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Saturday morning October 12th was a very special time at Calvary Baptist Church. It was the time of a church prayer breakfast with the theme “Recovering It All in 2019.”

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Abiy Ahmed Awarded Nobel Prize

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Joshua Brown, a witness in the Amber Guyger Murder Trial was shot dead a week ago. Ms. Guyger, the former police officer, was found guilty of murdering business exec, Botham Jean, after “mistakenly” entering his apartment. According to Attorney Lee Merritt, who represents the Jean family and now, Mr. Brown’s family, Mr. Brown was nervous about testifying.

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“The State knew Joshua Brown didn’t want to testify due to concerns for his safety. He flew to California when the trial began. They threatened him with jail if he didn’t return.

He went straight from the airport to the court.

Dallas County has a duty to protect him. They failed,” wrote Atty. Merritt on social media.

Aubrey C. Hooper, President, Dallas NAACP, issued the following statement: “The Dallas NAACP is calling for a prompt, yet full and thorough independent investigation of the murder of Joshua Brown by an outside agency, preferably the Dallas County Sherriff Department or the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

“The timing and emerging details surrounding Joshua’s premature death are peculiar at best. I am urging law enforcement to fully evaluate and establish if any See MURDER page 2

THE 2019 OLD GLOBE GALA See page 8

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The timing and emerging details surrounding Joshua’s premature death are peculiar at best.

Botham Jean’s neighbor Joshua Brown is overcome with emotion after recounting how he’d heard him singing gospel and Drake songs across the hall.

The judge took a recess. Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger is facing a murder charge in the 204th District Court at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Tuesday, September 24, 2019.

THE COMMUNITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF A SON:

JOHN WESLEY JOHNSON (1929 -2019)

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Race and Politics Motivated

Case Against Bill Cosby 43 year-old Dr. Abiy Ahmed, fourth prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Monday, October 14 for his accomplishments since his election in April 2018. For more on Dr. Ahmed, see pg. 11.

By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Correspondent

By Dr. John E. Warren PUBLISHER

Climate Change

isn’t a ‘White Thing’

By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Correspondent

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The climate crisis is real.

From the devastating of extreme weather events made worse by climate change to the public health implications of increased pollution like heightened asthma attacks, communities are feeling the impacts of this crisis first and worst. Experts said real solutions to the climate crisis is needed now to protect the long-term well-being of communities, and See CLIMATE page 2

After a Right-to-Know battle with Montgomery County officials, Philadelphia area student journalism centered outlet, YC News, also reported that they obtained emails that show inappropriate conduct on the part of prosecutors.

Disturbing emails that revealed the prosecution of Bill Cosby was a politically motivated, and unethical witch hunt could play a key role in Cosby’s attempt to clear his name. The emails prompted responses from Cosby, his longtime publicist Andrew Wyatt, and Appellate Attorney Jennifer Bonjean.

“If the media is interested in the truth and facts, they won’t ignore this scheme led by Kevin Steele to destroy me and my family,” Cosby stated through Wyatt from the maximum-security SCI-Phoenix in Collegeville, Penn.

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He was born in Whatley, Alabama on September 18, 1929, the first of three children. He was exceptional from the beginning, entering Morehouse College at the age of 14. Armed with a partial scholarship and a zest for learning, he became one of Morehouse’s youngest students. His most famous classmate, and the college’s most famous graduate was Martin Luther King, Jr. His path was full of achievements, but those of us here in San Diego have our own distinct memories.

We remember John Johnson mostly for his career as President of the San Diego Urban League. But he served the City and County of San Diego in so many other capacities.

He was a graduate of Morehouse College and Atlanta University; he was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who served this County as a Probation Officer, and as a Senior Psychiatric Social Worker. He was San Diego City Schools first Community See JOHNSON page 2

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connections exist between his death and his role in the Guyger trial. If such a legitimate connection exists, we are asking that all necessary law enforcement agencies provide appropriate protection for all other parties that might be at risk.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Brown family as they struggle through Joshua’s death and seek answers for his senseless murder. We call upon the community leaders, public officials, faith leaders, and

community members to work in solidarity to work to reduce this spike in violent crimes in Dallas.

This tragic murder further emphasis that public safety is larger than just law enforcement and the need for a comprehensive and holistic plan.

Joshua’s death shows that we must move expeditiously.”

At press time, two arrest warrants have been issued. “I am deeply saddened to learn about one of our own, Joshua Brown, passing. We

have to allow DPD to do their job and investigate. It is critical that we find out what happened and find who is responsible for the death of Mr. Brown.

“My heart again goes out to both Brown and Botham Jean families who have lost sons. I want to assure my constituents I will keep a very close eye on the Brown investigation and all aspects of this terrible crime,” said Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.

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for future generations.

“With the Trump administration rolling back environmental and public health safeguards, I am deeply concerned that we are running out of time to do something about this crisis,” said Dana Swinney, a New York-based public relations expert who works with several green organizations across the country.

Information provided by Swinney’s firm noted additional climate crisis health impacts on African Americans, including: Number of African Americans that report having asthma: 2.6 million Black children are 4.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than white children Black children are ten times more likely to die from asthma than white children.

The increased health burden of particulate air pollution on African Americans compared to the American population overall: 54 percent Sixty-eight percent of African Americans live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant.

7 million African Americans live within a county that is home to a refinery.

“There is a familiar phrase that goes something like this: if you’re not at the table then you’re on the menu,” said Michelle Mabson, a staff scientist for the Healthy Communities Program at Earthjustice.

“Far too often it is our communities— Black and Brown communities—that are not prepared enough, resilient enough, or adaptive enough when climate disasters hit,” Mabson said.

African Americans must heavily engage in climate justice and environmental conversation taking place globally, said Heather McTeer Toney, the national field director at Mom Clean Airforce. More than half of the African American population live in the south, where they’re four times more likely to be hit with catastrophic flood, hurricane or other extreme weather-related event, Toney said.

“As the impacts of climate change increase, more and more of our communities are devastated. Moreover, An NAACP study found that African American communities are subjected to air that is 40 percent more polluted than other communities,” Toney said.

“When combined with the health impacts such as asthma, cancer, and heart disease; addressing the climate crisis is vital to our continued existence and protection of our children’s future,” she said. “Climate action is the social justice movement of our time. AfricanAmericans should demand action from state, local and federal leaders on climate action now,” Toney said.

Kim Noble, the director of operations for Green The Church, said environmental justice touches on many issues, including climate, the economy, health, social, and racial injustices.

“For far too long, our communities have been on the receiving end of the devastating impacts of climate change and pollution. For example, our

communities tend to live near power plants and other types of polluting plants which emit toxic air into the environment. These are making our families sick,” she said.

Noble continued: “It’s not that our communities are looking for homes located near power plants, but rather it’s a regular practice to place dirty emitters into communities of color and often in neighborhoods where low-income families live. We need climate policy that supports 100 percent clean energy and cleans up the air so we can breathe. We also need policy that leads to good green jobs in our communities.”

The current election cycle is crucial for several reasons, said Kerene N. Tayloe, an environmental justice and clean energy solutions advocate for WE ACT. The election presents a great chance to mobilize votes for candidates who are not climate deniers and understand the need to address environmental justice, she said.

“We must become active at the local level where so many decisions about land development and water infrastructure, for instance, are decided,” Tayloe said.

Tayloe said caring about the climate is not a “white thing.”

It is critical that African American, if they aren’t already, become aware of all of the ways climate change shows up in their lives, she said.

The two outlets, celebrity gossip site TMZ and the small Philadelphia area student journalism centered outlet YC News (which first reported the stories), show mainstream media’s refusal to fully inform the public about the Cosby case.

“The prosecutors’ behavior is filled with racist hatred, political corruption, and homophobic slurs.”

