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The following is the story of Juneteenth, a day of celebration in African American communities across the country. The following is the development of that Independence Day for Black people starting in the state of Texas. It is reprinted here so that we may continue to understand this very special part of our history:

By Quinci LeGardye

Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African Americans

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California may be reopening beginning June 15, but for many unemployed workers, the economic struggle caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere near ending.

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NNPA Sr. Correspondent

Add Pulitzer Prize to the list of awards and recognition bestowed upon Darnella Frazier, the teen who bravely videotaped the murder of George Floyd in 2020.

Rev. Gerald Agee statewide director of the African American church testing program, getting tested at a San Diego church. Photo: Brandon Johnson

By Manny Otiko

California Black Media

Covid-19 cases are plunging as California prepares to slowly reopen this week.

However, returning workers will face a different environment. Some workplaces such as restaurants and amusement parks will require proof of testing and vaccination. Testing -- or

some other proof of vaccine status -- are already required to enter health facilities or to fly. According to Disney Parks’ blog, the organization recommends attendees be vaccinated or provide a negative test if they want to visit the park. Guests are also required to wear face masks. Kelsey Lynch, public relations manager, Disneyland Resort, said the amusement park will accept visitors from outside California after June 15.

The Pulitzer Prize board issued a special citation to Darnella, who is now 18.

“My video didn’t save George Floyd,” said Darnella Frazier, “but it put his murderer away and off the streets.” (Photo: NNPA)

“For courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists’ quest for truth and justice,” the Pulitzer Board wrote.

For her efforts, Darnella is also receiving the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) highest journalism award and a monetary scholarship at the NNPA’s annual

convention, which begins on Wednesday, June 23.

NNPA is the trade association of the hundreds of African American-owned newspapers and media companies that comprise the Black Press of America.

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., applauded Darnella and called her a “freedom fighter” who ensured justice was finally done in the case of a police officer

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION Pastors: continued from page 1

The California Department of Health's website contains a link to a page where you can find the nearest testing site by entering your ZIP Code. The website also provides a list of all the testing centers in the state.

According to the health department, it takes about two days to get the results of a COVID-19 test. Testing is still free at some locations.

Several community groups are also partnering with the state to keep testing free and accessible in vulnerable communities. The California African American Community Empowerment Council (AACEC) is partnering with the Tabernacle Community Development Corporation to provide testing at Black churches. Dr. Gerald Agee Sr., pastor of Friendship Christian Center, Oakland, and statewide director of the African American COVID testing program, is working with the California Department of Health to organize free testing sites at African American churches around the state. According to Agee, people can get tested at churches in San Bernardino, Alameda, Riverside, San Francisco, Solano, Sacramento and San Diego counties. Agee said, through their statewide church partnership, African Americans are still testing positive for COVID-19 at a rate of about 4.5 %, which is higher than the state’s 1.5 % rate.

Agee explains that he has experienced the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic firsthand as many of his church members have contracted the disease.

“We won’t be satisfied until we’re

testing at the same rate as the state,” he said. According to Agee, the key to driving down the Black community’s COVID-19 numbers is testing and vaccination. Many business leaders welcome the idea that the state is taking a sensible approach to reopening.

According to Sabrina Lockhart, executive director of the California Parks and Attractions Association, the new guidelines outline how families can enjoy themselves at attractions. “The latest state guidelines give amusement parks a path to get more people back to work and provide visitors more options for safe family fun this summer,” she said. “As the state reopens, amusement parks will update their own safe and responsible plans for operation based on state and local guidelines.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the Employer Vaccination Toolkit, which aims to make it easier for employers to make the vaccine available to their employees. “Anyone who wants to, should be able to get vaccinated,” said Newsom. “Getting more people vaccinated will bring us closer to ending this pandemic. That’s why we’re working with employers to make it easier to access COVID-19 vaccines – so no one misses their shot at protecting themselves and their communities.” Newsom has also unveiled a $100 billion stimulus package to help California recover from the coronavirus-related economic downturn. The state also recently launched the “Vax for the Win” program, an effort that offers a series of financial incentives for people who get vaccinated. Prizes include cash awards and grocery cards. “Getting every eligible Californian vaccinated is how we bring our state roaring back from this pandemic,” said Newsom.

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Many Californians are still waiting for the state’s Employment Development Department (EDD) to clear their backlog of claims, with the department’s data page showing over 221,000 claims are pending past 21 days as of June 12.

On May 28, Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) hosted a press conference featuring constituents from his district who are seeking immediate help from EDD. Three constituents spoke about their struggles while trying to get their unemployment benefits. They experienced extremely long wait times while calling EDD and faced difficulties trying to verify their identity or correct claim amounts with the department.

The difficulties with EDD that the speakers expressed in their stories mirrored complaints the department’s service and call centers have been reporting since the pandemic began last year.

Roneisha Williams, a Gipson constituent, is waiting on an appeal after receiving an incorrect benefit amount. She described her experience communicating with EDD representatives over the phone as “confusing.”

She said that she received conflicting information from the EDD and representatives asked her for a different set of documents each time she called.

“When you call and speak with someone regarding the solution, you're not given the same information. You can call one representative and they'll tell you to submit a documentation. You submit that documentation. You call to confirm that it has been received.

The other representative will tell you that not only

you weren't supposed to submit that documentation, but really you need to go to this step, and we need to see this documentation.”

Williams also spoke about her difficulties going through the identity verification process with the third-party company ID.me.

EDD launched the ID.me verification process in October 2020 as part of an effort to crack down on fraud. The department also suspended 1.4 million accounts last December and made some claimants verify their identities. Since then, unemployed Californians directed to ID.me have faced delays and technical issues. Willams also expressed concern for less technologically-savvy claimants who may have to use ID.me.

“Having to contact a third party to qualify for your unemployment benefits is very stressful, especially when they do not have any human contact customer service available. With the ID.me verification, everything is done through your phone. So that in itself is very isolating. I know how to work technology but what about the constituents that aren't familiar with it. What about the constituents that don't have a high-powered or accurate camera on their phone to send a copy of their ID?” Williams said.

Roger Lozoya, a pipeline welder who also lives in Gipson’s district, lost his job five months ago, and has had no income since. He said his identity was stolen and used to receive EDD benefits. So, when he tried to get benefits, the EDD told him that he owed them money.

Lozoya said, “I’m a welder, and I'm blessed to have a career that I worked hard to get. I pay a lot of taxes and I pay into EDD. The only thing they constantly do to me is call me a liar -- that I'm stealing from them. They told me I owe them $69,000. How do I owe $69,000? At the time they were saying that I was claiming it, I was working.”

In the months without income, Lozoya said that he has sold his possessions, including his work truck and tools, to support his family.

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killing an unarmed African American.

“We salute this brave young woman, who had the courage to keep on filming even as the officers tried to intimidate her,” Dr. Chavis stated.

Floyd family Attorney Benjamin Crump told the Black Press that there would be no civil settlement or a trial and conviction of former officer Derek Chauvin had it not been for Darnella’s actions.

“It was Darnella Frazier who stepped up,” Crump asserted.

Officials in Minneapolis reached a record $27 million civil settlement with Floyd’s family,

During the press conference, Gipson called on the EDD to take measures to get through the claims backlog. He also urged the EDD to extend working hours and keep phone lines open during evenings and weekends.

Gipson also mentioned the state audits of EDD, and suggested that implementing the recommendations of the State Auditor would likely help address the backlog.

“We absolutely have to do everything we can to make sure that the people who need this help the most, get the help that they're seeking to put food on the table, clothes their children's back and also a roof over their head,” said Gipson.

In response to a California Black Media request for comment, EDD Media Services said, “We understand how challenging this pandemic has been for millions of people. Since April 2020, EDD call centers are -- and have been open 12 hours a day, seven days a week -- which includes evenings and weekends, among many other efforts to continually work to improve the customer experience. EDD offers useful self-help information including a 24-hour self-help line 1-866-333-4606, AskEDD and an online chatbot answering frequently asked questions, a YouTube channel with helpful videos, and many articles on at EDD.ca.gov. The call center can be reached 8:00 am to 8:00 pm seven days a week at 1-800-300-5616.“ EDD also shared the actions that the department has taken to improve the customer experience, including, “improving the online help text to clearly explain what is required by the bi-weekly certification questions to help claimants avoid delays, deploying document upload, including a mobile-friendly version, to help claimants save time over mail, launching a new feature that allows a caller to hold their place “in line” when contacting the call center until the Department calls the claimant back, [and] continuing to monitor customer areas of confusion and trending issues and addressing them with improved public information.”

and Chauvin faces as much as 40 years in prison when he’s sentenced on June 25.

“We wouldn’t have any of that without Darnella Frazier taking that video,” Crump reiterated.

The video was the most damning piece of evidence during Chauvin’s trial, and Darnella took the witness stand and offered powerful testimony to back up the recording.

“Even though this was a traumatic life-changing experience for me, I’m proud of myself,” Frazier wrote in an Instagram post on the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder. “If it weren’t for my video, the world wouldn’t have known the truth.”

“My video didn’t save George Floyd,” she added, “but it put his murderer away and off the streets.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Glendale & San Diego Police:

Partners in Punching

Politics Over Students

By Tonja Daniels and Keashonna Christopher

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint A few days ago, we saw a bystander’s recording of police officers in Glendale, California beating, punching and kicking a 17 year old suspected of shoplifting at a Dick’s Sporting Store.

The video shows the young man already laying on his back on the floor with three police officers on top of him, when a fourth officer comes up and kicks him in the face.

At least two of the officers are seen punching the person while the others already have him down. This scene, recorded by a bystander, who questioned the use of force applied during and after the incident, shared his observations with the press after the incident. The young man suf-

fered eye and head injuries and might lose his eye.

This is very much like the San Diego Police conduct several weeks ago when Mr. Jesse Evans was arrested in the same manner in La Jolla for supposedly urinating in public. He was thrown facedown with at least three police officers on his back while one was seen punching him and another officer arrived and joined in the attack. The San Diego Police Department says that such punches are authorized in their procedures and called “distraction blows” The issue in either case is not what the blows are called but rather their use as excessive force

when clearly not necessary.

It appears that police departments have not learned anything from the George Floyd murder and subsequent trial.

In the case of San Diego, the City Attorney has indicated that she will not charge Mr. Evans. But that does not eliminate the need to charge police officers for such conduct. This also means that the police should not be allowed to hide behind policies which clearly should be changed.

In the case of the Glendale police incident, the officers were suspended pending an investigation. San Diego should consider the same course of action.

The Black Press:

Our Trusted Messenger

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Sometimes it’s necessary to be reminded who we are and who our friends are. It’s also important to remember from whence we have come. Such is the case this week with the Black Press.

Our Black newspapers are now celebrating 194 years of being the keeper of the flame of liberty and the source of information in “our” struggle for freedom and equality.

With the advent of the recent pandemic and the visible disparity of Blacks dying at greater numbers than others, getting fewer vaccines, working the most high risk occupations and death at the hands of law enforcement, our need for a “trusted” source of information is greater than social media which has become an alternative for many. At the same time, the interest in reaching our communities has increased on all levels.

The question has become “who is in touch with the Black community” as injustice, murder and social disparity continues to grow

among Blacks. The NAACP and the Urban League gave the impression that they were in touch with the Black community. But the reality is neither organization has ever been in touch with the Black community without the Black Press. It is Black newspapers and not CNN, ABC, NBC or CBS that carries the articles and commentaries of these organizations to the Black community. Yet, neither of these ever mention the Black Press when taking both credit and dollars for outreach to the Black community.

The African American and Black communities of America should not be duped into believing that social media has become a substitute for the Black Press. The Black Press is now both print and electronic, its a newswire service as provided by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), providing coverage of both news here in America and around the world. It is the Black Press

that has been the “Trusted Messenger” to our communities for 194 years and that says a lot. Our newspapers are the rear guard, the battle ground against the efforts to resegregate America and return “Jim Crow” racism.

As we celebrate Juneteenth, let us remember that we are not only free, but capable of defending and determining our futures, if we get serious. Let’s remember how we got here, on the backs of those like the Black Press who bought us thus far; let us not forget in the words of James Weldon Johnson: that “ we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered”. We are still being slaughtered today by others as well as each other.

Let’s remember who is truly telling our story and our obligation to keep and support that effort. Pick up a Black newspaper and get involved. You owe that and more to keeping the Juneteenth principle of freedom alive Today.

Councilwoman Monica Montgomer y Steppe recently penned an open letter (May 19, 2021) to San Diego Unified (SDUSD), and SDUSD’s response was the same old, tired deflection tactics promising change but with lackluster results. Of equal concern, Board Trustee Richard Barrera declined to respond and blamed everyone except himself and the imp (see Cindy Marten) he helped recruit. Was this silence to avoid acknowledging SDUSD isn’t as racist as it is (good luck with that)?

Adding insult to injury, SDUSD Vice President, Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne responded that the district has always put “students over politics.”

Was it students over politics when the district offered $100 to ease the pain and suffering of a Green Elementary rape victim who suffered from a heart murmur? What about when a Hurricane Katrina survivor was retraumatized as his teacher molested him? How about the time a Lincoln High (LHS) student handed back a knife enabling him to stab another student in the neck, barely missing a main artery? (I was there for the trial, by the way, and the prosecutor pointed to the hostile environment of SDUSD as being the culprit).

Does Whitehurst-Payne remember the April 24, 2018 school board meeting where countless individuals expressed the need to remove the historically racist LHS teacher Paul Grimm?

Grimm called students racial slurs in response to community members exercising their constitutional rights to peaceful protest and to boycott his class. Grimm caused great bodily and psychological injury when he slammed a classroom door on Tariq Harris. Let us not forget the politics involved when LHS students were transported from the campus of LHS via limousine without parents’ permission to the law

Migraine is a Health Disparity for People of Color

By Jaime M. Sanders Disparities in Headache Advisory Council

Migraine is a neurological disease that affects 60 million Americans and is the 2nd leading cause of disability worldwide. It is an underestimated, underdiagnosed, and undertreated disease despite its heavy burden. However, communities of color, which have been historically, socially, and economically disenfran-

chised from research studies and treatment are bearing the brunt of this burden. The American healthcare system is riddled with flaws, and headache medicine is no different.

The racial inequities in headache diagnosis and patient care have been brought to light by the recent increased

focus on systematic racism that impacts health equity. Numerous studies have shown that the rates

office of Marlea Dell’Anno in an attempt to frame LHS teacher Jason Crawford. Did students over politics exist when Shamiko Harris, Jr. suffered from brain trauma on the campus of LHS and SDUSD retaliated by arresting his father?

A good point was mentioned in [recent] article by Mr. Philip Liburd’s, about “officers of the court.”

Among SDUSD’s crimes of moral turpitude with their “officers of the court” is the equally corrupt and incompetent Andra Greene, who lost the Guierri trial.

