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In this Jan. 4, 2012 photo, civil rights activist Rev. C.T. Vivian poses in his home in Atlanta. Vivian was a close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

by President Barack Obama in 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

By Tonja Daniels “Everyone has a C.T. Vivian story,” expressed Reverend Gerald Durley for the homegoing celebration of one of the last of the civil rights icons. This sentiment was especially felt in the hometown of where Dr. Vivian and my family grew up in Macomb, Illinois. To us the loss was personal as he was the last lifeline and connection to both sides of my paternal family, the Daniels’ and McGruders’ that he frequently broke bread among as a guest in the homes of my 21 great-aunts and uncles that he grew up with.

Macomb native/family member Tamarah Owens remembers, “Our elders made such a big fuss whenever he came to visit. He was more like family to all of us than anything. When-

Rep. John Robert Lewis has crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge a final time. He made the last trip along Highway 80 from Selma to Montgomery Sunday, where he lay in repose in the Alabama State Capitol. Then, members of Congress received the flag-draped casket of Rep. Lewis at US Capitol Monday afternoon.

After tributes from Democratic and Republican leaders, that was then placed at the top of the East Front of the Capitol for two days of public viewing.

Lewis will always be known as that college student in the buttoned-up trench coat and a backpack who was beaten and bloodied by the Alabama State Police as protesters crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on March 7, 1965.

From early Saturday in his hometown of Troy, Ala. to his final celebration and burial Thursday, July 30, in Atlanta, in death Lewis legacy will have sparked moments of racial reconciliation and thoughts among Blacks and Whites across the nation.

U. S. Rep. John Lewis, lying in state at the U. S. Capitol this week.

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The Alabama trek of his final journey began in the Trojan Arena of Troy University and during an hour-long service where his brothers and sisters know Lewis only as “Robert,” who loved his family, and they loved him.

tions as a singer performed Bette Middler’s “ Wind Beneath My Wings.” In Selma, an Alabama State Police Officer bashed his head in as he led a match across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yet, for two days during his memorial, Alabama’s local, state, and federal leaders talked about Lewis as a son of the country who spent his life beyond Alabama bringing people of all races together. And his home state is better for it.

As a teen, Lewis couldn’t go to the library or attend Troy State because of his color. But on Saturday, people nodded their heads felt emo-

Alabama US Senator Doug Jones, Martin Luther King III, and Rep. Terry Sewell spoke during the service at Brown Chapel as well as

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The change made amid the national reckoning over racism and police brutality will take effect in three years and represent the first change to the school’s general education curriculum in over 40 years.

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Meanwhile, the state Legislature is considering a bill to require ethnic studies, a more narrowly focused proposal that wouldn’t count social justice classes. If passed and signed by the governor, the measure would overrule the action by California State University, a possible scenario denounced by school leaders as an intrusion into academia.

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Ethnic and social justice studies will join English and science courses as graduation requirements at California State University, after the Board of Trustees at the nation’s largest four-year public university system approved the idea Wednesday.

The plan approved by California State University trustees allows students to choose from a wider array of ethnic studies topics to fulfill the course requirement than the Legislature’s bill. It lets students take courses on social justice that explore issues such as the criminal justice system and public health disparities.

“It’s grounded in ethnic studies, but it is broader, more inclusive, gives students choice,’’ Chancellor Timothy White said before voting in favor of the change.

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a San Diego Democrat and former professor, authored the Legislature’s bill. While trustees and legisSee CSU page 2

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By Trevor Coleman and Trevor W. Coleman II Michigan Chronicle

For more than 50 years the McDonald’s Corporation took pride in branding itself as a socially conscious corporation particularly interested in doing business in abandoned and long-ignored Black communities while embracing racial diversity as a critical component of its corporate ethos.

It is a philosophy that helped create a popular narrative and also focus on story that the Chicago-based company was a progressive business and a place where African Americans could grow, find mentors, promotions, and economic opportunity.

However, that image was shattered this year in an explosive lawsuit brought by two African American female executives who claim that under new leadership the company not only deliberately divested from the Black community and businesses, but hurled racist, sexists insults at them including referring to the employees at “niggers” and “angry Black women.”

Adding further injury to the grotesque insults, the women also claimed when they spoke up about such treatment they were demoted and the perpetrators were promoted.

The shocking accusations have rocked the fast-food industry especially since McDonald’s has long projected itself as a leader in diversity initiatives and as an aggressive recruiter and developer of African American talent and entrepreneurs.

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survivors of “Bloody Sunday,” told during a service that took place before people got to view Lewis’ open casket.

“It was just a few good men and women, the foot soldiers,” King III said during his speech. “ Dad used to call them the ground crew. Ground crews used to do things you always didn’t see, but if it weren’t for them, there wouldn’t have been any victories.”

Sen. Jones said in the same way that Lewis risked his life in a journey for Freedom, ”that ride can’t end for us until we make it right.”

Rep. Lewis will be taken back to Atlanta on Wednesday, July 29, where lies in the Rotunda of Georgia State Capitol from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm and from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am Thursday.

Quoting his father, Martin Luther King III, said men have to ask themselves specific questions when they make decisions, and John Lewis often asked was it is right.

The final service for Lewis will take place at 11 am Thursday, July 30, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church Horizon Sanctuary in Atlanta, and Lewis will be buried at South-View Cemetery.

“The ultimate measure was it right,” King said.

“That’s who John Lewis was.

“While John Lewis represented the nation, he was my Congressman,” King III said at Brown Chapel.

“And so I derived phenomenal inspiration from his example over and over again.”

He was always doing what was right from his heart.

I saw him all of the time touch children. I had the opportunity to lead a delegation to India in 2009.

I saw the Congressman there visiting the Gandhi sights because he personified non-violence.”

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But Domineca Neal and Vicki Guster-Hines, former vice presidents of the fast-food chain, allege the discrimination and harassment started and progressive programs came to a screeching halt following a change in corporate leadership at McDonald’s in 2015. In their suit they said the new regime engaged in systemic racist and discriminatory behavior and civil rights abuses against them and other Black executives.

Among the allegations were that one top white male executive repeatedly referred to them as “angry Black women” and another who earlier had referred to Black employees as “niggers” shockingly being promoted rather than disciplined following a complaint filed against him for such racially abusive language.

In an exclusive interview with the Michigan Chronicle, Neal, a native Detroiter, said the harassment began shortly after the new CEO, British-born Steve Easterbrook, came on board in 2015 and initiated a corporate restructuring plan that de-emphasized racial diversity and input from Black executives and franchisees. She and GusterHines were then demoted from vice-president to senior director positions in July 2018.

They are seeking compensation following those demotions, claiming that they occurred as a result of discrimination.

“When they assumed leadership, it became very clear that African Americans stakeholders were no longer a strategic priority and the environment became toxic,” she said. “An example would be, you know, cutting advertising spending with African American agencies that impacted, of course, African American customers and local community organizations, and it didn’t make economic sense, it didn’t make good business sense.”

McDonald’s commitment to diversity was so widely known and promoted that it was regularly named among the Fortune 500 top corporations for diversity and inclusion and other companies would benchmark against them.

That reputation, however, is now threatened by the lawsuit scheduled to be heard in the Northern District Court of Illinois next month or early August.

Besides Easterbrook; who was let go last year after it was revealed he was involved in an affair with a colleague in violation of company policy, also named in the suit are the current CEO, Chris Kempczinski, and Charles Strong, the chief field officer.

At its bare essence, the women allege in the suit the world’s largest fast-food restaurant chain has “declared war against the African American community.”

She noted her observation is based on its new business plan and corporate leadership’s attitudes toward African American employees and owner-operators who had the majority of restaurants in African American consumer markets and would be impacted, more so than others. “And that action coincided with a significant reduction in the number of African American owner-operators.”

