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Councilwoman

New City Council members L to R: District 2, Dr. Jennifer Campbell, District 8, Vivian Moreno, District 4, Atty. Monica Montgomery

Monica Montgomery Takes Office

By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint

On Monday, December 10th the San Diego Fourth City Council District was again a part of history as Councilmember Monica Montgomery, as three of the new council members who are women, joined the two existing women councilmembers creating a five women majority for the first time. This marked the first time for the five women, who are Democrats, and three of whom are LGBTQ. The installation was held at Golden Hall to accomodate the full house community presence. Monica gave a passionate speech about working together and was warmly received.

See MONTGOMERY page 2

San Diego Mental Healthcare Workers Strike Against Kaiser that Kaiser stop what they call underfunding medical services to prevent patients from dropping out of treatment due to month long wait times. Kaiser, on the other hand, says that the strike is about more money; that they have added mental healthcare workers.

By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint

Over 300 San Diego Mental Healthcare workers are on a 5 day strike at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center. They say they are protesting Kaiser’s refusal to prioritize quality of care for its patients and providing workers with a living wage. They are demanding

Cannot be Heard”

Kaiser is the nation’s largest nonprofit HMO, earning $3.8 billion in profits last year. California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DHMC) fined Kaiser $4 million in 2013 for violating the state’s Mental Health Parity Act and Timely Access to Care. Two subsequent reports found further violations, and last year the agency required Kaiser to accept outside monitoring of its mental health services,hundreds of Kaiser psychologists, ther-

see page 9

The Growing and Disproportionate

Indictments and Trials Finally

Imprisonment

of Black Women in America While Black women overall are twice as likely to be imprisoned as their white counterparts, Black women ages 18 to 19 are three times more likely to be imprisoned than their white counterparts, the CAP report noted.

The imprisonment rate for African American women is twice that of white women.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Missy Venable (not her real name) said she has trouble sleeping at night.

It’s not the typical case of insomnia. It’s the after effects of spending more than 7 years in prison – which, incidentally, is where her fellow inmates began calling her “Missy,” and the name just stuck.

She made up her last name for this article, choosing to hide her identity because her children are both of school age and Venable said she doesn’t want their classmates teasing them.

It’s a similar story to that shared by her friend, Tina Blackman – also a fictious name.

Blackman, who said she’s in her mid-40s, spent nearly 9 years in prison. “When I went in, I left behind two teenagers and one child that was 8 years-old and autistic and another child that was 2,” Blackman told NNPA Newswire.

While Venable was imprisoned for insurance fraud, Blackman was sentenced on drug charges.

See STRIKE page 2

See IMPRISONMENT page 2

SLAVERY PART VII:

From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities and implications of the transatlantic slave trade. This is the first installment of Part 7 in the series.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the end of the Civil War and passing of the 13th amendment, but America found what many see as a disingenuous way of continuing its slave master ways – mass incarceration.

“The genius of the current caste system, and what most distinguishes it from its predecessors, is that it appears voluntary. People choose to commit crimes, and that’s why they are locked up or locked out, we are told. This feature makes the politics of responsibility particularly tempting, as it appears the system can be avoided with good behavior. But herein lies the trap.

The United States has just five percent of the world population yet holds approximately 25 percent of its prisoners.

Come in Police Shootings of Blacks, Minorities

See SLAVERY page 6

…in Dallas, Amber Guyger told fellow officers that she opened fire when Botham Jean appeared in the darkness. Jean, a 26-year-old native of the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, attended college in Arkansas and had been working in Dallas for accounting and consulting firm PwC.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Recent indictments and convictions suggest a swinging pendulum, and at least some cracks in the “Blue Wall” that all too often conspires to hide details and protect officers guilty of unjust shootings of African Americans and others.

Prosecutors in Chicago have won an indictment, alleging that three Windy City police officers conspired to protect a fellow officer after he fatally shot a Black teenager, Laquand McDonald, in 2014. The officers did so in spite of available videotaped evidence of the shooting, prosecutors said.

McDonald, who was 17, was armed with a knife See TRIALS page 2

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Imprisonment: continued from page 1

After hearing their stories, one might wonder, why so much time?

Venable said she thought she was referring people to get legitimate assistance with old, broken down vehicles and didn’t know the auto shop’s owner, who was once one of her closest friends, was committing insurance fraud.

Blackman said her ex-boyfriend always denied being a drug dealer and she could find no evidence that he was. No bankroll, no fancy car and certainly not a stack of cash, because she was often late on rent and utility payments.

“Every day, I’d take mail to his friend’s because his friend didn’t have a reliable mailbox,” Blackman explained. “They all looked just like regular mail, letters and stuff,” she said.

However, one of the envelopes contained drugs and she was charged for selling narcotics.

Blackman and Venable are part of an alarming trend: The growing and disproportionate imprisonment of Black women in America.

A recent NAACP Criminal Justice Fact Sheet noted that between 1980 and 2015, the number of people incarcerated in America increased from roughly 500,000 to over 2.2 million.

