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Justice for Kamala Harris Withdraws Rodney Reed Her Candidacy for President Family, supporters press Texas governor for new trial for man on death row

Senator Harris’ Letter Suspending Her Campaign: ‘I am suspending my campaign today’

By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint Newswire After announcing her withdrawal from the 2020 Presidential race on Tuesday, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris penned a farewell letter on Medium, the social media platform founded by two Twitter co-founders.

Here is Senator Harris’ letter in its entirety:

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By Barrington M. Salmon The Final Call

In the past several months, there has been a groundswell of support demanding that Gov. Greg Abbott act to halt the execution of Rodney Reed, 51, who has been on death row for 20 years. In 1996, he was charged with and convicted of the rape and murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites by an all-White jury.

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Eleven months ago at the launch of our campaign in Oakland I told you all: “I am not perfect. But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect. I will lead with integrity. I will speak the truth.”

And that’s what I have tried to do every day of this campaign. So here’s the truth today.

I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life. My campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue.

I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own

campaign. And as the campaign has gone on, it’s become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete. In good faith, I can’t tell you, my supporters and volunteers, that I have a path forward if I don’t believe I do.

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Serena Williams Builds SDUSD Misrepresents Schools in Jamaica, Africa D.A. Task Force

By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

This week a group of San Diego agencies announced plans to improve protection of children from abuse and assault. The announcement was the result of what was called an “Action Summit” convened by the San Diego Unified School District.

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By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent

W hile many deep-pocketed philanthropists and celebrities w ill write checks to suppor t

worthy causes, Tennis megastar Serena Williams routinely goes the extra mile.

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Historic African American

Civil War Museum Set to Open in 2020

The San Diego Unified School District Task Force was created after the San Diego District Attorney’s Task Force which came about as a result of parent complaints about mistreatment by school personnel when pursuing complaints that involved the safety and welfare of their children.

The District Attorney on at least two occasions now has highlighted the many steps taken to make reporting of child abuse and assaults by school personnel easily reportable by internet, on paper and with the special personnel assigned in the District Attorney’s office.

Many in the San Diego community see this action by the SDUSD Superintendent as a means of giving the appearance that the impetus of this collaboration among regional agencies is coming from the school district.

The reality is the San Diego

County District Attorney’s Office covers all of San Diego County and all of its school Districts and agencies. The District Attorney’s Office does not need permission for the City Attorney or Child Welfare Services to investigate and bring charges against any people or persons found to be violating the laws under the enforcement powers of the District Attorney.

The significant difference is that the District Attorney’s Office has the ability to bring legal actions against school personnel if their actions in dealing with parents and students is found to be in violation of state law. For what appears to be the first time, school officials will more readily be held accountable for how they handle both parents and students. This element of the District Attorney’s Task Force mandate appears to be omitted time and time again when discussing the reporting of abuse and assaults. Yet it was parent actions and persistence that make such actions necessary by the District Attorney as a result of complaints coming from parents and community organizations like Black Men & Women United.

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Photo: Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire Principals and visionaries of the expanded African American Civil War Memorial symbolically dig in the shovels. Pictured are Sarosh Olpadwada, economic developer; James Turner ANC, Dr. Frank Smith, museum director and founder; Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser; DC Councilperson Brianne Nadeau; Grant Epstein, project developer; Torti Gallas, developer tenant; Patrick Smith, economic developer; and neighbors Maya Hendricks 11 and Mason Hendricks 6.

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So, to you my supporters, it is with deep regret—but also with deep gratitude—that I am suspending my campaign today. But I want to be clear with you: I am still very much in this fight. And I will keep fighting every day for what this campaign has been about. Justice for The People. All the people.

Rodney Reed and his family have always maintained his innocence and his brother and family spokesman Roderick Reed said the family wants a stay of execution and a new trial.

Reed is scheduled for execution Nov. 20 when an appeals court stepped in November 15th to suspend his death sentence indefinitely. The decision also ordered the court where he was originally tried to consider new evidence in the case.

Our campaign has been about fighting for people whose voices that have not been heard or too often ignored. We will keep up that fight. Let’s remember: we were the first to put the injustice of inadequate teacher pay on the national agenda. We will keep up that fight.

We were the first to demand justice for our children, declaring we would take bold executive actions to stop gun violence. We will keep up that fight.

We were the first to demand justice for women with a plan to block unconstitutional state abortion laws. We will keep up that fight.

And our campaign uniquely spoke to the experiences of Black women and people of color—and their importance to the success and future of this party. Our campaign demanded no one should be taken for granted by any political party.

We will keep up that fight because no one should be made to fight alone.

And I believe our campaign showed every child in America— regardless of their color or gender—that there are no limits to who can lead and hold positions of power in our country.

“All we want is a fair trial. That’s all we’re asking for,” Mr. Reed told The Final Call. “We want to be able to present witnesses and new evidence and clear his name … I believed he would have gotten off when he was on trial because we knew the truth.

He and the rest of us as a family have always stood in that truth.”

Roderick Reed said he knew his brother and Ms. Stites had been in a relationship and had met Ms. Stites but because of the racial climate and the potential for backlash and retaliation, the couple had kept their relationship secret. Ms. Stites, at the time, was engaged to a police officer, Jimmy Fennell, who many believed was her killer.

The uncovering of new evidence, recent affidavits from witnesses that point to Mr. Fennell’s involvement

in Ms. Stites’ death and enduring questions about the details of the victim’s death necessitates a new trial, Mr. Reed’s supporters say.

Roderick Reed and his wife Wana recounted the isolation the family endured. The family approached local churches and civil rights organizations for help but was rebuffed, he said.

“We were shunned by their people, shunned by Black press,” she recalled.

“When the family first went out to Black churches, one pastor said, ‘I wouldn’t touch this with a 10-foot pole.’”

Mr. Reed said he knew his brother was dating Ms. Stites although that wasn’t common knowledge. His brother, his sister-in-law said, got caught up in the narrative of a Black guy who was in a relationship with White woman in a Southern town.

Staff at The Innocence Project, which is handling Mr. Reed’s case, and the Reed family have raised a number of troubling questions and highlighted a series of discrepancies which they say all add up to Mr. Reed being an innocent man railroaded by the criminal justice system. It includes discrepancies about the time of Ms. Stites’ death as well as, the fact that the murder weapon, a belt, has never

And I am grateful to the thousands of volunteers and contributors who chipped in, who knocked on doors, who made calls and who put their faith and trust in me. It has been the honor of my life to be your candidate.

And I want to be clear: although I am no longer running for President, I will do everything in my power to defeat Donald Trump and fight for the future of our country and the best of who we are.

I know you will too. So let’s do that together.

Let’s keep fighting for the America we believe in, an America free of injustice. An America that we know we can be unburdened by what has been.

Thank you.

— Kamala Senator Harris’ letter originally appeared on Medium.com.

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Further, renowned forensic pathologists including Dr. Michael Baden, Dr. Werner Spitz, Dr. LeRoy Riddick, M.D., and Dr. Cyril Wecht, have all concluded that Rodney Reed’s guilt is medically and scientifically impossible; Mr. Reed and Ms. Stites were having a consensual sexual relationship although at the time of the trial, no one came forward to corroborate their relationship. On Tuesday, new witnesses including Stites’s cousin and a co-worker, Alicia Slater, corroborated Rodney Reed’s claim that they knew that Reed and Stites were romantically involved for months after the murder, and Jimmy Fennell was the prime suspect in the case. Mr. Fennell’s best friend at the time of the crime, Bastrop Sheriff’s Officer Curtis Davis, has now revealed that Mr. Fennell gave an inconsistent account of where he was on the night of the murder.

Two witnesses have come forward in recent weeks and submitted signed

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In a recently released video, Williams donned a pair of jeans, workboats, a hardhat and went to work on Salt Marsh Elementary School in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica.

Williams, who has won a total of 39 Tennis Grand Slams—including Doubles titles, has also built grade schools in Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.

In that way—this campaign has been so much bigger than me.

I am extremely grateful to the hundreds of staff who moved and uprooted their lives and sacrificed time away from their families. I know our fight has been personal for each of them. Of course, I could not have done this without my husband Doug and my entire family and friends who gave up so much to embark on this journey with me and have supported me every step of the way.

been tested for DNA evidence; and the state’s three forensic experts’ admission on the record to errors in their testimony, which led to Rodney Reed’s conviction and death sentence.