When Neal and other executives brought these concerns to the attention of leadership, they began to retaliate against them. They defunded the company’s African American Diversity Council and it subsequently became dormant. The Council provided career development and a talent pipeline for African American employees. And soon the demotions

Lewis hearse arrived at the US Capitol around 1:30 and among the staffers and former staffers were three women.

started with African Americans being targeted for elimination such as herself and Guster-Hines, leaving no African Americans at Kempczinski’s leadership table during his tenure as president of McDonald’s USA to advocate on behalf of Black employees, franchise operators, or customers. The suit claims the number of African American executives in the top ranks of McDonald’s operations fell to seven in 2019 from 42 in 2014, the year before the new regime came on board.

The suit also alleges: • Before Easterbrook and Kempczinski’s arrival, African American consumers generated 20% of all revenue for McDonald’s US stores.

• Easterbrook and Kempczinski caused a decrease in advertising to attract African American patronage. The constant cutting in the funding of programs for building African American leadership resulted in the system-wide purchases by African Americans to decline by 6%.

• Nearly one out of three African American franchisees left the McDonald’s system since Easterbrook arrived which was disproportionate to the loss of non-African American franchisees.

But among Neal’s and Guster-Hines’ most shocking claims was the racist, sexist taunts they had to endure from the McDonald’s executives. The suit alleges that in 2005 Marty Ranft, a white vice president and general manager of the McDonald’s Ohio Region told Guster-Hines “You are a nigger like all the rest-–you just believe you are better cause you are a smart one.”

She further alleges she reported Ranft to her supervisors and emphasized that she would not tolerate being called a nigger within McDonald’s or anywhere else. She said there was no response to her complaint from the corporation and Ranft was eventually promoted to Vice President of Development for the entire U.S. The suit also alleges in 2017 Strong, who supervised Neal and Guster-Hines and at the time responsible for 50% of the U.S. business and about 14,000 restaurants, instructed Neal not to consult with or take the advice of two African American women, Bridgette Hernandez and Barbara Calloway who had been promoted over Strong’s opposition. She alleged he stated, “We don’t need any of that Black woman’s attitude. They are too angry and aggressive.”

The next year in March 2018, Strong allegedly told Guster-Hines that five African American women, Chioke Elmore, Regina Johnson, Hernandez, Calloway and Neal, were “angry Black women” that “always seemed to be mad about something.” He then allegedly asked Guster-Hines to explain the source of their anger.

The five women constituted 40% of female African American vice presidents as of March 2018. And were three out of five vice presidents reporting to Strong when he allegedly made these statements.

“So that was shocking that he was so openly discussing that with various stakeholders that we were angry Black women,” Neal said.

But what she, Guster-Hines, and others found even more jarring and demoralizing was after they shared Strong’s racist, sexist, and demeaning remarks to his superiors, he, too, was promoted and they were demoted.

“In shocking ways difficult to overstate, McDonald’s under Easterbrook and Kempczinski declared a war against the African American com-

”Sitting out here in the heat can’t compare to the sacrifice that Congressman Lewis made on the Edmund Pettus Bridge,” says Choneya Johnson, a policy analyst for Bread for the World, who used to work as a staffer in Congress. ”We want to honor the Congressman’s legacy get out to vote on Nov.3.”

“No matter where he was going he always stopped and talked to the staff, ” said Andeline Jabbara, who works for Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the US Virgin Island.

Rev.Grainger Browning, pastor of Ebenezer AME Church, offered the invocation during service Lewis in the US Capitol Rotunda.

In an interview after the service at the US Capitol, Browning said, “John Lewis exemplifies the non-violent life style that Dr. King posses more than any other disciple of Dr. King. He was beaten with bats, clubs and chats, but he kept an attitude of forgiveness for his entire life.”

munity,” the lawsuit alleges.

Neither the McDonald’s Corporation Media Relations Department or the lawyer representing them, Nigel F. Telman of Chicago, returned calls from the Chronicle by publication deadline.

However, in a statement to the media in January, issued at the filing of the suit, McDonald’s said it disagreed with the characterization of the company’s behavior. It said 45% of its corporate officers and all of its field vice-presidents are people of color.

“At McDonald’s, our actions are rooted in our belief that a diverse, vibrant, inclusive, and respectful company makes us stronger,” the company said. “While we disagree with characterizations in the complaint, we are currently reviewing it and will respond to the complaint accordingly.”

Carmen D. Caruso and Linda C. Chatman, the Chicago-based trial lawyers representing Neal and Guster-Hines said the behavior by McDonald’s executives constituted some of the most egregious acts of racial discrimination they have ever been confronted with in their careers.

“Under the guise of reorganizing the way they manage the franchise system, the restaurant system across the country, they basically decimated the ranks of the African American leadership and employees,” Caruso said. “That to me is one of the most glaring act of intentional discrimination that we saw in the case. And we lay those numbers out in greater detail in the complaint itself. But that was very, very, serious discrimination in employment, and it’s over and above a lot of other things that came before and other things that have come after, but that’s kind of a centerpiece of the discrimination against the executive employees, including Domineca and Vicki.”

Chatman agreed and said that they are also arguing that McDonald’s will try to argue that their promotion and demotion policies are neutral because they are based on data, not race. The racially hostile work environment had a particularly destructive impact upon Black employees, including Domineca and Vicki.

“The crux of it is that, under Easterbrook and now Kempczinski, McDonald’s is not interested in, or focused upon, Black customers, Black franchisees or Black executives, as evidenced by how they decimated their ranks at the corporate level,” she said.

“Domineca and Vicki were forced to witness McDonald’s blatantly deemphasize Black people and the effect upon them was terrible,” Chatman said.

“I mean, how are they supposed to work in an environment that is openly hostile to people who look like them.”

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lators agree on the need for more ethnic studies, Weber and supporters of her proposal say the mandate adopted by the university system is weaker because it allows social justice classes. ``This is not a requirement for ethnic studies,’’ trustee Silas Abrego said ahead of the vote. He was one of the few members to vote against the plan, saying the ethnic studies faculty was not consulted on the proposal. He favors Weber’s bill.

Her bill would take effect in the 2021-2022 academic year and require students to take one course focusing on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans or Latina and Latino Americans.

The university’s proposal would take effect in the 2023-2023 academic year.

The university’s plan would cost $3 million to $4 million, while the bill is estimated to need $16 million for implementation.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who sits on the Cal State board, voted against the proposal. He spoke in favor of the bill’s approach to the four ethnic groups.

As chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, Weber has written that her legislation was prompted because the university was too slow on setting a requirement after announcing ethnic studies plans almost five years ago.

She noted the California Faculty Association supports her bill. The association, which represents 29,000 faculty members at California State University, has said the aim should be teaching students about the experiences of minorities and people of color in the U.S. Trustee Lateefah Simon called the school’s proposal exhaustive and thoughtful but voted against it, saying its ``social justice umbrella’’ approach might allow students to ``forgo ethnic studies curricula.``

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Neal said when Kempczinski was told about concerns that there weren’t any Blacks on his U.S. President executive team, he said he can the ask questions “the numbers don’t matter.”

“But, the numbers do matter,” Chatman said Caruso said the bottom line is that they are alleging their clients were victims of intentional discrimination and it came from the very top of the McDonald’s organization in the person of Steve Easterbrook and Christopher Kempczinski.

“It was not an accident that all this happened to Domineca and Vicki, and other African Americans in the company,” he said.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION EDITORIAL:

The Attack on America McConnell refuses to investigate or give legal direction to the President and has trampled “States Rights” under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution which says: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This does not allow sending federal agents into this nation’s cities at the whim of the Federal government as is presently being done.

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper

The National Archives in Washington D.C. house three important documents pertaining to America: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. On the North side of the building is the following inscription: “What is Past is Prologue.” In reflecting on these words and looking at the destruction and override of basic principles of governance under Donald Trump, we should also remember what the historian Arnold Toynbee wrote in his exploration of the rise and fall of 28 different civilizations. “Great civilizations are not murdered, but destroyed from within.”