SDUSD was found guilty of condensing investigative reports and using $14-$17 million in taxpayers dollars to hire outside law firms to cover-up SDUSD corruption! SDUSD Attorney Jeffrey Day confirmed in his recent deposition that he was told to avoid/ignore the federal FOIA and legal timelines to respond. Greene and SDUSD officer Chris Padilla also altered and presented false evidence to Deputy DA Vanessa DuVall making it easy for Judge Oberholtzer to issue a fraudulent warrant to arrest Shamiko Harris, Sr. The white media, especially San Diego Union Tribune, seems increasingly eager to sow Black discord in our community. SD UT withheld an article that supported Lincoln Community Chair Roosevelt Blackmon’s claims about the misappropriation of funds. The UT withheld damning info that revealed padding (laymen terms: falsifying) enrollment numbers of students that didn’t exist or already graduated. The CDE (California Dept. of Education) CONFIRMED this. SDUSD hired an independent law firm to investigate and Whitehurst-Payne confirmed to VOSD that Blackmon’s claims of misappropriation were legitimate.

SDUSD School Counselor & Lincoln Community Council Parliamentarian, Keashonna Christopher, stated that the pattern of brutal retaliation by the district isn’t new, but, in fact, has been a common tactic following cries against the of migraine diagnosis and treatment vary significantly between Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites. Although prevalence of migraine is similar (14.5%, 14.5%, and 15.5% respectively), Blacks and Hispanics utilize healthcare at a disproportionate rate compared to Whites.

When seeking treatment, Hispanics had a lower total number of visits that result

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privileged immunities of district officials. The community shouts their grievances and injustices through a bullhorn but their children still aren’t prioritized.

Christopher’s precious son was handcuffed at Boone Elementary at just fiveyears old. SDUSD decided using the police force to scare him into cleaning up his mess would send a 5 year old a strong message.

For years credentialed employees at Longfellow Spanish Immersion also refused to call her daughter by her legal birth name, Princess Darlynn.

Christopher was also retaliated against after raising valid concerns about the low achievement rate of schools that feed into Lincoln (Porter and Knox).

The district surveilled her movements and threatened & warned disciplinary measures if she didn’t stop raising awareness. [The] Civil Rights Organization, the San Diego NAACP, was also ejected off Porter’s campus by Area 1 Supt. Bruce Bivins as they attempted to visit the school.

The op en letter of Councilwoman Monica Montgomery Steppe didn’t bash Lincoln or make the school look any worse. It broadened the conversation by amplifying questions that need to be answered. If the questions remain unanswered, we all can expect Lincoln High and other schools and more children throughout the district to continue to suffer.

Sure, the timing might b e questionable, but Montgomery Steppe’s open letter calls attention to these misdeeds openly. Talking to Whitehurst Payne in a closed meeting would have ensured these serious matters would be BURIED and covered up. SDUSD owes the Black community an explanation and reformation for the many grave injustices including the denial of FAPE (a free appropriate public education). As we come upon the celebration of Juneteenth, let’s truly abolish the politics that destroy children.

Let’s ensure EVERY Black Leader is accountable to EVERY BLACK CHILD! in a migraine diagnosis.

Blacks with severe headaches are more likely to get a diagnosis of probable migraine, while Whites get a more definitive diagnosis. Because of disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, migraine is more severe and more likely to become chronic among Blacks and African Americans.

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The City and Community Organizations

Come Together to Serve

Free broadband internet service contracts provided and a delicious BBQ meal

By Darrel Wheeler The American’s Legion Post 310 on Market Street was the place, and last Saturday was the date (the 12th) for the free internet and free BBQ Community hook-up. The organizations Pillars of the Community, SD Hip Hop 5k, along with the City of San Diego joined forces on the very worthy event.

The participating collaborators, with the help of others, were able to provide customers and underprivileged families with internet service for free. Participants that signed

on the dotted-line for broadband internet service were not cheated when it came to the BBQ dinner plate full of Greens, Mac & Cheese, Ribs, Chicken, Corn-on-the-cob and dessert.

The dinner was prepared by the excellent cook’s at Post 310 and was paid for by the brand new Mayor Todd Gloria, and the City of San Diego. SD Hip Hop 5K Chairman and Director of Community Outreach, promotor and multi-tasker Carleton Overstreet Jr, was

the event organizer and spokesman.

willing to put in the necessary work.”

“The Federal, State, and local level has recognized there is a disparity, not only economically, but [also] a huge digital divide in Black and Brown families.” Carleton shared. “That’s when the Mayor and the City of San Diego put the money into the non-profit organizations to do community outreach to help bridge the gap and provide broadband service.

There’s plenty of community work to be done and we are

Community activist Stacy Butler and his son also showed up to support the free broadband internet initiative.

“You know, I’m always willing to help when I can, I think it’s a good thing. It’s real cool that they are doing this for our community,” Mr. Butler shared.

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SDABSW - 2020 a Year of Loss The second in a series of articles highlighting the venerable organization

By SDABSW 2020 was a year of loss for everyone, primarily due to COVID. Nothing was normal and all plans were changed. The. chapter met via Zoom all year and continues to meet virtually at this time. Instead of celebrating 50 years of the organization, SDABSW commemorated the loss of three members and their lives well lived.

The human loss for the organization started early in the year, before COVID-19 hit.

Carlotta Wright-Fleener was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who worked in mental health most of her career and retired from the County Juvenile Justice’s Treatment and Evaluation Resource Management (TERM) Team.

She died from a brain tumor in February 2020.

Ronda Felder was a social

worker for the County’s Children’s Services in adoption. She had a long history of helping others including providing foster care for a multitude of children. The workers from the county had raised the issue regarding the lack of PPEs because their job was not one that allowed them to work from home. Ronda died from complications of COVID-19 on August 5, 2020.

Chester Holliday was one of the Pioneers in the National organization (a person who became active within the first five years of NABSW).

Chet served his community for more than 30 years.

While his health allowed, he attended meetings. As he got older he continued to participate financially. Chet was the first Chairman of the organization.

Each of these persons pro-

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A June 2018 photo of SDABW members (via Facebook)

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STATE/NATIONAL NEWS City of San Diego

for people right now due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and we understand how every penny counts, especially to those who are trying their best to make ends meet,” said Fanela Catapia, Disbursements Manager with the City's Department of Finance. “We encourage everyone to search through the list and determine if they are owed any money by the City.”

May Owe You

Unclaimed Money Amounts range from $1 to $35K

By Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The City of San Diego’s Department of Finance has important information for indiv idu a ls and businesses: Anyone who has done business with the City

of San Diego in the past three years, including paying business taxes or utility fees, could be owed money. Check amounts range from $1 to $35,000.

The City regularly receives returned checks that are undeliverable based on the address on file. Checks that remain uncashed after six months become unclaimed money.

Currently, the City has $1 million in unclaimed money owed to people or businesses due to refunds or vendor payments.

The Unclaimed Monies Report is available on the City’s website at sandiego. gov/finance/unclaimed and is updated quarterly.

“We know times are tough

Payees have approximately one year after check issuance to claim their money.

The last day to submit a claim for checks issued prior to April 1, 2020, is Monday, June 21, 2021. The deadline is approaching with funds for nearly 2,700 payments due to be reverted back to the City of San Diego this fiscal year.

Since this time last year, the City has returned less than $135,000 to 39 recipients who

were listed on the Unclaimed Monies Report, meaning only 20% of the unclaimed monies were claimed. The average claim was $3,451. Due to the pandemic, last year’s deadline was extended.

There is no charge to search the data or to file a claim.

To submit a claim, print and complete the Request for Unclaimed Monies form and mail it to: City of San Diego, Department of Finance Unclaimed Monies Claim Processing 202 C St. – Mail Station 7A San Diego, CA 92101 Once a claim is verified, a replacement check will be issued in four to six weeks.

Questions about unclaimed money may be submitted by email to DoF@sandiego.gov or by calling 619-236-6310.

County News

By Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

Service Contracting Opportunities 2-Hr Webinar The County Department of Purchasing and Contract is hosting a virtual Doing Business with the County virtual event on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Entities will learn about service contracting opportunities. The event will be cohosted by the District Attorney and the Dept of Purchasing & Contracting.

Executives from the County’s largest departments, including Probation and HHSA, will be on hand to answer questions, discuss the procurement process, and upcoming proj-

ects. For questions, contact Judy Ying at judy. ying@sdcounty.ca.gov.

DATE: June 22, 2021 TIME: 2PM – 4PM LOCATION: Virtual (Webex) REGISTRATION: Email Judy Ying at judy. ying@sdcounty.ca.gov for the registration link.

Kim Center Survey to Help Vulnerable Business Owners The Kim Center for Social Balance is partnering with County of San Diego, SDG&E, San Ysidro Chamber, BID Alliance, and the San Diego Black Chamber on a project to maximize the recovery of vulnerable business owners from the COVID pandemic. This will be San Diego's first full report on the realities that such business owners face, and will promote much needed economic recovery in the region — and also inform a community template for future crisis response.

The first phase will document the financial impacts of COVID on San Diego’s business owners, as well as understand what federal, state, and county support worked, is working, or didn’t work. The County is asking prospective participants to complete an online survey in the next 2 weeks?

The survey’s url is: https://ucsd.co1.qualtrics. com/jfe/form/SV_2aDCFHNnqt10CRE. Or, for questions, contact Hei-ock Kim at heiock@kimcenter.org.

Tips To Stay Cool & Save On Energy

By Voice & Viewpoint Staff Well, the days are heating up again. Time for San Diegans to review their strategies for staying safe and cool with conservation in mind. As an extended heat wave enters the region and blankets the Southwest, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has useful tips for local residents. Some you may already be using, others may be an added benefit to include in your daily or weekly routine. Don’t miss the valuable information about payment assistance at the end of this article!

Tips to Stay Cool

• Take the heat out of the kitchen by cooking outside.

• Opt for recipes that don’t require the oven or stove which can raise the tem-

perature by 10 degrees.

• Use a ceiling or portable fan instead of an air conditioner when possible.

• Run the AC early in the morning to pre-cool your home.

• Close blinds, shades or drapes to block out the sun’s heat.

Tips to Save to Conserve Energy and Save $$

• Check your pricing plan options so you can possibly save on your energy bill. Visit sdge.com/ MyAccount.

• Whenever possible, run large appliances, such as washers and dryers in the morning or late at night to avoid on-peak pricing between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Energy demand peaks

during those hours and so does the cost of electricity.

• Replace dirty air filters as they make the air conditioner work harder — use more energy — to circulate air.

• Switch off electronic devices such as computers and gaming consoles when not in use. Electronics in standby mode still draw power. Use a power strip to power down devices and appliances at one time.

Payment Assistance Programs Are you struggling to pay your energy bill? Take advantage of a variety of payment assistance programs SDG&E has available.

For more information visit sdge.com/assistance.

ARTICLE CONTINUATION Migraine: continued from page 3

This chronification is unfortunately linked with increased depression and disability, and a lower quality of life.

Black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) experience stress and adverse health outcomes due to the exposure to racism and racial trauma. A theory, known as race-based traumatic stress, indicates that some individuals experience racial prejudice as psychological trauma. This PTSD-like reaction leads to increased severe headaches and migraine attacks. Research confirms all of these inequities – but an ongoing lack of quality research on BIPOC

with migraine means there is still much that is unknown or poorly understood.

The Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients (CHAMP) and its partners realized that meaningful change was required. They created the Disparities in Headache Advisory Council that has held numerous training sessions and provided seed-funding for new initiatives that promote diversity and equality in headache medicine.

CHAMP is one of many patient advocacy organizations participating in National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month.

Every June, we spend the month raising awareness and educating the public via a variety of programs and projects held around the

country. The theme for this year is “A New Era of Care,” which reflects the surge of innovation in headache and migraine treatments that are dramatically improving lives.

June 16th was our first Advocacy Day of Action, supporting a U.S. House Resolution designating June as Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, led by Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4th). This resolution addresses the inequities that BIPOC communities face in health access and quality of care.

You can show your support by contacting your Representative in Congress and asking them to co-sign the resolution. Take action by visiting: headachemigraine.org/policy-partners/.

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Gerri Warren June 22 ,1946 to June 8, 2009

It was a few minutes after 10pm, and my little eyes were getting heavy. I had been working diligently on a homework assignment, and found that I was growing tired. The assignment was to make a map of a state out of dough. My mother lent her expertise toward my fifth grade project, wanting to put that extra special touch on it to ensure my good grade. She was known to be the night owl ISO 12647-7 Digital Control Strip 2009 100 70 30 100 60 60 at 100ten 70 100 60 of the family, 100 but years30 old, I hadn’t picked up that trait. “Mommy, I’m tired. I can’t do this anymore,” I whined. She ignored me. Again, I mentioned how tired I was and that I couldn’t A

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Words don’t convey what my heart wants to say about you. Your essence and impact on my life and members of the community is beyond words. I LOVE YOU MOM. Rest in Peace.

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Love, Charles Warren

ourselves, due to complacency or ignorance.

Shortly after my mother passed, I found the one thing of hers that I wanted with me always… her Bible. The tattered and worn leather bound book that she left behind is what she strived to live by. Upon opening it, I found a note that she had written to herself as a reminder of her abilities.

It said “I am responsible for my environment.”

I reflect on that statement often, and I reflect on the impact she had on her environment, which we are all products of. Like a pebble thrown in a pond, her accomplishments have

rippled throughout this city, state and nation.

If you ever had the chance to experience her – her laughter, her tears, her jokes, he anger, her sadness, her happiness, her frustrations, her love, her preaching, her compassion, her teaching, her wisdom, or her God, then take that piece of her and know that you experienced someone inimitable. As we, the family and the community, celebrate her life and legacy, I would like to remind you, to not become weary in well doing. If you are in Christ, your reward is with the Father.

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She believed that the only limits that existed were the ones placed on ourselves, due to complacency or ignorance.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS ZIMBABWEAN NOVELIST ACUTELY MALNOURISHED TIGRAYANS TSITSI DANGAREMBGA WERE INTENTIONALLY STARVED, CALLED ‘VOICE OF HOPE’ U.N. OFFICIAL SAYS Global Information Network

For her “ability to capture and communicate vital truths even amidst times of upheaval”, Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga will receive the PEN Pinter prize in memory of the Nobel laureate Harold Pinter.

Dangarembga is the author of Nervous Conditions, which she wrote when she was 25, and which was described by Doris Lessing as one of the most important novels of the 20th century.

“Through her trilogy of novels… she has charted the development of Zimbabwe from a British colony to an autocratic and troubled free state,” said Claire Armitstead, associate editor at The Guardian for culture and English PEN trustee.

“In doing so, she has held a magnifying glass up to the struggles of ordinary people, in so many parts of the world, to lead good lives in the increasingly corrupt and fractured new world order. Hers is a voice we all need to hear and heed.”

