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DESPITE DREAMS OF PROSPERITY,

MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS

NOT FINANCIALLY READY TO RETIRE

Cannot be Heard”

POVERTY LAWSUIT ON CITY

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AND COUNTY

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By Dr. John E Warren Publisher

Last Thursday, residents of Southeastern San Diego filed a lawsuit against the City of San Diego and San Diego County to stop what they called “the concentration of poverty in select neighborhoods, all of which are predominantly non-white.”

Unfortunately for most African Americans, even the most sophisticated planning tools lead to the same result: retirement has fast become a pie-in-the-sky dream.

The lawsuit named the City of San Diego, the Housing Authority for the City of San Diego and the San

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By Stacy M. Brown

See LAWSUIT page 13

THE LIST OF

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BLACK AND MISSING

The nation’s leading public interest group providing seniors and others with information that empowers them to choose how they live, AARP, regularly publishes a retirement calculator that individuals and families can use to provide a personalized snapshot of what their financial future might look like. One simply has to answer a few questions about household status, salary and retirement savings (such as an IRA or 401(k)), include information

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

MANDELA’S WIDOW, GRACA MACHEL:

“CHILD HUNGER MUST BE PRIORITY IN AFRICA”

Tawny Reed

Aneesa Reed

Ashantay Jones

Keaisha Hayes-Prater

By Stacy M. Brown

All photos courtesy of National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. See MISSING page 2

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Graca Machel, the widow of former South African President and Freedom Fighter Nelson Mandela, said hunger is the “most acute problem facing Africa’s children.” (Photo: Stockphoto / NNPA )

Economic growth in Africa has been impressive, but a sad reality remains: However prosperous, the results have had little impact on child nutrition.

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Graca Machel, the widow of former South African President and Freedom Fighter Nelson Mandela, said hunger is the “most acute problem facing Africa’s children.”

Congresswoman Maxine Waters has emerged as one of the strongest legislators, community organizers, and champions for women, children, seniors, veterans, people of color, and the poor. She was elected in November 2018 to her fifteenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives where she proudly represents California’s diverse and dynamic 43rd Congressional District.

“Around 60 million children across the continent suffer from it. Not the mildly uncomfortable hunger that comes from skipping the odd meal, but permanent, relentless malnourishment, stunting and wasting,” said H.E. Machel, a child rights campaigner who chairs the Africa Child Policy Forum’s international board. See HUNGER page 15

SECRETARY CARSON’S COMMITTEE TESTIMONY

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WASHINGTON – This week, at a full Committee hearing with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson entitled, “Housing in America: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,” Committee Democrats asked questions about many of the Secretary’s harmful actions at HUD that he repeatedly answered inaccurately. Read below for a list of the top 5 inaccurate responses from Secretary Carson to Committee Democrats. 1. Secretary Carson to Congresswoman Maxine See TESTIMONY page 2

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION Missing: continued from page 1

Type the name Tawny Reed in the Google search engine and click on “News.” In doing so, one will find among the results, an obscure 1960s Welsh singer named Tawny Reed and even a headline from the Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom that reads, “The beautiful Turkish wonder you’ve probably never heard of.” What you won’t find is Tawny Reed, the missing 14-year-old Black girl from Reno, Nevada who was last seen on May 1. It’s a recurring theme: An African American female goes missing and there’s no radar too low that she won’t fly beneath. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children– or NCMEC – said the number of reports of missing children made to law enforcement in the United States now totals more than 424,000. Tawny stands five feet tall and weighs about 130 pounds and authorities haven’t described what she was doing at the time of her disappearance or what she may have been wearing. Less than two weeks before Tawny disappeared, Aneesa Reed also went missing in Reno. Aneesa [no reported relation to Tawny] is 16 and authorities said she’s five-feet and four inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She was last seen on April 26. Across the state in Las Vegas, Ashantay Jones, 17, also disappeared. The five-feet and 11 inches tall, Ashantay reportedly weighs about 135 pounds. Like Tawny, Aneesa and Ashantay, a Google search of Keaisha Hayes-Prater, yields nothing

Tawny Reed

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about the missing black teen in the news section.

Texas alone,” Jeneault said.

The 13-year-old, who’s listed at five feet tall and 148 pounds, disappeared on May 3 in Columbus, Ohio.

“Houston is known to be a hub for trafficking and is unfortunately where black women and girls are roped into the trade,” she said.

Authorities believe she may still be in the local area, but they’re unsure what may have happened to her.

It’s really quite prophetic that so many African Americans have gone missing and are forgotten [by society], said Phyllis G. Williams, the co-host of Living the Principles Onward. Of course, they will never be forgotten by their friends and loved ones.

The alarming number of missing black females counts for a large chunk of disappearances nationwide. Yet, as the crisis continues, media attention remains largely diverted. “I worked in Texas as a news anchor and the statistics there are shocking,” said Liz Jeneault, an Emmy-nominated former TV news anchor who once hosted a public affairs show called, “In Focus,” in Texas. Jeneault, who now works as vice president of marketing for Faveable.com, said she believes some girls have fallen victim to human trafficking. “I interviewed professionals from the University of Texas at Austin about how there are an estimated 79,000 child sex trafficking victims in

“Malcolm X said the most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman and the most neglected person in America is the black woman,” Williams said. “This was stated 57 years ago and sadly the words still ring true. Our lack of protection mixed with constant disrespect and neglect contributes to little effort in being found when we are missing,” she said. “Many Americans are subconsciously programmed to view black women and girls as promiscuous, angry, and of little overall value, which leads law enforcement, media and others

Testimony: continued from page 1

Waters, Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, on HUD’s plan to increase rent for HUD-assisted households: “The elderly and the disabled are completely protected in the plan that we have proposed.”

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WRONG: Under the Secretary’s “Making Affordable Housing Work” proposal, seniors and people with disabilities who sign a lease after the proposal is implemented will immediately see increases in their rent. For seniors and people with disabilities already receiving public housing assistance when the proposal is implemented, their rent increase would be phased in over two income recertification periods. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, seniors would see an average increase of $83 per month and people with disabilities would see an average increase of $72 per month. Under the proposal, hardship exemptions would be available, but households would have to proactively apply for such exemptions. Additionally, HUD’s own data shows that these exemptions have not been effective at providing relief. 2. Secretary Carson to Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) on the number of individuals on waitlists for housing assistance programs: “There are hundreds of thousands.” WRONG: There are currently millions of individuals waiting for public housing and Section 8 vouchers, specifically 4.4 million individuals across the country. 3. Secretary Carson to Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) on his familiarity with real estate owned (REO) properties: “An Oreo?” WRONG: An Oreo is a cookie. An REO property is one that is owned by a lender or other entity after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure auction. 4. Secretary Carson to Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) on changes to the Equal Access Rule: “I’m not currently anticipating changing the rule.”

Keaisha Hayes-Prater

to reason that there’s little need to exhaust the system for someone others believe lack wholesomeness,” said Williams, whose family has endured its own unsolved disappearance. “My aunt Doll Crooks has been missing since the mid-1980s and, after more than 30 years, it appears she’s just another cold case,” Williams said. “I can’t help but wonder if my aunt Doll had blonde hair and blue eyes, while living in an upper-middle class neighborhood, [if] there would have been more detective work [done to find her],” she said Anyone with information about the disappearance of Tawny Reed or Aneesa Reed call the Reno Police Department at 1-775-334-2121. For Ashantay Jones, call the Las Vegas Police Department at 1-702-828-3111. For Keaisha Hayes-Prater, call the Columbus Police Department at 1-614-645-4545. For information on anyone missing, call 1-800-THE-LOST, or visit www.missingkids. com.

WRONG: On May 23, HUD released a notice of a proposed rulemaking that would make significant changes to the current Equal Access Rule. The current Equal Access Rule requires shelter providers to respect the stated gender identity of an individual seeking shelter. Secretary Carson’s proposed rule could allow shelter providers to force individuals to be housed with people of their opposite gender. On May 23, Congresswoman Wexton introduced the Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act, to protect transgender individuals and block HUD’s proposal to make changes to the Equal Access Rule. 5. Secretary Carson to Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) on his definition of rent proration: “giving aid and assistance to people who are here illegally.” WRONG: HUD’s current rent proration policy ensures that any household members who do not have eligible immigration status do not receive rental subsidies while allowing household members who do have eligible immigration status to receive assistance. It is worth noting that rent is calculated by HUD based on incomes of all adult residents. However, the same rent is prorated to ensure those with ineligible immigration status are unable to receive assistance. Therefore, mixed-immigration status families pay a larger share of rent than families where every member is eligible for rental assistance. On May 16, Congresswoman Garcia introduced H.R. 2763, legislation to block the HUD proposal that targets mixed-immigration status families. Congresswoman Maxine Waters has emerged as one of the strongest legislators, community organizers, and champions for women, children, seniors, veterans, people of color, and the poor. She was elected in November 2018 to her fifteenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives where she proudly represents California’s diverse and dynamic 43rd Congressional District. With more than 20 years of experience and expertise on financial services issues, Congresswoman Waters recently made history as the first woman and first African American to hold the Chair’s gavel of the House Financial Services Committee, where she leads the Democratic Caucus in the effort to pass meaningful legislation to protect consumers and safeguard the economy.