They have submitted affidavits that the original time of death is inaccurate, charging the timeline for Mr. Reed killing Stites implausible.

Williams built the Marsh Elementary through a partnership with the nonprofit Helping Hands Jamaica, while the schools in Africa were in conjunction with Build Africa.

Photo: Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire Dr. Frank Smith presents D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser with the first replica of a statue of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The giant statue will sit outside of the renovated and expanded museum facing the memorial to Black Union Soldiers across the street.

By Hazel Trice Edney Contributor

In the 400th year since the first enslaved Africans reached the shores of America, a groundbreaking in the nation’s Capital has begun a monumental $45 million expansion of a facility to honor Black veterans of the Civil War—slaves and descendants of slaves—who literally fought their way to freedom.

“You all know that we started this African American Civil War Museum for two purposes—one was to correct a great wrong in history, which pretty much ignored the contributions of African-American soldiers ending slavery and keeping America united under one flag,” Dr. Frank Smith, executive director and founder of the African American Civil War Museum, told a packed house in D.C.’s historic Shaw neighborhood in mid-October.

Smith continued the brief history lesson before the rapt audience: “When the Civil War started, African-Americans had no pathway to citizenship in the United States.

We were defined in the Constitution as being chattel slaves. And every court decision from that point up to the Civil War reinforced our position and our status in society. We don’t get a chance to fight for our freedom until Lincoln gets himself caught up in a war that he can’t win without doing something about slavery. And so he ended up enlisting two hundred

thousand Blacks in the Union Army.

The nation paid no attention to these soldiers until we built a monument to them.”

Just across the street from the museum, which is housed in the historic Grimke School building on Vermont Avenue North West in Washington, D.C., is a bronze memorial, a statue of three soldiers standing guard. The statue is surrounded by a wall with the carvings of 209,145 names of those who served among the United States Colored Troops.

That museum and memorial— fixtures in the D.C. community for the past 21 years—are about to undergo a $45 million expansion project, providing greater space for artifacts and programs to honor the Black soldiers; and it is expected to create an economic boom in the once depressed U Street area as people come from across the nation to visit the historic spot.

One planned expansion will be a statue of President Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation, to be erected in front of the museum, looking across the street at the monument. “It’ll be the only one in the nation’s capital,” he said, awarding the first heavy replica of the statue to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

It’s part of the mission of Williams’ Serena Williams Fund and her other charitable efforts, which include the Serena Williams Venture, where the tennis champion seeks to boost the bottom line of individual companies.

“In 2014, I launched Serena Ventures with the mission of giving opportunities to founders across an array of industries. Serena Ventures invests in companies that embrace diverse leadership, individual empowerment, creativity, and opportunity,” Williams said in a statement posted on her organization’s website.

“Serena Ventures focuses on earlystage companies and allowing them to be heard. As we grow, we hope to mentor young founders and take burgeoning entrepreneurs to the next level,” she stated.

“Serena Ventures extends relationships, encourages collaboration among portfolio companies, and expands partnership opportunities across my vast network. Similar to many of the companies we have invested in, we are just getting started and are hoping to

affidavits that add to the mounting evidence against Mr. Fennell. These affidavits include testimony from an insurance salesperson who stated that Mr. Fennell threatened to kill Ms. Stites while applying for life insurance.

The second witness was a deputy in the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at the time of the murder, who alleges Mr. Fennell made an alarming and incriminating statement at Ms. Stites’s funeral regarding her body. Then there is an alleged confession by Mr. Fennell that came to light Oct. 29. Mr. Fennell served 10 years and was released from prison in 2018 after being convicted of assaulting a woman who was in his custody as a police officer. Arthur Snow, a former member of the Aryan Brotherhood and prison mate of Mr. Fennell, disclosed a conversation in which Mr. Fennell allegedly confessed to murdering Stacey Stites stating, “I had to kill my nigg**-loving fiancée.”

The prosecution’s only forensic evidence linking Rodney Reed to the crime was semen taken from Ms. Stites’s body, which was attributed to the consensual relationship between them. The prosecution used this to connect him to the murder and refute a consensual romantic relationship, but some testimony has been recanted and discredits the state’s case, The Innocence Project said.

make a difference.”

Also, according to Charity Buzz, the Serena Williams Fund was established to promote equity; through education, gender, race, disability, or anything else that stands in the way of someone achieving their goals and living their best possible life.

“The mission of this charity is to help the individuals or communities affected by to violence, and [to ensure] equal access to education,” Williams stated.

Knowing the value of creating strong partnerships with organizations with expertise in their fields, Williams counts as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador. She has partnered with organizations such as Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship Fund, The Equal Justice Initiative, The Caliber Foundation, and Build Africa Schools.

Jessica Curney of Borgen Magazine reported that before each of her matches, Williams reads and writes affirmations out loud from her diary about wanting to help people, kids, and work in Africa.

“Through the Serena Williams Fund, Williams dedicates her off-season time improving access to education by building schools in underprivileged areas of the world,” Gurney reported.

“She has done extraordinary tasks using her own resources and through partnerships with the Serena Williams Fund and other foundations dedicated to providing and improving education for those in difficult conditions or developing countries.

Her active role has notably left a mark on those who have had their lives changed significantly through this act of kindness.”

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The San Diego Unified School Police Chief, Michael Marquez, might be chair of the Superintendent’s Task Force, but he is not in charge and that Task Force does not supercede or influence the District Attorney’s Task Force which is a separate and independent entity, even though it has good faith representation on the School District Task Force. The District Attorney made these points clear at her November 14th press conference with members of Black Men & Women United present with her along with the Student Representative to the

District Attorney Advisory Board.

To be perfectly clear, the District Attorney’s Task Force, Hotline, Internet accessibility, is as concerned about parent complaints about school personnel, in regards to this school safety issue as student safety.

If the “Comprehensive Strategies and Protocols for Inter-Agency Cooperation for the Protection of Students” follow the District Attorney’s Task Force, parents and students should see some results.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION Political Candidates, Petitions & Ballots Choosing Your

Political Religion in 2020

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

This is the week that determines if the people who have been running for political office will actually qualify and make the ballots. This is also the time to take a hard look at who the candidates are and what you know about them and the people who support or endorse them.

This is a good time to understand that the California Primary is

March 3, 2020; that this will be a make or break deal for some, but those still in the race will have to campaign until November 2020 for the General Election. That is the election in which we will pick a President, Members of Congress, a local Board of Supervisor seat; judges, City Council members, and some area seats like Boards of Education. No one candidate has it made, no matter how much some would like to give that impression.

Persons signing petitions should be registered voters or their signatures don’t count and everyone should take this time very seriously. Black people in particular, since not all are African American, must register to vote to be sure we can vote and that our votes are counted. Let’s be sure that the people we are interested in get on the ballot, and let the real discussions begin.

About Biscuits, Grits & Politics Last month, by popular demand, we once again held “Biscuits, Grits & Politics.” This is what will continue as a monthly breakfast to discuss the politics, people and issues that so many of us have questions about and want to discuss, but never get the chance to do so.

The breakfast meetings at the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint location provides a cafe style setting at an affordable price ($15.00). While some candidates will

be invited to participate, the monthly events are not intended to replace or be a substitute to candidate’s forums that either Black Men & Women United or other organizations might have scheduled or plan to hold.

Biscuits, Grits & Politics is open to anyone who chooses to attend, with payment by cash at the door.

The event will run from 7 am until 9 am. One may check Voice & Viewpoint and its website for details.

Always Give Love and Thanks

By Cheryl Smith, Publisher of, I Messenger Media L.L.C. / Texas Metro News

I’ve always heard that one man’s Heaven is another’s hell. While one group is celebrating Juneteenth, the other side was bemoaning the ending of slavery. That’s pretty much the way it is with Thanksgiving.

Now, November was significant for a number of reasons, including it is American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month, which brings me to my truth: We’re not living in a vacuum and we have to be concerned about others.

We had some intense discussions.

I learned quite a bit from my sisters and brothers. We shared information about one another’s struggles and tackled stereotypes.