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The story of a village girl called Tambudzai, it was followed by The Book of Not, about Tambu’s teenage years, and the Bookershortlisted This Mournable Body, the third part of the trilogy, set in the postcolonial Zimbabwe of the 1990s.

Dangarembga is also a film-maker, playwright and activist who was arrested last summer while protesting in Harare, charged with intention to incite public violence.

Her case has not progressed, and free speech organizations, along with her fellow writers, have called for the charges against her to be dropped.

“I am grateful that my casting — in the words of Harold Pinter — an ‘unflinching, unswerving gaze’ upon my country and its society has resonated with many people across the globe and this year with the jury of the PEN Pinter prize,” said Dangarembga. “I believe that the positive reception of literary works like mine helps to prove that we can unite around that which is positively human.”

Dangarembga will deliver a keynote speech at a ceremony on Oct. 11, when she will announce the co-winner of her prize — an International Writer of Courage who is “active in defense of freedom of expression, often at great risk to their own safety and liberty”.

Global Information Network Famine is staking out its young victims in the Tigray region of Ethiopia where some 33,000 severely malnourished children are trapped in inaccessible areas beyond the help of aid agencies and relief workers.

For the Tigrayans and their neighboring province of Wollo, it is a tragedy they know well. The region was the epicenter of the famine of 1984. About six million Ethiopians were affected; the number of deaths is estimated at around one million. Another famine, eleven years earlier, denied and ignored by Haile Selassie’s government, led to hundreds of thousands of deaths.

Since the latest conflict began in November 2020, Tigray has been devastated by fighting between government forces and rebels, with 1.7 million people displaced since the conflict began in November 2020.

A UN-backed study released on Thursday found that 353,000 people in the region were living in "severe crisis".

"There is famine now," said UN Humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, adding: "This is going to get a lot worse."

In some of his strongest public comments to date on the crisis, Lowcock accused forces from neighboring Eritrea of "trying to deal with the Tigrayan population by starving them."

In an interview with Reuters, Lowcock said Eritrean soldiers and local fighters are deliberately blocking supplies to the more than 1 million people in areas outside government control.

"Food is definitely being used as a weapon of war."

The Ethiopian government says aid is getting through.

The Eritrean forces that joined the conflict have been accused of widespread pillage and, along with the Ethiopian army, of burning crops, destroying health facilities, and preventing farmers from ploughing their land.

Minister of Information Yemane Gebremeskel maintains that accusations that Eritrean soldiers are blocking or looting aid are "fabricated."

The UN conservatively estimates

that 22,000 survivors of rape will need support. Fear of sexual violence means that women and girls stay in hiding, unable to seek food.

Meanwhile, general elections are scheduled to take place on June 21 despite continuing human rights abuses in Tigray where the gov-

ernment and Eritrean forces are accused of war crimes, including multiple massacres, and under a government that is starving a significant portion of the population.

The United States is "gravely concerned" about the environment in which the elections in Ethiopia will be held and urged politicians and other community leaders there to denounce violence.

LIFE OF ANC ACTIVIST, DULCE SEPTEMBER, PROFILED IN NEW DOCUMENTARY Global Information Network South African anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September was the representative of the ANC in France, Luxembourg and Switzerland until her murder outside of ANC offices in Paris in 1988. Despite an array of clues, her killer was never identified and the story of the 52 year old activist drifted into oblivion.

New details about the incident, compiled by noted filmmaker Enver Samuel, can now be seen in a documentary screened this month at the 23rd annual Encounters International Documentary Film Festival in Cape Town, South Africa.

“Murder in Paris” is a political crime thriller that shines new light on Dulcie’s role as an underground

operative in the fight for the liberation of South Africa and for her efforts to expose the murky world of arms deals between the apartheid regime and France.

Using interviews and archival footage, Samuel’s film paints a gripping portrait of a patriot and dogged freedom fighter committed to the democratic ideals which she sadly did not live to enjoy in her home country.

“Murder in Paris is the culmination of a four-year journey which began in April 2017. A chance meeting in Switzerland with Randolph Arendse, a close relative of September’s, led me down the long road of making a documentary on a truly remarkable woman,” said director Samuel.

“Finding new archival material was a big task for me - like searching for and finding nuggets of gold.

There is a pounding of the heart as one door opens and another and another, which takes you down a journey of discovery.

“On my first discovery of video footage I was transfixed. Tears welled up in my eyes … I had been working on ‘Murder in Paris’ for two years: I had immersed myself in reading about September; obtained countless photographs of and newspaper articles about her.

“Her personal and political integrity, her principled position, her moral courage and her vision for a better South Africa stand as a strong reminder of how central these values are, even today as we confront

the unfinished business of the past and the present.“ “It has been 33 long years since Dulcie September’s assassination and there has been no justice for her and her family. I believe ‘Murder in Paris’ finally gives her a voice and I am hoping it will, in some form, be a catalyst to bring her name back into public discourse and, eventually, play a role in reopening an inquest into her untimely death,” Samuel said.

gut-punching docu-thriller that follows the 2018 Zimbabwean elections, plus “amazing films”

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Also showing at the 10-day Festival is ‘President’ - an award-winning,

from Niger, Ethiopia, Kenya, DRC; and SADC countries; Botswana, Mozambique, Eswatini.

Born in Kenya refugee camp, grad is bound for NC State

By Theoden Janes The Charlotte Observer On the surface, Faduma Osman can seem like a typical American teenager. Her favorite musical artists are people many grown-ups have never heard of, including Polo G, and Olivia Rodrigo, and Jack Harlow. She drives a 2015 Nissan Altima that she recently bought with years’ worth of savings from her part-time job at Chick-fil-A, but if money had been no object she would have gotten one of the various cars she’s dreamed up on the design-your-model part of Tesla’s website.

And she uses the word “like” in conversation, like, a lot.

But get to know Faduma a little bit and it quickly becomes clear: Beyond the superficial stuff, there’s not much typical about who she is, or what she represents, or where she comes from.

A few weeks ago, the young woman born 18 years ago in a Somali refugee camp in Kenya became the first female in her family to receive her high school diploma - from Myers

Park in Charlotte - then will get ready to study biomedical engineering at N.C. State University on a full scholarship.

It’s easy to be impressed by her story.

A MODEL STUDENT When Faduma was at Cotswold Elementary, she was one of the school’s two fourth-graders selected to be in a youth-empowerment program called Wayfinders, which serves low-income students in grades 4-12 identified as having both strong grades and leadership potential.

As part of Wayfinders, she was provided a variety of overnight summer camp experiences, enrichment opportunities, and mentoring. If she struggled with anything when she was younger, it was her identity - and her parents’.

“10-year-old me, when my parents came to a concert at school or a play or something, I’d have to talk to them not in English. I just didn’t want to do that, because everybody spoke English and I didn’t want to speak a different language because I thought that was embarrassing. I

was already really shy.”

She never developed into an extrovert, but she did quietly blossom into a model student.

At Myers Park High, she helped lead a club called Supportive Students that provided mental-health resources to classmates; helped lead a school-wide initiative called “Diversity Our Narrative,” focused on diversifying textbooks in classes like History; was involved in Carolina Youth Coalition, a college-prep program; and was an active member of both the Key Club and a club called Change Makers.

She spent most of her high school years working at Chick-fil-A, consistently juggling a full class load with seven- to eight-hours shifts three days a week.

Faduma had been saving like crazy, aware of the costs associated not just with college, but also - once she’d settled on N.C. State as her top pick - with becoming the first of her siblings to move away from Charlotte to attend it. What she didn’t save she often contributed to help her parents make ends meet.

Then, in early March, Faduma learned that she was being awarded a scholarship through the university’s “Pack Promise” program, which caters to low-income students. It will cover 100% of tuition, room and board, books, and meal plans.

She celebrated by buying herself the used Nissan.

‘THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH’ Faduma has also done a fair amount of reflecting as her time at Myers Park has wound down and her excitement for trading the small room in her family’s apartment for a dorm room on campus in Raleigh has built up.

She acknowledges that, these days, she spends a lot less time feeling awkward about her parents and a lot more time feeling proud of them.

“Definitely, just because if they didn’t come here, if they didn’t get approved (as refugees), my life would have looked like that,” Faduma says, referring to her mother’s stories of the family’s flight through the forest from Somalia to Kenya. “My own car… that’s not something that I would

have if we were over there.”

In fact, Faduma has come to embrace her roots fully enough that she now has a long-term goal of working in the biomedical engineering field in Kenya and/or Somalia, in no small part because she wants to be a role model to young girls over there who might have very limited ideas of what their own potential might be.

But there’s a good chance she’ll be inspiring young girls back in Somalia much sooner than that.

When her older brother Ali graduated from UNC Charlotte with a bachelor of science in business administration - becoming the first person in the family to ever complete college - her grandfather, who still lives in Somalia, put a picture of Ali on his wall.

Children would come to see the picture, and they’d stand in awe of what Ali had accomplished.

Any day now, her grandfather will add something to his makeshift shrine.

It will be a picture of Faduma.

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HEALTHY LIVING DR. FAUCI ADDRESSES

Getting “Shots at the ‘Shop’” During Black Press Appearance

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Anthony Fauci said he wholeheartedly supports President Joe Biden’s initiative with Black-owned barbershops and beauty salons to get more African Americans vaccinated.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director and the nation’s foremost authority on the coronavirus, Dr.

Fauci, called the president’s tactic solid.

In a discussion with the National Ne wspap er Publishers Association (NNPA), Dr. Fauci added that medical and administration officials have a laserlike focus on meeting the president’s goal of having 70 percent of all adults vaccinated by Independence Day.

“That’s the reason why you see what [President Biden] is doing, and all of us are doing to get people vaccinated,” Dr. Fauci asserted.

“We want to make it very easy for people to get the vaccine.”

President Biden declared June as a month of action and announced a “Shots at the Shop” initiative that unites 1,000 African

American-owned barbershops and beauty salons in the country to serve as vaccination hubs.

The initiative comes with incentives like free child-care for parents and other perks.

“We want to give incentives and do whatever we can to get people to get vaccinated,” Dr. Fauci stated.

He noted that the NNPA, the trade association of the hundreds of Black-owned newspaper and media companies, is a trusted voice in the nation’s African American communities.

“That’s why I am speaking with you today,” Dr. Fauci insisted. “The Black Press is vital, it is trusted, and we need to get the word out and

get everyone vaccinated.”

To view Dr. Fauci’s entire interview with the Black Press, register today and tune into the NNPA’s annual summer convention.

It is free to register at www. virtualnnpa2021.com.

Headlined by music icon Chaka Khan, the convention begins on Wednesday, June 23.

Healing and Hope Beyond The Pandemic Pain

By Reverend Danté R. Quick, Ph.D. In almost every major wellness category, the Black community faces disproportionately negative impacts.

What injures America devastates Black America in particular. Be it homeownership, violent interactions with law enforcement, or employment data, Black lives are consistently undervalued and disrespected.

As the Pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (FMBC) for more than a decade, with one of the largest Black congregations in the City of Vallejo, we have focused on connecting the historic liberating faith of our ancestors to the present-day well-being of our community.

The crisis of COVID-19 has been the latest hit to an already ailing Black collective body. The number of positive diagnoses and deaths among our seniors has stolen a generation of wisdom that can no longer be passed to future generations. High hospitalization rates have derailed the economic health of many Black households. The closing of schools has impacted our youth in ways that will take years for us to understand.

Indeed, the pandemic has piled pain on top of already pain-ridden people.

We are seeing a hesitancy from the Black community that is largely fueled by mis- and disinformation instead of science and facts.

Reservations are understandable given the many ways our community has been mistreated by government institutions. But internet theories designed to distract and deceive cannot be allowed to divert us from the obligations we have to protect ourselves and those we love. With the advent of Black healthcare experts in every area of the system, the history of medical racism cannot impact us now as it did in the past. God can work through science and heal through the hands of health professionals.

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I do not believe in asking my congregation to do anything that I am not willing to do first. I say with great pride that my entire family is vaccinated and doing our part to protect each other and our community. My children and I chose to do so to protect my mother, their grandmother. I hear, listen, and understand the community’s reservations. But I know firsthand, and can tell you with the utmost confi-

dence, that the vaccines have been scientifically proven safe and effective, and they remain our best tools to end the pandemic.

When our State sought advocates for Black health, FMBC responded by partnering with Solano County and The Governor’s Office to provide life-saving access to COVID-19 vaccines. During our first vaccine clinic, we committed to offering 1,000 doses.

The outreach was so well received that we distributed over 400 doses in the first few hours alone. We have since hosted an additional clinic, with the same results, and have scheduled to host more in the future.

Why are we doing this at FMBC? We have witnessed the pain and devastation this has caused our community. God would not have been pleased with our inaction, from the mass outbreaks at convalescent centers and high schools, to the deaths of loved ones. The vaccines are proven safe, completely free to receive, and the best chance we have to offer ourselves and those we love peace of mind, instead of the fear driven from this deadly virus.

I urge you to get vaccinated and do your part to end the pandemic. Come down to Friendship Missionary Baptist Church at 1905

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Florida St, Vallejo, CA 94590, or find an appointment on www.MyTurn. ca.gov, but get vaccinated as soon as possible. The sooner we all receive our vaccines, the sooner we can all worship together without the

concern of COVID-19, and that future can’t come soon enough.

Reverend Dante R. Quick has been the Senior Pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Vallejo,

California since 2011. Only eight weeks into his tenure, Reverend Quick and the Friendship family were featured on the front page of the Times-Herald as “one of the largest African-American congregations in Vallejo.”

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION

Juneteenth,

A Celebration of

Freedom

The 5 bronze sculptures pictured here at the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural, and Genealogy Center in Austin, Texas show how the news of freedom spread. Juneteenth began on June 19, 1865 with an order read by General Gordon Grainger—a law that the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced. So the Legislature learned of freedom first, then the news reached the faith leaders in African American Community. The Pastor told the enslaved people represented by the Freed Man and Freed Woman, and they shared the news with youth-the Child figure. The blank pedestal is where visitors can stand —to remember, to ref lect, and to be inspired. Sculptors: Adrienne Rison Isom and Eddie Dixon. (Photo: Jennifer Rangubphai, Wikimedia Commons)

throughout the former Confederate States of America. Its name is a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth”, the date of its celebration. Juneteenth is recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in forty-five states.

of the federal government. The following day, standing on the balcony of Galveston’s Ashton Villa, Granger read aloud the contents of “General Order No. 3”, announcing the total emancipation of those held as slaves:

Today it is observed primarily in local celebrations. Traditions include public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, singing traditional songs such as “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, and readings of works by noted African- American writers such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou. Celebrations may include rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, or Miss Juneteenth contests. The Mascogos, descendants of Black Seminoles, of Coahuila, Mexico also celebrates Juneteenth.