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THE POVERTY LAWSUIT HAS SOME PROS AND CONS

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

The lawsuit filed by members of the Southeastern San Diego Community is a very important one that should be praised on the one hand for its comprehensive look at issues affecting the residents of that particular segment of our city and county population. It identifies many of the problems many of us have seen for years but had not codified to the extent of this lawsuit.

It is true that more housing is needed and that the City’s homeless problem is and has moved east. There is a serious need for more housing. At least three new housing projects have come on line: Ouchi at Imperial Avenue and Euclid, the Jacobs apartment project at the Euclid Trolley stop, and the Apartment complex at the Market Street and Imperial Avenue Trolley stop, with more developments scheduled including the Mosque No. 8 location on Imperial Avenue. While we are speaking of things being done, let’s not forget the misrepresentation of the Live Well Center planned for Market Street and Euclid Avenue. The new center is to replace the outdated facility currently located near Market Street and 47th Street, but it is not a concentration “of all low-income facilities into a single regional center.” The proposed Center does not “perpetuate the concentration of poverty the City has already placed in the Affected

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Contributor

When I looked at my email inbox this afternoon, I encountered one of those messages that I dread: yet another person I know has been institutionalized as a result of Alzheimer’s. The sadness conveyed by this person’s partner was clear in their words. They had been together for decades. I could feel the loss. By coincidence, around the same time that I read this email I found myself looking

The implications of the increase in Alzheimer’s patients goes far beyond the personal loss and sadness experienced by families. We are talking about immense healthcare costs. As I have witnessed in my extended family, an individual who is otherwise healthy can suffer a long and slow decline that can be not only emotionally intolerable for all involved but immensely expensive, sometimes to the point of personal bankruptcy. Yet, this is not an affliction that the White House, to borrow from a recent article in STAT“Like Nixon’s ‘war on cancer,’ President Trump should open a war on Alzheimer’s” .

“BLACK” OR “AFRICAN AMERICAN?” ethnic makeup. I am from the Caribbean and prefer Caribbean American rather than African American,” Bates said. “There are so many ways to be ‘Black’ and so many mixtures and countries that when we define people by a single color, we miss multiple parts of who they are. That is true for Whites as well,” she said.

Communities,” as stated in the lawsuit. The City of San Diego is not “transferring ownership” of the Tubman-Chavez Center to the County. The property is being sold to the County at “Fair Market Value.” The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint newspaper encourages members of the community to do their homework when considering some of the issues identified here and in the lawsuit. The residents, as plaintiffs filing this lawsuit, and those that will join it in the future are to be commended for their initiative and comprehensive approach to a very real and clear problem that for many years has had bandaid approaches, in spite of the efforts of the current Mayor, to make a number of projects in the said community a priority. As the lawsuit states, clearly more is needed and in a much more timely effort, but let’s carefully consider all the issues as we move forward.

ANOTHER CASE OF ALZHEIMER’S at commentaries regarding Trump’s budget proposals. Drastic cuts in everything except for the military. Though this may, at first glance, seem to have nothing to do with Alzheimer’s, think again. Currently, Alzheimer’s is afflicting at least 6 million people in the USA; it is expected to expand to more than double that by the middle of the 21stcentury. Yet addressing Alzheimer’s appears to not be a priority of the White House.

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Fighting Alzheimer’s necessitates significant financial investments in order to advance the development of possible treatments. This will not happen on its own and one cannot rely on the private market to invest. The private market is more often than not cowardly regarding investments until and unless they get a signal from government that there is a genuine interest in a possible direction. Many of my friends over the age of 50 dread the possibility that they may become victims of Alzheimer’s. In each case most of us feel on our own in addressing this plague. We have seen it not only destroy individuals but take down entire families. It is well past time that the government make this a priority. Fighting Alzheimer’s vs. another weapon system we don’t need? Not a difficult choice. Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the former president of TransAfrica Forum. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and www.billfletcherjr.com. He recently published the mystery The Man Who Fell From the Sky.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Correspondent

In a recent televised commentary, Dr. Greg Carr, chair of Howard University’s Department of AfroAmerican Studies kick-started a stirring conversation that has mostly taken place inside the confines of Black communities around the country. Carr tackled the sometimesuncomfortable topic of identifying as Black versus African-American. “Despite the dictionary definitions, there is no term that truly describes people that were taken from Africa and forced into slavery,” Carr said during commentary on Washington, D.C.’s WUSA. NNPA Newswire up by reaching out individuals of color African Americans – to gain the pulse of way many lean.

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“Many Africans who live in North America but were born and raised in Africa do not like to be labelled as Black,” said Dr. Tapo Chimbganda, the founder of Future Black Female, an organization that helps create opportunities for Black female youth to participate fully and beneficially in academic, economic and social endeavors. “Growing up in Africa, where almost everyone is Black makes it difficult for people who grow up in that environment to understand, grasp and identify with Black as a signifier the same way that people born and raised in the West do,” Chimbganda said. “While Africans dealt with colonization and many of the same oppressive practices of white supremacy, they were a majority and once their leaders took over government, for the most part, oppression ceased to be about race and more about tribalism and ethnic rivalry,” Chimbganda said. Harvard and Yale-trained physician, Dr. Hisla Bates, said race is a social construct and shouldn’t define anyone. “I don’t like to be called Black or African American because it doesn’t define me and is dismissive of my heritage and

Dr. Gail L. Thompson, the founder and CEO of Inspirations by Gail LLC, said “Black is a general term that includes anyone of African descent, including indigenous Africans, African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and immigrants.” “A Black person can live anywhere in the world,” she said. Thompson defined African American as a U.S. citizen of African descent whose ancestors lived in America before and during the era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. “I am an African American who can trace my ancestry in the U.S. for five generations,” Thompson said. “According to my DNA test results, my ancestry is 92 percent African, primarily from the Congo/Cameroon region and Benin and Togo.” Further, the term “People of Color” refers to all non-White ethnic/racial groups. It’s a very general term, Thompson said. Hip Hop Activist and author Sean XLG Mitchell, said there’s a significant difference between the labels of ‘Black,’ ‘African American,’ and ‘People of Color.’ “If we use the term Black, we are doing ourselves a disservice. Black only identifies with the color of our skin but it has no cultural connections to who we are as a people,” said Mitchell, the author of “How Do We Build A Real Wakanda?” “As a result of our slave experience, we don’t understand the power and purpose of culture and we seem to be naive in how we regard and respect the unifying principles of culture,” Mitchell said. “Other races of people benefit from employing a language, education, religion, names and customs that are centered around their historical experience and we’re the only people who fail to do so,” he said. Mitchell said it’s important that all of African descent find time to read books like the “Autobiography of Malcolm X,”“The Mis-Education of the Negro,”“Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization,”and “Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery.” “We would [then] have a better insight and understanding of culture,” Mitchell said.

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OBITUARIES Myrt le Vestella Reed

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SUNRISE April 22, 1933

SUNRISE November 30, 1961

SUNRISE December 14th, 1929

SUNSET May 7, 2019

SUNSET May 18, 2019

SUNSET May 18th, 2019

Myrtle Vestella Reed died on May 7, 2019 in Stockton, CA at the age of 86 of gallbladder cancer. Myrtle was born on April 22, 1933 in Nowata, OK to her parents, George and Martha Reed. The family relocated to Coffeeville, KS when Myrtle was about 3 years old. She grew up as the fourth child of eight brothers and sisters. As a single mother she was very proud when she bought her own home to raise her daughter. Myrtle’s home was a place where everyone felt comfortable and welcomed. She loved to cook, and for those who were fortunate to know her remember the aromatic smells of the best “home cooking” coming from the kitchen. Myrtle worked as a merchandiser at the San Diego Naval Commissary and after 30 years of being a dedicated employee, she retired at age 60. Her daughter Marilyn and grand-daughter Monique remember her as a strong, independent woman whom they loved dearly. For a short period of time Myrtle was a member of the Elks Club, Nautilus Temple 436 Daughter of IBEOW. However, the ONE favorite pastime for Myrtle was crocheting. Myrtle would spend countless hours crocheting blankets. 99% of the blankets she crocheted were donated to others. She also taught many how to crochet. It was so much fun learning from her. Those who spent time with her crocheting were privileged to gain some of her motherly wisdom. She shared stories of her life experiences and told it “like it was”! She will be missed. Myrtle is survived by her sister Hattie Gooden, Daughter and Sonin-law, Marilyn and Frederick Gross, Grand-daughter Monique Cannon. along with numerous Nieces and Nephews. The family sends love and gratitude to nurses Sara and Estrada, social worker Barbara, and Chaplain Doris for their support, excellent work and loving care during Myrtle’s time of transition. Myrtle’s life will be celebrated on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at the home of Marilyn and Frederick Gross, 8809 Vernaccia Lane, Stockton, CA. The program will begin promptly at 11:00 am. All are welcome to attend and celebrate with us. Please RSVP to Marilyn Gross at 209-938-9343.

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FAMILY OF DEIRDRE G. JACKSON On Saturday, May 18, 2019, Deirdre Gay Jackson loving sister and Mother passed away at the age of 57. Dee-Dee was born on November 30, 1961 in San Diego, California to Joy C. and Lola M. Jackson. While completing her education in the San Diego Area, she met her first love Paul Cruz Sr. and their union beger her only son, Paul Nicholas Jr. Dee-Dee, affectionately called “Margaret” by her family, was a spirited woman who loved defending her family and friends yet showed love and compassion for the afflicted. She enjoyed the music of “Mary Mary” and CeCe Winans and other gospel songs which enriched her heart. Dee-Dee was preceded in death by her father, Joy Chester Jackson and grandmother, Jannie M. Broden. She is survived by her son- Paul Nicholas Cruz Jr., her grandchildren- Jaden and Imani, her mother- Lola, sisters- Debra,Donna,Dena and Dewii and brother Joy Russell.

