Vol. 61 No. 32, Thursday, August 12, 2021

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 61 Years 4,899

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER COUNTY LATEST

& Covid-19 Updates

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7,847

7,830

7,993

6,408

3,841

SOURCE: County of San Diego a/o 8/3/21

Pass/No Pass

VP Hornets

TYLER HARDWICK stars in

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SDUSD PARENTS:

Deadline!

As Schools Reopen,

Gov. Newsom Invests

$123.9 Billion

California Comeback Plan’s Education funding to address financial and safety concerns By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media On Aug. 3 in Perris, California - a Riverside County city located about 70 miles east of Los Angeles - Lincoln Cooper and Fortunate Hove Cooper handed out free backpacks full of school supplies and hand sanitizers to struggling families during a triple-digit heat wave. They were joined by a handful of volunteers that included representatives from the Moreno Valley School District. See NEWSOM page 2

“HAIR”

Covid-19 & Systemic

Racism’s

Double Impact

New research suggests policy changes to advance racial equity

on Black Students NNPA Newswire Report The Black Education Re­search Collective based at Teachers College, Columbia

out of 1,369 proposal submissions (Source), offers six actionable recommenda-

Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke at a press conference on Friday, Aug. 6th, at the San Bernardino City School District office. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurman and other state and local representatives were in attendance. (Photo credit: Aldon Stiles) Courtesy of NNPA

University, has released its long-anticipated research report, Black Education in the Wake of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism: Toward a Theory of Change and Action, demonstrating the effects of Covid-19 and systemic racism on the education of Black children.

STUDY:

Vaccinated People Can Carry as Much Virus as Others

(Source: CDC)

By Lindsey Tanner, Mike Stobbe and Philip Marcelo Associated Press In another setback for the nation’s efforts to beat coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots. Health officials on July 30 released details of that research, which was key in this week’s decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend that vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors. The authors said the findings suggest that the CDC’s mask guidance should be expanded to include the entire country. Previously, vaccinated people

who got infected were thought to have low levels of virus and to be unlikely to pass it to others. But the new data shows that is not the case with the delta variant. The outbreak in Provincetown — a tourist spot in the county with Massachusetts’ highest vaccination rate — has so far included more than 900 cases. About three-quarters of them were people who were fully vaccinated. Leaked internal documents on breakthrough infections and the delta variant suggest the CDC may be considering other changes in advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus. See STUDY page 2

The extensive study, conducted from January to May 2021, collected data from an online survey of 440 Black Americans in communities across the U.S and through 19 focus groups, conducted via Zoom, with 82 Black high school students, parents, school administrators and community leaders ranging in age from 14 to over 70 residing in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, New York, Detroit and Boston. This report is the first in a series of publications examining the impact of COVID19 and systemic racism on Black education with future research briefs reporting more detailed findings from the focus groups conducted in Las Vegas, Washington, DC, Boston, and Atlanta. The study, one of 20 research projects funded last summer by The Spencer Foundation

tions for public officials and education leaders to address racial inequity in schools and districts. “The research speaks to the magnification of the historic systemic failures affecting Black students, families, and communities deepened by the triple pandemics of Covid-19, the resulting economic recession, and heightened racial violence,” said Sonya Douglass Horsford, Associate Professor of Education Leadership and Director of the Black Edu­ cation Research Col­lective (BERC). Professor Horsford also served as Principal Investigator of the BERC study, leading a research team of current and former students and postdoctoral scholars, with whom she co-authored the report. “It stands as further testimony to the tough conversations and critical work that awaits in the months and years ahead, and why education must be at the helm of leading change in post-pandemic America,” Horsford stated. The report See STUDENTS page 2

Councilmember Montgomery-Steppe

Triples 2018

Fundraising Numbers Councilmember keeps grassroots support while building political infrastructure for District 4

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Councilmember Monica Mont­ gomery Steppe announced her fundraising numbers on August 2, 2021, for the reporting period See NUMBERS page 2

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