The conversations weren’t always calm or civil; but they were definitely eye-opening.

Since those days, over a decade ago; I still feel a bond with men and women from each organization.

I listened and felt their pain and didn’t try to one up them on whose experience was more painful.

Now, when I was growing up, everyone, I mean every Black person I knew claimed some type of “Indian” heritage. They were “part” Cherokee, Apache, Seminole, or Comanche, et al. “Don’t you see my high cheekbones,” many would ask.

When the members of NAJA said that sports mascots were offensive to their people, guess what? I made a commitment to honor them by not referring to those mascots, especially when you got the back story on some of those names.

More ironic than celebrating “Thanksgiving” during American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month, has to be Black people who would rather identify with Native Americans while totally disregarding, dismissing and oftentimes making disparaging remarks about Africa!

I also learned about the significance of Totem Poles and other sacred items. Of course, I thought back to my last year that I went Trick or Treating and how because of my “Native American roots,” I dressed as an urban Pocahontas.

Well, I just absolutely love Patty Talahongva. A member and former president of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA).

Patty has been very helpful in sharing information about the culture of America’s real first family.

We were in a program that brought together journalists from NAJA, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and National Association of Black Journalists.

And there was also the high school I grew up wanting to attend, Weequahic High in Newark, NJ. The colors were orange and brown.

I ended up at East Orange High and we were the Panthers.

And yes, I am going to say, today, I was a Black Panther, although that wasn’t really the case. I could also tell about the lessons I learned from the other journalism group members, but this is American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month, right?

Some people don’t care that they are hurting folks when they make

negative comments about another’s culture, heritage, or upbringing.

Thanksgiving is celebrated around the world, and many don’t know why.

Through my interactions with others, I learned more about my people and the Motherland. Sure, I already loved being Black and my feeling about African people has always been positive.

But there’s something to be said about sitting around with a group and the Native Americans can tell you what Nation their parents are from, the languages spoken, traditions and more.

On the other hand, here us Black folks were talking about our European experience and nothing more: dressing up for Easter Sunday, getting a turkey for Thanksgiving, struggling to get gifts so Santa Claus could bless everyone. You get the picture!

By Mike Jones If you use mass popular media as your primary source of information to make decisions then you’re severely limited in understanding what a presidential election is all about is. Mainstream media treat presidential politics like a high school race for student council president—basically, a popularity contest. That’s reflected in the way we talk about presidential campaigns; we ask, “Who do you like?” or say that “voters seem to like candidate X or Y.” You should think of presidential candidates the way professional sports teams think of athletes: not as people or even personalities, but as talent you need in order to build a championship team. If you happen to like them, that’s a bonus but not a requirement. Coaches and general managers cut players they like every day.

Before you can decide what kind of talent you want or need, you have to know what kind of team you’re trying to build, and that depends upon your theory about how you want to play the game. You pick political talent based upon what you believe government should be trying to get done for you. Based upon that, certain players get eliminated from the jump, while others get careful consideration because they fit into your political game plan. Then you can consider: Do they have the talent to compete and win?

This is where the black community has a major political weakness.

Like bad owners of professional sports teams, we have no consensus theory on how we believe the game should be played, so we regularly make bad personnel decisions. It’s ludicrous for us to want the choice for president in November 2020 to be between two white political leftovers of the Baby Boomer generation, one who is actively ignorant, recklessly incompetent and morally vacuous and the other who is a marginal political mechanic on the best day who has

already failed three times to win the Democratic nomination.

With the clock running, we’re confronted with having to make a political personnel decision. So, who should it be? It depends on what you want done if you win, and that depends upon what you believe the government ought to do in promoting and protecting your interest in the general welfare.

There are three things a lawyer takes into court for every case: the facts, the law and the theory of the case. Of the three, the most important is the theory of the case, because the trial, whether it’s decided by a judge or a jury, is all about who has the best theory of the case supported by the facts and the law. If a lawyer who goes into court without a theory of the case, his client will not be saved by the facts or the law.

That’s a good way to look at politics from a tactical standpoint. What is the narrative that supports a specific public policy decision or initiative? It’s not the way you should think about your overall political philosophy. Your political philosophy is much more like your religious faith; in fact, you could argue it’s the secular version of religious faith and, like your religious faith, it’s a categorical imperative. And like all categorical imperatives, it’s true before the fact and it’s true at all times.

This is where the rich, the powerful and the privileged have a political advantage over those of us who are not rich, powerful or privileged.

They treat politics like religion while encouraging the average citizen to be at least a political agnostic, if not an outright political atheist.

So what does this have to do with picking the best white political nominee if you’re black? Shouldn’t you first pick a faith before you pick a preacher?

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis American.

Well, I don’t have to wait until the fourth Thursday in November to eat “good” food, or to bring the family together. Actually, that was a way of life for African people.

Heck, Black people tease other Black People for participating in the ONLY celebration regarding the freedom of enslaved Africans in America, Juneteenth! But if we don’t celebrate, who will?

We can’t blame our young for not knowing anything, especially if we don’t know and we aren’t trying to find out so we can spread knowledge.

We have a responsibility to teach, not to demonize those who don’t know.

Know history. Share history.

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I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD! ” Psalms 122:1

Pastor Dr. John E. Warren

Suffragan Bishop Dr. William A. Benson, Pastor & Dr. Rachelle Y. Benson, First Lady

Sunday Early Morning Worship Service 8 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Christian Education (Sunday School) 9 : 30 a.m.

Wednesday Noon Day Bible Study 12 : 00 p.m.

Wednesday W.O.W. • Worship on Wednesday (Bible Study) 7: 00 p.m.

Dr. David C. Greene

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

Sunday Service: 10 : 00 a.m.

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3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

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This ministry is to build people of Purpose, Prayer, Power, Praise and Prosperity.

This mandate is being fulfilled by reaching the reality of the gospel in a simplistic fashion, and a result, learning how to apply it in everyday life.

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Sunday Bible Study 8 : 45 a.m.

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Barbara Day

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When you hear the name Barbara Day one word comes to mind, kindness. There are many more words that can be used to describe her, but her gentle demeanor and approach to living life was one of humility, thoughtfulness and dedication not only to family, friends, youth, and seniors, but to the community she has served and worked in for the majority of her life in San Diego.

Barbara was a native of San Diego, born and raised here. The 3rd child of 5 children born to William and Mary Ponder she attended elementary, middle and graduated high school in Southeast San Diego. Her parents instilled in Barbara and her siblings (by their example) to have compassion for those who may need help, was active in your community, church, organizations and because of that type of upbringing and participation throughout childhood Barbara’s dedication to improve the community she grew up in led her to working with the Joe and Vi Jacobs Center.

Barbara worked tirelessly within the Jacobs organization and the community to join them together to accomplish a goal that became a reality known today as Market Creek Plaza. Once Barbara retired she enjoyed spending time with her granddaughter, but was still dedicated to being involved with activities within the Southeast San Diego community. Thank you! Barbara.

GARY L. JAMES was born on June 9, 1942 in Junction City, Kansas to Uvette Rich James (mother) and Eila W. James, Jr. (father). Gary was the eldest of six children. Gary accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior at an early age and confirmed his faith as a member of El Bethel Baptist Church in Hugoton, KS and Second Baptist Church in Hutchinson, KS. Gary received his early education in Hutchinson. He graduated high school class of 1960 (Hutchinson High School).

After graduating from High School, he joined the United States Navy.

Gary was honorably discharged in 1966. He received the following certificates: Quality & Reliability – Certificate – University of California, San Diego | Environmental Hazardous Material Tech. – Southwestern College/UCSD OSHA Management Certification – San Diego State University | Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Certificate-Texas A&M University. Gary met and married the love of his life Jessie (Washington) James on March 30, 1996. Gary’s employment history includes the following companies and position held: Mechanist at Solar Turbine in San Diego| San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station, in San Clemente, CA | Rohr Industry in Chula Vista, CA in Quality Control, and at Katima Aircraft in El Cajon, CA. Some of Gary’s pastimes were, playing domino’s | playing Bid Whist | fishing, and loved to barbecue on San Diego Bay with his friends. He loved the water and love to take out his boat. Also, his motor home was his pride and joy. Gary spent lots of time taking his grandson to car shows at the San Diego Convention Center, and just enjoying the day. On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. in the Community Living Center at the Veterans Hospital in La Jolla, CA Gary passed from this life to be with the Lord. Preceding Gary into glory were his father, Eila W. James, Jr. mother, Uvette Rich James and brother, Robert Lynn James.

