe.” Cureton did some research online and discovered that it was illegal for Lyft to transport minors alone.

“Some drivers would anyway, and some would cancel the ride when they found out it was a child they were picking up. I searched online for a company that could solve my problem, there wasn’t a local one, and that’s when the light bulb went on. Kiddie Commute was born.”

Being a woman of color, Shan was ready to take on the challenges of creating and launching the company.

Any hardships or frustrations that would come were worth it. “With the business and entrepreneurship being dominated by males, it’s sometimes challenging for your voice to be heard. When you can get a word in edgewise you are seen as domineering or too boisterous. This is very disheartening as running a tech company requires a tenacious leader that’s not afraid to step out on the balcony.”

For this reason, she says it’s important for her to lead the company. “There aren’t many Black women innovators in the tech industry. There is a misconception that you must have a technical background to be successful in the space. I don’t believe that to always be the case. If you have a viable problem that needs solving.

You start there. All the logistics on how to get it done will come later.” Being on the precipice of something revolutionary within the transportation industry and her family, are things that motivate her into legacy building; believing it’s important for her to sow seeds that she may never see grow. “Coming from humble beginnings, it’s important to teach my children the meaning of hard work and perseverance. By getting up and pursuing my dreams daily, I’ve already broken the cycle of oppression that plagues our community.” Cureton says she’s grateful that she had the courage to step out on the ledge, and “now that I am here, I’m being watched by my children, family, women, and the Black community. I am a role model and a change maker. This comes with a price. I have no choice but to succeed.”

To date, Kiddie Commute has gained clientele in 37 out of San Diego’s 89 zip codes, completing over 10K rides. They are the 13th company to become a Transportation Network Company in the state of California, and the 6th to have been given the endorsement to transport children. The exponential demand for their services has contributed

to significant opportunities for the business, with a myriad more pending. Cureton added, “We are seeking funding to expand on our concept to more regions and to become the “go to” solution for parents, extracurricular service providers, government entities, and school districts across the nation.

We believe our solution interrupts the way we think about school transportation.”

So that we they can continue to grow and provide safe and reliable transport to children across the nation, they are in need of a little support from the community.

To pledge your support visit their Kickstarter campaign. To learn more about investment opportunities available, visit www.kiddiecommute. com or contact Shan at scureton@ kiddiecommute.net. Also, follow Kiddie Commute on FB/Instagram @kiddiecommuters and on Twitter @kiddiecommute.

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On Saturday July 27, 2019 The Lincoln Hornet Alumni Cheerleaders and Spirit Team (LHAC & ST) held its annual virtual Hawaiian Island Tour of Glam, Fashion and Beauty Expo at the Skyline Hills Library located at 7900 Paradise Valley Rd in the beautiful City of San Diego, CA. Chairperson Carolyn Wiley stated the Expo provided a “Girl’s Day Trip with the ultimate spa & luxury cruise ship experience setting sail on the calm waters of the Pacific without leaving the shore.”

The Ship LHAC & ST provided the alumni and participating community with souvenir leis, swag bags and a relaxing all-inclusive breakfast catered by Panera Bread and then set sail exploring the islands of Mary Kay, Poetic Dyme, The Lioness Lair, C&S Design, Tiki Make-Up Bar, Maui Photobooth, Monique’s Gifts, the Oil Place, Kauai Beading, AVON and GospelCise Fitness.

The grand finale was a dramatic Fashion Show featuring Lincoln Hornet Alumni and Friends wearing the latest fashions from Chico’s women’s clothing and apparel’s summer clothing line. Prizes and gift baskets were awarded throughout the cruise to keep guests jumping up and down with excitement and the thrill of the saying, “This was the “Best” vacation ever!!!!”

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The Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC) held its 10th Anniversary Walk A-Thon at the Chollas Lake Park on Saturday, July 27th. The event carried a $15.00 registration fee which included a Walk-AThon T-Shirt and snacks. There was a 6:30am until 7am check in and the actual Walk-A-Thon went from 7:30am until 11:30am as a walk/run activity. It was stated that the goal was to have a portion of the money raised go to San Diego Youth Programs.

There was a steady stream of participants throughout the morning with many people not concerned about the great prizes associated with the event, merely to be supportive.

