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BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE CARLIN CASE Voice & Viewpoint Special

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BLACK DISAPPEAR CONTINUE TO

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BUT FEW EYEBROWS ARE RAISED

The National Newspaper Publishers Association Continues Its Series On Missing Black Women And Girls.

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SPECIAL REPORT:

MASS INCARCERATION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES A NEW CRISIS

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Although the number of people in prisons and jails in America has slightly declined, numbers released on Thursday, April 25, by the Bureau of Justice Statisticsstill show that nearly 1.5 million individuals were in prison by the end of 2017.

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UNITED WAY ANNUAL COMMUNITY BREAKFAST HIGHLIGHTS PARTNERSHIP AND PROGRESS

The statistics also note that the U.S. continues to lock up more people than any other nation. And, despite a narrowing disparity between incarcerated black and white women, females have emerged as the new face of mass incarceration.

MIAH GOURDINE Photo: Courtesy Horry Police

ANIYAH FLYTHE

“I don’t think this should be much of a surprise as two of the main for-profit prison companies were founded around the same time,”

Photo: Courtesy DC Police

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CHANGING THE GAME:

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

ICE CUBE’S BATTLE TO BUY REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORKS

The epidemic of missing and mostly forgotten African American girls continues to spread throughout the United States.

While the names change, the stories remain similar.

Miah Gourdine, just 16-yearsold, was headed to school on Tuesday, April 23, but when attendance was taken at Carolina Forest High School in Horry, South Carolina, Miah was marked absent.

What’s worse, she never returned home.

While authorities have speculated that because Miah is new to the area, she may have tried to return to her native New Jersey. However, that’s no consolation for her family who haven’t a clue as to her whereabouts.

When last seen, Miah was wearing blue jeans, a black and yellow shirt, black Puma sneakers and a clear fanny pack – certainly not the sign of a runaway.

United Way of San Diego County Chief Impact Officer Ian Gordon hands out the Community Partner Awards.

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ZARIA MCCIER Photo: Courtesy National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Newswire Horry police have asked those with information to call 843-248-1520.

One week earlier on Friday, April 12, in Washington, D.C., 15-year-old Aniyah Flythe was seen walking along the 300 block of Anacostia Road in the Southeast section of the city.

Aniyah hasn’t been seen since.

Described by the Metropolitan Police Department as 5-feet-5-inches tall and 160 pounds, Aniyah has black hair and brown eyes and See DISAPPEAR page 6

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By Bryan 18X Crawford and Barrington Salmon Contributing Writers, The Final Call

In 2017, O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson decided to delve into previously uncharted business waters by getting involved in professional sports as one of the founders of the BIG3 professional 3-on-3 basketball league.

The BIG3 league features 12 teams coached by former NBA All-Stars and Hall of Famers. It has become one of the premier summer events for basketball fans.

Now entering its third season, Ice Cube is looking to take the next step as a Black business mogul. In early April, with his FOX Sports contract See NETWORKS page 6

“We strengthen our community when we align, leverage and transform,” United Way of San Diego County’s President and CEO, Nancy Sasaki said, at the organization’s Annual Community Breakfast, held May 1 at the Doubletree Hotel at Hazard Center in Mission Valley.

The event – in which United Way spoke about the vital work it does with over 400 business and government leaders, community partners, and school advocates present – highlighted United Way’s continued critical work in San Diego County, where the organization aligns partners to identify See BREAKFAST page 9

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SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION REMEMBERING

BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SAN DIEGO CARLIN CASE Brown vs Board of Education

By John E. Warren Publisher

On May 17th, we will celebrate 65 years since the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. This decision overturned the Separate But Equal doctrine of the 1896 Plessy vs Fergerson case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated public schools were legal “as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.” History has taught us the painful failure of that doctrine.

Today we revisit both the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Decision as a reminder of the struggle to have access to equal education opportunities and facilities based upon our constitutionally

guaranteed rights. We revisit Brown as a reminder that what so many of us take for granted was bought at a very heavy price and that some paid with their lives. While we have equal access to school facilities and institutions, the battle ground has shifted from the geographical to the economical so that one may go to school where one can afford to live, with no barriers other than affordability.

The Carlin Case is a reminder of the local struggle here in the San Diego Unified School District and the fact that much remains to be done. The following is to remind us of how we got here so that we can better understand where we need to go.

A Brief History of Events

The Brown Decision became one of the foundations of the civil rights movement. That case, and the decisions that followed, established the

reality that “separate-but-equal” education and other services, all of which were the product of a “Jim Crow” south, were not equal at all and had no place in American life under the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Plessy Decision of 1896 constitutionally sanctioned laws barring African Americans from using buses, schools and other public facilities on the same basis as Whites.

The laws implementing the doctrine of Plessy became known as “Jim Crow Laws,” which stood for six decades.

The Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case grew out of a class action lawsuit by Mr. Oliver Brown in 1951 against the Topeka Board of Education on behalf of his daughter, Linda Brown. She had been denied entrance to Topeka’s all-white elementary schools.

“In his lawsuit, Brown claimed that

schools for black children were not equal to the white schools, and that segregation violated the so -called “equal protection clause” of the 14th Amendment, which holds that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

The case went before the U.S. District Court in Kansas, which agreed that public school segregation had a “detrimental effect upon the colored children” and contributed to “a sense of inferiority” but still upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine.

The Brown case was consolidated with four other school segregation cases which had come before the Supreme Court in 1952. The five cases were combined into a single case and argued under Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. History shows that the justices were divided on how to rule on the issue of school segregation. Then Chief Justice Fred Vinson was in

favor of allowing the Plessy Decision to stand. But in September 1953, before the case was to be heard, Justice Vinson died and President Dwight D. Eisenhower replaced him with California Governor Earl Warren.

As the new Chief Justice, Warren engineered a unanimous verdict against school segregation the following year.

On May 17th 1954, Chief Justice Warren wrote “that in the field of public education the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place,” as segregated schools are “inherently unequal.” The Court ruled that the plaintiffs were being “deprived of equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.”

The ruling was one thing. How it was to be implemented was another.

Implementation of Brown vs. Board of Education See page 3

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Remembering Our Mothers

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

Mother’s Day is special both personally and as a business, but it should not be just one day a year and a time for flowers and gifts and maybe dinner out with moms. For some, Mother has passed on, and so it’s a time of pain and hopefully fond memories. For many others, Mother was both mother and father in a single parent home and history shows that many single parent mothers did great jobs with their kids in addition to working maybe more than one job. For some, in this age of drugs and

addiction, memories might not be as pleasant; some only had the experience of Foster Care and, hopefully, with love. We can only pray that if you are in any of these categories, you will find someone to appreciate and honor.

For many African Americans of an older generation, we remember the jobs and hardships that many of our mothers suffered in providing for us as best they could.

Hopefully the experience made all of us better persons. Whichever your personal story might be, let’s find someone to honor and appreciate this Mother’s Day and let’s make Mother’s Day more than once a year.

Let’s find those among us to brighten their lives with appreciation. For so many, our time is worth more than a card or flowers.

Police Use of Unnecessary Force

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

Well, it happened again here in San Diego County. Local police arrested a young black man who was on probation and had a warrant for his arrest because of a failure to appear.

We as a community have no problem with the arrest on the failure to appear, neither do we make excuses for those who violate the law. What we do have a problem with is the manner in which the law is enforced. We do have a problem with arresting officers at least 6 in number, punching and knocking the man when he is already down and clearly outnumbered in terms of being a threat to all the officers present. What we do have a problem with is eye witnesses being threatened by those arresting officers because they are using their cell phones to video the arrest, which the United States Supreme Court has already ruled is lawful.

This is the very police conduct that led to Assemblymember Shirley Weber’s AB 392 against the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers. Video of this particular encounter with law enforcement truly has

Open Letter to the YMCA of San Diego May 1, 2019 Baron Herdelin-Doherty, President and CEO YMCA of San Diego County 3708 Ruffin Road San Diego, CA 92123 Dear Mr. Herdelin-Doherty: am writing to request that the YMCA of San Diego County conduct a nationwide search to replace the Executive Director at the Jackie Robinson YMCA. From a review of the local branch YMCA Executive Directors, it appears that not one Executive Director is Black. This has been the situation at Jackie Robinson since the appointment of Michael Brunker. We believe a nationwide search will enhance the possibilities of finding the best candidate for the job and increase the likely hood that San Diego County will have a Black Director.

one questioning whether it takes five to six police officers on a man already on the ground to affect an arrest. Of course, one of the stories is that the man had a gun which was not displayed during the arrest, if one was found on him. Of course this individual was African American, which seems to pose a greater threat than most to arresting officers. Of course the body cameras have not been released and will be withheld while Internal Affairs investigates the matter. It appears that even though members of the community spoke with Sheriff Bill Gore and the San Diego Police Chief to get permission to physically see that this person was alright and not in need of medical attention after the conditions of his arrest, San Diego County Jail personnel took it upon themselves to deny that request. The request was made because of the recent “in custody deaths” between National City and the County Jail.

It looks like the Attorney General needs to get involved in this matter before someone else dies, if we can’t get the respect and lawful conduct everyone is entitled to.

