By Jesse Brooks The AIDS Project East Bay(APEB) opened TRACY House (Transgender Resources and Advocacy Center for Youth), the first of its kind, May 18 in honor of Tracy “Equality” Bumpus, a Transgender advocate who died in July 2011, and to better meet the needs of the underserved transgender and gender non-conforming youth. Youth...
Read more →The Bay Area Nutrition and Physical Activity Collaborative (BANPAC) honored twenty Bay Area organizations that have committed to adopting 100% healthy beverage policies. At the Rethink Your Drink Launch on Thursday, May 9 these organizations were honored for rising to the challenge of providing healthy beverage options for their clients, members, parishioners, and staff...
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Attorney General Kamala Harris on Friday last week convened a Leadership Group of the state’s district attorneys to collectively develop smart and practical recommendations to reduce gun violence through enforcement of existing laws and prevention efforts. “Gun violence continues to be a distressing and persistent problem in the United States, but California is leading...
Read more →These health tips are presented by the Bay Area Media Mission-KDYA 1190AM, The Post News Group, and The Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI)-to help raise awareness and reduce the risks of breast cancer. Studies have shown that certain lifestyle changes can decrease the risks, such as: Breastfeeding-this may play a role in breast cancer...
Read more →Olsen & Partners, CPA presented a surprise donation of $20,000 to Hope for Haiti: Education at St. Columba Catholic Church’s third annual “Haiti Cultural Celebration to provide scholarships to almost 100 impoverished children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital city. Hope for Haiti: Education was organized by the parishioners at St. Columba in 2010. The nonprofit...
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More than 850 members of the YMCA of the East Bay and community participants celebrated Healthy Kids Day on April 27 participating in the ‘Move-A-Thon’ program with 5K runs, family classes and triathlons around the Bay Area. The program encourages children and families to participate in circuit exercise stations and record the number of...
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By Kia Croom Oakland native Adrian Marcel has established a growing fan base locally and nationally with the recent release of his EP debut Rafael Present’s 7 Days of Weak. Protégé to the legendary Rafael Saadiq, Marcel signed a record deal with El Seven Recordings/Universal Republic over a year ago and has since been...
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The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) recently announced that executive director Grace C. Stanislaus will resign effective June 28, 2013 to pursue new interests and opportunities. Stanislaus has been a driving force behind several exhibitions and programs. She helped to reinvigorate the museum’s individual and corporate giving programs and expanded the Diaspora Curriculum...
Read more →The Salvation Army is giving away shopping sprees to qualified underprivileged children, ages 5 to 12. Children 4 years old will also be accepted with proof of acceptance into kindergarten. Shopping sprees will be given on August 10 where children will shop for new clothes at Target, receive backpacks and school supplies. To be...
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Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) will be hosting town hall meetings on Social Security and Medicare in California’s Second Congressional District. He will discuss his efforts in Congress to protect America’s social safety net and answer questions from constituents. President of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Max Richtman, Carroll L....
Read more →In celebration of Fathers Day, Steve Knudsen of the Marin City Community Development Corp is organizing a Kickball Extravaganza on Saturday, June 15, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will be held on the MLK Ball Field in Marin City. There will be free food and fun prizes. Children are welcome. For more...
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By Godfrey Lee Marin City had its first comedy show “Comedy Explosion” last Friday night, May 17. The audience enjoyed the show at the Manzanita Senior Center, organized by Eboni McKinley. Event Director for Adults and Young Adults for the Marin City Community Service District, McKinley says the show was a success as more...
Read more →City staff recently prepared a draft Economic Development Initiatives and Work Plan (Work Plan) which reflects ongoing and planned efforts to promote sustainable economic development and transform San Leandro into a center for innovation. City staff is seeking input from the community to shape the Work Plan. It was presented to City Council on...
Read more →The San Leandro Public Library and Ace Monster Toys are presenting a free Arduino Microcontroller Computer Programming Workshop on four Saturdays, starting June 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Arduino Microcontrollers are computers that can sense and control the physical world. In this hands-on, entry-level workshop, adults 18 and over will learn to...
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Alameda County this week celebrated the opening of the new REACH Ashland Youth Center, a $23 million redevelopment project that will provide a wide variety of youth-oriented programs including job training, educational assistance, art and cultural programs, recreation, and health and wellness services. The REACH Ashland Youth Center – believed to be the largest...
