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Featuring local and national articles and information highlighting our rich African American heritage.

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Most and Least Ethnically Diverse U.S. Cities Identified

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NAACP CELEBRATES

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Summer Stephan Meets 110th Anniversary With BM&W United of Freedom Fighting

By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Correspondent

With immigration reform remaining one of the most prominent political issues, suggesting that the U.S. demographic landscape may soon change, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report

“A growing body of social psychological research suggests that information about increasing ethnic diversity can lead white Americans to express greater concerns about their ethnic group’s status and, further, these concerns can have implications for interethnic attitudes as well as political attitudes,”

It was a long time in the making, but this week the San Diego County District Attorney, Summer Stephan, was the guest speaker at Black Men & Women United’s weekly meeting. The event was a “circle in the round” conversation with a presentation by the District Attorney covering a number of topics.

Stephan announced the 333 persons on the permanent “gang injunction” list which she had reviewed. She found that, for the past five years, these people had no gang related activity or involvement. She had her staff review the cases and then submitted to the Court an Order requesting that the names of those persons be removed from the injunction list. Stephan talked about her interest in seeing policy changes that encourage intervention and prevention, where possible, before prosecution.

said Dr. Maureen Craig, a WalletHub expert and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University.

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BLACK HISTORY:

HATTIE MCDANIEL FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN OSCAR WINNER The pinnacle of McDaniel’s career, Gone with the Wind, premiered in 1939 amid controversy. Though the role would eventually lead to an Oscar win for McDaniel, she was banned from the premiere. In fact, none of Gone with the Wind’s Black actors were allowed to attend the film’s Atlanta premiere.

Our Black Women and Girls

Have Gone Missing but Few Seem to Care

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the NAACP led the Black civil rights struggle in fighting injustices such as the denial of voting rights, racial violence, discrimination in employment, and segregated public facilities.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Correspondent

Long before Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and the Internet, Hattie McDaniel knew what it meant to “clap back” against her haters.

Upon hearing backlash for film roles where she portrayed a servant – during a time when servants were the only available roles for African Americans in Hollywood – McDaniel remarked, “I’d rather play a maid in the movies than be one in real life.

“Had there been no May 17, 1954 (the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown V. Board of Education), I’m not sure there would have been a Little Rock. I’m not sure there would have been a Martin Luther King Jr., or Rosa Parks, had it not been for May 17, 1954. It created an environment for us to push, for us to pull,” Lewis said.

Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind/ Photo Courtesy Face2FaceAfrica

A trailblazer who opened the doors for blacks in Hollywood, McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award when she was recognized for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Mammy, a black maid, in the 1939 classic, Gone with the Wind.

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15 year old Victoria Shaw went missing Monday, Feb. 11, in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Teandah Slater, 15 years old, was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 7, from Noble Square in Chicago.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Correspondent

28 year old Amber Evans disappeared in 2015 and is still missing.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Correspondent

Victoria Shaw, a Black girl approximately 15 years old, went missing Monday, Feb. 11, in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Teandah Slater, Black and also only 15 years old, was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 7, from Noble Square in Chicago.

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – NAACP – was founded 110 years ago after a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, Illinois. “Because of the riots in Springfield, that brought about serious conversations and meetings about starting an organization, a national organization, that would try to address racial issues,” said Nell Clay, Springfield and central Illinois African American History Museum president.

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION Cities: continued from page 1

on 2019’s Most & Least Ethnically Diverse Cities. To identify the most ethnically diverse places in America, WalletHub compared more than 500 of the largest U.S. cities across three key metrics: ethno-racial diversity, linguistic diversity and birthplace diversity.

Oakland, California, has the highest racial and ethnic diversity than any other city in the country, a figure that’s four times higher than in Hialeah, Florida, the city with the lowest.

Meanwhile, Hialeah enjoys the highest concentration of Hispanics or Latinos, at 96.44 percent while Laconia, New Hampshire has the highest concentration of whites, at 94.81 percent.

Jackson, Mississippi has the highest concentration of blacks, at 81.44 percent. Jer-

sey City, NJ; Gaithersburg, Md.; Germantown, Md.; Silver Spring, Md. and Spring Valley, Nevada were the most ethnically diverse cities in America according to the study.

New York City, Oakland, San Jose, Ca.; Rockville, Md. and Kent, Washington also made the top 10. Barre, Vermont; Clarksburg, West Virginia; Watertown, South Dakota; Parkersburg, West Virginia; and Hialeah, Florida, comprised the rest of the 10 least ethnically diverse cities.

Rutland, Vermont; Wheeling, West Virginia; Laconia, New Hampshire; Miles City, Montana and Bennington, Vermont, were identified as the five least ethnically diverse cities. Havre, Montana; had the highest concentration of residents who spoke English (98.57 percent), while Hileah, Florida found itself at the opposite end with just 5.59 percent of its residents speaking English (93.96 percent of Hileah residents speak Spanish and just 0.33 percent of those in Havre speak Spanish).

For birthplace diversity (locations where residents continue to reside long after they were born) Greenville, Mississippi topped every city with 86.79 percent, while Hilton Head Island, S.C., came in last at 16.80 percent. New York (69.40 percent) is the most diverse large city, Jersey City counts as the most diverse mid-size city and Gaithersburg, Md., is the most diverse small city in America, according to the report.

“A growing body of social psychological research suggests that information about increasing ethnic diversity can lead white Americans to express greater concerns about their ethnic group’s status and, further, these concerns can have implications for interethnic attitudes as well as political attitudes,” said Dr. Maureen Craig, a WalletHub expert and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University.

There are many benefits to a diverse, multicultural city some of which are being exposed to different neighborhoods, communities, culture, parks and restaurants, said

Dr. Kwame Dixon, a WalletHub expert and an assistant professor of African American Studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

“In most cases a diverse cultural setting leads to some common boundaries of understanding. The social citizen of the 21st century must be being exposed to multiple cultural settings and environments,” Dixon said.

If diversity becomes a smokescreen for displacement or gentrification or if a historically black or Latino community is diversified in a short period of time by newcomers defined as white then there will be tensions around space, identity and displacement, he said.

“This may lead to other tensions – former residents being pushed to the margins or to poorer communities,” Dixon said. Visit https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-themost-and-least-ethno-racial-and-linguistic-diversity/10264/ to view the full report.

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The Springfield race riots took place in August of 1908. Today, the NAACP remains the foremost civil rights organization in the world with an overriding mission: equality for all.

The ceremony, the 12th Academy Awards, was held at the segregated Ambassador Hotel and producer David Selznick had to petition for McDaniel to enter the hotel’s glitzy Cocoanut Grove nightclub.

When she took the stage at the 1940 Oscars, she was the only Black woman in the room.

“There were two African Americans in jail, one accused of rape and one accused of murder,” Clay said. “A mob came to the jail to do their own justice by lynching the individuals.”

According to Entertainment Weekly, co-stars Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable sat together while the 46-year-old McDaniel, clad in a blue dress and gardenias in her hair, sat at a separate, segregated table in the back of the venue.

Several lives were lost and property was destroyed during the race riot. But at the time, there had been race riots throughout the nation, according to the local Fox affiliate near Chicago.

So why did the Springfield race riots lead to the formation of the NAACP? “Because Springfield was the land of Lincoln – the individual that freed the slaves,” Clay said. “Maybe there was a thought that this was a great place for African Americans to live.”

Once the riots were over, discussions began for a necessary organization.

“People got together around the country, especially throughout Illinois, and said again enough is enough,” said Teresa Haley, president of the Illinois NAACP chapter. Several scholars officially founded the NAACP in New York on February 12, 1909.

Throughout its history, the NAACP has fought to meet the objectives of people of color. and have kept to their main goals and principles including: • To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the NAACP led the Black civil rights struggle in fighting injustices such as the denial of voting rights, racial violence, discrimination in employment, and segregated public facilities.

• To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination • To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the lawful excercise of those rights.

• Founding member W.E.B. Du Bois served as the NAACP director of publicity and research from 1910-1934, and was a member of the board of directors, and founder and editor of “The Crisis Magazine,” which continues to serve as a source of news and information from an African American perspective.

• In her years at the NAACP Rosa Parks worked specifically as a criminal justice and sexual assault investigator. In 1944 she lead the investigation into the rape of Recy Taylor.