Jackie Robinson YMCA was sustained for decades by the Black Community beginning in the early years when Rev. George Walker Smith, Rufus DeWitt and others worked with the Greenwood family to get them to donate a large portion of the land that is now home to the Jackie Robinson YMCA. It is important that the YMCA reflect the historical and cultural roots of the community. Representation creates relatable role models and this is extremely important to youth and more importantly urban black youth. Mr. Herdelin-Doherty your quote on the corporate website says it all, “At the Y, we believe we’re stronger when everyone in the community feels welcome and we can all work together for the common good. “ I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely, Member of Black Men & Women United Cc: YMCA of San Diego Corporate Board of Directors Jackie Robinson YMCA Board of Directors

Letter to Editor:

RESPONSE TO 5/2/19 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CAUCUS Dear Publisher/Editor, Your article yesterday really spoke to me and the work I do with minority/majority.

Currently I’m representing Energy Upgrade California, a statewide initiative committed to uniting Californians to strive toward reaching the state’s energy goals. As your article yesterday alludes, some communities don’t have the luxury of focusing on energy efficiency, when priorities many times is putting food on the table, and there is the need for balanced access to clean air and clean water.

With that I share assistance programs that may be helpful to the population. www.energyupgradeca.org/home-energy-efficiency/ assistance/ • The Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) Program provides no-cost weatherization services and energy-efficient appliances to eligible renters and homeowners who receive electric or gas service from a California energy service provider through a residential meter.

With the ESA Program, families can save money if they meet the income qualifications or already participate in a public assistance program.

• The California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program offers a monthly discount of 20% or more on natural gas bills and 30% or more on electric bills. Qualifications are based on the number of people living in the

household and the total annual household income or by household participation in certain public assistance programs. Here are the public assistance programs that qualify: • Medicaid/Medi-Cal for Families A & B • CalFresh (Food Stamps) SNAP • Head Start Income Eligible (Tribal Only) • Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) • National School Lunch Program (NSLP) • Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) • Supplemental Security Income (SSI) • CalWORKs (TANF) or Tribal TANF • Families whose household income slightly exceeds the CARE allowances may qualify to receive FERA discounts of 18% on their electricity bill. FERA is available for customers of Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

• The Medical Baseline Allowance program provides an additional amount of natural gas and/or electricity at the lowest rates for residential customers. The allowance is available for customers who rely on life support equipment, have a compromised immune system, life-threatening illness or any other condition for which additional heating or cooling is medically necessary to sustain the customer’s life or prevent deterioration of the customer’s medical condition. A complete list of qualified devices can be found on the energy provider’s website.

Currently, Energy Upgrade California is working on helping residents in San Diego and ultimately statewide, maximize the new TIME OF USE rates avoiding energy consumption during the peak times of 4pm-9pm.

Yvonne Lorie Ketchum

RUSSELL SIMMONS: Spirituality, Activism and Social Transformation Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

We live in an age where polarization is the norm and demonizing anyone who thinks differently is the practice. Yet we still see the Black collective as loving with open arms and aspirations for the best for our families and communities and for all humanity.

We continue to be doers of good even after we have endured centuries of abuse and continued oppression. We have, by God’s grace, still come out to be a very conscious and resilient people. While those who oppress continue to use our images as the faces of every example of unconscious negative acts from violence to sexual predatory behavior, we have remained steadfast.

The Black community in America has not lashed out with retribution, violence or hate..

But Scripture says, “faith without works is dead.” We must, as a collective, come together and, where necessary, partner with others who have the same concerns and stand up.

We must whenever possible support all of our community members who take effective leadership roles. We have great examples like Van Jones, Meek Mill, Jay-Z, Tamika Mallory and Benjamin Crump, who are fighting the prison industrial complex, police brutality and unjust mass incarceration. We should support their efforts and leadership.

We must look to our pastors and spiritual teachers in this moment of struggle, look to them to pick up the baton. Yet, we all should be engaged in the ongoing struggle.

We are under attack and prayers will only be answered for those who stand up, work together and take action. With great love, all things are possible.

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SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION REMEMBERING

BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SAN DIEGO CARLIN CASE In May 1955, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a second opinion (the Brown vs Board of Education II) in which future segregation cases were to be sent to lower courts. The Supreme Court also directed district courts and school boards to proceed with desegregation “with all deliberate speed.” “All deliberate speed” was never defined.

History has proven that the language of the second Brown Decision opened the door to the political and judicial evasive actions against desegregation that have followed for more than 65 years. While Kansas and other states acted in accordance with the verdict, many school and local officials in the South defied it.

Fuel for the Civil Rights Movement

The impact of the Brown vs Board of Education decision fueled the civil rights movement. There was Rosa Parks in 1955 refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Her arrest ignited the Montgomery Boycott, sitins, and demonstrations in a movement that brought down Jim Crow laws and led to the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act. The overturning of the “separate-but-equal” doctrine was instrumental in leading up to the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, on Public Accommodations. Now, the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment is the law of the land and applies to everyone, regardless of their color.

Today, 65 years after the Brown Supreme Court Decision, the debate continues over how to fight racial inequalities in our nation’s school systems. This issue did not miss the San Diego Unified School District.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) IS ONE OF THE MOST PIVOTAL OPINIONS EVER RENDERED BY THAT BODY. Photo: National Park Service

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“While we have equal access to school facilities and institutions, the battle ground has shifted from the geographical to the economical so that one may go to school where one can afford to live, with no barriers other than affordability.”

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The Carlin School Segregation Case in San Diego The Carlin case was brought in a 1967 lawsuit filed by Larry Carlin on behalf of 12 San Diego school children. Among those children was the daughter of Larry Carlin, Kari, then in kindergarten. Larry Carlin had been a teacher at Memorial High School when he joined a group of parents in the lawsuit against the school district and his wife was an art teacher at Morse High School.

The suit had been filed to compel the school district to integrate its schools. The group of parents and students filing the suit were opposed to “mandatory school or classroom assignment based on race or ethnicity.” The Superior Court of San Diego County determined that 23 schools were minority-racially-isolated and ordered the District to present a plan to alleviate the isolation. For over two decades the Court supervised the school district’s voluntary integration plan which took black kids from their neighborhood schools as a part of a voluntary plan to give them equal exposure, mostly in white schools north of interstate 8.

By 1985, the court determined that the District had made “meaningful progress” toward eliminating segregation and required certain programs to remain in effect with annual reporting and oversight. Meanwhile, elements of the Carlin case continued. In the 1997 school year, plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of two school programs. By that time the integration program had grown to be big business for the school district with over 17,000 students of the 133,000 enrolled being transported on a voluntary basis. The budget for the 23 initially racially-isolated schools had grown to $30 million, including $9 million in integration funds.

Today the emphasis is on more Charter Schools as schools of choice operated with the permission of and along side public schools. The dollars are supposed to follow the students whether they are going to Charter or religious schools. The battle for a “quality education” has become more important than “equal education” but “education” is still the issue.

The University of California salutes our young scholars and scientists, whose cutting-edge research brings good to all of us — from finding new cancer treatments to addressing climate change.

WHATEVER YOUR GIFTS, THERE’S A PLACE FOR YOU AT UC.

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OBITUARIES Robert Gates

Gregory Mays Jr.

Gussie Edward Taylor Jr.

SUNRISE February 3, 1975

SUNRISE December 22, 1990

SUNRISE February 10, 1950

SUNSET April 18, 2019

SUNSET April 27, 2019

SUNSET April 18, 2019

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ROBERT LAMONT GATES was born on February 3, 1975 in San Diego, California. He was an only child born to loving parents, Shirlee Gates and the late, Robert Gates Jr. He received his formal education through the San Diego Unified School District and graduated from Mira Mesa High School with the “Class of 1993”. He continued his education at Mesa College, Miramar College and graduated from Menlo College in Fresno, California with a major in Business Administration. Robert believed in higher education to be successful in life.

Gregory Mays Jr. was born on December 22, 1990 in Merced, CA to Denise Wilson and John Lewis Jr. On Saturday April 27, 2019, Gregory was called home to be with The Lord.

GUSSIE EDWARD TAYLOR JR. was born on February 10, 1950 in South Carolina. He was the second child of a family of nine children born to the late Gussie Edward Sr. and Rosalee Taylor.

He accepted Christ as His lord and Savior at an early age and began his education at Hamilton Elementary in San Diego, CA. Gregory relocated to Northridge, CA in 2004 to live with his Uncle Antoine McNeely where he continued his education at Granada Hills High School.

Gussie and family later moved to San Diego, California where he received his diploma at Abraham Lincoln High School in 1968.

Right after graduating high school he landed a position at Pacific Bell in San Diego, where he worked for twenty-eight years. He was later promoted to Regional Manager and worked in that capacity until his retirement in 1996. After his retirement from Pacific Bell, he was hired by John Steward Company, as the On-Site Manager for Harbor View Apartments in South-East San Diego, where he managed for over 20 years.

Robert and his parents attended Victory Baptist Church, where he accepted Christ at the age of seven and was baptized by the late Reverend Clarence White. In 1995, Robert rededicated his life to Christ and united with Mesa View Baptist Church, under the spiritual guidance of Pastor Johnson.

After graduating from college, he worked in the field of assisting others in obtaining a successful career. His first job was in the human resource employee relations department. In 2017, he began his employment with Carestat LLC. During his employment, he made many lasting friendships with his peers as well as management.