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SD vs LA in First Annual SoCal Celebrity Softball Classic Article & Photos by Darrell Wheeler

Last Saturday at Mountain View / Ocean View Park a team of softball players from LA led by Rapper Dom Kennedy made the 100 mile journey to 641 S Boundary St. to challenge a team of home-run hitting ballers from the Big SD.

out about this, they wanted to be a part of it,” he said.

Marvin Johnson, Jerrod Stuts Jr., Carl Overstreet, Jr. of San Diego and others were responsible for organizing this very special event.

“This event proves that we can get along.

This is only the beginning. We plan on making this bigger and better in the years to come,” SD player Eric Overstreet shared.

“We wanted to put SD on, and do like other cities, merging the hip-hop community with the sports community,” one of the event coordinators, Jerrod Stuts, shared.

“We plan on doing it again next year, but in LA. We’re going to alternate locations and I would like to thank the brothers from LA for coming down here.” America finest City easily defeated the City of Angels in the first annual So-Cal celebrity softball classic.

“We formed a management team that made all of this possible. When the police found

Former MLB players Kevin Mitchell (coach) and Jacque Jones (supporter) were on the field representing America’s Finest City.

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NEW BRITISH LEADER’S DISTURBING REMARKS RECALLED BY AFRICAN MEDIA Global Information Network

African media greeted the new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, by recalling some of particularly cringe-worthy remarks made during his formative years in politics.

The new Conservative Party leader has a history of gaffes involving Kenya and Africa, having once attacked Barack Obama saying the “part-Kenyan president” had an “ancestral dislike of the British Empire” after he removed a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office.

On another occasion he referred to black people as “piccaninnies” and talked about “watermelon smiles”.

The South African online publication dug up this remark by the new leader: “The Queen has come to love the Commonwealth of Africa, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies.”

seemed fluent in English. A nice one-eyed woman called Mary took us in to see her flat, and though her linoleum floor shone with mopping, she had almost none of the amenities that are taken for granted by the poorest families in modern Britain.”

In 2002, Johnson, who was a member of the British parliament at the time, wrote about the continent: “Africa is a mess, but we can’t blame colonialism. It is just not convincing, 40 years on, to blame Africa’s problems on the arbitrary boundary making of the men in sola topis (pith helmets).”

“The continent may be a blot, but it is not a blot upon our conscience. The problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge anymore.”

He continued: “The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial powers, or their citizens, scrambled once again in her direction; on the understanding that this time they will not be asked to feel guilty.”

Later, while on the campaign trail for the London Mayor elections in 2008, he backtracked on the comments reminding British voters that he “loathed and despised” racism. “I do feel very sad that people have been so offended by these words and I’m sorry that I’ve caused this offense,” he was quoted to say.

His tour to the Cape Flats produced these remembrances: “Of the hordes of unwashed kids who came out to compete for our presents – badges and trinkets – hardly any

Most recently, Boris visited Africa as leader of UK foreign policy. He visited The Gambia at the height of the Jammeh political crisis, he was in Ghana and also in Libya.

Since his election, some African leaders have given him some slack over his previous remarks.

“Warm congratulations to Boris Johnson on his decisive election as the leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister of the

United Kingdom, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a tweet. “Best wishes for his success, and I look forward to working with him to strengthen the already strong ties between our two countries.”

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The battle to knock out the Ebola virus should have its eyes on the goal. Instead, politics and a divisive struggle between two drug makers has interfered. A key health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has resigned in protest.

In his resignation letter, Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga condemned President Felix Tshisekedi ‘s takeover of the country’s Ebola response, removing him as head of the Ebola response team.

He also criticized what he described as outside pressure to roll out a second experimental Ebola vaccine.

Oly Ilunga Kalenga defended the work of his ministry, saying it had communicated daily on the situation in the ongoing outbreak “to reassure and show the world that the country is managing this epidemic.”

But on Saturday, Tshisekedi’s administration announced that direct supervision of the Ebola response was being placed with a team of experts under the direction of Jean Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, director-general of the DRC’s National Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR) and a microbiologist at the University of Kinshasa’s medical school.

Tamfum has studied Ebola and responded to outbreaks for more than 40 years.

The change in leadership came days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. “There is no sign of this epidemic slowing down. We therefore welcome the DRC President’s bold decision to change strategy and bring the Ebola response under his direct supervision,” Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said in a statement.

Since August 2018, the DRC has recorded more than 2,500 cases of Ebola and, among them, more than 1,700 deaths.