Today, the United States makes up about 5 percent of the world’s pop-

ulation and has 21 percent of the world’s prisoners.

Also, according to the Fact Sheet, 1 in every 37 adults in the United States, or 2.7 percent of the adult population, is under some form of correctional supervision.

Further in 2014, African Americans constituted 2.3 million, or 34 percent, of the 6.8 million correctional population total and Black people are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites.

The imprisonment rate for African American women is twice that of white women.

“The Status of Black Women in the United States, (SOBW)” was released in June 2017 and coauthored by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington and the National Domestic Workers Alliance in New York.

That report revealed that Black women are more prone to being jailed than White women, and that tendency starts in school.

Racial disparities in discipline exist throughout the nation’s education system, the SOBW researchers said.

Black girls between 2011 and 2012 accounted for 45 percent of all girls suspended from K-12 public schools nationally, and they represented 42 percent of all girls expelled.

They were suspended and expelled at higher rates than Black boys, according to the SOBW as reported by New American Media which also noted that the “nation’s Black women are jailed at unfair rates.”

Montgomery: continued from page 1

Perhaps one of the most noticeable events was the election of 9th District Councilmember Georgette Gomez. She now wields power in three crucial areas of San Diego County with the City of San Diego being the largest in the County. In addition to becoming President of the City Council, she now chairs the Board of the Metropolitan Transit System and holds a seat on the San Diego Association of governments board.

Since outgoing President Myrtle Cole was not present, Councilmember Barbara Bry presided over the meeting. Gomez was elected president with a unanimous vote which

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The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Disciplining of Black girls appears to be influenced by school administrators’ stereotypes and racial biases, the SOBW researchers said.

Black girls are more likely to be seen as disruptive or loud, compared with other students. They’re more often punished for dress-code violations, talking back to teachers and “defiance” than other girls.

What’s worse, Black girls with disabilities are more prone to being suspended from school than other Black girls.

A June 2018 report from the Center for American Progress (CAP)noted that infant mortality and mass incarceration are major issues affecting the Black community. But while they are often thought of and dealt with on separate tracks, structural racism firmly connects these critical issues.

Structural racism exposes Black women to distinct stressors – such as contact with the criminal justice system – that ultimately undermine their health and the health of their children, according to the CAP report.

The number of incarcerated U.S. women overall has increased dramatically in recent decades – from just 26,000 in 1980 to 219,000 in 2017.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the spike in female incarceration has disproportionately affected Black women, especially young Black women.

While Black women overall are twice as likely to be imprisoned as their white counterparts, Black women ages 18 to 19 are three times more likely to

included the three Republican members of the council.

In her remarks during the meeting, Councilmember Montgomery said: “Thank you so much for all that you have done. (speaking to her supporters in the audience) I don’t have words to describe what I have felt watching you all work together. I ran for this seat because, as we now have a charge to shift the paradigm. We have to work together to get it done. So, while at City Hall I will fight for social equity in the areas of economic justice, police reform and ensuring that every single neighborhood is healthy and safe.” Much more will be said about committee assignments later. But for now, Montgomery is on Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committees.

be imprisoned than their white counterparts, the CAP report noted.

Alarmingly, the report concluded that if current incarceration trends continue, 1 in 18 Black women will be imprisoned at some point in their lifetime.

One of the many detrimental effects of incarceration is that it’s associated with higher odds of low birth weight, preterm birth, and infant mortality.

Mass incarceration has exposed millions of black women to dangerous stressors that threaten their health and the lives of their offspring, CAP officials said, while noting that lawmakers must act to put an end to this persistent form of structural racism.

“I did time … hard time and I know it was partly because I was naïve and mostly because I was stupid,” Venable said.

The African-American mother of two had barely made ends-meet when an opportunity of a lifetime presented itself. Or, so she thought.

“A friend of mine was running this auto shop not far from my house and he asked that I send him some clients and he’d pay me for it,” Venable said.

Promised $250 per client, Venable said she turned a blinds-eye to what really was going on in the auto shop – insurance fraud.

“The clients would be folks who wanted to get rid of their cars and my contact knew just how to get rid of them, get the clients paid and of course pocket the insurance money,” she said.

Strike: continued from page 1

apists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and addiction medicine specialists, along with other medical professions.

National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) is the nation’s fastest-growing healthcare union with approximately 14,000 members. They have won massive raises for new members and forced Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest health maintenance organization, to start improving the mental health services it provides to hundreds of thousands of patients.

The NUHW is a part of the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council, representing more than 125 affiliated labor groups with a membership of more than 250,000 local working families.

Trials: continued from page 1

when he was shot 16 times.

In Dallas, Texas, an officer was indicted last week on murder charges, nearly three months after she shot and killed an unarmed Black man whose apartment she said she entered by mistake, believing it to be her own.