America is under attack by Donald Trump, Mitchell McConnell, leader of the U.S. Senate and those Republican members who prop him up, as well as William Barr, Attorney General of the United States, who has turned his office into a rubber stamp of Donald Trump’s totalitarianism. These men are trampling the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and ignoring the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. Their weapons are racism, bigotry, and financial greed for the few - like putting over $2 Billion dollars in the current Republican stimulus proposal for a new FBI building across the street from Trump’s Washington, D.C. hotel while cutting proposed unemployment benefits for millions of Americans to $200.00 a week instead of the current $600. McConnell has made a mockery of the doctrine of Separation of Powers in the Constitution at every juncture, from denying former President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee a hearing to undermining the impeachment process by refusing to call witnesses.

President Trump violated his Oath to “Protect and Defend” against all enemies of the United States, Foreign and Domestic by not challenging Russsian President Putin on questioning whether he offered bounties for the murder of American troops in Afganistan. The Republican Party is equally as guilty of not rising to the aid of the American people in a national crisis such as the present pandemics.

The lack of leadership, racist and selfish actions of these people over the needs of the American people in a crisis that has already claimed more lives than most wars of the last century while, still claiming hundreds of lives daily, has set in motion the kind of collapse that brought down Rome in 177 A.D. It was a collapse from within more than conquest from without. This is why Toynebee said, “Great civilizations are not murdered.

They commit suicide.”

But there is still hope. Our Constitutional safeguards have not been completely destroyed yet. We are less than 98 days from an election that can still set aright the “Ship of State.” If we rise up and vote in November, we will once again be able to say: “ Thou too sail on O Ship of State, O Union Strong and Great.

Humanity with all its fears and all its hope of future years is hanging breathlessly in thy fate.”

Let’s use our knowledge of what has happened in the past to stop the pandemics of Covid-19, Donald Trump and the racism and inequality we have finally decided to do something about.

We can defeat this attack.

GUEST EDITORIAL:

The Importance of AB 1460 and Why the Governor Should Sign It

By Robert Tambuzi For decades Assemblymenber Shirley Weber (D-79th District) has been a steadfast soldier on the battlefield for quality and inclusive education for Black people and other communities of color. Having served as a member and of the Board of Trustees for the San Diego Unified School District, professor and chair of San Diego State’s Africana Studies Department and member of the National Council of Black Studies, Dr. Weber is uniquely qualified to advance the best interest of our youth on every level of their academic journey. She is to be commended for her consistency and good work.

Since the 60’s, Black people and other people of color have fought to “open” up the university and other academic institutions, making them more inclusive and diverse, both in terms of admissions and the teaching of our history, culture and achievements as it relates to our building of this country and our ongoing contributions to its development.

As a step in the struggle for an equitable and inclusive education for all, Dr. Weber has authored AB 1460, which requires all California State University students, in order to graduate, to take at least one three-unit class in one of these four areas: African American Studies, Native American Studies, Asian American Studies and Latino/a Studies.

The governor should sign this bill when it reaches his desk.

The bill has the support of both the Assembly and Senate as well as the various CSU Ethnic Studies Councils.

Given the recent civil and social unrest and the ongoing struggle against systemic racism, police killing and other wanton acts of violence perpetrated on Black people and other communities of color, this bill is timely, in that, it will provide a more accurate understanding and appreciation of the various cultures that make up the American cultural tapestry and lay the basis for continuing collaboration for those of us who are fighting for a more equitable and just society.

Please keep in mind that this requirement costs the State nothing, in terms of revenue, but adds immensely to a better understanding of who we are as a country. Keep in mind the minimum requirement is one three-unit Ethnic Studies class within a four-year academic journey which will, without a doubt, include Eurocentric classes.

The CSU system is also a tax-funded, public institution and as such has the responsibility to provide a quality education.

We argued today as we did in the 1960’s, that we cannot have quality education unless we include all of us who make up the fabric of this place we call America. AB 1460 is a first step towards institutionalizing an inclusive curriculum in the CSU system. The outcomes of the passage of this legislation will lead to tremendous opportunities for working together to build the better society we all say that we want.

California is the most diverse state in the country, and some say the most progressive. Let us live up to that awesome responsibility. We strongly urge Governor Newsom to sign the bill once it comes to his desk.

Robert Tambuzi is a long-time community and civic activist. He is chairman emeritus of Project New Village, a grassroots non-profit dedicated to the fight for food sovereignty, a member of NAKO (National Association of Kawaida Organizations) and a member of the San Diego NAACP, Political Action Committee.

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By Dr. Margaret Fortune Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Los Angeles) and Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) recently struck a deal that would hurt tens of thousands of California’s Black and Latino children. The deal involves SB 98, a trailer bill to the state budget that contains a controversial provision to keep the same level of funding in school districts with declining student enrollment instead of the money following the student. This deal defunds schools that have increased enrollment and documented academic achievement — schools where California’s Black and Latino parents are taking their children.

In California, school funding has always followed the child to the school where they are enrolled. If a child changes schools, the funding goes with them which is the logical and traditional way it has been done. SB 98 changes all of that and is a slap in the face to the many Black and Latino parents who work hard every day and want the best opportunity for their children to obtain a good, quality education.

The timing couldn’t be worse.

Effective schools have already hired teachers to serve the new students who will show up for school in the fall. COVID-19 school closures have caused parents to take a close look at how well (or not) their child’s school responded. Now as schools reopen with distance learning, parents are flocking to districts and public charter schools that showed the receipts with high quality programs last year. So, enrollment is growing at the public schools parents find most effective.

Now the Governor and the Legislature are defunding these very schools to keep public school funding at school districts where the children no longer attend.

That’s just wrong.

This school year, all schools are confronted with how to reopen safely amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the state is changing the rules in the middle of the game at the expense of hundreds of public school systems in California that are growing. SB 98’s school funding scheme rescues financially strapped, declining-enrollment school districts like LAUSD and San Diego Unified conveniently located in the legislative districts Speaker Rendon and Senator Atkins represent.

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To be clear, the pandemic is not the root cause of fiscal insolvency for school districts like LAUSD, San Diego Unified and Sacramento City USD. These districts were teetering on the brink of bankruptcy before the pandemic due to financial problems of their own making. They’ve been strongarmed for years into teachers union contracts with pension and salary obligations they can’t afford, while student enrollment decreased due to declining birth rates and parent dissatisfaction.

The Governor’s Department of Finance Director Jessica Holmes calls her bail-out of these troubled school districts “equity.”

“From the perspective of an equity lens it was important for us … to ensure that those who had declining enrollment had more stable funding during this crisis, understanding that there may have been less funding available for those that had growing enrollment but also understanding that they were likely in a better financial position going into the COVID-19 crisis,” Holmes said.

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), the Legislature’s leading voice on equity and the chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, disagrees. Weber, whose equity bona fides include putting affirmative action on the ballot in November through Proposition 16, urged her colleagues not to punish growing schools by failing to fund them or putting a cap on charter school growth.

The Sacramento Bee reported that Kenneth Kapphahn from the Legislative Analyst’s Office told state senators that about one-third — more than 300 districts in total — are growing. That may be an underestimate. More than 400 districts — 43 percent — increased in enrollment over the last three years. Their 2020 budgets won’t reflect that growt.

Eleven-thousand parents have signed a petition demanding the Governor and the Legislature fix the problem. Public school advocates may consider litigation in response to the state denying school funding for students required by law to attend school.

After signing SB 98, Governor Newsom pledged to revisit this funding cap on growing schools. Concerned parents should keep up the pressure and see to it that the Legislature listens.