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

Ato Belay Tekle Bsrat was born in Asmara, Eretria on December 14th, 1929. Ato Belay was born to his Patriot father Tekle Bisrat Hadgu and Weyzero Amete Gilagaber. As a result of the second world war, Ato Belay was separated from his Father due to his father deployment to first to Libya and then to Somalia. After the end of the World War II Ato Belay left Eretria and went to Shashemene Ethiopia to be reunited with his Patriot father. While in Shashemene, Ato Belay tried to finish his education there, but due to age he abandoned his plan and moved to Addis Ababa and later become a successful businessman. Ato Belay married Weyzero Abeba Berhe in 1959 in Addis Ababa. Although he will rejoin his eldest son Michael Belay Tekle in heaven, Ato Belay was blessed with four sons and two daughters survive him with 16 grandkids and 15 great grandkids. In 1997 Ato Belay immigrated to America and soon started working at Kroger's Grocery store. After three months of illness, Ato Belay passed away to join his maker on Saturday, May 18th, 2019, at 1:30 PM. Farewell, Our father. We will miss you greatly and hope to see you in heaven some day. Our deepest and heartfelt thanks and gratitude for your support to Eritrean Kidane Meheret Church, Ethiopian Addis Kidan Church, Dir Biyaber Edir, Eritrean, and Ethiopian Communities for supporting us. It means so much to us all and you have helped us in so many ways over the past weeks. ... “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:24

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OBITUARIES Velma Louvenia Belcher

Verdie Mae Johnson Whi t ley

James Rosette

SUNRISE June 4, 1935

SUNRISE July 31, 1940

SUNRISE July 9, 1938

SUNSET May 19, 2019

SUNSET May 26, 2019

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Velma Louvenia Belcher was born June 4, 1935 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma,, She was the tenth of twelve children of William Warner Harrison and Piccola Burkhalter Harrison. Velma relocating to El Centro, California and graduated from Central Union High School. Velma was an accomplished tennis player in high school while maintaining her high academic standards.

Verdie was the fifth child in the union of Ethel and Jessie Lee Hunter. In her own way she was A FIFTH DIMENSIONAL BEING to our family. JOY, HAPPINESS, KINDNESS, SUPPORTIVE, and STRONG WILLED are the words that best describe our Verdie. She was the life to every encounter, and would give her last to help someone.

James Columbus Rosette was born July 9, 1938 to Tarzie and Hurley Rosette, Sr. He was second to the oldest of four children. James formal education was in Jennings, LA. He attended and graduated high school in Hahnville, LA.

It was in El Centro, CA where she met her first husband Ezra Levester Hunter.. Velma would later meet and marry the love of her life, Thomas Belcher.. Velma and Thomas raised five children together in grand fashion. Velma was a distinguished employee at Rohr Industries from August 29, 1966 - April 26, 2001, while assisting her husband, Thomas Belcher in running the family business, Valley Painting & Decorating. Velma invested her spare time and energy into the lives of her children. She served as PTA President multiple years at multiple schools, Pop Warner football concessions treasurer, Little League Baseball official scorekeeper and chaperoned many field trips throughout the years. Anyone that knew Velma knew two things about her, she loved baseball, particularly the San Diego Padres and she loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Velma was a member of Edwards Chapel CME in El Centro, CA during her youth. She transferred her membership to Phillips Temple CME Church in San Diego, CA where she served for more than twenty years. Velma later moved her membership to Bethel AME Church where she continued her lay ministry as a class leader, Missionary Society, Lay Organization, President of the Single Seniors Ministry and We Dare to Care Ministry. Velma could be counted on.

Growing up in Arkansas, her birth state, she completed her formal education, came to know the Lord, and began her journey into motherhood. During her adult life she resided in St Louis, Missouri; Los Angeles, California, and San Diego, California where she reunited with her past suitor, united in holy matrimony and moved to Chula Vista, California. During Verdie's residence in California, she was employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District until her retirement. Upon marrying Rudolph Whitley, she joined and attended New Creation Church, under the leadership of Pastor Reginald L. Gary. She was an active member of several community organizations where she gave of her time and energy to promote the goals of the organizations. Verdie is preceded in death by her mother (Ethel) and father (Jessie Lee), her husband, Rudolph Whitley; her daughter, Lavorta Salley Pettway; two brothers, Freddie Lee Hunter and Carlton Hunter; three sisters, Mattie Mae Smith, Rose Letchaw, and Mae Turner. She leaves to cherish her memory a son, Jessie B Hunter, grand-children: Knetha McDuffie, Nicole Hunter, Stephanie Hunter, D'Undre Byrd, and Unique Hunter Great grand-children: Saqqara McDuffie, True Hunter, Justice Hunter, and Myriah Byrd; a sister, Laverne Turner Jones, a brother-in-law, Otis Letchaw, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends.

Velma L. Belcher was preceded in death by both husbands, Ezra L. Hunter and Thomas Belcher, both parents and all her siblings except her sole surviving sister Julia Cooper. She leaves to cherish her memory, her children Angela Hunter, Victor Blevins (Luana), Brian Davis (Brenda), Bridgette Jordan (Thomas), and Thomas D. Belcher (Joyce), She also leaves behind six grandchildren, Shante Hunter, Marquice Hunter, Marcelle Hunter, Victoria Hunter Evans, Brandon Jordan and Robyn Jordan, 5 great grandchildren; along with thirteen nieces, nephews, her lifelong friend, Joyce Henderson-Geller, church family, other relatives and friends.

Deanna Gikes

Bobbie Jean Jordan

SUNRISE July 10, 1981

SUNRISE May 27, 2019

SUNSET May 4, 2019

SUNSET May 29, 2019

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Deanna Gilkes was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on July 10, 1981 to the proud parents of Annie and Edwin Gilkes. Deanna went to McCaskey High School in Lancaster. Deanna was very talented and smart, and loved taking apart computers. Some of her enjoyments was listening to the Cold Play Band, watching scary movies, and camping. She loved to eat tuna, mac & cheese, spaghetti, and maple and brown sugar oatmeal. Going to the boys and girls club was one of her favorite pastimes. A happy go lucky person, she was always smiling. Deanna is survived by her parents; siblings Cherrie Bowers, Nichole Walton (Jay), Edwin, Jr. (Ginger), Latesha Everhart (David), Shacresha, Nicholas (Fiancé Amanda), Dale (Tennisha), Christopher (Fiancé Jadid), Lamont, Alexander, Tiffany Shalaeva (Alex), Mercedes, and Cameron; and many nieces and nephews.

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James married Elsia Jefferson and from that union they had three children. He loved and cherished Elsia until her death. James joined the military and served in the Army and Navy, where he was honorably discharged from both branches. James had a very elaborate boxing career: As an amateur he defeated former light heavyweight contenders Mac Foster and Jerry Quarry, and lost a close decision to Cassius Clay. His pro record was 19 wins and 11 losts. James loved kickin’ it with his boys as he called them, Tony and Phil. Listening to his Blues in the backyard or having Nevaeh read to him or pray with him. James loved him some football, when football season rolled around he was so in tuned it was like he was on the field with the players. James left this life to go enjoy his heavenly home on May 26, 2019. James was preceded in death by his beautiful wife Elsia; parents Hurley, Sr. and Tarzie; brother Herbert Lee Rosette; and sister Worendia Rosette; and great-granddaughter and Nailah Amina Adair. James is survived by two sons, Darrell (Luwana) Rosette, Santee, CA), and Dwayne Rosette, Santee, CA; daughter Charlotte Alexander (Anthony), San Diego; brother Hurley Rosette, Jr. Huntsville, LA; sister Ella Powell, Brooklyn, NY; nine grandchildren Lakia Sombright, Isiah Sombright, Brittany Rosette, Khalil Rosette, Lachandre Miles, Cherelle Henderson, Christopher Rosette, Anthony Alexander II, and Marijah Alexander; four greatgrandchildren Nevaeh Valle-Ameed, Avery Hendrerson, Myles Henderson. He also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.

Bobbie also did not play when it came to her grandkids. They did no wrong in her eyes, and she would be quick to let anyone know. She was devoted to making sure her grandchildren knew her values of life and how to make her famous southern dishes. Over the years, her everyday life changed due to changes in her health, but that did not stop Bobbie from being independent, and her loving daughter Daphne made sure of that. Daphne made sure her mother stayed in the best health possible. She wouldn’t leave her mama’s side no matter the time or place. “Go home Diana” (as Bobbie would call her). She loved her space and independence. Through the incredible fight, she defeated the enemy and blessed us with one more birthday. Bobbie was big on family and spending time together. Her last birthday was spent surrounded by loving family and friends. Seventy-four and blessed, it doesn’t get any better than that.

Born May 27th 1945 in Lubbock, Texas to Eva Lou Dorsey and James Jordan, Bobbie Jean Jordan made her grand appearance. Bobbie Jean was the fourth of six siblings. Starting her early childhood in Bryan, Texas and excelling in the Bryan public school system. Bobbie moved to Dallas, Texas in 1962 and worked at the Fairmont Hotel. During her journey she birthed six children, Lawrence, Daphne, Victor, Patrick, Reginald, and Felicia.