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San Leandro Senior Community Center will hold its second Table Tennis tournament Friday, May 24, 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at 13909 East 14th St. Seniors 50+ are invited to participate in the tournament. A $1 drop-in fee applies. This popular drop-in social program recently expanded its hours and now offers three sessions weekly: Mondays...
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By Post Staff Timothy Miles lost his job a year ago, and the Richmond resident has been on the hunt for new opportunities ever since. When a Facebook advertisement about the May 9 Richmond Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and Job Fair caught his eye, he quickly registered for free through the For Richmond...
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Oakland A’s infielder Eric Sogard and team mascot Stomper visited Stege Elementary School in Richmond to launch the 2013 “Science of the Game” program, a partnership between the Oakland A’s, Chevron and Bay Area schools. Sogard passed out “Science of the Game” workbooks to approximately 100 fourth and fifth graders, and worked through...
Read more →By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez You’re a kid who knows right from wrong. When you were little, your parents helped you understand what was good and what was not. Once you got bigger, you could see when something wasn’t fair and you remember how much you hated that. These days, you’re old enough...
Read more →By Jesse Jackson Washington is descending into another silly season. Let’s end this diversion of dust and smoke as partisans hype mock “scandals” for political profit. The real scandals — like that of children in poverty — are simply being ignored. In this rich nation, nearly 8 million children under the age of 18...
Read more →By Robert Gnaizda Many leaders from the corporate world, government and the community always knew that David Glover was far more than just another community leader. Based upon my almost 30 years of working with David, from protests to development of complex policies to frank meetings with Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Wells...
Read more →By Conway Jones Nancy Stoner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water, toured EBMUD’s wastewater treatment facility in Oakland with Katy Foulkes, Vice President, EBMUD Board of Directors, as part of a nationwide tour to highlight the use of innovative technology in addressing water challenges. EBMUD was the...
Read more →By Paul Cobb David Glover, the executive director of OCCUR (Oakland Citizens’ Committee for Urban Renewal) brought renewal to every neighborhood in Oakland because he taught neighborhood leaders the skills to become advocates for equity and improvement. He died Wednesday May 22, at home in the care of his wife Robin Bailer-Glover and his...
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A Diasporic Dialogue with Olugbemiga Oluwole By Babatunde Harrison There was a time in the Diasporic story of the Blackman, when the American dream was a long endless nightmare. Those were the days when Africans were forcibly brought into America against their will to work and toil until they were dead. Times have changed...
Read more →Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy (BABIP) will be hosting their Strengthening Our House: A Capacity Building Seminar for nonprofits serving the Black community on Tuesday, May 21. The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1111 Broadway in Oakland. Topics will include: “How to Approach Foundations,” “Communicating Your Financial Story: ...
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Republican legislator offers bold plan for diversity and low-revenue districts Recently, the Post staff sat down with Senator Mimi Walters (R-Irvine) and discussed legislation which would increase a school district’s ability to integrate digital textbooks into California’s classrooms. Senate Bill 185, which is scheduled to be heard on the Senate Floor in late May,...
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Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) supported Governor Jerry Brown’s school funding plan. In a statement released Tuesday Huff said, “Of all the options being presented by California’s majority party, the governor’s plan does the most to help students from low-income families, and those students still facing the challenge of mastering English.” “Directing...
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The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee approved an ammunition tax measure, AB 187, this week which will provide a new source of revenue to assist communities facing high levels of gun violence. Authored by Assemblymembers Rob Bonta and Roger Dickinson, the measure would place a 10 percent tax on all ammunition sold in California,...
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Macheo Payne, who is graduating this month with a doctorate in educational leadership from San Francisco State University, is an Oakland native who has spent almost 20 years working at the grassroots level to improve education, particularly for youth in the African American communities. He says his studies have helped him look at system-wide...
Read more →By Jesse Jackson The student loan burden is reaching crisis proportions. Young Americans are being saddled with unsustainable debts. A New York Federal Reserve Bank study found that a stunning 43 percent of 25-year-olds had student loan debts in 2012. Debt now averages over $25,000 for graduates of four-year colleges. Student loan debt now...
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The Grandparents Club of the Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy received many expressions of thanks, gratitude and appreciation from the students and their families for their annual fundraising efforts to provide grants to assist students and families who want to receive an accredited first-class Christian-oriented education. The Grandparents Club pays one half of the...