Gary L. James leaves to cherish his memory his wife Jessie (Washington) James; one daughter Renee James-Thomas (Larry Thomas); one grandson Sedric Collier; two sisters (Rev. Doretha James Horn (Dr. Clarence of Wichita, Kansas) Bishop Jeanette James of Wichita, Kansas,Larry Walton James (Ruby of Independence, Missouri, William Ray James of Raytown, Missouri including multiple nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

If I Should Go Before You

If I knew it would be the last tine that I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in the more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare and extra minute or two to stop and say, “I love you,” instead of assuming, you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well I’m sure you’ll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there’s always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything right.

There will always be another day to say “I love you’s”, And certainly there’s another chance to say our “Anything I can do’s?”

But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I’d like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget, Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?

For if tomorrow never comes, you’ll surely regret the day, That you didn’t take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a liss and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.

Take time to say “I’m sorry,” “please forgive me,” “thank you” or “it’s okay”.

And if tomorrow never comes, you’ll have no regrets about today.

If I should go before you, You’ll always have my love, And we’ll be together again, We two, in heaven above.

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So hold your loved ones close today, whispher in their ear, Tell them how much you love them and that you’ll always hold them dear.

If I should go before you, I’ll still be there with you, As every golden memory Gives comfort, to see you through.

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IN OTHER LOCAL NEWS

City Seeks Input to Improve Livability for Older Residents

Online Survey to Provide Meaningful Support and Engagement for Older Adults Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

The City of San Diego is asking for input from residents 50 and older via an online survey to help prepare for the changing needs that come with aging. The survey, which takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, seeks input across eight topics: Outdoor Spaces and Public Places, Transportation, Housing, Social Participation, Respect and Social Inclusion, Work and Civic Engagement, Communications and Information and Community and Health Services. Surveys are available in both English and Spanish and only residents of the city of San Diego are eligible to participate. The public can provide responses until Friday, Dec. 13.

The survey, conducted by the City’s Parks and Recreation Department’s AgeWell Services program, is a collaborative effort with The San Diego Foundation and San Diego State University’s Social Policy Institute. It is also part of a broader City effort in concert with the World Health Organization and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to designate San Diego as a member of the global network of “Age-Friendly Cities” that embrace healthy aging, civic participation and sustainable economic and social success.

“The City is committed to ensuring it provides meaningful and relevant services to residents of all ages,” said Andy Field, interim director of the City’s Parks and Recreation Department.

“Information collected from this survey will inform quality of life decisions for our aging population. We encourage older residents to take the survey and let us know their ideas and suggestions

Dr. Leon Kelley to Conduct Free Holiday Performance of Handel’s Messiah Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

For classical music lovers, a free concert will be available to enjoy. On December 15, 2019 San Diego veteran pediatircian, Dr. Leon Kelley, will conduct a combined Choir and Orchestra performance of Handel’s Messiah at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday at Christ United Presbyterian Church, located at 3025 Fir Street (corner of 30th and Fir), in San Diego.

The holiday performance will be conducted

by Dr. Leon Kelley, and will feature the Chancel Choir, guest soloists, and chamber orchestra. to help make San Diego an attractive place to live when you’re 50 years old and beyond.”

To complement the findings of the survey, the AgeWell Services program received a $50,000 grant from The San Diego Foundation to provide funding for future programming and materials specifically designed for older residents. The funding will help make recreation centers and other facilities welcoming and engaging to people of all ages, creating vibrant community gathering places.

Dr. Leon Kelley

Written in 1741 by German composer, George Frideric Handel, the Messiah has become one of the best-known and most popular choral works in the country. In what has become a holiday tradition, the Christ United Chancel Choir and chamber orchestra members come together each year to present this dramatic performance to the San Diego community.

The public is invited. There is no charge. Open seating. A reception to meet the performers will follow. For further information, call: (619) 239-2346. Or visit: christunitedsd.org

The City’s AgeWell Services program engages with older residents to help keep them active and healthy through scheduled day trips, dances, volunteer opportunities, weekly activities and signature annual events such as the AgeWell Talent Show, craft sale and photo and art shows, among others.

For more information about programs and services the City provides to older residents, please visit www.sandiego.gov/agewell.

Covered California Health Plans Help Prevent Disease in African American Communities Open Enrollment Underway

By Covered California News

Sheila Head has been an entrepreneur in Oakland, California for 36 years.

“I love what I do,” said the hairstylist and owner of Head Designs.

But while her business was relatively healthy, Head’s body was not.

“I only would go (to the doctor) when I absolutely had to go,” Head said. “Then Covered California came around, and I jumped on it. My life seemed to blossom.”

Open enrollment is underway for consumers to sign up for health insurance through Covered California. A key deadline is Dec. 15 for consumers who want their coverage to begin on Jan. 1. Open enrollment runs through Jan. 31.

A free health screening revealed that Head was prediabetic. “Oh, no. I don’t want to have anything to do with diabetes,” said Head. Diabetes is one of the diseases that disproportionately affects African Americans. The U.S. Office of Minority Health estimates that African Americans are 80 percent more likely than other races to get diabetes and are twice as likely to die from the disease.

This year’s open-enrollment period features some of the biggest changes since Covered California first began offering health coverage in 2014. First, two new state initiatives — the state subsidy program and the restoration of the individual mandate — were key elements in Covered California’s record-low 0.8 percent rate increase for the

upcoming year.

While preliminary, early data shows that 85 percent of eligible low-income Californians are qualifying for a state subsidy on top of their federal tax credits. About 50 percent of middle-class Californians across the state with household incomes between 400 and 600 percent of the federal poverty level are finding out they are eligible to receive a state subsidy starting in January.

“We have heard from people across the state who will be saving hundreds of dollars a month because California is putting its people first,” Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee said. “Whether you never thought you could get financial help, or if you have checked before, you need to check again because there is new money available that may dramatically reduce the cost of your coverage.”

and potentially more, for not having health insurance throughout 2020.

The penalty aside, Lee and Head focused on the positive aspects of being insured, including free health screenings, an annual checkup and peace of mind knowing that if a health crisis occurs, you won’t go bankrupt when bills pile up.

Free preventative health care services offered by all Covered California health plans helped Head make wise choices to stay healthy, and she is now an active participant in an innovative diabetes-prevention program offered through her health provider, Blue Shield.

“Covered California gave me, like, my own health care team,” Head said. “I hope everyone will have the opportunity to feel like I’ve been feeling.”

The new state subsidies are already helping consumers who have selected a plan for 2020.

Eligible low-income consumers who qualify for a subsidy are receiving an average of $19 per month, per household, while eligible middle-income Californians who receive a subsidy are getting an average of more than $500 per month, per household.

Enrolling for coverage now is critical because California restored the penalty that was part of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from 2014 to 2018.

That means most consumers who do not get covered could face a fine when they file their 2020 taxes in the spring of 2021. A family of four would pay a penalty of at least $2,000,

Covered California Open Enrollment Information -Those interested in learning more about their coverage options can: -Visit www.CoveredCA.com.

Get free and confidential in-person assistance, in a variety of languages, from a certified enroller.

-Have a certified enroller call them and help them for free.

-Call Covered California’s Service Center at (800) 300-1506.

-Open enrollment runs through Jan. 31, 2020. Enroll by Dec.15 to have coverage start on Jan. 1.

Sheila Head

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COMMUNITY NEWS San Diego is Planting Trees in Ghana

Celebrates Veterans Center Grand Opening with SISTERcircle Collective Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

By Jennifer White Contributing Writer

Helen Elias, Roxann Solis, Dora Meza, Ricky Shabazz

San Diego City College celebrates the grand opening of its new Veterans Service Center. The center moved from a small 445-square-foot room to a spacious and inviting 1,404-squarefoot space in room M-101 in the Student Affairs building.

San Diego City College is recognized as a 2019-20 Military Friendly School

by Military Friendly. City College is home to more than 3,000 active duty personnel, Veterans, and their spouses and dependents.