The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.

During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on

Formerly enslaved people in Galveston rejoiced in the streets after the announcement, although in the years afterward, many struggled to work through the changes, against resistance of whites. The following year, freedmen organized the first of what became the annual celebration of Juneteenth in Texas. In some cities African-Americans were barred from using public parks because of state-sponsored segregation of facilities. Across parts of Texas, freed people pooled their funds to purchase land to hold their celebrations, such as Houston’s Emancipation Park, Mexia’s Booker T. Washington Park, and Emancipation Park in Austin.

September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863. It declared that all enslaved persons in the Confederate States of America in rebellion and not in Union hands were to be freed. This excluded the five states known later as border states, which were the four “slave states” not in rebellion – Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri – and those counties of Virginia soon to form the state of West Virginia, and also the three zones under Union occupation: the state of Tennessee, lower Louisiana, and Southeast Virginia.

More isolated geographically, Texas was not a battleground, and thus the people held there as slaves were not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation unless they escaped. Planters and other slaveholders had migrated into Texas from eastern states to escape the fighting, and many brought enslaved people with them, increasing by the thousands the enslaved population in the state at the end of the Civil War. Although most enslaved people lived in rural areas, more than 1000 resided in both Galveston and Houston by 1860, with several hundred in other large towns.

By 1865, there were an estimated 250,000 enslaved people in Texas.The older, and Hispanic, town of San Antonio had 168 slaves among a population of 3,436.

The news of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender on April 9 reached Texas later in the month. The Army of the Trans-Mississippi did not surrender until June 2. On June 18, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived at Galveston Island with 2,000 federal troops to occupy Texas on behalf

Although the date is sometimes referred to as the “traditional end of slavery in Texas” it was given legal status in a series of Texas Supreme Court decisions between 1868 and 1874.

In the early 20th century, economic and political forces led to a decline in Juneteenth celebrations. From 1890 to 1908, Texas and all former Confederate states passed new constitutions or amendments that effectively disenfranchised black people, excluding them from the political process.

White-dominated state legislatures passed Jim Crow laws imposing second-class status. The Great Depression forced many black people off farms and into the cities to find work.

In these urban environments, African Americans had difficulty taking the day off to celebrate. The Second Great Migration began during World War II, when many black people migrated to the West Coast where skilled jobs in the defense industry were opening up. From 1940 through 1970, in the second wave of the Great Migration, more than 5 million black people left Texas, Louisiana and other parts of the South for the North and

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West Coast. As historian Isabel Wilkerson writes, “The people from Texas took Juneteenth Day to Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, and other places they went.”

Following the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign to Washington, DC called

by Rev. Ralph Abernathy, many attendees returned home and initiated Juneteenth celebrations in areas where the “Day” was not previously celebrated.

Since the 1980s and 1990s, the holiday has been more widely celebrated among African-American communities. In 1994 a group of community leaders gathered at Christian Unity Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana to work for greater national celebration of Juneteenth. Expatriates have celebrated it in cities abroad, such as Paris. Some US military bases in other countries sponsor celebrations, in addition to those of private groups.

Although the holiday is still mostly unknown outside African-American communities, it has gained mainstream awareness through depictions in entertainment media, such as episodes of the TV series Atlanta (2016) and Blackish (2017), the latter of which featured musical numbers about the holiday by Aloe Blacc, The Roots, and Fonzworth Bentley.

In 1980, Texas was the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday under legislation introduced by freshman Democratic State Representative Al Edwards. Juneteenth is a “partial staffing” holiday in Texas; government offices do not close but agencies may operate with reduced staff, and employees may either celebrate this holiday or substitute it with one of four “optional holidays” recognized by Texas.

By 2008, nearly half of US states observed the holiday as a ceremonial observance. To date, 46 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday or a day of observance. Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are the only states that refuse to show respect for the free labor and horrific treatment of our ancestors. The free labor of our ancestors paved the way for the United States of America to be one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

Portions of this article originally appeared in African American Voice.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Morse High School graduates posed with school principal, Dr. Cynthia Larkin

Crawford High School graduate David Robinson played the National Anthem on cello Crawford High School_s graduating football team sing the alma mater for the final time

2021

Photos by Cori Zaragoza via Zoom

SDUSD

Celebrates Yoseif Abraham, Valedictorian of Hoover High School, Plans to Attend Stanford University on a Full Ride Scholarship

Hoover High School graduates celebrate

at Petco Park

By Cori Zaragoza Contributing Writer Many graduating high school students were afraid that an in-person commencement ceremony would be impossible due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and state rules on large gatherings. The San Diego Unified School District, however, had an alternate plan.

Graduating high school students

from the 19 high schools in the district were allowed to have a safe and socially distanced commencement ceremony in Petco Park, home to our local baseball team, the San Diego Padres.

Each student was given four tickets for family members to enjoy the ceremony from the stadium’s stands. Students sat behind home plate, enjoying speeches from other

Meet a Few Preuss School Graduates 96% of the local charter school’s graduates were accepted to a university Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

“The Preuss School offers a transformational pathway to college for local students from underserved communities,” said Executive Director Helen V. Griffith.

“We are so proud of our Class of 2021 seniors who, in the midst of a global pandemic and year of remote learning, were able to achieve exemplary college acceptance rates. Their special talents, resilience, and drive will take them far.”

become a physical therapist to help those who have suffered from strokes or become a registered nurse.

What Delke valued the most from attending The Preuss School is the way extracurricular activities and internships are integrated into the curriculum. In addition, she felt very supported during remote learning by having online tutoring sessions and individual meetings to discuss questions about college.

“It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, every staff member at The Preuss School trusts and believes in you and the future you decide on,” said Delke. “I strongly believe that if I went to any other high school, I wouldn’t be as prepared as I am right now.

Preuss not only helped me get prepared for college, they helped me figure out what I wanted to be after college.”

Stories from The Preuss School Class of 2021

Sarron Delke She knew since 8th grade that college was attainable.

And this fall, Sarron Delke will achieve her vision by attending San Diego State University to study kinesiology. Her goal is to either

students, school administrators, and school board members. As each student’s name was called, the graduates walked across the baseball field to receive their diplomas and take photos before exiting at first plate. The occasion was joyous as many students met with friends they hadn’t seen during the pandemic and were happy to be together for one, final time.

Crawford High School Valedictorian plans to attend Harvard University on a full ride scholarship

A Crawford High School Graduate poses with Principal Dr. Froylan Villanueva

Graduates of Lincoln High School Arrive to Petco Park

Students of Lincoln High School Prepare for Graduation

Preuss was named the #1 high school in San Diego

by U.S. News and World Report in their 2021 Best High Schools report, and #6 in California among nearly 3,000 schools. The charter middle and high school enrolls a diverse low-income student population from over 40 neighborhoods in San Diego County, with the majority from south of Interstate 8.

Graduates

Vyvy Nguyen Vyvy Nguyen looks forward to making new friends, participating in study abroad and being a part of student organizations when she enrolls at UCLA in the fall. She will major in biology, which is the first step in her plan to attend med-

ical school and become an OB-GYN doctor who specializes in women’s health. Nguyen’s vision is to empower and support women throughout their pregnancies.

Christopher Santiago Christopher Santiago is excited to begin a new chapter, which may involve going to space. This fall, he will move to Connecticut to attend Yale University with a full scholarship. He will study astrophysics with a goal of pursuing a career as an astrophysicist and dreams of becoming an astronaut.

Santiago credits The Preuss School’s rigorous learning environment for preparing him for college. “Preuss definitely set me up for success; it taught me the value of routine, the need for rigor, and overall, the need to be proud,” said Santiago.

The Preuss School graduates will be celebrated at an in-person Commencement ceremony this Thursday, June 17, at 4pm. At press time, it was reported that the ceremony would feature a pre-recorded keynote address by California Secretary of State, Dr. Shirley Weber.

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FINANCE FRAUD ALERT:

How to Protect Yourself from COVID-19 Scams

By Dena Vang Milwaukee Courier The increased demand for COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States, along with the need to educate various groups and communities about the vaccine, has created opportunities for fraudulent activity. Dr. LaShawn McIver, director of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Ser vices Office of Minority Health, addressed the scams related to COVID-19.

“We’re asking that people please don’t share your personal or financial information if someone calls, texts, or e-mails you, promising access to the vaccine for a

fee,” Dr. McIver said.

To protect yourself and your loved ones from COVID-19 scams, remember the following: Do not give your personal, medical, or financial information to anyone claiming to offer money or gifts in exchange for your participation in a COVID-19 vaccine survey.

Be mindful of how you dispose of COVID-19 materials such as syringes, vials, vial container boxes, vaccination record cards, and shipment or tracking records.

Improper disposal of these items could be used by bad actors to commit fraud.

When It’s OK to Let Your

Good Credit Score Drop

Offers to purchase COVID19 vaccination cards are scams. Valid proof of COVID-19 vaccination can only be provided by legitimate providers administering vaccines.

Photos of COVID-19 vaccination cards should not be shared on social media. Posting content that includes your date of birth, health care details, or other personally identifiable information can be used to steal your identity.

Be vigilant and protect yourself. You will not be asked for money to enhance your ranking for vaccine eligibility. Government and state officials will not call you to

By Bev O’shea NerdWallet If you’ve worked hard to achieve and maintain a good credit score, it can be upsetting to see it drop. People lose jobs, cars break down and pipes leak. Credit may be your safety net. Painful as it may be, there are times when taking actions that hurt your score are prudent for your overall finances.

obtain personal information in order to receive the vaccine.

Beneficiaries should be cautious of unsolicited requests for their personal, medical, and financial information.

Medicare will not call beneficiaries.

Be suspicious of any unexpected calls or visitors offering COVID-19 tests or supplies. If you receive a suspicious call, hang up immediately.

treatments. If you make an appointment for a COVID-19 test online, make sure the location is an official testing site.

Do not respond to or open hyperlinks in text messages about COVID-19 from unknown individuals.

Do not give your personal or financial information to anyone claiming to offer HHS grants related to COVID-19.

Ignore offers or advertisements on social media sites for COVID-19 testing or

Be aware of scammers pretending to be COVID-19 contact tracers. Legitimate

WHEN YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXPENSE

in full every month is ideal.

But the damage from a high balance should fade as new, lower balances are reported to credit bureaus. Don’t beat yourself up.

If you have a big, unexpected expense that exceeds your emergency savings, using your credit cards to cover it can be a decent option.

You may have some temporary score damage from having a high balance on your card for a while. It’s generally best to keep balances below 30% of your credit limit, and of course, paying

WHEN YOU’RE STRUGGLING TO COVER ESSENTIAL EXPENSES If you have to choose between paying your credit card on time and keeping the utilities on, keeping your family safe is more important. If possible, try to make

contact tracers will never ask for your Medicare number or financial information, or attempt to set up a COVID- 19 test for you and collect payment information for the test.

If you suspect COVID-19 healthcare fraud, report it immediately online, or call 800-HHS-TIPS (800-4478477). the minimum payment on your credit card before it’s 30 days overdue. Your credit card issuer won’t be happy and you’ll probably have to pay a late fee. But creditors can’t report you to the credit bureaus until your payment is 30 days past the due date.

If you don’t pay in that 30-day window, the creditor can report your account See CREDIT page 14

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BUSINESS NEWS Black Business Registrations Increase

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

During COVID Pandemic

Several states have shown that the number of registered businesses has “more than doubled” according to analysis by the New York Times.

CARES Act was passed by Congress in March 2020, business registrations increased by 60 percent.

Though the economic downturn caused by the COVID pandemic is likely to damage entrepreneurship and put many small businesses in a financial hole or out of business entirely, there are signs that many have turned to creating businesses after losing employment elsewhere.

In the month after the

Andre Perry, a Brookings

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By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Institution fellow, told the Times that some of the surge in Black business registrations could be a signal of personal economic trouble.

“This is more about survival than it is about wealth creation. There’s lots of people who have lost their jobs and lost their businesses. People are starting to realize that side hustles are businesses,” Perry said.

Additionally, Google Trends data reported an “uptick in searches related to Blackowned businesses” in June of last year during the start of the pandemic. According to

Google Trends data, searches for “How to find black owned businesses in your area” saw a 300% spike and searches for “Black owned restaurants near me” tripled.

An app that is a guide to Black owned restaurants, called EatOkra, witnessed a 4,450% increase in downloads of new users in May 2020. Many believe that activism after the murder of George Floyd coupled with the COVID19 pandemic spurred manny to think about economic activism and Black owned businesses.

LESSONS LEARNED FROM

Women Business Owners Beating the Odds Overwhelmingly impacted by the pandemic, 71% of women-owned small businesses reported a loss in revenues or sales in 2020, according to a recent study. Beyond cutting costs and applying for federal resources, women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs of color have had to get more creative than ever to navigate the uncertain economy.

Consider these four lessons learned from women entrepreneurs who are beating the odds.

1.

Seek alternative funding sources: In addition to tapping traditional bank loans, connect with a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution, or CDFI, which offers low-cost capital with friendly repayment terms.

2.

PHOTO SOURCE: (c) Drazen Zigic

M a k e / iStock via Getty Images Plus time for a business plan: 2020 taught us to plan for the unexpected, reinforcing that a business plan is critical for any small business. Tamil Maldonado Vega and her husband, owners of Raíces Brewing Co., say they don’t regret opening a Latino craft brewery right before the pandemic. While they have had hard times like everyone else during closures and

due to limits on seating and space, they felt prepared thanks to a strong business plan, which they developed with the help of their banker.

3.

Pivot from crisis to opportunity: Looking for new income streams? Being flexible while staying true to your business can help increase the chances of success. Kadijatu Ahene, owner

of Dija’s Touch Designs, specializes in African print designs. During the pandemic, she shifted to an online model and expanded into making stylish personal protection equipment for first responders.

4.

Find strength in community : Ranjana Hans, owner of Raw Roots Turmeric, says her community has supported her

health and wellness business throughout the pandemic, and she’s learned the benefits of asking loyal customers to promote her products in their social networks. “I have always thought that having strong connections enriched my life, and over the course of this year, that’s become even more evident.”

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SPORTS

Biles Claims Another US Gymnastics Title

While Biles’ victor y was never in doubt — it rarely has been during her nearly eight-year reign atop the sport — she remains in no mood to coast.

By Will Graves AP

Simone Biles toned it down.

A little anyway. And soared even higher.

The 24-year-old gymnastics superstar claimed her record seventh U.S. title Sunday night on June 6th, delivering another stunning — and stunningly easy — performance that served little doubt the pressure surrounding her bid to become the first woman to win backto-back Olympic championships in more than 50 years is only pushing her to even greater heights.