In his resignation letter, Kalenga attacked efforts to launch trials of an experimental vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in the country. A Merck & Co. vaccine is already in use there.

Groups backing the use of the J&J vaccine include the Wellcome Trust, Doctors Without Borders, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), WHO, J&J, and NIBR. But there are important differences from Merck’s vaccine that have to be taken into account, he said. Made from a live, replicating virus, Merck’s vaccine mounts protection against Ebola in about 10 days. While the J&J immunization appears to raise the body’s

defenses for the long-term, it’s administered in two shots, about two months apart.

“We have developed a vaccine for a time of peace,” said Paul Stoffels, J&J’s chief scientific officer. He worked in clinics in poor African communities in Congo and elsewhere for years before coming to the company.

How much, if any, protection a person gets from the first shot before getting the second isn’t clear. Ensuring people are fully vaccinated with the two-shot regimen would be challenging among mobile populations, especially in people fleeing conflict, and could stoke suspicions.

Africans More Than Twice As Likely to Be Denied UK Visa - Report

By Hilary Kimuyu and Agencies

Africans are more than twice likely to be refused UK visitor visas than applicants from others part of the world, according to a parliamentary report.

After six months of evidence gathering, the report published on Tuesday by a parliamentary group found the UK visit visa system is inaccessible to many Africans and widely perceived as biased against Africans.

The study showed that 27 per cent of African visitor visa requests made in the two years to September 2018 were refused, compared with the overall refusal rate of 12 per cent.

For both Middle Eastern and Asian applicants, the figure was 11 per cent, while for North Americans it was 4 per cent.

According to the report, this has resulted in many Africans “with entirely valid reasons for visiting the UK”, such as businesspeople, academics and performers, being unable or unwilling to travel due to the entry barriers.

The report also raised concerns about the Home Office’s use of a risk-assessment algorithm, which grades applications as green, amber or red according to their level of risk.

The report criticised border staff for what it called “questionable and sometimes offensive reasons” for refusals.

The report identifies the real costs to British business, academia, arts and culture from the current system, and puts forward a series of recommendations to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

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Award-winning actress and ‘Empire’ star Taraji P. Henson testified before members of Congress on mental health issues in the African American community.

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The Congressional Black Caucus launched a task force on mental health issues in April of this year. They have held hearings on mental health and the increasing number of suicides among black youth. The CBC Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health is chaired by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).

(Reuters Health) - African-American adults who often struggle to pay bills may be more than twice as likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts who don’t have much financial stress, a U.S. study suggests.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and African-Americans are more likely to develop the condition than people from other racial and ethnic groups. Some previous research has linked financial stress to an increased risk of chronic health problems, but whether money troubles are a factor contributing to heart disease in the AfricanAmerican population isn’t as well understood, the study team writes in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

For the current study, researchers examined data on 2,256 African-American men and women participating in the long-term Jackson Heart Study in Mississippi from 2000 to 2012.

None of the participants had evidence of heart disease at the start of the study.

After an average follow-up period of 9.6 years, 98 people, or about 4 percent of the participants, experienced a heart attack, cardiac hospitalization or another event related to heart disease.

“We found that psychological feelings of stress due to finances were related to the onset of heart disease, such as heart attacks and procedures used to treat heart attacks - even when other issues like access to care, or difficulty affording medications were considered,” said senior

into bathrooms, cutting themselves, you’re supposed to feel safe in school,” Henson told the members of Congress and those in the audience in a hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Every year, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience a mental illness, but a National Alliance on Mental Illness study discovered that black adults utilize mental health services at half the rate of white adults.

The members of the task force are Reps. Alma Adams (D-NC), Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (DGA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Frederica Wilson (D-FL). study author Dr. Cheryl Clark of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

“While it may be difficult to turn around finances quickly, there are treatments and strategies to reduce stress and stress-related diseases,” Clark said by email. “Patients should always discuss concerns about heart health with a physician, and make sure that issues such as depression, or other heart disease risks are treated to lower their risk of heart disease.”

In the study, participants were asked regularly to rate the stress they experienced in several areas, including financial hardship, such as having problems paying bills or running out of pocket money.

“I’m here to appeal to you because this is a national crisis,” Henson said. Henson founded The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in 2018 to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness in the African American community with a specific emphasis on the suicide rate among Black youth.