On the morning of May 29, 2019 the Lord opened the gates and told Bobbie Jean her job here is done. With her devoted daughter Daphne by her side she departed from this life and reunited with the Lord. Meeting her was; mother Eva Lou Dorsey; father James Jordan; two sisters Cassie Dorsey and Joanna Dorsey; two brothers Howard Dorsey and Leon Dorsey; her baby girl Felicia Jordan; and her loving grandson LaNeail Anderson.

In 1974 she embarked on a new journey as a healthcare professional in San Diego, California. She enjoyed nothing more than being a helping hand for anyone she came in contact with. You could count on Bobbie Jean to give the shirt off of her back and her last dollar to those in need.

Bobbie Jean leaves; her loving children Lawrence Jordan, Daphne Jordan, Victor Jordan, Patrick Jordan, and Reginald Jordan; grandchildren, Latrease, Curtis, Channelle, Elzie (TJ), Lawrence, Jasmine, Traye, Ciearra, Lauren, Raelyn, Imani, Devante, Nahla, September, Jamiqua, and William, Jasmine and Andre; great-grandchildren Nevaeh, Mykhol, Chance, Lara, Jae’Veyion, Jamier, Jelani, Elijah, Jy’Aire, Jayci, Ellie, Devin Lee, Jeremy Lee, Eliza Lynn, and Charger; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, and friends. Her legacy will continue and we will continue to make her proud.

Bobbie was the life of the party. You can count on her to get the party started and don’t think you would be able to sit around her and not dance. She was quick to snatch you up to get down and boogie with her. She never let her age hold her back, she had her famous two step and her old school pop lock and drop it down pat.

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OBAMAS GO

HOLLYWOOD, SET TO LAUNCH FILMS WITH NETFLIX

AVA DUVERNAY’S CENTRAL PARK FIVE DOCUMENTARY DEBUTS

DuVernay, who took on the project after Santana suggested it to her via tweet, wants to dramatize what the criminal justice system and New York City stole from these innocent teenagers. (Photo: Atsushi

President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama record a message for ABC “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts, in the Library of the White House., February 2013. (Photo: Pete Souza / Wikimedia Commons)

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By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

When Former President Barack Obama occupied the White House, it wasn’t uncommon to see a myriad of celebrities meeting with the Commander in Chief and First Lady Michelle Obama. Some even called Washington, D.C., “Hollywood East,” because of the popularity of the Obamas even among superstars. Now, one year after launching their production company, “Higher Ground Productions,” the Obamas have officially gone Hollywood. The former president and First Lady have announced seven projects that are scheduled to be developed and released in the years to come. The projects include “American Factory,” a documentary from this year’s Sundance Film Festival that examines the clash of cultures in Ohio when a Chinese billionaire sets up a new factory in the old General Motors plant and hires some 2,000 blue-collar Americans. The film was acquired by Higher Ground Productions in partnership with Netflix, where the Obamas have a content deal. “Crip Camp” is also a documentary acquired by Higher Ground and Netflix, currently in production with support from the Sundance Institute, according to Entertainment Weekly which reported that the film will follow a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers in the early 1970s that helped set in motion the disability rights movement in America. “We created Higher Ground to harness the power of storytelling. That’s why we couldn’t be more excited about these projects,” President Obama said in a statement from Higher Ground. “Touching on issues of race and class, democracy and civil rights, and much more, we believe each of these productions won’t just entertain, but will educate, connect, and inspire us all.” Michelle Obama added: “We love this slate because it spans so many different interests and experiences, yet it’s all woven together with stories that are relevant to our daily lives.” According to Entertainment Weekly, other projects include a non-fiction series based on Michael Lewis’ best-selling book “Fifth Risk,”a damning examination of the Trump administration’s impacton America’s key government agencies; “Bloom,” a period drama exploring the upstairs-downstairs worlds of women and people of color in a postWWII New York; a scripted anthology series called “Overlooked,” based on the New York Times’ obituary column about people whose deaths were not initially reported by the paper; and a feature film adaptation of author David W. Blight’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.” There is also a preschool series with the title, “Listen to Your Vegetables & Eat Your Parents.” That series is described as taking young children and their families on a global adventure to learn where their food comes from. It’s a project that’s reportedly closely connected with Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative that she spearheaded during her tenure as First Lady to get all Americans more access and education to eating and living healthily.

The morning after Ava DuVernay’s four-part Netflix miniseries about the Central Park Five, “When They See Us,” premiered at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater, she was in a daze. “I don’t drink, and I don’t do any other kinds of substances,” she told Rolling Stone, “but I think I have a hangover.” She had the headache, but also the hazy memory of the community she’d felt the previous night, screening her labor of love in the neighborhood that raised the five teenagers wrongfully convicted of brutally raping jogger Trisha Meili on April 19, 1989. It was a whirlwind of fellowship that involved “a lot of smiles, hugs, and a lot of tears,” DuVernay said. “When They See Us,” debuted on Netflix on Friday, May 31. The true and gripping tale of five boys of color between the ages of 14 and 16 who were forced to falsely confess to the rape of a white woman in New York’s Central Park, has received critical acclaim with reviewers noting that it’s “impassioned,” and “moving.” We already have a category of movies that we expect to artfully, if painfully edify – think of 12 Years a Slave, or Schindler’s List – but we’re not acculturated to it on television, said Willa Paskin of Slate Magazine. On April 19, 1989, the lives of Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, and Korey Wise changed forever. News media described them as “a wolf pack,” and “animals,” and then-citizen Donald Trump took out a fullpage ad in four New York City area newspapers attacking the youth and calling for the return of the death penalty. Decades after they’d been exonerated, Trump still has refused to rescind his damning words against the men and he even denounced a multi-million civil settlement reached between New York City and the five men. “Trump was the fire starter,” Salaam said. “Common citizens were being manipulated and swayed into believing that we were guilty.” The police-coerced confessions were the only evidence against them, but racism made the boys convenient scapegoats and metaphors for all that had gone wrong in a stratified, corrupt, crime-ridden, rape-infested, and fearful New York City, according to Slate. DuVernay, who took on the project after Santana suggested it to her via tweet, wants to dramatize what the criminal justice system and New York City stole from these innocent teenagers. The series begins on the day of the rape. Antron (Caleel Harris and, as an adult, Jovan Adepo), Raymond (Marquis Rodriguez and Freddy Miyares), Kevin (Asante

Blackk and Justin Cunningham) , Yusef (Ethan Herisse and Chris Chalk), and Korey (Jharrel Jerome) are going about their regular lives: talking about the Yankees with a father and dreaming of becoming a shortstop; kissing a girlfriend; lugging an instrument around after school. Though they don’t know each other particularly well, they all wind up in a group of about 25 boys who head into the park that night, where some goof around, while others harass bikers or a homeless guy. The police descend, arresting a handful of them, but the cops don’t consider any of them suspects in anything particularly serious. That changes after the rape victim is discovered in the early hours of the morning and Assistant District Attorney Linda Fairstein decides the boys’ presence in the park that night can’t be a coincidence. Despite there being no physical evidence that the boys were involved, the police set out to make the facts fit the theory of the case. They start trying to get confessions and names, which they use to pick up additional suspects. Korey Wise, whose name is not on the police’s list, goes down to the precinct with Yusef just to be a good friend. He won’t leave police custody for more than a decade. For his act of kindness, he will spend years at Rikers Island awaiting trial and then 13 years in an adult prison, the only one of the five who was 16 and so sentenced as an adult. When Rolling Stone noted that this story had never been told from the perspective of the five men, DuVernay said she started just speaking with the men first. “That was my first way in. And from there I folded in all of the court transcripts, different records and files that we were able to get a hold of through public means or private transfer,” DuVernay said. “We then read every single stitch of press coverage to really get an understanding of the ways in which this was being reported, to understand the propaganda around this case. You know, there was a study done that 89 percent of the articles that were written at the time, by the New York papers, didn’t even use the word ‘alleged,’” DuVernay said. She continued: “I also talked with academics to get underneath the state of New York City at the time. What were the political motivations? “But it always came back to the men and then their families. Over a four-year period, it was just exhaustive. Interviews, but sometimes just spending time. Lunches, dinners, just getting to know them. Sometimes it’s the little things more than just the core stories.”

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progreSSive BAptiSt DiStriCt

Celebrates 100 Years of Service

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Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint

The event was first class as members of the churches making up the Progressive Baptist District gathered at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley to “Celebrate 100 years of Service”. In his Centennial Celebration Message, Dr. G. A. Williams, Moderator for the Progressive Baptist District Association spoke of how faithful the Lord has been to “this body of believers” through some times of fierce opposition and oppression. He spoke of the progressive work of the member churches and how God has blessed them all. As the program stated: “For 100 years, alongside the City Government and social service agencies, the Churches of the PBDA have served as unofficial community development corporations, leadership development organizations, home-ownership centers, and community reconciliation centers as well as community food centers”. The organization boasted that its years of service are longer than the American Red Cross.

