The Black Student Union (BSU) at San Leandro High School hosted a Black History Month program on Monday, Feb. 25 with the theme “Reaching Back, Moving Forward”. The event was supported by parents LuTillian Hudson and Angelia Foxall, and donors included Starbucks, Piccadilly Restaurants, D.R. Roberts Event Management, Best Burgers, Rock & Roll Japanese Cuisine, [...]
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By Carla Thomas The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission held an awards luncheon, Celebration of Black American History, in partnership with the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Whitcomb in San Francisco on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The 500 community members, leaders and elected officials enjoyed live entertainment by the Jaye and [...]
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the City of San Francisco announced plans for PG&E to invest approximately $1.2 billion in San Francisco’s infrastructure over the next five years. Tony Earley, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E made the announcement with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee during the San Francisco Chamber of [...]
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The Contra Costa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will host an Impact Day in Richmond on Saturday, March 9, focusing on Childhood Obesity. The free, daylong community health fair “Keep it 100!” at John F. Kennedy High School in Richmond is designed to help combat a growing crisis in America while making [...]
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By Debbie Hernandez The 6th annual sold out celebration of Black History held on Feb. 8 at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium focused on the history and people of Richmond. The event featured stories of migration to Richmond; gospel and praise dancing; poetry and civil rights speeches; local heroes, and fashion from different regions of Africa. [...]
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By Kia Croom The Robinson-Weeks-Robinson Scholarship Fund Inc. hosted its 14th Annual Scholarship Breakfast Saturday Feb. 23, from 9 a.m-noon at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium. The annual event raises money to help underserved high school seniors from West Contra Costa County go to college. Event highlights included a performance by Rhythm and Gospel artist Amar [...]
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By Kia Croom Richmond youth are ready to play ball, and Richmond Little League Baseball and Softball is here to serve them. For the last five years, the Little League has partnered with agencies such as Richmond Police Activities League (PAL), YMCA and Richmond Parks and Recreation to bring organized baseball and softball to [...]
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By Post Staff After nearly seven years in prison, Ronald Ross was exonerated from a conviction for attempted premeditated murder. Ross was found guilty Nov. 8, 2006 of trying to murder Renardo Williams, who was shot on the front porch of his West Oakland apartment in April of that year. Ross was sentenced to 25 [...]
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By Danielle Savage NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may have discovered the youngest black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, according to a UC Berkeley researcher. “We know of a couple of hundred or so black holes. The interesting thing about this one we think it’s the youngest one ever discovered,” said Josh Shiode, graduate student [...]
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The East Bay Regional Park District is looking for lifeguards for the 2013 swim season. Applicants must be able to swim well but need no previous lifeguard training. Hourly wages are from $13.78 to $21.06, a bit more for instructors. No certificates are required. The district provides paid training. Applicants must be at least 16 [...]
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By Conway Jones Capitol Post News President Barack Obama this week appointed David Johns as executive director of the White House Initiative for Educational Opportunity of African Americans. Under the Presidential Executive Order, the initiative will be part of the U.S. Department of Education. The goal of the program is to restore the country to [...]
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By Benjamin Todd Jealous and Chad Griffin A decade before Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, police dragged Bayard Rustin off a bus in Tennessee for the same act of protest. When pressed about why he was resisting segregation, Rustin gestured to a young white boy [...]
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The Internationally known African Children’s Choir will perform Friday, March 8 at 6 p. at The Church By the Side of the Road in Berkeley. The program features children’s songs, traditional spirituals and gospel favorites, as well as African dances. Admission to the concert is free. A free-will offering is taken at the performance to [...]
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By Rikha Sharma Rani Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, the well known downtown Oakland nightclub that closed in early 2009 after a high-profile showdown with the Oakland Police Department, reopened its doors in July. The grand opening was marked with a birthday celebration for club owner Geoffrey Pete. Pete’s birthday is March 5. On his birthday three [...]
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By Conway Jones Capitol Post News President Barack Obama this week appointed David Johns as executive director of the White House Initiative for Educational Opportunity of African Americans. Under the Presidential Executive Order, the initiative will be part of the U.S. Department of Education. The goal of the program is to restore the country to [...]
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By Stalfana Bello A daylong, free “Doctors on Board Program” conference will be held Saturday, March 9, at the Oakland Marriott Hotel, hosted by Physicians Medical Forum (PMF) to increase the numbers of African Americans in the Bay Area who become doctors. Outreaching to Black students, the organization has planned mock medical clinics, primary care [...]
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By Ken A. Epstein The city’s administration has not implemented a City Council decision to begin sending complaints against Oakland police offers to a Civilian Complaint Review Board, which was supposed to staffed and operating by Jan. 1. Nor has the delay been discussed at a City Council meeting. According to supporters of the review [...]