“I really don’t know how to fix this problem, I just know that the suicide rate is rising,” she said. “I just know that ages of the children that are committing suicide are getting younger and younger,” the actress added.

“It breaks my heart to know that 5-year-old children are contemplating life and death, I just…I’m sorry. That one is tough for me.

So, I’m here to appeal to you, because this is a national crisis. When I hear of kids going

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“The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is probably the number one cash benefit program for low income families in the country,” according to Chris Rockey, senior vice president, market manager, Greater Maryland Community Development Banking for PNC Bank.

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“It can be a challenge to get into the program,” Rockey adds, “but it is a way to put needed cash into a family’s pockets.”

The EITC was implemented as a way to offset the impact of Social Security taxes on low to moderate taxpayers and to provide them with an incentive to work. The credit can be worth up to $6,431 for 2018 and up to $6,577 in 2019 for families with three or more qualifying children. For taxpayers with two qualifying children, the maximum credit this year is $5,828. The maximum credit for one qualifying child is $3,526.

“The EITC is different than other federal assistance programs,” Rockey continued, “because you actually have to have income in order to qualify.”

There are several ways individuals can determine if they are eligible for the EITC, Rockey explained. “A number of community action associations through their financial programs are very aggressive about educating their clients about the EITC, as well as other programs like the CTC (Child Tax Credit),” he said.

Rockey also noted that he has seen a trend with Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) preparation sites whereby they are focusing on reaching out to working families to help them through the eligibility process.

“There are clearly efforts under way from an educational standpoint, “Rockey said, “but like any other government program it can be cumbersome, and unless you have someone

who can help you navigate the twists and turns it can be confusing.”

In a best-case scenario, Rockey notes, a family or individual works with a case manager or social worker who is skilled in the process. He adds that by consulting with a VITA site, taxpayers can position themselves to be eligible for next year’s credit even if they are not signed up for the current tax year. It is also possible to apply for the benefit retroactively.

Rockey said that PNC Bank does not work directly with potentially eligible taxpayers to qualify them for the EITC, but it does explain how the program works and will refer them to its trusted community partners for intake. “Our partners can provide the information and resources our customers are looking for,” he adds.

Still, obtaining accurate, reliable information about the EITC can be a challenge, Rockey warns. It is often difficult for those who See Earned on page 15

Designer to Host Trash Bag Fashion Show Featuring Yolanda Adams Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

Designer Sharon Denise Ibe will host her annual Trash Bag Fashion Show at the Jacobs Center on Saturday, August 3rd. The show will feature Grammy Award Winning Artist ,Yolanda Adams and is free to the public. Billed as “uplifting, inspiring” the Trash Bag Fashion Show is designer, Sharon Denise’s way of “serving others and inspiring them to go higher,” she says. Denise has been putting on the show for over 20 years, taking it to places like Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Birmingham, Las Vegas and St Louis. The designer uses her life “as an example of how to Get Up, Stand Up and Lift Others Up.” after a car accident at the age of 18 attempted to “trash her life,” leaving her where she was unable to walk.

She has turned that experience from “Trash to Treasure”.

For more information and free tickets, please call (619) 723-8776.

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A military background brings with it an ability to collaborate, problem-solve and thrive under pressure, making veterans well-positioned to take on leadership roles in the corporate world.

Having worked in the banking industry for more than 25 years and in his 30th year with the U.S. Army, Jerry Quinn is an example of someone who has maximized his military leadership skills in the corporate world. As senior vice president, and head of Enterprise Military Talent External Recruiting at Wells Fargo, Quinn also serves as chairman of the Association of Military Banks of America.

To help make your transition from military service go smoothly, Quinn is offering the following tips and insights: • Know yourself: “Knowing yourself is a key leadership principle,” says Quinn. “By understanding what your values, capabilities, strengths and weaknesses are, you can step into a leadership role that will allow you and your team to thrive.”

• Know your organization: Understand the ins and outs of the organization you work for or want to work for, including its vision, mission and objectives, as well as the company’s current capabilities and potential for growth.

• Set the example: “Leaders set the example by which others follow, so be sure to treat your team and customers with respect and gratitude, and always lead from the front,” says Quinn. “Being proud of what you do can be infectious.”

• Build a team committed to excellence: Good leaders attract good talent and assist others in achieving their success.

When benchmarks are met, give the team the credit -- you aren’t a leader without them.

• Make and work your plan: When facing challenges, make it your business to pull your team through it. Stay disciplined.