Robert had a great love for sports: basketball, his favorite team was the Lakers; football and baseball, his favorite team was the San Diego Padre. He played baseball in college at Menlo. After college, he coached the varsity team at Scripps Ranch High School. He greatly enjoyed fishing at the lake with his childhood friend, Art Harris. Robert’s mother said that between the two of them, she did not see much fish, and that she is still waiting with a hot skillet for the large catch of the day. Robert’s pet name for his mother was “Biggie” when he did not need something and “Mom” when he needed her help.

Robert was a very inquisitive person. He pondered and questioned the reason for many things in life. He was always researching and finding answers on the website or at the library. He enjoyed discussing many matters of the world including politics. His mother said she always imagined and would not be surprised to find him working for the CIA. He had a great sense of humor and enjoyed life to the fullest. He will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him.

On Thursday, April 18, 2019, Robert Lamont Gates was called from earthly labor to eternal rest. He leaves to cherish his memory; his best friend and mother, Shirlee Gates; his aunt, Floretta Parker of San Diego, CA; four uncles, William Artis and John Artis of Norfolk, VA, Eddie Earl Gates of Minnesota and Robert Earl Gates of Memphis, TN; special friend, Melinda Hosley of Murrieta, CA; and a host of other relatives and many friends.

While in Los Angeles area, he met his good friend Ejay (known as Hollywood Babe) with whom he spent a lot of time with. Gregory was a fun loving Son, Brother and Friend to all that knew him.

"G-Money", as his friends knew fim, loved spending time with His family and friends but most of all he loved music! Music has been Gregory's passion all of his life and he was a very talented Music Engineer that had people come from all over to get help with their music.

He leaves behind His Mother Denise Wilson of Merced, CA. His Father, John Lewis Jr. and his wife Jasmine Lewis of Phoenix, AZ, his son Ka'Lahn Mays of Florida, maternal grandmother Rosetta Carradine of Merced, CA, paternal grandparents, John Lewis St. and his wife Dorothy Lewis of San Isidro, CA. Two Sisters, Johnnisha Lewis of Phoenix, AZ, Johnnae Lewis of San Diego, CA. Three Brothers, John Lewis Jr. (Known as II) of Sacramento, CA. Johnathan Lewis of Phoenix AZ. Edmond Tucker of San Diego, CA. Eight Aunts, Six Uncles, His Best Friend Ejay, and a host of Cousins and Friends Recessional.

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

His two previous marriages produced four children: Brian Edward Taylor, William Deandre Taylor, Cinnamon Taylor and step daughter, Tiffany Emma Brown. Later in life he met Pamela Johnson and they were married on July 24, 2004 until his death.

Gussie was a gentle soul, a man of very few words with an enormous heart of gold. He absolutely loved the outdoors, enjoyed fishing and gathering the family together for BBQ’s. He was an awesome griller, specializing in the most succulent tasting steaks! He was also known for his delicious sweet potato pies that he would bake for his brother Bobby on special occasions. Christmas was also a very special time for him as he enjoyed shopping for family and loved ones. He enjoyed taking advantage of the wonderful things he could find at a great price at JC Penny, one of his favorite department stores. He often teased his wife Pamela, about being a smarter shopper.

Gussie succumbed after a short period of illness on Thursday, April 18, 2019. He leaves to celebrate his Homegoing, his beloved wife, Pamela Johnson-Taylor; his four children: Brian Edward Taylor, William Deandre Taylor, Cinnamon Taylor and Tiffany Emma Brown; four granddaughters; Chastity S. Taylor, Lyric Taylor, Naomi Grace Taylor and Jazmine Dalton; one grandson, Terrel Dalton, Jr.; three sisters, Deborah Taylor, Cynthia Taylor and Pamela Taylor; four brothers: Robert Taylor, Donald Taylor, Russell Taylor and Philip Taylor, five step children; Elliot M. Lowe, Rodrick B. Lowe II, Kalila J. Ward, Aysha L. Fisher and Quincy E. Parrish; and a host of beloved nieces, nephews, step-grandchildren, and dear friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Gussie Edward Taylor Sr. and Rosalee Taylor and sister, Mildred Taylor-Daniels.

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION Incarceration: continued from page 1

said Ron Stefanski, whose website prisoninsight.com, works to hold prisons accountable for the treatment of current, former and future inmates.

“When these for-profit companies were created, they found a way to generate revenue off of inmates and this led to a huge influx of prisoners, both male and female,” Stefanski said.

In 2000, black women were incarcerated at six times the rate of white women, but in 2017, black women were imprisoned at less than double the rate of white women, according to the latest information.

The number of white women in prison has increased by more than 40 percent since 2000 while the number of black women incarcerated has fallen by nearly 50 percent.

The most recent report from the Prison Policy Initiative revealed that, looking at the big picture shows that a staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted with one quarter of the women behind bars having not yet gone to trial.

Disappear: continued from page 1

she was last seen wearing a white shirt, blue jeans and white glittery sneakers.

Aniyah is now listed on the District of Columbia’s critical missing person’s list and authorities are asking anyone with information to call 202727-9099 or text 50411.

Though they live hundreds of miles apart, Miah and Aniyah have joined the heartbreaking list of more than 75,000 African American girls who’ve gone missing.

Officials at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Childrensaid their CyperTipline has received more than 18.4 million reports, most of which led to apparent child sexual abuse images: online enticement (including “sextortion”), child sex trafficking and child sexual molestation.

Sixty-percent of women under the control of local authorities have not been convicted of a crime and adding to the picture of women in local jails, aside from women under local jurisdictions, state and federal agencies pay local jails to house an additional 13,000 women, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.

For example, ICE and the U.S. Marshals, which have fewer dedicated facilities for their detainees, contract with local jails to hold roughly 5,000 women – so the number of women physically held in jails is even higher.

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, avoiding pre-trial incarceration is uniquely challenging for women.

The number of un-convicted women stuck in jail is surely not because courts are considering women, who are generally the primary caregivers of children, to be a flight risk, according to the Prison Policy Initiative report.

The far more likely answer is that incarcerated women, who have lower incomes than incarcerated men, have an even harder time affording cash bail.

When the typical bail amounts to a full year’s income for women, it’s no wonder that women are stuck in jail awaiting trial, the report’s author said.

Recently, the nonprofit Black & Missing Foundation compiled statistics from the FBI which noted that in 2016 alone, 242,295 individuals of color were reported missing in the United States.

A stunning 36.7 percent of those missing were Black teens under the age of 18.

Daunting in the quest to find the girls is the continued lack of attention the missing receive – particularly those who are black and missing.

While mainstream media mostly ignores their plight, social media remains a buzz.

In one of the many efforts to use the internet and social media to help locate the missing, the website blackgirlslost.comintroduced another teen who disappeared: “Hi, my name is Zaria Mccier and I’m 17 years old. Have you seen me around the Conyers, Georgia area? I

Even once convicted, the system funnels women into jails: About a quarter of convicted incarcerated women are held in jails, compared to about 10 percent of all people incarcerated with a conviction.

Also, while stays in jail are generally shorter than in stays in prison, jails make it harder to stay in touch with family than prisons do.

Phone calls are more expensive, up to $1.50 per minute, and other forms of communication are more restricted – some jails don’t even allow real letters, limiting mail to postcards.

“While we are a long way away from having data on intersectional impacts of sexuality and race or ethnicity on women’s likelihood of incarceration, it is clear that Black and lesbian or bisexual women are disproportionately subject to incarceration,” Prison Policy Initiative Author Aleks Kajstura said.

Three out of four women under control of any U.S. correctional system are on probation, according to Kajstura.

This is especially troubling given that 80 percent of women in jails are mothers, and most of them are primary caretakers of their children.

Probation is often billed as an alternative to incarceration, but instead it is frequently set with unrealistic conditions that undermine its goal of keeping people from being locked up, she wrote for the Prison Policy Initiative.

Thus children are particularly susceptible to the domino effect of burdens placed on incarcerated women, the report’s author said.

For example, probation often comes with steep fees, which, like bail, women are in the worst position to afford.

Black and American Indian women are markedly overrepresented in prisons and jails, according to the report.

Failing to pay these probation fees is often a violation of probation.

“All of these issues make women particularly vulnerable to being incarcerated not because they commit crimes, but because they run afoul of one of the burdensome obligations of their probation supervision,” Kajstura said.

Still, she noted in the report that the picture of women’s incarceration is far from complete, and many questions remain about mass incarceration’s unique impact on women.

“Based on our analysis in this report, we know that a quarter of incarcerated women are un-convicted,” she wrote in the report.

Kajstura continued: “But is that number growing? And how do the harms of that unnecessary incarceration intersect with women’s disproportionate caregiving to impact families?

“Beyond these big picture questions, there are a plethora of detailed data points that are not reported for women by any government agencies, such as the simple number of women incarcerated in U.S. Territories or involuntarily committed to state psychiatric hospitals because of justice system involvement.”

Incarcerated women are 53 percent White, 29 percent Black, 14 percent Hispanic, 2.5 percent American Indian and Alaskan Native, 0.9 percent Asian, and 0.4 percent Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.

Childcare duties further complicate probation requirements that often include meetings with probation officers, especially for women with no extra money to spend on babysitters or reliable transportation across town.

have been missing since April 3. Can you help?”

“Please God, give us a clue as to where these babies are,” said Annette Ross.

networks:

Authorities are asking anyone who might have information regarding Zaria’s disappearance to call 770-483-2200.

Natalie Wilson, who co-founded the Black and Missing Foundation in 2008, said in a recent interviewthat many times when children of color are reported missing, they’re reported missing as a runaway.

