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Thursday, August 11, 2022
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 62 Years
BLACK OWNED COOPERATIVE AND SHOPPING CENTER IN FAM MART WITH PLANS TO GROW SUMMER FAMILY LITERACY FUN SEE PAGE 7
B-LAC’S BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT SEE PAGE 10
By TJ Dunnivant Contributing Writer If you grew up in 4th District (Emerald Hills, Webster, Chollas View, etc.), or you raised a family in that area, you were familiar with the Thrifty strip mall/shopping center. The center is nostalgic for our Black community as it was the home of Wrigley’s, The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint newspaper, Black Chamber of Commerce, Round Table and the old FedCo building. Some can remember when FedCo closed around 1984 and Fam Mart took up resi-
dence in the space around 1985. Fam Mart became quite the hub for our community and in the early years the majority of vendors were Asian and the majority of shoppers were Black. After a couple of public complaints in 1991, our Black community boycotted Fam Mart because of the disrespectful treatment by the vendor owners. Today, the retail space is only half of what it was and one Black family, the Bookers, is trying to make it “for us by us” by renting much of the space and making it available to other Black vendors.
“I go way back with The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, Wrigley’s and other businesses that were here,“ exclaimed Mr. Dwayne Booker of DLBooker Enterprise, “I’m trying to keep our business here [in this community]. We don’t want to go outside; so we appreciate all the support we can get!” We only spoke briefly to Mr. Booker on the phone last week, and most of the history of DLBooker Enterprise was told to us by his daughter, Zienia (Z) Booker on July 30th. See COOPERATIVE page 8
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER, COVID-19 & MONKEYPOX UPDATES – SEE PAGE 12
HAPPY 106TH BIRTHDAY MRS. SHIELDS! SEE PAGE 9
Covid-19 cases in southeast SOURCE: County of San Diego a/o 8/4/2022
Zienia Booker, foreground, shown here giving personal one-on-one customer service to a client needing a black dress shirt. Photo: TJ Dunnivant
HUMAN MONKEYPOX
13,402
20,384
19,162
22,893
16,,763
11,118
Number of Confirmed & Probable County Cases
92102
92105
92113
92114
92115
92139
SOURCE: County of San Diego Data a/o 8/7/2022
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THE MONKEYPOX HEALTH CRISIS: HOW CALIFORNIA IS RESPONDING By Tanu Henry California Black Media
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As the monkeypox virus outbreak spreads across the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will need to galvanize “forces” across regions and relax some state regulations and statutes to combat a disease that poses a threat greater than local authorities may be able to respond to effectively.
levels of government to slow the spread of monkeypox, leveraging our robust testing, contact tracing and community partnerships strengthened during the pandemic to ensure that those most at risk are our focus for vaccines, treatment and outreach,” the Governor said August 1st as he declared a State of Emergency in California.
“California is working urgently across all
See MONKEYPOX page 2
WHY FOOD INSECURITY AMONG GEN Z IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN FOR OTHER AGE GROUPS
BLACK POWER AFRO PICK SCULPTURE
PART OF TRAVELING EXHIBIT By Doug Maccash
A new gigantic steel sculpture of an Afro hair pick that has been displayed in New Orleans is everything a public artwork ought to be. At 28 feet tall, the sculpture — decorated with a peace sign and topped by a clenched Black Power fist — demands attention and makes a clear statement that pretty much everyone can understand.
Data includes January to June 2022 surveys. Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: Consumer Food Insights June 2022
By Sam Polzin, Ahmad Zia Wahdat, and Jayson Lusk Adult members of Generation Z are experiencing food insecurity at over twice the rate of the average American, according to our latest consumer food survey. In fact, about 1 in 3 Americans born from 19962004 have had trouble afford-
ing enough food in 2022. That compares with fewer than 1 in 5 millennials and members of Generation X, and fewer than 1 in 10 baby boomers. See FOOD page 2
The towering piece, titled “All Power to All People” recalls a half-century of the Black Civil Rights Movement, from so-called radicals defiantly raising their fists in the 1960s to Black Lives Matter activists marching in the streets in recent years. See SCULPTURE page 2
Photo: Via Kindred Arts on Instagram
FEARING A RECESSION, MANY EXPRESS MISGIVINGS ABOUT A LOOMING DOWNTURN
Photo: Courtesy of NNPA
By Stacy M. Brown . NNPA Newswire Sr National Correspondent
In the past, it hasn’t always been clear when a recession loomed, let alone when it has already begun. However, the silver lining now is that, unlike in previous downturns, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government have already taken action by making critical adjustments to fiscal and monetary policies to regulate economic activity. “The United States currently has certain interim policies and tools, such as automatic stabilizers like the Earned Income Tax Credit and Unemployment Insurance that are automatically triggered to inject funds into the economy and don’t require any government action to take hold in the event of a downturn,” said Mila Garcia, a finance expert, and the founder of iPaydayLoans. “And while such programs have proven effective, they should have an even stronger effect with congressional action being taken alongside them. So, if a downturn does hit, we can at least expect to be less vulnerable to economic troubles than before,” Garcia stated. See RECESSION page 2
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