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Special to the Post Home Defenders League groups from 25 areas across the country are converging on Washington D.C. next week to protest at the Department of Justice to demand that President Obama prosecute Wall Street banks that gutted the economy. The Home Defenders League is hosting a week of actions, teach-ins, sit-ins and...
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Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) and Oakland Housing Initiatives welcomed visitors to the future site of Lakeside Senior Apartments during their groundbreaking event on Thursday May 16. Located one block from Lake Merritt, the site is set to become a 92-unit affordable housing complex for low-income seniors. The groundbreaking event, part of East Bay...
Read more →By Ned MacKay According to Katie Colbert, the East Bay Regional Park District naturalist who has studied the reptiles for many years: “People are seeing the rattlesnakes now because they have come out of their winter dormancy and are moving around mostly looking for food, but the males might also be ranging a little...
Read more →The Bay Area Media Mission (BAMM)-KDYA 1190AM, The Post News Group, and The Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI)-are presenting May as Mother’s Month and offering healthy tips for breast cancer prevention. Studies have shown that lifestyle changes decrease the risk of breast cancer even in women with higher risks. Steps that you can take...
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Downtown Oakland has undergone a renaissance that has captured national media attention, with Uptown emerging as a premier arts and entertainment destination. Local residents and visitors can glimpse both today’s happening scene and landmarks from Oakland’s past during the 2013 Oakland Tours season. Free 90-minute walking tours of downtown Oakland will be offered every...
Read more →The Alameda County Public Health Department will be offering free health screenings for families, Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the East Oakland Boxing Association, 816 98th Ave. in Oakland. Free screenings will offered for blood pressure, weight and BMI, blood cholesterol and glucose, vision and hearing, body fat assessment and...
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East Oakand residents went to the Oakland City Council meeting Tuesday night last week to oppose the opening of a mega-crematorium near Oakland International Aiprort, where Stewart Industries has planned to burn 3,000 bodies a year. The council unanimously approved a resolution backed by community members that the crematorium cannot be built without going...
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Softball pitcher Rachel Sanders, a junior at Holy Names High School, is taking her game to another level. Inspired by the Bay Area Rescue Mission, a nonprofit providing services and shelter for the homeless in Richmond, Sanders started Strikeout Hunger, a drive to raise funds for feeding the hungry. In participating in community service...
Read more →The Hannah Gallery will present The Gospel Café on Sunday, May 26 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The public is invited to stop by to eat, chat and enjoy the refreshing sound of Gospel music. Supervised kids are welcome. Admission is free. An “open mic” will be available, 10-minute maximum per turn on...
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Young people in Marin City will have opportunities to explore career options through a paid internship this summer, as part of the Summer Youth Development Program run by the Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC) for youth ages 14-21. MCCDC will be offering youth work experience and job placement opportunities as well as Academic...
Read more →For one in six people in Alameda County, hunger is a reality. This summer, the San Leandro Library will join other libraries across California in collecting 10,000 pounds of food for those in need. To kickoff the summer food drive, the San Leandro Public Library will offer Food For Fines from Monday, June 3...
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Mayor Stephen Cassidy has announced that the historic Manor Shopping Center neon sign will be illuminated on Friday, May 24, for the first time in over 30 years. The Optimist Club of San Leandro and the City of San Leandro split the $13,400 cost of restoring the neon sign, with the city using funds...
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The San Leandro Public Library will celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Winnie Wong, guzheng musician, Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave. in San Leandro. Admission is free. The guzheng is a plucked-string traditional musical instrument that has existed in China for over 2500...
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Lobsang Marcia, Alfonso Solis and Blanca Arteaga are three of the outstanding graduates who will be honored at San Francisco State University commencement on May 25. Raised by his grandmother in Nicaragua until he was 17, Marcia spoke limited English when he reunited with his mother in the U.S. in 2006. Despite this limitation,...
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The San Francisco Juneteenth Committee and the San Francisco Chapter of the NAACP are holding the 63rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration and NAACP Unity Weekend in the Fillmore District, between Geary and Eddy Streets, on Saturday, June 15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Juneteenth celebration activities include: live musical performances from local artists; a...
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By Kia Croom Cindy Howell is founder of Natural Healing Tree Women’s Wellness Center and Granny’s Kitchen located in Point Richmond, which offers space for women of all walks of life to work and heal together in all aspects of their lives. The center offers workshops on healthy eating and cooking, preventive health, stress...
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