Cosby stated.

“I’m told by Wyatt that these sick people in the District Attorney’s office called someone a fairy, which cements their hatred for Blacks and the LGBTQ community. I expect the Superior Court to grant me a new trial regarding Email-gate.”

Bonjean told NNPA Newswire that Cosby’s fight for justice isn’t over.

“Not even close. Even as we move through the Superior Court, Mr. Cosby has rights under the PostConviction Relief Act, and this is precisely the type of material that’s outside of the record that may be relevant to a claim that Mr. Cosby’s Constitutional Rights were violated,” Bonjean stated.

The bombshell emails include comments made by Deputy District Attorney Thomas McGoldrick and Assistant District Attorney Stewart Ryan. The men suggest that Cosby’s accusers should attack Cosby with knives.

“Interview him with small, very sharp knives,” McGoldrick wrote.

“They should do it ‘To Catch a Predator’ style,’” Ryan wrote in response to the email. “Then allow the 27 victims to interview him.”

At the very least, the emails once again prove that Cosby and African Americans, in general, do not benefit from their Constitutional right to presumption of innocence in the criminal justice system.

“District Attorneys are elected officials who have a duty to all of the people in whatever jurisdiction they are in,” Bonjean stated. “And, that means even the people who are accused of a crime. They have a duty to everyone. This gives you pause when you see this type of behavior—even with it happening behind the scenes,” she said.

A spokesperson for the Montgomery County D.A.’s office told TMZ,

which first reported the emails, “This was an ill-advised attempt at humor related to stories in the news at the time.However, Ryan and another assistant district attorney, Kristen Feden, both openly made racist remarks during jury selection of Cosby’s 2018 trial.

When Cosby’s lawyers alleged that prosecutors were trying to keep African Americans off the jury, Feden remarked that the defense had its token juror.

“They already have their one,” Feden stated in court. Ryan, over objections

by Cosby’s lawyers, said in court: “I’m tired of this Black sh.t.”

After a Right-to-Know battle with Montgomery County officials, YC News also reported that they obtained emails that show inappropriate conduct on the part of prosecutors. The outlet reported that Steele was pressured to have Cosby arrested before and immediately following Steele’s election.

Immediately after Steele won a hotly-contested election on November 4, 2015, McGoldrick— who worked in the prosecutor’s office—was advised by relatives via email: “First order of business— lock-up that creep Bill Cosby.”

What’s more, then-District Attorney, Risa Ferman, was one of several to remind Steele that “Bill Cosby’s fate hinge[d] on a smalltown election.”

Ferman sent an email to Steele on November 2, 2015.

The email contained an article in Rolling Stone that several others circulated—the article was headlined: “Bill Cosby’s Fate Could Hinge On A Small Town Election.”

Several individuals reminded Steele and other soon-to-be critical figures in the Cosby prosecution to prepare to prosecute the comedian “if—and only if”—Steele won the nomination.

According to the emails, those closest to Steele said the “Cosby card” was a great idea.

“I am so proud and happy that you won the election,” an individual told Steele in an email. “Some media were saying that playing the Cosby card was not a good idea, but I think it worked well, and I’m glad See COSBY page 15

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Education Coordinator and he was the first Afican American to hold the office of Deputy City Manager for the City of San Diego. He served on the Boards of Directors of The San Diego County Water Authority, the San Diego County Fair, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the SDG&E Advisory Committee, the Neighborhood National Bank. He served as a Member of the UCSD Board of Overseers and the San Diego Dialogue, the San Diego Human Relations Commission and the United African American Ministers Action Group (UAAMAC).

Mr Johnson was the CEO of the San Diego Chapter of the Urban League for more than 20 years. At one time, the National Urban League Office tapped him to serve as the CEO of the Westchester County Urban League in New York, which he did for four years. But all roads always led back to San Diego, which he and his family called home for the remainder of his years.

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 1:00PM at the Christian Fellowship United Churchof Christ, 1601 Kelton Road, San Diego, CA. Arrangements are being handled by the Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary, 619-263-3141.

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When Racism is Stronger Self Than Law and Democracy Determination

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

As we watch the crumbling of the Donald Trump Presidency and his accelerated move toward impeachment, one can only wonder why is it taking so long to remove a person doing so much harm to this nation and the world on a daily basis? Clearly the rest of the world, following the last two weeks of news, wants to know, when will we impeach?

The answer is both difficult and easy.

Difficult because we already have enough admissions and information from and on the President to impeach him for “High Crimes and Misdemeanors.” His refusal to respond to the Congressional request for information and peoples under subpoena is a violation of the Oath to “Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States.”

His aid to Russian by withdrawing our troops from protecting our allies and opening the door for Ashad to strengthen his position in Syria while weakening the Ukraine in support of Russia are grounds for additional Articles of Impeachment.

Yet in all of this, the Republicans in the U.S. Senate and Trump’s conservatice White supporters, would rather see him continue in office while he wrecks the nation and the world, than to make a change which would make correction of the issues at hand more important than their politics.

publish Articles of Impeachment and will vote to impeach the President of the United States. It is the United States Senate that must conduct the trial and a vote of approval on any one Article of Impeachment will be enough to remove the President from Office.

The racism is seen in the attitude toward immigrants and the border.

This has been an attitude of a bigger wall and inhumane treatment of families seeking political asylum and protection; the racism of the man and his supporters have created a fear among those who disagree with him and make their disagreements more important than our Constitution and the laws of the democracy under which we live. The racism is found in now thinking of the people who are a part of the fabric of this nation as “them and us,” as evidenced by the President of the United States telling duly elected Members of Congress, who happen to be women of color, to “Go back to where you came from.”

If we fail to protect the Constitution now in this hour of lawlessness and attempts to move us from a democracy to a monarchy, which the founding Fathers richly opposed, then it will not be long before the Amendments to the Constitution, which have guaranteed and guarded our rights, come under further attack.

The Congress of the United States will

Clearly, an attempt to stack the Courts of this nation with onesided conservative judges who use conservatism as a code word for “racism”, will not be far behind more and greater efforts to circumvent the Constitution.

When racism is stronger than law and democracy, the nation is in great danger and we all suffer.

The Miseducation of Black Public Intellectuals

By Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead Associate Professor at Loyola University Maryland

It was twenty-five years ago this week that I stood outside of the Elmina Castle in Ghana with a small group of friends and made a joint commitment to fight to help to co-create the type of world that we believe that we needed to live in. I was committed to fighting for a world where the very ideas of peace and social justice and equality and wholeness would be commonplace and wide-spread. I have always believed that every mountain wanted to be climbed, every ocean wanted to be crossed, and every dream once spoken out loud wanted to be realized.

We laughed that night and talked about how we did not want to hide our work in an ivory tower, and we wanted to stay engaged. We said that we were going to be radicals, no matter the cost or where it took us. We wanted to be Black public intellectual radicals even if we did not know at the time what that meant. Back then, it meant that while our peers were starting their careers, we were climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and walking through the last place that captured Africans saw before they were kidnapped from their land. It meant writing and publishing our work in newspapers and chapbooks, compiling our books at the local Kinkos, and selling them out of our trunks. It meant wearing our hair natural, listening to The Last Poets, and trying not to sell-out and get a job where we had to sell pieces of our soul to stay alive.

Back then, it was about the show and not the substance; the flash and not the back-breaking work; and

immediate gratification and not the slow walk to justice. It was about overthrowing the system from the outside and not trying to reform it from within. Today, 25 years later, it means something else. Mychal Denzel Smith wrote that the role of the public intellectual is to proffer new ideas, encourage deep thinking, challenge norms, and model forms of debate that enrich our discourse. For Black public intellectuals that work delves deep into questions around white supremacy, white nationalism, and White racism. For me, it means that I allow my activism to expand into every facet of who I am because, as Audre Lorde once wrote, the personal is always political.