Shaking off a somewhat sloppy start the previous Friday, at least by her impec-

cable standards, Biles put on a four-rotation showcase that highlighted why a GOAT emblem — a nod to her status as the Greatest Of All Time — has become a fixture on her competition leotard.

Her two-day total of 119.650 was nearly five points better than runner-up Sunisa Lee and good friend and teammate Jordan Chiles. Biles’ all-around score of 60.100 was her highest since 2018 and served notice she is only getting better with the Tokyo Games less than six weeks away.

It helped that she managed to stay inbounds (mostly)

during her floor routine after stepping out three times on that Friday. Blame it on the rush she gets when the lights are on and a crowd is in the palm of her hands. She was far more precise in finals save for one tumbling pass where one of her feet stepped over the white border.

Oh, well, something to work on for the Olympic trials later this month in St. Louis.

Simone Biles acknowledges cheers from fans after being awarded first place in the all around following the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Sunday, June 6, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

“It’s so crazy because in training I never go out of

bounds and I never have this much power,” Biles said.

“But with the adrenaline, that’s where it comes.”

And to think she didn’t even bother with her latest innovation, a Yurchenko double-pike vault she drilled twice at the U.S. Classic last month that caught the attention of everyone from LeBron James to Michelle Obama. Instead, she opted for two with slightly lower difficulty that she completed so casually it was hard to tell if she was in front of an arena that screamed for her at every turn or just fooling around at practice back home in Houston.

Not that it mattered. She still posted the top score on vault anyway. Just like she did on beam. Just like she did on floor. Just like she’s done everywhere she’s saluted the judges since the

2013 U.S. Championships.

The Yurchenko double-pike will return at trials and likely in Tokyo, where if she completes it during competition yet another element in the sport’s Code of Points will be named for her. Just add it to the list of what they call “#SimoneThings.”

Biles has been a lock for Tokyo from the moment she returned to training in late 2017. Chiles and Lee may also be nearing that territory. The top two all-around finishers at trials will earn an automatic spot on the Olympic team, though U.S. national team coordinator Tom Forster allowed Biles, Chiles and Lee have separated themselves from the pack.

The picture behind Biles and Chiles and Lee, however, remains crowded with only two weeks to go before the team is unveiled. That’s not a bad thing.

“I do think the field has gotten better,” Forster said.

FORMER NFL STAR

Warrick Dunn tackles housing inequalities

By Rob Maaddi Associated Press Former NFL star Warrick Dunn is hosting a conversation centered on diversity and inclusion as part of his charity’s Juneteenth celebration.

Dunn, a three-time Pro Bowl running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons, will sit down with NFL Network host Steve Wyche last Thursday evening for a virtual chat featuring guest appearances from various players past and present.

“It’s important to have a conversation just about diversity and inclusion,” Dunn said.

“We want to be able to educate companies on the topic but also give them solutions.

I just think the biggest step toward that would be starting a dialogue. A lot of times people don’t want to talk about a lot of the issues, but you have to be open and honest and have an open dialogue about the issues. Then, come with how can we solve these problems and make diversity and inclusion and corporation equal for all and not just for the upper echelon.”

Juneteenth is the celebration of what occurred

June 19, 1865, the day that enslaved Black people in the U.S. learned they had been emancipated.

1993, two days after Dunn turned 18. He helped raise his five siblings while going to Florida State.

The second part of Warrick Dunn Charities’ Juneteenth celebration is a virtual wine, dine and cigar event on June 25 featuring various players, including Hall of Famers and celebrities. Dunn’s mission is to empower families to break the cycle of generational poverty.

Over the years, Dunn’s home-building program has transitioned to also helping families and children learn financial literacy and teaching them how to eat healthy and affordable meals.

“It starts really with housing,” Dunn said. “That’s the quickest way to build wealth in this country for families, but also having stability creates opportunity for kids to live a better and stable life, to perform better in school, to want to thrive and just want to be better. Having stable housing is key to that.”

Dunn founded the “Homes for the Holidays” program as a rookie in the NFL to fulfill his mother’s dream of home ownership for single-parent families, and it has since helped 189 homeowners and 512 dependents in 24 markets. His mother, police officer Betty Smothers, was killed in the line of duty in

“There’s so many issues and inequalities that families face when it comes to home ownership, the opportunity to help advance their families with education,” Dunn said. “When you live in low-income communities, usually the schools are not high-performing schools.

They just don’t have the same resources and access to health care and so forth in these low-income, moderate communities. For me, it’s really supporting those families and those individuals along that journey of home ownership, but also pushing them to do their part. We don’t give handouts. What we do is we really assist families and give them a hand up.”

The NBA has fined Miami Heat president Pat Riley $25,000 for tampering comments regarding LeBron James. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Pat Riley fined for comments about LeBron James

By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris The NBA doesn’t play when it comes to “tampering,” and even complimenting another player can get you into hot water, too. The NBA has fined Miami Heat president Pat Riley $25,000 for tampering comments regarding LeBron James.

Riley recently was a guest on Dan Le Batard’s podcast and was speaking of LeBron James’ greatness and that he’d be willing to have James come back to Miami if the opportunity ever presented itself.

“I would leave the key under

the doormat if he would call me and let me know that he’s coming. I would do that, but I doubt very much that key… that key is rusted now. […] LeBron, look, he’s one of the greatest of all time, and for four years down here, if we want to go back and remember what those four years were like, it was four years in the Finals, four years of excitement, two world championships… It was the best time for the Heat. So I wish him nothing but the best, and if he ever wanted to come back, I’ll

put a new shiny key under the mat,” Riley said.

The comments could be taken as Riley trying to initiate a trade, which he wasn’t, but the NBA still had to keep Riley in check.

In other LeBron news, he will be switching jersey numbers again, according to ESPN, and will change from No. 23 to No. 6 for the upcoming 2021-22 NBA season.

King James initially requested the jersey number change when Anthony Davis was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. James was hoping to give Davis No. 23 at the time to welcome him to the squad, but Davis elected to remain No. 3 despite LeBron’s gesture. James wore No. 6 in the Olympics, then professionally as a member of the Miami Heat where he won two NBA titles with the team.

The article originally appeared on Rolling Out.

ARTICLE CONTINUATION

NFL star Warrick Dunn, far left with camera phone, seen here on Monday, September 24, 2018 in Tampa, Fla. when he surprised two single mothers and their children with rooms of furniture to fill their new homes as part of his Homes for the Holidays (HFTH) program. Warrick Dunn Charities’ (WDC) HFTH program has assisted single parents in becoming first-time homeowners by providing necessary materials for long-term stability and the provisions required to ensure parents and children can thrive educationally, socially and economically. (Brian Blanco/AP Images for Aaron’s, Inc.)

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WHEN MONEY IS ON THE WAY

WHEN STARTING OR INVESTING IN A BUSINESS

delinquent. That negative mark on your credit report will badly damage your score, and only time will undo the damage. It will stay on your credit report for up to seven years, although the effect fades over those years. Get in touch with creditors and explain what happened, when you will be back on

Exercise caution against an over-reliance on credit.

Make an exception for when income is imminent but bills are already here. A tax refund or payment for freelance work falls into this category. If you know money is coming, credit can be a bridge until it arrives. Be prepared for a score ding, then look for a rebound as

Investing in a business is another time you may choose to use your credit, but keep the risks in mind.

There should be a clear, detailed business plan that’s much more specific than a great idea. It can be tempting to go all-in, but don’t let a business idea threaten your overall financial health.

you get it back down.

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ARTS & CULTURE HIP HOP ICON

Dr. Dre Opening the ‘Coolest High School in America’

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Sr. Correspondent

Hip Hop and business icon Dr. Dre said he lasted just two weeks in a college program and believed that many young ones don’t want to attend school because it’s boring.

“You keep flipping the same thing over and over and over again, year after year, with the same curriculum, the same teachers,” demanded Dre, whose real name is Andre Young.

The star, who reportedly has a net worth of more than $1 billion, revealed he and music mogul Jimmy Iovine are establishing the “coolest high school in America.”

“I want to reach the inner-city kid, the younger me,” Dre told the Los Angeles Times.

“Here’s a place that you can go where there’s something that you can learn that you’re really interested in,” he continued.

According to the Times, Dre and Iovine’s school will be located at Audubon Middle School in Leimert Park, a longtime Black cultural hub, but in a larger community where many Black and Latino students have struggled with low achievement.

The concept has been approved by the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest school system.

The newspaper reported that the new school would be a “magnet,” meaning that students can apply from across the sprawling district.

The Times reported that more than 80 percent of students are Latino and Black and about the same number come from low-income families.

Transportation will be provided for those outside the local area.

The school will enjoy hightech equipment and projects

Hip Hop Icon and Business mogul Dr. Dre has teamed with music impresario Jimmy Iovine to launch a new high school in Los Angeles/Jason Persse via wikimedia commons

with private industry.

“A task could have something to do with music or incorporate an element of music,” the newspaper reported. But as Iovine said, this is no music school or Hip Hop High.

“This is for kids who want to go out and start their own company or go work at a place… like Marvel or

Apple or companies like that,” Iovine stated.

“Working successfully in these areas means breaking down silos between different jobs and skills — and disrupting familiar patterns with creativity and purpose,” Iovine continued.

“This is nowhere near a music school,” he said.

L os Angeles S cho ols Sup erintendent Austin Beutner said the district must find new, better, and more engaging programs.

He said the new venture could create “the coolest high school in America.”

“We can better connect what a student learns in a high school today with a job opportunity in the future,” he said.

Q&A:

Leslie Grace Lives Full-Circle Moment ‘In The Heights’

By Sigal Ratner-Arias AP Like her Nina character in “In The Heights,” Leslie Grace says she’s struggled to fit in as an Afro-Latino woman and artist.

ents but grew up in Davie, Florida. Last year, she left the family home to move to Los Angeles — the same

gest Latino movie in recent history, and the full-circle moment the film represents to her family. Answers have

“All the time,” the 26-yearold singer said in an interview with The Associated Press. “In so many parts of my life I’ve felt that — not being Latina enough, not being American enough, being first-generation the same way that Nina is. So a lot of the themes in Nina’s character I really related to.”

The just-released “In the Heights” is an adaptation of the Tony-award winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes about the dreams and struggles of the Latino community in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood.

Grace, a Latin Grammynominated singer who started her professional career at 16, was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to Dominican par-

finally opening?

Grace: I just feel so blessed.

I feel fulfilled to be a part of something that not only is so beautiful and so big and was so incredibly challenging and fun to make, but that also gives back and pays homage to the stories of my mother and my grandmother and my family, my dad, you know, the people that I really know that have brought me up and that have supported me in so many ways. It’s a full-circle experience for all of us for so many reasons, but for me it’s really close to home because of the story.

AP: How did you get the role of Nina?

Afro-Latina actress Leslie Grace arrives at a screening of "In the Heights" for the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

way that Nina left her dad in their beloved Washington Heights to attend Stanford University, where she doesn’t feel that she belongs.

Grace talked about making her acting debut in the big-

been edited for brevity and clarity.

AP: You’re not just making your acting debut in any movie, but in the biggest possible Latino release. How are you feeling now that it is

Grace: I had been auditioning for maybe three years — I kept this little dream to myself, like a little secret, that I really wanted to act.

And I thought that my first role would be a guest role as a music artist on some show, since I was just getting started. Then the opportunity for “In the Heights” came

along and I was like, “I need to audition for this! I need to be a part of this!” It was my first in-person audition.

AP: We’ve seen you singing, dancing and acting in music videos. What was the biggest challenge of doing that now in such a huge motion picture?

Grace: I think that we all felt like Nina: She doesn’t want to let anybody down. We knew this was the biggest job that we’ve ever heard of for a Latino leading cast to tell the story and tell it in all of its brilliance and splendor, and also do good on the neighborhood that Lin loves so much. The challenges for me were to feel like I had something of value to bring when I’d never ever been on a movie set, and doing it with such brilliant people.

So you’re overcoming your own insecurities to see what you can bring to your character. And then, the dancing. Man! As a music artist, I’ve done choreography, but never like this before.

AP: I read that your mother owns a beauty salon.

Grace: Yeah! She doesn’t run a salon anymore, but she has been a real-life salon lady all her life.

AP: What did she think of the salon ladies and your salon scene in the movie?

GRACE: It was another full-circle moment. My parents had come to visit me on the set.

She arrived just as we were going to rehearse “No Me Diga.” So she walks in and she sees the front desk and the hair dryers and she’s like, “¡Este es como mi salón!” (“This is like my salon!”)

The crazy thing is, this is the place where my parents’ stories are lived. My mom’s first salon business was a couple blocks away from where we were shooting... I get to be a part of a story that’s cherishing my mom’s story and my mom gets to witness it by coming to visit her little girl on set while she’s living her own wildest dreams.

Grammy Winner Stephanie Mills Releases New Music Decrying Racial Injustice, Police Violence

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Sr. Correspondent Music lovers, prepare yourself for one of the most anticipated comebacks in history.

The legendary Grammy Award winner Stephanie Mills has announced her new single, “Let’s Do the Right Thing,” an anthem not unlike Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?” of 50 years ago, where the late Motown great crooned disenchantment over the state of America. Mills’ longawaited new music drops appropriately on Saturday, June 19 – Juneteenth.

“It’s all me. I am not doing this through a [traditional] record label,” Mills told the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) in an exclusive interview.

Mills’ team said the new music brings fans back to her traditional soulful sound infused with an empowering message that challenges the listener “to take an introspective look at oneself to create love and peace.”

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mills has proven to

be a treasure embedded in music’s fabric. Her illustrious career spans a half-century. The singer, whose voice knows no peers, began her professional career at the age of 11 with a Broadway run of “Maggie Flynn,” followed by the leading role of Dorothy in the Tony Award-Winning play “The Wiz.” After conquering the Great White Way, Mills recorded some of the most memorable songs in music history, including “Never Knew Love Like This,” “Putting a Rush on Me,” “Power of Love,”

and “Home.” Along with her singing and actor career, Mills is a lifelong social justice and civil rights activist and philanthropist.

She has earned multiple Grammy, American Music, and NAACP Image awards.

“My new music is a reflection of the sadness and heartache I’ve been feeling over the pandemic and George Floyd and the systemic racism that plagues our people,” Mills asserted.

“Let’s Do the Right Thing’” is my personal plea for all

people to rise up and come together,” she said.

Along with releasing her new single, Mills will debut the accompanying music video and perform her Billboard hit “Home” from The Wiz during the Juneteenth Celebration in New York with the historic Riverside Church and Middle Collegiate Church.

“The evening will embody Juneteenth’s spirit of freedom, celebration two Black-led faith institutions historically and presently

Stephanie Mills, pictured here in Tennessee at the 3rd Annual Black Music Honors on Thursday, August 16th, 2018 (AP Photo/Earl Gibson III)

combined to transformative justice work,” her team noted. “Let’s Do the Right Thing” will be available on all streaming platforms beginning on June 19.