If you have a deadline or have made a promise, always deliver on it.

“Don’t let your activity dictate your priorities; Your priorities need to dictate your activity,” says Quinn.

• Be valued: Consider specifically seeking out positions with employers who value the leadership, discipline and service record of military veterans, veterans with disabilities, National Guard members, and Reservists, and then take advantage of any resources offered by the company. The existence of a military affairs program, such as the one established by Wells Fargo in 2012, is a good sign that a given employer is committed to hiring and retaining veteran team members. In the case of Wells Fargo, the company offers such resources as apprenticeships, internships, transition services and leadership training in an effort to help veterans translate existing skills to a new position and grow professionally.

Wells Fargo also offers employee resource groups, financial education, military leave benefits and other programming designed to help veterans be successful.

By honing in on the skills acquired during military service and seeking out tailored professional growth opportunities, those in the veteran community can maximize their leadership potential and thrive in the corporate world.

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This business is hereby registered by the following: Adolfo Teodoro Moreno 4854 67th Street San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 05, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 05, 2024 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9015776 Fictitious business name(s): SD HAIR PLAY Located at: 4075 Park Blvd.

Ste. #102, #122 San Diego, CA 92103 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/24/14 This business is hereby registered by the following: Vera McPherson 3645 Park Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92103 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 26, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on June 26, 2024 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9016311 Fictitious business name(s): H & B PAGES & IMAGINATION THEHBPAGESANDIMAGINATION.COM Located at: 4333 College Ave. Apt. 20 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/25/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Samantha Silva 4333 College Ave. Apt. 20 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 01, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 01, 2024 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 -----------------------------------STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 2019-90158515 Fictitious business name(s): CUTIE-CLE NAILS & SPA Located at: 8790 Cuyamaca St. #J Santee, CA 92071 County of San Diego The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Diego County on: 11/20/2018 and assigned File no. 2018-9028932 Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned by: Saigonese Holdings, Inc. 4930 Megan Way San Diego, CA 92105 The business is conducted by: A Corporation.

7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9016050 Fictitious business name(s): STRICTLY FAMILY Located at: 3430 Ace Street San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name Above.

This business is hereby

registered by the following: Cameron Adajio Cannon 3430 Ace Street San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 26, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on June 26, 2024 7/4, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9014371 Fictitious business name(s): FREY'S Located at: 350 Euclid Avenue San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 01/1/14 This business is hereby registered by the following: Jeffrey Smith 1550 N. Casa Grande Ave. #264 Casa Grande, AZ 85122 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 05, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on June 05, 2024 7/4, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9015382 Fictitious business name(s): THE MATTHEWS COMPANY Located at: 4931 Dassco Court San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 01/1/14 This business is hereby registered by the following: Brian Matthews 4931 Dassco Court San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 18, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on June 18, 2024 7/4, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25 ----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Marjorie Ann Mitchell Case Number: 37-2019-00028738-PR-LACTL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DANIELLE MITCHELL Petitioner, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DANIELLE MITCHELL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of 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 petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held at the following court on August 22, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in Department 503 located in Superior Court of California 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition you should appear at the hearing and state your

-----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9018544 Fictitious business name(s): F & S MAINTENANCE SD Located at: 3845 Highland Ave., San Diego 92105 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Married Couple The Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name Above.

This business is hereby registered by the following: Felizardo Castillo Alvarez 3845 Highland Ave. San Diego 92105 ------------------------Silvia Guerra Arballo 3845 Highland Ave. San Diego 92105 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 29, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 29, 2024 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9016467 Fictitious business name(s): ALDO COLLISION Located at: 464 W. Main Street El Cajon, CA County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Individual The first day of business was: 01/01/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Eduardo Acuna Ortiz 7593 Woodlane Way San Diego 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 02, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 02, 2024 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9016468 Fictitious business name(s): 33 PERSONA 33P THRITY THREE PERSONA 3THREE PERSONA 33 PERSONA Located at: 4386 35th Street, San Diego, CA 92104 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 05/01/15 This business is hereby registered by the following: 33 Persona, LLC 9386 35th Street San Diego, CA 92104 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 2, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 2, 2024 7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9016481 Fictitious business name(s):

-----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9018076 Fictitious business name(s): CHRIS'S DELICIOUS BBQ Located at: 7677 Mission Gorge Rd #124 San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name Above.