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As NNPA Newswire continues to report on the missing, readers and social media commenters have weighed in.

“The fact that there is such an imbalance in the media is horrible, I admit I was ignorant there was such an imbalance because the media is obviously biased,” said Margaret Clark Turnbow in response to an early story in the missing girls series.

“Young people of any color should be regarded as our country’s most valuable resource,” Turnbow said.

Said another reader, James Stallworth: “This is a major crisis for our communities, let’s stay aware everybody.”

“If you’re classified as a runaway, you do not receive the Amber Alert or any type of media coverage. Even if they did run away, we need to help them within 24 to 48 hours, because many of them are lured into sex trafficking,” Wilson said.

“We need to understand what are they running away from, and ultimately what are they running to.

We’re also finding that when people of color — men and women — are reported missing, they’re deemed to be involved with some type of criminal act, they’re stereotyped and their cases aren’t taken seriously,” she said.

having expired at the conclusion of the 2018 BIG3 campaign, the league inked a new deal to have games televised on the CBS network. However, armed with a high-profile group of investors with deep pockets of their own, Ice Cube has a much bigger vision. But reaching that goal won’t come without challenges, or a fight.

“The BIG3 is not part of the old boys club and that doesn’t sit well with a company like Charter, which has been called out many times for unfair treatment of minority organizations and for consistent disregard of its own customers,” Ice Cube said in a statement.

Ice Cube and the BIG3, should they win the bid, would then have the foundation in place to build a brand new national network with original programming, sports, and other culturally relevant content.

In an April letter written by the BIG3 to the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, the company accused Charter Communications of interfering with the BIG3’s investment group—which includes Ice Cube, fellow hip-hop legends LL Cool J and Snoop Dogg, basketball Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Julius “Dr. J” Erving and Clyde Drexler, tennis star Serena Williams, comedian Kevin Hart, and other prominent figures in sports and entertainment.

Charter has been accused before by a Black man for biased practices. In 2016, Byron Allen filed a $10 billion discrimination suit against the company, accusing them of not giving networks owned by minority groups the same broadcasting opportunities as White-owned media companies.

At Final Call press time, it was unclear if anything regarding the sale had been resolved.

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IN MORE NEWS NCNW HOSTS NATIONAL GIRLTECH TOWN HALL AND FORUM

By Lauren Poteat

these statistics.

As the U.S. continues to push towards a more information-based economy, job opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have become more lucrative and necessary than ever.

With a vision to drive more Black females into the fields of STEM, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, the newly-elected president and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), recently lead a major National Town Hall with a special focus on Black millennial women and career development at the NCNW headquarters, located in Washington, D.C.

However, according to the Pew Research Center, Black American workers still remain largely underrepresented in the STEM workforce, accounting for only nine percent of all STEM jobs—with Black females representing the lowest percentage of

“Our goal [with this meeting] is to further lead, advocate for and empower women of African descent and to provide our priceless and powerful young people an opportunity of inspiration, information and assurance as they go forward in life and do

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what it is that they know they need to, particularly in the fields of STEM, often underrepresented by African Americans,” Dr. Cole said.

“On the question of technology…

I am not that woke,” Dr. Cole jokingly continued. “That is the question that my generation should be reaching out to the younger generations for, as we [the elders] begin to reach back and push the next generations forward.”

Creatively coined “GirlTech,” and deemed a necessary space for the “opportunity to meet education”

by NCNW Executive Director Janis Mathis, the April 30thevent brought together over a dozen Black female

leaders in the fields STEM and welcomed keynote speaker, Natalie Madeira Cofield, founder and CEO of Walker’s Legacy and Foundation, a global platform for the professional and entrepreneurial multicultural woman.

of the top innovators of our time.”

“We are here to talk about women in tech, women in science, women in STEM, and so I thought about Madame CJ Walker, who was also a scientist,” Cofield said, of the first Blackfemale self-made millionaire in the U.S., who specialized in Black haircare products. “But often times when we think about who she was, we don’t think about her being a chemist and a business scientist. We would be remiss to not think of her as being one

With a theme of ‘inclusion and diversity’ in the STEM workforce, the National Town Hall featured guest speakers, including National Action Network Washington D.C. Bureau Chief, Ebonie Riley; U.S. House of Representatives Technology Counsel, Meagan Sunn; and Black Women’s Roundtable Senior Technology Policy Advisor, Joycelyn Tate, who ended the event with a nationwide call to action and awareness.

Following the keynote address, attendees were also allowed to partake in two specialized breakout discussions focused on telehealth/telemedicine, cybersecurity and data privacy.

COUNTY TO SPEND $25 MILLION MORE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING

By José A. Álvarez SD County Newswire

The County Board of Supervisors today voted to spend an additional $25 million to build more affordable housing units in the region.

The recommendations include revisions to the Innovative Housing Initiative ordinance to broaden the criteria for use of future monies to provide more opportunities for critical housing assistance.

“This is an innovative public/private partnership,” said Chairwoman Dianne Jacob.

“The first $25 million, we’re expecting one thousan affordable housing units. We expect no less on the (other) $25 million…two thousand affordable housing units is not a bad deal. It’s not a full solution, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction.”

In 2017, the County established the Innovative Housing Initiative to increase the regional supply of affordable housing.

The Initiative, launched with $25 million of County funding, was structured to address housing needs by making a pot of money available to developers so that they build and/or rehabilitate housing for low-income households and vulnerable populations.

To date, the initiative’s initial funding has resulted in 453 permanent affordable housing units currently underway with allocations totaling almost $12 million.

The total development cost of these projects is over $177 million.

The remaining $13 million of the Innovative Housing Trust Fund has received tremendous interest. The notification for recommended funding for viable projects is planned to take place this summer.

This proposal will have a positive impact on the business community since funded projects will involve construction work to be performed at various sites throughout the county. Contracts resulting from

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these recommendations will be executed with nonprofit and private sector firms and will involve a competitive bid process.

The units from the ongoing and future housing developments will go to: • Homeless families • Families in need • Homeless veterans and with special needs • Seniors and older adults with extremely low incomes • People with developmental disabilities • People with mental illness or a history of substance abuse • Domestic violence survivors “California is an expensive place in which to live,” said Supervisor Greg Cox. “From South County to East County to North County, families are finding it harder to keep up with rising rents or finding homes that they can afford.”

County to Apply for $1.4 Million from State to Address Homelessness The Board also voted to allow the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to apply for state emergency funds to address homelessness in the region.

The California 2018-19 State Budget includes $82 million

for the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program, which provides grants to local communities to develop programs that assist people who are homeless or at risk of not having a stable place to live.

The second and final round of funding will bring HHSA more than $1.4 million. The money can be used for rental assistance, housing relocation and stabilization services or homeless prevention. The funds can also be used for subsidies for new and existing affordable permanent housing units for people and/or families who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness.

Over the past few years, the County has made significant investments in outreach, treatment, and housing services to people who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness. Aside from the Innovative Housing Initiative, efforts include identifying excess County properties to build affordable housing, and development of the Whole Person Wellness, Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System, Project One for All and Stepping Up programs to assist people who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness to obtain and sustain housing.

These actions align with the County’s Live Well San Diego vision which aims to ensure that vulnerable populations have assistance and support to access services that meet their needs.

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Opportunity Summit 2019

By Latanya West Managing Editor

Over 700 youth, workforce and social services professionals from San Diego County and around the country packed the Grand Hall at the Town & Country Hotel in Mission Valley on Thursday, May 2 for the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s third annual event, Opportunity Summit 2019. It was a deep dive into the issues and data impacting disconnected youth ages 16 to 24 in San Diego County who are neither in school nor employed.

There was some real talk about the inequities in the public school system, the need for coordinated referral processes between city, county, and social service agencies, creation of a skilled youth workforce and addressing the disparities in education, affordable transportation and housing.

The event began with a lively spoken word poetry and stomp/ tap dance performance that set the stage for a day of focused dialogue.

mentor and hire opportunity youth who typically don’t have access to gainful employment and long-term inclusion in the workforce.

Professor Gentry Patrick, UC San Diego Neurobiology Professor, recounted his journey from South Central LA teen to becoming one of the few tenured black professors in the UC system. Patrick’s research validates that “environment does matter,” he said. He noted that the unique and novel experiences we have throughout our lives change the structure of our brain, affecting learning.

Patrick emphasized that “access, mentorship, and advocacy” helped him to not falter along his academic journey and he stressed the need for enhanced pathways to STEM education and mentorships.

The overriding call to action was for policy reform, and a total revamp of the systems, structure, and policies affecting youth. Workshop discussions highlighted research and data on youth homelessness, mental health, addiction, and disengagement as major obstacles facing San Diego County disconnected youth. While overall progress across the county has been made, for disconnected African American youth, the gap continues to widen.

When asked about the importance of diversity in the ranks of policy leaders, “It’s all about access,” said Omar Passons, HHSA’s Integrative Services Director, one of many local leaders attending the Summit.

A lunchtime panel included speakers Susan Goss-Brown, President of GAP Foundation President, Daniel Perada from Old Navy, and Audrey Williams-Lee SVP of Human Resources at Hyatt Hotels, all of whom are leading initiatives to

Gentry Patrick, PhD and UC San Diego Professor of Neurobiology gave morning keynote speech.

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The disconnection rate is a big deal, some workshop leaders said, with the greatest gaps occurring in East County and South County.