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5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

1728 S. 39th Street San Diego, CA 92113

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Sunday School 9 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10 : 30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer 11: 00 a.m. - 12 : 00 noon Wednesday Bible Study 7: 00 p.m.

Pastor Jerry Webb

Sunday School 8 : 30 a.m.

Morning Worship 9 : 45 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 10 : 00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6: 00 p.m.

Pastor Jared B. Moten

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 12 p.m. & 6 : 00 p.m.

“A Life Changing Ministry” Romans 12:2

Pastor Milton Chambers, Sr. & First Lady Alice Chambers

New Hope Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

Mesa View Baptist Church

Total Deliverance Worship Center

2205 Harrison Avenue San Diego, CA 92113

13230 Pomerado Road Poway, CA 92064

2701 East 8th Street National City, CA 91950

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Early Sunday Morning Worship 7: 45 am Sunday School 9 : 30 am Sunday Morning Worship 11: 00 am Children and Youth Bible Study Tuesdays 6 : 30 pm Bible Study Tuesdays 6 : 30 pm Mid-day Bible Study Wednesdays 12 : 00 pm

Pastor Dr. Darrow Perkins Jr., Th.D.

Sunday Worship 10 : 00 a.m.

Sunday School 8 : 45 a.m.

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“It Takes Team Work to Make the Dream Work”

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

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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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Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church

580 69th Street, San Diego, CA 92114

625 Quail Street San Diego, CA 92102

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Pastor Rev. Julius R. Bennett

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OBITUARIES Eulalia Marie Gray

Elizabeth King

Diane Eliene Barnett

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

11/7/37

12/1/24

9/24/50

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

7/3/20

7/11/20

7/6/20

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL Graveside service was held Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at Riverside National Services were held Friday, July 24, 2020 at Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary, DIANE ELIENE BARNETT was born as a twin on September 24, 1950, to Gladys Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Memory Chapel; interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. and Otis Barnett in San Diego, California. Diane was the 2nd eldest child of nine Mortuary.

ELIZABETH KELLUM was born December 1, 1924 in Annona, TX to Frank children.

On a Beautiful Blessed day, November 7th 1937, in Bluefton, GA, EULALIA MARIE MCDOWELL was born into this world, she was the second oldest of six children blessed to the union of Winmston and Essie Mae McDowell.

Eulalia was very family oriented, loving and caring, she was a sports mom from baseball, wrestling, gymnastics, band and drill team. You would see her enjoying football games and parades which is not surprising due to her athletic skills, She was a basketball player, track member and cheerleader.

She was a mentor to young adults, especially our friends from school and the neighborhood.

Eulalia loved the Lord, she was a mighty prayer warrior and her prayers covered and kept many of us safe. Her passion was taking part in church activities at Mt. Erie Baptist Church where she was involved in the choir and was the Head Deaconess. You would see her assisting with Baptisms, the decorations at the church and hosting a variety of church dinners and other events, she wore many hats and was very well known.

In the early 60’s she met and later married John Gray who was in the United States Marine Corp. They moved to California and raised six beautiful children.

On Friday July 3rd, 2020, Eulalia Mare Gray went to be with the Lord. and was reunited forever with her father Winston and her mother Essie Mae Shaw, her Brothers Winston Jr. Curtis, sister Florence Bell and her son Randy Walker.

She leaves to Cherish her memories her sister Willa Mae Ruffin, Her children: Rudolph and Ronald Walker, Victoria Houston, Sharon OLover and Angela Williams.

Her NIne grandchildren: Eulaaia Oliver, Gary Ewing, Angela Oliver, Gregory Ewing, Loretta Scott, John Walker, Ronald Walker II, Darnell Williams and Deion Williams. Great grandchildren: Randy, David Jr., Adrian II, Andre, Mantryll, Kiyah, Mardel, Eulalia, Jalyla and Paris.

Three great-great grandchildren: Andere, Traesyn and Alena Nieces and Nephews: Larry, Keith, Robin, Kermit, Michael,Yakima and Erika.

A host of other relative and countless friends to cherish her memories.

Kellum Sr. and Allie Waller Kellum. Elizabeth, accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at the Shawnee Baptist Church. She attended school in the Walnut Grove School System.

In 1944, Elizabeth married David L. King. They relocated to San Diego, CA, where they joined Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. C. Johnson and continued under Rev. J. Linzie Whitmill. She served faithfully and was active in the Women’s Missionary Department. Her beloved husband David was called home on June 12, 2010.

Elizabeth was a pillar of strength and grace to her family and her community.

She welcomed all her children and grandchildren’s friends, and anyone else who was in need with open arms.

Elizabeth was a nurturer at heart and extremely selfless. She was a caregiver to her parents, brother and two sons before they were called home. Liz was an incredible cook. And an excellent seamstress. Her joy came from loving God and her family.

On Saturday, July 11, 2020, God whispered in Elizabeth’s ear saying, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

She was preceded in death by her husband, sons, Anthony and Danny, her parents and three siblings.

She is survived by daughters: Peggie Doggett, Cynthia Leal, Robin and Gail King; son: Steven King; sons-in-law: Lawrence Doggett and Rey Leal; grandchildren: Chache Leal, Sr., Kimya Leal and Elliott Doggett, all of San Diego, CA and Cierra Bryant of Long Beach, CA; granddaughter-in-law: Demontus Leal; and great-grandson: Chache Leal, Jr.; sister: Glenda Kellum; brother: Frank Kellum, Jr.; sister-in-law: Ethel Tyler; god-daughter: Maria Lewis all of San Diego, CA; god-sons: Antonio Marshall of San Diego, CA, Leroy Geter of Pacoima, CA, Marvin Perkins of Starkville, MS and Charles Williams, III of Memphis, TN; favorite niece, who was like a daughter: Janice King Gabriel of San Diego, CA; special nephew, James M. McGill of Blythe, CA and a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Chester A. Holliday

Diane received her formal education with the San Diego Unified School District.

She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1969. After graduation, she attended San Diego Community College. She began her career journey working for Solar Turbines, The Harambee House, UCSD, and the United States Postal Service.

Diane united in matrimony with her late husband Charles Williams in 1978. This union was blessed with two kings named Tyrese and Jamaal Williams. Diane was a wonderful and loving mother.

Diane loved cooking. She was the go-to person in the family for preparing turkey & dressing and she was also known for her macaroni salad. Diane enjoyed reading and she was a part of the Avid Reading Club. Diane liked watching Law and Order, CSI, and could hold a healthy conversation about politics; she was an avid watcher of MSNBC News. Her favorite sports teams were the San Diego Chargers and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Diane was an amazing woman who didn’t take any mess and expressed exactly how she felt. Diane was family-oriented; she treasured family gatherings and a good party. She was a supportive grandmother and aunt. She loved watching her boys, nephews, and grandchildren playing football and she was their #1 fan. Diane always attended extracurricular activities to support her family. She lived for her grandchildren, one thing for sure when you saw Diane she had at least one of her grandchildren or if not all of them with her.

Above all, Diane cherished the time she spent with her best friend and twin sister Debbie. They were always together. Although Diane was the younger of the two, her caring and supportive personality was always there to take care of her older sister of five minutes. They had a special connection and were inseparable. Diane and Debbie played an integral role in each other’s life until Diane’s last days.

On July 6, 2020, Diane gained her wings and was called home to be with her Heavenly Father. She was preceded in death by: her parents Gladys and Otis Barnett, husband Charles Williams, and two brothers: Michael and Melvin Barnett.

Diane leaves to cherish her memory: her children Tyrese Williams (Malika) and Jamaal Williams; her siblings: her twin and best friend Debbie Barnett Hill (Robert), Donna Salaam, Marvin Barnett (Jackie), Delvin Barnett (Erma), Denise Bibby (Donald) of Troutville, VA, Martin Barnett (Kellie) of Rancho Cucamonga, CA; eight grandchildren: Deon Winters, Bridget “Toi” Williams, Julius Williams, Tyrese Williams, Saiyvionn Williams, Antrell Williams, Jamaal Williams, Major Williams; seven great-grandchildren: Tiana Williams, Tyrese Williams, Nalani Williams, Denzel Williams, Dearan Williams, Damerien Williams, and Dominic Williams; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, bonus daughters, and friends.