In a 2015 essay for The New Republic, Michael Eric Dyson described a Black digital intelligentsia as a community of Black writers and activists who were engaging in critical thinking work online. He said that they worked to “contend with the issues of the day, online, on television, wherever they can.” I wrestle with this today as I work to reconcile the radical I was back then with the radical academic that I am right now. I am working within the system, still struggling, still fighting but bending my life a little bit every day to fit my job. I still wonder what the role of a Black public intellectual is. Is it to speak to White people about race or is about profoundly engaging with the questions that have plagued Black people since we first arrived in this country? Questions like, “who are we?” Who do we want to become?

Why are we here? And what does freedom look like when it is defined by us and applied to us?

As a Black public intellectual, I know

that I stand on the shoulders of all of those who have come before me— Ida B. Wells, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Audre Lorde, and Lucille Clifton Black women who loved Black people and challenged whiteness in their writing and in their lives. I stand taller knowing that I stand on truth as much as I can. I stand side by side with justice as often as I can. I stand up to questions about equality when I can.

And, I stand ready to lift as I climb knowing that the view on the top is better if the space is shared with all who desire to see. I stand here because Harriet ran, Ella organized, Ida wrote, Bessie flew, Dorothy knitted, Mary taught, Fannie got tired, Sweet Honey sang, Assata resisted, Barbara spoke up, Rosa and Claudette didn’t get up, Angela couldn’t be stopped, Coretta picked up the dream, and Shirley brought her own chair, Constance argued and changed the law, and because I am a descendant of enslaved and freed Black women who chose to survive who decided to go forward rather than backward.

I recognize my privilege, and I embrace the complications that come with seeking and demanding and claiming space in this country, at this time. 25 years later, and one thing remains the same: I still believe that this country is a beautiful place and that we, collectively, can change it, shape it, coax it, and cajole it to be a better place. We can be the ones that we have been waiting for, and we must be the ones who take back our country, piece by piece, vote by vote, without ever stopping, relenting, giving up, or giving in. I stand ready to commit, ready to fight, and ready to engage.

verses Reparations

By Dr. Markeith L. Porter

Public Enemy once said it takes a nation of millions to hold us back. This qualitative approach to self-determination indicates there are several key factors to ensure African American youths are successful in a world with declining opportunities.

The job market is becoming more and more complicated. Just as new languages for computers are emerging, new ways of discrimination are emerging so new methods for achieving success in a stringent economy must be developed. Here are several factors that can help in the development of African American youths through self-determination.

First, we look at Mentorship which is the guidance provided by a mentor especially an experienced person in a company or educational institution. Myself, I did not get a mentor until I was forty-five years old. The African American community must provide the infrastructure of mentorship for African American youths at an early age. Those that are bound to the streets recruit African American youth at early ages. We who are in business must start our recruitment efforts at an early age also.

The second key factor is personal examples from those who have experienced success providing an example of courage that one can relate to, i.e., Barack Obama. We have plenty of examples of those that have achieved great success.

We cannot afford to have these few talented people be the example for all. All African American youths will not achieve Magic Johnson or Shaquille O’Neal success. The lawyers and doctors, engineers and dentists have a duty to provide upclose examples to young African American youth. They must start by making themselves available.

The third key factor, Self-Reliance, is a dogmatic approach where one follows one’s own instincts then avoids conformity and false consistency. Teaching African American Youth to recognize his or her abilities at an early age is paramount to them achieving some success.

The final key factor is Aspire. Aspire is close to beliefs, but it is directed to hopes and ambitions toward something. The key here is to aim high. If you fall short you will still be in the middle. If you aim low you will surely get what you aimed for.

REPARATIONS 97 trillion dollars is the estimated amount of money owed to African Americans for the free labor noted

during slavery. This is five times the national debt. If there are 20 million African Americans in the United States that means each would be paid an estimated 5 million dollars.

The payment would not reconcile all the ills of slavery and Jim Crow but would go a long way towards bringing African Americans out of the poverty-stricken community they presently live in. Some would say money doesn’t account for forgiveness but ask the Jewish community if it does not hurt. They have been paid reparations for the atrocities that happened to them during World War II. The money will not put African Americans on an equal footing as their Caucasian counterparts if discrimination is a viable thing and laws that affect African Americans in an unequal manner, such as the reinstatement of the voting rights, still exist. But, money talks a different language for those who have and those who have not.

In the final analysis, Caucasians have a 200-year head start on education and economics in America.

Although African Americans have made tremendous progress in such a short period of time even with the system slated against their achievement. They have been angered so much with African American success that they are trying to Make America Great Again. Some believe this is a takeus-back-to-the-fifties movement in which Jim Crow was prevalent. It is my belief that Self-determination without reparations are proportional to African American youth success. Reparations without self-determination is inversely proportional to African American success. The statement is consistent with the belief that African Americans have not the maturity in dealing with the handling of large sums of money. My mother used to say, a fool and his money are soon departed. African American infrastructure is very limited so the money without the power to self-determinate would bound us to the same status we currently hold, eventually. My contention is we must have self-determination to get a foothold on African American Infrastructure prior to reparations.

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Lindsey Humphrey

If Tomorrow Never Comes If I knew it would be the last tine that I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in the more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare and extra minute or two to stop and say, “I love you,” instead of assuming, you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well I’m sure you’ll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there’s always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything right.

There will always be another day to say “I love you’s”, And certainly there’s another chance to say our “Anything I can do’s?”

But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I’d like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget, Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?

For if tomorrow never comes, you’ll surely regret the day, That you didn’t take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a liss and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today, whispher in their ear, Tell them how much you love them and that you’ll always hold them dear.

Take time to say “I’m sorry,” “please forgive me,” “thank you” or “it’s okay”.

And if tomorrow never comes, you’ll have no regrets about today.

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LINDSEY HUMPHREY’S journey began on December 16, 1934 in New Bern, North Carolina. He was the youngest of 20 children. His parents, Sarah and Frank Humphrey were hard working Christians.

It was through his parents that he learned the importance of God and family. He accepted Christ and was baptized at an early age.

FREEMAN CRAWFORD JR. was born on December 25, 1943 in San Diego, California. He was the eldest of two children born to Freeman Crawford Sr. and Mary B. Crawford. Freeman grew up at Logan Temple AME Zion Church where he represented the congregation at various conferences throughout Southern California.

In 1956, Lindsey moved to San Diego, CA, where he completed his high school education at Lincoln Adult School. Shortly after arriving in San Diego, he joined the Greater Trinity Baptist Church. He served faithfully on the Usher Board and wherever he was needed.

Freeman attended Logan Elementary School. During that time, he enjoyed playing baseball and also helping his dad who was a General Contractor. He graduated from San Diego High School, where he participated in Track and Field.

Lindsey later moved his membership to New Shiloh Baptist Church.

He loved his church and did whatever he could to support the church’s ministries. He worked tirelessly on New Shiloh sanctuary providing his handyman skills; painting, plumbing, & roofing.

Freeman worked as a Maintenance Engineer at multiple organizations throughout San Diego County. During the latter years, he united with One Way Apostolic Church where he served as a Deacon. He was well-known throughout the Logan Heights Community. He was never a big conversationalist, but when he spoke, he was always direct, caring and honest.

Lindsey was blessed with four children, Shirley Ann, Linda, Lindsey and Anthony, aka “Tony”. He taught his children the importance of family, having faith in God, loving and caring for others, and living with honor and integrity.