“It’s really important to find out what’s going on there and support Black youth,” Vicky Lassiter of Measure of America said.

Lassiter co-led a workshop reviewing national and local opportunity youth data.

The day ended with the presentation of a Youth Bill of Rights written by local elementary, high school and college students.

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San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have some of the state’s largest populations of black students. The local NAACP branches in those cities have submitted three separate resolutions to NAACP’s state board opposing that entity’s charter school moratorium, adopted in 2016 by the NAACP national board.

The move by the three California cities breaks with the state organization’s education chair, Julian

Vasquez Heilig, a driving force behind the national board voting in favor of the measure.

LA School Report obtained an email by Alice A. Huffman, the California Hawaii NAACP President, which informed San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside leaders that the state branch “has already taken a position of opposition and would appreciate it if you all would rescind your positions.”

California lawmakers are currently considering restricting charter schools in the state, a move that the California NAACP supports.

The San Diego NAACP’s resolution,

adopted Wednesday by the local branch’s general membership, states that in the top 10 California school districts with the highest enrollment of African-American students — including San Diego, San Bernardino and Moreno Valley Unified in Riverside County — the average achievement gap on state test scores for black students is 14.5 percentage points in English and 15.2 percentage points in math.

It also states that only 10 public schools in California with a majority African-American student enrollment fall in the top half of student performance statewide in English and math, and eight of them are public charter schools.

Similar resolutions have been created in the Riverside and San Bernardino branches’ resolutions echo those statement by San Diego’s local branch.

“We’re hopeful that it can be adopted in California, and then the national board will do their research and investigate the facts in order to look at this again from the perspective of what is really going on with the African-American students locally, statewide and nationally,” Laster reported to LA School Report.

Laster’s local branch’s resolution had full support from their

members, she said. She said every branch has different rules and her branch did not require a vote, but that San Diego’s did.

“By us coming out with the resolution, people can be aware that the moratorium is not helping our kids,” she said. “I believe they will now have a platform to voice their concern.”

John Futch, president of the San Bernardino branch, said enough members of his group had approved the resolution for it to be submitted. He added, “I have seen successful charter schools. And I have seen not very successful traditional schools. That’s a concern.

As an advocate, you want what’s best for kids, sometimes you have to come out of the box.”

Vasquez Heilig, who is a professor at Sacramento State University, said the charter moratorium is the “national policy of the organization” and accused members of the individual branches of being paid by the California Charter Schools Association, specifically in Riverside. The association opposes the charter legislation now being debated in Sacramento.

Both Myrna Castrejón, the charter association’s president and CEO and Christina Laster, education chairwoman for the Riverside branch,

vehemently denied any foul play in the three local branches’ push for the resolution.

Castrejón emphasized that, “everybody knows black students are the lowest-performing subgroup, other than students with special needs, and the system has done nothing to provide targeted supports. So it makes sense that NAACP branches representing regions of the state with the highest black student enrollment are crying foul on the charter school moratorium. want quality options in the public school system. They want charter schools.”

The San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino split over the role of charter schools in California lays bare the ongoing tension and debate in the NAACP’s national ranks across the country. In California, four bills to slow the progress of charter schools in the state are now moving through the California legislature: Assembly Bills 1505, 1506 and 1507. SB 756, passed in the CA Senate last month and would impose a five-year moratorium on charter schools.

The three local NAACP branches expect to hear back from the state board by May 14.

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sustainable, long-term goals, leverages data and expertise to better understand causes and solutions, and then puts them in action.

“Our work will lead to the transformation of the lives of children, young adults and families through access to a more efficient education and learning pathway and family stability,” Sasaki added.

The breakfast also included a trio of awards to community partners that collaborate with United Way to change lives throughout the region. Honorees included: Dreams for Change – lauded for outstanding service that empowers and stabilizes homeless and low-income individuals. A key partner in the San Diego Earned Income Tax Coalition, led by United Way, Dreams for Change provides administrative and coordination support, and education and outreach as well as free tax preparation assistance at four mall sites.

Since 2011, Dreams for Change has completed over 20,000 tax returns, resulting in over $30 million in federal refunds and $13 million in Earned Income Tax Credits.

The City Heights Partnership for Children Leadership Table – for tackling some of the region’s most pressing challenges and creating a replicable framework to use in other underserved areas of the San Diego region. This partnership has resulted in a 360-degree, community-wide effort aimed at aligning neighborhood resources around a common strategy to drive youth success.

Attendees Contributed To A Photo Mosaic Made Up Of The People, Partners And Community Members That Help United Way And San Diego Thrive.

(L-to-R) Elizabeth Alvarez(emcee), United Way Board Chair Dr. Rich Pattenaude (United Way Board Chair), Leslie Oliver (Solar Turbines), Dr. Pedro Noguera, Nancy L. Sasaki (United Way President and CEO)

Oceanside Promise – for working to ensure Oceanside is a thriving community with people ready for employment and actively engaged individuals and organizations. This forward-thinking organization has been a key partner in United way’s regional cradle-to-career work in San Diego County, focusing on the greatest needs of students and families, bringing together resources, and measuring regional impact.

“We are proud to honor all of these organizations, each of which have worked tirelessly to leverage

Ta and expertise to better understand causes and solutions, and put them in action.

resources and move students and families forward to a brighter future through education and family stability,” said Sasaki.

Attendees at the annual event also heard from keynote speaker Pedro A. Noguera, an education expert and distinguished professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. The author of 13 books, a regular contributor to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and a frequent commentator for CNN, MSNBC and NPR, Noguera’s work focuses on a broad range

of issues related to education and public policy. His current research examines how children’s social and economic status intersects with their performance in the classroom.

His challenge to the audience was to determine their role in supporting kids from cradle to career to ensure their success in the future.

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Still Going Strong After 31 Years

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By Darrell Wheeler Contributing Writer

The MLK Blasters Youth Track & Field Club hosted their annual track & field competition last Saturday at Samuel Finley Breese Morse High School. The Martin Luther King Blasters Track & Field program has been around for 31 years inspiring young San Diego athletes to be the best they can be. The talented Blasters show no signs of slowing down anytime soon as their athletes continue to produce top performances as the team continues to shine and grow.

Head Coach LaSalle Mitchell has been leading the Mighty-Blasters team since 2012. “My mission is to focus on the fundamentals of track and field, and establish good habits that will not only serve them well in sports, but in life,” Coach Mitchell shared.

“We have a young team, but they’re hungry to compete, and most importantly, excited about consistently improving their results.This year, we placed a strong focus on parent involvement, and that has served us well, and now we have a full coaching staff, the kids get a lot more one on one attention, and the parents have a better understanding of the sport,” Coach Mitchell added.

MLK’s six-and-under division continues to show great promise for the future, as they consistently have shown favorable results throughout the season.

“Our only six-and-under boy, Quentin Williams, placed 1st in all three of his events this past weekend, all resulting with respectable times,” Coach Mitchell shared.

The 11-12 girls team have shown promise with two returners providing excellent results, and two rookies having first place results in their respectable events. Blaster Anisa Bowen-Fontenot is a legit-force in the 11-12 girls division, long jumping her way to 4.21m, running a time of 14.36 in the 80m hurdles, and coasting to a 1:04.73 in the 400m.

The MLK Blasters are the longest operating youth track & field club in America’s Finest City.

The Blasters, along with the rest of San Diego Youth Track and Field Association, will be competing in the Regional Championship Meet held in Las Vegas June 21-23. Top 5 qualifiers in each event will compete at the Junior Olympic Championship held in late July.

Soap Box Derby on Skyline

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Recently the Pazzaz organization co-sponsored a SoapBox Derby on skyline in front of the O’Farrell School of the Performing Arts. The event brought out parents, kids and their cars. The sidewalk was lined with tents and chairs along the downhill stretch established for the cars.

The cars ran the downhill track in numbers of two at a time as the cars coasted according to their design, with no engine power.

The original idea for the SoapBox came from a Dayton, Ohio newsman named Myron Scott.

He came across a group of boys racing their homemade cars in the summer of 1933, and was so impressed that he not only got the copyright to SoapBox Derby and set out to find national corporate sponsorship to make a national program. Few if any of the participants probably know the history of this event or how in 1936 Chevrolet and a journalist in Akron, Ohio decided to create a permanent race trap which was built with the help of the Works Progress Administration ( WPA) and became known as Derby Downs.

Further SoapBox Derby races are scheduled in San Diego later this month.

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WORLD BANK UPS ITS AID PACKAGE FOR COUNTRIES HIT BY RECORD-STRENGTH CYCLONES 20 feet before moving inland into Zimbabwe and Malawi. Heavy rains accompanied the storm on March 15 affecting 1.7 million people in Mozambique and 970,000 in neighboring Malawi.

Idai was followed by Tropical Cyclone Kenneth – the strongest tropical cyclone in Mozambique since modern records began.

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by record-strength cyclones in what has been called the worst weather catastrophe in decades.

The new head of the World Bank has approved emergency support for the three African countries slammed

Tropical Cyclone Idai ripped through Mozambique with 110 mph winds and a storm surge topping

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The three countries – Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi – will share 700 million dollars to rebuild damage to infrastructure, buildings and agriculture. The damage was assessed by the new World Bank president David Malpass, a former staffer at the U.S. Treasury Dept., advanced by President Trump.

Mozambique, hardest hit by the cyclone, will receive $350 million from the Bank’s ‘Crisis Response Window’ to re-establish the water supply, rebuild damaged public

infrastructure and support disease prevention, among other things, the World Bank said.