SUNRISE 2/1/29

SUNSET

Mykeenan Bell

7/2/20

ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL CHESTER A. HOLLIDAY, JR. was born on February 1, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, to Lucille Roseman and Chester A. Holliday, Sr. Chester lived most of his life in San Diego, California. As a young man, Chester worked nights and went to school part-time to earn his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies at Cal State Los Angeles. He went on to receive two Master Degrees from San Diego State University. One in Social Work and the other in Public Administration.

After receiving his Social Work Degree, one of Chester’s first jobs was at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, a nonprofit comprehensive human services provider. Also, during this time Chester was involved in the newly formed National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW), serving as chapter president for two years. Later, he worked at the San Diego County Department of Social Services for eighteen years before retiring in 1992. In addition to his career as a social worker, Chester was also a property owner/ landlord for more than twenty years. He owned and rented out several duplex homes and, at one point, owned a 14-unit apartment complex.

At the age of 91, Chester passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020 at his son’s home in San Diego.

In addition to his parents, Chester was predeceased by; sister Lucille (Holliday) Baquet; and brother Ernest (Holliday) Majied.

Chester is survived by his wife of fifteen years, Julia Esperanza Holliday; son Chester (C.J.) Holliday and his wife Christy, of San Diego; daughter Esther (Estee) Omar of Atlanta, GA; four grandchildren, Anisah Omar, Muna Omar, Iman Omar, and Nasir Omar; brother Oliver Holliday and his wife, Dorothy of Chicago, Illinois, and many nieces and nephews.

SUNRISE 11/7/92

SUNSET 6/11/20

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Mykeenan attended Valencia Park Elementary, Horseman Middle School, Palm Middle School, and Mt. Miguel High School. Later he completed coursework at the Tubman Chavez Center for Youth to obtain his GED. Mykeenan was a loving and caring friend, uncle, nephew, cousin, and brother.

Most people who were around him would say that he was a genius. His ability to figure out a solution in the most difficult of situations was phenomenal. He was known to always say, “never show emotion or play your card first,“and “always stay humble, you never know who you will meet in your life.“ Mykeenan will always be remembered as a man who could find the good even when a situation had no hope. He would find the light and brighten your day.

Left to treasure his memory are his mother Sheleishia Bell; two brothers Bryson Marywather, and Michael Eden; his sister-in-law Natalie; and his nephew Michael E. Eden.

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The Community Celebrates Leon

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Community, family and friends came together last Saturday in a surprise celebration of beloved former County Supervisor Leon L. Williams’ ninety-eighth birthday. Practicing COVID-19 safety guidelines and social distancing, nearly 30 people drove-by the Williams’ residence with messages of love and appreciation for the 37 years this pioneering political and civic leader helped make the city and county of San Diego a better place for all to work, live, and play. Countless others sent electronic notes filled with well wishes that were later shared with the county’s first, and so far only, African American county supervisor.

Williams, known for his inclusive policies and for championing downtown revitalization, transit improvements and creation of the county Public Defender’s Office, became San Diego’s first African American City Councilman and County Supervisor in 1969 and 1982, respectively. He served on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) until his retirement in 2006. In 2017, the 3000 block of E Street, where Williams was the first African American to purchase a home in 1947, was renamed Leon Williams Drive in his honor. As further testament to Williams’ impact, in the wake of recent George Floyd protests and COVID-19 tensions, in May 2020 the Board of Supervisors revived the previously dissolved Human Relations Commission that Williams originally established decades ago to promote diversity, tolerance and human rights.

On Saturday, the community’s celebration of Leon William’s birth was an affair to remember.

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ever he was in town all the cousins would gather around as we soaked up knowledge from the Master Teacher. Who better to learn from than the man who was the brilliant strategist who marched alongside Dr. King? Not only did he teach us about Black history, but he taught us about our family history too, our lineage we never knew about since Vivian knew our great-grandparents most of us never met.”

a scholarship fund at Dr. Vivian’s alma mater, Western Illinois University, was named after my grandfather, it was Dr. C.T. Vivian who gave the keynote address.

Last Saturday the McGruders would have celebrated their 60th family reunion, and Owens recalled how Dr. Vivian stated that it was our late matriarch, Garnet (Curtis) McGruder who fought to integrate the Glenwood Pool (where the annual event is frequently held), so Black children could swim and fought for Black children to check out books at the Macomb High library which would later on be renamed in Dr. Vivian’s honor in 2015 as he was an avid reader and collector of over 6,000 books.

On July 26th, a memorial ceremony was held in Macomb at Vivian’s childhood home, to say farewell to our native son. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, of which Vivian and Dr. King belonged, performed an Omega service where all deceased Alpha brothers are transferred into an Omega chapter, consistent with the view that “once an Alpha, always an Alpha.”

“Dr. Vivian’s late mother lived behind my parents and that’s how my dad and Vivian became lifelong friends as children of the Depression.” family member Tony Daniels recalls, (his father Joe, Jr. and my grandfather Leroy were brothers). Humble in nature, Dr. Vivian declined an invitation from President Barack Obama to attend a White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011 to pay respects to Uncle Joe instead. He also eulogized another lifelong friend and great-uncle, Willie Huston, decades prior.

Rev. Vivian was a Sunday school teacher at the 2nd Baptist Church in Macomb where he taught most of my great-aunts and uncles before he evolved into a legendary figure. It was at Mt. Calvary C.O.G.I.C. that my cousins and I were able to experience, as Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., exclaimed, “The greatest pastor who ever lived,” whenever he was in town for several MLK tributes.

As a civil rights pioneer, Dr. Vivian was a heavy influence on my late grandfather Leroy Daniels, as he accompanied Vivian to Selma which would further lead to his decision to become President of the NAACP Branch in Macomb for over 30 years. When

Macomb made sure to give Dr. Vivian his roses in 2015 when Dr. Vivian served as Grand Marshal for WIU’s Homecoming Parade as two streets and a library were named in his honor when he was 90 years old.

Speaker Dr. J.Q. Adams remarked that the attendees sat on the “hallowed ground” of the formative years and maturation of a young C.T., of where it all began, and reflected on the biggest takeaways of Dr. Vivian’s wisdom as he told him in interviews: “I’ll never understand how Christians can be so cruel to Black people in the Bible belt. What Bible are they reading? Blacks have a condition, not a problem. Whites have a problem - racism - that creates our condition. People do not choose rebellion. Revolution is always an act that is forced upon them from self-defense.”

The pillar of greatness that was Dr. C.T. Vivian laid the foundation for all of us in social justice. Had it not been for him neither my family nor I or anyone who calls themselves activists would be one today.

The common theme that lived inside his veins when he challenged Sheriff Jim Clark and told Dr. Adams was: “You don’t know fear because of preparation. Because when you are prepared you know what to expect.”

[In 1965, Clark famously blocked Vivian’s path and punched him in the face in front of rolling cameras as he led an SCLC group in Selma, Alabama who were attempting to register to vote.] As we all pick up his torch as Oprah eloquently stated from this “Great Tree” that has fallen, let us all remember that “we are better because he existed.”

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Congratulations

Pastor Edwards

ON YOUR TWENTYFIVE YEARS IN THE PASTORAL MINISTRY! Photos courtesy of Mrs. Helen L. Edwards

Pastor Edwards & his predecessor, late Dr. R. W. Williams, Sr.

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Honorary wall of the local Macomb library named after Dr. Vivian.

A plaque that sits on the site of his childhood home which will be turned into a museum named after him.

