By Tanya Dennis There is something spiritual and cosmic about doing what you know will define history and the future. Much like the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and Cesar Chavez’s boycott to champion the rights of migrant workers in the 1970s, 500 protesters traveled to Washington D.C. last week to protest Attorney...
Read more →Abu Rahim was recognized by the Alameda County Mental Health Board with the 2013 Alameda County Mental Health Community Service Award for his work in mental health consumer advocacy. He is chairperson of the Pool of Consumer Champions, a peer-led organization of 700 mental health consumers with a mission to overcome their mental health...
Read more →Last week, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the sentencing of three defendants in a human trafficking ring in which women from Mexico were used as prostitutes in five Northern California cities. Nery Najarro-Rodriguez, 42, Jorge Perez-Hernandez, 37, and Luis Mata, 30, pled no contest to conspiracy to commit pimping and pandering as part...
Read more →In celebration of National Get Outdoors Day, the Healthy Parks Healthy People Festival, to be held Saturday, June 22 at Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area in Fremont, is offering family-friendly fun. The free festival features outdoor recreation and healthy lifestyle options for families, produced by the East Bay Regional Park District and Regional Parks...
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Each Sunday Yancie Taylor (above) plays smooth jazz on his vibraphone accompanied by talented vocalists and a live band at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle. Presented by producer Kelly Zeno, Jazz at Geoffrey’s started March 17 and has a large following of couples, singles, and jazz lovers who like to enjoy live music. Featuring rotating vocalists...
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By Ashley Chambers In Judy Juanita’s first novel “Virgin Soul,” the author, poet, and playwright takes readers on a journey in the life of Geniece Hightower as she matures from a freshman at Oakland City College (now Merritt College) to becoming an active member of the Black Panther Party in the 1960’s. Based on...
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By Patrice Waugh The NAACP Oakland Imani Youth Council recently announced the appointment of five new officers to its Executive Committee Board. The new appointees are: Mercedes Hawkins of Oakland High School as President; Jonathan Higgenbotham of Patton Academy as Vice President; Jamila Coleman of American Indian Charter School as Second Vice President; Tyler...
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Rev. Sterling Jenkins, III, 60, passed away on June 6 in Oakland. He was born in New Orleans, LA to Sterling Jenkins, Jr. and Helen M. Hopkins. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and served with honor in the U.S. Army. As a minister at Grace Baptist Church in Oakland, Jenkins...
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By Jesse Brooks Maintaining a strong and stable relationship is challenging especially when one partner is HIV positive, technically known as sero-discordant couples. The Eban II Program is searching for heterosexual African American sero-discordant couples to participate in a behavioral study that will help such couples live normal lives and avoid transmitting the disease...
Read more →President Barack Obama proclaimed June as ‘Healthy Parks Month’ so the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) – in partnership with USDA Forest Service – will host the free “Healthy Parks, Healthy People” festival that features outdoor recreation and healthy lifestyle options for families. The “Healthy Parks, Healthy People” Festival will be held Saturday,...
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By Tanya Dennis Coach Linda Stenson does what it takes to help her cheerleaders succeed. She sits in the classroom with them if necessary to make sure they earn their grades. The students have to achieve at least a 2.5 grade-point-average to stay on the team. “I told the girls they could accept being...
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By Keith Carson For a child to be healthy and happy, few things are more important than the consistent presence of loving, caring parents and guardians. As long as my father was alive, I was blessed by his wisdom and guidance. His steady presence allowed me to observe and pick up important lessons on...
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By Etta Jones Despite life challenges that would disorient most others, young and old, Nicolas Ross is looking forward to graduating from Fremont High School with a 4.31 grade point average and attending UC Berkeley in the fall. Since ninth grade, 10 of his friends have died as a result of gun violence in...
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By Post Staff Spencer Whitney, a 23-year old journalist from New Jersey, received his master’s degree in Journalism from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism this past May. Whitney graduated from Howard University in 2011 where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the John H. Johnson School of Communications. Whitney’s master thesis...
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Kelly Zeno presents Yancie Taylor’s Sunday Jazz Concert and Jam Session every Sunday at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, 410 14th Street in downtown Oakland. This Father’s Day, June 16, guest vocalist Joel Fleisher will perform with The Yancie Taylor Jazztet from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The jam session will start at 9 p.m. with...