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OBITUARIES Carolyn Corinne Smith

Freddie M. Jackson

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

5/7/1942

12/22/1945

2/14/1929

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

5/5/2021

5/27/2021

6/1/2021

Ernest E. Jones

ERNEST EUGENE JONES affectionately known as “Ernie” was born in Devers, TX, May 7, 1942 to Prentice and Emma Lee Jones. He was the eldest of two sons and was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Ronald Jones.

In 1954 Ernie moved with his family to San Diego. Ernie attended Lincoln High School. He was smart and had a great sense of style. He was a sports enthusiast and he enjoyed playing football and running track. Ernie graduated from Lincoln High School in 1960 and enlisted in the United States Navy where he served for five years. Ernie would go on to retire with twenty years of service to the city of San Diego Parks and Recreation in 2009.

Ernie loved life, he loved the Lord and his family. He Enjoyed watching TV, specifically sports such as football, basketball, and baseball. He was a Chargers fan until they moved to LA and a Lakers fan for life. He loved all of his grandkids and attended their sporting events often. His favorite pastime was Horse Racing. He loved the Kentucky Derby; it was always around his birthday. He also loved playing the penny slots at his favorite casino in San Diego, Barona, and the Orleans in Las Vegas. Ernie was loved by so many his infectious smile was a warm welcome to everyone he met. Ernie is survived by: his lovely wife of forty-six years, Marlene Jones; three beautiful daughters, DeVonne Thomas, April Jones, and Jasmine Jones; only son, Aaron Jones; wonderful grandkids, Devyn Jones, Trevon King, Melanie Bohannon, Isaiah Clemons, Mark Clemons, Emma Renee Childs, Maximus Jones and Roland Childs II; and a host of family and friends. Ernest Jones will be missed

Alma Lee Mitchell SUNRISE 5/1/1935

SUNSET 5/22/2021

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY A “walk-through” viewing was held on Wednesday, June 9th 2021 at AndersonRagsdale Mortuary. Services were held on Thursday, June 10th 2021. Send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Alma Lee Mitchell.

ALMA MITCHELL was born to Willie and Leola Burton in Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 1, 1935, Alma lee Mitchell was called to rest in eternal peace, May 22, 2021. She married William F Mitchell in 1955 and from that union came Michelle Renee and William Benjamin Mitchell. Alma went to cosmetology school at Flavio Beauty school to further her education. She received her cosmetology license and she loved working with people and being creative with new and old hairstyles. She was a fantastic cook she had the best peach cobbler in the world. Alma was a loving mother to not only her own children but many others. She was called mom by many because she had a heart of gold. Her home was always open with her love and kindness which will truly be missed.

Alma was a woman of God who accepted the Lord as her personal Savior at an early age. She was a faithful daughter, family member and friend.

Whatever she did, she did it whole-heartedly. She would never leave a job half done. She stood steadfast in her faith and demonstrated the fortitude to carry on despite the circumstances She was an usher, choir member, pastor’s aide throughout her life.

CAROLYN CORINNE COLEMAN-SMITH, was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 22, 1945, and crossed the bar into the heavenly kingdom on May 27, 2021.

Mother Carolyn or Grandma as she was known was one of two children (brother John Danforth Coleman) born to the late Jesse John Coleman and his wife Thelma (Doby) Davis. At about the age of thirteen, Carolyn moved to the city of San Diego where she attended Lincoln High School and San Diego Community College.

Carolyn was a Navy wife for eighteen years as the spouse of the late Jack Smith. Her “first set” of offspring, Renee Bianca, Dana, Danny and Creta were children of this first marriage. On Thanksgiving Day, 1985, Carolyn married the love of her life, Richard F. Smith Jr., who brought five additional offspring as her “second set” into her role as mother. These were Robert, Richard III, Russell, Renee Francine and Yralinoska. On marrying, the couple agreed that there were to be no “your children”, “my children”, only “our children.”

Carolyn had several employment opportunities prior to marrying Richard including working as a veterinary assistant, a full charge bookkeeper for a bread company and the office manager for Dr. Saul Goldston at the Euclid Medical Center. It was he who actually introduced her to Richard.

Once married Carolyn became an integral part of the family business, Quality Tax & Financial Services Inc. as a California Certified Tax Practitioner and handler of all administrative and personnel tasks of the corporation. She performed those tasks for 35 years while simultaneously serving as a founding member of the Southeast Alano Club and a Board Member and Treasurer of the Lemon Grove Alano Club. Carolyn sponsored over 200 women in the Alcoholics Anonymous program during her 38 years of sobriety. In addition to advice and council she and her husband often provided a sober living environment in their home for those battling the disease. She was a well known speaker for AA, known up and down the West Coast.

Carolyn was a member of Bethel AME Church here in San Diego when she met her husband Richard. However, on the advice of her then Pastor Ellis Casson, she moved her membership to join her husband at St. Stephen’s COGIC where she not only sang in the Sanctuary Choir but served as Treasurer and as President of that group. She later teamed with her husband, by then Elder Smith, in planting the Fruit of the Spirit COGIC, continuing the work of guiding and counseling persons in the way of life Holiness and the Joys of walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. She was designated a Mother in the church by Superintendent Sidney Buggs III and was dedicated as a Missionary/ Evangelist by the Jurisdiction’s Supervisor of Women, Gloria Lynch.

In addition to her husband of 35 years, Mother Carolyn leaves behind her mother, her brother seven living children, twenty two grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren to celebrate and emulate a life well lived.

The family extends its thanks to all of those who have reached out to comfort us in this time of grief and sorrow. Your gifts, your tributes, your prayers and your kind words are truly appreciated. “ Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Revelations 21: 1-4

Alma will be sorely missed by all those who knew and loved her. On Saturday, May 22, 2021, the Lord sent His angels to her Nursing Center on a special mission. At the age of 86, she was called home to her mansion in heaven. Her laughter and quick wit, hugs, and kisses will no longer be a part of our day-to-day reality. However, the legacy of her love and happy memories will forever linger in our hearts.

Alma was preceded in death by her parents and siblings. Those left to cherish her memories are her son, William B (Tammy) Mitchell, Daughter Michelle R (Augusta) Newson, Grand Children Charles P (Cheree)Murria, Branden Mitchell and a host of great grandkids, great great grandchildren, nephew and other relatives and friends.

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H.W. “Skipper” Ragsdale, III Owner (In Memoriam)

Valerie Ragsdale Owner

Continuing over 130 Years of Service

Kevin Weaver General Manager

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Freddie M. Jackson was born on February 14, 1929, in Tyler, TX, the fourth of Ira and Cora Brown’s nine children. Freddie’s parents and siblings proceeded with her in death Freddie relocated to San Diego, she joined Christ United Presbyterian Church. She served many roles as Sunday School teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, Director of Vacation Bible School, an ordained Deacon and Elder.

Freddie matriculated through local Tyler schools. She graduated Texas College in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Freddie was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. in 1948 while at Texas College. Freddie attended San Diego State University, graduating with a Degree in Education, and Administrative Credential.

Freddie resolved to honor the need of children to learn, and take pride in oneself. Freddie believed that the three most important institutions in our society are the home, the church, and the school. She had the privilege to be a vital part of each of these institutions.

Freddie chose education as a career; she taught in Illinois and California.

Freddie was a successful educator, vice-principal, principal, and mentor.

In 1991, Freddie retired as principal of Gage Elementary School. One of her many accolades comes from Gage. After retirement, she continued her commitment to education through volunteer work in the church, schools, and community.

In 1989, she was named Ambassador for the United Negro College Fund for work with T.V. viewing Parties. Freddie also supported and marched in the picket lines in front of the Grant Hotel and Bank of America to allow people of color admission.

Freddie was recognized by the Salvation Army as their Woman of Dedication, Nordstrom Department Store, and San Diego Links, Inc. for community service.

Freddie organized an annual Walk for Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation, raising over $30,000 as Team Captain. Freddie coordinated fundraising activities for Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary by selling the Kids News Day Papers. She was also a member of Southeastern San Diego Women, Inc. She leaves to cherish her precious memory; Dr. Robert (deceased) Ardelle Matthews, Al and Joyce Kercheval, Carl and Dorothy Smith, Dr. Gene and Juel Moore, Mary and Albert McClain

T he Lord is close to

the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:18

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

Bishop / Pastor Adlai E. Mack, Pastor

Christians’ United in the Word of God

St. Paul United Methodist Church

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Diego

7965-B Broadway Street Lemon Grove, California 91945

3094 L Street San Diego, CA 92102

3085 K Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.232.5683

619.232.0510 • www.bethelamesd.com

Conference Call Worship Service: SUNDAYS 10 : 30 AM Call: 1-701-802-5400 Access Code 1720379 #

10 A.M.Sunday Service Live Stream on Facebook www.facebook.com/stpaulsumcsd Rev. Dr. Eugenio Raphael

Food distribution Monday walk up noon-3 P.M., Wednesday drive up noon-3 P.M., Thursday walk up noon-3 P.M. Diaper Program Thursday Noon - 2 P.M.

All are Welcome to Join Us.

Pastor Milton Chambers, Sr. & First Lady Alice Chambers

“Come Worship With Us”

New Hope Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

New Assurance Church Ministries

Mesa View Baptist Church

2205 Harrison Avenue San Diego, CA 92113

7024 Amherst Street San Diego, CA 92115

13230 Pomerado Road Poway, CA 92064

619-234-5506 • Fax 619 234-8732 Email: newhopeadm@gmail.com

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858.485.6110 • www.mesaview.org Email: mvbcadmin@mesaview.org

10 A .M. Sunday Service Live Stream on Facebook, Youtube, Sunday School Lesson Immediately following service.

12 P.M. Wednesday Bible Study Live Stream on Facebook, 2P.M. on Youtube

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD! ” Psalms 122:1

Rev. Dr. Obie Tentman, Jr.

9 : 30 A .M. Sunday Service Live Stream on Facebook, Youtube and on bethelamesd.com

Rev. Harvey L. Vaughn, III

Pastor Rodney and Christine Robinson

10 A .M. Sunday Service Live Stream Facebook 6: 30 P.M. Wednesday Live Stream Bible Study

“A new Hope, A new Life, A new Way through Jesus Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17 A change is coming”

We are using YouTube under our website of www.mesaview.org or www.YouTube.com 8 : 45 A .M. Sunday School Class - Via Zoom Call Contact Office for details 10 A .M. Sunday Service • 7 P.M. Wednesday Bible Study Visit our site for previous sermons: www.mesaview.org

Pastor Dr. Darrow Perkins Jr.

Lively Stones Missionary Baptist Church

Phillips Temple CME Church

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

605 S. 45th Street San Diego, CA 92113-1905

5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

1728 S. 39th Street San Diego, CA 92113

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619.262.2505 Sunday School 8 : 30 a.m.

Morning Worship 9 : 45 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 10 : 00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6: 00 p.m.

619.262.6004 • Fax 619.262.6014 www.embcsd.com

Sunday School 9 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10 : 30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer 11: 00 a.m. - 12 : 00 noon Wednesday Bible Study 7: 00 p.m.

Pastor Jerry Webb

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 12 p.m. & 6 : 00 p.m.

Pastor Jared B. Moten

“A Life Changing Ministry” Romans 12:2

Bethel Baptist Church

Total Deliverance Worship Center

1819 Englewood Dr. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

1962 N. Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92105

138 28th Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.724.6226 • www.coyhm.org Sunday In the Know Bible Study 8 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 9 : 00 a.m.

Saturday Shabbat Service 1: 00-2 : 30 p.m.

619.266.2411 • www.bethelbc.com bethel@bethelbc.com

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The Church of Yeshua Ha Mashiach Hebrew for “Jesus the Messiah”

Pastor Dennis Hodge First Lady Deborah Hodges

Pastor Dr. John E. Warren

Dr. John W. Ringgold, Sr. Pastor

Sunday Morning Prayer 6 : 00 & Worship 7: 30 a.m.

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Morning Worship Youth & Children’s Church 11: 00 a.m.

Community Prayer (Hemera) Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat . 7: 30 a.m.

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 7: 30 p.m.

Mid Week Prayer Wednesday 12 : 00 noon and 7: 00 p.m.

Fax: 619.303.2008 Mail : 7373 University Ave. Suite 217, La Mesa, CA 91942 Suffragan Bishop Dr. William A. Benson, Pastor & Dr. Rachelle Y. Benson, First Lady

Sunday Early Morning Worship Service 9 : 00 a.m. and 11: 30 a.m.

“It Takes Team Work to Make the Dream Work”

Eagles Nest

Christian Center

Mount Olive Baptist Church

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

36 South 35th Street San Diego, Ca 92113

4995 A Street San Diego, CA 92102

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619.264.3369

Sunday First Worship 9 : 30 a.m.

Second Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study & Prayer 7: 00 p.m.

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Sunday School 9 : 00 a.m.

Morning Service 10 : 45 a.m.

New Membership Orientation BTU 6 : 00 p.m.

Wednesday Eve Prayer Service 6 : 00 p.m.

Sunday Services: Bible Study: 9 : 00 a.m. • Worship: 11: 00 a.m.

Pastor Antonio D. Johnson

Real God, Real People, Real Results.

Join Us via Zoom Meeting:

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COVID-19 UPDATES

COVID’s Sweep HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

Through California Since January 2020 ❉ The Orange County

(Effective June 15, 2021)

On June 15, 2021, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy will be rescinded. Persons and entities may still be subject to Cal OSHA and California Department of Public Health guidelines and standards with limited public health restrictions, including face coverings, school based guidance, and guidance for mega events. The California Public Health Officer has issued an order to be effective June 15, 2021, and available here: http s : / / w w w. c dp h . c a . g ov / Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/ C OV I D - 1 9 / O rd e r- of - t h e State-Public-Health-OfficerBeyond-Blueprint.aspx. The California Public Health Officer has also issued updated face covering guidance effective June 15, 2021, and available here: https://www.cdph. ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/ Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx#June15guidance.

In San Diego County, persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are likely to

have COVID-19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID-19, or is likely to have COVID-19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID19,” or as subsequently amended.

Both orders are available at: https://www.sandiegocounty. gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/community_epidemiolog y/dc/2019-nCoV/ health-order.html.

Subsequent Health Officer Orders related to the COVID19 pandemic may be issued in San Diego County as conditions warrant.

Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code sections 101040, 120175, and 120175.5 (b), the Health Officer of the County of San Diego (Health Officer) ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

1. Effective June 15, 2021, the Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations, dated May 6, 2021, and any other Health Officer orders related to COVID-19 shall expire, with the exception of the following: a. “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have C O V I D - 1 9 ,” dated December 24, 2020. b.

“Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” dated April 5, 2021. c.

A ny quarantine or isolation order issued to an individual that is currently in effect.

2.

