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6-year-old and mother hosted by Golden State Warriors owner at Warriors game

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7 years ago

March 31, 2017

Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob hosted Snellville, Georgia, natives Isaiah Simpson and his mother, Alexandra McDonald, at a Warrior game in Oakland. Mother and son sat in floor seats next to Lacob.

Isaiah, who is six years old, had been begging to watch Curry play since his birthday last summer. His mother told him to work harder in school and improve his reading and writing. He had to keep his room clean, clear his plate from the table “and be a good boy.”

McDonald and her son were left heartbroken at Philips Arena in Atlanta when they were denied access to the Warriors’ game against the Hawks earlier this month because they had purchased counterfeit tickets from a third-party vendor.

When the Warriors organization learned of this, they flew mother and son from Atlanta to San Francisco for Sunday’s game.
At the Oracle Arena Isaiah and his mother were ushered onto the court. He had his hair shaved with a “30” on one side and the Bay Bridge on the other.

One minute Isaiah was watching Warriors guard Stephen Curry swish one basket after the other. The next minute, the basketball great was at Isaiah’s side, his hands on the boy’s shoulders.

Curry asked Isaiah to throw him the ball a few times. One toss went wild.

“It’s OK,” Curry told the boy. “One more try?”
To Isaiah, Curry wasn’t a speck anymore. And neither the boy nor his mother were disappointed. This time, Curry was up close and real.

“It was a pleasure to host Isaiah and his mother, Alexa, at the Warriors game on Sunday,” said Warriors owner Joe Jacob

“We’re so glad we could provide Isaiah with a memorable experience, including meeting the team in the locker room after the game, especially after everything he went through in Atlanta. It’s disappointing to us whenever any of our fans are denied access to games due to fraudulent tickets, and it’s our hope that we can help raise awareness about this and do our part to try and prevent it going forward.”

The Warriors held Stop Fraud Night at Sunday night’s game at Oracle Arena which highlighted the Warriors organization’s continuing efforts to warn fans about the potential dangers of purchasing fraudulent single-game tickets from a non-verified third party.

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WOMEN IMPACTING THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY

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April 17, 2024

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Sister Juanita Matthews

55 Years with Oakland Public School District

The Teacher, Mother, Community Outreach Champion, And Child of God

Juanita Matthews, better known as “Sister Teacher,” is a walking Bible scholar. She moved to California from the great state of Arkansas in 1971. Sister Teacher has a passion for teaching. She has been a member of Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church since 1971. She followed her passion for teaching, and in 1977 became the lead teacher for Adult Class #6. Her motto still today is “Once My Student, Always My Student”.

Beyond her remarkable love for the Lord, Sister Teacher has showcased her love for teaching by working for the Oakland Unified School District for 55 years, all but four of those years spent at Emerson Elementary and Child Development School. She truly cares about her students, making sure they have the tools/supplies needed to learn either at OUSD or Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

She’s also had a “Clothes Closet Ministry” for 51 years, making sure her students have sufficient clothing for school. The Clothes Closet Ministry extends past her students, she has been clothing the community for over 50 years as well. She loves the Lord and is a servant on a mission. She is a loving mother to two beautiful children, Sandra and Andre. This is the impact this woman of God has on her church and the community.

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Oakland’s ‘Green the Church,’ Others, Host a Climate Revival

On April 20, Oakland’s Green The Church California (GTC) and the Center For Food, Faith and Justice will celebrate Earth Day and present a Climate Revival event titled “Growing Healthy Communities From Soil To The Soul” at McGee Avenue Baptist Church at 1640 Stuart St, Berkeley, CA. The day will include inspiring talks, interactive workshops, networking opportunities, and a special panel on Food Sovereignty and Global Food Resilience.

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The revival will take place at McGee Avenue Baptist Church in Berkeley on April 20. Courtesy image.

Growing Healthy Communities from Soil to the Soul in Berkeley

By Y’Anad Burrell

The day will include inspiring talks, interactive workshops, networking opportunities, and a special panel on Food Sovereignty and Global Food Resilience.

The keynote speaker is Rev. Danté R. Quick, PhD, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, N.J. Quick is well known in the Bay Area, having served for more than 10 years as pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Vallejo, CA.

Green The Church, founded in 2010 by Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll, Sr., and headquartered in Oakland, helps galvanize Black churches and their local communities and leaders to address issues critical to populations historically disengaged from conversations around pollution and health, climate change, and sustainability and energy efficiency.

The organization collaborates with major environmental, sustainability, food security, faith, and community-based non-profit organizations, and is committed to “creation justice”—care and justice for God’s people and the planet—and building the Beloved Community.

Environmental justice has long been a pressing concern for communities of color who bear the brunt of pollution and ecological degradation. Climate change exacerbates these issues, disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities. Recognizing this urgency, Black churches across the country are taking action.

With deep roots in the African American community and its commitment to social justice, the Black Church has become an essential advocate for sustainable practices and policies.

Over the past 14 years, in a powerful collaboration with significant environmental, sustainability, food security, faith, and community-based non-profit organizations, GTC has created a cadre of Black churches engaging in the environmental justice, climate, and sustainability movement.

GTC presently works with more than 1,000 pastors and congregations across the U.S., and groups in the Bahamas, Ghana, Nigeria, and the UK, showing that we can make a difference together.

The partnership between environmental justice advocates and the Black Church extends beyond individual congregations. Green The Church provides resources and support for faith communities seeking to address climate change and promote environmental justice.

Through collaboration, initiatives such as energy efficiency programs, solar installations, and environmental education have been implemented in Black churches nationwide. These efforts reduce the carbon footprint and save money on energy bills, benefiting the congregations and their communities.

The involvement of the Black Church in the fight against climate change is not just a participation, it’s a powerful message that galvanizes action across communities.

By integrating environmental justice into their ministry, Black churches are demonstrating that addressing climate change is not only a matter of science but also of social and moral responsibility, inspiring change at a grassroots level.

For more information, go to: www.greenthechurch.org.