Malawi will get $120 million in financing, with up to $75 million to select U.N. agencies to support Zimbabwe.

The finance package does not capture indirect losses such as reduced productivity or business interruptions, and only provides a limited degree of accuracy. Last month, for example, the World Bank estimated over $2 billion needed for recovery costs.

Since taking as head of the bank, Malpass has visited Madagascar, Ethiopia and Mozambique but declined to attend a major summit in China on their “Belt and Road” development policy. Over 40 world leaders, the head of the International Monetary Fund and scores of finance officials attended the summit held

in Beijing.

Malpass is a longtime critic of China’s lending practices and worked to raise alarms about them with European countries.

He replaces Jim Yong Kim, a KoreanAmerican physician who served as the Bank’s 12th president from 2012 to 2019. A global health leader, he was a co-founder and executive director of Partners in Health before serving as the President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012.

“The work of the World Bank Group is more important now than ever as the aspirations of the poor rise all over the world, and problems like climate change, pandemics, famine and refugees continue to grow in both their scale and complexity,” Mr. Kim said in a statement.

EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES USED ON CONGOLESE AS EBOLA EPIDEMIC REACHES NEW PEAK begun the first-ever trial to test the effectiveness and safety of four experimental Ebola drugs. It’s the first time scientists have directly compared such treatments, the WHO said.

Enrolled patients will receive one of the four trial therapies, as well as standard, supportive care including fluids, electrolytes and painkillers.

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Deaths from Ebola in the Congo have passed 1,000, according to world health officials who see no quick end to the nine-month-old epidemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it expected the infection to continue spreading though the east of Democratic Republic of Congo.

In an effort to control the “intense transmission” of the secondworst epidemic of the virus on record, the U.N. health agency has

“While our focus remains on bringing this outbreak to an end, the launch of the randomized control trial in DRC [Congo] is an important step toward finally finding an Ebola treatment that will save lives,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The four therapeutic drugs being used to treat patients are mAb 114, ZMapp, Remdesivir and Regeneron, according to Congo’s Health Ministry.

To date, more than 160 people have been treated with these experimental drugs. The number of patients who participate “will depend on the evolution of the epidemic and the willingness of patients to participate,” the Congolese health ministry said.

Researchers will compare death rates between each group of enrolled patients after 28 days of treatment to determine each drug’s effectiveness.

All four treatments on trial have been studied in animals. The three antibody treatments have been deemed safe for human use, while safety testing of the antiviral in people is underway.

With the trial data, “we’ll be able to say, ideally, that this drug or that drug actually does work, not just we think or hope it does work,” says Richard Davey, one of the principal trial investigators and the deputy clinical director at the U.S. National

Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md. Congo, with poor infrastructure, presents a difficult environment for administering these treatments.

ZMapp is difficult to use; it takes three infusions, given over hours. If patients are treated with Remdesivir, their liver function must be analyzed regularly.

Infectious disease epidemiologist Mosoka Fallah of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia called the availability of vaccines “the one silver lining in the entire dark cloud.” The deployment of the vaccine and the treatments have kept the outbreak from becoming far worse than it already is, he said.

“As much as it is a bleak situation, it is hopeful,” Fallah said.

ANC SEES VICTORY IN MAY 8 POLLS WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING MISTAKES don’t make mistakes.”

According to some analysts, however, voters are seriously conflicted.

“I don’t think there’s a clear choice because the main parties, and even some of the smaller parties are bringing enormous baggage into this election in terms of their own internal dynamics,” Ivor Sarakinsky of the University of the Witwatersrand told the BBC. “We focus on the ANC’s baggage and dynamics, but all the parties have their own baggage. The Democratic Alliance and the controversies in terms of internal leadership, the Economic Freedom Fighters in terms of internal leadership and questions about financial flows into the party. There’s controversy around all of them.”

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Three political parties are pulling out all the stops to win the last undecided voters going to the polls on May 8 to elect the nation’s leaders.

The three are running in a field of 48. The long-ruling ANC (since 1994) is expected to vanquish the competition despite having let down much of the electorate with a slew of high-profile corruption scandals.

At the party’s final rally at a stadium in Johannesburg, President Cyril Ramaphosa, confessed: “We made mistakes (yet) we put ourselves before our people and say, Yes, we have made mistakes, but it is only those who are doing nothing who

“Why are these elections important?” asked Vauldi Carelse, a young BBC reporter asked in a Twitter video.

“It’s 25 years since all races were allowed to vote for the first time.

“There are 26 million voters but 6

million young eligible people did not register. So what are the battleground issues? Jobs, land ownership, public services – or lack thereof, crime, race. Yes, a generation of from the fall of apartheid, race remains a divisive issue in South Africa.”

Meanwhile, South Africans living abroad are also voting in this 2019 general election. South African citizens living abroad went to the polls last Saturday. According to the Independent Electoral Commission, there are 29 000 eligible voters living abroad and this democratic exercise has been their most successful since 1994.

Isa Mdingi, a South African voting in China, wrote on Twitter: “As a young person in the Diaspora I will be casting my vote at the Beijing mission. 25 years ago on April 27, people of South Africa cast their votes for the 1st time. 25 years later I will be casting mine too! What a time to be alive!”

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HEALTHY LIVING COVERED CA SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD BEGINS:

themselves and their families shouldn’t be one of those concerns.

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Even though Covered California’s annual open-enrollment period is over, if you have lost your coverage because you lost or changed your job, you may be eligible for special enrollment. You may qualify for financial assistance to help you afford coverage.

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Life can change in an instant, whether it’s your health or your personal situation. Elvira of Los Angeles lost her health insurance when the auto dealership she worked for closed its doors suddenly at the end of January.

“I did not want to be without a job and without health insurance. You never know when you might need to go to the doctor or the hospital,” she said. “Who knows? Life is very unpredictable.”

Elvira got a quote from COBRA that would let her keep the health plan she had had through work, but with her employer no longer picking up part of the cost, she would have had to pay

nearly $600 a month.

“A friend reminded me that Covered California could be cheaper,” Elvira said. “I remembered hearing on the radio there is financial help, so someone referred me to a certified agent.”

Elvira found out that she qualified for financial assistance through Covered California, and she enrolled in a plan from a name-brand company at a fraction of the cost she would have paid through COBRA. The plan provides free preventive care — along with lab tests, X-rays and imaging — and allows Elvira to see her primary care physician or specialist without first needing to meet a deductible.

The recently unemployed have many things to worry about, but having health insurance for

WHO NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL MEASLES VACCINE?

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from January 1 to April 26,

2019, 704 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 22 states. This is the greatest number of cases reported in the United States since 1994. Many adults are asking if they need a second vaccination. Lisa Coles, MD, primary care physician at UC San Diego Health, is available to discuss the measles vaccine and who should get another dose.

“Before vaccines were available, nearly everyone was infected with measles, mumps and rubella viruses during childhood. The majority of people born before 1957 are likely to have been infected naturally and therefore are presumed to be protected against measles, mumps and rubella,” said Lisa Coles, MD, primary care physician at UC San Diego Health. “If you are

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unsure if you should be receiving an additional dose of the MMR vaccine, it’s very important to talk to your doctor about your vaccination records.”

Health care personnel born before 1957 without laboratory evidence of immunity or previous infection should consider getting two doses of MMR vaccine.

People Who Need a Measles Vaccine:

In general, adults who are going to be in a setting that poses a high risk for measles transmission should make sure they have received the correct dose(s) of MMR vaccine. These adults include:

If you received a measles vaccine in the 1960s, you may not need to be revaccinated.

Those who have documentation of receiving live measles vaccine in the 1960s, do not need to be revaccinated.

Those who were vaccinated prior to 1968 with either inactivated (killed) measles vaccine or measles vaccine of unknown type, should be revaccinated with at least one dose of live attenuated measles vaccine. This recommendation is intended to protect those who may have received killed measles vaccine, which was available from 1963 to 1967 and was not effective.

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The Black Power movement of the late 1960s helped to redefine African American identity and establish a new racial consciousness. As influential as this period was in the study and enhancement of the African Diaspora, this movement spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies on our college and university campuses.

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While there are more than 100 Black Studies degree programs nationwide, it can be confirmed that the beginning of this curriculum evolved from a student strike at San Francisco State University in 1968. Young people there forced the establishment of the Division of Ethnic Studies and departments of Black, Asian, Chicano and Native studies, all accomplished despite the discouragement of then university president and future United States Sen. S.I. Hayakawya.

The Black Student Union The Black Student Union on campus drafted a political statement, “The Justification for African American Studies,” that would become the main document for the development of the academic departments at more than 60 universities by the early 1970s. Shortly thereafter, Black Studies programs were implemented with inherent reservations from the various campus administrations at UCLA, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Long Beach and at Cal State Northridge.

Black students demanded an end to the socalled “liberal-fascist” ideology that was rampant on campus, as well as calling for the immediate preparation of African American youth including secondary school students to have direct participation in the struggles of the Black community and to define themselves as responsible to and for the future successes of that community. Black Studies departments

were created in a confrontational environment in a forceful rejection of traditional curricula content.