“The Veterans Service Center relocated to a space where they can find their community again,” said Dora Meza, student services supervisor for the Office of Admissions, Records, and Veterans.

“Our student Veterans now have better access to computers, a space to hold social events and workshops, and an area where they can study and relax between classes.”

The Veterans Service Center is home to a number of student support services and amenities, which include study spaces, printing services, computer and internet use, a kitchenette, and snacks and food to fight food insecurity. The center will also feature transfer and career workshops, and workshops on financial aid and other services available for our student Veterans.

“The new center is fantastic,” said Samuel McCauley, behavioral science student who served as a combat engineer in the U.S. Army for nine years. “Seeing where the center was before to what it is now, and all the support and opportunities that are available to the student Veterans, it’s just great!”

San Diego City College serves more than 3,000 active duty military, Veterans, and their dependents — approximately 13 percent of the student population.

The Community is Invited to The 5th Annual Wreaths Across America Day Greenwood Memorial Park & Mortuary

4300 Imperial Avenue. San Diego, California 92113

December 14, 2019, 9:00 am – 11:00am Every December, the mission on National Wreaths Across America Day is to:

REMEMBER the fallen veterans, HONOR those that have served and their families, and TEACH our children the value of freedom.

Greenwood Memorial Park is the first private cemetery in San Diego selected to be a part of this ceremony. We will honor as many of the 10,000 veterans buried here as we can with wreaths.

How Can You Help?

• Join us Saturday, December 14th at 9am at Greenwood Memorial Park to participate in the ceremony and volunteer to help lay the wreaths on veteran graves.

• Honor A Veteran by Sponsoring a Wreath for $15.00 each.

Go to: http://waasandiego.com/Sponsor_a_Wreath.htm Select “To sponsor a wreath to come to Greenwood”, click here.

Scroll down and follow the instructions to (a) Sponsor a wreath; (b) Volunteer; (c) Invite others.

Please note: The deadline to sponsor a wreath for 2019 is November 27, 2019

Thank You in Advance for Your Support

Gloria James Greenwood Coordinator,

Wreaths Across America

Gloria.James@Greenwoodsd.com

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Cell (504) 615-4588 Office (619) 527-3018

SISTERcircle, a local Black women’s empowerment collective, recently held a “$5 Plant-a-Tree in Africa” Campaign, and plans to travel to Ghana to plant trees at JoPat Academy of Success in Sowetoum, Ghana, a rural school just outside the capital of Accra.

In 2018, the school graduated its first class to high school, with 12 students scoring in the first class, the highest aggregate score for high school entry in Ghana.

Located in a poor community with 493 students enrolled, more than 50 are on full need-based scholarships and cannot afford the $350 per year in school fees.

For the last 11 months as part of it’s “Recycle for Africa Campaign”, SISTERcircle has been collecting plastic bottles, cans, and old cell phones from community members and businesses in the 4th and 8th Districts of San Diego. Now, partial funds raised for 2019 will go toward the tree planting.

In an effort to support youth and education, SISTERcircle hosted a “Day-of-Service” on November 25, 2019 and community tree planting at JoPat Academy to provide shade, food, and nourishment for students for many years to come.

Orange trees and Sour Sop trees were planted by the ladies taking part in SISTERcircle’s Ghana

JoPat Academy of Success in Sowetoum, Ghana

Ocean Healing Retreat Nov 22 Dec 2 to Ghana. Students, parents and teachers, together with volunteers from SISTERcircle participated in “Share their Stories” as they planted trees together led by local horticulturist Anoinette Agbenozan.

After the planting, lunch was served and a conversation held, sponsored by Parenting For Liberation, to share challenges facing parents doing their best to raise liberated children. The school has promised to welcome and accompany all donors back to the “Cali Tree” whenever they finally make it back to Ghana.

In support of their efforts to educate and encourage “Doing Business

in Africa” and complementing their quarterly round tables, SISTERcircle is hosting three AGOA dinners in Ghana to network with local professionals and discuss import-export between the US and California, the world’s sixth-largest economy, along with utilization of AGOA, the African Growth and Opportunity Act which allows for duty-free/tax imports from Ghana/Africa to the US. The conversation will focus on creating a pipeline to supply African products like shea butter, garlic, ginger, pineapple, textiles and artisan goods to US markets.

For more information, contact www.sistercirclenoire.com.

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AKA Epsilon X Omega’s Youth Leadership

AKAdemy Leadership Fellows Announced

By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint

The San Diego Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ®, Epsilon Xi Omega, has selected 16 young ladies as their 2019-2020 Youth Leadership AKAdemy Fellows.

Representing the entire San Diego County Region, this year’s Fellows and their 16 male escorts, began the new AKA Youth Leadership AKAdemy season on October 20th with a robust orientation hosted at San Diego City College. This season’s Chairman, Patricia GroomsJones, along with Co-Chairmen Kimberly Carter and Pamela Gray Payton, and Youth Leadership AKAdemy Enhancement Chairman Elizabeth Goodman and the sorority members are looking forward to impacting the lives of our community’s youth.

In addition to many of the traditional elements that were first incorporated into the program when it launched in 1955, this year, Fellows and Escorts are receiving college credit for participating in a personal growth course being offered by San Diego City College. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority® is partnering with San Diego City College to provide a pre-college experience for the AKAdemy’s Fellows and Escorts who range in age from 16 to 19.

Throughout the next five months, the Leadership AKAdemy’s Enhancement curriculum integrates topics such as, the arts, college admissions, financial literacy, health and wellness, etiquette, exploring African American culture and history, mock trial and in keeping with tradition, the waltz. The sessions are led by the organization’s members who are accomplished community leaders interested in sharing their expertise with the AKAdemy Fellows and Escorts. This season’s Fellows will serve in the community, attend cultural and religious events and, develop skills to be successful future leaders. The program will culminate on March 21, 2020 at the 65th Annual Ball to be held at the new Legacy Hotel Resort and Spa in Mission Valley.

Front row from left: Cierra Cloud, Caroline Twyman, Jeané McKinney, Yannette Davis, Soledad Williams-Garcia, Sanai Mitchell, Mya Kelley Kennedy Harris Back row from left: Raynisha Fields, Cheilon Deas, Aunjahli Fields, Jaya Travis, Siara McComb, Zoe McNeil, Zoë Raymond, Angeni Nettles

For more information about the 65th Youth Leadership AKAdemy program please visit www.akasandiego.com or follow us on Instagram @akasandiego.

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Celebrates BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY MONTH and Recognizes Mrs. Cordoza Ruth Hatcher-Groce

By Darrel Wheeler Contributing Writer

The last week of November was a good one for Mrs. Cordoza Ruth Carter. She received her well deserved recognition for her many years of community service. Family and friends gathered at the church and relatives’ house in Spring Valley to support the family matriarch.

to serve God from both the Hispanic and African American communities at Christ the King.

As a retired dedicated member of Christ the King Catholic Church on Sunday, November 24, The Church honored her for her years of faithful service to the Catholic Church. She arrived at Christ the King from St. Rita’s in 1980, holding multiple positions until relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2004. The leaders of the Church reached out to Ruth and invited her to receive her well deserved recognition award.

Ruth was on staff for 15 years alongside many Jesuits at Christ the King. She served with Fr. Larry Whitlow, Fr. Dick Howard, Fr. Bob Fambrini, Fr. Mike Mandela, and Fr. Joe, to name a few. She was president of the Parish Council and worked closely in African American Spirituality with our beloved Rev. Dr. Deacon Threatt. They together would represent the church along with others at many National Black Catholic Congresses. Deacon and Ruth also worked closely with the Provincial to ensure that the community’s needs were met.

“When she was a member of Christ the King, she wasn’t afraid to speak up and voice her opinion whenever she felt it was necessary. If she saw wrong she wanted to fix it,” Sister-in-law Catharine Pope shared. “Christ the King Church is different today because of her involvement all those years ago.”

She worked on a team with the talented Maida Torres Stanovick to pen the Christ the King mission statement still in force today. She pioneered and worked with others to begin the Women’s Healing Services with both communities at Christ the King.