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Deacon Darryl Sykes did he greetings and introductions, Dr. E.M. Williams introduced the speaker, Dr. E. Wayne Gaddis. There was a tribute to Past Moderators and the presentation of Community Awards by Rev. Dwight A. Sykes. Awards were presented to Sister Evelyn (Jean) Jones for preaching from her “piano stools” for 80 years; to Bishop George Dallas McKinney, Founder and pastor of St. Stephen’s Cathedral Churchof God in Christ; (COGIC); Rev. Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher of the now 60 year old Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper and founding Pastor of the Eagle’s Nest Christian Center; Mrs. Lillian Adams, retired teacher and a past President of the Oceanside Unified School District. One of the highlights of the evening was the soulful saxophone of Sister Reisa Nicole who took the gospel in music to a whole new level. Dr. G.A. Williams gave the closing remarks that was a message in itself, and Dr. Ronald Edwars, Sr. gave the benediction to a tremendous evening.

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This week, nine seventh graders barreled into the small school library at Monte Vista Elementary, smiling and quietly joking and talking amongst themselves as they settled into seats positioned in a circle in the middle of the room. The boys were participating in a weekly mentorship circle called Boys to Men Mentoring Network, a group mentoring program serving over 1,000 disconnected and fatherless teenage boys in San Diego County. The program offers weekly in-school meetings, facilitated by male role models, throughout the school year. The Vista boys were celebrating their last school meeting, and Mark Anthony Hall, Director of Diversity & Community Outreach, lead the eager group in a discussion. He praised them for successfully making it to the end of the school year, and added a gentle admonition to keep going to the very last day, only two short weeks away. Pizza, games, and a pair of summer camp scholarships were a few of the materials rewards the boys received that day. But it was clear they’d benefited from much more in their year-long program. “Are you going to show up to school on time? Are you going to do your best?” Hall asked. Then he went around the circle asking them how their week went. It was a dose of reality-checking both he and co-facilitator Joe Ross, provided each week,

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giving the young men time to take off their ‘cool masks’, explore their truths and express themselves honestly. One boy’s parents were divorcing, another’s grandparent had died, another was facing a relocation to Japan with his family who are in the service. Hall and Ross were careful to encourage them all, and listen with empathy. “We don’t judge, we don’t tell them what to do, but we do listen, and give them the tools to make wise decisions,” Hall said. Anyone present would be proud of each boy’s positivity and upbeat manner as they talked and listened to one another, one at a time, around the circle. That they each readily shared their concerns, how they planned to deal with their challenges, and had ready answers when later asked, “What does it mean to be a man?,” spoke volumes about how the boys had found a safe and trusted space to celebrate triumphs, deal with personal challenges, and grow. Monte Vista Principal, Dr. Bonita DeAmicis, and her staff fully supported the program and Christopher Walsh, Vista’s Wellness Counselor, was an early supporter. Boys to Men Mentoring Network is in 38 San Diego County schools in over 5 schools districts stretching from Lakeside Unified to North County. Lincoln High School, Millennial Tech Middle School and Knox Middle School were all added to the group’s roster this year. To learn more visit: http://boystomen.org/

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LOCAL & NATIONAL NEWS HHSA’s Caregiver Appreciation Banquet

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SELECTS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM

DIRECTOR LONNIE BUNCH AS SECRETARY By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor

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In celebration of National Foster Care Month, the County of San Diego’s Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) hosted the third annual Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) Caregiver Appreciation banquet on May 31st. The event honored approximately 300 local resource families (foster families and relative caregivers). Awards were presented to 15 caregivers from throughout the county who embody the principles of QPI by providing children in foster care with loving, committed, skilled parenting, while maintaining important connections in a child’s life. An award was also presented to a community partner who further supports QPI for youth and families.

At any given time, there are about 1,250 approved caregivers providing care for more than 2,000 abused and neglected children. The commitment and dedication of these loving families was celebrated for opening their homes to care for and protect children in need. A number of public officials were present to give these special individuals recognition, including Greg Cox, Vice Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 1, Nick Macchione, Director, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, and Kimberly Giardina, Acting Director, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Child Welfare Services.

The following caregivers were recognized: Resource Parents Patricia & Michael Rolan Michael Emory Renate Smith Corinna Bishop Amy Schaffner Carmen Arjonilla Virgen L Morales and Santamaria Ortiz Mary Jo Meer Ashley and Ali Rita Mejia Emma Tidmore Lisa DeLasAlas and Mart Bushnell Angelica Arroyo Melinda and Renzo Lara Irma and Salvador Salas

In a historic selection, the Smithsonian has selected Lonnie Bunch, III as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Bunch will serve as the 14th Secretary. Bunch, 66, is the Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He will now oversee 19 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers and several education centers as the Secretary of the Smithsonian. While most people know Bunch as the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, it wasn’t his first job at the Smithsonian. He was an education specialist at The Air and Space Museum in the late 1970s and worked at the The Museum of American History’s office of curatorial affairs from 1989 to 2000. Bunch is also the former director of the Chicago History Museum. “I will work tirelessly to build upon the traditions of the Smithsonian to help America better understand the changing world it faces in the 21st century,” Bunch said at an announcement of his appointment on the morning of May 28th.Bunch’s successor is David Skorton.Bunch will begin his new job on June 16. “The search committee unanimously felt that Lonnie was by far the best candidate of the many, many that we saw,” said David Rubenstein, the chair of the Smithsonian’s board.

In a historic selection, the Smithsonian has selected Lonnie Bunch, III as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Bunch will serve as the 14th Secretary. (Photo: LBJ Library / Wikimedia Commons [CC BY 2.0 (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

“Mr. Bunch’s four decades of museum experience and his tremendous success in building the National Museum of African American History and Culture from the ground up make him the right person to lead our nation’s extraordinary federally-supported consortium of museums, research centers, and a zoo. The Smithsonian Institution’s diverse holdings and rich treasures reflect the greatness of America, and I can think of no one better to serve at its helm,” said House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn in a May 28 statement. “Mr. Bunch has demonstrated his ability to build and steward collections, fundraise to support the preservation of these remarkable artifacts, and to tell the story of our country’s artistic and human experiences.

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$1 BIL AFFORDABLE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE BOND First detailed affordable housing plan released by any candidate for Supervisor Newswire Voice & Viewpoint

SAN DIEGO – Last week Rafael Castellanos released a detailed affordable housing plan to spur construction of affordable homes countywide and generate $1 billion in infrastructure improvements in San Diego neighborhoods. San Diego’s affordable housing crisis is well documented. 50% of San Diegans cannot afford a market rate rental, and 60% cannot afford home ownership, according to the San Diego Housing Commission. The San Diego Association of Governments notes that the region has built less than 10% of the moderate income housing units called for in San Diego’s Regional Housing Needs Plan. In recent KPBS coverage, the median home price in San Diego was reported to be more than $575,000, out of reach for most first time buyers and middle income families.

Castellanos’ plan, titled “Hope & Home”, is the first detailed affordable housing plan to be released by any candidate for County Supervisor and calls for a far greater investment in affordable housing than is currently being discussed by the County. The full plan is available for download online. “We need big, bold action - not half measures - to deliver the affordable housing working families in San Diego desperately need, Rafael Castellanos said. According to Castellanos, his affordable housing plan makes large-scale construction of affordable housing possible. His plan includes $1 billion for neighborhood infrastructure improvements. “[It’s] the turbocharge needed to deliver tens of thousands of affordable homes throughout San Diego. If we don’t take action now, the housing crisis will continue to worsen and our workforce and kids will keep getting squeezed out of San Diego,” Castellanos said.

Castellanos says his plan to tackle the affordable housing crisis differs significantly from most currently discussed proposals. While most affordable housing policies essentially offer developers public subsidies to build below market rate housing, his plan instead invests in rebuilding modern infrastructure to speed up construction, bring down building costs and make urban development more attractive and efficient than suburban sprawl. The approach is a comprehensive one that, he says, ‘will keep subsidies out of developers; pockets’, and deliver affordable housing on a much larger scale than any plan that simply subsidizes construction of individual units. “It’s not a band aid, “ he said. Highlights of the Castellanos’ 4-point Hope & Home Affordable Housing Plan include:

• $1 Billion Affordable Housing Infrastructure Bond. • Establish county-wide Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (EIFDs) To Turbo Charge Affordable Housing Construction. • Utilize Federal Opportunity Zones To Deliver Help Where It’s Needed Most. • Reduce Costs And Speed Up Approvals For Affordable Housing Construction. Castellanos is a Democratic candidate running for County Supervisor in San Diego’s 1st District. He is endorsed by San Diego’s Shipyard Workers Union, Longshore Workers Union, Teamsters Unions, Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina, Lemon Grove Mayor Racquel Vasquez and Chula Vista Councilwoman Jill Galvez, among others.

Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos. Castellanos is a Democratic candidate running for County Supervisor in San Diego’s 1st District. (Photo: Board of Port Commissioners, City of San Diego)

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(GIN) – Lending institutions fear that Kenya’s foot may be stuck on the debt pedal with the latest loan in the amount of $750 million from the World Bank to be paid over 30 years. A number of experts and players in the financial sector do not think all is well. The Central Bank, which is the government’s banker, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) all say Kenya’s debt position is getting to dangerous levels and the country must engage a lower gear before it is too late Financial analysts and economists have also raised concern on the speed at which Kenya is borrowing – a sign of the country’s rapidly deteriorating cash-flow situation.