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By Ken A. Epstein In an email exchange with city officials, the head of an Oakland Democratic club demanded “an immediate investigation” of why the city lost over $600,000 in federal funds to help laid off workers and called on the City Council “to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible.” “Oakland [...]
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By Post Staff Oakland developer Phil Tagami failed to take the opportunity to respond to charges against him in a recent Oakland Post news article. Last week in a story entitled “Tagami Conflict Of Interest Charged In Army Base Evictions,” the Post reported that Oakland Maritime Support Services head Bill Aboudi said that it was [...]
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By Post Staff The city is working to “expedite” cash advances to nonprofits that provide job training to Oakland youth, according to the city’s communications director. Agencies funded by the city have been waiting to receive the advances for the past eight months. “Normally it would take about 7-8 weeks to amend multiple contracts, process [...]
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In March, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery Alabama. Pictured above are Ralph Bunche, Dr. King, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Post reporter, now publisher, Paul Cobb (with pencil and glasses), Milton Hare and Will Battles. Obama credited the Selma March for the Voting Rights Bill that [...]
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Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks became the first African-American woman to receive a statue in the Capitol when President Obama and congressional leaders unveiled it Wednesday. Parks is depicted sitting, clutching her purse, much as she did in the bus protest that made her famous. Obama (left) also earlier sat in the same historic seat [...]
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By Tanya Dennis The Oakland Housing Assistance Office, which will help homeowners and tenants in fear of losing their homes, held a grand opening at its new office at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza on the 5th floor in Oakland. Supported by Oakland officials, grass root organizations and legal assistance groups, the office will provide support [...]
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By Tanya Dennis Two years ago in 2011, I broke the locks on my foreclosed house in Berkeley and repossessed my home. By the time the sheriff was due to arrive a month later to evict me again, I had begun working with the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), and with the group’s [...]
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“Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson,” is a new book that tells the story of a woman of unusual accomplishments—an anthropologist, a prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women’s rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist activist, and an internationally sought-after speaker. Yet historians for the most part have confined Essie to [...]
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By Ken A. Epstein Businesswoman Darlene Ann Lawson-Scott, 75, who left a lasting impact on Oakland schools during two terms on the Board of Education, died on Jan 13. A fighter for equal education for flatland children and families, she was the first African American woman to be elected to the school board. Known as [...]
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By Josh Rojas A Tuskegee Airman, retired lieutenant colonel George Hardy, 87, fought fascism in World War II and helped break down racial barriers in the American military. “When I went into the service in ‘43, racial segregation was rigidly enforced,” Hardy said. “No fraternization, that is, mixing with races. So, we were completely segregated [...]
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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., a predominantly Black fraternity founded in 1911 on the campus of Indiana University, will award $1,000 dollar scholarships to two high school seniors. The deadline is March 30. Applicants must have a 3.0 grade-point average and demonstrate active community service. A PDF is available at the Berkeley Alumni website, www.kapsi-berkeleyalumni.org, [...]
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Courtesy UC Berkeley Public Affairs How do we effectively respond to sexual violence during war, and how can we better protect people during and after violent conflicts? International scholars, policymakers, human-rights advocates and foreign military leaders will take up this issue and more at the Missing Peace Symposium 2013 in Washington, D.C., co-hosted last week [...]
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By Huffington Post Mississippi lawmakers have officially ratified the Constitution’s 13th Amendment, which banned slavery in 1865. 148 years after three-fifths of the states voted to approve the amendment, Mississippi’s legislature finally took steps to fix the glaring oversight last month. According to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, the decision was inspired by the Oscar-nominated film “Lincoln,” [...]
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Larry Gayden brings over 27 years of experience to his new position as Senior Controller of the YMCA of the East Bay. “Larry is highly versed in all aspects of financial and accounting issues for non-profits, and we are fortunate to have him on board,” said Robert Wilkins, CEO of the Y of the East [...]
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Civicorps will hold its official opening of its new headquarters at 1425 5th St. across from the West Oakland BART station on Thursday, Feb. 28. Civicorps has provided educational and employment opportunities for 50,000 underserved Oakland youth and young adults since it began 1983. The organization helps young adults, ages 18-24, obtain a high-school diploma, [...]
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By Ashley Chambers Senseless violence on the streets of Oakland has claimed the lives of many hopeful young people in recent months. As of Feb. 11, the city reported nine homicides this year, eight of which were young men and women under the age of 25. On Feb. 1, 18-year old was shot and killed [...]
