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Sequoyah Country Club Foundation Donates $9,000 to Local Groups

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8 years ago

April 6, 2016

The charitable foundation of Oakland’s historic Sequoyah Country Club (www.sequoyahcc.com) is continuing its tradition of philanthropy by giving to three worthy East Bay causes.

The Sequoyah Country Club Foundation recently gave $3,000 each to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland and Saint Vincent’s Day Home.

“We could not do the critical work for these babies and families of the East Bay and around the country without the generous support of organizations such as the Sequoyah Foundation,” said Teresa Proctor, manager of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.

The NICU at UCSF Benioff Oakland provides highly specialized care for newborns throughout the very first moments of their lives.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland, chartered in 1941, each year serves more than 2,500 girls and boys ages 6 to 17.

Saint Vincent’s Day Home is a nonprofit child development center in the heart of West Oakland and has served more than 35,000 children of low income families since 1911.

“Sequoyah is honored to help these organizations as part of our commitment to support the entire East Bay community,” said Steve Callaway, who is the Vice President of Sequoyah’s Board of Directors. Callaway presented the check to the Boys & Girls Clubs.

Sequoyah launched the Foundation in 2013 to have the ability to accept and channel charitable donations to support a wide range of community causes without setting up a third party to operate charitable events. .

Since its founding, the foundation has provided more than $40,000 to various charities.

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S.F. Black Leaders Rally to Protest, Discuss ‘Epidemic’ of Racial Slurs Against Black Students in SF Public School System

Parents at the meeting spoke of their children as no longer feeling safe in school because of bullying and discrimination. Parents also said that reported incidents such as racial slurs and intimidation are not dealt with to their satisfaction and feel ignored.

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6 hours ago

May 4, 2024

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Rev. Amos C. Brown, president of the San Francisco NAACP and pastor of Third Baptist Church. Photo courtesy Third Baptist Church.

By Carla Thomas

San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church hosted a rally and meeting Sunday to discuss hatred toward African American students of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

Rev. Amos C. Brown, president of the San Francisco NAACP and pastor of Third Baptist Church, along with leadership from local civil rights groups, the city’s faith-based community and Black community leadership convened at the church.

“There has been an epidemic of racial slurs and mistreatment of Black children in our public schools in the city,” said Brown. “This will not be tolerated.”

According to civil rights advocate Mattie Scott, students from elementary to high school have reported an extraordinary amount of racial slurs directed at them.

“There is a surge of overt racism in the schools, and our children should not be subjected to this,” said Scott. “Students are in school to learn, develop, and grow, not be hated on,” said Scott. “The parents of the children feel they have not received the support necessary to protect their children.”

Attendees were briefed last Friday in a meeting with SFUSD Superintendent Dr. Matt Wayne.

SFUSD states that their policies protect children and they are not at liberty to publicly discuss the issues to protect the children’s privacy.

Some parents said they have removed their students from school while other parents and community leaders called on the removal of the SFUSD superintendent, the firing of certain school principals and the need for more supportive school board members.

Community advocates discussed boycotting the schools and creating Freedom Schools led by Black leaders and educators, reassuring parents that their child’s wellbeing and education are the highest priority and youth are not to be disrupted by racism or policies that don’t support them.

Virginia Marshall, chair of the San Francisco NAACP’s education committee, offered encouragement to the parents and students in attendance while also announcing an upcoming May 14 school board meeting to demand accountability over their mistreatment.

“I’m urging anyone that cares about our students to pack the May 14 school board meeting,” said Marshall.

This resource was supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library via California Black Media as part of the Stop the Hate Program. The program is supported by partnership with California Department of Social Services and the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs as part of the Stop the Hate program. To report a hate incident or hate crime and get support, go to CA vs Hate.