• Founding member Ida B. Wells was an investigative journalist and educator. A pioneer in the anti-lynching movement,

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Areall Murchinson, a 16-year old Black girl, was last seen near the 200 block of West 111th Place, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The three are the most recent to make the dubious and heart-breaking list of missing Black girls – particularly teens.

Wells dedicated much of her life’s work to the cause and published extensive research on the psychological implications of lynching.

From 1920 to 1950, the NAACP focused on five major areas: anti-lynching legislation, voter participation, employment, due process under the law, and education, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. In 1938, Thurgood Marshall took over the leadership of the NAACP legal team from his mentor Charles Hamilton Houston and in 1939 established the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He eventually defended Donald Gaines Murray, an African American student seeking admission to the University of Maryland School of Law. The case went to the state Supreme Court, successfully challenged segregated education in Maryland and paved the way for successful litigation of Brown vs. The Board of Education.

Crisis of Missing Black Girls Needs More Attention Than It’s Getting.” Mayes’ March 2017 essay was published at Ebony.com where she noted that an academic study analyzed news coverage of missing children and found that only 20 percent of reported stories focused on missing Black children. This, despite the fact that Black children account for 33 percent of total missing children cases.

It’s a list that’s quite long and there remains no update on their status.

“In other words, missing Black youth are grossly underreported in the news. For missing girls, it’s even worse. When Black girls go missing, far too many people don’t know or don’t care,” Mayes wrote.

Recently, the nonprofit Black & Missing Foundation compiled statistics from the FBI which noted that in 2016 alone, 242,295 individuals of color were reported missing in the United States. A stunning 36.7 percent of those missing were Black teens under the age of 18. In total, statistics show more than 75,000 young Black Americans are currently missing.

Many argue that the stories of young Black girls and women who are missing don’t get the same degree of local, national and global attention as that of an Elizabeth Smart or Natalee Holloway.

Smart, a 14-year-old white girl, was kidnapped in 2002 from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. After an intense search that included relentless media coverage.

What’s more, officials at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline said they’ve received more than 18.4 million reports, most of which led to apparent child sexual abuse images: online enticement (including “sextortion”), child sex trafficking and child sexual molestation.

“Black girls are magical and should be noticed, uplifted and acknowledged, both within and outside of the Black community,” said Ginger Lavender Wilkerson, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles. “To recognize Black girls as magical means defining them as precious, unique and valued. When society recognizes their worth and value, I believe that more attention will be paid to this matter. In addition, it will call for all people to recognize this as an epidemic and cause for action,” Wilkerson said.

Those statistics, and the seeming lack of media interest, have led to cries of racism and neglect, particularly when it comes to Black girls. It has also led La’Tasha D. Mayes to pen the essay, “Why the

After hearing her name announced, McDaniel eschewed the speech Selznick had prepared for her, and delivered one she’d written with the help of Ruby Berkley Goodwin, a Black writer and close friend, Entertainment Weekly reported.

“It has made me feel very, very humble, and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything I may be able to do in the future,” McDaniel said. “I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry.”

Little did she know, McDaniel’s win paved the way for 38 Black film industry professionals, including actors, musicians and directors to win an Academy Award or to receive an honorary distinction. Winners have included Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Louis Gossett Jr., Forest Whitaker, Octavia Spencer and Lupita Nyong’o.

Born on June 10, 1893 (with some sources listing her year of birth as 1895), in Wichita, Kansas, McDaniel was her parents’ 13th child, according to Biography. com. Her father, Henry, was a Civil War veteran who suffered greatly from war injuries and had a difficult time with manual labor. McDaniel’s mother, Susan Holbert, was a domestic worker.

While at East River High School in Denver, Colorado, McDaniel started professionally singing, dancing and performing skits in shows as part of The Mighty Minstrels. Her natural flair for singing – in church, at school and in her home – was apparent early on and gained her popularity among her classmates, according to Biography.com.

In 1931, McDaniel scored her first small film role as an extra in a Hollywood musical. Then in 1932, she was featured as a housekeeper in The Golden West.

The pinnacle of McDaniel’s career, Gone with the Wind, premiered in 1939 amid controversy. Though the role would eventually lead to an Oscar win for McDaniel, she was banned from the premiere. In fact, none of Gone with the Wind’sBlack actors were allowed to attend the film’s Atlanta premiere.

Responding to criticism over her maid roles, McDaniel said it was her prerogative to accept whatever roles she chose. She also suggested that characters like Mammy proved themselves as more than just measuring up to their employers.

After being diagnosed in 1951, McDaniel lost her battle with cancer in Los Angeles, California, on October 26, 1952. After her death, the groundbreaking actress was posthumously awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975 and honored with a commemorative U.S. postage stamp in 2006.

A well-received biography on her life was published in 2005—Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood, by Jill Watts.

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New School Discipline An Historical Look at Guidelines Backtrack Black Men & Women United Undercutting discrimination protections PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

By Dr. John E. Warren

By Marian Wright-Edelman

Publisher

Black Men United was organized in 2003 following the New Year’s Eve murder of two Black women who stopped at Dr. J’s Liquor Store and Market for milk and bread. They were killed in a gang shootout that caught them in a cross fire on the parking lot of the store. We were so disturbed as a community that black men came together and created an organization that met every Saturday morning at the Southeast Community Presbyterian Church for more than 16 years. Out of that effort came a number of positive efforts: a mentorship project that put Black men in our local schools to work with male students and to help single mothers; and outreach to young men on the streets, some of whom were in gangs.

Initially the organization was restricted to men because of the number of personal issues that a number of the men had. There was a Women’s Support group that formed to work alongside of BMU, understanding the many issues some were confronting. Assistance was given to victims and family members when and where possible. The San Diego organization of BMU became the model for all those around the nation today. The organization is not a nonprofit. By design, it is not incorporated. It is a loose association of Black Men and Women who have a shared concern for self, neighbor and community. It is specially for Black Men and Women in our community. “Black,” not “African American,” because of our needs and experiences as black people in the San Diego community.

Sixteen years later, we are still serving our community by addressing a variety of issues without competing with any organization or group. Our mission statement says:

with the purpose of supporting one another.

We commit to praying for one another, counseling one another and above all listening to one another. We agree to disagree in love and fellowship and that doing so we will not seek to harm one another nor speak ill of each other.

We agree that each of us is uniquely made in the image of God and that as such all have value before Him and that each of us have been given specific gifts and abilities. We agree to honor those gifts in others as we would have them honored in ourselves, We commit to helping and mentoring other Black Men and Women and especially our youth. We commit to help our youth where we find them, according to our collective and individual gifts and resources.

We agree that we will respect Black women in particular and that we will neither curse nor bad mouth them for they represent ourselves.

Finally, we agree that this statement is a work in progress and that we will add to or modify in the furtherance of our goals of helping one another before God.” All Black Men and Women are considered a part of BM&WU by birth and are welcome to our meetings every Tuesday morning at 8 am at the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Offices located at 3619 College Avenue, San Diego 92115. This is not a meeting at which to advertise your businesses. It is the coming together of people of service. We support other organizations, where possible, in their endeavors

“Our mission as Black Men & Women United is to come together as men and women of God

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Black Boys Need Rites of Passage Programs in 2019 Across the Country

By Roger Caldwell

2019 is important to African American Men because the opportunities are boundless and amazing. If you can conceive it, you can achieve it. The only barriers holding Black men back are preparation, knowledge and education. The challenge for Black men is Black manhood.

There are many different definitions of manhood, but to be Black and a man is a unique and special position in the United States and

the world. Black men come in different sizes and shapes, with individual skillsets, mindsets, ideas, thoughts, visions, and beliefs. Our diversity is our gift to the globe — and we will be first, not last.

The power and fear of the Black man will no longer be curtailed or controlled by racism. Racial bias is being fought in the courts, businesses, sports and entertainment in America and around the

The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice in 2014 jointly released a ‘guidance package’ on school discipline to help schools and districts meet their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to use nondiscriminatory discipline practices. Years of data have shown children of color and children with disabilities are disproportionately punished by school discipline practices and suspended and expelled from school.

Many schools and school districts have finally begun reforming their policies to promote positive academic and behavioral outcomes for all students and eliminate harsh and exclusionary discipline practices that push students out of school. During the Obama Administration the Departments of Education and Justice supported these positive reforms. Their 2014 guidance was a key step reminding schools of their legal obligations, followed by resources to help schools make sure they were providing equal opportunity for all students. The Trump Administration is now actively undercutting and eliminating this guidance.