P ursuant to Health and Safety Code section 120175.5 (b), all governmental entities in the county shall continue to take necessary measures within the governmental entity’s control to ensure compliance with State and local laws, regulations, and orders related to the control of COVID-19.

Health Care Agency reports California’s apparent first case of COVID-19, a man who had traveled to Wuhan, China.

1st CASE

FEBRUARY

❉ The Feb. 6 death of a San Jose woman is the first known U.S. death from COVID-19.

❉ A California resident becomes

the first confirmed non-travel related case, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

❉ A Solano County woman

becomes the first U.S. case involving community transmission, meaning she didn’t have any known contact through travel or with a known infected person.

MARCH

❉ The number of confirmed

cases in California continues to increase. By month’s end, it will pass 7,000. As the caseload rises, Gov. Gavin Newsom declares a state of emergency. Several counties also declare local emergencies.

On March 19, Newsom issues the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order, closing all nonessential businesses and restaurant dining. He writes President Trump to say that 25.5 million Californians could be infected within two months. While cases rose dramatically, they never come close to that level.

APRIL

❉ California’s death toll from the virus tops 1,000 and climbs throughout the month. DEATHS Confirmed cases are around 40,000.

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❉ The state has seen more than IT IS SO ORDERED: Date: June 14, 2021 Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. Public Health Officer County of San Diego

50,000 infections but new cases and weekly death tolls fall for the first time. Newsom praises Californians for helping slow the infection rate. Following a decline in hospitalizations, Newsom announces new criteria allowing larger counties to reopen more of their economies if they have the virus adequately in check. Within a month nearly every county in the state is approved to reopen large segments of their economies.

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❉ Virus cases and hospitalizaEXPIRATION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS As Director of Emergency Services for the County of San Diego, I am authorized to promulgate regulations for the protection of life and property pursuant to Government Code Section 8634 and San Diego County Code section 31.103. The Health Officer Order and Emergency Regulations, dated May 6, 2021, shall expire as a regulation for the protection of life and property, on June 15, 2021.

Date: June 14, 2021

Helen Robbins-Meyer Chief Administrative Officer Director of Emergency Services County of San Diego

Governor lifted Stay-at-Home Order and retired county tier system June 15

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JANUARY 2020

LIMITED ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER

California Fully Reopens

tions rise across the state, leading Newsom to issue a mask order and renew some social distancing restrictions as infections spike.

COVID19 cases are now reported in ever y county in the state. In late July, California has a record daily total of cases, topping 400,000 and overtaking New York for the most cases in the country. More than 7,000 deaths have been recorded.

ization rate. Even so, by the end of the month California has the most confirmed virus cases in the nation at more than 700,000.

SEPTEMBER

❉ Infection rates fall to their

lowest level of the pandemic and by late in the month hospitalizations have dropped to a level not seen since the first week of April.

The state is closing in on 800,000 confirmed cases and more than 15,000 deaths. But the declines prompt officials to loosen restrictions in many counties, allowing more businesses to reopen.

OCTOBER

❉ California has been seeing sev-

eral thousand new cases a day but by mid-month the number of deaths and hospitalizations drops. Some counties get state permission DEATHS to ease restrictions.

However, infections and hospitalizations begin to inch up again by the end of the month, with the deadly winter surge to come.

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NOVEMBER

❉ Newsom attends a birthday din-

ner at the exclusive French Laundry with lobbyists. Photos show there are more people than recommended by state guidelines, sitting close together and without masks. Health officials plead with the public to stay home CASES for the Thanksgiving holiday as hospitalizations rise. The governor orders almost all nonessential businesses to close. The state hits 1 million infections and more than 18,000 dead.

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❉ The crisis prompts Newsom to

create a conditional stay-at-home order for different regions of the state based on ICU bed capacity.

Vaccine shipments start arriving as hospitalizations and deaths rise. Hospitals treat patients in makeshift tents, auditoriums, anywhere they can find space. California hits a record 2 million confirmed CASES coronavirus cases on Christmas Eve as nearly the entire state is under a strict stay-at-home order.

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JANUARY 2021

❉ The new year starts on a grim

note with funeral homes running out of space and 8,000 people in hard-hit Los Angeles County hospitalized. California hits 3 million cases and reports a one-day record of 764 COVID-19 recorded deaths, but the rate of new infections starts to fall. Newsom lifts the regional stay-at-home home orders.

❉ Newsom expands vaccine eligibility to the general public, starting with people 75 and older, and taps insurer Blue Shield to operate a new statewide vaccine delivery system.

MARCH

❉ New case rates continue to

plummet but vaccine supply remains extremely tight. It’s clear residents are violating self-certified eligibility rules to get their CASES shot at a confusing array of sites, including mass vaccination centers, pop-up clinics catering to the poor and pharmacies. Newsom announces that 40% of vaccine doses will go California’s hardest-hit neighborhoods. Disneyland announces it will open in April.

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APRIL

The Governor is also continuing the wind down of executive actions put in place since March 2020 to help facilitate a coordinated response to the pandemic and ensure the state could quickly and efficiently respond to the impacts of the pandemic. A subset of provisions that facilitate the ongoing recovery – such as the provision allowing pharmacy technicians to administer vaccinations as the state continues to vaccinate millions of eligible Californians every week – will remain in place.

“California is turning the page on this pandemic, thanks to swift

The state’s decisive and early a c t i o n through the Stay-at-Home Order directing Californians to limit their interactions with people from other households and the Blueprint criteria guiding the tightening and loosening of allowable activities based on the level of community transmission helped slow the spread of the virus, saving lives and protecting the state’s

health care delivery system from being overwhelmed. With nearly 40 million vaccines administered and among the lowest case rates in the country, California entered a new phase, lifting these restrictions to fully reopen on June 15.

The Governor’s Office today established a timeline and process to continue winding down the various provisions of the 58 COVID-related executive orders, which suspended statutes and regulations to help the state and businesses continue operations during the pandemic. To ensure that impacted individuals and entities have time to prepare for the changes, the provisions will sunset in phases, beginning later this month, in July and in September. For example, the suspension of certain licensing requirements for manufacturers to produce hand sanitizer will end

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FEBRUARY

❉ Newsom says California is

❉ California surpasses 50,000 dead and the Federal Emergency Management Agency opens its first joint mass vaccination sites in LA and Oakland. San Francisco

Friday, June 11, the California Department of Public Health released a new state public health officer order that went into effect on June 15. The order replaces the previous pandemic public health orders with limited requirements related to face coverings and mega events, as well as settings with children and youth pending an expected update later this month to the K-12 school guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The action supports the full and safe reopening of the state, while maintaining focused public health requirements that address the risk posed by variants as some regions across the nation and world continue to experience high levels of transmission.

A copy of the order terminating the Stay-at-Home Order and the Blueprint for a Safer Economy can be found on www.gov.ca.gov.

The governor tweeted on Tuesday: “It’s reopening day. We’ve administered over 40 million vaccines.

Now…No more social distancing. No more capacity limits. No more colors or county tiers. And if you’re vaccinated—no more masks. It’s a good day.”

❉ California reports the lowest

average COVID-19 cases per capita in the country. Major League Baseball welcomes a limited number of fans back to outdoor stadiums. The governor announces that indoor concerts and sport- i n g events will reopen with limited capacity April 15, the same day everyone 16 and ≥16 older becomes eligible for vaccination.

Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco begin welcoming students back into classes after more than a year of distance learning. The state sets a statewide reopening date of June 15.

When Do You Need Your Mask?

REPORTED TESTS

5,159,453

❉ With continuing record-low

cases, the governor aligns with CDC guidelines saying that fully vaccinated people don’t have to wear masks outdoors unless in crowds. But he declines to adopt federal guidelines allowing fully vaccinated people to go mask-free in most indoor settings.

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firm on May 21 that they will drop social distancing and nearly all other restrictions DEATHS when the state reopens June 15. More than 62,000 people are dead from the virus.

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❉ With millions still unvaccinated,

Goal: Vaccinate 2,101,936

California announces it will give away the country’s largest pot of vaccine prize money — $116.5 million in lottery jackpots and cash cards — to tempt more people into getting shots before the state fully opens.

San Diegans

JUNE

VACCINATED WITH AT LEAST ONE DOSE

❉ Most of California’s popula-

tion is now living under the least restrictive COVID-19 guidelines.

Out of 58 counties, all but three are in the lowest two of the state’s four color-coded tiers. reopened its economy. The color-coded tiers are dropped.

Restaurants, shopping malls, movie theaters, and most other places can open without capacity limCA its or social distancing requirements.

Fully vaccinated people don’t have to wear a mask in most places, although the unvaccinated must still mask up in public settings.

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COVID-19 STATUS 281,374

MAY

❉ State officials con-

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES

100.6%

❉ On June 15, California fully

AUGUST showing improvement in its fight against the virus, citing a lower number of confirmed new cases and a sharp dip in the hospital-

sues its own school board to reopen classrooms as the governor pushes to get kids back in school.

In the U.S., a half-million people have died from the coronavirus.

Governor Gavin Newsom took action last Friday, June 11, to lift pandemic executive orders as the state moved Beyond the Blueprint this week to fully, safely reopen.

That included terminating the Stay-at-Home Order that was implemented early in the pandemic to protect Californians and retiring the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Effective June 15, restrictions such as physical distancing, capacity limits and the county tier system ended.

action by the state and the work of Californians who followed public health guidelines and got vaccinated to protect themselves and their communities,” said Governor Newsom. “With nearly 40 million vaccines administered and among the lowest case rates in the nation, we are lifting the orders that impact Californians on a day-to-day basis while remaining vigilant to protect public health and safety as the pandemic persists.”

on June 30, as shortages are no longer a concern. By the end of September, nearly 90 percent of the executive actions taken since March 2020 will have been lifted.

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1980 VENUS WILLIAMS BORN

One of women’s tennis all-time greats, Venus Williams was born on this day in 1980 in Lynwood, California, a suburb just outside of Los Angeles to parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Venus Williams and her sister, Serena, are two of the most famous and successful siblings in the history of sports.

Williams has won a total of 7 Grand Slam singles titles, five Wimbledon Championships and two U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

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In 2017, the American Tennis Association organization celebrated 100 years of dedication to the African-American tennis community as the oldest African-American sports organization in the nation by honoring Venus’

father, Richard, for his brilliant work as a father. “It goes without saying what my dad has done for Serena and I, and changing the game of tennis, and for what he’s done for the sport, too. I’m forever grateful,” Venus said at the time.

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Located at: 4195 National Ave San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 12/06/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Richard White 10449 Lake Breeze Drive Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 09, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 09, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010034 Fictitious business name(s): Wink Party Cosmetics & More

Located at: 1028 Leslie Rd. #3 El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 5/11/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Kyesha Lashauun Anders-Davis 1028 Leslie Rd. #3 El Cajon, CA 92020 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 19, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 19, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010872 Fictitious business name(s): Lero Luxe PMU

Located at: 1730 Monroe Ave Suite A San Diego, CA 92116 County of San Diego --6482 Ambrosia Drive Apt 5205 San Diego, CA 92124 This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Valeriia Horiuk 6482 Ambrosia Drive Apt 5205 San Diego, CA 92124 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 01, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 01, 2026 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/01 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010131 Fictitious business name(s): Cool Way Radiator & Air Conditioning

Located at: 3362 National Avenue San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A General Partnership The first day of business was 03/15/1989 This business is hereby registered by the following: Fidel Rodriguez Contreras 3362 National Av San Diego, CA 92113 --Caligula LeKon Williams, Sr.

Deadline is Tuesdays by NOON to run that week.

• Name Change: $85.00 (4 weeks) • Standard Classified: $3.75 a line • Summons: $130.00 (4 weeks) • Fictitious Business Name: $25.00 (4 weeks)

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706 F St. #61 Chula Vista, CA 91910 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 20, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 20, 2026 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/01 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010769 Fictitious business name(s):

This fictitious business name will expire on May 07, 2026 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9009703 Fictitious business name(s):

330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00014597CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Lorena Denise McElhaney

of service must be filed with the court.)

will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Surf Mafia Athletic Apparel & Design --Central Surf San Diego

Located at: 10217 Wintercrest Dr. Apt 319 Lakeside, CA 92040 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 5/28/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Constance Denise Graham 10217 Wintercrest Dr. Apt 319 Lakeside, CA 92040 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 28, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 28, 2026 6/03, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9008963 Fictitious business name(s): Quality Shoe Shine

Located at: 5389 Santa Margarita St #26 San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego --PO Box 742125 San Diego, CA 92174 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 10/07/2019 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lidia K Abraha 5389 Santa Margarita St #26 San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 03, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 03, 2026 6/03, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9008686 Fictitious business name(s): Mel’s Paint n’ un’whine

Located at: 7684 Normal ave La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 01/01/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Melody McBride 7684 Normal ave La Mesa, CA 91941 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on April 29, 2026 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9009259 Fictitious business name(s): The ATW Group, LLC DBA ATW Deals

Located at: 8810 Jamacha Blvd Ste C Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 5/7/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: The ATW Group, LLC 8810 Jamacha Blvd Ste C Spring Valley, CA 91977 California This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 07, 2021

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Located at: 4764 Regatta Ln San Diego, CA 92154 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Henry Gonzalez

4764 Regatta Ln San Diego, CA 92154 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 12, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 12, 2026 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010116 Fictitious business name(s): LONG’S HVACR

Located at: 5725 Mira Flores Drive San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Dearcy H. Long

5725 Mira Flores Drive San Diego, CA 92114 California This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 20, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 20, 2026 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9009986 Fictitious business name(s): BossladyBling.info --BossladyBling.info $5 Jewelry Collections

Located at: 6247 Amesbury St. San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 01/01/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Tanya L. Murphy

6247 Amesbury St. San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 18, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 18, 2026 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9008782 Fictitious business name(s): AMDM ENTERPRISES

Located at: 5378 Imperial Ave., #3 San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 04/20/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Angelia P. Pettway-Hollin

5378 Imperial Avenue, #3 San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 30, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on April 30, 2026 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Lorena Denise McElhaney filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lorena Denise McElhaney PROPOSED NAME: Lorina Denise McElhaney THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 13, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court’s facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 6/03, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Central Division 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00021170CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Brandon Jimenez To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Brandon Jimenez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Brandon Jimenez PROPOSED NAME: Brandon Taylor Ortega Aguilar THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 30, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court’s facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 6/03, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Division 37-2021-00017166CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Maglay Vazquez Lira To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Maglay Vazquez Lira filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Evangeline Mabelle Barreto PROPOSED NAME: Evangeline Mabelle Vazquez Lira THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court’s facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

LEGAL NOTICES A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00022127CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Maryann Darby AKA Midan Darby AKA Meliann Burns To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Maryann Darby AKA Midan Darby AKA Meliann Burns filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Maryann Darby AKA Midan Darby AKA Meliann Burns PROPOSED NAME: Meliann Burns THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 06, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court’s facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the

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LEGAL NOTICES Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 5/27, 6/03, 6/10, 6/17

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FATHERHOOD Black Fatherhood in the Face of Racism The NAACP Steps in to Help Parents Teach Their Sons and Daughters

By Virgil Parker TriceEdneyWire Police officers and racism have forced Black fathers to have an added responsibility to their parenting. Black fathers must have a conversation with their children about how to survive when encountering a racist civilian or police officer.