Lindsey enjoyed working around the house. Because he was gifted with the use of his hands, he could repair just about anything. He was frequently called upon by friends to look at something that wasn’t working properly. Lindsey believed in keeping the environment safe long before most people were making a conscious effort to do so. He always tried to find a way to repurpose items before throwing them away. This led to some interesting repairs. His sons called him “MacGyver”. He possessed a high-level intellect, was charming and personable, easily made and kept friends.

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He never married or had any children. Freeman suffered with various health issues for many years, and It was during the early 2000s when his health severely declined. On Tuesday, October, 1, 2019, Freeman Crawford Jr. was called from earthly labor to eternal rest.

He was preceded in death by both of his parents and his eldest nephew, Rudolph J. Walker.

Freeman is survived by his sister, Joan Walker (Rudolph); his nephew, Elliot A. Walker (Avannia); grandnephew, Rudolph Walker III; grandniece, MacKenzie Walker all in San Diego; and a host of cousins, other relatives and extended family.

Lindsey’s love of gardening stemmed from the 168-acre family farm.

During an early period of his life, he said he took over the farm with great success. Throughout his life, his gardens were bountiful and he loved experimenting with planting vegetables that he never grew. His gardens used minimal pesticides and he only used natural fertilizers.

After working 48 years at Solar Turbines (A Caterpillar Company), Lindsey retired as a Production Planner in 2002. Retirement was perfect for Lindsey to enjoy his many interests. He was a man with more energy than those half his age, and he always kept moving. He enjoyed gardening, reading his bible, cooking, discussing current and political affairs, baseball, watching the horse-racing channel, and spending time with his friends and family. He arose each morning at 3:00 A.M. and worked out for two hours each day, five days a week.

He enjoyed family reunions and spending time in New Bern, NC. During retirement, he acquired his birth home and enjoyed renovating it. Lindsey also loved to drive. In August, he drove from San Diego to New Bern, tiled his own house, and helped paint his nephew’s home.

Lindsey’s life journey ended peacefully on October 5, 2019. Patiently waiting were his parents, daughter Linda Smith, and 18 of his brothers and sisters.

Lindsey leaves to cherish his memory, his loving and devoted children: Shirley Ann Washington, Lindsey B. Humphrey, and Anthony “Tony“ Humphrey; step-daughters Wanda Florence Calime and Gail Florence; his sister, Ethel Miller; grandchildren Angelo Washington, Keshia Washington Jones, Akili Humphrey, Kira Humphrey, Cassie and Michael Smith, plus six great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, his longtime friend, Robert T. Covington, and a host of other relatives and friends who will mourn his passing, yet celebrate his life.

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Pre-Proposal Conference Photos and article by Shea McGee Contributing Writer

began to give highlights of what the meeting would entail. It included the due dates for all proposals to be turned in as well as any questions or concerns that were requested to be in writing. All proposals to be a part of the contract are to be signed and turned in online by October 24th, as no late proposals will be accepted.

questions and concerns, but no answers came straight away. It was indeed a risk, but one Barbara felt could benefit the communities the proposal would affect.

A concerned attendee of the conference wanted to know how would small organizations get matched with larger organizations, and another attendee made mention that networking would be ideal. A large number of those that heard the advice agreed that networking and meeting with these organizations would be best, to possibly match themselves. A male attendee in his early-40s mentioned how the county would make sure that the smaller organizations didn’t get lost in the development of this “innovative, inclusive process,” and that the county was “responsible for making sure it is indeed an inclusive process.” Others mirrored his sentiment.

Next up to speak was Barbara Jimenez, also with the County of San Diego. She broadly discussed how contracts were to be requested, and that questions and concerns were highly encouraged. Their hope was to bring in new contractors for this RFP in the Promise Area, and that the funds for the region would be allocated to one prime who would then work with several subcontractors. “[The community] needs conversations regarding what the community needs,” Barbara said during Oct. 10, 2019 - A conference was held by the the meeting as questions began to come Most of the attendees’ worries had to county-funded Live Well Neighborhoods in. “It’s an opportunity to be creative and deal with who the Prime Contractors would be, how they’d be matched with program, aimed at creating services that innovative.” the Subcontractors, and how could it would benefit underserved communities and their inhabitants; mainly children, One female attendee in her early 30’s work without anyone feeling left out youth, and families in said communities. asked why it had taken so long for this to of the process. Barbara suggested the During this conference, however, was a get underway, Barbara answered that it more the better in terms of pairing with discussion about the Request for Proposal took so long because they “wanted it to be a Prime if you were a Sub. It was asked concerning the San Diego Promise Zone, intentional, to give knowledge” and that whether “innovation means the old way a zone that spans 6.4 miles through this was an “opportunity for creativity” wasn’t effective,” were the “old dogs,” Southeastern San Diego to East Village in and a need for “different groups to work meaning prior contractors, going to get the contracts again? It was felt a broken San Diego. Amongst the gathering were together that hadn’t before.” cycle kept regurgitating, with no one to interested contractors as well as those Barbara continued on with the halt it, but the answer was that the county interested in being a subcontractor. discussion, making all parties aware that is working with others whom they hadn’t As the meeting went underway, Melanie the Prime contractor would be receiving before, who didn’t have the opportunity Caramat with the County of San Diego the funding, and this was met with many before.

Nominations Open for 2020

Gov. Signs Bills

Women’s Benefitting Black-Owned Charter Hall of Fame Schools and Newspapers Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

By Tanu Henry California Black Media

It’s that time of year. Community members are encouraged to nominate exceptional women from their unique corner of San Diego County for the 2020 San Diego County 2020 Women’s Hall of Fame.

Since 2001, women from San Diego County have been nominated in five categories for consideration.

The five categories are: Trailblazer: Women who have paved the way for other women, or who were first in their fields.

Empowerer: Women who have significantly improved the lives of women in San Diego.

Activist: Women who have created structural change— and shifted our way of thinking and doing—to better women’s lives.

Cultural Competent: Women who are multi-culturally competent and involved in building bridges, coalitions, and understanding within the communities of San Diego.

Historian: Women who have kept their culture and history alive within the community, thereby contributing to the maintenance and integrity of the community.

Nominations for The 18th annual Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be accepted until December 31, 2019. You can complete the form by going to the Events tab at www.womensmuseumca. org and clicking on “The Women’s Hall of Fame” on the dropdown menu. The ceremony will be held Sunday, March 15, 2020, 2:30 P.M., at the Joe and Vi Jacobs Celebration Room at 404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114.

Among them is one that will allow Blackowned-and-operated charter schools in California to continue to educate some 52,800 Black students in the state without the fear brought on - and intensified by speculations that certain legislators, with the backing of teachers unions in California, were angling to shut them down.

The other will benefit African Americanowned newspapers and other niche market newspapers.

The first, AB 1505, ends the uncertainty that put Black charter school operators on the defensive during a more-than-ayearlong fight about the future of charter The law allows local school boards, which schools in the state. authorize charters, to now close charter Gov. Newsom signed AB 1505 on Oct. 3. schools for fiscal and governance issues, and also to consider how a new charter African American-owned charter schools school might impact the a school district in California are largely credited with financially when reviewing an application working on the leading edge of efforts to to open a new public charter school or to close the wide academic achievement gap renew an existing charter. that exists between African-American students, who are the lowest performing In addition, it places a two-year racial group in the state, and their peers moratorium on “non-classroom based” charters, including publicly-funded of other races. homeschooling and independent study In English Language Arts, for example, programs and computer-based learning. there is more than a 40 percentage-point gap between African-American public Under the new provisions of 1505, charter school students’ standardized test scores school teachers will now have to obtain and that of their White counterparts. training and certification required by the In math, the disparity is more than 50 state to teach. They will also be subject to state level background checks before they percentage points. are hired.