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A community meeting will be held in Marin City to discuss the new George “Rocky” Graham Park project Tuesday, June 25, at 6 p.m. at the Marguerite Johnson Senior Center at 640 Drake Ave. in Marin City. he Marin City Community Services District is sponsoring the new park, utilizing a $5 million state grant...
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By Godfrey Lee Mountain Play in Marin celebrated its 100th anniversary with the production of “The Sound of Music.” Young people from Marin City on June 9 attended the production, which was dedicated to Felecia Gaston of Performing Stars. On June 9, around 40 adults and youth from Marin City attended the production. Director...
Read more →The city will hold a Town Hall meeting Thursday, June 27, at 7 p.m. for the residents of San Leandro City Council Districts 1 and 2. The meeting will be held in the Senior Community Center at 13909 East 14th St, hosted by Mayor Stephen Cassidy and City Councilmembers Michael Gregory and Ursula Reed....
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The City of San Leandro has leased the California Conservatory Theater located at the San Leandro Civic Center to Curtain Call Performing Arts (CCPA). The lease is for five years. “The arts are vital to a city’s quality of life and economic progress. We hope that by providing a long-term lease at almost no...
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The San Leandro Public Library, as part of its Millennial Academy, is presenting “Movies for the Latest Generation,” a film series featuring great stories about Millennials, people aged 18 to 33 years old. The series kicks off on Saturday, June 22 with a film adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s book “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding...
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A partnership between the City of San Leandro and San Leandro Academy for Multimedia (SLAM) at San Leandro High School is broadcasting on its cable channels video profiles of local business leaders. The videos feature Katherine Sarafian, a San Leandro High School graduate and producer of the Oscar-award winning movie “Brave;” Tracy McSheery of...
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The San Leandro City Council at its June 3 meeting unanimously adopted the city manager’s proposed budget for fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15. The new budget, which will go into effect July 1, allocates $125 million in the first year and $127 million the second year to promote services, programs and projects. The balanced...
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By Kia Croomr LaVontae Renee Hill graduated from Kennedy High School with top honors. Hill is the only African-American male in his class to win this recognition. He will attend Sacramento State University this fall and is considering majoring in nursing. Hill, who grew up in a single-parent home, attributes his academic success to...
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By Kia Croom Richmond will celebrate its 10th Annual Juneteenth Family Day Parade and Festival, Saturday, June 22, presented by the Neighborhood Block Association, Chevron Richmond Refinery and the City of Richmond. The parade will start at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Marina Way and Cutting Boulevard. This year’s grand marshal will be...
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Alegra Figeroid and Zoe Turin of Berkeley took first place and $250 in the Chalk Art Contest at the Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival in the Gourmet Ghetto on North Shattuck Avenue last week. Their chalk drawing, IXCACAO, which the 16-year olds worked on for over five hours, delighted the judges. Alegra & Zoe...
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The White House honored Carol Burton as a “Champion for Change” last week for her more than 20 years as an advocate for children with incarcerated parents. Burton serves as the executive director of Centerforce in Northern and Central California, a nonprofit that works to aid those who are incarcerated. She is the immediate...
Read more →The African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington, D.C. this week received a $12 million gift from Oprah Winfrey to support the museum’s capital campaign. Combined with a $1 million gift made in 2007, this brings Winfrey’s total to $13 million, the museum’s largest donation to date. Winfrey, chairman and CEO of...
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The Oakland school board this week appointed Anne Campbell Washington, chief of staff to Mayor Jean Quan, to serve as District 4 member of the Board of Education. Chosen over eight other candidates who applied for the position, she will complete the term of Gary Yee, who resigned to take over as acting superintendent...
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By Jennifer Inez Ward Two months after announcing that he was resigning because of a family medical emergency, Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Tony Smith has accepted a position as executive director of the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation. OUSD Spokesman Troy Flint confirmed an announcement made on the Stone Foundation website...
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By Tasion Kwamilele American Indian Model (AIM) Schools in Oakland are awaiting a decision from the Alameda County Board of Education to reinstate their accreditation, which has been revoked by the Oakland Unified School District. Countering allegations made by school district officials, AIM administration recently released a report that it says provides “documented facts...
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By Ken A. Epstein Contrary to what city officials are saying, Oakland can reduce the number of sworn officers while increasing the number of police responding to crime, according to PUEBLO, a local group that has long advocated for police accountability, and city unions that are currently negotiating for a new contract. “Hiring civilians...
