“More than 5,000 senior participants and their families have benefited from CEI and PACE during the 40 years we have served the East Bay and we...
Youth Uprising offers education support, job readiness, counseling for healing and health: holistic wellness, physical health, sports and recreation, free style music classes, video and film...
“We see a lot of people with mental illness being incarcerated at Santa Rita jail,” said Margot Dashiell, chairwoman of the AAFOP Steering Committee. “Forty-eight percent...
Sharika Gregory will be hosting a Father’s Day Skating event on Sunday, June 12, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Golden Gate Village’s Basketball...
The Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back organization (FIGB) sought to extend to the mothers what they had to offer with the blessings from the Most High. Members...
Just in time for Foster Care Awareness Month, the Marin Foster Care Association, and Children & Family Services is launching Lunch and Learns, new monthly one-hour,...
The 2022 fair will focus on outdoor entertainment including the headline concerts, performers roaming the grounds such as jugglers, unicyclists, and stilt walkers, and interactive art...
mothers are brave, courageous, and will stand by their children through thick and thin, regardless of whether they are successful, or even those who have fallen...
“Children should be protected and supported by the government by providing services to keep families together instead of assuming parent inability to care,” said Michelle Chan,...
For the second year in a row, Executive Director Brenda Grisham, mother of Christopher Jones, The Christopher Lavell Jones Foundation and Their Lives Matter, will commemorate...
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday to honor Mrs. Daisy Murray, a San Leandro resident, upon her...
We thank the many ministers, faith communities, friends and Grissom’s Chapel & Mortuary, San Lorenzo, CA for your prayers and/or service. Thanks to all who will...
As Wilhelmenia “Mina” Wilson grew older, she went through her own traumatic experiences. As a young woman, she, too, became a victim to domestic violence. “The only...
Black people must learn to “leverage our allies in support of our goals,” even if those allies aren’t Black. She explained that others could and are...
Advocates say, domestic violence must be approached holistically. Every aspect of the issue must be considered. That not only helps to end the criminalization of people...
Systemic racism, a history of racist policies, and racist social structures all contribute to Black women and Black men experiencing intimate partner violence at a disproportionately...
Considering itself a grassroots community activist movement, Black Women Revolt was founded in 2020. The group’s founders, Geoffrea Morris and Lyn-Tise Jones -- who are sisters...
“With the pandemic, many regular dental visits have fallen off parents’ calendars,” says Dr. Maggie Park, Public Health Officer for San Joaquin County Public Health Services....
Leadership is not just a position or a title, it is action and example. To effectively lead and make a lasting impact in our communities, we...
I now understand why publishing has been a major part of my life, because you worked for the Phoenix newspaper in Muskogee, Oklahoma, before you brought...
Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, in 1966. After the Watts riots in...
Members of the community are being encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to 7 Stars Holistic Healing Center, located at 3219 Pierce St., from 9...
As a former preschool teacher, Niesha Roary has read hundreds of children’s books. This inspired her to write her own children’s book. Roary’s writing mission is...
“Our Small Sites program is an important part of our overall strategy to make housing affordable to all San Franciscans,” said Mayor Breed. “Preserving rent-controlled housing...
“This toy giveaway is a much-needed service for those of us who have been previously in prison for a crime against our community,” said Richard Johnson,...