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(GIN) – The hopeful path to peace in Sudan evaporated almost overnight as members of Sudan’s military junta suddenly cocked their rifles and aimed them at a sit-down demonstration by hundreds of civilians. Over 30 Sudanese peaceful protestors preparing for the Muslim ritual Eid al Fitr – Festival of Breaking the Fast – lost their lives in an instant. Audio from civilian radios posted online captured the sounds of crying, shouting, and nonstop gunfire. The question on everyone’s lips has been: What changed? What unleashed this deadly assault on quietly seated pro-democracy demonstrators? Some analysts suspect the influence of ‘outside agitators’ – namely the autocratic leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – who had tried to maintain ousted president Omar al-Bashir in power but, failing that, would fuel a countercoup under the leadership of Sudan’s restive military junta. These countries had faced their own “Arab Spring” years back and were unwilling to see another pro-democracy movement rise in this major center of influence, reports Simon Tisdall of The Guardian news. Only a week before, negotiations appeared to be nearing a settlement between Sudan’s ruling military junta and the civilian leaders of a movement that was now numbering in the thousands. But the talks stalled over a core demand that civilians assume immediate leadership of the country until elections could be held. The Sudanese military leaders turned to their allies in the antidemocratic governments of Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia and help was forthcoming. Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman promised $3 billion in aid, Tisdall reported, while the powerful Emirati crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed, vowed to help “preserve Sudan’s security and stability”. Al-Sisi, who publicly pledged to honor the “will of the Sudanese people”, is believed to playing both sides of the struggle, seeing

Egyptian interests in the Nile water disputes as a possible outcome for backing the generals. Egypt has already given the Sudanese junta significant assistance. The African Union, which Egypt currently chairs, set a 15-day deadline for the military to hand over power when Bashir fell. The deadline was extended to three months, however, when alSisi intervened. While some in Sudan’s prodemocracy movement had anticipated foreign meddling, the brutality of the attack leveled at civilians with tear gas and live rounds of ammunition were shocking. “This is a critical point in our revolution. The military council has chosen escalation and confrontation … Now the situation is us or them; there is no other way,” said Mohammed Yousef al-Mustafa, a spokesman for the Sudanese Professionals’ Association, which has spearheaded the protests.

The IEA, an economic think tank, recently warned that Kenya risks defaulting on its debt obligations in a decade if the current appetite for borrowing remains unchecked. The government has since defended the increased borrowing alluding to demand in investing in infrastructures such as roads and railways. Critics have however questioned the government’s debt binge saying this is likely to lead to heavy taxation of Kenyans in order to pay debts when the demand arises.

Kenya’s debt repayments to both internal and external creditors have increased by 50 per cent over the past year with net servicing charges for both internal and external debt up by 48.2 per cent, the 2019 Edition of the Economic Survey says. This comes even as the Government is in China to negotiate additional loans that are expected to push up the country’s debt owed to China to record levels. China now accounts for 70 per cent of the country’s external debt, with Kenya now owing the

Asian nation more than twice the amount of money Kenya owes Germany, Japan, France, USA and Belgium combined. Kenya has borrowed heavily from China to fund a $4.8 billion railway project, the country’s largest infrastructure project since its independence from Britain in 1963. As a result, Kenya’s debt servicing costs will consume one-third of the government’s revenues this year, according to the Nairobibased Institute of Economic Affairs. That is one of the highest ratios in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Meanwhile Washington, while publicly urging dialogue, has shown little interest in supporting Sudan’s democratic renaissance. Similarly, Britain, the former colonial power, appears uncaring and unengaged. The Sudanese Professionals Association, one of the main pro-reform groups, has called on Sudanese people to take part in “total civil disobedience” to topple the military council and for people for take to the streets to protest. Amnesty International has called on the UN Security Council to consider imposing sanctions on members of the Transitional Military Council (TMC). The TMC "has completely destroyed the trust of the Sudanese people and crushed the people's hope for a new era of respect for human rights and respect for the right to protest without fear," they said. Antonio Guterres, UN secretarygeneral, condemned violence and reports of excessive use of force by Sudanese security forces on civilians. He urged all parties "to act with utmost restraint". See SUDAN page 13

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(GIN) – The father of President Felix Tshisekedi, opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, was laid to rest Saturday in his homeland more than two years after he died during a political stalemate over the country's long-delayed elections. Thousands took part in the procession which made its way to the outskirts of Kinshasa following several days of tributes to the man who was the face of Congo's opposition for decades but died before his political nemesis agreed to step aside and allow a new presidential vote to go forward.

Because of his years of activism, Tshisekedi , age 84, was at times put under house arrest and his supporters jailed. Tens of thousands greeted his casket as it was driven through the streets of the capital Thursday evening and then displayed at Martyrs Stadium the following day. Even the political coalition of his lifelong adversary, former President Joseph Kabila, issued a statement calling Tshisekedi "undoubtedly one of the major political actors of our country." The funeral mass was led by Archbishop of Kinshasa Fridolin

Ambongo. The country's influential Catholic church had urged its members to turn out at the 80,000-capacity Martyrs' Stadium. On Friday, the presidents of Rwanda and Angola, were among huge crowds to pay their respects in the same stadium in the capital, Kinshasa. At the time of his 2017 death in Brussels, family members say Kabila had blocked the return of his body to Congo for fear it could See CONGO page 13

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Stroke Prevention:

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African-Americans Less Likely to Get Rehab Care After Injuries By Saumya Joseph Reuters Health

When people with moderate or severe injuries are discharged from the hospital, follow-up care, especially at rehabilitation centers, is a crucial part of their recovery - but African Americans are less likely than white patients to seek out or receive these important services, a U.S. study suggests. “The results are important in that they highlight yet another disparity that exists in this vulnerable patient population,” study coauthor Dr. George Kasotakis from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, told Reuters Health by email. By Roger Calwell NNPA Contributor

“When I had my stroke, I was well aware that I had hypertension, but I was still not taking my prescribed medication. I was walking around with a time bomb. At any time I knew the bomb could explode but I took a chance. Eventually, it exploded, but I lived, and now part of my responsibility is to educate Americans about strokes with a primary focus on African Americans.” May was National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant, because I am a stroke survivor. As a stroke survivor, I consider myself to be a miracle. One of my goals in life is to educate Americans

(particularly Black men), that 80% of strokes can be prevented with knowledge and education. Strokes have the potential to be a silent killer, and nearly 85% of all strokes that occur show no warning signs. Although there are no major warning signs, there are risk factors, diseases, and health issues, which make an individual more susceptible to having a stroke. High blood pressure (hypertension) is the number one cause in the country for a stroke and it can be regulated with medicine, a proper diet, monitoring your blood pressure and a healthy lifestyle. “Healthcare in one of the wealthiest countries on the

face of this earth is not a primary focus or concern. In this society, many people are not interested in improving their health. They prefer to take a chance and hope that health issues will resolve themselves. I was not taking care of myself and not taking the necessary steps to correct my health problems. This is a major crisis confronting this country today,”says Roger Caldwell in his book, “The Inspiring Journey of a Stroke Survivor.”

Kasotakis and colleagues analyzed data from three trauma centers in Boston on 182 black and 1,117 white patients who were injured between December 2015 and July 2018. When contacted between six and 12 months after they’d left the hospital, only 64.3 percent of the black patients said they had sought rehab services

after discharge, compared to 79.8 percent of white patients. Similarly, only 40.0 percent of AfricanAmericans went to doctors’ offices or clinics for injuryrelated visits, compared to 47.0 percent of whites.

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A f r ica n-A mer ica ns, however, were more likely than white patients to go back to emergency rooms for problems related to their injuries.

Independent of socioeconomic status, African American trauma patients have been found in previous studies to have a higher mortality rate and a higher likelihood of longterm disability compared to white patients, the researchers write.

The pattern was similar when the research team compared two matched subsets: 141 black and 628 white patients who were similar in age, gender, insurance status and injury type. Compared to white patients, AfricanAmericans were 36 percent less likely to use rehabilitation services, and they had 41 percent fewer outpatient visits. Traumatic injuries can result in reduced quality of life, chronic pain, psychological disturbances and the burden of high medical costs, the study authors note in the

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Rehabilitation services have been found to improve long-term outcomes and functional independence after injury.

Prior studies have also shown that injured African American patients are more likely to be sent home when they leave the hospital, rather than being sent to rehab centers or skilled nursing facilities, the researchers note. Dr. Anthony Fabio, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh who wasn’t involved in the current study, pointed See REHAB page 13

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A social media post recognizing African American scholars went viral a few weeks ago and it’s all because of a Hip Hop legend.

“College was nothing short of a red-carpet experience for me,” Williams said.