A street named after C.T. Vivian in Macomb.

Dr. Vivian sharing a laugh with Aunt Toots, Tamarah Owens’ mother

A street named after C.T. Vivian in Macomb.

Dr. Vivian’s Macomb High School graduation photo as a Macomb High Bomber

Mrs. Helen L. Edwards That is just awesome. Twenty-five years ago, July 26, 1995, on that hot July night at Calvary B.C. when you delivered your first sermon, “Have you Forsaken The Mission,” (Jonah 1:1-12), we saw the Lord elevate you from the ground level and promote you about 5 levels. Yes, He really did promote you abundantly. We have watched you grow…we have watched you mature; we have watched you struggle….we have watched and seen you everything. You persevered and now, 25 years later, you have been elevated to your current position as pastor of the Greater Fellowship M.B.C. First Vice Moderator of Progressive Baptist Assoc.; 3rd V.P. of the CMB State Congress of Christian Education, Life member of National Chaplain’s Assoc, etc.

From the beginning, at Greater New Mt. Carmel, through Rose of Sharon and now your current assignment, you have been a constant student and you have proven to yourself and others that higher education is achievable to all who are willing to reach for it. Dr. Edwards, you have mastered the word of God and handled it with knowledge and understanding; so even a child can understand the message. We are proud of you!

So, put together five years as an Associate Minister at Calvary Baptist Church of San Diego, 16 years as Pastor of Greater New Mt. Carmel/Rose Of Sharon and now four years at Greater Fellowship M.B.C. makes for the best twenty-five years anyone could ask for. But God granted His special people to you to shepherd! Those years were filled with many Homegoing celebrations with Mother Annie Williams being your first, performing weddings (Chandra & Earl Hinkle,

Phyllis & Francois), Baby dedications (Alisha Hinkle), Baptisms (Tonetta Eddington and her son Eric Harrell II), and the first baby born during your pastorage (Devonte’ Rush, class of 2020 HS graduate). Don’t forget the first Deacons you ordained (Bro. Ron Edwards, Jr and Bro. John Williams). Twenty-five years of Ministry looks good on you!

Also, during those wonderful years you have preached many sermons. Sermons that have made us give thought to the life we were living. Sermons such as: “The Dangers of looking Back”, Gen. 19:17-26 (4-1507), “A Blackout in the Church” Matt. 5:14-16 (7-4-10), “What on Earth Are You Doing for the Kingdom of God”, 12-813 (Matt. 25:31-40), Just one Thing” Mark 10:20-25 (5-15-12 during District Assoc). “Time to Build”, March 19, 2019 (Haggai 1:3-7). Of course my favorite, “Where’s The Man?”, was delivered by you while you were the State Sr. Brotherhood teacher and preached again on 6-1514 (Ezek. 22:23-30). This is just a few of many great and inspirational sermons and we hope to one day get them catalogued for you. Until then, know that your 3 children, 9 grandchildren, 7 Godchildren….your entire family is very proud of you and we all congratulate you on such an honorable occasion!

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Racism

COVID-19 Recovery Can Take a Few Weeks Even For Young Adults

is a Public

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Several leading medical organizations have said racism is a public health issue and that police brutality must stop.

Association also released a joint statement from Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, its board chair, and Dr. Patrice Harris, the organization’s president.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians made their comments in the wake of the May 25 murder of Floyd George, who was murdered while in the custody of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, police.

“AMA policy recognizes that physical or verbal violence between law enforcement officers and the public, particularly among black and brown communities where these incidents are more prevalent and pervasive, is a critical determinant of health and supports research into public health consequences of these violent interactions,” Harris and Ehrenfeld said in a joint statement.

The American Academy of Pediatrics posted on its Twitter feed Sunday night linking the impact of racism on child and adolescent The two added: “Racism health. as a driver of health equity “AAP condemns violence, is particularly evident in especially when perpetrated findings from a 2018 study by authorities, and calls for showing that law enforcea deep examination of how ment-involved deaths of to improve the role of polic- unarmed black individuals ing,” the academy tweeted. were associated with adverse Systemic violence requires mental health among black American adults—a spillsystemic response.” over effect on the populaThe American Medica l tion, regardless of whether

the individual affected had a personal relationship with victim or the incidents was experience vicariously.”

The American College of Physicians wrote that it is gravely concerned about discrimination and violence against communities of color, whether by the police or private individuals.”

Several studies suggest that racism or discrimination raise the risk of emotional and physical health problems, including depression, cardiovascular disease, hypertension —more than 40 percent of black adults have high blood pressure— and even death.

Floyd suffered from coåronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

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By Lindsey Tanner AP Recovering from even mild coronavirus infections can take at least two to three weeks, according to U.S. research published Friday.

several states w ho t e s t e d positive for the virus between t he end of M a rc h a nd June 4. Patients were queried two to three we ek s a f ter those tests.

Lingering symptoms can even affect otherwise healthy young adults. Among those aged 18 to 34 with no chronic illness, 1 in 5 were Photo by Melanie-Kreutz/Unsplash still experiencing COVID-19 symptoms after two to three A b o u t onewith the CDC on the study. weeks, the study found. third of middle-aged adults Some of the current U.S. Cough, fatigue and body had not fully recovered, and for those 50 and older, the spikes in infections are aches were among the rate was almost half. thought to be driven by most common persistent young adults gathering in symptoms.

Patients with chronic illbars and other places. Self Most previous research on ness, especially obesity, were long-last i ng COV ID-19 more likely to have lingering said the study results should underscore that they “should symptoms has focused on symptoms. take social distancing very sicker hospitalized adults.

Only 7% of patients in the The results are somewhat seriously.” new study needed hospital surprising, since with f lu and many other viral infec- Although COVID-19 has treatment. tions, mostå patients recover disproportionately affected The study was led by completely w it hin t wo Blacks and Hispanics, they researchers at the Centers weeks, said Dr. Wesley Self for Disease Control and of Vanderbilt University. He were not more likely than Prevention. They did phone leads a network of 14 medi- others in this study to face surveys of 274 patients in cal centers that collaborated long recoveries.

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An Engine of Equity Voice & Viewpoint Newswire A record number of students took part this year in the San Diego Community College District’s (SDCCD) Honors Program, which is attracting an increasing proportion of participants from traditionally underrepresented communities and better preparing them to transfer to a four-year college or university, according to a new SDCCD report.

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Photo (L to R) Jerusalen Davila of City College, Hanan Dirirsa of Mesa College, and Denzell Williams of Miramar College.

myriad ways, the most popular of which is through an Honors Contract. Contracts a re reached mut u a l ly between a professor and a student to explore subjects The number of African in greater depth through American honors students assignments that are comgrew by nearly 50% from pleted in addition to regu2017-18 to 2018-19, and the lar classwork. Other options number of Latinx students include Honors courses that grew by nearly 19% during are open to any student and the same period. Latinx stu- an Honors Core learning dents, at 44%, comprise the cohort focusing on academic largest percentage of Honors skill-building and a stronger students by far. A total of sense of community.

2,822 students at City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges par- Students in the Honors ticipated in the SDCCD’s Program transfer to some Honors Program in the 2019- of the top universities in 20 academic year, accord- the country, including UC ing to the report from the Berkeley, UCLA, UC San SDCCD’s Honors Program Diego, Columbia University Committee recently pre- in New York, and Stanford. sented to the SDCCD Board Among this year’s standouts: of Trustees.

JERUSALEN DAVILA at “The Honors Program is one City College is involved with of the jewels in the crown of the Puente Project, EOPS, the San Diego Community First Year Services, and the Col lege District,” sa id Dreamer Resource Center.

Chancellor Constance M. Davila was named to the Carroll. “This is a program Dean’s List all three years that challenges and moti- she’s been at the downtown vates students to do their campus. Davila graduates best, and it is succeeding by with a 3.9 grade point average and is transferring this virtually every measure.” fall to UC Berkeley.