AB 1505 makes the most significant changes to California’s Charter School On Oct. 2, a day before signing AB 1505, law, which former Gov. Pete Wilson Gov. Newsom signed AB 170, a law that signed into law in 1992. The language and gives newspapers in California a oneprovisions in the final version of the bill year extension to reclassify the contract includes the input of various education drivers who deliver their newspapers as stakeholders in the state, including unions W-2 employees, or come up with a new representing traditional public school way to distribute their newspapers to teachers, state education administrators, subscribers. academics, as well charter school leaders Black-owned newspapers across the state and backers.

joined hundreds of others last month to call on the governor and legislature to create a carveout for their industry under the new rules of AB 5, also known as the Dynamex Law. The publications – many of them small family-owned weeklies – said the high cost of having to immediately hire part-time contract drivers as full-time employees would have been unaffordable and forced them out of business.

“As a constitutionally protected industry, we are fighting on many fronts to continue to report critically and objectively on issues that are important to the people of California. And CNPA, for over 130 years, has remained vigilant in that effort as we help our hundreds of member and non-member news publishers fulfill their missions to serve their communities and provide vital information to the public,” said Paulette Brown-Hinds, President of the California Newspaper Publishers Association.

“With the signing of AB 170,” BrownHinds continued, “we appreciate the overwhelming support from the legislature and Governor Newsom in securing more time for our industry to find a model for newspaper carriers that works for news publishers and complies with state law.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS

The Mustard Seed Wood Program

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The program is as unique as the lady who came up with the idea. It’s called a Youth Skills Development Program teaching youth skills on how money works, Building Interpersonal Skills Through Woodworking and Writing Grants For Community Entrepreneurs and Innovators. All of this is the idea of Mrs. Edwina Hardieway, a lady that loves working with and helping young people.

The event also provided an opportunity to show off the culinary skills of students from Morse High School who handle the preparation and service of the food provided.

There were also some exciting young Aztec dancers who performed ancient prayer dances which was amazing considering their youthfulness. The attending guests were from a cross section of the communities representing and supporting the program.

The program held an event last Saturday at the This was a great event in many ways.

Lee House in Lemon Grove with Helen Ofield, President of the Lemon Grove Historical Society as the host. Helen spoke of how she met Edwina and the chemistry between them. Edwina explained how the Mustard Seed Wood, Inc. is a pre-vocational furniture project that provides access for youth to learn essential skills related to the carpentry trade, mathematics and interpersonal relationships.

The program provides measurements of success, community partnerships which span a number of organizations.

Edwina pointed out in her remarks how the program starts mustard seed small, hence its name, but grows with each person and effort.

Fannie Lou Hamer Legacy Celebration and Fundraiser Photos and article by Shea McGee Contributing Writer

An awe inspiring event presented by Project New Village (PVN) was underway last Thursday at the Educational Cultural Complex on Ocean View Boulevard that honored the legacy of Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. The space was alive with young and old people in attendance as they all mingled with Board members of the program and one another. Past honoree of the Fannie Lou Hamer event, Marlene, was able to share that it started for her as community work, and that the “fundraisers help the organization” to continue its good works.

Haiba, a great friend of the event organizer and Managing Director, Diane Moss, donates her quilts every year, even managing to produce several quilts in a week just in time for the event. A PA by profession, she began quilting in her spare time through her sisterin-law, and has been doing it ever since.

“It’s a passion of mine,” professed Haiba, an incredible supporter of the event. Haiba’s quilted piece of Michelle Obama’s painting in the Smithsonian was featured in art galleries and also on the Black Art Today website. Her hand-made pieces are sought after, and with great reason. The quality of her quilts were seen all over Thursday’s event, as several board members and attendees wore her handcrafted aprons, many with assorted colors and beautiful African prints.

Dan Hernandez and Carlos Cortez

Kim Phillips-Pea and Gwen Phillips

Books of all sizes were a part of the fundraiser as well. JohnnieRenee Nelson, writer and author of several books—five of which were of Kwanzaa poetry— laid a wonderful spread of books for young African and AfricanAmerican youths, as well as a few works of her own at her table. For Nelson, there was an “importance to promoting literacy,” something that was heavily agreed upon by

others around the table.

Once the crowd gathered in the rear area of the main hall, 6th year Board member, Daniel Hernandez, took to the front to speak of the program and the incredible work that PVN does for the community before introducing Carlos Cortez, advocate of the program and Dean of the Educational Cultural Complex campus. Cortez praised Moss, and spoke of the 4 1/2 years they began working together in the community to bring healthy food options to the underserved San Diego communities.

He noted that with their monthly SDCE Farm to Family Fair brought 20,000 pounds of free fresh produce as well as several healthcare providers to that event; a tremendous asset to the community.

SDG&E, key sponsor of the event, closed the evening out. SDG&E’s Director of Community Relations, Pedro Villegas, spoke of the importance of “corporate responsibility,” and that they are “very invested in equity, access to land, food, and gardens.” He also confirmed his staunch support of Project New Village, and explained the benefits of gardens, sharing his own background on how his family had a banana tree and how important that was for them.

“A garden is a flag,” Villegasproudly told the crowd before taking his leave.

The event brought together many supporters, including Community Activist and Artist, Kim Phillips-Pea and her mother, Gwen Phillips.

“I’ve been attending this event for the past two years because I believe in the work,” said Phillips-Pea, an honoree of the program this year. “That’s why I come every year to support.”

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the 2019 old globe gala

Celebrates Arts Engagement for All

Photos by: Doug Gates and Melissa Jacobs

Stephanie Bulger (Board), Glenn Oliver, Michael Taylor (Board)

Tomas Herrerra-Mishler, Joyce Gattas, Adela de la Torre, Jo Ann Kilty (Board), Katherine Faulconer, Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Board Chair Nikki Clay

Co-Chairs - Tim Shields, Michael and Ellise Coit, Barry Edelstein, Karen and Stuart Tanz

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The Old Globe USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program MFA Students

Fireworks and the band Play! on the Globe_s Copley Plaza

Fireworks above the Globe_s Copley Plaza

Entertainers - Colin Donnell and Solea Pfeiffer (Russell and Penny Lane in ALMOST FAMOUS)

391 Board members, sponsors, and patrons turned out to attend The Old Globe’s Where Black Tie Meets Tie-Dye Gala at the Copley Plaza Saturday, September 21. Guests danced the night away with the stars of the new hit musical ALMOST FAMOUS against a backdrop of fireworks, live auctions, and a surprise guest performance by Almost Famous stars Colin Donnell (Russell Hammond) and Solea Pfeiffer (Penny Lane). At press time, the event was expected to raise $1 million, with proceeds earmarked to support the Globe’s artistic and arts engagement programs.

The Old Globe, a nationally renowned professional not-for-profit theatre, believes that “theatre matters”, and has a demonstrated commitment to bring the arts to diverse communities throughout San Diego County. The Globe annually serves 250,000 people, including 40,000 children, families, and individuals ranging from students in Title I schools to homeless communities and senior centers, from military service members and veterans to incarcerated populations. The Fourth District Senior Resource Center has been host to a number of the Globe’s arts engagement programming in recent years, and will host the Globe’s upcoming The Winter’s Tale at the senior center November 1. Saturday, September 21, The Globe’s annual Gala celebrated their commitment to “make theatre matter to more San Diegans” in grand style.

Entertainers - Colin Donnell and Solea Pfeiffer (Russell and Penny Lane in ALMOST FAMOUS)

Nina and Jerry Jackson, Pam Wagner (Board) and Hans Tegebo

Ric Charlton, Eleanor Mohammed, Denise Jackson and Al Pacheco

Co-Chairs - Ellise Coit, Cameron Crowe, Karyn Tanz

Almost Famous Hits the High Notes

Photo: Neal Preston

By Latanya West Staff Writer

Almost Famous: The Musical, based on the 2000 Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures movie about the power of music and the shifting sands of fame, authenticity and friendship, opened at The Old Globe Friday, September 27 to glowing reviews.

