C e l e b r a t i n g 2 8 Ye a r s o f Service in Inglewood, Airport area Communities
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EYE ON THE CITY June 23 - 29, 2022
VOL. 37, No. 25
‘Inglewood Parks is field of Dodgers Dreams...’ See Page 5
Inglewood Women in Power Dionne Faulk broke color and gender barrier
Providing COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Under 5 Years Old
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LOS ANGELES – With COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 now approved by both FDA and CDC, Public Health is encouraging parents to vaccinate eligible children as summer activities begin. LA County has over 900 locations that will begin administering vaccines for children under 5 this week, including almost 180 healthcare provider facilities, over 200 pharmacies, 400 mobile sites, and 7 county-run vaccination sites. Dr. Nava Yeganeh, Medical Director of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control, and Gema Morales-Meyer, Director of Clinic Services, will be available for interviews at the Public Health vaccination pod located at Ted Watkins Memorial Park to answer questions. Media will also be allowed indoors at the vaccination site to film vaccinations.
Inglewood City Councilwoman Dionne Y. Faulk during swearing in ceremony when she became the first Black woman council member in 2017. Former Assemblymember Autumn Burke did the honors, the daughter of the first Black woman member of congress from the west coast Yvonne B. Burke. By Kenneth Miller, Publisher
This November will be two years to the date Inglewood District 4 Councilwoman Dionne Young Faulk became the first Black woman to be elected to the Inglewood City Council since the city was founded in 1888. District 4 will soon become the home of the Los Angeles Clippers massive
and lavish new Intuit Dome. Her color and gender barrier breaking watershed election on Nov. 3 2020 further demonstrated how vastly transcendent Inglewood has become under Mayor James T. Butts Jr. leadership. City council was not the first foray for Faulk into public service. She was
elected to the Inglewood School Board in 2017 when the district was in peril, committed to lend her expertise at a time it was desperately needed. “I was on the school board and I just love working with kids. The district was already into receivership when Continued on page 6
Tributes Pour in as NNPA Conference Highlights 195 Years By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) kicks off its annual conference in New Orleans this week with a slate of panels aimed at informing and inspiring Black America and increasing voter registration rolls among individuals of color. The NNPA is a trade association representing the more than 230 African American newspapers and media companies that comprise the Black Press of America. In celebration of the 195th anniversary of the Black Press of Voices for Freedom, Justice, Equality, everyone, including the hotel staff,” America, the overall theme of the fourand Equity.” stated Cheryl Smith, an NNPA board day conference is “Amplifying Our “I’m looking forward to seeing member and publisher of Texas Metro
News, the Garland Journal, and I Messenger Media. On June 22 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, the conference begins with board meetings hosted by the NNPA and the NNPA Fund. A Chairman’s Reception formally starts the conference with greetings and acknowledgments from NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards, NNPA President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., NNPA Convention Planning Committee Chair Terry Jones, New Orleans Tribune Publisher Beverly McKenna, Louisiana Weekly Publisher Renette Hall, and a proclamation from New Orleans Mayor Continued on page 7
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