Students can participate in the Honors program in H A NA N DIR IR SA, is

a human biology major from Ethiopia with a 4.0 grade point average who serves as a senator with Mesa College’s Associated Students and is the student representative on the Mesa College Foundation’s Board of Directors. She earned the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, which pays up to $40,000 annually to complete a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college or university.

DE NZ E L L W I L L I A MS of Miramar College is a returning college student majoring in Computer Science who was selected by Google to lead a chapter of its Developer Student Clubs in San Diego and teach university students how to code with the help of Google developers. He has also taken part in the Preparing Accomplished Transfers to the Humanities (PATH) program, a partnership supported by a generous, threeyear grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that guides students from City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges into arts and humanities majors at UC San Diego.

Presidents from five West African countries are stepping up efforts to end a crisis in Mali which threatens to topple the President of that troubled country.

The five regional leaders, Malian government officials and members of the opposition were meeting since the previous week following a month of street protests by tens of thousands of Malians that sparked clasåhes with police in which the United Nations says at least 14 protesters died.

Malians are said to be furious over government foot dragging on entrenched corruption, disputed local election results and army losses to jihadists.

M a h a m a d ou I s s ou fou , President of Niger and current chair of ECOWAS, a 15-member regional, political and economic union, pledged that strong measures were being planned to resolve the crisis.

The opposition, ca l led M5-RFP and headed by Mahmoud Dicko, a Muslim cleric, warned that protests would continue until Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita stepped down. After a final meeting late last Thursday, Dicko told jour-

Photo of of opposition leader M. Dicko

nalists there had been no brought harsh sanctions by progress, and nothing had ECOWAS leaders. been offered at the moment that was acceptable to them. According to Human Rights Watch, Mali’s human rights “M5-RFP demands the res- situation deteriorated in 2019 ignation of Keita or the sat- as hundreds of civilians were isfaction of our demands,” killed in numerous attacks which include the estab- by armed Islamists in northlishment of a committee of ern and central parts of the inquiry into civilian deaths county allied to Al-Qaeda and a transitional govern- and the Islamic State. The ment, the group’s spokesman Islamists targeted Malian Nouhoum Togo told Reuters security services, peacekeepnews service. ers, international forces, and Niger’s Issoufou rejected increasingly, civilians. the call for President Keita’s resignation. “There will be Malian security forces, in no unconstitutional change counterterrorism operations, of power in the ECOWAS also subjected numerous suspects to severe mistreatment region,” Issoufou declared. and several died in custody This won’t be the first time or were forcibly disappeared. that ECOWAS has intervened to settle problems in A U.N. force, c a l led Mali. A coup by disgruntled MINUSMA, established by military over the manage- the U.N. Security Council in ment of the Tuareg rebellion 2013, continues to work in in 2012 and raging inter-eth- the country with a total of nic conflicts, predominantly more than 15,000 personnel pitting the Fulani against and 15,209 military personthe Dogon communities, nel, police and others.

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BUSINESS NEWS Dana Canedy Named As

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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By Jonathan Landrum Jr. AP Dana Canedy will take on “I look forward to leading the one of the biggest roles at storied Simon & Schuster flagship imprint, a publishSimon & Schuster. ing powerhouse that has The New York-based pub- long produced some of the lishing house announced most important and impactMonday that Canedy has ful books in our culture,” been named as senior vice Canedy said in a statement. president and publisher of the imprint _ the first African Canedy will succeed Jonathan American to hold the position. Karp, who was elevated to The Pulitzer Prize-winning president and CEO in May. journalist began her new role His appointment came after on July 27. the death of Carolyn Reidy.

Since 2017, Canedy was known as the administrator for the Pulitzer Prizes, where she oversaw the awards program in journalism, letters and the arts. She spent 20 years at The New York Times as a reporter and senior covering a wide range of topics including business and finance, race, terrorism, politics, law enforcement and crime.

York Times team that won a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for the series “How Race Is Lived in America.” She also worked for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Canedy was part of The New and the Palm Beach Post.

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Hand Sanitizers Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

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Testing Site Update County Opens Free, Drive-Up Testing Site in Imperial Beach Mar Vista High School parking lot, 505 Elm Avenue. The site will offer

up to 185 appointments per day. All County testing sites are free and can be done by appointment. Testing will be done for people with symptoms or those in high-risk priority groups. Call your doctor, or 2-1-1 to get a referral or visit www.211sandiego.org.

Careers & Small Business Job Training Virtual Services Platform at the San Diego Workforce Partnership • Chatbot Virtual Agent for job seekers, employers and partners.

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• On-Demand Training: Curated professional and occupation-specific skills training resources for in-demand jobs.

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COVID-19 CONFIRMED COMMUNITY OUTBREAKS PER MONTH BY SECTOR

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NBCA Construction Apprenticeship Program Enrollment Has Started The National Black Contractors Association is seeking African Americans, women and under-represented citizens for construction jobs and apprenticeship training.

Paid training starts at $58,000 to $122,000 a year. Apply online at www.bcasd.org or email nationalbca@aol.com.

Percentage of Positive COVID‐19 Cases Among Tests by Date Reported Total Number of Cases = 27,507

N=93 outbreaks (553 cases)

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COVID-19 Percentage Positive

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GO-Biz Now Accepting Applications for Ca lifornia Competes Ta x Credits The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) is now accepting applications for the California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC). There are $80 million in tax credits available during this application period for businesses that are expanding and adding full-time jobs in the state. The deadline to submit applications is Monday, August 17, at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) and the online application website will automatically close once this deadline has passed. The online application can be accessed at www.calcompetes.

4,000 1%

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New Cases

7/26 523

7/25 283

7/24 603

7/23 490

7/22 501

7/21 587

7/20 385

7/19 453

7/18 568

7/17 625

7/16 634

7/15 409

7/14 559

7/13 539

7/12 419

7/11 558

7/10 508

7/9 461

7/8 560

7/7 264

7/6 578

7/5 274

7/4 562

7/3 468

7/2 489

7/1 584

6/30 474

6/29 317

6/28 498

6/27 497

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Data are preliminary and subject to change; numerator: cases among San Diego County residents; denominator: all tests including San Diego County residents and non‐residents; *received batch of prior tests; rolling average percentage for 14‐day time period; total number of tests = 568,641; 7/26/2020 rolling average = 5.7% Prepared by County of San Diego, Emergency Operations Center, 7/27/2020

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Located at: 3855 Avocado Blvd St 120D La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 05/19/2016 This business is hereby registered by the following: Linda LaSha Smedley-Wilson 205 Beech St #18 El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 26, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 26, 2025 07/23, 07/30, 08/06, 08/13 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9011502 Fictitious business name(s): Chrissy's Cookies --Slaughter-Haus Skincare

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Located at: 4150 Chamoune Ave San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was 11/14/2005 This business is hereby registered by the following: Jose Luis Sanchez Roque 4150 Chamoune Ave San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego --Herlinda Fabiola Sanchez Lazo 4150 Chamoune Ave San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 07, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on July 07, 2025 07/23, 07/30, 08/06, 08/13 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9011634 Fictitious business name(s): Music Empowered

Located at: 2990 Fletcher Parkway APT D El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 06/26/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: David Joseph Villegas 2990 Fletcher Parkway APT D El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 08, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on July 08, 2025 07/16, 07/23, 07/30, 08/06 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9010892 Fictitious business name(s): Beach Bridal

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Located at: 3550 Ruffin Rd #173 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A General Partnership The first day of business was 06/01/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Shalamar Rogers 3550 Ruffin Rd #173 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego --Jaynae Rogers 3550 Ruffin Rd #173 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego --Barbara Rogers 4445 Marcellena Rd #1 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego --ShaKeeya Sanders 4375 Dawson Ave San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego

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Located at: 171 Old Ranch Road Chula Vista, CA 91910 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 06/15/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Rachael Rangel 171 Old Ranch Road Chula Vista, CA 91910 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 18, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 18, 2025 07/09, 07/16, 07/23, 07/30 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9011277 Fictitious business name(s): Yoga With Kriday

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BLK PRSS Printing Co. --Editing Nina

Located at: 1956 Ensenada St Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Starlina Rena Spencer 1956 Ensenada St Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 19, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 19, 2025 07/09, 07/16, 07/23, 07/30 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9011335 Fictitious business name(s): Safetrans --Safetrans Medical Transport

Located at: 2840 39th Street #11 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Safetrans Medical Transport LLC 2840 39th Street #11 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 30, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 30, 2025 07/09, 07/16, 07/23, 07/30 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9011033 Fictitious business name(s): 4 My Fellas --D.A. Servicing

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Located at: 3330 Russell St. San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A General Partnership Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Claudette Augusta-Wasson

Located at: 7930 North Ave #44 Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 03/01/2019 This business is hereby registered by the following: Marcos R Caballero

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: September 01, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 23 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, and the Court not conducting in-person hearings, the following Order is Made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The Court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause.

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to you.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the Court will mail you a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the Court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

IF YOU ARE A RESPONDANT OBJECTING TO A NAME CHANGE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do Not Come to Court on the Specified Date, you will be notified by mail by the Court of a future hearing date.

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NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego North County Division 325 S. Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081 37-2020-00024435CU-PT-NC Petitioner or Attorney: Shanshan Chen To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ryan Chen Yang PROPOSED NAME: Ryan Chen Gui

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.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the

Any Petition for the Name Change of a minor, that is signed by only one parent, must have this Attachement served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause on the other, nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED. ) The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081 07/30, 08/06, 08/13, 08/20 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Hall Of Justice 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2020-00022695CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung, Esq. To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner(s) Thuy-Tien T. Nguyen and Khoung A. Thai on behalf of Khang An Thai, a minor filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Khang An Thai PROPOSED NAME: Khang Nguyen Thai

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

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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.

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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 The Petition requests months from the date of first authority to administer the estate under the Independent issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as Administration of Estates Act. defined in section 58(b) of the (This authority will allow California Probate Code, or the personal representative (2)60 days from the date of to take many actions without mailing or personal delivery obtaining court approval. to you of a notice under Before taking certain very section 9052 of the California important actions, however, Probate Code. the personal representative Other California statutes will be required to give notice NOTICE OF HEARING and legal authority may to interested persons unless Date: August 17, 2020 affect your rights as a they have waived notice or Time: 8:30 A.M. creditor. You may want to consented to the proposed Dept. C61 consult with an attorney action.) The independent The address of the court is: knowledgeable administration authority will 330 W. Broadway in California law. be granted unless an interested San Diego, CA 92101 person files an objection to the 07/16, 07/23, 07/30, 08/06 petition and shows good cause You may examine the file ------------------------------------ why the court should not grant kept by the court.

SUPERIOR COURT OF If you are a person interested the authority.

CALIFORNIA in the estate, you may file County of San Diego with the court a Request A hearing Hall Of Justice for Special Notice (form on the petition will be held in Courthouse DE-154) of the filing of an this court as follows: 330 West Broadway inventory and appraisal of on September 23, 2020 San Diego, CA 92101 estate assets or of any petition at 1:30 p.m.

37-2020-00021376or account as provided in in Department 502 CU-PT-CTL Probate Code section 1250. A located at the Petitioner or Attorney: Request for Special Notice Superior Court of Kashetah Laquay Bedford form is available from the California court clerk.

County of San Diego Petitioner Attorney for Petitioner: via Kashetah Laquay Bedford Anne J. Kane Telephonic Appearance filed a petition with this court Cosgrove Cosgrove & for a decree changing name (The courthouse is temporarily Humphrey as follows: 41610 Indian Trail Road, closed. This hearing must be Ste 2 attended by phone as follows: PRESENT NAME: Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 Kashetah Laquay Bedford 760-340-6665 MANDATORY 07/16, 07/23, 07/30 COURTCALL: PROPOSED NAME: -----------------------------------All appearances for Kasheta Bedford emergency/non-emergency De La Garza hearings must be made telephonically or by video THE COURT ORDERS that through CourtCall at 888-882all persons interested in this 6878 or at www.courtcall. matter appear before this com. Please make your court at the hearing indicated arrangements with CourtCall below to show cause, if any, as soon as possible, before why the petition for change the hearing date. If you wait of name should not be to contact CourtCall until the granted. date and time of the hearing, Any person objecting to the CourtCall will be unable to name changes described process your request in time above must file a written and you will not be able to objection that includes the appear at this hearing. reasons for the objection at least two court days before CourtCall charges a fee for the matter is scheduled to making the arrangements. If be heard and must appear at you have previously obtained the hearing to show cause an approved Order on Court why the petition should not Fee Waiver (FW-003/FWbe granted. If no written 003-GC), CourtCall may objection is timely filed, the not require a fee. It is your court may grant the petition responsibility to inform without a hearing.

CourtCall that you have an approved Order to avoid being NOTICE OF HEARING charged the fee. If you do not Date: August 05, 2020 have an approved Order, but Time: 8:30 A.M. believe you may be eligible for Dept. C-61 one, you should immediately The address of the court is: file a Request to Waive Court 330 West Broadway Fees (FW-001/FW-001-GC) San Diego, CA 92101 with the Probate Business 07/09, 07/16, 07/23, 07/30 Office.

-----------------------------------This information is subject PROBATE to change, so please go to the following website for updated NOTICE OF PETITION TO information for the San Diego ADMINISTER ESTATE OF County Superior Court to Mark Donovan Demery obtain additional information Case Number: and updates, at: 37-2020-00006135-PR-PL-CTL www.sdcourt.ca.gov)

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1866 ATTACK ON BLACK REPUBLICANS The New Orleans Massacre, sometimes called The Riot At The Mechanics’ Institute was a violent conflict triggered by White Democrats attacking a reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention hosted by Black Republicans. The Republicans in Louisiana had called the Convention because of the state legislature’s Black Codes and its refusal to give Black men the vote. According to official reports, a total of 38 were killed and 146 wounded, with 34 of the dead and 119 of the wounded Black. The massacre expressed deeply rooted conflicts in the social structure of Louisiana; more than half of the Democrats were Confederate veterans and almost half of the Black Republicans were Union Army veterans. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Military Commander of The State, said, “It was not riot; it was an absolute massacre…which the mayor and the police of the city perpetrated without the shadow of a necessity.”

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G e orge “Buddy ” Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer. In the 1960s, he was a house guitarist at Chess Records and played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter. Guy was ranked 23rd in Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. British rocker Eric Clapton once described him as “the best guitar player alive”. His most popular records include “First Time I Met The Blues” and “Stone Crazy”.

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To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both, of Mark Donovan Demery

This information is subject to change, so please go to the following website for updated information for the San Diego County Superior Court to obtain additional information and updates, at: www.sdcourt.ca.gov)

A Petition for Probate has been filed by If You Object Kelli Harmon to the granting of the petition, and you should appear at the Ginnymae Higgins hearing and state your in the objections or file written Superior Court of California, objections with the court County of San Diego. before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person The Petition for Probate or by your attorney. requests that Ginnymae Higgins If you are a creditor or a and contingent creditor Kelli Harmon of the decedent, you must

Cher yl Boone Isaacs beca me the first African American to serve as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Isaacs was serving as vice president when she was elected for a oneyear term as president of AMPAS, becoming the third woman and the first African American to hold that position in the 86-year history of the academy. She was re-elected for a total of four terms, the maximum number of consecutive terms allowed.

She is currently an adjunct professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

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