It was a novel idea that was met with early opposition from the entrenched White faculty and administration already reeling from the Free Speech movement, opposition to the Vietnam War and a general uprising from young adults of all races, religions and creeds. Black students, specifically, wanted to reinforce the position that African Americans must possess the rights to self-determination, liberation and voice opposition to the dominant ideology of “White capitalism” (e.g. world imperialism, White supremacy) that for centuries had excluded persons of color.

The Atlanta University Conferences Black Studies can be traced back as far back as the Atlanta University Conferences held from 1898 to 1914. This early formulation was under the auspices of W.E.B. DuBois in marking the inauguration of the first scientific study of the conditions of Black people that covered important aspects of life (e.g., health homes, the question of organization, economic development, higher education, voting).

By 1915, Carter G. Woodson had founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) in marking a brave new era for Black curriculum. The group was founded to promote historical research, publish books on Black life and history, promote the study of Black history through clubs and schools and, in a noble effort, to foster harmony between the races by interpreting one history to the other.

It was during this period that the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBUs) began to respond to scholarly activities in history and social science.

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County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 18, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 18, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9010517 Fictitious business name(s): a: ENRICHED LIFE b: EMBODY ESSENTIALS Located at: 2292 Faraday Ave #100 Carlsbad, CA 92008 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/23/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Leanne Jones 3415 Medici Way Unit 5 Oceanside, CA 92056 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 23, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 23, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9010568 Fictitious business name(s): FOOD PIMP Located at: 1947 La Carta Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/23/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Gregory E. Branham 1947 La Carta Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 23, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 23, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9010628 Fictitious business name(s): a: BUTTERY SEASON b: BUTTERY SZN Located at: 8645 Fletcher Pky #469 La Mesa, CA 92942 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: Co-Partners The first day of business was 4/24/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Joseph L. Miller III 8645 Fletcher Pky #469 La Mesa, CA 92942 Christopher Cosme 9130 Gramercy Drive #410 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 24, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 24, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9010615 Fictitious business name(s): a: FLASH MOVERS b: MOVERS CHAMPION Located at: 8035 Paradise Valley Rod #15 San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/24/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Angelito Cristobal Sampol Jr. 8035 Paradise Valley Rod #15 San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 24, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 24, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

2019-9010638 Fictitious business name(s): FABULOUSLY YOU HAIRDESIGNS Located at: 6449 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/24/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Sherrice Renee Williams 8340 Jamacha Road San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 24, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 24, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9010518 Fictitious business name(s): SHAYWILL Located at: 5115 Cedarwood Rd. Apt 104 Bonita, CA 91902 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 3/01/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lashee Nicole Williams 5115 Cedarwood Rd. Apt 104 Bonita, CA 91902 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 23, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 23, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9010501 Fictitious business name(s): L HORNSBY PIGMENTS Located at: 888 La Mesa Blvd.

La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/23/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lisa Marchesini Hornsby 7150 Central Avenue Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 23, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 23, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9008490 Fictitious business name(s): CR HAULING Located at: 873 2nd Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91911 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/03/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Charles Jerome Ringdahl Jr. 873 2nd Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91911 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 03, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 03, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9010065 Fictitious business name(s): a: KEARNY MESA AUTO b: KMA Located at: 4191 Convoy St Ste. A San Diego, CA 92111 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/17/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Thao Van Nguyen 6412 Celia Vista Drive San Diego, CA 92115

County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 17, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 17, 2024 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9008788 Fictitious business name: MARKET AUTO REPAIR Located at: 4702 Market St. San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was 2/15/01 This business is hereby registered by the following: Jun Hak Oh Il Mi Oh 10773 Portobelo Dr San Diego, CA 92124 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 5, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 5, 2024 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9009856 Fictitious business name: BURGOS PANGASINAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Located at: 1681 Country Vistas Ln Bonita, CA 91902 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Unicorporated Association Other than a partnership The first day of business was 4/16/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Delia R Bona 1681 Country Vistas Ln Bonita, CA 91902 Guillermo Nerida Ermitano 7286 University Ave. La Mesa, CA 91942 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 16, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 16, 2024 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9007663 Fictitious business name to be abandoned: IDA'S HAIR & NAILS Located at: 3100 East 84th St. Suite B National City, CA 91950 The business is conducted by: An Individual The fictitious business name is being abandoned by Benidicta Francisco Marquez 6035 Cervates Ave San Diego, CA 92114 This statement of abandonment was filed with the Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on March 25, 2019.

4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 -------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9009469 Fictitious business name: MAHAL KITA Located at: 8951 Moisan Way La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 2/21/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Theresa E. Frazier 8951 Moisan Way La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 11, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 11, 2024 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9009645 Fictitious business name: DEBBIE'S

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Located at: 2445 La Costa Ave. Chula Vista, CA 91915 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/12/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Deborah Jean Quintanilla 2445 La Costa Ave. Chula Vista, CA 91915 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 12, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 12, 2024 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9008914 Fictitious business name: MIND REVELATIONS Located at: 10035 Casa Nueva Street Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/5/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lakisha Shenay Lester 10035 Casa Nueva Street Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 5, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 5, 2024 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9009254 Fictitious business name: REVIVE AND REJUVENATE MASSAGE Located at: 7811 La Mesa Blvd Suite E San Diego, CA 91942 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/10/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Nadia Ann Flores 335 Nolan Way Chula Vista, CA 91911 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 10, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 10, 2024 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019-9008711 Fictitious business name: SDGOODFLOW Located at: 6509 Hyman PL San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 4/4/19 This business is hereby registered by the following: Mark Anthony Saucier 6509 Hyman PL San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 4, 2019 This fictitious business name will expire on April 4, 2024 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 -----------------------------------

NAME CHANGE California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00021171CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Haroon Ahmed Zaheer TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Haroon Ahmed Zaheer

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LEGAL NOTICES PROPOSED NAME: Aaron Zaheer THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 27, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.

C-903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 -------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00017590CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Enrique Panduro Cardenas TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Enrique Panduro Cardenas PROPOSED NAME: Enrique Cardenas THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 13, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.

C-903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23 -------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00020765CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Breauna Renae Harris TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Breauna Renae Harris PROPOSED NAME: Breauna Renae Robinson THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this

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court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 27, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.

C-903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 -------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00020327CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Jacquelyn C. Healy TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows:

C-903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

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PRESENT NAME: Jacquelyn Christine Healy PROPOSED NAME: Jacquelyn Christine THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 27, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.

C-903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,Voice & Viewpoint.

4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 -------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00018319CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Allison Hillary Beat TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Allison Hillary Beat PROPOSED NAME: Allison Hillary Guzman

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Fictitious Business Name: $25.00 (4 weeks) Name Change: $85.00 (4 weeks) Standard Classified: $3.75 a line Summons: $130.00 (4 weeks)

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 13, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.

INVITATION FOR BIDS Invitation for Bids North Park/Mid-City: Landis and Georgia-Meade Bikeways Project IFB 5007027, CIP 1223082 The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is requesting bids to perform the work as follows: Landis Bikeway Segment: Approximately 3.1 miles of bikeways along Landis Street, between Alabama Street and Chamoune Avenue. Includes buffered bike lanes, neighborhood traffic circles, raised crosswalks, a traffic signal modification, ADA ramps, curb extensions, lighting upgrades, a Class I bike path, and other traffic calming measures linked to signage and striping.

Georgia-Meade Bikeway Segment: Approximately 3.5 miles of bikeways along Georgia Street between Robinson Avenue and Howard Avenue, a shift to Howard Avenue, and a continuation on Florida Street to Meade Avenue. The bikeway will run along Meade Avenue between Park Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue. Includes the work above and road lumps, chokers, bend-outs.

Work includes controlling for water pollution; traffic control; erosion control; clearing and grubbing; curb, gutter, cross gutter and sidewalk work; roadway excavation; imported borrow; asphalt work; landscaping; wayfinding signage; pavement markings and signage; street lighting; trenching and backfill for underground electric conduits, water service and fire hydrant relocations and storm drain installation; traffic signal modifications; and procurement of all materials and performing all other work necessary to complete the work in accordance with the project plans and specifications. For the stormwater pollution prevention plan, this project is a Risk Level 2.

The engineer's estimate for this work is $15,186,026.49. The prime contractor must have an A license at time of contract award. The Prime contractor must perform with their own organization, at least 35 percent of the work. There is no disadvantaged business enterprise goal on this project.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on May 7, 2019, at SANDAG, 401 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101-4231 (in the Wells Fargo Building). Attendees must check in at the 7th floor reception desk. Networking for subs and primes starts at 9 a.m. Pre-bid starts at 9:30 a.m. All prospective bidders are highly encouraged to attend. It is an opportunity to learn about the project, ask questions, and network with firms with whom you may partner for the project. There will be no site walk for this project.

This Invitation for Bid (IFB) package can be downloaded at no charge from the SANDAG website at sandag.org/contracts. Register in the online SANDAG database and download the IFB and plans. SANDAG is the only source of accurate information about SANDAG projects. The IFB may be reviewed at SANDAG and/or the Contracting Opportunities Center located at 4007 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 210, San Diego, CA, 92108.

Bid Due Date: Bids must be received by 2 p.m. on June 12, 2019, by SANDAG at the 8th Floor, with “Attention” to Susana Tello. Bids arriving later than 2 p.m. or at a location other than 401 B Street, 8th Floor, will not be considered.