She was born Cordoza Ruth Carter to Theodore Carter & Blanche Jones Carter in San Diego, California. She quickly gravitated to the name “Ruth” as a preference and, because she was the only girl to 5 boys, she is affectionately known as “Sister” to her family. Ruth was educated at Our Lady of Sacred Heart Elementary School, St. Catherine’s Academy in Newport, Rhode Island, and then graduated from Rosary High School in San Diego. She arrived at Christ the King Catholic Church from St. Rita’s with three daughters, Robin, Rhonda, and Rochelle. Because of their ages she immediately became active to serve the Lord with her family and community.

Ruth also had a lay healing ministry with the late Fr. Neil Voight and Terry Banach. She enjoyed many God’s Woman conferences with the women of Christ the King. Ruth’s ministry was moved to Las Vegas, NV where she is a member of the Saint Peter Clavor Ladies Auxiliary at St. James Catholic Church. She now serves as Coordinator of the Nevada Senior Games alongside her husband, Capt. Thomas C. Groce, USN Retired, for the past 10 years.

Her mother Blanche was the Secretary of the Little Flower Club, which was the founding group for Christ the King, so she felt connected immediately. Always a supporter of the youth, she became involved in the rebirth of the Youth Choir under Terry Mason, sometimes driving them with her husband Robert Hatcher to other cities to minister. She was instrumental in assisting in relaunching a youth group with the same youth, and together they participated in the first food packing and distribution SHARE program. The youth group and choir boasts over 60 young people excited

“It’s been a long and very interesting journey and I’ve been very fortunate to have such a strong supportive family, my parents, siblings, my children and grand’s. I’m extremely blessed,” Ruth shared. “And I want to thank the Church for recognizing and honoring me for all my work over the years.

Thanks very much.”

The interesting journey continues for the hard working Mrs. Cordoza Ruth Hatcher-Groce.

“There’s a lot more to her story, but I know we can’t cover it all.

She will have to write two books.” Her brother, William Carter, said. “Whatever she gets as far as recognition and awards for her community activities, she really deserves them.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS Oceanside’s Tough Pirates Upset Lincoln’s Hornets

By Darrel Wheeler Contributing Writer

The Pirates entered the D-1 Championship game last Saturday at Southwestern College as the number nine seeded team. O-Side had to beat Number 4, Madison High School, and Steele Canyon, two teams in the playoff rounds, in order to play the number one ranked Hornets.

The winner would claim best D-1 team in the county and the opportunity to advance to the Southern California State Championship.

Evidently, rankings did not concern the highly skilled touchdownmaking Pirate’s Kavika Tua, Jacob Harris, Tyrell Bellmon and Shawn Ramsey. O-Sides opportunistic defense frustrated Lincoln’s offense and took full advantage of their many penalties and turnovers.

The Pirates would allow Lincoln’s fast Hornets only one touchdown, compliments of QB Sam Cooper and a field goal.

Final count Lincoln-10.

Oceanside-28,

The Hornets had plenty of opportunities to win the big game but could not hold off Oceanside’s fast and furious Pirates. Both teams had a large contingent of supporters and had plenty to cheer and jeer about.

O-Side will face the 14-0 Corona Del Mar (Newport Beach) Saturday 6pm.

In other CIF competition, El Camino defeated Bishops 7559. La Jolla beats previously undefeated Scripps Ranch 17-10.

Serra knocked off Santana 37-7.

Helix High School has a date with Sierra Canyon at home at 7:30 pm. Congratulations to all the teams that made it to this year’s Championships.

Photos: Darrel Wheeler

Announcement of

New Assurance Baptist Church Pastor Greetings. We are pleased and honored to announce the calling and welcoming of Pastor Rodney Robinson and his beloved family members Christine (wife); Ramilah (daughter); Rodney, Jr. (son); and Roderick (son) to New Assurance Baptist Church at 7024 Amherst Street— San Diego, CA 92115. Pastor Robinson’s First Sunday officially occurred on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Pastor Robinson was previously a dedicated member of Greater Victory Church in San Diego, California.

Pastor Robinson most graciously presents over ten (10) years of experience in ministerial matters such as: 1) Congregational leadership; 2) Guiding and encouraging individuals to the path of Christ; 3) Proudly engaging the community in evangelistic work and community outreach; 4) Carefully devising strategies to sustain a long-term vision in God’s Kingdom; 5) Providing spiritual counseling as an educator and as a mentor; 6) Committed efforts in advancing church goals; and 7) Maintaining and increasing community engagement within the congregation.

Pastor Robinson has a humble, greatly appreciated love for the Church of Jesus Christ, and Pastor Robinson feels called to help shepherd New Assurance into a relevant institution in the 21st Century.

We will commence a new chapter in the life of New Assurance Baptist Church by developing our focus into the future; and with great humility, appreciate God’s Will and Blessings for New Assurance Baptist Church.

To God Be The Glory!

Janey Middleton, Secretary Deacon Tony Conwright, Chief Finance Officer

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS WORLD LEADERS GATHER FOR MAJOR CLIMATE CONFAB with AFRICA IN THE SPOTLIGHT

By Staff Writer Global Information Network

As world leaders gather in Madrid, Spain, for one of the largest global conferences on the environment, a new report from the U.S.-based Save the Children Fund warns that real world impacts of climate change are threatening tens of millions of people in East and Southern Africa with what it terms “climate shock.”

Floods, landslides, drought and cyclones have put 33 million people at emergency levels of food insecurity. More than half of these are believed to be children, the report says.

Another study, by the United Nations, also released this week, highlighted the urgent need for aggressive policies to curb emissions.

“We have to learn from our procrastination.

Any further delay brings the need for larger, more expensive and unlikely cuts,” Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, wrote in the report titled “Emissions Gap Report 2019.” “We cannot afford to fail.”

“People think this climate change thing is a joke,” said an exasperated broadcaster on Nigeria’s ChannelTV. “They should come and ask us in

Nigeria. We’ve seen rains like we’ve never seen before and heat like we’ve never seen before.”

Climate change was most recently evident in Kenya where more than 100 people died as a result of mudslides and floods occasioned by heavy rains across the country in the last two months.

Government spokesman Cyrus Oguna said 350,000 people were in dire need of assistance.

“The whole country has been affected by the downpour. Roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been destroyed,” Mr Oguna told journalists in Kapenguria, West Pokot County.

Botswana, taking pro-active measures, says it will be developing a drought management strategy making drought a permanent feature of the national budget rather than an emergency.

Malawi will be among five African countries invited to attend the Madrid conference. Ellen Matupi, chair of the Coalition of Women Farmers in Malawi who has felt the effects of climate change first-hand will attend and is

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expected to discuss government’s controversial subsidies for chemical fertilizers rather than climate resilient agroecology. Matupi trains other women farmers in these methods and advocates for their rights.

Another report by the South African-based ActionAid—“Can Climate Change-Fuelled Loss and Damage Ever Be Fair?”—endorsed by nearly 100 community groups holds the US and EU jointly responsible for more than half the cost of repairing the damage caused by climate disasters in the Global South.

The groups calculated countries’ ‘fair share’ of responsibility based on historic contributions to climate change through greenhouse gas emissions and their capacity to take climate action based on national income while taking into account what is needed to provide basic living standards.

Senior members of the Trump administration are not planning to attend the meeting but Democrats are sending a delegation to the venue. The conference closes on Dec. 13.

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WORLD AIDS DAY HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST WITH NEW ‘WONDER’ DRUG FROM WESTERN SAHARA

By Staff Writer Global Information Network

On the occasion of World Aids Day, South African health minister Zweli Mkhize announced the roll-out of a new state-of-theart antiretroviral drug which, he said, should drastically reduce the number of people living with HIV. The roll-out could start as soon as this month.

A modified three-in-one pill was hailed as a ‘game-changer’, much needed in South Africa where 7.7 million South Africans are living with HIV. Minister Mkhize called it “the fastest way to reduce HIV viral load”. The new pill is said to be easier to take than other formulations. However one of the main ingredients, Dolutegravir, could have serious side effects.

“The government has a very ambitious plan,” said Robert Matiru of the global health body UNITAD, “of switching the 4.8 million South Africans who are currently on the older regimen of HIV treatment onto this new regimen by 2021, in addition to getting the remaining 3 million people who are not currently on HIV treatment on to this regimen by then as well.