Infamous incidents such as George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Philando Castile are just a few examples in which their deaths resulted f rom a d e a d l y encounter with racism. Former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three charges against him in the killing of George Floyd.

However, police officers who conduct similar controversial actions do not always get the appropriate justice.

Even then, Black parents across America now have a responsibility to try to teach their children how to avoid such encounters in the first place, if at all possible. In that regard, on this Father’s Day, Black fathers are having to double down on teaching their kids how to stay alive in a racist atmosphere; especially since their killers may not always receive justice. The lessons being taught are universal.

Quincy Williams, a Black father of a 23-year-old son from Laurel Hills, Calif., told

his son that interactions with law enforcement are “not the time to prove that you are right.” Williams has told his son to “remain calm and make no quick movements so you can get home. We will handle the situation as needed.”

Dr. Eric Bell, a Black father in Northern Virginia, tells his 17-year-old son that “though we live in a society rich with opportunity only limited by

one’s imagination, there are segments who aim to promote discourse and destruction through the advancement of division in people.” Dr. Bell also tells his son to “continue to seek out the good in people, educate the uninformed, and never allow yourself to be silenced through any form of oppression from anyone!”

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Dana Lintz, a Black father who raised both of his sons in Silver Spring, Maryland, tells them to “comply, comply, comply, when encountering the police.” Lintz tells his sons to “keep your hands on the steering wheel or on the dashboard at all times.

Do not argue. If you feel you aren’t treated right, memorize the name and badge number.

You can fight legally, but you must first survive the encounter.” Lintz’s two sons are 25 and 20 years old.

Ben-James Brown, a Black Father from Los Angeles has talked to his 16 year old son about racism. Brown said, “in dealing with racism it’s important to understand where it stems from individually. Typically, when we are able to identify that, [then] we are able to break down walls and barriers that allow us to meet on neutral grounds.”

Brown’s son encountered racism at the early age of 7 years old. One of his son’s peers called him the ‘n word’.

Brown says that his son was super embarrassed over the incident.

Carlisle, a father to two sons who are 34 and 7 years old, tells his sons “bear in mind, this officer will not see you as a regular person but as a treat Simon Burris *Africana or Diaspora a person beneath him. As Dr. Bell’s son has had toMORE use Black History Than A Monthwith them or such, reasoning this advice when dealing expecting fairness should not Crossword:* Father's Day with racism from his peers be done.” Carlisle also told *Prominent Fathers in school and in other social of African Descent:

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his oldest son, “as for racism, understand its definition and know everyone can be prejudiced but not everyone can be racist. Racist referendums and doctrines have greater consequences and knowing the persons responsible for this narrative allows you… better knowledge in response and dealing with these acts.”

Carlisle tells his youngest son that “If he has any encounters with police when not with me, ask that they contact his father because he’s a child.”

Keith Moody, a Black father, gave advice to his son about how to deal with the police.

Moody says, “The primary thing that I’ve expressed to him is that his goal is to make

it home, and do not worry about what ticket you are getting, what you are being charged with, or what is being said to you. I’ve told him that we would deal with that later.”

Moody also said, “If they ask you for your license and registration. Ask for their permission to get the requested item before reaching to get anything that is in your wallet or glove compartment.”

Moody’s son is 20 years old and lives in Leesburg. VA. Black parents’ responsibilities have increased when it comes to teaching their children how to survive. But they have help. Here is a guide from the NAACP on ways that sons and daughters can survive when stopped by police:

Ten Rules of Survival if Stopped by the Police:

1.

Be polite and respectful when stopped by the police.

Keep your mouth closed.

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Remember that your goal is to get home safely. If you feel that your rights have been violated, you and your parents have the right to file a formal complaint with your local police jurisdiction.

3.

Don’t, under any circumstance, get into an argument with the police.

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Always remember that anything you say or do can be used against you in court.

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Keep your hands in plain sight and make sure the police can see your hands at all times.

6.

Avoid physical contact with the police. No sudden

movements, and keep hands out of your pockets.

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Do not run, even if you are afraid of the police.

Even if you believe that you are innocent, do not resist arrest.

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Don’t make any statements about the incident until you are able to meet with a lawyer or public defender.

10.

Stay calm and remain in control. Watch your words, body language and emotions.

These 10 steps are available at https://www.pbs.org/ black-culture/connect/talkback/10_rules_of_survival_ if_stopped_by_police/.

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IN OTHER NEWS CALIFORNIA APPEALS

Judge’s Decision to Outlaw

Assault Weapons Ban

By Bo Tefu California Black Media

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob B ont a announced last week that the state has appealed a federal court’s decision that declared California’s ban on assault weapons unconstitutional.

Several state officials, including San Francisco Mayor London Breed, also shared their disagreement with the court’s ruling during a press conference held at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

The state partnered with a number of gun control advocate groups for the event, including the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Giffords Law Center.

“We can agree that the decision was disappointing,” said Bonta. “In many ways, the opinion was disturbing and troubling, and a big concern but we cannot be, and we are not, deterred by this,” he said.

Federal Judge Roger Thomas Benitez presided over the decision in Miller v. Bonta.

The case was heard at the United States District Court

for the Southern District of California. Bonta said his office has appealed the decision, requesting that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit leave the current laws in effect for 30 days.

California’s gun laws are some of the strictest in the nation under the Roberti– Roos Assault Weapons C ontrol Act of 1989 (AWCA) which bans the use of specific models of firearms classified as assault weapons. In the pending court case Miller v. Bonta, James Miller, a lawyer who serves as a board member of the San Diego County Gun Owners, advocated for the use of the AR-15 rifle.

However, the semiautomatic rifle with certain features is an illegal assault weapon according to California gun laws. Miller argued that AR-15 rifles can be used for self-defense under the second amendment. Miller, who also serves on the Cajon Valley School Board, initially challenged former Attorney General Xavier Becerra on California’s criminalization of AR-15 rifles in April this year. The ongoing case, which Attorney General Bonta inherited,

sparked heated debates about gun laws in the wake of increasing gun violence and mass shootings.

Breed recalled her personal experience with gun violence growing up in the Bay Area.

“We’re here at San Francisco General Hospital. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been here, after a friend that I grew up with was shot,” she said. Breed was joined

by Mattie Scott who lost her son to gun violence. The mayor grew up with Scott’s son who was killed in 1996 at a graduation party in San Francisco.

“We’ve had a law on the books in the state for over 30 years, and a judge decides that our law is no longer constitutional. That law has saved countless numbers of lives,” she said.

According to the Statista R es e arch D ep ar t ment, California had a total of 22 mass shootings between 1982 and 2021. In the court decision, Judge Benitez compared the effectiveness of an AR-15 rifle to a Swiss Army Knife. Based on the federal court’s ruling, the semiautomatic machine gun is,

“G o o d for both home and battle,” said Judge Benitez.

“Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment,” the federal judge said in favor of Miller.

Bonta disagreed with the federal judge’s reasoning to justify the court’s decision.

“Equating assault weapons to Swiss Army knives, and false claims that COVID-19 vaccines have killed more people than mass shootings was shocking,” he said.

Although the murder of Scott’s son remains unsolved, she is an avid activist for social justice related to gun violence. “It is insulting to read his decision when he called the kind of weapon that killed my son, akin to a pocketknife,” she said.

“Pocket knives don’t tear families apart. They don’t shoot up schools, churches, movie theaters, and street corners,” she said in reference to the recent mass shootings

across the country.

Contrary to Benitez’s belief that AR-15 rifles can be compared to pocket knives, trauma surgeon Dr. Andre Campbell said that the semiautomatic rifle is a lethal assault weapon designed for the battlefield. “An AR-15 is a weapon of mass destruction. It is used in the battlefield to kill the enemy, it’s a gun that is used in warfare and should not be available or used in the streets of the United States,” said Campbell.

The executive director of the Giffords Law Center Robyn Thomas said that the federal judge’s decision to give civilians access to military-grade weapons sets California’s gun laws back by 32 years.

In its budget for 2021-22, the state has allocated $200 million for the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program.

The investment was set up to prevent gun violence

in high-risk communities statewide.

“Folks that wax on about public safety, and they sit back passively and say nothing about this outrageous decision. Shame on them.

What frauds,” said Newsom.

The governor urged lawmakers to evaluate the absurdity of the court’s decision to justify the personal use of a rifle that is, “nothing more than a weapon of war,” he said.

The governor said that gun control has always been a bipartisan issue that helped California lawmakers enact, “progressive and aggressive,” gun safety laws that regulated the people’s right to bear arms for over three decades.

California’s ban on assault weapons remains in effect for 30 days as the attorney general appeals the court’s decision in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Supreme Court Upholds Disproportionate

Crack Cocaine Convictions

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Sr. Correspondent On Monday, June 14, the Supreme Court ruled that those convicted of possessing small amounts of crack cocaine are prohibited from seeking sentence reductions.

Activists complained that the ruling is just another slap in the face to minority defendants who were disproportionately sentenced to lengthy prison sentences during the 1980s crack epidemic.

Congress passed laws in the

1980s in response to the crack epidemic that mandated that anyone arrested and convicted for possessing small amounts of crack would face sentences as long as someone caught with heavier weights of powder cocaine.

African Americans and Latinos found possessing small amounts of crack received sentences longer than White suspects who had power cocaine.

“This is still White America,

and the Supreme Court reflects this ‘White privilege’ mindset,” stated Tremaine Powell, an Alexandria, Va., resident who recently was released after a 15-yearto-life sentence for crack cocaine possession.

Supreme Court.

“I’m on probation for the rest of my life,” Powell complained. “Some White Wall Street executive caught with zip-lock bags full of cocaine only gets probation.”

Terry sought relief from his sentence under the First Step Act, but a lower court ruled that the law did not apply to low-level offenses.

Tarahrick Terry, who lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, brought the case to the

Terry served a little more than 15 years for possessing less than 4 grams of crack cocaine, which reports noted weighs about the same as four paper clips.

In December of 2018, Congress passed the First Step Act, and the law was viewed as a measure to cor-

rect the injustice tied to crack cocaine sentences and other criminal activity that otherwise should not have led to long prison terms.

According to the nonprofit Red Restorative Justice Program, the goal of the law was to “give deserving prisoners the opportunity to get a shortened sentence for positive behavior and job training and giving judges and juries the power that the Constitution intended to grant them in sentencing.”

BERNICE KING:

Racial Justice Activism Must Focus on Strategy

By Michael Warren AP The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest daughter said she’s afraid American society is unraveling, telling a Christian radio network on Thursday that “I don’t know what’s going to happen ultimately to democracy.”

But Dr. Bernice King also said she is determined to be part of the solution, working to transform minds and help unite a divided nation.

“There are a number of bridge builders out there, I’m one of them, and we are determined to ensure that we do not lose our humanity,” King said.

Bernice King joined former U.N. Ambassador, congressman and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and several other panelists in a webinar hosted by the Alliance for Christian Media about

the legacy of Dr. C.T. Vivian, a civil rights strategist and mentor to many more prominent figures of the movement.

Vivian died last July at the age of 95, hours before the death of Rep. John Lewis, at 80.

Bernice King’s father had called Vivian “the greatest preacher who ever lived,” a fierce and influential advocate for social justice.

Panelists also described Vivian’s optimism and humility, and his desire to see the best in other people, even if it was a racist Alabama sheriff who prevented Black people from registering to vote.

But when asked what advice Vivian would have given to Black Lives Matter protesters today, Bernice King was blunt: “Respect the power of strategy.”

“We aren’t stopping to strategize, organize, mobilize and put together a strategy,” she

said. King and Vivian knew that “the power of nonviolence is the most potent weapon that any people who are oppressed can use,” but they also realized that people had to see success to believe in it.

“Daddy understood that people were really tired and incensed at what was happening, but we weren’t getting any victories,” she said.

“He brought to this movement a strategy of nonviolence that brought people to victories,” first with the boycott that ended segregation on city buses in Montgomer y, Alabama, and then in other carefully planned acts of civil disobedience across the South.

“What we need now is some victories,” she said, pointing to the conviction of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd. “It was

a small piece. We need more victories.”

Young, 89, also shared his fears, saying, “I’m probably more concerned right now than I’ve ever been before in all my life.”

“I’ve n e ve r h a d such anxiety about Congress, or the presidency or the Supreme Court. Even during the movement, we thought we could trust John Kennedy.

We knew Lyndon Johnson was a Southerner who understood race,” Young said. “There was always a very realistic approach to social change, and we were always optimistic.”

Now, Young said, he prays that America’s democracy will overcome its challenges.

“I think we are all deeply concerned; I’m very troubled myself, but not with-

Bernice King, daughter of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a voting rights rally at Liberty Plaza near the Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

out hope,” Bernice King interjected. “It’s part of the process of change and transformation, that friction is always going to happen. But there’s always a critical mass that eventually emerges.”

“There is a God in this universe - this is what pulled the movement together and it’s the same God that C.T. Vivian, John Lewis and all the rest believed in,” she said. “They believed that if we persist, if we’re hopeful, if we do the necessary work,” we’ll succeed.

King also referred to her late mother in an effort to lighten the conversation, saying “Coretta Scott King told me the darkest hour is just before the dawn. The only thing I wish I’d asked her is, just how dark is it going to have to get?”

Other speakers included C.T. Vivian’s son Al and Steve Fiffer, who wrote Vivian’s posthumously published memoir, “It’s in the Action.” CNN anchor Don Lemon moderated the panel.

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St. Paul’s United Methodist Church of San Diego “PARENTS OF TODDLERS PROGRAM”

(Free for parents of toddlers) St. Paul’s Sr. Pastor, Rev Dr. Eugenio Raphael’s vision for new ministries in 2021 lead to the development of the Parents of Toddlers Program. The program is designed to minister to parents of toddlers by helping them develop good parenting skills and help nurture their spiritual growth. The program is free and will offer lunch seminars on healthy-living and toddler nutrition and development while providing opportunities to fellowship with other parents in a Christian environment.

To register, complete the form below and mail by June 30, 2021 to: Nurture Ministry, St Paul’s UMC, 3094 L Street, San Diego, CA 92102.

For more information contact Program Coordinator, Dr Pierre by phone at (703) 946-4504 or emailing karpie2007@yahoo.com.

This program is funded with a Georgia Lynch Grant.

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