Joshua Williams posted his status as a co-valedictorian at historically Black Dillard University to Instagram, saying that the achievement was thanks to the $50,000 scholarship he received from the Hip Hop Sisters Network that allowed him to jump-start his college education and gain a foothold into a successful

“Four years ago, I never imagined an undergraduate experience in which my passion would later turn into a profession that has allowed me to photograph 150-plus celebrities within four years while maintaining a 4.0 GPA,” he said. Since matriculating at Dillard, Williams’ work as a freelance photographer has been featured in

“However, once I received the MC Lyte #EducateOURMen Scholarship to Dillard, I knew that I was destined to have a fulfilling college experience that was beyond my wildest dreams and I cannot thank MC Lyte, Lynn Richardson and the Hip Hop Sisters Foundation enough for investing in me and being one of my strongest support systems,” he said. Founded by legendary hip hop pioneer MC Lyte and a leadership team, board of directors and advisory board that includes Felicia Shaw, Diseree Clay, Alesha Renee, Jada Pinkett Smith,

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with 2% Asian. The suit identifies specific land use acres in Single-family continued from page 1 housing, Multifamily housing, community facilities, parks, open Diego Housing spaces, cemeteries and Commission, named vacant land. members of the San Diego City Council. The suit The lawsuit accuses states that the combined the San Diego Housing efforts of defendants have Commission of denied equal housing and “disproportionately have created a disparate impacting Section 8 impact on minorities in Vouchers in the affected San Diego, California. areas. It states that the SDHC “is engaged in The plaintiffs are residents the business of owning, and interested parties: leasing, and managing Patrice Baker, Gloria more than 3,500 rental Cooper, Lesslie Dudley, housing units, including Letitia Flynn, Kathleen 189 federal public housing Macleod, Eileen Osborne units. and Khalada Salaam-Alaji. The group is represented by Of particular interest attorney Michael J. Aguirre to many members of and his law firm Aguirre the Southeastern San & Severson, LLP. Aguirre Diego community is the is a former City Attorney opposition raised to the for the City of San Diego proposed Southeastern and has a long history of San Diego Live Well Center intended to replace bringing suits such as the outdated County facilities. one that created district The suit says the project elections for the City of San would “concentrate low Diego some twenty years income facilities into a ago. single regional center and perpetuate the The 36-page lawsuit concentration of poverty details how defendants’ the City has already aggressive policies have placed in the Affected led to “community Communities. It should disintegration, lack of be noted here that this economic development, newspaper has followed underperforming this project from the very schools, lack of adequate beginning and has found retail services and few nothing but efforts to employment opportunities include the community in resulting in an Apartheidthe planning process. like environment ripe with institutional racism All the plaintiffs of and comprehensive this lawsuit are long governmental policies that time residents of the are perpetuating racia community, some for more segregation.” than 40 to 50 years. The lawsuit is a “substantive document” and, based on the content, should be taken very seriously by all involved. It identifies the neighborhoods making up continued from page 1 Southeastern San Diego. The demographics from [Stunting is the impaired that area’s Community growth and development Plan indicate that there that children experience are 57,000 residents, 84% from poor nutrition, of which are Hispanic, 8% Black and 4% White repeated infection, and

HUNGER:

inadequate psychosocial stimulation]. As of two years ago, 28 African nations depended on food aid, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – or FAO. One of the worst hunger crises of the past 25 years was the famine in East Africa in 2011/12, according to the FAO. In war-torn Somalia, 260,000 people starved to death, including 133,000 children under the age of five. Sub-Saharan Africa is also a hotbed of chronic hunger due to extreme poverty, the FAO said. The organization notes the definition of chronic hunger: people suffer from chronic hunger if their daily energy intake for an extended period of time is below what they would need for a healthy and active life. The lower limit is an average of 1,800 calories per day. According to this measure, 226.7 million people are starving in Africa.

stunting increased by 2.5 percent. And in Nigeria, 4 percent average annual growth did not lead to any reduction in stunting at all,” she said. Child hunger is fundamentally a political problem, the offspring of an unholy alliance of political indifference, u n a c c o u n t a b l e governance and economic mismanagement, H.E. Machel concluded, noting that the continent’s food system is broken. “Increased food production has not resulted in better diets … supply chains are unfit for serving rapidly expanding urban populations and the rural poor,” H.E. Machel said. “Agricultural economic growth targets encourage the production of major cereal crops – often for export – instead of more nutritious foods like pulses, fruit and vegetables,” she said.--

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The countries most affected by extreme poverty and hunger in Africa are mainly those located south of the Sahara.

about supplemental retirement income (such as a pension or Social Security), and consider how long they intend to work to generate information that will inform their expected lifestyle as a retiree.

One in four people suffers from hunger there – which means that the share of the world’s hungry is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, the FAO said.

The tool is designed to help potential retirees determine the amount of money they’ll need to retire “when – and how – they want.”

In the sub-Saharan region, 40 percent to 50 percent of people live below the poverty line, meaning they have a daily income that is on average below $1.25.

Unfortunately for most African Americans, even the most sophisticated planning tools lead to the same result: retirement has fast become a pie-in-thesky dream.

This means that subSaharan Africa, along with southern Asia, is one of the poorest regions in the world. H.E. Machel said it doesn’t have to be this way. “As African governments decide where to spend their money, they must remember that here is a powerful economic argument for reducing child hunger,” H.E. Machel wrote in an editorial for Financial Times. “For every dollar invested in reducing stunting, there is a return of about $22 in Chad, $21 in Senegal and $17 in Niger and Uganda,” she said. The benefits are even higher if the investment is made early in a child’s life, ranging from $85 in Nigeria to $60 in Kenya. Halving rates of child stunting by 2025 could lead to average annual savings ranging from $3 million in Swaziland to $376 million in Ethiopia, according to FAO. “Africa’s economic growth over the past two decades has been impressive, but it has had little impact on child hunger,” H.E. Machel said. “Despite average 2 percent annual Gross Domestic Product growth in Kenya,

“As a whole, Americans are bad savers. But, I believe it’s worse for African American communities because they don’t have access to the right educational opportunities,” said Cory Chapman, the Managing Partner and CEO of EFC Wealth Management. “Being raised by a single mom with three kids, I understand the struggle of just trying to pay the bills and get food on the table. Growing up, saving money was an afterthought and never discussed,” Chapman said. A report published earlier this month demonstrated how African Americans, Latinos and other minorities will have a more difficult time calling it quits than white Americans. The report, published on the financial website The Motley Fool, revealed that the troubling disparity in retirement readiness between white Americans and minoritiescan be explained largely by income and wealth disparities that persist throughout our lives. “Caucasians didn’t lose as much wealth during the Great Recession and have recovered more of it, so white households now hold close to six times the wealth of African American or Hispanic households,” the

report’s authors said. Median earnings for white households recovered from the recession by 2016, but earning levels for both black and Hispanic households remained below 2007 levels. Caucasians now earn close to twice as much as minority households do, according to The Motley Fool. “The African American community is skeptical when it comes to saving,” Chapman said. “Growing up, we were taught by our grandparents that we couldn’t trust banks and we were better off burying money in the backyard,” he said. Understanding how money works is actually getting worse with each new generation – black children aren’t learning basic life skills in school, Chapman continued. “We need to be teaching children about planning strategies to generate wealth. Retired African American clients that come into my office are still just trying to make ends meet,” Chapman said. “They don’t feel like they can save money when they are trying to put their kids through college and help them buy a home or car. They are forgetting about themselves and their own retirement,” he said. The most recent MassMutual State of the American Family Studyfound that there are differences in retirement planning among different cultural groups. African Americans fall short on executing lifechanging measures such as accumulating wealth, being better prepared for retirement and building up savings. According to the American Family Study, 84 percent of African Americans believe the American Dream means financial security; 78 percent in not living paycheck-to-paycheck; and 77 percent in owning a home. However, based on the study, many African Americans don’t have tangible assets needed to make those goals happen now. The study revealed a disconnect between African Americans’ financial situations and their hope toward the future. Some key findings from the survey: Outside of retirement accounts, only 37 percent of African Americans own wealth-building products such as stocks and mutual funds. Only 35 percent believe they are doing a good job of preparing for retirement. 33 percent have less than one month of funds saved for a crisis and less than 25 percent have amassed more than six months’ of emergency savings.

58 percent are actively involved in educating their children on finances versus 48 percent of Caucasians. Forty-percent rely on family members for information “The study shows African Americans want to improve their financial situations and are hopeful about the future,” Evan Taylor, African American market director for MassMutual, told Black Enterprise Magazine. “At the same time, it sheds light on the financial struggles and inequities that the African American community continues to battle,” Taylor said. “Those contradictions indicate a need for greater financial education and discipline for the whole family to achieve economic success. In fact, the biggest financial regret expressed by respondents was that they wished they had started saving and investing sooner,” he said.

SUDAN: continued from page 11 And on Twitter, a tweet signed Mehairy J. Blige read: “We are trying to overthrow one government but instead we are facing four. Our own and the gulf “allies” funding and organizing these massacres.”

CONGO: continued from page 11 foment unrest and more calls for his ouster. Tshisekedi was one of the most outspoken critics of Kabila, at one point accusing him of treason for not stepping down when his mandate ended. Kabila eventually allowed elections to be held in January, which Felix Tshisekedi won. It took the hearse seven hours to reach its destination in Kinshasa on Thursday night as throngs of supporters took to the streets. "I'm sorry that his body had to stay two years abroad but today we are showing our commitment to him still," Georgette Lobota said as she sold bread at the sports stadium where Tshisekedi's body lay in state Friday, dressed in fabric with his image. "He will finally be honored as a dignified son of Congo."

REHAB: continued from page 12 out that it doesn’t address whether affluent African Americans are more or less likely to receive rehabilitation services than their low-income counterparts. “Being black isn’t the issue,” Fabio said in a phone interview. “The issue is probably that there’s institutionalized racism in the United States and if you’re African American you’re more likely to be born in a poor neighborhood, which has a whole plethora See REHAB page 15

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NAME CHANGE California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00020206-CU-PTCTL Petitioner or Attorney: Le Da Huyen Nhi TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Le Da Huyen Nhi PROPOSED NAME: Nikki Tran, L 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

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change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 11, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 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. 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 ----------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00024492-CU-PTCTL Petitioner or Attorney: AnnaMarie Ashley Martinez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows:

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. 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 ----------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00028095-CU-PTCTL Petitioner or Attorney: Thomas Ashmore and Azaleah Ashmore TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows:

6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 ----------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2019-00021220CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Leelahnie Gordillo TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows:

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PROPOSED NAME: Abena Jua Abdallah 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: August 1, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be

PROPOSED NAME: Lealani Antoinette Ashmore 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: August 15, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 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.