It’s a massive undertaking to put in place,” he acknowledged, while adding “it’s a really welcome move for the people of South Africa.”

Matiru said savings created by transferring those already receiving antiretrovirals (ARVs) to the new, cheaper regimen could allow up to 5 million more people to receive treatment.

But the wisdom of changing drugs mid-stream was questioned by infectious disease specialist Graeme Meintjes, one of a consortium of scientists, regulators, drug companies, donors

and advocates on the issue.

Referring to Efavirenz, one part of a three in one formula now slated to be discontinued, the group called ‘Optimize’ wrote: “Efvirenz has served us VERY well (uppercase his). “In TB, pregnancy and in the field.”

Switching from one formula to another raises several issues: millions will need to be switched – a huge undertaking, the benefit of one drug over another is “unlikely to be a big deal.”

Training? Pregnancy? (limited data), TB? (Studies are needed), Studies largely done on men. Side effects?

More disturbingly, the new addition to the drug cocktail—Dolutegravir—presents serious side effects for some patients, according to AIDSinfo, a web page of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. These include life-threatening side effects such as allergic (hypersensitivity) reactions and liver problems especially for those with a history of hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection. Also, trouble sleeping, tiredness, and headache, which are among the most common side effects Meanwhile, Rwanda is set to begin trials with an HIV injection drug, which is regarded as a more improved and sustainable way of treatment, according to the head of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre as reported by the Chinese news agency CGTN. If the drug successfully completes its trial, it means that HIV patients on antiretroviral drugs will no longer have to take drugs on a daily basis but they will need injection boosters every 8 weeks.

By Staff Writer Global Information Network

The Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ goes to five human rights activists this year. Among them is Aminatou Haidar of the Western Sahara.

Ms. Haidar receives the Right Livelihood Award “for her steadfast nonviolent action, despite imprisonment and torture, in pursuit of justice and self-determination for the people of Western Sahara”, according to organizers of the event in Stockholm, Sweden this week.

It is the first time that a Right Livelihood Award goes to a Laureate from Western Sahara.

Aminatou Haidar commented: “I feel very honored to receive the renowned Right Livelihood Award. This is a recognition of my non-violent struggle and the just cause of the Sahrawi people. Despite military occupation and violations of fundamental human rights, they continue their peaceful struggle. The Sahrawis deserve to be supported by all so that, one day, they will achieve independence and freedom.”

Aminatou Haidar was born in El-Ayoun in July 1967 when Western Sahara was under Spanish colonial rule. Only two years earlier,

the UN General Assembly adopted its first resolution on Western Sahara requesting Spain to decolonize the disputed territory.

In the following years, the UN General Assembly repeatedly requested Spain to organize a referendum on self-determination, under UN supervision. In the meantime, the neighbouring countries Morocco and Mauritania claimed the territory.

The indigenous people of Western Sahara, the Sahrawis, have repeatedly been promised the right to self-determination by the UN, Spain and Morocco. But more than 40 years have passed without a referendum being held, with the international community indifferent or even complicit in the occupation.

The four other awards went to Guo Jianmei (China), Greta Thunberg (Sweden) and Davi Kopenawa/Hutukara Yanomami Association (Brazil).

The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 to “honor and support courageous people solving global problems.” It has become widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ and there are now 178 Laureates from 70 countries. It comes with a substantial monetary award.

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By Rebecca Madsen Chief Consumer Officer, UnitedHealthcare

The holiday season is at hand, and many residents in California are already making year-end plans to travel and celebrate with friends and family. Yet there is one year-end plan that is often overlooked: taking steps to make the most of your health benefits. Doing so could help improve your health and save you money.

Here are five health tips to consider before the end of the year: Get Ahead of Health Issues: Take advantage of the various employer-sponsored, Medicare and Medicaid plan health screenings—such as blood pressure, cholesterol and depression—and timely vaccines, such as the flu shot, that are available through your health plan before year-end.

Check with your health plan as many eligible preventive services are available at no additional cost, as long they are delivered by care providers in your plan’s network.

Delay Non-Emergency Services: A growing number of employers and consumers are choosing health plans with higher deductibles; in fact, nearly 45% of Americans are enrolled in such plans, according to the Centers for

Coralie Franklin Cook: 1st Descendant of Monticello Slave to Graduate College

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent

Disease Control & Prevention.

If this applies to you, check if you have reached or exceeded your deductible, which is the amount you have to pay before insurance kicks in. If not, it may make sense to delay nonemergency services, such as a joint replacement, until 2020.

Schedule Recommended Health Services: The opposite is true if you have already reached your deductible. In this case, check with your health care professional to schedule recommended medical services, as those will likely be covered (all or in part) by your health plan. If possible, tell your health care professional that you’ve reached your deductible and out-of-pocket maximum, and see if there’s any needed followup care that can be arranged before the end of the year.

Understand Your Spending

Accounts: Health savings accounts (HSAs) offer taxadvantages, and the money can roll over from year to year.

On the other hand, flexible spending accounts (FSAs) require the money be spent before the year ends, and unused balances are not rolled over into the next calendar year. So if you have funds left in your FSA and you need to order contact lenses, schedule a dental cleaning or refill prescriptions, for example, now’s the time.

Prepare to Use Your 2020 Benefits: This year’s openenrollment season is wrapping up. Explored the many options available. Before the year is out, explore the many options available or take time to review your health plan to determine what resources and incentives might be available in 2020 starts.

This is part of an ongoing Washington Informer series about the Women’s Suffrage Movement and an initiative that includes Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes that will use the lens of history, the fabric of art and culture and the venue of the public square to shine a light into dark places, equipping all with a compass to chart the way forward. The initiative lives in the institutional home of the Washington Informer Charities.

Get to know Coralie Franklin Cook, who taught elocution and English at Howard University.

Born into slavery in Lexington, Virginia, in 1829, Cook became the first descendant of a Thomas Jefferson Monticello slave known to have graduated from college. In 1880, she graduated from Storer College in West Virginia before becoming a teacher.

In 1898, she married Howard University professor George William Cook and served for more than 12 years as a member of the District of Columbia Board of Education. She founded the National Association of Colored Women but was mostly known as a committed suffragist.

Historians said she admired Susan B. Anthony, but eventually was turned off by the women’s suffrage movement because it ignored the plight of black women.

“No woman and no class of women can be degraded, and all womankind not suffer thereby … and so Miss Anthony,” Cook said, addressing Anthony directly in a speech at the Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York, in 1902. “In behalf of the hundreds of colored women who wait and hope with you for the day when the ballot shall be in the hands of every intelligent woman; and also in behalf of the thousands who sit in darkness and whose condition we shall expect those ballots to better, whether they be in the hands of white women or Black, I offer you my warmest gratitude and congratulations.”

The 19th Amendment granting the women the right to vote in 1918 was certainly a victory. However, as noted in a publication published by the League of Women Voters, for women who were not white, wealthy, or educated, it remained an incomplete one.

Photos: Courtesy of Monticello

“Black men had been granted the right to vote in 1870 with the 15th Amendment, yet actual attempts to exercise that right had been repeatedly met with mob violence and lynching,” according to the article written by Kathryn S. Gardiner. “Black women now faced those same obstacles to their rights, and women like Cook who had carried the suffrage banner found themselves standing alone in facing them. Seemingly, as far as white women were concerned, the battle was over.”

In 1915, Cook continued her crusade for women’s and equal rights. She published “Votes for Mothers” in the NAACP magazine The Crisis: “I wonder if anybody in all this great world ever thought to consider man’s rights as an individual, by his status as a father? yet you ask me to say something about ‘Votes for Mothers,’ as if mothers were a separate and peculiar people. After all, I think you are not so far wrong.

Mothers are different, or ought to be different, from other folk. The woman who smilingly goes out, willing to meet the Death Angel, that a child may be born, comes back from that journey, not only the mother of her own adored babe, but a nearmother to all other children.

As she serves that little one, there grows within her a passion to serve humanity; not race, not class, not sex, but God’s creatures as he has sent them to earth.

“It is not strange that enlightened womanhood has so far broken its chains as to be able to know that to perform such service, woman should help both to make and to administer the laws under which she lives, should feel responsible for the conduct

of e duc at iona l s y s tem s , charitable and correctional institutions, public sanitation and municipal ordinances in general.