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By Post Staff City workers represented by SEIU Local 1021 and IFTPE Local 21 announced Thursday in front of Oakland City Hall that they are prepared to go on strike for the first time since 1946. Ninety-four percent of Local 21 workers were in favor of striking while 95 percent of SEIU 1021 members...
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By Ken A. Epstein Three Oakland Councilmembers – Desley Brooks, Noel Gallo and Larry Reid – have submitted an alternative city budget that they say will not just throw money at the police department but will increase public safety and invest in the whole city, “including front line services, because we believe (residents) deserve...
Read more →David Edmund Glover was born July 15, 1952 in St Louis, Mo. He was the last of three siblings born to Philmore David Glover and Rose Gordon Glover.
David learned early how to get into the conversation, hold his own and come away sharper. The Glover dining room table, where every dinner was eaten unless it was Saturday, was a place for listening, sharing, learning, laughing and convincing.
David quickly mastered all five and added charming. It is fair to say that the joy he helped create at his childhood table was carried to every table he joined, whether his own family gatherings, larger family and extended family events, time spent with friends, or the many community meetings where he listened, learned, shared, laughed, convinced, and charmed.
By Ashley Chambers The memorial service of husband, father, brother, leader, and activist David Glover filled the First Presbyterian Church in Oakland on Saturday, June 1. An overflow audience of more than 700 men and women impacted by David’s life and legacy came to remember him, which was the first time the church had...
Read more →On June 7, Bay Area leaders will come together to walk it out at the 8th Annual Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Showcase and 5k walk at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Network Physical Activity Integration Specialist, Carmen Bogan who has coordinated the annual event for the past eight years, knows how important walking and...
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By Post Staff The Oakland Street Academy is celebrating “40 years of empowering students for social justice,” as a small, public alternative school that has graduated generations of local students. Many graduates, families and former staff members participated in an anniversary event last Thursday evening to express their gratitude for the work the school...
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By Ken A. Epstein Completed in stages over the last 12 years, a massive bronze sculpture installation in Oakland depicting global and local humanitarians is finally done. The “Remember Them: Champions for Humanity” memorial, a vision of celebrated local artist Mario Chiodo, was dedicated Friday afternoon at the Henry J. Kaiser Park on 19th...
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The Board of Directors of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir (OIGC) has announced the appointment of performing arts manager Mark DeSaulnier as Executive Director, succeeding longtime Executive Director Bea Andrade. DeSaulnier brings to OIGC more than ten years of professional management and production experience in the performing arts. He will be responsible for fundraising,...
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By Bill Coburn Odette Pollar is an Oakland native and a consummate plant person. In 2008, Pollar was in the middle of remaking a new back garden at her house in the Lakeshore neighborhood of Oakland when she had an idea of creating a plant exchange, so she and her neighbors had access to...
Read more →Courtesy UC Berkeley Public Affairs The UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund (CCPF) has announced this year’s award recipients for projects focused on education, arts, math and sciences. Now in its seventh year, the fund will award a total of $252,000 to 11 partnerships between local community members and UC Berkeley students, faculty and...
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Cases of whooping cough are up the past two months in Marin County, especially among children, and the County’s Public Health Officer wants to make sure parents are on alert. During April and May, 36 Pertussis (whooping cough) cases were reported to the Marin County Department of Public Health, up from five cases in...
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The Hannah Gallery will be presenting master guitarist Lloyd Gregory in concert on Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m. Gregory will be performing a musical odyssey featuring African, reggae, Brazilian, blues, smooth jazz sounds and R&B. Stanley Clark calls Lloyd Gregory a “modern-day Wes Montgomery.” Gregory creates an eclectic and electrifying evening of smooth...
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Kalyn Peterson, a junior at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, is the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition for high school students in California’s Second Congressional District. Her painting is entitled “Sad Clown on Cardboard.” “I am proud that so many high school students submitted art to the 2013 Congressional...
Read more →The San Leandro Public Library will be hosting three programs to help people who want to use the summer to improve their minds and bodies. Each of these programs will be held Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Main Library, which is located at 300 Estudillo Ave. in downtown San...
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On Saturday, June 15, a field of close to 800 first-timer, few-timer, and many-timer triathletes will be on hand to kick off On Your Mark Events’ 26th annual Tri For Fun Triathlon Series (four triathlon events), at Shadow Cliffs Regional Park in Pleasanton. Utilizing the lake and rolling hills of Shadow Cliff Park and...
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