SANDAG is an equal opportunity employer and, as a matter of policy, encourages the participation of small businesses that are owned and controlled.

years ago that Black education should conform to the social conditions of Black people. Black colleges began to add courses in Black history to their curricula. This effort corresponded with a call by Black college students for a culturally relevant curriculum, the same theme that occurred some 50 years later when mainstream support for Black Studies grew, particularly when more African American students were admitted into predominantly White institutions.

For the past 50 years, Black Studies has been evolving as a result of the social movement that opposed institutional racism in higher education. As more Black families were moving into the middle class, young people in many sectors either saw education as oppressive or liberating. Many African Americans began to consider Black Studies and Black education as having a “special assignment” to challenge and call out White mainstream knowledge for its deficiencies and racial corruption.

Pan Africa movement Black Studies in large part grew out of Pan Africanism, which had its origins as a movement of intellectual protest against ill-treatment of Blacks all over the world. This movement was initiated by Black persons in the America and in the West Indies whose ancestors came from Africa. There are similarities between Black Studies and Pan Africanism in that the latter movement was created because Black people all over the world were tired of being mired with the “slave mentality” that had been connected with them from their African ancestors.

The advent of Pan Africanism was the result of Black people deciding that they were better than how they were treated, and if they banded together in a practical standpoint, they could possibly change the world. Far more than an “en vogue” application of the Civil Rights Movement, Pan Africanism and the resulting Black Studies was an emotional, cultural, psychological and ideological movement that would allow African Americans to feel secure while striving for long-sought political, economic and psychological power visa vis other races or world regions.

At its origin, Black Studies offered a clear and precise application of the African American experience, because many of the traditional history books for decades presented Black people as a hapless, helpless lot always mired in despair. It was only then that African Americans would study in detail persons like Anthony Johnson one of the original 20 Africans who arrived in Jamestown in 1619 and would later become a successful entrepreneur, or Denmark Vessey, who fought to liberate his people from slavery by organizing 9,000 slaves and freemen to revolt in Charleston, S.C. In 1822. there was also Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler who in 1864 became the first Black woman to earn a medical degree. This area of study helped to forge a pathway for each succeeding generation to learn that African Americans have always been innovators, fighters and intelligent persons well capable of succeeding in any endeavor.

Development of Black scholars Black Studies is not exclusively reserved for Black scholars. There are a number of scholars from a variety of backgrounds who have done important work looking at the Black

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Diaspora. From the African American point of view, however, a primary reason for the implementation of Black Studies was to develop a critical mass of Black scholars. The significant presence today of African American academicians is due in large part to the existence of a longstanding tradition within Black Studies that offers a route into academia for an untold number of Black scholars.

The subject of Black Studies is interdisciplinary in nature. The subject draws in academics from a range of disciplines, including history, literature, education studies, sociology, theology, health studies, and some subjects as unexpected as sexuality and criminology. A strong tenant within Black Studies is the exposure to a range of ideas and discussions that can forge meaningful connections that can be built on the future. Had it not been for the Black Studies agenda, there are historic figures and contemporary individuals who may have never been encountered and whose work was and is relevant to contemporary dynamics within the Black community.

Women’s studies, as well, are an important aspect of Black Studies.

In “Out Of The Revolution: The Development of Africana Studies” (2000), authors Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young attest that while the emergence of Black feminism was an offshoot of White feminism, the two groups are far apart in terms of battling sexism and striving for equality in a White-male-dominated world.

“During American slavery, Africana women were as harshly treated physically and mentally as were their male counterparts, thereby invalidating the alignment of Africana women and White women as equals in the struggle. The endless chores of the Africana woman awaited her both in and outside the home. Africana men and women have been equal partners in the struggle against oppression from early on. Thus, they could not afford division based on sex. In the African American slave experience, Africana men and women were viewed the same by the slave owners, thereby negating traditional (African and European) notions of male or female roles.”

Valuable study for both genders Such study has proved valuable to African American students of both genders. Aldridge and Young state that Black Studies has empowered the Black student in noting that this academic challenge was a direct response to the mandate for change at all levels that characterized the Civil Rights Movement and the social rebellions of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s.

At the modern HCBU campuses, most have established courses in Black Studies, but few have departments dedicated to the field. Only Howard and Clark Atlanta universities offer a Master of Arts in Black Studies.

Howard is the only HBCU to offer a doctoral program in African Studies; eight traditionally White institutions (including Princeton and Yale) also offer a Ph. D in African Studies.

Why don’t more HBCUs offer a diploma in Black Studies? The problem is money.

“A program in African American Studies is very difficult to sustain in good times, and it’s near impossible in tough times,” said Dr. Johnny Taylor, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. “However, some of the majority institutions have been able to get someone to underwrite less popular programs.”

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Black Studies, much to the disappointment of Dr. Mayibuye Monanabela who is among the founders of the Africana Studies department at Tennessee State University. He said getting students to major in Black Studies is often difficult primarily because, outside of teaching, there are not many well-paying trades that would require such professional acumen.

“We (HBCUs) should be doing better,” Monanabela said. “When students are ready to sign-up for a major, they ask ‘What can I do with a degree in Africana Studies?’“ Dr. David H. Jackson Jr., chair of the department of history and political science (which includes Black Studies) at Florida A&M University, believes the current attitude toward Black Studies among African American students could be an obstacle in the field’s development.

“If I looked at FAMU and the country in general from the 1980s and early ’90s in terms of an aggressive attitude toward embracing Black culture, I don’t see that as much now,” he said. As well, some Black students at predominantly White institutions may have the assumption that students at an HBCU tend to be “Africa-centered” or “radical,” and that belief could contribute to an apathy about the subject, which is in direct contrast with the roots of Black Studies programs.

Looking toward the future HCBUs faced internal challenges in developing these programs as an older generation of administrators may have been reluctant to establish such a curriculum, because of the association with “militancy” and for fear of losing support from outside communities.

Also, some HBCUs felt that because they were Black institutions, they were not obligated to dedicate a department to the subject because “just being a Black school was sufficient.”

At Princeton, Black Studies has proven to be a popular and successful program. Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., chair of the Center for African American Studies at the New Jersey campus, believes the burgeoning interest in Black Studies may provide ground for a degree program.

“I think we’re seeing a new phase in the presence of Black Studies in higher education,” Glaude said. “We need to find an institutional configuration that reflects the complexity and nuance of the field. We haven’t changed our name to ‘Diaspora studies,’ and we have insisted that in order to mark that, as a field, Black Studies should be thought of more broadly.”

People of African ancestry have a long history and tradition in practically every region of the world. This history has been hallmarked by a number of struggles for recognition and against discrimination. In the present context of global uncertainty and the political reshaping of nation states Black Studies can play an essential role in the examination of the world’s Black population and the challenges that lie ahead.

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Wednesday Corporate Prayer 6: 00–7: 00 p.m.

Minister Donald R. Warner Sr.

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Sunday School: 8 : 45 a.m. – 9 : 45 a.m.

Sunday Service: 10 : 00 a.m.

Pastor Rev. Julius R. Bennett

Pastor John E. Warren San Diego

We are a non-denominational full fellowship of believers dedicated to reach our community with the gospel and providing a place for believers to workship, learn, fellowship, serve and grow into the fullness of Christ Jesus.

This ministry is to build people of Purpose, Prayer, Power, Praise and Prosperity. This mandate is being fulfilled by reaching the reality of the gospel in a simplistic fashion, and a result, learning how to apply it in everyday life.

“We are waiting for You”

Calvary Baptist Church 719 Cesar E. Chavez Pkwy San Diego, CA 92113 619.233.6487 • www.calvarybcsd.org calvarybaptist1889@gmail.com Dr. Emanuel Whipple, Sr. Th.D.

Sundays Bible Discovery Hour 9 : 30 a.m.

Mid Morning Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Noon Day Bible Study 12 : 00 noon Wednesday Discipleship Training 7: 00 p.m.

“A Church Where Family, Faith & Fellowship Matters”

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2019-2020 Youth Leadership AKAdemy Leadership Fellows & Escorts Informational Meeting

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MAY 18, 2019 10AM - 4PM

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2019 Where: San Diego City College, Career Technology Center Auditorium 1081 16th Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Parking: Use Lot #5 located between "B" and "C" Streets.

Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Xi Omega, the San Diego Graduate Chapter, seeks exceptional young women between 16 - 19 years old to apply for our 2019-2020, Youth Leadership AKAdemy.

Leadership Fellows participate in impactful seminars, culturally enriching activities, and meaningful community service programs. By the programs's conclusion, each Leadership Fellow will have developed lifelong friendships and unforgettable memories.

The program culminates with the 65th Annual AKAdemy Youth Leadership Debutante Ball.

Leadership AKAdemy Escorts, young men between the ages of 16-19, are also needed.

Additional information available at: akasandiego.com/local-programs

For additional information, please contact: AKAdemyDeb20@gmail.com

Gate Fee $10 per Vehicle, Small Buses $75, Large Buses $125 Members of Friends of Allensworth receive a 10% discount in General Store

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JOIN US!! Saturday May 18, 2019 as we celebrate Southeast Community Church Annual Homecoming 210 Southeast Euclid Avenue, San Diego CA 92114 Starring the Inspirational Brothers of Praise Phase II From 4:00pm – 5:00pm Doors open at 3:00pm FREE!! Health Screenings

Blood Pressure Check, Mammogram Sign-ups & much more!!!

3:00pm – 4:00pm & 5:00pm – 6:00pm Dear Friends, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all is well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3John 1:2 Question Reach Out to: Donna Cooper Community Outreach Ministry 619-262-2722

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