Set in sunny San Diego in 1973, 15-year-old William Miller dreams of a career as a music journalist and ends up on the road covering an up-and-coming band for Rolling Stone magazine. This fast-paced, feel-good musical features a heartwarming (and sometimes heartbreaking) story of self-discovery that all of us can relate to. The clever and visually stunning sets and choreography, and a gifted cast - including Zimbabwe-born lead actress, Solea Pfieffer, who played Eliza in the West Coast Premiere of Hamilton - bring the ‘70’s pop and rock hits to life. It’ll keep your fingers snapping and your head bobbing throughout. Standing ovations were had.

Ends October 27 at the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre.

(from left) Katie Ladner as Sapphire, Solea Pfeiffer as Penny Lane, Casey Likes as William Miller, Julia Cassandra as Estrella, and Storm Lever as Polexia.

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Prayer Breakfast

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The scriptural theme came from Joel 2:25-32 in the Old Testament with the promise that God made when he said, speaking through the Prophet Joel, “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten- the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm[a]—my great army that I sent among you.”

Sister Kathleen Harmon, a more than 60 year member of the Calvary Church family, and President of the Pastor’s Aid, clearly had a hand in the number of public officials who came out. They included Congressman Juan Vargas, San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez, Councilmember Monica Montgomery, City Attorney Mara Elliott, California State Assembly members Todd Gloria and Dr. Shirley Weber.

One of the most moving parts of the gathering was the Prayer Moment offered by Rev. Jeraldine Jackson, Associated Minister. Another special moment was the presentation made to Mrs. Harmon by Congressman Vargas. He read a page from the Congressional Record which acknowledged her recent birthday.

The EVERBODI DANCERS provided a moving spiritual interpretative dance and the food and spirit moved mightily throughout the whole event. There was also a church representation from Bethel AME, Bethel Baptist, Greater Life, Greater Victory Church and St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber was the only elected official who spoke and she was only there briefly because of a family commitment.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

OBSCURE POLITICAL GLOBAL PEACE PRIZE AWARDED OUTSIDER HEADS TO AFRICA’S YOUNGEST LEADER FOR THE PRESIDENCY Global Information Network

IN SURPRISE TUNISIAN UPSET

“Love is greater than modern weapons like tanks and missiles… Love can win hearts, and we have seen a great deal of it today here in Asmara.”

Not many political leaders would admit to a vision of love over war and that may be why Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, was the clear favorite for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

At 43, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali highly impressed the Norwegian Nobel Committee not only for his eloquence but for his accomplishments as the fourth prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since his election in April 2018.

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Exit polls are pointing to landslide win for a conservative law professor in an upset for the political establishment and the elites.

Mr. Kais Saied, 61, an unlikely leader for the nation’s restless youth, promised to hand more power to young people and local governments.

An expert in constitutional law, he taught in the Tunis faculty of judicial and political sciences from 1999 to 2018.

Several of his former students praised Saied, in interviews with the Times of Israel, saying that beneath his tough exterior is a devoted teacher.

“He could spend hours outside class time explaining a lesson or helping us understand why we’d received a certain grade on an exam,” one of his students tweeted.

“I am so happy and proud of our democracy,” said Rania Gnaba, 32, a financial analyst who was draped in a Tunisian flag. “Saied is going to make sure the laws of the Constitution are respected. He’s going to fight against corruption.”

Saied became a household name when he became a regular political commentator on TV during the drafting of the constitution adopted in 2014.

Preliminary data showed that Saied, nicknamed “Robot Man’ for his stiff manner, obtained more than 76 percent of the vote to beat Nabil Karoui, a media mogul whose brash style and businessminded image reminded Tunisians of President Trump.

“We Tunisians are angry at the previous president and governments,” Saoussen Attia, 35, told Sudarsan Raghavan of the Washington Post. “They failed us.

Today, our dinar is collapsing and corruption is everywhere. Young people like me want a Tunisia that looks like the United States or France.”

As polls closed, Tunisians filled the streets of the capital, honking their car horns, chanting Saied’s name and waving Tunisian flags.

Fireworks erupted over the crowds.

Voters had chosen between two diametrically opposite candidates: Karoui, a multimillionaire TV station owner who campaigned from a prison cell, and Saied, an obscure academic who hardly campaigned and had to borrow money to register as candidate.

“I am fed up with the political system,” said Najwa Sassi, 45, an employee in a pharmaceutical lab who voted for Saied in Tunis’s upscale enclave of Les Berges du Lac. “But I never expected that we would elect a political outsider. This makes me proud of our democracy.”

Tunisia was the birthplace of the 2011 Arab Spring launched by an unemployed college graduate who publically commit suicide when he was unable to find a job. Soon after, dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown.

Voters hope the new president will uproot poverty, battle corruption, and build a better government that can provide health care, education and other basic needs.

He sparked an historic rapproachement with neighboring Eritrea, restoring ties that had been frozen since a 1998-2000 border war.

His comment, shown above, was followed by a long embrace between the two national leaders that was seen by millions. He also helped mediate a dispute between Kenya and Somalia and was helped bring together the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan for talks.

Domestically, the prime minister introduced a series of sweeping political and economic adjustments, including granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinuing media censorship and dismissing several high-profile figures suspected to be guilty of corruption.

He gave many Ethiopians a better life and brighter future, remarked the Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen.

His efforts at peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea inspired hopes of regional security and stability, remarked U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres,

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Praise has poured in from all corners of the continent. African Union chief Moussa Faki described Abiy’s award as a source of “great pride”— “a collective win for Ethiopians, and a call to strengthen our resolve in making Ethiopia ... a prosperous nation for all”.

by some as “being awarded too early” but stressed the commission’s belief that it was “now” that Abiy’s efforts deserved recognition and needed encouragement.

Still, Abiy’s work was “far from done”, said an Amnesty International spokesperson, and cautioned that still-present tensions within Ethiopia, a mosaic of ethnic, linguistic and religious groups, “threaten instability and further human rights abuses”.

“It is not only great news for the Ethiopian prime minister,” said Sophie Moekoena, news editor of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, “but also for the continent. When I heard who were the contenders for this prize (including Donald Trump), I knew that this one was going to Africa.”

Indeed, Abiy’s attempts to introduce reforms have been accompanied by a surge in violence—often along ethnic lines amid long-simmering tensions— that has partly been blamed for the displacement of an estimated three million people. The prime minister, himself, has already survived an apparent assassination attempt.

Nobel Committee Chair ReissAndersen acknowledged that “no doubt” this year’s prize would be seen

Abiy will receive the award in December in Oslo.”

UGANDA OUTLAWS

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The Uganda government is taking action against the popular red beret, calling it official military clothing that could earn the wearer imprisonment for life.

According to the new rule, the sale or wearing of any attire which resembles the army uniform is also banned.

Prohibited items include side caps, bush hats, ceremonial forage caps and camouflaged baseball caps.

“It is prohibited to wear or use any decoration supplied or authorized for use by any member of the defense forces or any decoration so nearly resembling that decoration and likely to deceive the public,” the government document said.

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and his leadership “set a wonderful example for others in and beyond Africa looking to overcome resistance from the past and put people first”.

“Even if you had just arrived from Mars, you would have figured that there was more to it than that,” observed opinion writer Charles Onyango Obbo of The East African.

“The red beret is the trademark of opposition parliamentarian Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, more popularly known as Bobi Wine, and his insurgent “People Power” movement.”