In December, just as most teachers and students were getting ready to leave for winter break, the Departments of Education and Justice announced they were rescinding the 2014 guidance reinforcing protections for students of color and students with disabilities from discrimination in school discipline.

The Children’s Defense Fund joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 119 other organizations last month in signing a letter to the Departments of Education and Justice urging them to immediately recommit “to vigorous enforcement of our civil rights laws and to a meaningful response to racial discrimination in school discipline.”

The letter says the 2014 guidance “clarifies that [the Departments of Education and Justice] expect schools and districts to treat

world. When Black men start loving each other and working together, communities will change and they will take leadership roles in families, America and the world.

There are Black role models in the communities and the Black media has a responsibility to tell positive and powerful stories of Black men and women who are making a positive difference every day. The emphasis for Black men is to bring attention on the necessity for mentors, to help Black boys narrow the achievement gap in the country.

The fundamental problem for Black boys raised in America is that 70% of Black families are run by a single parent: a woman. African Americans make up about 35% of all children raised in the bottom 1% of the income level and distribution.

From the very beginning of life, Black males start with a financial disadvantage and one out of every three ends up in prison.

The system is set up for Black males to fail, and it is extremely difficult to climb from the bottom to the top. “It’s not just being Black but being

all children fairly and provides practical tools and guidelines for educators to create safe, healthy, and inclusive environments for all students … Rescinding the guidance sends the opposite message: that the departments do not care that schools are discriminating against children of color by disproportionately excluding them from school and that the departments will not fulfill their role in helping educators create and maintain safe schools that afford all students equal educational opportunities.” The letter also notes that rescinding the guidance is another in a long line of administration actions that “make schools less safe for LGBTQ students, sexual assault survivors, immigrant students, students of color, students with disabilities, and any child who experiences systemic discrimination.”

Every day in America 2,363 children are arrested. That’s one child every 37 seconds.

Thousands of children of color and with disabilities are getting trapped in the cradle to prison pipeline because of discriminatory school discipline policies that often push children into the juvenile justice system. We must continue to enforce the laws preventing discrimination, which remain intact, and the good practices referenced in the 2014 guidance and reject every effort to drag our nation’s laws and children backwards.

As we enter Black History Month soon after celebrating what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 90th birthday, his words inspire us to go forward and resist this administration’s attempts to push our children backwards. I often quote his clear words the first time I heard him speak in person during my senior year of college in Spelman College’s chapel: “If you cannot fly, drive; if you cannot drive, run; if you cannot run, walk; if you cannot walk, crawl. But keep moving. Keep moving forward.” We must not miss a step in our march toward justice.

Marian Wright Edelman is founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund.

male that has been hyper-stereotyped in this negative way, in which we’ve made Black men scary, intimidating, with a propensity toward violence,” said Noelle Hurd, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia.

In 2019, there is a call to action for all Black men to be fathers to all Black boys in the communities.

“Black boys and young adults who face an opportunity gap but have a mentor are 55% more likely to be enrolled in college than those who did not have a mentor. In addition, mentees are 46% less likely than their peers to start using illegal drugs and 27% less likely to start drinking,” says Dr. Brian Agard, My Brother’s Keeper Lead and Minority Achievement Office – Orange County Public Schools.

Black men can no longer wait for the system and the schools to educate Black boys, they must be engaged and involved from the very beginning.

Dr. Agard’s goal in the Orange County Public School (OCPS) system is to recruit 1,000 mentors in 2019, and there are other organizations and See PROGRAMS page 15

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Rev. Dr. Joseph Foxworth Sr. First Lady Catherine Foxworth

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

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

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Diego

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July 25, 1924

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SERVICES WERE HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019 AT BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH; INTERMENT AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE ENTRUSTED TO ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY.

SERVICES WERE HELD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 AT MT. ERIE BAPTIST CHURCH; INTERMENT AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE ENTRUSTED TO ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY.

Bright streaks of light pierced the El Centro, California skyline on September 23, 1929 with the arrival of a baby girl named Danny Irene Quinn. She was the fifth child born to the late Reverend Alfred and Essie Quinn and excitedly welcomed by her three sisters and one brother. She was preceded in death by her parents all of her siblings.

Danny enjoyed her childhood as a minister’s daughter being taught caring, sharing and training which was to serve as a precursor to all her later years. Those qualities instilled to her forever a fond and lasting love for family and friends. She attended public schools in Santa Monica, California. In 1943, the family moved to San Diego, California when her father was sent to Bethel A.M.E. Church as pastor.

After graduating from San Diego High School, she continued her education at San Diego City College and San Diego State University.

Shortly after the completion of her education, she married Marvin C. Brown of the United States Army. A son and daughter were born to this union. Not one to sit still, Danny participated in many church and community activities. She was a charter member of the Ada B. Cleveland Chapter 71, OES, the Women of Wonder Red Hat Society; Membership Coordinator of several local social clubs, member of the Democratic and League of Women Organization, including several other civic groups.

With all of her activities, she was very active in her church throughout the years of serving as choir director, secretary, pianist, class leader, bible study and assisted other church functions for music.

Danny was employed at the Naval Aviation Depot for thirty years. She received many awards, was editor of the Command Newspaper, served as Public Affairs Specialist and named Federal Employee of the year for exemplary service.

Her participation in so many phases of fun-travels, especially cruises to various places will be remembered by the many friends and relatives.

Very early in Danny’s life, her Christian parents lit a spiritual flame which never diminished. She remained faithful until our Heavenly Father set her undaunted spirit free. She went forward to meet her maker unafraid.

Danny’s spiritual legacy of love, strength and courage is hereby bequeathed to her son, Marvin Brown (Doris) of Santa, Monica, CA; her daughter, Marla Howard of San Diego, CA; one sister, Sheila Thornton of Sacramento, CA; granddaughters, Charvette Brown, DaRaya Howard, Danny Howard and Kara Howard all of San Diego; grandsons, Marcus Brown, of Santa Monica, CA; Christopher Colbert of Oceanside, CA; nine great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, her church family and many friends.

A MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, and a FRIEND, we all loved her, but God loved her best. Rita was born July 25, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the only child born to loving parents, Alberta and George Reel. She spent her childhood in New Orleans, where she also received her formal education.

Rita demonstrated a love for learning and could quickly pick up on things. She was a very talented young lady and if shown once, she could do it. She worked small jobs as a decorator, seamstress, tailor, and cook.

These things she could do with no trouble.

There was always work for someone who could make an outfit by just looking at it, and could cut-off, or lengthen a man’s suit while they waited for it. Oh, and how she could cook. She was an excellent cook, everything she made was delicious. She loved hosting dinner parties over the holidays and inviting her special friends. She also had a green thumb when it came to gardening.

In 1949, Rita and her son, Walter moved to San Diego, California, where she joined the Calvary Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend N.E. Taylor. Shortly afterwards, she met and married Morford Grayson and they were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Sharon. She loved the Lord, and she served faithfully in the church choir, Missionary Department, Sunday School, and also directed the Children’s Choir. She loved attending and working in the church. She later joined the Mt. Erie Baptist Church under the Leadership of her son, Dr. Walter G. Wells, where she sang in the Mission Chorus and would often lead a song or two. In the later years, her health prevented her from attending church regularly, However, she continued to praise the Lord wherever she was.

Rita truly loved the Lord and she knew he loved her.

In 1976, Rita began working for Cleator Corporation, a local furniture manufacturing company based in San Diego. In 2001, Rita retired due to medical illness after twenty-six years of exemplary service.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her granddaughter, Krystal Well.

On Tuesday, February 5, 2019, Rita Cora Grayson passed away peacefully at Sharp Memorial Hospital. She leaves to celebrate her homegoing, her son, Dr. Walter G. Wells (Frankie); her daughter, Sharon Grayson-Hamilton of Northern California; two grandchildren: Walter G. Wells II (Debra) and Rasean Hamilton-Butler (Lo”cust); three great grandchildren: Kailyn Conway, (Kevin II), Walter Wells III (Chantel) and William Grayson Wells; four great-great grandchildren: Kazlyn Wells, Kevin Conway III, Krystalyn Conway and William II; and a host of friends, including her Mt. Erie Baptist Church Family.

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Marquese Waiser SUNRISE

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FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE ENTRUSTED TO PREFERRED CREAMATION & BURIAL. Marquese Du’Wayne Walser, aka Kidd Terentino was born October 7, 2000 in San Diego, CA. He was the youngest of three children born to Tashay Pullum.

Marquese grew up in San Diego, receiving his education within San Diego Unified School District.

Marquese was a lover of life. He enjoyed socializing, laughter, and making sure everyone around him was happy. He loved music. G Herbo was his favorite rapper. He aspired to have a music career himself. Marquese was a big football fan, the 49ers being his team. He enjoyed camping, basketball, bowling, and traveling with his second family, The Castro’s. The Castro’s home was his home away from home. He was very special and touched a lot of hearts.

On Saturday February 2, 2019 God called for his angel to return home.

Marquese leaves to cherish his sweet memories his loving mother Tashay Pullum; stepped up to the plate dad Jeff McGough; siblings big brother Olajuwon Walser, and big sister Di’Mond Walser all of San Diego; grandparents Yvonne and Michael Curry both of San Diego; grandfather Terrance Pullum, Sr.; uncle Terrance Pullum, Jr. (Antoinette), uncle Quincy Pullum, and aunt Myisha Pullum all of San Diego; best friend/cousin Lil Kenny McGough, Indica Davis. Marquese was Indica Davis’ keeper; second family Maria and Angel Castro; two brothers Lil Angel, and Austin Castro; and sister Jocelyn Castro all of San Diego. Also mourning his lost are a host of cousins, friends, teachers, coaches, and more.

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Remembering Those We Love And Lost Published throughout May, June & July of 2018

Laforal King, Sr.

Shandora Lewis

May 22, 1947 May 5, 2018

June 15, 1947 May 13, 2018

Mother Rosie Lee Boyd

Virginia Betty Coney

April 18, 1929 May 26, 2018

Eloise Joyce Mitchell July 27, 1927 May 8, 2018

Berry Andrew Alexander

Ruth Belle Willis

April 15, 1960 May 22, 2018

May 28, 1935 May 12, 2018

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Barbara Jean Oliver

Abraham Weldekiros

February 2, 1929 May 27, 2018

September 29, 1932 June 4, 2018

May 23, 1944 June 11, 2018

August 1, 1955 June 6, 2018

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Emma L. Moring

Lumel Walker Jr.

Ira P. Franklin

Alfonzo Lathan, Jr.

June 20, 1951 May 16, 2018

March 24, 1928 June 23, 2018

April 1, 1958 May 20, 2018

March 10, 1926 May 24 2018

May 17th, 1957 June 13, 2018

Emanuel Dunn

Amanda Elizabeth Wynn

Marjorie Jean Hauser

Raymond Earnest Robinson

Shannon “Buddy”Percy

July 1, 1940 May 20, 2018

May 25, 1927 June 4, 2018

May 30, 1951 June 11, 2018

June 10, 1957 May 22. 2018

July 28, 1934 June 20, 2018

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• Thursday, FEBRUARY 21, 2019

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The Old Globe’s ‘Familiar’ Delights in Bringing us Back to Our Roots Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer

Ladies, gentleman, young and old will fall in love with The Old Globe’s latest play, Familiar, now showing at the Old Globe Theatre through March 3rd. It’s a delightful tale about the American Dream, family, and rediscovering one’s roots.

The play centers around the Chinyaramwira family, who have settled into a comfortably middle class life in Minnesota after emigrating from Zimbabwe 30 years prior. Eldest daughter, Tendikayi, is getting married and the family has come together to enjoy her rehearsal dinner. She insists on honoring her African heritage with a traditional ceremony, and that’s when the sparks fly as the family confronts their own past and the conflicts and contrasts that unfold between ancient culture and the new world.

The story begins lyrically, with sounds from the motherland and popular R&B music comfortably juxtaposed as the lights go up on a cozy upper middle class living room, replete with fireplace and china cabinet. (One audience member whispered,“Great set!” to her companion as the lights went up). The music foreshadows the contrasts that

The MLK, Jr. Community Choir at

Lemon Grove Historical Society Staff Writer

The Lemon Grove Historical Society celebrated Black History Month with a musical afternoon with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir. The forty members present from this world renowned choir brought the sounds of Negro spirituals and gospel to the Lemon Grove Library as their voices filled the auditorium. Helen Ofield, President of the Lemon Grove Historical Society first introduced the Mayor of Lemon Grove, Raquel Vasquez, for the presentation of Certificates to the choir.

The choir is a 501(c)3 non profit organization.

Since 1997 the choir has been performing gospel concerts to raise funds for educational grants to give to San Diego County high school seniors pursuing a college degree in the visual or performing arts. Their music is both inspirational and uplifting, and celebrates the history of the negro spiritual.

They did both last Saturday to a capacity crowd. Following the performance, their CD was available and the President of the Historical Society urged everyone to make a donation to the choir’s scholarship fund.

pepper the story from start to finish as the family comes to terms with what it means to be “American.”

The play is rich in contrasts that serve to enlighten and delight the audience.

From the often hilarious preparations of the bride and groom to young Nyasa, fresh from her trip to the homeland and on a quest, like so many young adults, to embrace her roots while finding her way in the world, the audience is treated to a warm hearted look at what makes a family authentically their own. Auntie Anne serves as the moral compass of the play, the keeper of the culture who entertains the audience while making us all think deeply about the immigrant experience and what is sometimes a lost respect and reverence for the homeland. The twists and turns of the play keep the audience laughing.

Stellar performances were given by all, including the comic relief provided by the character of Aunt Maggie. Familiar displays a great balance between comedy and drama. The play is a must see!

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SPOTLIGHT ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH - BLACK INVENTORS Achievements by Black inventors can be seen as far back as ancient Africa but much of society has no idea that many of the products or devices that make their everyday lives more enjoyable are the result of the hard work and ingenuity of Blacks. Part II (See Part I in our Feb. 14th edition) Courtesy of BlackInventor.com Just, Ernest - Pioneered the fields of marine biology and zoology, researching parthenogenesis.

Lee, Joseph - Created a bread crumbling machine as well as an automatic bread-making machine.

Reboucas, Andre - Invented an immersible device which could be projected underwater, the precursor to the torpedo.

Richardson, Albert - Patented a wooden butter churn and later a casket lowering device as well as a hame fastener.

Rillieux, Norbert - Created the triple evaporation pan system which revolutionized the sugar refining industry.

Spikes, Richard - Invented numerous important devices, from automobile directional signals to an automatic gear shift.

MCCOY

Stewart, Thomas - Received a patent for his invention of the mop.

McCoy, Elijah - Elijah “the Real” McCoyCreated an automatic lubricating cup which provided oil to moving trains. Was held in such high regard, his inventions were called “the Real McCoy.”

Temple, Lewis - Created the “Temple’s Iron”. an improvement on the harpoon.

Montgomery, Ben - Developed a special propeller which allowed steamboats to navigate in shallow water.

Thomas, Valerie - Developed a device to produce 3-Dimensional optical illusions and effect.

Murray, George - Created a cotton-chopping device and would later serve a United States Congressman.

Parker, John P. - A conductor on the “Underground Railroad,, he would later patent a screw for a tobacco press.

Pelham, Robert - Invented a tabulating device and a tallying machine for the United States Census Bureau.

WALKER

LATIMER Latimer, Lewis - After beginning his career drafting the patent application for Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, he developed into a prolific inventor and rivaled Thomas Edison in the field of electric lighting.

Lewis, Edward - Created a spring gun which curtailed trespassing.

McCree, Daniel - Created a wooden, portable windowsillattached fire escape for home use.

Love, John - Created the precursor to the modern pencil sharpener as well as a plasterer’s hawk.

Matzeliger, Jan - Revolutionized the shoe-making industry with his automatic lasting machine which could produce significantly more shoes than could human cobblers.

Walker, Madame C. J. - Created and marketed Black Hair Care products and became so successful that she was the first Black female millionaire. Created jobs for more than 1,000 women and was a mentor to entrepreneurs around the world.

MORGAN

Thornton, Benjamin - Created a device that was the precursor to the modern answering machine.

Morgan, Garrett - A prolific inventor, he is renowned for his creations, including a hair-straightener, the gas mask and the automatic traffic signal. Considered by many to be one of the most impactful inventors of all time.

Woods, Granville - Referred to as “the Black Thomas Edison,” he was a prolific inventor in the areas of telegraphony, railway electrical systems and railway safety. Successfully sued Edison and was eventually offered a position with the Edison Company.

Purvis, William - Invented a fountain pen, a bag fastener, a hand stamp and an electric railway device.

West, James - Created the industry standard affordable electret microphone.

Ray, Lloyd - As a cleaning device, he created the dust pan.

Williams, Daniel Hale - Created the method for and accomplished the first successful open heart surgery.

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Black Men & Women United

HOST DISCUSSION WITH DR. J. LUKE WOOD Photography by Voice & Viewpoint Staff

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He is the Associate Vice President for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, and Distinguished Professor of Education at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and one of two full-time black professors at that institution. But none of that is as important as the work he has done and is doing in the war to protect black minds. He brought his statistics and overview of the problem to a community meeting on what is happening to Black Males in public education across this country and in San Diego County in particular. His work has uncovered some revealing statistics about Black male suspensions both in and out of school and the attack on these young minds that almost appears to be subconscious by many white teachers.

He spoke of his own personal experience having grown up in foster care with his twin brother. He spoke of those teachers who encouraged him and the ones who almost destroyed him because of their own personal biases. He spoke of how he was suspended 42 times from class in one academic year. His twin brother had 24 such suspensions during the same year.

But he later met and had the kind of teachers that lit his desire for learning and the results have lead to ground breaking research and information with national consequences. Woods has developed a curriculum that helps both teachers and community understand the needs and care of Black males and females in the education process, through his Community College Ethnic Assessment Lab at San Diego State.

Speaking specifically of the San Diego Unified School District, he found that suspension rates range from 3 times to 5.7 times or greater than that of the state average; that suspension rates in Ramona City Unified Schools, with only 25 black males enrolled, was 60% for multiple suspensions; and that the rates in Alpine and Valley Centre, which are considered rural areas, was greater than San Diego Unified.

The audience, which was a mixture of community, educators and parents, engaged Dr. Wood in an extensive discussion which highlighted the need to make such meetings an ongoing effort. Dr. Wood also signed copies of his book “Black Minds Matter” and provided a handout which is of great help in understanding a very important and complex issue.

Dr. Wood did express his belief that the worst thing to ever happen to education was integration. He spoke of how we lost 50 percent of our Black teachers and never recovered as a result of them gaining positions in integrated school systems. He also gave a very meaningful quote from Dr. Asa Hilliard, a noted scholar whom many of us remember from his visiting lectures here in San Diego years ago. Dr. Hilliard said, “I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them.”

The meeting was moderated by Mr. Robert Tamuzi, co-chairperson of Black Men & Women United. Dr. Ricky Shabazz, President of San Diego City College was also present and contributed to the conversation with Dr. Wood.

District Attorney Summer Stephan

MEETS WITH BM&W UNITED Continuation from Cover: Stephan She spoke of mental health alternatives as well as drug treatment for those in need before incarceration, where possible. She talked about the services now available to the community through the CARE Community Center located at Euclid and Division Avenues and the many services available there.

But all was not great. There were questions about “in custody deaths, use of force,” and what appears to be a failure to indict police officers for their “wrongful conduct.”

Stephan responded with her earlier stated desire for transparency, her promise to share information such as body camera footage and medical examiners reports when completed. There was concern, from some community members present, over the relationship between the D.A. and the Police Departments in San Diego County.

There was also a very strong expression of concern over recent and ongoing actions by the San Diego Unified School District which resulted in complaints being brought to police and the District Attorney’s office as a retaliatory action against parents. It was suggested that the D.A.’s Office consider establishing a task force to look at parent complaints about abuse of process and acts of perjury against parents. The District Attorney agreed to look into the suggestion.

She also indicated that she had taken a look at past felony convictions for marijuana use prior to the passage of Propositions 47 and 57 and that she moved to dismiss those that were no longer felonies under the new laws.

The meeting was moderated by Ms. Francine Maxwell, a co chair of Black Men & Women United. Ms. Maxwell reminded those present that the BM&W United meets every week at the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint location on Tuesday mornings at 8 a.m. and that all are welcome to attend.

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Celebrating

Black History at

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Photos and article by Darrel Wheeler

Last week, residents of Orchard Active Senior Living Apartments in Pt. Loma celebrated Black History Month with a Bar-b-que and Peach Cobbler feast. The residents, with their family and friends, were treated to some R&BJazz-Blues music by Kevin Smith’s Mystique Element of Soul band. Bethel Baptist and San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Good Shepherd award recipient Pastor John Ringgold opened the special event with a meaningful prayer. Dr. John Warren followed Pastor Ringgold with some very informative and important black historical facts. Co-coordinator Arnad “Chicken” Gabriel and his trusty crew were responsible for the busy day’s informative and very tasty event.

“This was a good way for those that didn’t know much about black people’s contribution to our society and to let them know this is celebrated for all people,”. Arnad Gabriel shared. “Today was an awesome celebration. Great music, great food and great people in the same place. You can’t beat that. Praise the Lord.”

Monthly Meeting Discusses Black History and the Census Photos and article - Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer

The BAPAC monthly meeting was one full of information, covering some of the following items: Proposition 47, Census 20/20, redistricting, and the Assembly District Delegate selections which once again fielded a winning slate.

A great deal of time was given to Dr. Suzanne Forbes, a facilitator who addressed the issues of Black prosperity from slavery to the present day. The historical presentation set the tone for a panel discussion which followed and a discussion of the coming 20/20 Census and the Black Political Association of California (BAPAC).

One of the speakers was Roberto Garcia, Census 20/20 Partnership Specialist for San Diego County. Christopher Wilson, Census 20/20 State Board Member, was also present and he provided some insight into the importance of the coming Census count, which will start in April and run through December 2019. The meeting had a tremendous gathering of community resources which will probably be tapped in a great way for the 20/20 Census.

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IN AFRICA’S UNSAFE MINES Newswire Global Information Network

In a nation with sky high unemployment, the promise of found gold, diamonds, and other precious gems scraped out of underground pits makes the reward seem worth the risk.

But this week, dozens of miners in Zimbabwe lost the gamble when two mine shafts west of Harare were f looded by rains. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of 24 miners and many more are feared dead.

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Late breaking news. Voting for the nation’s next president has been called off for today. Thanks for coming. Stay tuned for further announcements.

Not the kind of message one would expect from the superpower of Africa.

But indeed, five hours before polls were set to open on Saturday, Nigeria’s electoral commission announced that unspecified “challenges” had forced a “difficult decision”. Voting materials had not been delivered to all parts of the country and the much-anticipated elections would be postponed for a week. Maybe.

“This was a difficult decision but necessary for the successful delivery of the elections and the consolidation of our democracy,” said commission chair Mahmood Yakubu, speaking to reporters late Friday night.

President Muhammadu Buhari, having just left the mosque in his hometown Daura, wanted no part of the drama and was not going to appear as if he had been forewarned.

“I have given the military and the police instructions to be ruthless.

We are not going to be blamed for the bad conduct of the election," he told senior members of his All Progressives Congress (APC).

Anyone trying to intimidate voters or interfere with the voting "will do it at the expense of his own life", he warned.

The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has suggested that Buhari, a former military ruler who was later elected president in 2015, was behind the postponement in

The PDP criticized the president's comments. "President Buhari's threat to the lives of Nigerians… is a direct call for jungle justice," the party said in a statement.

“So far we have managed to bring out eight miners alive and we are yet to assess and find any more people down there who are still alive,” Tapererwa Paswavaviri, the government’s deputy chief mining engineer told reporters on Saturday at the scene of the accident.

Buhari faces a tight contest against the PDP's Atiku Abubakar to lead a country that has Africa's largest economy and is its top oil producer but is plagued by corruption and wide gaps between rich and poor.

The government said on Friday that between 60 and 70 "artisanal" or subsistence miners were in the two shafts when they were flooded after a dam burst its walls following heavy rains on Tuesday.

On Friday, planes leaving Abuja airport were full of people going home in order to take part in the election.

On Election Day, travel is restricted, and most people walk to polling stations to cast their votes.

The accident shines a light on the dangers facing artisanal gold miners.

order to hold on to power.

Elections for the state governors, due to be held on March 2, were also delayed by a week. The cost of the election, already expected to be 242 billion naira ($670m) will now increase.

For Fisayo Soyombo, the biggest threat to the voting exercise is a low turnout. Of the 14.28 million new voters who registered for this year's election, only 76 percent picked up their voter cards as of the Feb. 9 deadline. Many Nigerians who live far from where they are registered will also find it a challenge as the current law does not allow them to vote at any other location.

“But most importantly, Nigeria's election dates need sacrosanctity,” Soyombo said. “In the U.S., for example, Election Day is set by law to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. So the next US presidential vote is already scheduled for Nov. 3, 2020, granting enough time for preparation and ensuring voter confidence in the electoral system.

“It would be great if Nigeria achieves that by 2023.”

The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), a mining

watchdog, blamed Zimbabwe’s environmental management agency for failing to protect lives by properly decommissioning disused mines. The NGO said the mine should have been sealed to avoid tragedies of this nature.

Trapped miners have no funeral cover and relatives are pleading for government assistance. “I don’t have a funeral policy, burying my child will be very difficult,” said Idah Gwangwari, 60, who lost her son Donald, 20.

Meanwhile, in Liberia, the bodies of five people were recovered from a collapsed pit in the Kartee gold mines located in Nimba, north-eastern Liberia.

Around 40 people were still believed to be trapped after the walls of the pit caved in a week ago Sat-

urday. Fellow miners using their bare hands tried to remove debris to free their fellow miners.

The government has declared Monday a national day of mourning.

A local paper, FrontPageNews, visited the site of the mine collapse and spoke with Emmanuel Koffee, a father of four who said he “escaped death by the mercy of God but it was his quest for glitter that nearly cost him his life.”

The quest for a better life is a driving force behind their digging for gold, said survivor Nathan Daywoe.

Pushing back tears, he lamented that after the death of more than 40 of his peers, the illicit miners were still seen trying to dig for gold before authorities dispatched security personnel to the area.

AFRICAN WWII VETS SEEK FORMAL APOLOGY AND COMPENSATION FROM UK More than half a million black African soldiers who fought in the British army were paid up to three times less than their white counterparts, a newly unearthed document has revealed, prompting calls for an investigation and the government to compensate surviving veterans.

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The UK government is coming under pressure to compensate and

apologize to the last surviving African veterans who fought alongside white British soldiers in the second World War.

The document, buried in Britain’s national archives, reveals how the government systematically discriminated against African soldiers, paying white personnel – even those living in African colonies and serving alongside African soldiers in British colonial units – far more than their black counterparts.

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STATE DEPT RAISES TRAVEL WARNING OVER HAITI UNREST Newswire Global Information Network

Demonstrators are filling the streets of downtown Portau Prince in Haiti as anger and frustration over government mismanagement and corruption boils over.

Protestors are now demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise over the disappearance of nearly $2 billion for a program earmarked for the poor.

The Venezuelan PetroCaribe Discount Oil program provided cheap petroleum products and generous credit terms to Central American and Caribbean nations, throwing them an economic life-line when oil was selling for $100 per barrel.

But instead of paying for hospitals, schools, roads, and other social projects, the money was

mostly diverted into other projects, according to a January report from Haiti's Superior Court of Auditors.

As demonstrators chanted: “Kot kòb PetroCaribe a?” – “Where’s the PetroCaribe money?”, the President and Prime Minister Jean Henry Céant, in an address to the nation, promised to conduct a full investigation into the missing funds.

The straw that broke the camel’s back, according to Kim Ives, writing for Haiti Liberte, was the apparent betrayal of President Moïse against the Venezuelans after their display of solidarity. On Jan. 10, 2019, in a vote at the Organization of American States (OAS), Haiti voted in favor of a Washington-sponsored motion to say that Nicolas Maduro was “illegitimate,” despite winning an election in May 2018

with over two-thirds of the vote.

“Today’s revolution shows all signs of being as profound and unstoppable as that of 33 years ago against playboy dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier,” Ives wrote. Duvalier escaped from Haiti on Feb. 7, 1986 to exile in France on a U.S. Air Force cargo plane. It was the beginning of five years of popular tumult.

The spreading unrest, now in its second week, is beginning to take a humanitarian toll as protesters clash with police, stone ambulances and erect roadblocks shutting off major highways and roads. Canada has advised citizens to avoid all travel to Haiti and the U.S. State Department raised the travel warning to a level 4, telling U.S. citizens: “Do not travel to Haiti due to crime and civil unrest.” The Department of State also ordered the departure of all

non-emergency U.S. personnel and their family members.

“We are living in misery and hunger,” Harold Lazard, 43, a chemistry professor, said in a media interview. The population wants the president to go, “so there can be change, there can be another system, one where we have hospitals that function, healthcare, education, security. With this system we have here the poor are dying of hunger with only dirt to eat.

“It’s not the opposition who closed the country but the population,” he said. “It’s the population that has decided it no longer wants to live in hunger, in misery.”

Ives added: “Ironically, it was Venezuelan solidarity which may have postponed for a decade the political hurricane now engulfing Haiti.”

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HEALTHY LIVING

A Long History of Health Disparities BLACK AMERICANS STILL RECOVERING FROM WRONGFUL PAST

By Danny Peterson

The United States is still recovering from a lack of healthcare access for African Americans and lack of opportunities for black medical professionals.

Critical gains have been made to close the gap in health disparities for African Americans in recent years but there are still significant disparities for African Americans when it comes to high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke.

According to the Center for Disease Control, more African Americans of middle ages are living with or dying of many conditions typically found in white Americans at older ages.

The CDC cites socioeconomic factors, lifestyle behaviors, social environment—like racial discrimination, and lack of access to preventive health-care services--as some of the multiple factors that contribute to the health disparities for African Americans.

On the positive side, the death rate for black Americans has declined about 25 percent over the past decade, and some health experts believe the passage of the Affordable Care Act championed by former President Barack Obama may have lowered socioeconomic disparities in health care access, particularly for states like Oregon that opted in to expand Medicaid.

Disparities in health outcomes are considered a residual effect of segregated healthcare, which persisted through the mid20th century, until the Johnson Administration used the Civil Rights Act as the basis for requiring hospitals to desegregate as a condition for receiving funds from the then-newly established Medicare program in 1966.

Even after Medicaid was enacted, however, many hospitals continued to discriminate against black and poor people until some legal action was done. In the south “separate but equal” hospitals were often inadequate, providing substandard care to people of color, and rarely provided access for black physicians or nurses.

Despite these barriers, the contribution of African Americans

to medicine in the U.S. dates back to the American Revolutionary War. The first African American man to earn a medical degree to practice in the US was physician and scholar Dr. James McCune Smith, who earned his medical degree in Scotland in 1837 after being denied college admission stateside. He was also the first black physician to run a pharmacy he established.

As an abolitionist, he used his medical and statistics training to refute common misconceptions about race, intelligence and medicine.

As the number of African Americans who obtained medical degrees increased, so did a movement by black physicians to form their own medical institutions, teaching hospitals, and medical societies, in response to racism in American medicine.

One of the first physicians to ever perform a successful openheart surgery in the US was African American Dr. Daniel Williams in 1893. He also founded the first interracial and black-owned hospital, Provident Hospital in Chicago, in 1891. He later became chief surgeon at Freedmen’s Hospital— one of less than a handful of traditional black hospitals that still exists today--in Washington, DC, now called Howard University Hospital. Williams later helped form a professional organization for African Americans in medicine, the National Medical Association.

Forty years after Williams made history by performing one of the first open-heart surgeries in the US, African American physician Dr. Myra Adele Logan became the first woman to perform the procedure in 1943. It was thought to be the ninth time the procedure had been performed worldwide.

Dr. Charles Drew pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the US during World War II. Drew, who was African American, helped develop a blood storage program at the American Red Cross but resigned shortly after officials segregated the blood of African Americans. He later became chief surgeon at Freedman’s Hospital and the first black

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sleep disorders. “For example, if there is excess fat in the neck, it can put more pressure on the airway,” Dr. Krish says. “Sugar is the worst; it causes inflammation everywhere, including in the nasal passages, which can cause a person to develop a bad habit of breathing through the mouth. And when that happens, the lower jaw is set back and downward, which can lead to poor tongue position and poor swallowing habits. All of these contribute to sleep issues.”

Load up on Omega 3s. “The typical Western diet is filled with refined carbohydrates and animal proteins and does not include many inflammation-reducing Omega 3s - fatty acids which have been shown to reduce cardiac arrest,” Dr. Krish says. Omega 3 foods Krish recommends include fish - anchovy, mackerel, salmon, sardines - nuts and seeds (walnuts, flax seeds), navy beans and soybeans, and vegetables such as spinach and brussel sprouts.

Eat epigenetic boosters. “An epigenetic diet can maximize the health of DNA,” says Dr. Krish.

“Foods such as broccoli, turmeric, and green tea have demonstrated the ability to slow or reverse damage to the DNA. Foods that are rich in folate - vitamin B9 - improve epigenetics.

These include citrus fruits, strawberries, and leafy green vegetables. Foods rich vitamin B12, such as milk, meat, fish and eggs, also are part of the folate family and boost epigenetics.”

“When it comes to sleep problems, nasal breathing and issues of the jaw and mouth, inflammation is a big culprit,” Dr. Krish says.

“A strong overall diet goes a long way toward reducing it.”

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BUSINESS

Spike Lee Says He Has Had it with

Dr. Dorothy Smith

Gucci and Prada’s Racism

TO BE INDUCTED TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Legendary film director Spike Lee said he’s done with Prada and Gucci after both companies trotted out racist clothing and handbags.

Lee, whose films include “Do the Right Thing,” “She’s Gotta Have It,” “Malcolm X,” and “BlacKkKlansman,” said in a TMZ interview on Friday, Feb. 8, that he’s boycotting the luxury brands until they hire some black designers to hold them accountable.

His announcement came in the wake of a second blackface controversy from the Italian Fashion houses. First Gucci was blasted for unveiling a new $890 blackface sweater.

Prada then joined the fray, releasing a leather handbag with the caricature of what appears to be a monkey in black face dangling from straps of the bag.

The figure is the infamous “Sambo,” which immediately stirred cries of racism.

“Until they hire some black designers to be in the room when [these things] happen … when it happens… I’m boycotting,” Lee said.

“It’s obvious to people that they don’t have a clue when it comes to racist, black face hateful images. Wake up,” he said.

Gucci did issue an apology for its ridiculously offensive balaclava jumper and officials said it’s been pulled from all stores. Gucci officials also vowed to increase diversity across the company ... but Lee told TMZ that he’s taking a wait and see approach.

Neither Prada nor Gucci representatives responded for comment.

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The San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame announced Sunday that it will induct five local women who’ve made a positive difference in their communities. One of those women is education trailblazer Dr. Dorothy Smith. Smith, a career educator and education advocate, is past president of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education and the City of San Diego Ethics Commission. Smith was elected to the San Diego County Board of Education in 1981, and was the first African American woman elected to public office in San Diego County. During her tenure on the board, she helped to establish educational policies and programs to promote equity and excellence. In retirement, she has continued to play an active role in community organizations including Common Ground Theater.

“The honorees chosen represent and reflect the full depth of the diversity of San Diego County,” the Women’s Museum of California stated.

The Annual San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Reception honors women who have positively impacted San Diego County and the people who live here.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9003174 Fictitious business name to be abandoned: TERRELL EL BEY TERRELL ANDREW VANN ESTATE Located at: 3204 44th Street San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 1/03/17 The fictitous business name is being abandoned by: Terrell Andrew Vann 3204 44th Street San Diego, CA 92105 This statement of abandonment was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on February 5, 2019 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 ------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9003179 Fictitious business name: TERRELL VANN TERRELL ANDREW VANN-TOLBERT Located at: 3204 44th Street San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 1/03/17 This business is hereby registered by the following: Terrell Vann El Bey 516 Carlos Street San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on February 5, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on February 5, 2024 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 ------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9002665 Fictitious business name: ICONIC BEAUTY STATION Located at: 9239 Campo Road Suite A Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 1/30/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Brandy Danielle McGowan 212 Pardee Street San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 30, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on January 30, 2024 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 ------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9002922 Fictitious business name:

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9000616 Fictitious business name: LOVE IS IN THE HAIR Located at: 3293 Olive Street Lemon Groove, CA 91945 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 01/08/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Kim Aisha Dungy 6985 Paradise Valley Rd #99 San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 8, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on January 8, 2024 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 ------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9000859 Fictitious business name: DOGPRODUCTSFORALL Located at: 5980 Dandridge Lane #203 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 11/19/18 This business is hereby registered by the following: Kenneth LaVaughan Barnes 5980 Dandridge Lane #203 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 10, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on January 10, 2024 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 ------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9002175 Fictitious business name: HIGHER THINGS Located at: 3240 Olive Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 1/25/18 This business is hereby registered by the following: Loriel Cherrell Price 3240 Olive Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 25, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on January 25, 2024 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 ------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9002541 Fictitious business name: TAJ MAHAL TRANSITIONAL LIVING HOME Located at: 6760 Solita Ave. San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 3/12/18 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lacicia Daymon 8339 Aquaview Court

LEGAL NOTICES Located at: 6120 Decena Drive #214 San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 1/23/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Natalie Megerditch Erkolia 6120 Decena Drive #214 San Diego, CA 92120 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 23, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on January 23, 2024 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 -------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9002006 Fictitious business name: FANCY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST LOUNGE Located at: 5549 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was 1/24/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lashekita Shaney Sutton 1121 Bollenbacher St San Diego, CA 92114 David Guadalupe Galvez 1121 Bollenbacher St San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 24, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on January 24, 2024 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 -------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9002009 Fictitious business name: R.P DENTAL BILLING SERVICE Located at: 3333 East 5th Street National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 1/24/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Rommel Ray Deona Peralta 3333 East 5th Street National City, CA 91950 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 24, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on January 24, 2024 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 ------------------------------------

NAME CHANGE California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00007007CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Morris Sipusi Mulifai TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Morris Sipusi Mulifai filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Morris Sipusi Mulifai PROPOSED NAME: Morris Lotonuu THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 28, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.

C-903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

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Bids shall be received no later than the date and time noted above at: City of San Diego’s Electronic Biding Site PlanetBids at: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal. cfm?CompanyID=17950 James Nagelvoort, Director Department of Public Works February 07, 2019 2/21/19 CNS-3220046# VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWS -----------------------------------

California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00004016CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Lauren Estelle TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Lauren Estelle filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Kimora Rose Collins PROPOSED NAME: Kimora Rose Estelle THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 7, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.

C-903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 ----------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00004994CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Tom Abe Johnson TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Tom Abe Johnson filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Tom Abe Johnson PROPOSED NAME: Tommie Abe Washington THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 21, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS Invitation for Bids (IFB) IRRIGATION SUPPLIES The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is seeking bids for miscellaneous irrigation parts and supplies. A copy of the IFB (5006119) can be accessed from the SANDAG website at www.sandag.org/contracts.

Bids are due by 2:00 p.m. on March 8, 2019.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Diego (City) is seeking to receive Electronic Bids for the below named Public Works project.

The solicitation, including plans and specifications, may be obtained from the City’s website at: https://www.sandiego.gov/cip/ bidopps Contractors intending to submit a Bid must be prequalified.

Please refer to the solicitation for instructions.

Project Name: North City Pure Water Pipeline Project Number: K-19-1744DBB-3 Estimated Value: $ 102,700,000.00 Bid Open Date: 03/26/2019, at 2:00 P.M. License Requirement: A It is the policy of the City of San Diego to encourage equal opportunity in its Construction and Consultant contracts. Bids or proposals from local firms, small, minority-owned, disabled, veteran-owned, and women-owned businesses are strongly encouraged. Contractors are encouraged to subcontract with and/or participate in joint ventures with these firms. The City is committed to equal opportunity and will not discriminate with regard to race,

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) RFP #RED-19-08 Construction Cost Estimating Services SDHC is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors for project number RFP #RED19-08 Construction Cost Estimating Services Interested and qualified firms, including Section 3, Small, Disabled-Veteran, Disadvantaged, Minority and Women-Owned businesses are invited to submit a proposal. The Request for Proposal packet with complete instructions is available for download at the San Diego Housing Commission’s eBidding platform, PlanetBids,.

A series of non-mandatory prebid/site visit conference will be held on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at 1122 Boradway San Diego, Ca 92101 First Floor. Attendance is highly encouraged. Please submit all questions to the below email address: Sealed proposals labeled “Construction Cost Estimating Services No.RED-19-08 BID DOCUMENTS – DO NOT OPEN” will be received until Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. (PST) at the SDHC office above THIRD Floor. No late bids will be accepted.

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Notice is hereby given that the San Diego Unified School District, acting by and through its governing board, will receive sealed bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, transportation, equipment, and services for: FURNISH AND INSTALL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT & SURFACING AT FIVE (5) SCHOOL SITES (BARNARD, CABRILLO, FREESE, JEFFERSON AND JUAREZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS) A mandatory site visit is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on FEBRUARY 28, 2019 in front of the main office of Juarez Elementary School, 2633 Melbourne Drive, San Diego, CA 92123 and upon completion will proceed to Jefferson Elementary School, 3770 Utah Street, San Diego, CA 92104. PLEASE SEE BID FOR DETAILS (No. CP19-0705-08). GENERAL CONTRACTORS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO INVITE SUBCONTRACTORS TO SITE VISITS. All bids must be received at or before 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 14, 2019, at the Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Department, 2351 Cardinal Lane, Bldg. M (WEST DOOR), San Diego, CA 92123, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Under Public Contract Code 3400, the District has made a finding that the following particular materials, products, things, or services are designated by specific brand or trade name in order to match other products in use on the particular public improvement either completed or in the course of completion: Specification Section 11 68 00 Play Field Equipment The project estimate is $900,000 - $950,000.

This is not a PSA project and does not require prequalification. The District requires that Bidders possess any of the following classification(s) of California State Contractors License(s), valid and in good standing, at the time of bid opening and contract award: A, C-61/D-34. All late bids shall be deemed non-responsive and not opened. Each bid shall be in accordance with all terms, conditions, plans, specifications and any other documents that comprise the bid package. The Bid and Contract Documents are available in three formats, hard copy, CD, or online from PlanWell. Hard copy bid documents are available at Crisp Imaging, 8375 Camino Santa Fe, Unit B, San Diego, CA 92121, phone number 858-535-0607, for a refundable payment of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) per set; CD’s are available for a non-refundable charge of $50. Payments shall be made by check payable to SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. If the payment for Bid and Contract Documents is refundable, refunds will be processed by the District only if the Bid and Contract Documents, including all addendums, are returned intact and in good order to Crisp Imaging within ten (10) days of the issuance of the Final Bid Tabulation. Online documents are available for download on PlanWell through Crisp Imaging. Go to www.crispimg.com, click on PlanWell, Public Planroom, search SDUSD (Questions? 949-285-3171). All bids shall be submitted on bid forms furnished by the District in the bid package beginning February 19, 2019. Bid packages will not be faxed. SENATE BILL (SB) 854 REQUIREMENTS: Effective July 1, 2014, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal, or awarded a contract for a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) pursuant to Labor Code §1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code §1771.1(a)]. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. Prime contractors must add the DIR Registration Number for each of their listed subcontractors to the Subcontractors List AND submit a certificate of registration for their own firm and those of their listed subcontractors upon request by the District. Failure of the bidding prime contractor to list their subcontractors DIR Registration Number on the Subcontractors List at time of bid may result in rejection of their bid as non-responsive. Refer to the following DIR Website for further information: www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html PREVAILING WAGES: Prevailing wage requirements apply to all public works projects and must be followed per Article 17 of the General Conditions of this bid. DISABLED VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM: Pursuant to Resolution In Support of Service Disabled Veterans Owned Businesses (SDVOB) and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) approved on May 10, 2011 by the Board of Education, the Bidder is required to satisfy a minimum DVBE participation percentage of at least three percent (3%) for this project. In compliance with this Program, the Bidder shall satisfy all requirements enumerated in the bid package. Each bid must be submitted on the Bid Form provided in the bid package and shall be accompanied by a satisfactory bid security in the form of either a bid bond executed by the bidder and Surety Company, or a certified or cashier's check in favor of the San Diego Unified School District, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of their bid value. Said bid security shall be given to guarantee that the Bidder will execute the contract as specified, within five (5) working days of notification by the District. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of 120 days after the date set for the opening of bids. For information regarding bidding, please call 858-522-5825.

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Their testimony is supported by the research of leading historians of the era. “Pressure was put on chiefs to provide their quota and they forced men to enlist,” says David Killingray, emeritus professor of modern history at Goldsmiths University, who described the experience of individuals “caught up by this system” as appalling.

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The only way Black boys will learn to be Black men is that they must be taught by Black men.

The ultimate goal for Black boys to become Black men is through months and years of studying the rites of passage. The ultimate goal of the rites of passage is to develop greater leadership roles for the youth and the younger Black boys in the Black communities. By teaching Black boys critical thinking and to understand themselves and the world around them, they will determine what it means to be a man and a leader.

Through an intensive process of self-reflection, community and global analysis and understanding of their individual beliefs and goals, Black boys will become men. As older young brothers have completed the rites of passage, they will help recruit younger Black boys and instead of Black boys/men killing each other they will start working to improve their community and spread love.

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Three parliamentarians are demanding that the administration of Theresa May acknowledge the unfair treatment, launch an investigation, issue a formal apology and pay veterans compensation.

Details of the discriminatory practices were highlighted in a documentary for Al-Jazeera English’s People and Power series. The documentary also highlights how, although enlistment was supposed to be voluntary, testimony from surviving veterans and their widows undermines this official line.

One veteran, 93-year-old Gershon Fundi – whom Britain sent to Ethiopia and Somaliland as a signalman – said: “They were treating us as slaves. We were there not because we wanted to be there. But we were forced to go there. If you run, even if you go home, chiefs would arrest you and then you’re going to be brought back. But how can you complain? To whom are you going to complain?”

“We have no voice, we have no voice at all,” he told a Guardian reporter.

Not only were African soldiers in Britain’s forces barred from becoming commissioned officers and from disciplining lower-ranking white soldiers, they were also subjected to corporal punishment, which the British army had officially outlawed for decades.

“They beat us,” said Eusebio Mbiuki, a 100-year-old veteran who served in Britain’s Burma campaign against the Japanese. “They beat us a lot. Our bodies became so swollen from the beatings. They would beat us and slap us until you accepted everything you were being told.

And you couldn’t answer back. Who would you speak to? They were your commanders.”

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News Outlet Plans Lawsuit to Obtain ‘Incriminating’ Emails Linked to Cosby Accuser’s Lawyer and Prosecutor

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Prosecutors who won a conviction against Bill Cosby have refused a request from the owners of YC News for emails between Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele, who led the criminal prosecution against Cosby, and Delores Troiani, an attorney who represented Andrea Constand in her civil proceedings against Cosby. YC News is a Philadelphia-area news organization that covered both of the convicted comedian’s trials.

In an alert posted on its Facebook Page, YC News claimed the emails were so incriminating that they “could void Cosby’s sentence.” YC News’ parent company, Original Media Group Corporation, plans to file a federal lawsuit to obtain the emails.

YC News has said that it seeks the emails in order to gain additional insight into any prior relationship and/or information exchanged between Steele and Troiani that may have impacted the course of Cosby’s trial proceedings.

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YC News pointed to a May 2016 federal hearing in which Troiani admitted under oath that she had worked with Steele when he was the acting Deputy District Attorney of Montgomery County, supplying his office with documents stored in her basement.

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ongoing and active criminal investigation, the news outlet argued. “It’s even more peculiar that Steele relied on information provided by a civil attorney representing Constand, who had used that information in a civil suit against Cosby.”

Troiani told Judge Eduardo C. Robreno that Steele visited her in July of 2015, asking for a copy of the Cosby file that had been used in the 2005 criminal investigation and civil suit.

Troiani stated that she had approximately ten boxes in her basement and that she handed them over to Steele.

Troiani didn’t know exactly what the boxes that she handed over to Steele contained, according to her court statements. “Can I recreate what I gave the D.A.’s Office? No.,” Troiani told Judge Robreno. “I have no idea.”

A few months later, and just ten days before the 2015 election that would determine Montgomery County, PA’s next District Attorney, a federal suit was filed against Steele’s opponent Bruce Castor. Castor was the District Attorney that declined to criminally charge Cosby in 2005.

A primary focus (some would say “the” primary focus) of Steele’s campaign messaging was Castor’s “poorly run” investigation of Cosby.

The message was fueled by an ad campaign at

least partially financed via a timely $45,000 donation from Steele’s brother.

YC News reported that the host of unreleased emails could shed light on any unsavory dealings between Troiani and Steele, including information that would suggest that Constand admitted to lying about the Cosby assault.

The emails were said to be a central part of dueling lawsuits between Castor and Constand, both of whom sued each other alleging defamation. “[My] well-reasoned decision to not prosecute Cosby, based upon their client’s marked inconsistencies and behavior, would, apparently, serve to compromise Troiani’s …goals,” Castor said in court filings. “That Steele used evidence from a civil suit to build a criminal case, with Troiani’s help, is usually tough to do because of the different burdens of proof.”

YC News’ filing suggests that it was for that reason, the first jury in the 2017 Cosby trial failed to reach a verdict after 10 days of deliberation.

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