“Who should be more competent to control the presence of bar rooms and ‘red-light districts’ than mothers whose sons they are meant to lure to degradation and death?

“Who knows better than the girl’s mother at what age the girl may legally barter her own body? Surely not the men who have put upon our statute books, 16, 14, 12, aye be it to their eternal shame, even 10 and 8 years, as ‘the age of consent!’

“If men could choose their own mothers, would they choose free women or bondwomen?

Disfranchisement because of sex is curiously like disfranchisement because of color. It cripples the individual, it handicaps progress, it sets a limitation upon mental and spiritual development.

“I grow in breadth, in vision, in the power to do, just in proportion as I use the capacities with which Nature, the All-Mother, has endowed me.

“I transmit to the child who is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh and thought of my thought; somewhat of my own power or weakness. Is not the voice which is crying out for ‘Votes for Mothers’ the Spirit of the Age crying out for the Rights of Children?”

Information from The Crisis Magazine, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and the League of Women Voters of Delaware County (Indiana), was used in this story.

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The San Diego Workforce Partnership has been chosen as a recipient of the Hyatt Thrive Community Grant. The funds awarded will be used to host three cohorts of the Career Launch Academy for young adults ages 16–24 who are not working or in school (opportunity youth) and to develop a short video to help businesses from a variety of sectors understantd the importance of hiring young adults from this motivated, yet underrepresented, population.

Building off the success of the first two cohorts in the Career Launch Academy that took place with the Hyatt’s of San Diego, the grant will help fund three additional cohorts starting in spring 2020. Opportunity youth will receive soft skills training, a behind

the scenes look at hospitality functions and assistance with applying to open positions in the hospitality industry.

“We’re excited to partner again with the Hyatt’s of San Diego and be given the opportunity to build on the model of our first two Career Launch Academy cohorts,” says Peter Callstrom, CEO of the San Diego Workforce Partnership. “This new chapter will provide critical hiring opportunities for the more than 37,000 opportunity youth in San Diego.”

San Diego Workforce Partnership, a San Diego-based nonprofit delivering workforce delvelopmen programing and San Diego specific labor market research, will be

Young Black Men Launch Multi-Million Marketing Agency

By Jun Ubod

– to help small businesses grow. Not through cold-calling, networking, print ads, or TV ads… but through measurable and scalable, digital marketing strategies.

They accomplished their goal by finding an effective way to market their own company.

With little money, they had to figure out how to use the Internet to grow.

LYFE Marketing, a multi-million dollar company run by three young black men under 30, just made this year’s Inc. 5000 FastestGrowing Companies list at #299 and now run over 350 digital marketing campaigns for small businesses across the US. Here’s how they did it.

Founders, Keran Smith, Sean and Sherman Standberry, started their agency in 2011 in the city of Atlanta. As minority men in their early 20’s, completely broke, and still in college, it is safe to say that the odds were stacked against them.

Their agency was started with one purpose

“In the very beginning, we could barely get anyone to return our phone calls or take meetings with us. We were written off as kids without enough experience. I remember thinking we would fail unless we built our own case study. We had to have success with our own services. And if we couldn’t do that then we deserved to fail,” said Sean Standberry, CEO But, after 3-years of failure and slow growth, their persistence paid off. They studied their audience, their buying behaviors, pain points, and struggles - the psychology that leads people to make purchases. Then, the young men refined their brand story, and created a step-by-step funnel that attracts, engages, and converts strangers into customers.

Their formula included a mix of offers, highvalue content, and lead magnets promoted through social media, search engines, blogging, email marketing, and more. With growth at 1501% over the last 3 years, the firm is a model for other fledgling business.

Not just working hard, but smart.

working with local community-based organizations (CBOs) to invite interested opportunity youth to apply. Hyatt plans to glean information from case managers working in local CBOs on the ground on

how to meaningfully engage and support opportunity youth in their first job.

Applications are expected to be available in late February to early March 2020. For more information, email business@workforce.org.

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Petitioner Julian Steven Hubbard filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Julian Steven Hubbard PROPOSED NAME: Julian King Monroe THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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Petitioner or Attorney: JOHN TATE, JR. To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner John Tate, Jr. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: John Tate, Jr. PROPOSED NAME: John Tates, Jr. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 19, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903 The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101 11/21, 11/28, 12/05, 12/12

PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Linda C. B. Green Case Number:

37-2019-00056764-PR-LS-CTL

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both, of Linda C. Bridges, Linda C.B. Green A Petition for Probate has been filed by Lovie Williams in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego.

The Petition for Probate requests that Lovie Williams be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the 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 obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons

LEGAL NOTICES unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on December 19, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in Department 503 located at the Superior Court of California County of San Diego Central 1100 Union St. San Diego, CA 92101 If You Object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2)60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: Lovie Williams 7026 Springford Ave. San Diego, CA 92114 (619) 341-4370 11/21, 12/05, 12/12 ------------------------------------

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3 Things to Know Before Shopping Online

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If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

With shoppers converging online to make holiday purchases, cyber criminals are taking advantage.

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-Make sure the computer you are using has an updated anti-virus protection.

-Avoid using a public computer.

Some examples of scams are fraudsters purporting to be from Amazon and PayPal. They may send email messages to unsuspecting victims warning them that there is a problem processing their order at Amazon or that the user’s account has been limited at PayPal due to excessive login attempts. In both cases, the consumer is asked to resubmit personal and financial information. Both scams use the companies’ official logos and can look legitimate.

-Avoid using open Wi-Fi for financial transactions.

“Don’t fall for it,” District Attorney Summer Stephan said. “Always make sure you log on directly to the official website for the business identified in the email instead of linking to it from an unsolicited email.

Also, don’t provide personal information in response to an email.”

-Protect your credit card numbers from “wandering eyes.”

That’s why it’s important to take the necessary precautions to avoid becoming the victim of a scam:

-Be cautious of email claiming to contain pictures in attached files, as the files may contain viruses. Only open attachments from known senders. Scan the attachments for viruses if possible.

-Use one credit card for all online purchases to avoid exposing other cards.

-Do NOT click on links from unsolicited emails, go to the website instead.

-Make sure the website is legitimate and uses

-Do not trust sellers who ask you to pay with a wire transfer or prepaid debit cards.

The FBI released a list of ways you can protect yourself online. Below are a few tips from their list: -Check your credit card statement routinely.

-Do not respond to unsolicited (spam) email.

-Do not click on links contained within an unsolicited email.

-Avoid filling out forms contained in email messages that ask for personal information.

Always compare the link in the email to the link you are actually directed to and

determine if they actually match and lead you to a legitimate site.

official correspondence from the business will provide the proper contact information.

Log on directly to the official website for the business identified in the email instead of linking to it from an unsolicited email.

If the email appears to be from your bank, credit card issuer, or other company you deal with frequently, your statements or

If you are requested to act quickly or there is an emergency, it may be a scam. Fraudsters create a sense of urgency to get you to act quickly.

Verify any requests for personal information from any business or financial institution by contacting them using the main contact

TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY December 5th

The Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins - 1955

National Council of Negro Women Founded - 1935

Phyllis Wheatley Dies - 1784

A civil rights protest which saw African Americans refusing to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama in protest of segregated seating, the Montgomery Bus Boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956. It’s seen as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ordered Montgomery to integrate its bus system.

Based on Mary McLeod Bethune’s dream when she was president of the NACW (National Association of Coloured Women), the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded in Harlem, New York City, New York. It was initially a conglomeration of 29 different groups joined together. Bethune was the founder and firstelected president of the new NCNW. The NCNW was, among other things, influential in helping black women enter the military.

Seized from West Africa when she was about seven years old, Wheatley was transported to Boston as part of a group of slaves “unsuited” to extreme labor conditions in West India and The South. With poems first in print at the age of 12, Phyllis Wheatley became the first African-American author to be published in book form when she was about 18. Her first book was published in England as American publishers refused to publish a book by a slave.

Her second book was also published overseas. She was forced into freedom at 21, had a disastrous marriage, and died in abject poverty along with her last living phillis wheatley child at the age of 31.

MLK at the Montgomery Boycott

founding ncnw members

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