The ban was most likely a move to hamstring People Power, as the country gears up for the 2021 election, wrote Onyango Obbo in a

recently published piece. That’s when President Yoweri Museveni will bid for a “record-shattering eighth term, two of them unelected.”

“The new rule doesn’t specifically mention Wine and his brigade and was not issued by a general foaming at the mouth with rage on TV or a president banging tables,” the editorial writer pointed out.

“Still, it was unfashionably old school, straight out of the African political playbook of years gone by.

It comes from that time when it was treason to photograph an African government building, and certain death to take a photograph at, let alone near, a military barracks or at

an airport.”

Bobi Wine, who announced his run for the presidency last July, has not yet commented on the new rules. But neither he nor his followers plan to change their attire.

A tweet by a People Power follower confirmed: “So I hear Bosco (derogatory nickname for Museveni meaning ‘unsophisticated’) has banned the red beret. Dude is really getting sleepless nights bse of People Power. He forgets that whatever he intends for our harm just pushes us forward. I hear they also want to outlaw People Power as an illegal group. Nonsense! Keep panicking as we keep moving.”

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HEALTHY LIVING EDUCATION

Suicide Is EIS to Hold Three-Day Stem Preventable Technology Camp Nov. 25-27

Elementary Institute of Science using 3-D printing, robots, and drones to spark interest in science for students in grades 2-8 Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

The Elementary Institute of Science (EIS), an out-of-school science learning center open to the public, is offering a 3-day camp during the Thanksgiving school break that will have young students engaged in some pretty sophisticated technology.

Students in 2nd and 3rd grades, for example, will be learning the basics of 3-D printing. Robotics and engineering will be the focus for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades while 7th and 8th graders will be learning to program drones that can fly by themselves.

By County of San Diego Behavioral Health Services

In 2016, 21 Blacks, the majority male, died by suicide in San Diego County. By 2018, that number had fallen to nine. These numbers reflect progress, but the reality is that, until we get to zero suicides, our work is not done.

Pain isn’t always obvious, but most suicidal people show some signs that they are thinking about ending their life. It is not always easy to start the difficult conversation with a person with suicidal thoughts.

What if you are mistaken? What if they get angry? Although there is no simple answer, it is safe to say that if you are concerned about someone else and your gut is telling you that something is off, you should not hesitate to take action. Rest assured that talking to someone about if they have thought of ending their life does not put that idea in their head.

Here’s what you can do: 1. Learn the warnings signs for suicide. Go to www.up2sd. org and click Learn.

2. If the person has been difficult to get in touch with, reach out and be persistent.

3. Start a conversation. Try something like: I am worried about you. It seems like something is bothering you. You don’t seem like yourself lately. How can I help?

4. Don’t hesitate to ask direct questions, like: Are you depressed?

Are you feeling like there is no way out? Are you thinking about ending your life? Go to www.suicideispreventable.org to learn how to start the conversation.

5. Ask for help. If you don’t feel like this is something you can take on, or you are not able to get through to the person, reach out to a friend, a family member or a professional by calling the confidential San Diego Access & Crisis Line at 1-888-724-7240.

6. Provide the person you are concerned about with resources and a number to call for help. Go to www.up2sd. org and click Resources.

7. Most importantly, if you are with a person who is thinking about ending their life: • Stay with them • Take them seriously • Really listen to them • Call for help immediately!

THE COUNTY’S ACCESS & CRISIS LINE (1-888-724-7240) IS AVAILABLE 24/7 to provide resources for mental health and substance use crises, and to connect individuals with services. To learn more about mental health wellness go to the It’s Up to Us website at www.up2sd.org.

According to a US Department of Education study, only 28% of high school freshmen express any interest in science or show a desire to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM). EIS intends to buck this national trend, with technology as its weapon of choice. The learning center provides engaging technology experiences for students with the goal of increasing the number of people interested in pursuing STEM careers.

The lack of interest in science among students does not bode well for San Diego, which needs a significant number of STEM workers to sustain its tech sector. According to a 2018 study, the

region’s various technology companies contributed $55 billion to the local economy.

In the past five years, local employment in the life science industry increased 20 percent. The industry currently employs 50,000 people and supports an additional 133,000 jobs in San Diego County. In response to our growing STEM industry, the San Diego Economic Development Corporation recently launched a program called Advancing San Diego that seeks to solve the local skilled worker shortages. Igniting the interest of STEM in students so they pursue these in demand careers is a necessary first step for this program to succeed. EIS has been igniting that interest for decades with hands-on learning programs.

STEM careers can serve as a pathway to upward financial mobility.

Jobs in the STEM field pay more than double the median income among all occupations, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. High paying jobs are especially vital to offset the high cost of housing and keeping skilled workers in the San Diego region.

Parents can register at: https://eisca.org/register#tgcamp.

Senate Education Chair blocks bipartisan bill to extend HBCU funding

By Charlene Crowell Deputy Communications Director for the Center for Responsible Lending

According to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, between 1861 and 1900 more than 90 HBCUs were founded. From the first HBCU, Pennsylvania’s Cheney University, established in 1837, ensuing years led to even more educational opportunities that today include institutions spread across 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

So, when federal legislation is blocked that would extend and preserve funding for HBCUs, such actions are not only an affront to today’s college students, but also to a history that has led to only 3% of the nation’s colleges and universities educating nearly 20% of all Black graduates. The success of HBCU graduates is even more noteworthy considering that 70% of students come from low-income families.

On September 26, the damaging action taken by Tennessee’s Senator Lamar Alexander, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee blocked HBCU funding.

Even worse, Senator Alexander made this move just days before funding was set to expire on September 30.

The bill sponsored and introduced on May 2 by Alabama Senator Doug Jones and co-sponsored by South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, was named the FUTURE Act, an acronym for Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources Act. It began with bipartisan and bicameral support to extend critical HBCU and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) funding through 2021 for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

“Alabama is home to 14 outstanding HBCUs that serve as a gateway to the middle class for many first-generation, lowincome, and minority Americans,” stated Sen. Jones. The FUTURE Act will help ensure these historic schools and all minority-serving institutions continue to provide excellent education opportunities for their students.”

By September 18, a total of 15 Senators signed on as co-sponsors, including eight Republicans representing the additional states of Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota, and West Virginia. Other Democratic Senators signing on represented Arizona, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, Montana, Virginia and West Virginia.

On the House side, two North Carolina Representatives, Rep. Alma Adams and her colleague Mark Walker introduced that chamber’s version that quickly passed in just two days before Alexander’s actions on the Senate floor.

So why would the HELP Committee Chair oppose a bill that had such balanced support—in both chambers as well as geographically and by party?

“Congress has the time to do this,” said Sen. Alexander on the floor of the Senate.

Alexander concluded his comments by using his remarks to push for a limited set of policy proposals that would amend the Higher Education Act piece by piece.

His comments prompt a more basic question: Why is it that Congress has failed to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) for so many years?

Competing HEA legislative proposals with different notions have been bandied about since 2014. Most of these ideas were variations of promises for improved access, affordability, and accountability, simplified financial aid applications and appropriate levels of federal support.

The same day as Senator Alexander’s block of the bill, Wil Del Pilar, vice president of higher education at The Education Trust, a national nonprofit that works to close opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect students of color and students from low-income families, reacted with a statement.

“The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) is of vital importance to millions of students who currently struggle to afford college, lack adequate supports while enrolled, and are underserved by a system that perpetuates racial inequity,” said Pilar. “Students need a federal policy overhaul that addresses these issues and acts to close racial and socioeconomic equity gaps, and they can’t afford to wait any longer.”

Senator Alexander, here’s hoping you are listening.