This business is hereby registered by the following: Christopher Scott Mitchell 7677 Mission Gorge Rd #124 San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 23, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 23, 2024 7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9017050 Fictitious business name(s): TAYLOR MADE PROFESSIONAL WINDOW CLEANING Located at: 2848 Glen Canyon Circle Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 07/10/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Taylor Made Professional Window Cleaning 2848 Glen Canyon Circle, Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 10, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 10, 2024 7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9017489 Fictitious business name(s): CUBAN CIGAR FACTORY Located at: 551 5th Ave, San Diego 92101 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was: 09/28/05 This business is hereby registered by the following: Kalzooky Inc. 551 5th Ave, San Diego 92101 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 15, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on July 15, 2024 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9017490 Fictitious business name(s): CESAR CIGAR LOUNGE Located at: 503 5th Ave, San Diego 92101 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was: 07/23/10 This business is hereby

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objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by 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 four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9052.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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 any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the Court Clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Rosemary Meagher-Leonard/ SBN 93436 Law Office of Rosemary Meagher-Leonard 4456 Florida Street, San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 295-8705 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 ------------------------------------

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as provided in Code Civ. Proc. § 415.50 by the plaintiff/ petitioner and it satisfactorily appearing therefore that the defendant/respondent/citee, Nicolle Richardson, cannot be served with reasonable diligence in any other manner specified in the Code of Civil Procedure, and it also appearing from the petition/ complaint that a cause of action exists in this case in favor of the petitioner/ plaintiff therein and against the defendant/respondent/citee and that the said defendant/ citee is a necessary or proper party to the action, or that the party to be served has or claims an interest in real or personal property in this state that is subject to the jurisdiction of the court, or the relief demanded in the action consists wholly, or in part in excluding such party from an interest in such property : NOW, on application of Katie Naglar plaintiff/petitioner.

PROBATES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Rose Marie Collins a.k.a.

Rose Marie Moody Case Number: 37-2019-00016396-PR-LACTL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ALLISTER NORRIS Petitioner, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ALLISTER NORRIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of decedent.

The PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held at the following court on August 14, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in Department 502 located in Superior Court of California 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101.

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 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 four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9052.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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 any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the Court Clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Allister Norris 809 Leppert Street San Diego, CA 92114 (619)347-9521 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 -----------------------------------

California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00028885-CU-PTCTL Petitioner or Attorney: Jane E. Engelman TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Darya Gvelesiani filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Darya Gvelesiani PROPOSED NAME: Grace Williams THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 22, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

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,Voice & Viewpoint.

7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 ---------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00035316-CU-PTCTL Petitioner or Attorney: Tara Lynn Guyton TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Tara Lynn Guyton PROPOSED NAME: Trinity Lynn Scott THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 27, 2019 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 23, The address of the court is: 325 Melrose Drive Vista, CA 92081.

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,Voice & Viewpoint.

7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 ----------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00035155-CU-PTCTL Petitioner or Attorney: Darrell Neal Walters TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Darrell Neal Walters PROPOSED NAME: Darrell Neal Calvin THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: September 12, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101 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,Voice & Viewpoint.

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SUMMONS Superior Court of California County of San Diego Central Division, Hall of Justice, 330 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 Case Number: 37-2019-00025339 Upon considering the evidence, consisting of an application and declaration

IT IS ORDERED that service of said summons/citation in this case be made upon said defendant/respondent/citee by publication thereof in Voice & Viewpoint, a newspaper of general circulation published at San Diego, California, designated as the newspaper most likely to give notice to said defendant/respondent/ citee; that said publication be made at least once a week for four successive weeks in the manner prescribed in Gov. Code § 6064.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of said summons/citation, of said complaint/petition, and of the order for publication in this case be forthwith deposited with the United States Postal Service, postage-paid, directed to said defendant/respondent/citee if the address is ascertained before expiration of the time prescribed for the publication of this summons/citation and, a declaration of this mailing or of the fact that the address was not ascertained to be filed at the expiration of the time prescribed for publication.

To Nicolle Richardson, Plaintiff Katie Nagler seeks damages in the above-entitled action, as follows: General damages: Pain and suffering, and inconvenience $15,000; Emotional distress $8,137.81; Special damages: Medical $1,862.19.

If you fail to respond to this within 45 days from the date of the first publication of service we will be seeking a court order of default judgment in the total of $25,000.00 in damages.

