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“People Without a Voice Vol. 60 No. 4 | Thursday, January 23, 2020
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 60 Years
40th Annual MLK, Jr. Day Parade
Jackie Robinson YMCA’s
Human Dignity Award Breakfast
Cannot be Heard”
Photo: Christopher LeFall
UAAMAC ANNUAL COMMUNITY BREAKFAST See page 11
BROADWAY HEIGHTS’ MLK WREATH LAYING CEREMONY See page 12 Photo: Courtesy of Jackie Robinson YMCA
By Christopher LeFall
See PARADE page 10
Contributing Writer
The 35th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award Breakfast was held on Friday, January 17th at The Town And Country San Diego, in Hotel Circle North. In recognition of the image and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dee Sanford, the Jackie Robinson YMCA’s former MLK Committee Chair, was the 2020 Human Dignity Award recipient in honor of her more than 30 years of service.
TIGERS’ BASEBALL HALL OF EXCELLENCE See page 18
USS Midway’s 8th Annual Celebration of Dr. King
Close to eighteen hundred people were in attendance, with a large variety of breakfast treats on hand ranging from pastries, fruit, and taboo finger foods like bacon. Sponsors for the well attended event included KGTV ABC 10, KPBS, Tayari Media Group, San Diego Community College District, Wells Fargo, and the California State Assembly, to name a few. The Mayor Of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer, was also in attendance to show his support and help celebrate Dr. King’s legacy. See YMCA page 11
RENEWING
By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint
The USS Midway Museum is one of the most visited sites in San Diego. Last year it enthralled over 1.3 million of the 15 million visitors coming to San Diego. It has a history of being the longest-serving aircraft carrier of the 20th Century, from 1945 to 1992. It opened its doors as a museum on June 7th, 2004.
NAACP/PLAJ CIVIL RIGHTS MAYORAL FORUM See page 8
Martin Luther King’s Dream by Renewing Our Minds
Photo: Voice & Viewpoint
See MIDWAY page 9
Census Officials Kick Off
$250 Million
Ad Campaign in Washington By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent
The U.S. Census Bureau unveiled its $500 million “Shape Your Future. Start Here,” 2020 ad campaign on Tuesday, January 14, in Washington, D.C.
Dr. King’s youngest child, Bernice King, has followed in her father’s footsteps, becoming an ordained minister and continues his legacy. She believes that her dad’s dream for his children to be judged by the content of their character has, in many ways, become a reality. She says, “new generations of people have benefited greatly because of the dream but we still have more work to do.” See DREAM page 5
Nearly $38 million — or approximately 16 percent — of the paid media budget is earmarked toward African American and black audiences. See CENSUS page 5
Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA