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Smith, Carlos Carlos, Berry Demand Change in Olympic Protest Rule

By Eddie Pells Associated Press

Gwendolyn Berry holds her Activist Athlete T-shirt over her head during the medal ceremony after the finals of the women’s hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. on June 26, 2021.(AP Photo/ Charlie Riedel, File)

Oct. 16, 1968: U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos extend gloved hands skyward in racial protest during the playing of national anthem after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. (AP Photo/File)

Pandemic Problems of

Food Insecurity Are Not Over see page 3

The Carnival at Jacobs Center

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Los Angeles County Returns

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Ted Patrick,

Still Going Strong at 91 see page 9

Where is Southeastern San Diego Now? The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t finished with San Diego yet

By Cori Zaragoza Staff Writer What has changed from June 2020 to June 2021 in terms of COVID-19? The data doesn’t lie—while vaccination rates in San Diego are up, the threat of COVID-19 still lingers. A report by the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) reported 1,264 new cases on July 23, 2021, the highest number since February 5, 2021.

In June 2020, Southeastern San Diego experienced 1,955 new cases of COVID19. Comparatively, in June 2021, a whopping 36,840 new cases were reported in Southeastern San Diego.

While cases are expected to go down with the uptick of vaccinations, residents must still take precautions to stay safe from COVID-19.

Despite California re-opening, the pandemic is still a threat. San Diego local,

CAL TOP EDUCATOR

Tony Thurmond Says Schools on Track for Safe Reopening

$75 Million Land to Black Family Visitors to Bruce’s Beach in 1920, featured in the book “Living the California Dream,”

by Alison Rose Jefferson. (Credit: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection – UCLA)

Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Gwen Berry are among the more than 150 athletes, educators and activists who signed a letter July 22 urging the IOC not to punish participants who demonstrate at the Tokyo Games.

The five-page letter, published on the eve of the Olympics, asks the IOC not to sanction athletes for kneeling or raising a fist, the way Smith and Carlos did at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Berry, the American hammer thrower who triggered much of this debate, has said she intends to use

COVID-19 2021:

decided to return the family’s Manhattan Beach property that estimates show might be worth as much as $75 million.

The beach resort once flourished while welcoming African American visitors in the 1920s – a time when Black people and other minorities weren’t allowed on White beaches.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Nearly a century after the government allegedly used trickery and eminent

domain to seize their valuable property, the family of Charles and Willa Bruce are finally receiving justice.

Officials in Los Angeles County reportedly have

The property famously took on the name “Bruce’s B e a c h .”

Me a nw h i l e , descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce had fought for years to have the land returned to the family.

“It was a very important place because there was no other place along the coast of California where African Americans could actually go See RETURNS page 2

By Manny Otiko California Black Media California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond says school districts across the state are prepared to open safely in the fall even as COVID-19 cases surge in California and around the country.

The new spike in COVID19 positive rates across the state are driven by infections involving the more contagious Delta variant.

Thurmond was speaking online at a recent Safe Schools for All seminar featuring several California education experts. On the call, Thurmond gave par-

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Rynne Griggs, applauded the ongoing efforts of the County while remaining cautious: “We’re at a much better place than we were at a year ago when we were still in lockdown. But I have noticed a mask resurgence, even in the last few days. At work, a bunch more people are wearing masks again.

And it’s kind of made me think about, like, maybe I should be wearing my mask again too.”

Irma, a 73 year old local, echoed the sentiment of hope with a tinge of worry: “I’m so happy to be able to see my family again, but I’m scared we will go back into lockdown if not enough people get the [COVID-19] shot.”

Others, like San Diego native Ramon, believe our way out of the pandemic See COVID-19 page 2

ents a preview of what they will likely face when their children return to class in the fall.

He mentioned that he visited Camarena Elementary School in the Chula Vista Elementary School District and that the school opened July 21 successfully implementing the new mask requirements. About 900 of the 1000-member student body were present, he said.

“Everyone was wearing a mask,” he said. “Everyone was following protocol.” On Friday, Thurmond visited a summer learning program at Monte Vista Elementary School in Los Angeles County. “ The CD C and t he California Department of Public Health have already provided guidance that even as case rates increase, if everyone is wearing a mask and everyone who can get a vaccine gets one, we can keep our schools open safely,” Thurmond said. Thurmond also said that vaccines were vital to returning to normal.

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION Protest: continued from cover

her Olympic platform to point out racial inequality in the United States.

She turned away from the flag when the national anthem played while she was on the medals stand at the Olympic trials last month.

The IOC has made changes to its Rule 50 that bans political demonstrations at the Games, and has said it will allow them on the field, so long as they come before the start of action. Players from five Olympic soccer teams took to their knees Wednesday before their games on the opening night for that sport.

But the IOC did not lift the prohibition on medals-stand demonstrations, and has left some of the decision-making about punishment up to individual sports federations.

champion Lalia Ali. The letter disputed the IOC’s long-held position that the Olympics should remain neutral, arguing that “neutrality is never neutral.”

“St aying neutral “We do not believe means staying silent, and staying silent the changes made means supporting reflect a commitongoing injustice,” it ment to freedom of expression as a fun- John Carlos, left, and Tommie Smith pose for a Oct. 17, 2018 photo in front of a said. The letter also that honors their iconic, black-gloved protest at the 1968 Olympic Games, damental human statue took issue with an on the campus of San Jose State University. Smith and Carlos are among the more right nor to racial than 150 people who signed a letter urging the IOC not to punish participants athlete survey conand social justice who demonstrate at the Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File) ducted by the IOC athletes’ commission in global sports,” that found widespread supsaid the letter, which was also signed by Ali’s daughposted on the website of the port for Rule 50. The comter, four-time boxing world Muhammad Ali Center and mission cited the survey as

a central reason for making the recommendation to largely keep the rule intact.

“The report provides no information on racial/ethnic demographics or insights into the research instrument used and steps taken to strengthen the validity and trustworthiness of the data,” the letter said.

The largest cross-section of the 3,547 athletes surveyed came from China (14%), where protests were overwhelmingly frowned upon by those who answered the questions. U.S. athletes were the second-largest contingent to answer (7%), followed by athletes from

Japan (6%). Among the others to sign the letter were fencer Race Imboden, who, along with Berry, was placed on probation by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee for demonstrating on the medals stand at the Pan American Games in 2019. The USOPC later changed its stance and will not sanction athletes who protest in Tokyo. Also signing was Harry Edwards, the longtime activist who organized the Olympic Project for Human Rights, which led to the gestures in Mexico City by Smith and Carlos.

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is through vaccines. “I still think that people are underestimating [COVID-19] to a point, I think we still should be a lot more guarded than people want to feel. They feel like it’s all over but I don’t think it’s over. We have done a lot but there are still a lot of people who aren’t vaccinated. And Winter is coming so you figure, we need to get everyone vaccinated now before we reach a bigger problem,” he said.

Only about 50% of adults in the U.S. are currently fully vaccinated. San Diego is a different story. Our county had a goal of vaccinating 75% of residents 12 and older, or 2,101,936 people, with at least one dose by June 2021. San Diego has exceeded that and is now at 106.9% of the goal population having received at least one vaccine, while 92.3% of the goal population are fully vaccinated.

The Unvaccinated Account for Almost All COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations

According to a July 7, 2021 report by the County of San Diego HHSA, a total of 98%

of hospitalizations in the last 30 days are in individuals who are not vaccinated or have not completed the full series of the two-dose vaccine.

Reported Cases: According to a July 21 report from The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, between July 14 and July 21, 2021, 3,465 COVID-19 cases were reported in San Diego County, an 82% increase of reported infections from the week before. The region’s

total is now 288,681. San Diego County’s case rate is 7.6 cases per 100,000 residents as of July 20, 2021.

Community Setting Outbreaks: 22 new community outbreaks were confirmed between July 14 and July 20, 2021: 10 in restaurant/bar

settings, four in business settings, two in day camp settings, one in a campground setting, one in a restaurant setting, one in a construction setting, one in a government setting, one in a retail setting and one in a faithbased setting.

Am I fully vaccinated?

In general, people are con-

sidered fully vaccinated: 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine See COVID-19 page 5

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and enjoy the water,” Chief Duane Yellow Feather Shepard, the Bruce family historian and spokesperson said in a local interview.

According to media reports, Willa and Charles Bruce fought back legally but received only $14,000 in compensation.

Regularly facing threats and intimidation tactics from the Ku Klux Klan and other White supremacists, the Bruce family maintained their property and kept the resort open.

Now, city officials have placed the value of the property at $75 million.

But in 1924, the city council cited eminent domain as a reason to take the land, reportedly under the guise of building a park. “However, the land remained untouched for years,” the Insider reported.

“When I first realized that the county-owned the property that was once Willa and Charles Bruce’s Beach Lodge, I knew that returning it to the Bruce family was the right thing to do,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn told CBS Los Angeles in a statement.

“But this is the first time a

government has done anything like this, and there were a lot of questions about how it would work.”

For the family and Shepard, there remains more work.

“Our next step will be, once we get that land restored to us, is to go after them for the restitution, for the loss of revenue for 96 years of our family from the business, the loss of generational wealth, and the punitive damages for their collusion with the Ku Klux Klan in disenfranchising our family,” Shepard remarked.

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He also reminded African Americans to make sure to get the vaccines. However, he noted that the Black community was lagging behind the vaccination rate.

As of July 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 4% of vaccinated people in California are Black.

African Americans account for 6% of California’s population. Vaccines are now available for children aged 12 to 18.

Bardach reminded parents that scientists and medical professionals had gathered a lot more information about the coronavirus since it first hit America more than a year ago. In 2020, schools closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and children transitioned to distance learning conducted mainly through online classes. However, Bardach said parents have noticed that there are some downsides to this form of instruction.

Thurmond also added that while many parents have complained about distance learning, some African American parents say they prefer it because their children don’t have to deal with bullying or harassment.

One of the featured speakers at the online seminar was Dr. Naomi Bardach, Safe Schools for All team lead. She gave a presentation on some important facts to know about the coronavirus and how it affects children.

She said parents have observed that their children are experiencing emotional issues such as depression and sleeplessness. Some children are missing the social interaction of being in school. Bardach also said medical research has shown that children are less likely to catch the coronavirus than older people.

According to her, most children contract the disease from a close relative, not from fellow students or school personnel.

However, there are things that adults can do to reduce the spread of the virus among children.

“Vaccines for adults are key to prevention in kids,” she said. “Vaccines mean kids can return to the things they enjoy.” Schools plan to return to in-class education with a host of new weapons to fight the coronavirus pandemic. According to Bardach, some of the methods the schools will use to contain the virus are testing, masks, ventilation and increased sanitation.

“Masks are very effective in preventing transmission,” she said. There are several ways to get vaccinated, such as at-school sites, health departments and pharmacies. Schools also offer testing. The state has provided schools with $5 million to pay for rapid testing.

Another recommendation to reduce the spread of the coronavirus is to make sure sick children remain at home, said Bardach.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION The politics of the 15th Amendment Pandemic Problems of to the U.S. Constitution Food Insecurity Are Not Over EDITORIAL

By David L. Horne, PH.D.

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint There are still families and individuals in our community who do not have enough to eat each day. While some food distribution has slowed down, the needs are still present. Many of those providing the distribution of food say they are running into a shortage of volunteers to handle the process. We are also still confronted with the issue of school being out, but not hunger. We still have high unemployment in our high risk communities. And, now we are faced with a new virus at the same time that many continue to resist getting vaccinated even though there is no cost other than their time to get the shot.

This paper does not want our communities of color, in particular, to be misled. Many of those among us who have not taken the vaccine by choice are in some of the most high risk jobs. We saw the impact of the COVID19 virus on those persons in round one of this virus.

So what can we do now? We can continue testing, get the vaccine, and wear a mask, regardless of what the governmental agencies are saying about the safety of going without one.

We can be mindful that the infection rate among those who have been vaccinated exists, but, so far, has not been fatal even - though there have been some hospitalizations. We can talk to those around and among us

who are vaccine resistant. If they don’t take the vaccine, then we should limit our contact with them for our own safety and the safety of others even though we have been vaccinated.

We must give very serious personal thought about our children and their return to schools. No one will care about them as much as you, the parent. It cannot be enough to say that we have reduced the number of children in a classroom to 17 or 18 when in the past that number has been 30 or more. If the class is cut in size, then who is teaching the second group; and are they getting the same level of instruction and not being parked with an adult as a babysitter with no skills?

In a fairly recent political science class, a student asked me why the 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution did not protect citizens from the slew of recent state Republican Party-based legislation that blatantly discriminated against Black and Brown citizens, as White politicians exhibited their growing fear of being outvoted in the near future by non-white majorities.

Trying to give a thoughtful and meaningful answer, I said this: The 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the last of the three Radical Reconstruction additions to the U.S. Constitution aimed at protecting the integration of former slaves into the regular American system (the other two were of course the 13th, which ended slavery, and the 14th which made Black folk citizens).

The 15th amendment was very short—in fact, the shortest of the three.

In only two sections, the amendment simply said, “ The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (Section One), and “Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” (Section 2).

In practice, the 15th amendment was basically ignored for almost 100 years, as states easily enacted laws that showed the amendment no respect. The federal court rarely cited the amendment in any decision, generally using the 14th amendment instead (especially the Due Process clause). Part of the problem with the 15th amendment was that it did not provide any action phase to its stipulation, nor any procedure to quantify when and how to determine whether a law discriminated against Black citizens voting. In Giles v.

Harris (1903), for example, the Supreme Court stated that the 15th amendment did not provide the court with the power to order Southern states to comply with it. And later that year, in James v. Bowman (1903), the Court concluded that the 15th Amendment did

not give Congress the power to punish private individuals (like the KKK) who did things to prevent AfricanAmericans from voting.

Probably the most famous case of finally using the amendment for the benefit of Black citizens was Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960). There the Supreme Court ruled that Tuskegee, Ala., had violated the Fifteenth Amendment when it illegally re-drew the city’s boundaries from a basic square to an “uncouth, virtually unrecognizable twenty-eight-sided figure” that placed the residences of virtually the entire Black population outside the city’s boundaries so they couldn’t vote in city elections. Tuskegee then simply figured out another way to accomplish the same thing.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act was the law that gave teeth to the 15th amendment. It provided a viable mechanism through which the federal government could step in and put a direct halt to clearly discriminatory state laws passed to hinder Black people voting. That law, after over 40 years of real impact, was gutted by the Supreme Court in

the 2013 Shelby v. Holder case that ruled that states no longer had to submit new voting procedures to the federal government for approval. The Court said that states were no longer engaging in direct exclusions of Black voting.

The new hope for the future, I said in conclusion, is the new legislation pending before Congress now ( particularly the U.S. Senate— the House has already passed both pieces of legislation) called H.R. 1 (the For the People Act) and H.R. 4 (the John Lewis Voting Rights Act). Those pieces of legislation would guarantee the rights the 15th amendment tried to ensure.

Time will tell, very soon, whether the Democrats can bend the Senate forward to pass that needed legislation. Otherwise, the 15th amendment will be a dead letter as part of the U.S. Constitution.

Professor David L. Horne is founder and executive director of PAPPEI, the Pan African Public Policy and Ethical Institute. This article originally appeared in OurWeekly.

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Update on President Biden’s Promise to “Have our Backs”

By Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC) House Majority Whip When he was declared winner of the Presidential contest, Joe Biden acknowledged the pivotal role Blacks played in his success, declaring that he would “have our backs.”

Joe Biden has accomplished a lot, and a lot remains to be done. I maintain that the best predictor of future performance is past behavior. I also maintain that this country does not need to be made great. It already is.

Our challenge is to make the country’s greatness accessible and affordable for all its citizens. To meet this challenge, President Joe Biden has put together the most diverse Cabinet the country has ever seen, and many of his appointments are history making. Consider the following: • Lloyd Austin, III, the first African American to head the Defense Department; • Cecilia Rouse, the first African American to chair the Council of Economic Advisers; • Janet Yellen, the first

woman to head the Treasury Department; • Xavier B ecer ra and Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Latinos to head He a lt h and Human Services and Homeland Security, respectively; • Isabel Guzman, the first Latina to lead the Small Business Administration; • Deb Haaland, the first Native American to lead the Interior Department; • Katherine Tai, the first Asian Pacific Islander to serve as the U.S. Trade Representative; and • Pete Buttigieg, the first openly LGBTQ member of a Presidential Cabinet; And, while not the first African Americans to hold thes e p ositions, Biden name d Marcia Fudge to head Housing

and Urban Development, Michael Regan to head the Environmental Protection Agency, and Linda ThomasGreenfield as Ambassador to the United Nations.

Executive Orders On his first day in office Joe Biden signed 17 of his 52 executive orders, and since then, he has taken other significant executive actions.

Many of these actions have reversed “45’s” policies that discriminated against Blacks and other minorities. He issued a directive to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to shore up the implementation of the Fair Housing Act. And he instructed federal agencies to report later this year on improving equity in their offices, their policies, and their programming.

The Biden Administration has launched an all-of-government effort to expand federal contracts with small

and disadvantaged businesses (SDB). Today, just 10 percent of federal contracts are with SDBs, and President Biden has set a goal to increase that by 50 percent by 2026, translating to an additional $10 billion investment over the next five-year period.

by half, with an even greater decrease among Black children. It is putting up to $3600 per child under 6 and $3000 per child ages 6 through 17 into parents’ pockets, starting with monthly payments over the next 6 months, to help families get back on their feet after COVID 19’s devastation.

To further fulfill his promise to “Build Back Better,” P re s i d e nt B i d e n h a s launched some unprecedented legislative initiatives: three of which are the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the American Jobs Plan, and the American Families Plan.

The American Rescue Plan has been signed into law and the benefits of its centerpiece, the Child Tax Credit, began reaching the American people on July 15th.

Black Farmers

Child Tax Credit (CTC)

The Judiciary

Experts say that expansion of the CTC will decrease the children living in poverty

The ARP contains $5 billion to right the wrongs visited upon Black farmers by the Department of Agriculture for nearly a century, wrongs that resulted in huge losses of land and wealth. Now, Stephen Miller, a former White House Senior Advisor to “45,” has formed the “American First Legal Foundation,” and they are suing to deny relief to Black farmers.

While the opportunity to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court has yet to present itself, we can look

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at Biden’s appointments to lower courts to know that he is keeping his word to “have our backs.” Biden has gotten eight judges confirmed.

To date, Biden has nominated a total of 32 federal judges including several of whom are Black, Hispanic, and Native American; and the first Muslim American nominated to the Federal District Court.

HBCUs The ARP invests in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions (MSIs). This legislation includes a record $3 billion in funding, which can be used to support vulnerable students, monitor and suppress the coronavirus, and reengage students whose education was disrupted by the pandemic. There is also a temporary student loan debt relief provision included.

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STATE/NATIONAL NEWS PROFILE:

Sydney Kamlager, The Only Black Female in California’s Senate

By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media

In a faded photo from 1975, is a smiling woman, a formerly enslaved person, sporting a metallic gray birthday hat. In front of her is a 3-year-old Sen. Sydney Kamlager. “Gram was born a slave and freed by Lincoln.

She carried her papers to prove her freedom every day of her life,” the California Senator tweeted, sharing her greatgreat grandmother’s photo with her followers.

Kamlager, the only Black woman serving in the California Senate, spoke with California Black Media about her career, what inspires her and the priorities she has fought for since her term began. “It is a heavy and awesome responsibility, feeling like I am speaking for millions of women like me,” Kamlager said, talking about being the only Black woman in the state Senate.

“I don’t take it lightly and I’m trying to get more of us in there,” she said. Kamlager says her great-great-grandmother is one of her great-

est inspirations. “When she was born, she was not free, and her DNA is inside of me.

That’s the thing that motivates me, that this woman in my family was strong enough to live through that circumstance. It’s something that I wake up and think about every day,” said Kamlager.

Kamlager attributes her success to her parents and counts them as another source of inspiration. “My parents were social justice activists in Chicago, fighting to make sure that community members had access to healthcare and housing,” she said.

“I come from a family that was denied housing because they were interracial.” Her life in public service started in Chicago, she says.

“I got my first taste of politics helping my grandmother work to get Harold Washington elected as the first Black mayor of Chicago,” Kamlager recalled.

Kamlager left Chicago to attend the University of

Southern California.

She was there when the 1992 Los Angeles r iots broke out. That experience helped strengthen her resolve to enter public life, she says.

“It was the first time I saw what happens when a city stops listening to its communities,” she said. “The next summer, I spent time working to figure out how we could both rebuild LA and build bridges between communities.”

Kamlager’s journey to becoming a California elected official began in 2017 when she threw her hat in the 54th Assembly District race to complete the term of former Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.

The next year, she won the special election and was sworn into office in April.

Then, in November 2020, she announced her run for

Our Black mothers are 3x more likely to die during pregnancy *

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the State Senate when former Sen. Holly Mitchell resigned.

Kamlager won that special election in March. Now, as the state Senator representing the 30th District, criminal justice, health care, housing and racial equity are among Kamlager’s priorities.

“I spend a lot of time in the criminal justice space. I have a number of bills this year that focus on criminal and legal issues,” Kamlager said.

“One is AB 333 which is a due process bill as it relates to gang enhancement charges. Another bill AB 127 got signed into law by the governor this Monday which says that prosecutors can also attest to an arrest warrant of a police officer involved in a police shooting. And ACA 3 which is about taking involuntary servitude out of the state constitution,” she continued. The Senator also spoke about economics and how it impacts the lives of Black Californians.

“It is incredibly important to talk about the economics of Black America and Black California and to connect that to issues of housing, transportation, jobs

because of racial bias.

and education,” Kamlager said. For her, an important part of the Black economic power conversation is reparations. “I’ve been incredibly supportive of the reparations task force that is moving along and making sure that some of these things get agendized,” she said.

Kamlager mentioned the ongoing inequity in the medical sector, an issue that the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare. “I introduced a number of implicit bias bills to have training in our medical community because we saw who was getting treated and who wasn’t,” she said.

Kamlager says her office used the Budget Act of 2021 to help fund local programs, including art, healthcare and housing initiatives.

About $400 million of the state’s $267.1 billion budget this year supports projects to which Kamlager and her team helped steer funding.

“I was very active in this year’s budget negotiations,” Kamlager continued. “I was instrumental in the work to get $30 million to our public hospitals, which we know were ground zero for so many of the COVID cases.” Childcare providers were heroes who stepped up during the pandemic, she says. They took care of children as their essential worker parents soldiered on to make sure the economy and health

care systems kept running.

Another one of her priorities is housing equity through efforts like Project Room Key, a state program created in response to the pandemic.

It provides motel and hotel rooms for people experiencing homelessness. Programs like that expose some of the same inequities they were designed to diminish, Kamlager points out.

“With Project Room Key, the majority of the homeless individuals that got placed during the pandemic were White homeless individuals even though we know 62% of the folks who are homeless are Black,” she said.

The senator also addressed the rise of hate crimes. “We can elevate the issues of African Americans when we are on the floor giving speeches,” she continued.

“We have done that. We will do that. But there is an element of fear that is predicated on the history of this country, and it’s based on the fact that Black people, one, are feared, and two, are not valued.”

“Legislation doesn’t fix that, she added. “It is the collective energy and voices of Black Californians, Black Americans and their allies elevating those discrepancies and disparities so that folks are able to reflect on them.”

Candace Parker to be First Woman on NBA 2K Cover

Discrimination continues to cause higher pregnancy issues for our Black mothers in San Diego. Having a doctor that listens to you is more important than ever. You deserve to be respected, heard, and treated with care.

By Doug Feinberg Associated Press Candace Parker grew up playing video games, and now she’ll be the first female basketball player on the cover of one. The Chicago Sky star will appear on the NBA 2K22 cover for the WNBA 25th Anniversary special edition when it’s released Sept. 10. “I grew up a video game fanatic, that’s what I did, to the point where my brothers would give me the fake controller when I was younger where I think I was playing and I wasn’t,” Parker said. “All I wanted to do was just be like them. As a kid growing up, you dream of having your own shoe and dream of being in a video game.

Those are an athlete as a kid’s dreams. To be able to experience that, I don’t take it lightly.”

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Tomorrow’s Black legacy deserves protecting today.

Jordan, Lemon Grove Funded by the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Division

*Source: Based on comparison of African-American/Black and White 2014-2018 average maternal and late maternal mortality rates (55.2 vs. 16.5 deaths per 100,000 live births, respectively). Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2018 and Natality public-use data 2007-2018, on CDC WONDER Online Database. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov on June 9, 2020.

Parker said when she was just starting in the WNBA in 2008, she might not have appreciated it as much as she does now. “I think when you’re young and experience these type of things, you’re onto the next thing,” she said. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve really savored

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the moment.” Parker joins an exclusive group of female athletes to adorn covers of sports games.

Shawn Johnson was on a Gymnastics by Wii game in 2010, and Jelena Dokic was on a tennis game in the early 2000s.

“Everyone is looking at it that it’s impacting little girls, but it’s also impacting little boys and young men and young women and men and women. Now more than ever, fans want to follow the athlete. Through social media, through video games, it’s adding and benefitting the WNBA,” Parker said.

The 35-year-old former MVP knows that there were

a lot of players who could have been the first and was humbled by the fact that she was the one they chose.

“It means a lot to me. I eat, sleep and breathe basketball,” she said.

Parker joins Luka Dončić, who was named cover athlete for the game’s regular edition, and Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who were recognized as cover athletes for the NBA 75th Anniversary Edition. While the WNBA will be on an Olympic break for the next month, Parker will be busy. The two-time Olympic gold medalist will be commentating the medal rounds at the Tokyo Games.

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Rent & Utility Help for County Residents Funds still available to assist those affected by COVID-19 Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

housing representative.

San Diego County residents financially impacted by COVID-19 who need help paying their rent and utilities may qualify for assistance through the County of San Diego’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). The application period will be open until funds are no longer available. For more information visit www.sdhcd.org, or call (858) 694-4801 to speak to a

• The ERAP program serves all areas of the San Diego region • The ERAP program does not serve the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista.

Residents of San Diego or Chula Vista can visit www.ERAPsandiego.org for rental assistance information in their area.

Note

Program Updates

The ERAP program is now

able to: • Provide 100% payment of past due rent to either landlords or tenants (previously 80% to landlords, 25% to tenants).

• Provide 100% payment for future rent (previously 25%).

• Provide to tenants and landlords who have previously been awarded, the receipt of the difference in program amounts without needing to reapply.

• Provide help with utility assistance.

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Application Resources

• Informational webinars for landlords are held on: • The 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

• To join the meeting and get more information, visit: COVID19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (sandiegocounty.gov).

Community-Based Organizations Available to Assist Tenants: Chicano Federation 3180 University Ave Ste. 400 San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 285-5600 X382 Mental Health America 4069 30th Street San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 253-6194

SBCS 430 F Street Chula Vista, CA 91910 (619) 420-3620 La Maestra 4060 Fairmount Ave. San Diego, CA 92105 (619) 269-1254 License to Freedom 131 Avocado Ave. El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 3876056 License to Freedom 131 Avocado Ave. El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 321-8174

SOURCE: County of San Diego

Red Cross: Emergency Need for Local Donors

By Dana Simmons Southern California Red Cross The American Red Cross has an emergency need for lifesaving blood amid the ongoing severe blood shortage.

Blood and platelet donations continue to be critical to meet hospital demand and the public is urged to make an appointment to give now.

The Red Cross has been distributing about 12% more blood products to hospitals across the U.S. compared to

mer season. Schedule an appointment to give blood or platelets by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa, 2000 2nd St

Donation opportunities in San Diego Aug. 1-15:

8/8/2021: 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 1831 South El Camino Real

Cardiff by the Sea 8/11/2021: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1444 Lake Drive

Encinitas 8/5/2021: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Seacoast Community Church, 1050 Regal Rd

Escondido 8/7/2021: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Escondido East Valley Community Center, 2245 East Valley Parkway 8/11/2021: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., North Coast Church San Marcos/ Escondido, 1451 Montiel Road 8/14/2021: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Escondido East Valley Community Center, 2245 East Valley Parkway Fallbrook 8/5/2021: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1620 S Stage Coach Lane

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this time last year. The Red Cross needs to collect more than 1,000 additional blood donations each day to meet the current hospital demand and end the severe blood shortage.

Donors who give now will help stock the shelves as we wind down the sum-

Chula Vista 8/9/2021: 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Chula Vista Center, 555 Broadway, Suite 138 8/10/2021: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., South Bay Family YMCA, 1201 Paseo Magda Coronado 8/11/2021: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.,

La Jolla 8/10/2021: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Residence Inn, 8901 Gilman Drive Oceanside 8/9/2021: 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., YMCA, 4701 Mesa Dr

ARTICLE CONTINUATION COVID-19: continued from page 2

If you don’t meet these requirements, regardless of your age, you are NOT fully vaccinated.

be charged. To find a vaccine provider near you please visit vaccines.gov

How can I get vaccinated?

What if I still become diagnosed with COVID-19?

The most effective way to avoid catching the coronavirus is by getting the vaccine.

COVID-19 vaccines are offered at no-cost through health providers and public clinics/walk-ups. Vaccines are free and you will never

Family Health Centers (FHC) of San Diego offer free testing and outpatient treatments for those diagnosed with COVID-19 to help patients manage symptoms at home. FHC offers free monoclonal antibody

therapy, which both reduces the symptoms of COVID-19 and the chance of being hospitalized due to the illness.

This treatment is only effective within the first 10 days of illness, so it is important to get tested at the first sign of exposure or symptoms.

For more information and appointments visit crushcovid. com or call 619-906-5420

8/12/2021: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m., Oceanside Masonic Center, 511 Eucalyptus 8/12/2021: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Oceanside First Presbyterian Church, 2001 El Camino Real San Diego Kearny Mesa Blood

Donation Center, 4229 Ponderosa Ave., Suite C (See RedCrossBlood.org for hours) 8/5/2021: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., The Church at Rancho Bernardo, 11740 Bernardo Plaza Court 8/10/2021: 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Delta Air Lines, 3835 N Harbor Dr, Terminal 2

San Marcos 8/13/2021: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., The Lodge at Lake San Marcos, 1105 La Bonita Dr Spring Valley 8/11/2021: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., McGrath YMCA, 12006 Campo Rd

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HEALTHY LIVING Tips to Keep Kids’ Minds Active All Summer Long School is out and already parents are hearing the dreaded, “I’m bored.”

Unfortunately, too much mental downtime in summer can leave kids floundering in fall. To keep minds active all summer long, check out these brain energizing tips and ideas:

• Take a hike: Whether your children were learning remotely or in-person this past school year, they are likely due for some

quality time spent outdoors. Take a hike with your kids or go on a camping trip. Exploring the natural world offers a geology, biology and ecology lesson wrapped up into one experience.

• Make math fun: Keep students’ mathematics skills honed during the summer months by visiting the Casio Education website.

Found at casioeducation. com/activities, this free

resource features tons of tools that help incorporate technology into mathematics learning.

Plus, Casio’s free all-inone web-based mathematics software ClassPad. net offers a personalized approach to math and can be fun for kids to use whether on a road trip or home on a rainy day.

Finally, Casio’s YouTube channel is another good summer resource, as it

Tips For Shedding Those Pandemic Pounds Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Living may be easier during the warmer weather seasons but that doesn’t mean your wellness goals should be swept under the rug.

To help, GOLO, the pioneering wellness solutions company, has a range of healthy suggestions for the summer, whether you’re at home, road tripping with

friends and family, or grilling in your backyard.

#1. Develop an action plan: Use this time as an opportunity to develop a nutritionally balanced meal plan that focuses on real, whole foods that charge your metabolism and help you feel energized.

A structured meal plan can

help you lose weight and get healthier. For example, the company’s Metabolic Plan focuses on repairing metabolic health with whole foods that are affordable, simple to prepare and easy to find in a restaurant or convenience store.

It’s effective because: • You stay fuller longer and

offers tutorials and webinars in a range of subjects, including elementary and middle school math, algebra I and II, geometry, pre-calculus, calculus and statistics.

• Hit up the library: Many schools, local libraries and other entities dedicated to childhood literacy host annual summer reading challenges. Encourage your kids to not only participate, but to actively choose don’t have to fight with hunger and cravings • You can eat delicious foods that you want to eat—you are in control • There’s no diet isolation.

You eat the same foods as your family and friends #2. Don’t be afraid to rock out at your cookout: The truth is everyone enjoys a good backyard cookout.

The key is to make sure that you’re enjoying the tastes of the season without having a detrimental effect on your healthy eating plan.

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books they are looking forward to reading.

• Get moving: Exercise is critical for a healthy brain, so make sure kids are moving each day.

Take a bike ride together as a family, visit a playground or pool, round up the neighbors for a game of flag football- there are #3. Burn off pandemic pounds: It’s essential to take advantage of the warmer weather to exercise away those pandemic pounds that many people packed on over the past year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adults do at least 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) to 300 minutes (5 hours) a week of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes (1 hour and15 minutes) to 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination

many fun ways to boost physical activity, particularly during the summer months.

This summer, be sure you mix up the down time with opportunities to exercise the mind. Doing so will keep kids happy, entertained and intellectually challenged.

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of moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic activity. Preferably, aerobic activity should be spread throughout the week.

Adults should also do muscle-strengthening activities of moderate or greater intensity and that involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week, as these activities provide additional health benefits.

Switching up your seasonal fitness regimen can be key to staying motivated and consistent when building new, healthier habits.

KITCHEN SMARTS: Navigating the varied world of olive oils and which should you use when?

The differences between extra virgin, virgin and pure olive oil:

A variety of olive oils are displayed at a grocery store in Waterbury, Vt. on March 26, 2021. There is a lot of confusion about which olive oils to buy and how to use them. For most of us, the world of olive oil is a bit of a mystery, and you may find yourself with an uncertainty similar to the one you feel in a wine store when you are contemplating the plethora of bottles lined up for the choosing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Lessard)

By Katie Workman Associated Press

If you’ve been in the olive oil section of the grocery store lately, you’ve likely been confronted with a lot of choices. For most of us,

the world of olive oil is a bit of a mystery, and you may find yourself contemplating the plethora of bottles lined up.

What kind of olive oils should you keep on hand,

The term extra virgin, which also might be labeled cold-pressed, refers to oil made from the first pressing of young, green olives.

According to Vincent Ricchiuti, a fourth-generation farmer in California, who founded Enzo Olive Oil, “One of the most important things for quality and freshness is how fast you get the olives from the tree to the mill.” The flavor of extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) can range widely.

Olives, regions, weather; all affect the taste and quality.

Good-quality EVOO usually have pleasant notes of bitterness, and different oils will have more specific flavor nuances: You may hear yourself using words like peppery, grassy, vegetal, sweet or almondy. The color may range from a rich glowing green to golden yellow.

Pure olive oil, is a blend of olive oil refined because it doesn’t meet the qualifications of virgin olive oil, plus some EVOO, added for flavor and color. This oil is best used for cooking and frying, as its flavor tends to be blander than EVOO. Very good EVOO is best used in cold preparations, rather than cooked. Think about salad dressings, and drizzling over any finished

dish. Where to splurge on expensive olive oil and where to economize?

Besides local grocer y stores, there are of course online and specialty shops that sell a wide variety of artisanal, small-batch EVOO that can be pricey but singular. If you use a lot of olive oil, proper storage is less of an issue because you will use it up before its quality really declines. The best way to store olive oil is sealed, in a cool, dark place. Stored properly, good EVOO will last for months. If it smells or tastes rancid, toss it.

Quality olive oils come from all over. Italy is one of the most famous pro-

ducers, but so are Greece, Spain and, in recent decades, California. Most olive oil-producing regions have third-party verification and accreditation, and Van Soest urges buyers to look for those seals on the bottle to avoid any adulteration or mislabeling of the oil.

The world of flavored olive oils is also robust. Enzo makes two lines: Infused ones are made on a larger scale from a combination of extra virgin olive oil mixed with organic essential oils such as garlic, basil and Meyer Lemon. Of course, as with wine, cheese or chocolate, to start to learn about olive oil is to scratch the surface of a deep and ancient food tradition.

EDUCATION Undefeated Duo Make History at Harvard Debate Competition

By Kellie Williams

For the first time in the history of the Harvard Debate Council, two Black girls from Atlanta have made history as the first Black female duo to win the annual summer debate competition at Harvard University.

Each summer, the Harvard Debate Council, one of the oldest campus organizations at Harvard University, hosts a summer residential program for hundreds of gifted youths from over 15 countries around the world who converge on campus for two weeks of intensive study, which culminates

in a program-wide debate tournament. This year’s residency and competition were held virtually due to COVID-19 protocols.

Jayla Jackson, 16, is a rising junior at Holy Innocence Episcopal School. Emani Stanton, 17, is a rising senior at North Atlanta High School. Both girls are current members of the Atlanta-based Harvard Diversity Project, an initiative founded by Harvard’s award- winning debate coach and author Brandon P. Fleming. In 2017, Harvard accepted Fleming’s proposal to establish the Diversity Project as a means to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion

on campus.

Fleming recruits underserved Black youth in Atlanta with little to no prior debate experience.

He trains them every weekend for one year in Atlanta leading up to the Harvard summer program, exposing them to higher-level academic disciplines. In four years, Fleming has raised over one million dollars to enroll over 100 AfricanAmerican students into the Harvard debate residency on full scholarship.

All four cohorts trained by Fleming’s unique curriculum have gone on to win the international debate competition at Harvard.

This year, Jackson and Stanton secured the 4th consecutive championship for the Atlanta-based team with an undefeated 10-0 record. The topic of debate was, “Resolved: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization should substantially increase its defense commitments in the Baltic States.”

about the historic win, “We want to use our platform to show people what’s possible when the playing field is leveled for those who need it most.”

Fleming emphasizes to his students that the program is “bigger than debate.” He states,

The Harvard Diversity Project has already accepted a new cohort who will begin training in preparation for the Harvard debate residency of 2022.

“The achievements of this program and our scholars reveals to the world the power of educational equity.” Jackson remarks

You can read more about the story of the program and its founder in Brandon

P. Fleming’s bestselling book, MISEDUCATED: A Memoir. For more information, visit www.

HarvardDCDP.org or contact info@HarvardDCDP. org.

This article first appeared in the Jasmine BRAND.

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COVID-19 UPDATES Will COVID-19 Vaccines Work

if I Have a Weak Immune System?

By Carla K. Johnson Associated Press

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

LIMITED ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER (Effective June 15, 2021)

On June 15, 2021, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy will be rescinded.

Persons and entities may still be subject to Cal OSHA and California Department of Public Health guidelines and standards with limited public health restrictions, including face coverings, school based guidance, and guidance for mega events. The California Public Health Officer has issued an order to be effective June 15, 2021, and available here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/Order-of-the-State-Public- HealthOfficer-Beyond-Blueprint.aspx. The California Public Health Officer has also issued updated face covering guidance effective June 15, 2021, and available here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/guidance-for-face- coverings.aspx#June15guidance.

In San Diego County, persons who have been diagnosed with COVID19, or who are likely to have COVID19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID19,” or as subsequently amended.

Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID-19, or is likely to have COVID-19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Both orders are available at: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/pro-

grams/phs/community_epidemiology/ dc/2 019-nCoV/health-order.html.

Subsequent Health Officer Orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be issued in San Diego County as conditions warrant.

Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code sections 101040, 120175, and 120175.5 (b), the Health Officer of the County of San Diego (Health Officer) ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Effective June 15, 2021, the Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations, dated May 6, 2021, and any other Health Officer orders related to COVID-19 shall expire, with the exception of the following: a. “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19,” dated December 24, 2020. b. “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” dated April 5, 2021.

Wi l l C OVID-19 vaccines work if I have a weak immune system? Probably not as well as they do in healthy people, but the shots should offer some protection. It’s why vaccinations are still recommended for people with immune systems weakened by disease or certain medications. It’s also important that your family, friends and caregivers get vaccinated, which will make it far less likely that they pass on the virus.

About 3% of U.S. adults have weakened immune systems. Among them are people with HIV or AIDS, transplant recipients, some cancer patients and people with autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and lupus. COVID-19 shots weren’t studied in large numbers of people with weak immune systems. But limited data and experience with flu and pneumonia

vaccines suggest they won’t work as well as they do in others. That means people with weakened immune systems should keep taking precautions like wearing masks and avoiding large crowds.

Cancer Network. That delay will make sure the vaccines work as well as they can.

For transplant recipients, researchers are looking at whether an extra dose might make the vaccines more effective.

“It’s prudent to use all the precautions you were French guidelines recusing before you ommend a third were vacciCOVID-19 dose for the nated,” said Dr. immunocomAjit Limaye, promised, a transplant including e x p e r t at organ recipUniversity of ients. Israel Washington recently Medicine i n S e at t l e . began giving Although most an extra dose cancer patients of the Pfizer vacshould get vacci- Will COVID-19 vaccines work if I cine to transplant a weak immune system? nated as soon as have patients and others (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin) they can, people with weak immune getting stem cell systems. Some U.S. transplant or CAR T-cell transplant recipients seek therapy should wait at least out a third dose on their own three months after treatment in hopes of more protection to get vaccinated, accordeven though the federal goving to guidance from the ernment hasn’t authorized National Comprehensive extra vaccinations.

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People with at least one dose of vaccine administered by race and ethnicity in San Diego County

c. Any quarantine or isolation order issued to an individual that is currently in effect.

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

IT IS SO ORDERED: Date: June 14, 2021 Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. Public Health Officer County of San Diego

EXPIRATION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS As Director of Emergency Services for the County of San Diego, I am authorized to promulgate regulations for the protection of life and property pursuant to Government Code Section 8634 and San Diego County Code section 31.103.

The Health Officer Order and Emergency Regulations, dated May 6, 2021, shall expire as a regulation for the protection of life and property, on June 15, 2021.

Date: June 14, 2021

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

SOURCE: CADPH (CA Dept. of Public Health). Updated July 21, 2021 with data from July 20, 2021.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

COVID-19 STATUS

TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES

288,681

REPORTED TESTS

5,422,365

HOSPITALIZED

15,700

ICU

1,714

SOURCE: Calif. Dept. of Public Health as of 7/21/21

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS RWANDA LINKED TO SURVEILLANCE ABANDON POLLUTED NIGER DELTA SPYWARE USED AGAINST ACTIVISTS OIL GIANTS SEEKING NEW PROFITS PREPARE TO Global Information Network

After years spent scooping up billions in profits from the Niger Delta, multinational oil companies Chevron, Shell and Eni are deserting the rich ecosystem that now bubbles with dirty oil, dead fish and polluted air - abandoning hundreds of Nigerian fisherwomen who once eked out a living there. Over the years, the bubbling oil from leaking oil pipes turned this paradise, that once fed families and supported communities, into one of the most polluted places on the planet, say government moni-tors and environmental and human rights organizations. The oil giants, they say, are leaving utter ruin in their wake.

News reports say the departure of the “oil majors” is due to fallingprofits, a shift to renewable fuels, and the “current environment of chaos… no business can survive under such

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a circumstance.” Decades of exposure to gas flaring by the foreign oil refineries have harmed the health of Niger Delta residents. Thick plumes of black smoke are the constant reminder of an industry that gives them nothing in return. At the same time, Chevron CEO M.K. Wirth’s total compensation in 2020 topped $29.02 million, according to MarketWatch, April 2021.

Chevron denies that oil was spilling from its pipes. But local women leaders say otherwise and have decided to take their claims to a new level. On March 26, hundreds of women from 18 communities arrived at three Chevron facilities to demand a proper investigation into the oil spill’s cause. The protest brought together new mothers with babies on their backs and great-grandmothers in their 80s shaking palm fronds and banging plastic

bottles while singing protest songs, according to The New York Times.

For years, women felt cheated by Chevron, the dominant oil company in their area. Their villages were poor. Houses of zinc and wood barely kept out the elements. Bathrooms were flimsy shacks over the water.

By contrast, Chevron facilities even produced electricity though they didn’t share it. “From here to Chevron, it’s less than two miles. If they weren’t wicked, they’d have brought electricity here, said Akasaere Mila, an 82 year old community elder.

“Chevron’s a very rich company but they’re very wicked to us,” she told reporter Ruth Maclean. “They’re moving out and leaving all the mess behind,” Celestine AkkpoBari, environmentalist, told Maclean. “They’re happy to sell the liability to whoever wants to buy and run away.”

A coalition of news outlets says it has unearthed evidence that Rwandan authorities are among the governments using a powerful surveillance tool to spy on thousands of activists, journalists and politicians through their cell phones.

The spyware, developed by Israeli hackers for a company called the NSO Group, has dubbed the piece of computer programming with the name Pegasus. It reportedly extracts information from cellphones with a single text message that can’t be traced back to the government using it.

So far, Rwanda is the only African country believed to have deployed the spyware to gather information on its political enemies. The company claims it is merely helping “government intelligence and law-enforcement agencies use technology to meet the challenges of encryption” during terrorism and criminal investigations. But civil liberties groups aren’t happy about the spyware-for-hire business.

Amnesty International, which joined with inves-

tigative journalists in the so-called Pegasus Project expressed concerns that the company is providing spyware to oppressive governments, where government agencies can’t be trusted to do right by their citizens.

“NSO Group cannot insist that its products are only used against criminals when more than 3,500 Rwandan activists, journalists, political opponents, foreign politicians, and diplomats have been selected as targets for NSO spyware,” said Amnesty’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.

“NSO Group must immediately stop selling its equipment to countries with a track record of putting human right defenders and journalists under unlawful surveillance.” Among those whose phone was infected with spyware was Carine Kanimba, daughter of Paul Rusesabagina of Hotel Rwanda fame. Rusesabagina is a Belgian national widely credited with saving more than 1,000 people in the Rwandan genocide. He became a vocal critic of Kagame and was living in the US and Belgium until

his arrest by the Rwandan government last year. He is facing life in prison after being accused of terror-related charges, including murder and staging attacks in Rwanda.

The 67-year-old’s family staunchly deny the allegations. Carine is a U.S.Belgian citizen who has been leading the effort to free her father after his forced return to Kigali and subsequent arrest by Rwandan authorities. But a spokesperson for the Rwandan government said the country “does not use this software system … and does not possess this technical capability in any form”.

A phone infected with NSO malware can also turn a mobile phone into a portable tracking and listening device. South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone is also said to be infected by the Rwandan government as has high-ranking political and military figures such as Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, former prime minister of Uganda and Burundian Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni.

TUNISIAN CROWDS REJOICE AT DOWNFALL OF RULING ISLAMIST PARTY AS COVID CASES SURGE Global Information Network

the countr y.

Ennahda had been under fire from secular opposition parties who claim that Tunisia’s Arab Spr ing was derailed b e c au s e t h e Islamists, in their view, were bent on setting up a theocracy.

A cheering crowd welcomed the decision of Tunisian president Kais Saied to suspend parliament and dismiss prime minister Hichem Mechichi. The move follows a day of protests against the ruling party and, in particular, the government’s mishandling of Covid19. Thousands of people had demonstrated against Ennahda, the ruling party, in Tunis and other cities, shouting “Get out!”, and calling for parliament to be dissolved.

“Our patience has run out... there are no solutions for the unemployed,” said Nourredine Selmi, 28, a jobless protester. “They cannot control the epidemic ... They can’t give us vaccines.” President Kais Saied announced he would take charge with help from a new prime minister, saying he intended to bring calm to

“What is certain is that the Tunisian revolution has been an economic dud for the millions of poor people in the regions beyond the capital, Tunis. While the country is no longer officially in recession, growth is so weak that the jobless rate continues to rise,” wrote Eric Reguly, European bureau chief of the Canadian Globe and Mail.

Nationally, the unemployment rate is about 18 per cent, but it is double that in some of the regions.

Mohamed Mselmi, joint secretary-general of the UGTT, the country’s biggest union, with 850,000 members, says some of the poorest regions suffer from 80-per-cent unemployment.

Earlier in the day, thousands of Tunisians marched in several cities protesting against Ennahda which they accused

of economic mismanagement, corruption and failure to prevent crippling rates of coronavirus infections.

Cases have been rising sharply in recent weeks, putting pressureon the faltering economy. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi fired the health minister last week, but this has done little to ease people’s anger. On state television, President Saied could be seen joining the crowds in the street as they celebrated his decision to oust the government. The celebratory mood and honking car horns recalled the 2011 revolution that brought democracy and triggered the Arab spring protests that convulsed the Middle East.

“We have been relieved of them,” said Lamia Meftahi, a woman celebrating in central Tunis after Saied’s statement, speaking of the parliament and government. “This is the happiest moment since the revolution,” she added.

But Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Ennahda and parliamentary speaker, said: “We consider the institutions still standing, and the supporters of the Ennahda and the Tunisian people will defend the revolution,” he added, raising the prospect of confrontations between supporters of Ennahda and Saied.

South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa

By Andrew Meldrum and Carley Petesch Associated Press A South African firm will distributed across the begin producing the PfizerAfrican continent. The BioNTech coronavirus vacJ&J vaccines made in cine, the first time that the shot South Africa are also being distributed will be produced in Africa. The across the African Biovac Institute based in Cape Town will manufacture the continent. Vaccination vaccine for distribution across levels are low across In this June 3, 2021 file photo an elderly patient receives a dose Africa. Biovac will receive Africa, with less than of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at a clinic at Orange Farm, near large batch ingredients for 2% of the continent’s Johannesburg. Pfizer has announced that a South African firm will producing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, the first time the vaccine from Europe and population of 1.3 bil- begin that the vaccine will be produced in Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) will blend the components, lion having received The effort has delivered only put them in vials and package at least one shot, according to 200 million vaccines globally them for distribution. the Africa Centers for Disease since February, while the U.S. Control and Prevention.

The production will begin alone has administered more To alleviate the vaccine shortin 2022 with a goal of reachthan 338 million doses. age on the continent, the U.S. ing more than 100 million After COVAX’s biggest supfinished doses annually. is delivering in the coming plier — the Serum Institute Biovac’s production of doses weeks the first batches of 25 of India — halted exports in will be distributed among million doses of vaccines it March to deal with a surge the 54 countries of Africa. is sharing with the African on the subcontinent, the The Johnson & Johnson vacUnion. Senegal, the European agencies behind COVAX, cine is already being proUnion and the U.S. recently including the World Health duced in South Africa. signed an investment agreeOrganization, resorted Aspen Pharmacare’s factory ment to build a new vaccine to begging rich countries in Gqeberha, formerly Port manufacturing plant in Dakar, for donations. Most of the Elizabeth, is making the J&J which will lead to the producpromised doses won’t arrive vaccine in the same “fill and tion of COVID-19 vaccines in until next year and although finish” process and has the Senegal.

Group of Seven countries capacity to make more than Many African countries pledged to donate a billion 200 million doses of the vacdepending on vaccines COVID-19 vaccines, that cine annually. from the U.N.-backed effort is far short of the 11 billion The J&J vaccines made in known as COVAX, have WHO says are needed to South Africa are also being been left waiting for months. protect the world.

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COMMUNITY SUMMER SCHOOL DRIVE THRU AND PICK UP LOCATIONS

ADDITIONAL WALK-UP MEAL LOCATIONS

MONDAY - FRIDAY JUNE 16 - AUGUST 20 12 P.M. - 2 P.M. Students participating in summer school will have access to grab n’ go meal bags to take home directly from the school site where they are learning.

Bell Middle 620 Briarwood Rd.,SD 92139 Chavez Elementary 1404 South 40th St., SD 92113 Clark Middle 4388 Thorn St., SD 92105 Hoover High 4474 El Cajon Blvd., SD 92115 Kimbrough Elementary 321 Hoitt St., CA 92102 Lewis Middle 5170 Greenbrier Ave., SD 92120 Madison High 4833 Doliva Dr., SD 92117 Mann Middle 4345 54th St. SD, 92115 Mira Mesa High 10510 Marauder Way, SD 92126 Montgomery Middle 2470 Ulric St., SD 92111 O’Farrell Charter School 6130 Skyline Dr., SD 92114 100 60 Porter North Elementary 445 S. 47th St., SD 92113 Serra High 5156 Santo Rd., SD 92124 100 100 60 Standley Middle 6298 Radcliffe Dr., SD 92122

MONDAY-FRIDAY JUNE 21 - AUGUST 20 TIMES VARY North Clairemont 4421 Bannock Ave, SD 92117 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Park & Recreation Centers Adams 3491 Adams Ave, SD 92116 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

North Park 4044 Idaho St, SD 92104 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Allied Gardens 5155 Greenbrier Ave, SD 92120 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Paradise Hills 6610 Potomac St, SD 92139 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Azalea 2596 Violet St, SD 92105 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Serra Mesa 9020 Village Glen Dr, SD 92123 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Cadman 4280 Avati Dr, SD 92117 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Skyline Hills 8285 Skyline Dr, SD 92114 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

City Heights 4380 Landis St, SD 92105 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

YMCA & Other Community Centers

Golden Hill 2600 Golf Course Dr, SD 92102 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Kearny Mesa 3170 Armstrong St, SD 92111 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Linda Vista 7064 Levant St, SD 92111 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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By Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer Last Saturday was an exciting time for those children and their families who came out to the carnival in the Jacobs Center parking lot.

At first sight, there were rides for the kids from, a ferris wheel to rock climbing and a number of other rides. On several of these, parents could be seen riding with their kids, with both enjoying the trip. There were also a number of vendor booths, with some persons selling their wares while others were information booths. The County of San Diego and a number of its health partners, like the Multicultural Health organization, were on hand with both testing and vaccinations available.

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One of the key persons behind this event was Mrs. Kathleen Harmon.

Celebrating her 90th birthday this week, she is still as active and as concerned as ever about the community she has served for more than 60 years.

Mrs. Harmon told the Voice & Viewpoint that she wanted something for the kids since they had been shut up for so long during the pandemic.

It turns out that what was good for the kids was also good for the parents. She had help from such groups as Foster Grandparents; Xzavier Mitchell, President of SDCA; and Dana Bell, a member of the SDCA team.

It was estimated that more

than 1600 people would come out for the event, which ran until 5pm.

While there was facepainting and vendor sales, healthcare was the subject of many flyers being circulated about free health exams for those youth in our community needing physicals for sports participation this school year. Dr. Suzanne Afflalo was the driving force behind this particular activity, as well as making additional testing and vaccinations available.

Saturday was a great day for all these activities.

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BUSINESS NEWS Sheila Thorne Earns

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National Black Chamber of Commerce Dies Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The National Black Chamber of Commerce announced this week the death of its cofounder, Kay DeBow Alford, on July 19, 2021. Highly focused, efficient and determined, Kay was the linchpin of the Chamber. Kay, as she was affectionately known, was named Kayanne at birth on December 12, 1957 to parents Charles DeBow Jr. and Aurelia Jane Stuart in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Kay’s father, Charles DeBow Jr. was one of the first four Tuskegee Airmen, serving in World War II. Kay’s maternal family were the Stuarts, who were entrepreneurs, owning several businesses in the Indianapolis area. A graduate of Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, she received her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. She began her professional career at C o l g at e - Pa l m o l i v e in Detroit, Michigan. It was in Detroit where Kay met husband-to-be Harry Cicero Alford Jr. After a short courtship, Kay and Harry were married on October 31, 1980.

The Alfords made their home in Indianapolis. Kay pursued government work and became the Director of Marketing for the Hoosier State Lottery in Indiana. The

couple also became entrepreneurs owning several video stores and private ventures.

Through their business experiences, Kay and Harry early on realized there was a need for a national connection. When Kay DeBow Alford and her husband Harry left Indianapolis and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1994, they had already founded the National Black Chamber of Commerce the year before on May 23, 1993.

They had begun locally to fill the void of a Black business organization by founding the Hoosier Minority Chamber of Commerce in Indianapolis which evolved into the NBCC. The NBCC was crafted from the principles of Booker T. Washington, the business acumen of Congressman Par ren Mitchel l, and enforced by the father of affirmative action, Arthur Fletcher. Kay helped guide the NBCC, assuring its participation in business discussions on Capitol Hill and their interaction with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Officers and members sent along messages in remembrance: “Kay was the backbone of the National Black Chamber, the mother and driving force behind the great accomplishments of the NBCC. She will be

Chamber Executive which has led to huge dividends for many and will never be forgotten.”

greatly missed by all who knew her and who benefitted from her tireless drive to make the nation better for all Black business owners,” said the Chairman of the NBCC and President/CEO of the Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce. “We will continue her legacy to fight for the improvement of African American communities throughout the Black Diaspora.”

John E. Harmon, Sr., Founder, President and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) remembered Kay by saying, “Kay’s words, although spoken softly, were at times, penetrating, yet nurturing and impactful. Her commitment to attaining the best for blacks was the cornerstone of her advocacy. I am grateful for the moments we shared together and her investment in my development as a

“The business community lost one of its champions with the passing of Kay DeBow Alford. Co-founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) with her husband, Harry Alford, she was the power behind the scenes of the many accomplishments of the NBCC,” said Dorothy R. Leavell, who served as a Board member and previous Chairman of the Board of the NBCC. As serious and fierce as she was in the business arena, she was equally invested in her family. A devoted wife to Harry Jr. of forty-one years and the mother of twins, Harry III and Thomas. Her most recent pride was being the grandma to Tatum and Archer. Her abounding love stretched out to her brothers, Charles Henry DeBow III and William Weir DeBow; sister, Natalie Jane; nephew Jonathon C. DeBow and countless nieces and nephews.

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Mother of Four Succeeds with Plant-Based Vegan Supplements

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The first Black femaleowned supplement company is set to break significant ground in the male-dominated, nutritional supplement industry. Body Complete Rx (BCRX), will be launching its plantbased, vegan weight management supplements at national vitamin chain, The Vitamin Shoppe, this summer, making them the first Black female-owned brand to launch in the retailer’s

weight management category.

Founder and CEO, Samia Gore, started BCRX back in 2017 as a self-funded wellness brand. The company has grossed over $10 million in sales in just under 4 years and offers a wide range of vegan supplements, powders, serums and superfood bars. Gore says her supplement line “designed to empower customers to

power up and slim down.”

“We are so excited to be launching at one of the top retailers of nutritional supplements in the country because it’s a true testament to the efficacy of our brand and products,” Gore said. “I am excited to make these wellness products more accessible to customers across the country and support their journey towards wellbeing.”

Body Complete Rx was created as a result of Gore’s own wellness journey. The busy author, wife and mother of four sought safe and effective supplements she could use on her own health journey. When she couldn’t find what she was looking for in the market, she created it herself with the help of renowned doctors and a team of chemists.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

A former senior executive in five of the nation’s preeminent marketing, advertising, and communications companies, SheilaThorne has guided her team of seasoned marketing and media professionals of color in her own company since 2003.

Sheila Thorne, President and CEO of Multicultural Marketing Group, has earned a PharmaVOICE magazine’s 2021 100 Most Inspiring People in the life-sciences industry. The magazine noted it bases the recognition on how honorees have inspired and motivated people around them, their influence as corporate leaders, and their positive impact on the industry through innovation and positive actions.

“I’ve always said to myself that I don’t know if anyone is paying attention or listening, but I guess this is an indication that they have been listening and paying attention,” Thorne, an international expert on Health Inequities and Cultural Competency and former senior marketing executive, told NNPA Newswire. While a formal event honoree Thorne and others occur in the fall, the annual PharmaVOICE 100 issue features the nativeNew Yorker.

In a letter recognizing Thorne, the magazine’s cofounder and editor Taren Grom wrote that Thorne “is being recognized because of your inspirational qualities as well as your ability to view industry trends as opportunities, not obstacles.”

The letter continued: “Your passion and conviction for the industry; your ability to innovate and think outside of the box and develop breakthrough strategies, products, and services; for pioneering new paths and lifting your company to new heights; for taking the time to mentor and guide the next generation of industry leaders; and for your dedication to improving the lives of patients.”

The PharmaVOICE feature article notes that “over her storied career, [Thorne]

has worked with healthcare professionals around the world representing the top 50 pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies and 20 U.S. hospital systems in the clinical research and marketing of prescription medicines and consumer health products to people of color.”

“Anybody who has been in her presence for more than two minutes immediately recognizes that Sheila is a force of nature,” the editors wrote. “She is undaunted by the word no, she is courageous in the face of adversity, and she simply ignores barriers that try to prevent her from advocating the ideals that she has been espousing for more than two decades.”

A former senior executive in five of the nation’s preeminent marketing, advertising, and communications companies, Thorne has guided her team of seasoned marketing and media professionals of color in her own company since 2003. She also counts as a former middle school and high school teacher of foreign languages, and Thorne has represented Fortune 500 companies throughout North America, Latin America, and Western Europe.

“It’s very nice to be recognized by your peers,” Thorne stated. “I’ve been doing this a long time, and not many do what I do. I’ve been on the ground, and I’ve gone to the communities and spoken to the leaders to figure out a way to have conversations that are culturally relevant and to be a force of change.”

Thorne continued: “When you know better, do better.

I was pleased, surprised, humbled, and energized by this recognition, and that platform gives me a different voice, and I’m ready to hold people’s feet to the fire.”

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Located at: 5937 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 06/17/2014 This business is hereby registered by the following: Emanating Arts LLC. 3103 Lamar Springs Ct Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 16, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 16, 2026 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9015521 Fictitious business name(s): The Third Option City

Located at: 16558 Road to Rio San Diego, CA 92127 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 01/04/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Similarity LLC 16558 Road to Rio San Diego, CA 92127 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 19, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 19, 2026 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014870 Fictitious business name(s): Earthwell Refill

Located at: 4114 Adams Avenue San Diego, CA 92116 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was: 08/18/2016 This business is hereby registered by the following: Katrina Oprisko 1217 Monroe Avenue San Diego, CA 92116 --Kris Oprisko 1217 Monroe Avenue San Diego, CA 92116 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 12, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 12, 2026 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014774 Fictitious business name(s): Ltsimao Cleaning Company

Located at: 6545 Montezuma Road Apt 11 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 06/10/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Ltsimao Cleaning Company, LLC 6545 Montezuma Road Apt 11 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 09, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 09, 2026 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19

World Digital Innovations

Ohana Investments

In the Nude Skincare

Located at: 3545 37th St San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego --18355 Germain St Porter Ranch, CA 91326 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Angelica M. Barba 18355 Germain St Porter Ranch, CA 91326 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 14, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 14, 2026 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014972 Fictitious business name(s): DLM Marine Private Yacht Charter

Located at: 4869 Santa Monica San Diego, CA 92107 County of San Diego --P.O. Box 7755 San Diego, CA 92107 This business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was: 09/01/1998 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lawrence Wells 3055 National Ave San Diego, CA 92113 --Deaborah Wells 3055 National Ave San Diego, CA 92113 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 13, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 13, 2026 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12

Cleanrite Janitorial Services

Best STRAWberry RCF

Seven Spa

Located at: 6370 University Ave San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Xiaomin Vasquez 26044 Juanita St Bryn Mawr, CA 92318 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 14, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 14, 2026 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014720 Fictitious business name(s): Complete Cleaning Services

Located at: 10210 San Diego Mission Rd #29 San Diego, CA 92108 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 07 /07/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Yolanda Renee Hadnot 10210 San Diego Mission Rd #29 San Diego, CA 92108 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 09, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 09, 2026 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014761 Fictitious business name(s): Paid Off Worlwide

Located at: 9921 Carmel Mtn Rd #312 San Diego, CA 92129 County of San Diego This business is conducted by:

Royal Cab

Located at: 4123 Meade Ave San Diego, CA 92116 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Tedros Gebreselassie Gebretensae 4123 Meade Ave San Diego, CA 92116 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 16, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 16, 2026 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014762 Fictitious business name(s): CBJ Real Estate Group

Located at: 4445 Eastgate Mall Ste #200 San Diego, CA 92121 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: CBJ Inc 4445 Eastgate Mall Ste #200 San Diego, CA 92121 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 09, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 09, 2026 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9015100 Fictitious business name(s): Mystic Forest

Located at: 4135 38th St Apt 3 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Wendy G. Oviedo 4135 38th St Apt 3 San Diego, CA 92105 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 14, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 14, 2026 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014899 Fictitious business name(s): Berm24

Located at: 3180 Clairemont Drive San Diego, CA 92117 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/01/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Clarence W Hightower III 3180 Clairemont Drive San Diego, CA 92117 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 12, 2021 This fictitious business name

Key to Brows --Key 2 Brows --Key To Ink --Key 2 Ink --Key 2 Removal --Key 2 Prints

Located at: 7184 Cottington Ln San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Co-Partners The first day of business was: 6/27/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Keyvin Ellis 7184 Cottington Ln San Diego, CA 92139 --Keymari Ellis 7184 Cottington Ln San Diego, CA 92139 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 7, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 7, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014394 Fictitious business name(s): raya Cab

Located at: 6306 Osler Street San Diego, CA 92111 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Yasin Mohamed 6306 Osler Street San Diego, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 6, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 6, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014786 Fictitious business name(s): Bella Cab

Located at: 2550 Brown Dr El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 07/09/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Albert Suleymanov 2550 Brown Dr El Cajon, CA 92020 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 9, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 9, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014750 Fictitious business name(s): Hello Barkada

Located at: 8612 Somerset Ave San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Hello Barkada LLC 8612 Somerset Ave San Diego, CA 92123 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 9, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on

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July 9, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013415 Fictitious business name(s):

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014902 Fictitious business name(s):

This fictitious business name will expire on June 30, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014620 Fictitious business name(s):

San Diego County on June 25, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 25, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012710 Fictitious business name(s):

The first day of business was: 06/30/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Gwendolyn Althresa Young 7730 Belden St #A8 San Diego, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 22, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 22, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013378 Fictitious business name(s):

San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: June 5, 2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Pops and Plunkies Cheesecupcakery LLC 8418 Parkbrook Street San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 24, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 24, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014170 Fictitious business name(s):

Dept. C-61

with further directions.

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

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

Tab Service/Rideshare Service

Located at: 146 Padre Tullio Dr San Ysidro, CA 92173 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 05/13/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Joseph L Rodriguez 146 Padre Tullio Dr San Ysidro, CA 92173 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 28, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 28, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014274 Fictitious business name(s):

Atlas Cab

Located at: 2550 Brown Dr El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 07/12/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Albert Suleymanov 2550 Brown Dr El Cajon, CA 92020 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 12, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 12, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013565 Fictitious business name(s): Crystal’s Beauties

Briggs Party Rentals

Located at: 2340 Balboa Vista Dr San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego --1730 Euclid Ave #815 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Crystal Von Trent 2340 Balboa Vista Dr San Diego, CA 92105 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 29, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012215 Fictitious business name(s):

Always Clean Mobile Detail

Located at: 4031 39th Street #102 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Said Hassan 4031 39th Street #102 San Diego, CA 92105 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 16, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 16, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012261 Fictitious business name(s):

Over The Bay Pre-K

Located at: 501 West Broadway #800 San Diego, CA 92101 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 05/13/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Over The Bay Pre-K LLC 501 West Broadway #800 San Diego, CA 92101 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 6, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 6, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014072 Fictitious business name(s): Located at: 4231 Balboa Ave #1187 San Diego, CA 92117 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 06/14/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Bloodline Briggs LLC 2939 47th St San Diego, CA 92105 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 2, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 2, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013879 Fictitious business name(s): Located at: 5540 Mira Flores Dr. San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Malik Tayari Kudumu 5540 Mira Flores Dr. San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 30, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 30, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014133 Fictitious business name(s): D.C. Stoy

Located at: 7367 Margerum Avenue San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/18/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Andrew Jack Calvin Cross, III 7367 Margerum Avenue San Diego, CA 92120 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 2, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 2, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5

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Bristol Cab

Brezza di Pacifica

Located at: 1443 South Pacific Street Unit A Oceanside, CA 92054 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Co-Partners The first day of business was: 01/15/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: John Allen Houston 1443 South Pacific Street Unit B Oceanside, CA 92054 --Mark Geyer 1443 South Pacific Street Unit A Oceanside, CA 92054 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 16, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 16, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013852 Fictitious business name(s): Dynamo Entertainment --Dynamo Sound

Located at: 5073 Central Ave #1522 Bonita, CA 91902 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/11/1985 This business is hereby registered by the following: Francisco Elias Vega 5073 Central Ave #1522 Bonita, CA 91902 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 30, 2021

Harborside Yachts Cleaning Services

Located at: 631 Raven Street San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Co-Partners The first day of business was: 12/17/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Rogelio Martinez Balderramo 631 Raven Street San Diego, CA 92102 --Irving Leonardo 631 Raven Street San Diego, CA 92102 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 8, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 8, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012699 Fictitious business name(s): Umami Grill

Located at: 2560 Avenida Ocotillo Alpine, CA 91901 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: General Partnership The first day of business was: 06/14/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: April Werner Marshall 2560 Avenida Ocotillo Alpine, CA 91901 --Jennifer Lee 2560 Avenida Ocotillo Alpine, CA 91901 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013121 Fictitious business name(s): Upper Cuts

Located at: 5500 Grossmont Ctr Dr Suite D La Mesa, CA 91942 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/02/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Naissa, Mikhail Daniels 6470 El Cajon Blvd Apt 305 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 24, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 24, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013718 Fictitious business name(s): CGL Designs

Located at: 138 Arran Avenue Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Claudette Gladney-Leday 138 Arran Avenue Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 30, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 30, 2026 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013241 Fictitious business name(s): Bell Enterprise Company --Bell Enterprise Co.

Located at: 3400 E 8th St Ste 208 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Christopher J Bell 3400 E 8th St Ste 208 National City, CA 91950 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of

Herbal Concoctions Apothecary --Gigi Beauty Boutique

Located at: 3060 Bonita Rd Chula Vista, CA 91910 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Jenita R. Bey 3060 Bonita Rd Chula Vista, CA 91910 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013692 Fictitious business name(s): Zanzibar Cab

Located at: 4364 50th Street #3 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Khadija H. Hakeem 4364 50th Street #3 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 29, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013534 Fictitious business name(s): Rock Solid Trucking

Located at: 7120 Eastman St Unit 8 San Diego, CA 92111 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Dorian Franklin 7120 Eastman St Unit 8 San Diego, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 29, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012156 Fictitious business name(s): Combat Human Trafficking --Task Force Director of Combat human trafficking --Active Duty Military, Veteran, & Dependent Family Services

Located at: 1525 Jasper Ave Chula Vista, CA 91911 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 09/21/2016 This business is hereby registered by the following: Dr. Benjamin Clay Burnette 1525 Jasper Ave Chula Vista, CA 91911 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 15, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 15, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012779 Fictitious business name(s): Luxury Tours And Recreational Services

Located at: 7730 Belden St #A8 San Diego, CA 92111 County of San Diego --4079 Governor Drive #122 San Diego, CA 92122 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual

The High Priestess Sobekntchur Arentii Of The House Of Amun Ra --D.E.B.S. INKSPotS

Located at: 3918 Oregon Street #5 San Diego, CA 92104 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Debra Roberts Torres-Reyes 3918 Oregon Street Unit #5 San Diego, CA 92104 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 25, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 25, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014058 Fictitious business name(s): CJ West Builders

Located at: 305 West Street San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: CJ West Builders, INC 305 West Street San Diego, CA 92113 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 2, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 2, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012964 Fictitious business name(s): Nas Bas Visual

Located at: 3601 W Slauson Ave Los Angeles, CA 90043 County of Los Angeles --5866 S Broadway Apt #10 Los Angeles, CA 90003 County of Los Angeles This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/12/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Khary Henri Daise 5866 S Broadway Apt #10 Los Angeles, CA 90003 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 23, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 23, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014341 Fictitious business name(s): Ferrarius LLC

Located at: 312 S. 49th Street San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Ferrarius LLC 312 S. 49th Street This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 6, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 6, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013141 Fictitious business name(s): Pops and Plunkies Cheesecupcakery LLC --P&P Cheesecupcakery LLC

Located at: 8418 Parkbrook St

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Located at: 2160 Fletcher Parkway Suite 205 El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Stephanie M. Brunson 2160 Fletcher Parkway Suite 205 El Cajon, CA 92020 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 2, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 2, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013824 Fictitious business name(s): Harris Healing and Wellness

Located at: 618 Forester Ln Bonita, CA 91902 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Rhonna Harris 618 Forester Ln Bonita, CA 91902 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 30, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 30, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00029116CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung, Esq. for Kazue Johnson on behalf of minor children To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Kazue Johnson on behalf of a) Kyle Jake Johnson a minor --b) Larry Jacob Johnson a minor filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a) PRESENT NAME: Kyle Jake Johnson PROPOSED NAME: Kyle Jake Van Fossan --a) PRESENT NAME: Larry Jacob Johnson PROPOSED NAME: Larry Jacob Van Fossan THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 31, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M.

The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

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

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do

not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00030710CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Archie Mae Miller To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Archie Mae Miller filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Archie Mae Miller PROPOSED NAME: Archie Marshall THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: September 07, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do

not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00029744CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Guillermo Alejandro Rodriguez Jr. To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Guillermo Alejandro Rodriguez Jr. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Guillermo Alejandro Rodriguez Jr. PROPOSED NAME: Anthony Rosario Gomez THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 30, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00029889CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Pedro Clemente Uriarte To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Pedro Clemente Uriarte filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Pedro Clemente Uriarte PROPOSED NAME: Peter Clemente Uriarte THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 31, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE

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

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

the petitioner a written order with further directions.

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

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

The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

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

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do

not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00029764CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Layla Nathalia Santoscoy Placencia To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Layla Nathalia Santoscoy Placencia filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Layla Nathalia Santoscoy Placencia PROPOSED NAME: Layla Sierra THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 31, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do

not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00029587CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Jhoana Lizeth Acosta To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Jhoana Lizeth Acosta filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Jhoana Lizeth Acosta PROPOSED NAME: Jhoana Lizeth Zazueta THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00010626CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Aaron Darnell Turner AKA Turner AKA Aaron Darnell Murphy To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Aaron Darnell Turner AKA Turner AKA Aaron Darnell Murphy filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Aaron Darnell Turner AKA Turner AKA Aaron Darnell Murphy PROPOSED NAME: Aaron Darnell Murphy THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M.

The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

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

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do

not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Courthouse 37-2021-00029179CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Maria Diane Guillaume To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Maria Diane Guillaume filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Maria Diane Guillaume PROPOSED NAME: Maria Diane Mack THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do

not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00028029CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Esmeralda Covarrubias To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Esmeralda Covarrubias filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Esmeralda Covarrubias PROPOSED NAME: Esmeralda Lara THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 18, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court’s facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

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

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00028478CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Guadalupe R. Corona To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Guadalupe R. Corona filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Guadalupe R. Corona PROPOSED NAME: Guadalupe Rodriguez Corona THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Any Petition for the name

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00028049CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Merlina R Lawless on behalf of Caine Andrew Bradford To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Merlina R Lawless on behalf of Caine Andrew Bradford filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Caine Andrew Bradford PROPOSED NAME: Caine Andrew Lawless THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 18, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

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

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

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

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do

not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29

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BLACK HISTORY 1794 DEDICATION OF MOTHER BETHEL AME CHURCH

The Blacksmith Shop Meeting House, later renamed Mother Bethel AME Church, is the first AME church and rests on a parcel of land held continuously by African-Americans. Founded by Richard Allen, a slave who was discipled in 1777, Mother Bethel has a long history of civil rights: hiding slaves, providing money to the Underground Railroad, opposing American Colonization Society (ACS), and providing aid after emancipation, among other things. The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974.

1909 BIRTH OF CHESTER HIMES Born in Missouri, Himes was one of several children of a college professor and a college-educated school teacher.

He was known to hold intense dislike for “color-struck”, blackon-black racism.

Best known for the Harlem Detective series written late in his career during the 1950s and ‘60s, he is simultaneously reviled and adored for the gritty harshness of his writing. Considered to have produced some of the most original material in American literature, his diverse friendships included Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Malcolm X, and Picasso.

1988 BIRTH OF HABEN GIRMA Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Haben Girma graduated Harvard Law School in 2013, becoming the first deaf/ blind person to graduate from the school.

The child of emigrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia, Girma left active law practice to work as a disability justice advocate. She has been honored as a White House Champion of Change, as well as receiving the Helen Keller Achievement Award.

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Going Forward Ours is not an autocratic system. The legislative process is very deliberative with a significant number of checks and balances. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s programs seeking equity and fairness for Black Americans were not accomplished all at once. The 1964 Civil Rights Act did not apply to the public sector until it was amended in 1972. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was gutted by the Supreme Court eight years ago. The Fair Housing Act became law in 1968, and we are still beseeched by “redlining” in home sales and lending. Yes, much more needs to be done.

I can assure you that work on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and H.R.40 (Reparations Study) are just a few priorities of mine and the Congressional Black Caucus.

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Community Engagement Webinars

District to offer “Open Dialogue, Robust Community Feedback” in Superintendent selection process Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The San Diego Unified School District announced Tuesday, July 27, that it will commence a series of in-person and online community engagement sessions to gather public input and help shape the search for a new superintendent and the future of the district. The first forums will be held virtually on Thursday, July 29, and Friday, July 30. A total of 30 in-person and Zoom meetings will take place across the district through September.

“The goal is not simply to choose the next outstanding leader for our schools but to truly engage the entire

city — every community — about the future of San Diego Unified,” Board of Education President Richard Barrera said. “We are inviting everyone in this community who cares about public education to participate in our series of public input sessions and to share with us their vision for great public schools and the qualities they would like to see in a superintendent to lead us toward that vision.”

The Board adopted the Superintendent Recruitment and Selection Process on Feb. 2 that reflects its commitment to engage stakeholders from throughout

Forum Dates, Locations, and Times The schedule for the remaining forums will be posted and shared with stakeholders later this month. Interpretation services will be available.

All virtual sessions will use the same, recurring login information to join a Zoom meeting: https://ncee.zoom.us/ j/83503961572?pwd=ZXN4WjdFT3lMbVhuSXhmdW5yQUdiQT0 Meeting ID: 835 0396 1572, Passcode: 757316

San Diego Unified around the vision for the district and superintendent in an open and transparent process. The public can view the list of advisors on the district website: https://sandiegounified.org.

“The rich diversity of the students and families in the San Diego Unified School District is one of our biggest assets, and we want to see that diversity reflected in the public input sessions that will shape the search for the next superintendent,” Board of Education Vice President Sharon Whitehurst-Payne said. “We are going to bring these forums to the community in-person and online in an effort to reach as many people as we can. I urge everyone to please join us.”

A 48-memb er Sup er­ intendent Search Advisory Committee is overseeing the process of filling the top position in California’s second-largest school district.

The National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) has been contracted to facilitate community outreach and public forums.

The public can view the complete list of advisors and trustee subdistrict representatives on the district website at https://sandiegounified. org/about/superintendent/ sup erintendent_recr uitment_and_search_process NCEE will publicly share the results of the community forums with the board.

The public input gathered at the engagement meetings will be used to shape the Superintendent recruitment and position description, which will be posted and

7/29/21 - 6-8pm, Thursday University City + Mira Mesa Clusters Zoom

8/5/21 - 10am-12pm, Thursday Henry + Scripps Ranch Clusters Zoom

7/30/21 - 10am-12pm, Friday Mission Bay, La Jolla + Point Loma Clusters Zoom

8/10/21 - 10am -12pm, Tuesday Ibarra ES Multipurpose Room, 4877 Orange Ave., San Diego, 92115 Crawford Cluster

8/3/21 - 6-8pm, Tuesday Serra + Madison Clusters Zoom

8/10/21 - 6-8pm, Tuesday Morse HS Auditorium, 6905 Skyline Dr., San Diego, 92114 Morse Cluster

8/4/21 - 6-8pm, Wednesday Clairemont + Kearny Clusters Zoom

advertised in the fall.

The board appointed longtime San Diego Unified educator, Dr. Lamont Jackson, as Interim Superintendent through Dec. 31, 2021 after former Superintendent Cindy Marten was named Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

San Diego Unified will conduct the first five community engagement forums virtually, with the first in-person sessions to follow.

8/11/21 - 10am-12pm, Wednesday Wilson MS Auditorium, 3838 Orange Ave., San Diego 92105 Hoover Cluster 8/12/21 - 10am-12pm, Thursday Lincoln HS Auditorium, 4777 Imperial Ave. San Diego, 92113 Lincoln Cluster 8/12/21 - 6-8pm, Thursday Logan-Memorial PreK-12 Auditorium, 2875 Oceanview Ave., San Diego, 92113 San Diego Cluster

SDUSD’S SUPERINTENDENT RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS Voice & Viewpoint Newswire According to the San Diego Unified School District website, the SDUSD Board of Education built a timeline

for community engagement, review of applicants, and interviews during the superintendent selection process.

The board appointed longtime San Diego Unified educator, Dr. Lamont Jackson, as Interim Superintendent

through Dec. 31, 2021 after former Superintendent Cindy Marten was named Deputy Secretary of the U.S.

Recruitment and Selection Timeline Feb. 2, 2021: The board of education adopted the Superintendent Recruitment and Selection Process.

Feb. 23, 2021: The board approved the initial representatives to the Advisory Committee.

March 9, 2021: The board approved additional representatives to the Advisory Committee.

FEBruary

March 18, 2021: The district opened the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) solicitation from interested organizations to conduct community engagement and Town Halls.

March 23, 2021: The Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Officer presented information to the board and public on the district’s RFP and contracting process. The presentation is available at https://go.boarddocs. com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/ files/BZ9QJ2692E51/$file/ RFP%20Process%20 Presentation%20.pdf.

ings, the following timeline is provided:

April 29, 2021, 1:00 pm: Request for Proposals closed.

march

JULy-september July - September 2021: NCEE will lead town hall meetings that will lead to the creation of a vision for the future of the district, and the identification of the qualities of a Superintendent to lead that vision.

May 19 and June 2, 2021: Meetings of the Advisory Committee. The Agendas and videos are posted on the district website at https://www.sandiegounified.org/ about/board_of_education/committees/superintendent_ search_advisory_committee/2021_meeting_schedule.

October 2021: The Advisory Committee will use the information gathered during the town halls, listening sessions and community engagement meetings to develop the job posting.

May 5 - 12, 2021: The Advisory Committee was invited to participate in interviews of the responsive bidders.

December November 2021: The Advisory Committee will screen the candidate application packages and will recommend up to ten (10) candidates to be interviewed by the Board.

FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS Parents and concerned citizens can email: superintendentsearch@sandi.net.

april

May-June

October-November October - November 2021: The position of superintendent will be posted for applications by qualified candidates.

Department of Education.

For those in the public desiring to keep track of past and future selection proceed-

December 2021: The Board will select up to three (3) final candidates.

Community forums will be held for the public to meet the finalists and provide feedback. The Board will appoint a permanent Superintendent.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY CHURCH DIRECTORY

Bishop / Pastor Adlai E. Mack, Pastor

Christians’ United in the Word of God

St. Paul United Methodist Church

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Diego

7965-B Broadway Street Lemon Grove, California 91945

3094 L Street San Diego, CA 92102

3085 K Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.232.5683

619.232.0510 • www.bethelamesd.com

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

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

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

All are Welcome to Join Us.

Pastor Milton Chambers, Sr. & First Lady Alice Chambers

Rev. Harvey L. Vaughn, III

“Come Worship With Us”

New Hope Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

New Assurance Church Ministries

Mesa View Baptist Church

2205 Harrison Avenue San Diego, CA 92113

7024 Amherst Street San Diego, CA 92115

13230 Pomerado Road Poway, CA 92064

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

619.469.4916 • NABC.ORG Email: newassurancebaptistchurch@yahoo.com

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

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

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

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

Rev. Dr. Obie Tentman, Jr.

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

Pastor Rodney and Christine Robinson

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

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

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

Pastor Dr. Darrow Perkins Jr.

Lively Stones Missionary Baptist Church

Phillips Temple CME Church

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

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

5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

1728 S. 39th Street San Diego, CA 92113

619.263.3097 • t.obie95@yahoo.com

619.262.2505 Sunday School 8 : 30 a.m.

Morning Worship 9 : 45 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 10 : 00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6: 00 p.m.

619.262.6004 • Fax 619.262.6014 www.embcsd.com

Sunday School 9 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10 : 30 a.m.

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

Pastor Jerry Webb

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11: 00 a.m.

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

Pastor Jared B. Moten

“A Life Changing Ministry” Romans 12:2

Bethel Baptist Church

Total Deliverance Worship Center

1819 Englewood Dr. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

1962 N. Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92105

138 28th Street San Diego, CA 92102

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

Sunday Worship Service 9 : 00 a.m.

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

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

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

Pastor Dennis Hodge First Lady Deborah Hodges

Pastor Dr. John E. Warren

Dr. John W. Ringgold, Sr. Pastor

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

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“It Takes Team Work to Make the Dream Work”

Eagles Nest

Christian Center

Mount Olive Baptist Church

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

36 South 35th Street San Diego, Ca 92113

4995 A Street San Diego, CA 92102

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619.239.0689 • mountolivebcsd.org

619.264.3369

Sunday First Worship 9 : 30 a.m.

Second Worship 11: 00 a.m.

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

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Sunday School 9 : 00 a.m.

Morning Service 10 : 45 a.m.

New Membership Orientation BTU 6 : 00 p.m.

Wednesday Eve Prayer Service 6 : 00 p.m.

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

Pastor Antonio D. Johnson

Real God, Real People, Real Results.

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Pastor Donnell and First Lady Sheila Townsend

“To Serve this present age” Matt: 28:19-20

Online or Dial: 1(669) 900-6833 Meeting ID : 747 601 3471 • Passcode: 626024 _ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7476013471?pwd = O GdGbnVMZ0xORzVGaENMa203QWVNQT09 Meeting ID : 747 601 3471 • Passcode: church

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Minister Donald R. Warner Sr.

We are a non-denominational full fellowship of believers dedicated to reach our community with the gospel and providing a place for believers to workship, learn, fellowship, serve and grow into the fullness of Christ Jesus.

This ministry is to build people of Purpose, Prayer, Power, Praise and Prosperity. This mandate is being fulfilled by reaching the reality of the gospel in a simplistic fashion, and a result, learning how to apply it in everyday life.

Eagles Nest Christian Center

“We are waiting for You”

Church of Christ

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church

580 69th Street, San Diego, CA 92114

625 Quail Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.264.1454 • warnerdt1@aol.com

619.263.4544

Sunday Bible Study 8 : 45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 10 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Bible Class 5: 00 p.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6: 00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Class 7: 00 p.m.

Friday Video Bible Class 7: 00 p.m.

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 11: 00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6: 00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6: 00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6: 30 p.m.

Wednesday Youth Bible Study 6: 30 p.m.

Pastor Rev. Julius R. Bennett

Calvary Baptist Church 719 Cesar E. Chavez Pkwy San Diego, CA 92113 619.233.6487 • www.calvarybcsd.org calvarybaptist1889@gmail.com

Dr. Emanuel Whipple, Sr. Th.D.

Sundays Bible Discovery Hour 9 : 30 a.m.

Mid Morning Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Noon Day Bible Study 12 : 00 noon Wednesday Discipleship Training 7: 00 p.m.

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OBITUARIES Elizabeth Clark Adams

Lorenzo Davis

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

8/7/1953

12/13/1972

10/27/1927

Robert W. Booker

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

07/12/2021

4/12/2020

07/18/2021

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY

Funeral services were held on July 23, 2021, at Memory Chapel of Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary, with burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

ELIZABETH CLARK ADAMS, known as Bobbi, was born October 27, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois to Marjorie and Daniel Clark. Bobbi’s days were filled with playing and mischief along with her sister Marian. After the passing of their mother, Daniel married Icema Tyndall. Her sister Danielle Clark was born, the three girls enjoyed a close sisterly relationship. Bobbi attended Morgan Park High School.

Soon after graduation, Bobbi met and married Richard Van Adams. They had two girls, Lynne and Jennifer. The family lived in Chicago. Bobbi took pride in homecooked meals, assisting in soul-food catering from time to time. Bobbi took a job as a nursery school teacher at Altgeld Nursery School.

The family moved to San Diego or “The Big S.D” as Bobbi affectionately called it. “The Big S.D.” checked all boxes including a warmer climate and Van’s lifelong dream of living by the beach. Bobbi, Van, her daughters Jennifer and Marian left Chicago. Bobbi embarked on serving God at Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church and working with children with special needs at Springall Academy.

Once they were settled in San Diego, everyone was welcome in Bobbi’s home; church members, community members, friends, and especially family. San Diego soon became Chicago West. Throughout the years, Marian’s daughters Julanne, Yasmin, and Leigh have also lived in “The Big S.D.” Surrounded by family, Bobbi knew that San Diego was truly home.

Bobbi leaned close into the Grace and Strength of God as she endured outliving many of her loved ones. Bobbi started a new chapter in her life when her granddaughter Singleton welcomed her into her home in New Jersey. There Bobbi found new friends and a welcoming church.

On Monday, July 12, 2021, Bobbi was called home. Bobbi was predeceased by her parents, husband Richard Van Adams, sister Danielle Icema Gibbs, and daughters Lynne Adams-Wright and Jennifer Adams-Brooks. She is survived by her sister Marian Clark Tyler; grandchildren Singleton Elizabeth (Marino) Beato, Van Glover (Eleanor); nieces, Julanne, Yasmin, Leigh, Icema III (Kiecey), Icema IV, a host of cousins, extended family members, and friends.

Lorenzo’s Homegoing & Celebration of Life will be held Friday, August 6, 2021, at 10:00a.m., New Life Christian Covenant Church, Pastor Charles Mullen, Presiding, 2130 Saipan Drive, San Diego, CA 92139, Miramar National Cemetery Friday, August 6, 2021 @ 1:00pm 5795 Nobel Drive, San Diego, CA 92122 LORENZO DAVIS (CASSIE) age 66. He began life on August 7, 1953, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Lorenzo passed away on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, at Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, Fort Worth, Texas.

Lorenzo was the second of eight children born to Howard Louis Davis and Lorraine Alma Worley Davis. Lorenzo attended Gompers Jr. High school and Wright Brothers High School in San Diego.

Lorenzo was a Vietnam War veteran. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged on 7/21/75.

Lorenzo married Sylvia Bailey in San Diego, CA on August 30, 1980. They were married for 40 years. Lorenzo Davis earned the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Management on October 24, 1997, from DeVry Institute of Technology. He earned a Master of Project Management and MBA from Keller School of Management.

After leaving the Marine Corps Lorenzo worked for John Hancock as an insurance agent, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center as an accountant he changed careers and became a San Diego City Firefighter-EMT. Lorenzo began working as an IT specialist for Earthlink Network Inc, and U.S. Veterans Initiative in Inglewood, CA. He advanced his career to Network Engineer.

Lorenzo loved his family first and foremost, devoted to his wife, supportive of his children and adoring to his grandchildren. Lorenzo loved to play golf.

Lorenzo Davis is survived by his wife Sylvia Bailey Davis, his son Aaron Wilhite, daughter Toccara Davis, son Rulon Davis (Sela) and daughter Ayriana Davis.

He left 8 grandchildren, Savanna Wilhite, Laiya Onyenegecha, Nevaeh Dawson, Timothy Dawson, Rowen Davis, Sophia Lorraine Davis, Elijah Aaron Davis and Aviyah Davis. He left 5 siblings, Howard E. Davis, Vickie Davis, Charles Davis, Alma Hicklin, and Sterling Davis.

Lorenzo leaves a host of nieces and nephews.

Life is but a Stopping Place Life is but a stopping place, a pause in what’s to be, a resting place along the road, to sweet eternity.

We all have different journeys, different paths along the way, we all were meant to learn some things, but never meant to stay… our destination is a place, far greater than we know.

For some the journey’s quicker, for some the journey’s slow.

And when the journey finally ends, we’ll claim a great reward, and find an everlasting peace, together with the Lord.

Angelite Amento-McWhorter SUNRISE 11/17/1969

SUNSET 6/29/2021

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY

Funeral Services were held on July 23, 2021, at Memory Chapel Anderson- Ragsdale Mortuary. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

ANGELITE ARMENTO-MCWHORTER was a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, classmate, sorer, coworker, and so much more. She passed away June 29, 2021 at her home in San Diego, California. She was born November 17, 1969 in Chicago to parents Sophia ‘’Linda” Durden and Joseph Angelo Armento.

The family relocated to Atlanta before her second birthday. There she grew to be a remarkable child, fearless and outgoing. Angelite attended Oglethorpe Elementary in southwest Atlanta and Lakeshore High School in College Park. She worked as an editor of the Purple Cow, a teen newsletter, a precursor to blog culture. She also worked for Georgia State Senator Julian Bond. After high school, she enrolled at Spelman College. She was a math major and a cheerleader, she was inducted into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority – the third generation in her family to earn her pearls.

She married Kevin McWhorter, the love of her life. They welcomed beautiful twins Rheily Jackson and Remi Mason. The family settled in San Diego. Her joy in all things was apparent in the photographs she captured, documenting her incredible journey. Angelite held an MBA degree from the University of Maryland. Angelite brought her personal flair to her professional life. As a stylist for Stella and Dot. She also thrived as a Redfin real-estate agent. She was a person you could trust. Her sales numbers in both fields earned her special recognition, but the real proof is in heartfelt connections between Angelite and all of the people in her professional sphere. Fashion was her first love. She created stunning outfits from eclectic garments discovered on sales racks and thrift stores around the world. Angelite didn’t care about designer labels and she could see the potential in items that others cast away. For her, beauty was a verb and a state of being. Everything she touched was made more splendid, more graceful, more unique. Angelite’s life lasted only fifty-one short years, but they were good years, rich with meaning, wonder, and devotion. She is survived by her husband, children, mother, brother, and a sweeping kinship of family and friends.

ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY 5050 Federal Boulevard San Diego, California 92102 (619) 263-3141 www.andersonragsdalemortuary.com

“STILL FAMILY OWNED STILL THE SAME QUALITY SERVICE STILL WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST”

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

Valerie Ragsdale Owner

Continuing over 130 Years of Service

Kevin Weaver General Manager

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY

Funeral Services were held on July 18, 2021, at Memory Chapel of Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary with a burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary.

ROBERT W. BOOKER, JR. was born December 13, 1972, to Virginia Ruth and Robert Wade Booker, Sr. in San Diego, CA. He was a miracle child, for the next 48 and onehalf years, Robert grew to become a multitalented young man with tremendous achievements.

In June of 1991, he graduated from Montgomery High School. Thereafter, he received an Associates of Arts Degree in General Studies from Southwestern College; a Bachelor of Arts Degree from LaSalle University; and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Religious Studies from Next Dimension Bible College in 2011.

Robert served as Chief Executive Officer of Youth of Excellence, Inc., to promote basic education skills for youth, individual empowerment, and community outreach. Robert was sought by churches and organizations to deliver the good news of Jesus Christ and to compel men, women, and youth to Christ, inspiring the Word of God. Robert was third generation COGIC, his grandfather (the late Oceana Booker, Sr.) and father (Robert Wade Booker, Sr.) He served as Assistant Pastor at Praise Centre COGIC. In January of 2021, he was appointed Assistant Pastor at Missionary COGIC. He was National Evangelist, International Department of Evangelism Region 5 President.

Robert was cherished by family and friends who lovingly referred to him as: “Dobbs” (a name given him by his sister, Robyn; “Woodie” (fondly called by his brother Greg); “Dossie” (a name given by his neighborhood friends); “Bunny” (fondly referred to by his grandmother and mother); and “Beetle Bug” (a name given him by his dad).

On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, the Lord called Robert Booker, Jr. from labor to reward. He was preceded in death by his mother, Virginia Ruth Booker; two brothers, Brandon Marshall-Booker and Zedric Marshall-Booker; grandmother, Ruth Whitmill; grandfather, Oceana Booker, Sr.; grandmother, Frances Booker; aunties, Kathleen Womack, Hattie Bonslater, Frances Denby, Lorraine Womack and LaFern Brewer; and cousins, Raymond Womack and Renee Byrd. He leaves to mourn his passing: Robert Wade Booker, Sr.; brothers, Gregory Lane Marshall-Booker, Kelvin Wynn Marshall-Booker, Terrence Melvin Marshall-Booker; sisters, Robyn Lorette Booker, Dee Taylor Bonnick, and Candace Taylor; aunts, Evelyn Booker, Rachel Hatchett and Vivian Westmoreland; and a host of nieces, cousins, other relatives, friends.

Love Lives On

Those we love are never really lost to us — we feel them in so many special ways —

through friends they always cared about and

dreams they left behind, in beauty that they added to our days… in words of wisdom we still carry with

us and memories that never will be gone… Those we love are never really lost to us —For everywhere their special love lives on.

A. Bradley

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Viola Davis Memoir ‘Finding Me’ Scheduled for Next April Associated Press

Oscar winner Viola Davis is working on a memoir that she says will be “straight, no chaser.”

HarperOne will release Davis’ “Finding Me” on April 19, 2022. Davis traces her rise from growing up in poverty and family violence in Rhode Island to becoming one of the world’s most acclaimed actors. She won

an Oscar for her starring role in the 2016 film adaptation of August Wilson’s drama “Fences,” an Emmy for “How to Get Away with Murder,” and Tonys for “Fences” and “King Hedley II.” “I believe that our stories, and the courage to share them, is the most powerful empathetic tool we have,” she said in a statement.

“This is my story ... straight no chaser.”

Davis’ other credits include the films “The Help,” last year’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and the upcoming “The Suicide Squad.”

She is also planning to portray Michelle Obama for the Showtime series “First Ladies,” which she will help produce.

“Finding Me” will be released in partnership with Ebony Magazine Publishing.

“Viola Davis is a powerful truth teller — through her work on stage and screen, as well as in her life,” HarperOne president and publisher Judith Curr said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to working with her on a book that powerfully reveals the risk and danger for a Black woman living in the fullness of her talents and gifts — and the reward and freedom that comes with it.”

Viola Davis arrives at the Oscars at Union Station in Los Angeles in April 2021. Davis is working on a memoir her publisher calls deeply personal and brutally honest. HarperOne will release Davis’ “Finding Me” on April 19, 2022. Davis will trace her rise from growing up in poverty and family violence in Rhode Island to becoming one of the world’s most acclaimed actors. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool, File)

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