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By Sandra Varner/ Talk2SV.com Currently running at The San Francisco Playhouse through March 16 is the aggressive and arresting Broadway hit, “The MF with The Hat” from playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (Jesus Hopped the “A” Train). “The Hat” is bold, edgy, powerful and callous with a cast up to the task of parlaying the pathos [...]
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By Ashley Chambers Actor Blair Underwood is renowned for his compelling and sometimes mysterious roles in both film and television. He is admired for his debonair, confidence, and style. He has won many accolades over the course of his career, among them Golden Globe nominations, a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album, NAACP Awards, and [...]
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Blair Underwood Unveils Casual Spring Collection By Ashley Chambers Award winning actor, director, and producer Blair Underwood is more than a handsome face in theaters and on TV screens. He’s a suave businessman and clothing designer with his BU Collection, a line of men’s tailored suits, shirts, and ties sold exclusively at K&G stores. His [...]
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The 6th grade class at Richmond Charter Academy middle school has announced that it has reached the milestone of 102 consecutive days of perfect attendance. “I am truly proud of my students, parents and teachers,” said Principal Evelia Villa, “We set lofty goals from the start, and through thick and thin, the 6th grade class [...]
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The end of February marks nine years since the U.S.-backed coup in Haiti, as well as the second anniversary since President Aristide has returned to the country. Haiti Action Committee will commemorate the dates with featured speaker Walter Turner, host and producer of radio Station KPFA’s Africa Today. He will talk about his recent trip [...]
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By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams In a letter to the New York Times, South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls the US and its citizens hypocritical for accepting a killer drone program when it pertains to foreign suspects while demanding judicial review when those targets are American citizens. He writes in the [...]
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The following are corrections to “The Roots of Toni Beckham’s Success” in the Feb. 13 Post. The article by Lee Hildebrand inaccurately said “PR, et Cetera is now one of the most successful African-American-owned publicity companies in the United States.” Rather, it should read “In 2011, The Atlanta Post—a New York-based national news site targeting [...]
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By Danielle Savage Berkeley will hold its first citywide College and Career Day Friday, March 1, sponsored by the Berkeley Alliance and the UC Berkeley’s Center for Educational Partnerships. Every school in city is organizing an activity for its students that day, including after school programs and pre-kindergarten schools. Activities will fit the age and [...]
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By Ashley Chambers Amya Harris, 15, is bound for success. Holding a 4.2 GPA at Alameda Community Learning Center, the aspiring doctor is driven to level the playing field for young African American women. Following in the footsteps of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the African American doctor who was the first to perform open-heart surgery, [...]
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By Neil Satterlund Alameda County Sheriff Ahern wants surveillance drones. At last Thursday’s hearing of Alameda County’s Public Safety Committee, over powerful objections from more than a hundred members of the community, he clarified what he wants: a small, quiet robot helicopter with a camera and thermal imaging that can see you through the bushes. [...]
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At the last meeting of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board, Executive Director John Bailey pledged to resolve snafus that have held up the cash advances for the past eight months to nonprofit agencies that serve some Oakland youth who are most in need. Bailey made the promise on Feb. 7, but at least some agencies [...]
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For high school students looking to get a jumpstart on their college career, DeVry University has the perfect solution with its Passport 2 College program. Students in their junior and senior years can earn college credit at no cost while getting their high school diploma taking college courses such as business, math, psychology, and English. [...]
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Part III By Ken A. Epstein The head of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board has submitted a memo to the City Council blaming the administration of former Mayor Ron Dellums for the loss of over $600,000 in federal funds for unemployed workers, nearly two years after Dellums left office. Several problems with carrying out the [...]
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By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor The president of one of the companies that must soon move to make way for Oakland’s development of the old Army Base property has charged that with the city’s assistance, Oakland developer Phil Tagami is operating under a “great conflict of interest” in the Army Base Gateway development. Construction on the [...]
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The Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program in Oakland, partnered with the Oakland Boys & Girls Club, and Youth Sports Nation (YSN), helped more than 40 youth and parents participate in a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada in December for the National Baseball Tournament. Even though very few minority teams participate in youth baseball [...]
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Corporate officers and staff of Fouche’s Hudson Funeral Home in Oakland are honoring C’Aubrey O. Peoples. Peoples’ career spanned 56 years with Fouche’s Hudson, from apprentice embalmer to general manager. The demands and changes in the funeral industry over these decades made him exceedingly resilient. His ability to manage the company and maintain a cohesive [...]
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By Danielle Savage Home Depot stores across the nation are hiring 80,000 part-time and full-time workers to handle the company’s busy spring home and garden rush. About 1,500 of these jobs will be at Bay Area stores, according to Katherine Ellison, Corporate Communications Specialist for Home Depot. The positions will include cashiers, lot attendants and [...]
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