Charlene Crowell is the Deputy Communications Director with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

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TODD WALTHALL Joseph W. Watson

NAMED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA

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Blue Shield of California has named Todd Walthall as the nonprofit health plan’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) as part of a number of strategic organizational moves to enhance services to its plan members and position itself to drive health reform and growth initiatives.

The University of California San Diego announced October 10 the 2019 recipients of the esteemed Chancellor’s Medal and Revelle Medal, including Joseph W. Watson, UC San Diego’s former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, administrator, Provost, and organic chemist who has dedicated 41 years of service to UC San Diego

The new COO role will oversee Blue Shield’s sales and marketing teams, as well as its Customer Experience and Information Technology organizations. The COO is responsible for managing the company’s $20 billion annual revenues and its services to 4.3 million plan members. Walthall reports to President & CEO Paul Markovich.

“Our new structure will help us execute and build an operating model that fuels growth and ensures our members have a differentiated experience,” Walthall said.

Markovich also announced that Michael Mathias, Executive Vice President Customer Experience and Chief Information Officer, will move into a new role supporting growth initiatives reporting to the CEO.

The Revelle Medal—created in honor of Roger Revelle who helped establish UC San Diego during his tenure from 1950-1964 as director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography—honors the contributions of current and former faculty members to UC San Diego.

“We may attribute our standing as an agent of social mobility, a curator of nontraditional student experiences and a champion for our wider community largely to Dr. Watson’s ingenuity and service,” said Chancellor Khosla.

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“We are organizing to fulfill our mission and create a health care system worthy of our family and friends, and sustainably affordable,” Markovich said.

Walthall is committed to raising awareness about the impact of domestic violence and is an executive sponsor of Blue Shield’s “End the Silence About Domestic Violence” campaign.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Emmanuel College. He was a recipient of the 2016 Multicultural Leaders of California award from the National Diversity Council.

NBA LEGEND

MICHAEL JORDAN

PLEDGES $1 MILLION TO BAHAMAS

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire

Michael Jordan was a superstar on the basketball court, and now, as a humanitarian, the six-time NBA World Champion has proven that his legendary status remains worthy. The former Chicago Bulls great has pledged $1 million to help the Bahamas in its efforts to recover from Hurricane Dorian.

“I am devastated to see the destruction that Hurricane Dorian has brought to the Bahamas, where I own property and visit frequently,” Jordan said in a statement. “My heart goes out to everyone who is suffering and to those who have lost loved ones,” he said.

Jordan, whose Air Jordan Nike sneaker brand has remained as legendary as his talents despite being retired for nearly 20 years, currently

is the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets. Widely considered the greatest ever to play the game, Jordan won five NBA Most Valuable Player Awards and six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards.

He led the league in scoring ten times and was twice named NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Jordan also earned 14 All-Star game berths and, in 2009, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Last year, Jordan gave $2 million to support North Carolina after Hurricane Florence devastated the Carolinas.

Hurricane Dorian reportedly has left more than 70,000 people homeless in the Bahamas, and at least 50 people have lost their lives.

“The Bahamian people are strong and resilient, and I hope that my donation will be of help as they work to recover from this catastrophic storm,” Jordan said.

Joseph W. Watson began his career at the campus as an assistant professor of chemistry in 1966. He was named as the first provost of Third College in 1970 and appointed vice chancellor of Student Affairs in 1981.

Dr. Watson’s advocacy for the success of UC San Diego students was highlighted through his guidance of such transformative initiatives as the Career and Student Services centers, the Undergraduate Research and Opportunities Abroad programs, TritonLink, RIMAC and the North Campus Recreation Area, Price Center and the transition from Division III to Division II athletics. Further, as a proponent of diversity and inclusion, Watson worked diligently to increase housing for transfer students and financial aid and scholarship support for lowand middle-income students.

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Walthall currently serves as Blue Shield’s executive vice president of Markets, managing the company’s commercial, individual and government markets. He joined the company in 2014 as senior vice president of Customer Experience, where he led all aspects of business operations, from enrollment to claims processing. He was responsible for developing the company’s highly personalized digital solutions to enhance customer engagement.

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This year’s other Revelle Medalists include: Marjorie C. Caserio, Ann L. Craig, and Lawrence B. Krause.

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla will bestow the awards during UC San Diego’s Founders Celebration, set to take place Nov. 14-16. The annual celebration recognizes the anniversary of the institution’s 1960 founding and the individuals who have helped establish the campus as one of the top research universities worldwide.

“It is a privilege to recognize these outstanding thought leaders as part of our Founders Celebration,” said Chancellor Khosla. “Each of this year’s Revelle honorees has helped build and maintain the university’s global reputation as a hub for impactful research and innovations, ranging from discoveries in health care to the development of global policy.”

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4 Ideas for Becoming a Lifelong Learner State Point

October is National Learning and Development tightening your prose. A writing course can Month, a time set aside for broadening one’s help anyone become more powerful, effective personal and professional skills. Here are four communicator. cool ideas for marking the occasion: • Get Mathematical: Whether you’re a student • Learn to Dance: Dance is a beautiful art form in school or a student of life, you can delve offering opportunities to immerse yourself in into math and improve your comprehension different cultures and musical genres. There’s of related concepts using ClassPad.net, a webalso evidence that taking up dance can boost based calculator which serves as a one-stop mental and physical health, reduce stress and even improve memory. From ballet to ballroom to salsa to swing, there’s a dance style for everyone. So, consider taking that first step of learning the steps.

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This October, pave the way for becoming a lifelong learner by boosting personal and professional skills.

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Now, thanks to new tools, you can develop your musical skills faster. Using the Casio Tone LKS250 keyboard’s Key Lighting System, which features a voice-guided step-up lesson system, you can quickly learn its 60 built-in songs and sound great in no time.

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you toughened up a little bit.”

Cosby was convicted in 2018 of aggravated indecent assault after the trial judge reversed himself by allowing five other alleged victims to testify against Cosby. Most of the women to accuse Cosby were clients of attorneys Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom, whose ethics were recently called their into question by the New York Times. Allred is Bloom’s mother.

“As I’ve been saying for over five years, this has been a political scheme orchestrated by Gloria Allred, Kevin Steele, and Judge Steven T. O’Neill to destroy Mr. Cosby and his legacy,” Andrew Wyatt, Cosby’s longtime spokesman, wrote in an email to NNPA Newswire.

“These egregious characters are cut from the same cloth as the man residing in the White House—racist, white elitists who have acknowledged in their actual email transmissions that they have a deep-rooted hatred for Mr. Cosby. Kevin Steele, Stu Ryan, Thomas McGoldrick, and Jesse King all should be rounded up, investigated by the FBI and charged for abusing their power,” Wyatt wrote.

He continued: “Most importantly, they should be charged for filing false charges against Mr. Cosby, who always believed that white racists politically motivated his conviction in the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. “Mr. Cosby feels that if the Superior Court is truly fair and impartial, they will grant him a new trial in lieu of this newly found evidence called Email-gate.”

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Bonjean said prosecutors are supposed to be looking for the truth. “They are not supposed to be advancing the political agenda. I understand it’s a political position, but that’s not supposed to be your motivation,” Bonjean stated.

“Prosecutors are supposed to be seeking truth by the rules of professional responsibility. So, when you see these types of things, it makes you question whether they are seeking the truth or do they have an agenda that they’re going to advance regardless of what the truth is.”

The emails also “show a common scheme led by [District Attorney] Kevin Steele and his cohorts in order to create scandal against Mr. Cosby so that they could fabricate a motive to bring sexual assault charges against Mr. Cosby,” stated Wyatt.

“We now have substantial proof that our suspicions regarding this false conviction against Mr. Cosby, Wyatt wrote. “Thus, you will notice that these emails were disseminated amongst various assistant district attorneys within Montgomery County; several months before any charges were filed against Mr. Cosby.”

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