PROPOSED NAME: Leelahnie Tortoledo 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. 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13 --------------------------------

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The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101-4231, is requesting sealed bids to perform Job Order Contract (JOC) Railroad Construction Services as follows: The anticipated scope of work for this on-call JOC Railroad Construction Services Contract consists primarily of, but is not limited to, railroad construction improvements including main CWR track rehabilitation/replacement, grade crossings (pre-cast concrete panels, rubber panels, paved with rubber rail interface) special track work, direct fixation, signal systems, overhead catenary, traction power, and related civil construction improvements work; and all required incidental professional and technical services required for quality control monitoring and testing, shop drawings, safety, environmental, scheduling, traffic control, storm water pollution prevention, geotechnical, surveying, biological, and hazardous/contaminated materials for projects typically located in or near the railroad right-of-way within San Diego County including, but not limited to right-of-way reserved for the San Diego Trolley, SPRINTER, COASTER, or freight lines. Minimum Contract Value (3 Years): $40,000 Maximum Contract Value (3 Years): $3,000,000 Bidders must have a valid “A” Contractors License issued by the State of California Contractor’s Licensing Board. Bidders must comply with all Buy America requirements. Projects may be funded in part with Federal Transit Administration funding. The DBE goal will be set at the Job Order level based on Scope of Work and funding source and fall within an estimated range of 0-25 percent. A non-mandatory prebid meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at SANDAG, 401 B Street, 7th Floor, San Diego, in the Wells Fargo Building. Networking for subs and primes: 8:30-9 a.m. Pre-bid starts at 9 a.m. This IFB package can be downloaded at no charge from the SANDAG website at sandag. org/contracts. Register in SANDAG’s online 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. Bids must be received by 9 a.m., on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at SANDAG, on the 7th Floor, attention: Susana Tello. Bids arriving later than 9 a.m., or at a location other than 401 B Street, on the 7th 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 by minorities and women. Joint ventures are also encouraged where feasible.

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) JOB ORDER CONTRACT GENERAL CIVIL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IFB 5007509 CIP Various The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101-4231, is requesting sealed bids to perform Job Order Contract (JOC) General Civil Construction Services as follows: The anticipated scope of work for this on-call JOC General Civil Construction Services Contract consists primarily of, but is not limited to, general civil and site improvements, earthwork, utilities, paving, concrete, drainage, building facilities, landscaping mitigation, site clearing, and all required incidental professional and technical services for SANDAG and its member agencies, Caltrans, Metropolitan Transit System, and North County Transit District (Owner) at locations throughout San Diego County. Minimum Contract Value (3 Years): $40,000 Maximum Contract Value (3 Years): $6,000,000 Bidders must have a valid “A” Contractors License issued by the State of California Contractor’s Licensing Board. Bidders must comply with all Buy America requirements. Projects may be funded in part with Federal Transit Administration funding. The DBE goal will be set at the Job Order level based on Scope of Work and funding source and fall within an estimated range of 0-25 percent. A non-mandatory prebid meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at SANDAG, 401 B Street, 7th Floor, San Diego, in the Wells Fargo Building. Networking for subs and primes: 8:30-9 a.m. Pre-bid starts at 9 a.m. All attendees must check in at the 8th floor reception. This IFB package can be downloaded at no charge from the SANDAG website at sandag. org/contracts. Register in SANDAG’s online 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. Bids must be received by 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at SANDAG, on the 7th Floor, attention: Susana Tello. Bids arriving later than 10 a.m., or at a location other than 401 B Street, on the 7th 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 by minorities and women. Joint ventures are also encouraged where feasible.

Sealed bids will be received at the Department of Purchasing and Contracting, Front Desk (where it will be timed stamped to indicate time of receipt), at 5560 Overland Avenue, Ste. 270, San Diego, 92123, until 2:00 PM on June 13, 2019, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Contract documents including Plans, Specifications and Bid Forms are available for download free of charge, from the Department of Purchasing and Contracting Buynet website: https://buynet. sdcounty.ca.gov. You must be registered at the site in order to download documents. The Contractor shall possess, at the time of submitting the bid, a California contractor's license, Classification A, General Engineering Contractor. The cost of construction is estimated to be from $4,300,000 to $4,500,000. Bid security of no less than 10% required at time of bid. Successful bidder shall provide Payment and Performance Bonds for 100% of the contract amount. Prevailing Wage rates apply. There is no DBE project goal established for this project. At this time, County of San Diego will meet the DBE goal on federally assisted projects through race neutral measures. County of San Diego supports the use of race neutral measures to facilitate participation by DBEs and other small businesses, and encourages prime contractors to subcontract portions of their work that they might otherwise perform with their own forces. The Owner, as a matter of policy, requires Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (DVBE) participation for this project. For complete bid information, go to County of San Diego Purchasing and Contracting website at https:// buynet.sdcounty.ca.gov. For questions, please contact Sr. PCO, Kymeshia Morris at Kymeshia.Morris@sdcounty. ca.gov. 5/30/19, 6/6/19

PROBATE CNS-3255493# VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWS ----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Gladys Hollins Case Number: 37-2019-00016970-PR-LACTL To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwside be interested in the will or estate, or both of GLADYS HOLLINS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by COSTANSIA CROSBY Petitioner, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego. THE PETTION FOR PROBATE request that COSTANSIA CROSBY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtainin gcoura pproval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent adminstration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held at the following court on June 26, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in Department 502 located in Superior Court of California 1100 Union Street,

Attorney for petitioner: Marquetta Stewart Brown 283093 Law Office of Marquetta Stewart-Brown PO BOX 881363 San Diego, CA 92168 (619) 656-2128 6/6, 6/13, 6/20

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continued from page 13 of disadvantages as you grow up and move through life.” Patients’ understanding of the importance of follow-up care, access to rehab services and distrust of medical providers could be contributing to the disparities, the researchers write. Having doctors engage in more active conversations with patients on the benefits of post-injury care and setting up systems providing resources such as transportation to make it easier to access rehab centers could help, Fabio said. The experts admit it will be difficult to resolve the disparity, given the innate issues at play. “How can you address lower education, lower pay, lack of quality insurance across the board?” said Kasotakis, noting that expanding mandatory insurance has helped close the gaps to a certain extent.

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Kelly Price, Faith Evans and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. – the Hip Hop Sisters Network is a nonprofit foundation that promotes positive images of women of ethnic diversity, bringing leaders from the world of Hip Hop, the entertainment industry, and the corporate world. The foundation offers national and international support to women, men and youth around the globe on the topics of cultural issues, financial empowerment, health and wellness, mentorship and educational opportunities. MC Lyte said her vision includes providing resources to support community based and grass roots organizations that further the advancement of the missions and goals set forth by the organization. The #EducateOurMen is the signature Initiative of the Hip Hop Sisters Foundation that supports and develops AfricanAmerican Men by providing need-based scholarships to obtain undergraduate degrees primarily from HBCUs. It provides access to career and persona mentoring and increased cultural education and social responsibility by giving you examples of how your lives should be lived. “It is not only a scholarship, but also a mentoring program and they’re helping me every step of the way to achieve my goals,” said Lawson, who minors in Film and was a 2017 Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders attendee at the University of California-Riverside. For more about the scholars and the Hip Hop Sisters Foundation, visit http://hiphopsisters.org/

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did not recover 100%. All Americans must know more about stroke prevention and awareness, and they should know their personal numbers as well as their family members’ numbers. As a culture and community, Black Americans have the highest incidence of high blood pressure, with 1 out of 2 adults having some form of hypertension. May is stroke awareness month, and it is essential to understand the mechanics of blood pressure and what the numbers represent. The higher number is the systolic number, and it represents the active portion of blood pressure, when the heart is pumping. This number should be around 120 or lower. The lower number represents the diastolic number, or the passive or resting portion of blood pressure. This number should be around 80 or lower. Know your numbers, take your medication, educate your children, and adult family members, and talk about your health. Visit a physician on a regular basis. Take control of your health, your life depends on it. Remember at any age a person can have a stroke, but as you get older you are more susceptible to having a stroke. FAST is an acronym that everyone should know when they suspect that someone is having a stroke. The “F” stands for face, and one side of the face droops. The “A” stands for arm and the arm drop’s down. The “S” stands for speech, and check for slurred or strange speech. The “T” stands for time, and time is of the essence and call 911.

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strokes, that something is wrong with the healthcare system. Both of these men were very successful, and if 80% of strokes are preventable, I would have expected these two men to have received the best medical care, but they are gone. When I had my stroke, I was well aware that I had hypertension, but I was still not taking my prescribed medication. I was walking around with a time bomb. At any time, I knew the bomb could explode but I took a chance. Eventually, it exploded but I lived, and now part of my responsibility is to educate Americans about strokes with a primary focus on African Americans. After having my stroke, I was completely paralyzed on the entire right side. I spent the next seven weeks in rehabilitation relearning basic tasks: How to dress myself, how to talk, how to write with my left hand, and how to graduate from a wheelchair to a cane. My efforts paid off, but I

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