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of their white counterparts. Black people are overwhelmingly more likely to suffer from debilitating complications caused by diabetes such as amputations, blindness and kidney failure more than their white counterparts. Due to lack of health resources in predominately African American communities, black people receive poorer quality care and get care later when the disease has progressed.

The risk for getting type 2 diabetes increases with age with the highest incidence occurring between 65-75.

This is precisely the point in life when income decreases. African American women are especially affected. They are likely to be care-givers and spend their hard-earned money on ensuring family members are healthy making access to insulin a greater challenge.

The health and wellness of Black women must be a top priority so we must take action.

Recently, a coalition of health care, social justice, and faith organizations launched “Affordable Insulin NOW,” a campaign demanding lower drug costs for those suffering from diabetes.

Together, we are raising our voices, amplifying each other’s stories, building on-the-ground teams, and demanding our policymakers and pharmaceutical companies work together to provide access to high quality and affordable insulin.

Health Imperative (BWHI). Linda oversees BWHI’s strategic direction and is responsible for directing the organization toward achieving its mission of leading efforts to solve the most pressing health issues that affect Black women and girls in the United States.

Before joining BWHI, Linda served as the vice president of programmatic impact for the United Way of Greater Atlanta, where she led the effort to eliminate inequalities in health, income, education and housing through place- and population based work.

We need affordable insulin now. Too many lives depend on it.

Linda Goler Blount, MPH, is President and CEO of the Black Women’s

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failing school since it opened in 2007 with dropout rates at more than three times the district average. Martin has been trying to figure out how to fix the turbulence at Lincoln to no avail for all six years since she’s been superintendent. That’s one more year than she gave the charter school she complained about.

When it comes to students in Lincoln High, Porter Elementary and Knox Middle, should we not be equally concerned about the “years those kids don’t get back” to use Superintendent Marten’s turn of phrase? If my grandmother could hear Cindy Marten decry low performance in charter schools while allowing it to continue in her own district-run schools she would say, “ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black.”

What we need is a system that values

the time of all students in our public schools, charter and district alike. We should act with a sense of urgency to fix a broken system and continue to give parents the choice of what public school they think is the best fit for their child. That’s what charter schools do.

Moreover, district-run schools should be thoroughly examined in a local public hearing every five years just like a charter school. If a district-run school is failing to meet its mission to educate kids, then it should be closed, just like a charter school.

School districts should become more like charters schools, not the other way around.

to prevent parents from having a choice to leave district schools, even troubled ones like Lincoln High, Porter Elementary and Knox Middle.

Superintendents like Cindy Marten want to keep the money these students bring to the district.

School districts should focus on fixing their own failing schools, instead of inventing ways to shut down charter schools. The best way to keep parents coming to your schools is to serve their children well.

Kamaal Martin is a parent of two children in the San Diego Unified School District and is the political action chair at the NAACP of San Diego.

Union backed AB 1505 would change the law to give school districts free rein to close down charter schools

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surgery and found that after surgery she was doing well. George said to his friend, “So a Black man saved your mother’s life.” The man could not believe it was Daniel Hale Williams, a Black man, who made medical history by performing the first successful open-heart surgery and all heart surgeons use his techniques today!

From that point George went on to enlighten his friend on who Garrett Morgan (inventor of the traffic light and gas mask) was, Dr. Percy Julian (who discovered the value of Cortisone and invented foam used to put out fires) was, Dr. Shirley Jackson (the Black woman who invented the

touch-tone telephone, the portable fax, caller ID, call waiting and the fiber-optic cable) was, Marie Van Brittan Brown (the Black woman who developed a patent for closed -circuit television security) was. He learned and taught much more!

George was so impressed with his new found knowledge and appreciation of Black people that totally discredited the stories he’d learned growing up.

He now knew better than the lies about Black people that he’d been taught, and felt compelled to teach others. That’s how his decision to form his “National Association of Recovering Racists” was born.

Naturally, he made his friend Dick Gregory Chairman of his Advisory Board and Father Clements a member of the Advisory Board.

White people, if you really want to learn how to deal with your racism, a good place to begin is by reading George’s book—Confessions of a Recovering Racist.

(Dr. E. Faye Williams is President of the National Congress of Black Women.)

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need information about their eligibility to get access to transportation and take time off from work to meet with someone who can help them to qualify.

“It’s not just getting educated about the EITC,” he added, “it’s also about learning how to access the benefits while keeping their job.”

Even in the current divided political environment, Rockey is encouraged about the outlook for the EITC because over the years it has gained a great deal of bipartisan political support. In recent years, he adds, there has been some talk of trying to modernize some of the EITC’s income qualifications.

“Unlike federal programs that benefit individuals and families who are not in the workforce, “he said, “the EITC provides a direct benefit to the working poor. Whether you are an R or a D, you want more people in the workforce.”

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MORE NEWS Slave Food: Unhealthy Eating Habits & the Black Community

By Jazz Keyes

African-Americans are a disadvantaged population. This is not up for debate. We have less access to quality education. We are underutilized and undervalued in the labor market, making it harder for us to accumulate wealth. For those of us who are in poverty, we do not always receive adequate housing or access to resources that could assist in our ability to be self-sufficient. The list of ways in which racial inequality, oppression and discrimination have contributed to the social imbalance between Blacks and our counterparts is vast.

Not only have we continued the traditions of unhealthy eating habits, somewhere along the way, Black people started to believe that we were meant to be overweight. This is false. We are a people of larger stature, but our bodies are not designed to hold as much weight as we are putting on. It is important to be cognizant

Additionally, African-Americans are known to enjoy each other’s company over food and spirits. The concern is that we do not recognize that we are a gluttonous culture. We mock our tendency to over indulge. Overeating often results in the “itis” or extreme fatigue after a heavy meal. This idea that it is appropriate to

Lack of physical activity Not only are we underexposed to healthy eating options, African-Americans are also less likely to exercise and engage in high energy physical activity on a regular basis.

However, what is often not talked about is how racial disparities influence the overall physical health of Blacks in America. AfricanAmericans, specifically those who live in low-income neighborhoods of lower socioeconomic status, have less access to quality foods and sufficient healthcare.

Here are some tips on how to take charge of your physical health: Hydration is key. Replace your pop and sugar juices with H2O

According to a report on the state of obesity, approximately 47.8 percent of AfricanAmericans are obese compared to 32.6 percent of Whites. What’s equally startling is that 35.1 percent of African-American children ages 2 to 19 are overweight.

Fry less, bake more Incorporate at least one vegetable into each meal Less processed food

The adoption of slavery-influenced diets and the barriers we experience due to our physical environment have not only made AfricanAmericans the most obese racial group, but we are at a greater risk for chronic disease and illnesses.

Replace candy with fruit Limit alcohol intake 30 minutes of physical activity a day

Slave food vs. Soul food

Seek medical advice from your physical or health care provide

“Soul food” originated during slavery. If we know our history, we know that we were fed scraps and leftovers discarded by our “masters.”

Slave owners reserved the best nutritional foods for themselves. Slaves were given what was left of the animal remains once they picked through the food.

As survivors, slaves took what was given to them and made meals for their families.

However, this style of cooking was birthed out of survival. Since then, we have passed these same dishes from generation to generation without realizing that this style of cooking is killing us slowly.

“We just big-boned.”

“My grandma was a big woman. Big women just run in my family.”

Growing up in a low-income community, it was not uncommon for us to rely on convenient stores, liquor stores and gas stations for snacks and meals. Without the availability of fresh produce and quality meats, the majority of families in poor neighbors are forced to build their diets around foods that were readily available. This includes processed foods, soda/ juice, old or bad cuts of meat and foods rich in starch.

A healthy mind, body, and soul is not heavily promoted in the African-American community. There is a lack of knowledge surrounding this holistic lifestyle and as a result, we are at a greater risk for developing chronic and life-threatening diseases such as high blood pressure, type II diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

of the difference between embracing our hips, tights and overall solid physiques without using those facts to justify being obese and sick. No, we may not be a nation of petite and tiny women and men, but that does not mean we cannot be health and fit.

Gluttony is celebrated.

stuff yourself and be inactive is a contributing factor to our obesity. Food should fuel you. If you are incapacitated after eating, chances are that meal is going to be equally strenuous on your digestive system.

Our bodies will work for us and sustain us until old age, if we take care of them. Unfortunately, we are so lost to the point that we believe that getting sick is inevitable. A clean diet is the best preventative tool we have for combating illness.

To maintain good health we must change our relationship with food and exercise.

Food deserts and the Flamin’ Hot culture…

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