Also, in the last week, four Missouri police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the assault of a fellow officer who was working undercover. Officers Dustin Boone, Randy Hays and Christopher Myers of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, are accused of beating the undercover officer with a riot baton and tampering with witnesses to cover up the incident.

Myers was also charged with destroying evidence and Officer Bailey Colletta was indicted on a charge of providing false statements to a federal grand jury in connection with the incident.

According to CNN, the indictment details text messages between Myers and Boone in which they talk about how much fun it will be to beat “the hell out of these s**theads once the sun goes down and no one can tell us” apart.

In Chicago, prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes said in her opening statement that defendants David March, Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney offered accounts of the deadly incident that conflicted with the video evidence. The defendants have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy, official misconduct and obstruction of justice. The bench trial is expected to run into next week, according to Reuters.

Earlier, a jury found former Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is white, guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of McDonald.

What all of trials instances shares in common beyond the fact that officers are involved, and face prosecution, is that the perpetrators were white officers and the victims are all black males, and with the exception of McDonald, were unarmed when they were injured or killed.

“For all the sacrifices and headaches of covering the murder trial of Chicago Officer Jason Van Dyke, it was worth it. Finally seeing a police officer led out of the courtroom left me speechless,” said Erick Johnson, who covered that trial for the Chicago Crusader.

“Dressed in a black suit, he looked as if he was going to his own funeral. Only I, and a handful of Black clergy and activists in the courtroom were not mourning,” Johnson said, noting that “Silently, we were rejoicing.”

The conviction, which led to Van Dyke being marched out of the court in handcuffs, was a day many Blacks in Chicago never thought they would see, said Johnson, who sat in the front row reserved for media and just yards away from Van Dyke.

“A white police officer found guilty of killing Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager, and locked up immediately after See TRIALS page 15

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Our Post-Election Forum Don’t Let Small Dollar and Community Dialogue Loans Ruin Your Holidays

By Dr. John E. Warren

By Charlene Crowell

Publisher

NNPA Newswire Contributor

This week the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, along with Black Men and Women United, is holding its first of a series of Community Forums. As pointed out in recent editorials, these events are different from “Town Hall Meetings” in that they are not with officials, elected or appointed. They are with you, the people, for the purpose of hearing from you in a somewhat non-structured circle in the round. This particular forum may have already taken place by the time you read this, but there are other opportunities planned for the future.

While some organizations have already held

limited post-election discussions, our sessions are intended to give an opportunity to look toward planning the future based upon what we have learned from November 6, 2018. We have a new City Council representative in the Fourth District at City Hall. We also have at least two other new council members. We need to think in terms of being able to count to five, both on the City Council and the County Board of Supervisors. We need to give more time to understanding how “Public Policy” is made, as well as what we want in particular in policy changes. Above all, we need to learn how to work together beyond our own personal interest, understanding that if we learn to support others, they will support us.

In Support of Those Now Holding Office

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

The San Diego African and African American communities should pause and take a look at the ethnic groups we share our communities with and consider the extent to which they support each other. As a reminder, we have: an African American woman, Dr. Constance Carroll as Chancellor of the San Diego Community College District; An African American President of City College, Dr. Ricky Shabazz; a Deputy Director of County Health and Human Services, Omar Passon; Councilwoman Monica Montgomery, Fourth District, City Council, just to name a few.

We also have a new City Councilmember in La Mesa. Our stock has also increased at the State Legislature. Dr. Shirley Weber, our 79th Assembly District Representative, has been elected as Chair of the Legislative

Black Caucus and we have State Senator Toni Atkins as President Pro Tem of the State Senate, the first time in almost 40 years we have had that position held by someone from San Diego. Let us not forget that we have five African American Women as Judges sitting on the San Diego County Superior Court, and Genevieve Jones-Wright as Public Defender.

This all means we have a lot of positives to work with. We have a very capable woman in Andrea St. Julian as the new President of the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association and we have Francine Maxwell, as First Vice President of the San Diego Chapter of the NAACP. Let’s embrace these individuals. Celebrate them where possible, help them if needed and protect them if necessary.

In this wonderful time of the year when family and friends gather in good cheer to celebrate the holidays, nearly everyone has a number of lists.

From greeting cards to shopping for gifts, decorations and more, lists are made and reviewed to keep pace with the barrage of seasonal activities.

faced with triple-digit interest and, in one of five cases, a whopping 20 percent, the loss of personal transportation.

But if holiday lists seem bigger than budgets, turning to a high-interest, “small dollar” loan can turn joy and merriment into a financial quagmire. The good news is that holiday financial hangovers that predatory lenders give, do not need to be a part of your celebrations.

Before paying cash for this convenient form of plastic, read all of the fine print that explains the terms and fees that come with its usage. Terms and options can and do vary significantly. Many include a range of fees from activation, to learning your current balances, reloading monies and in some cases fees for inactivity. By the time all applicable fees are assessed, the amount of money actually available on that prepaid card can shrink and shortchange how far it can help on purchases.

Just keep walking or driving past the brightlycolored signs advertising high-interest, small dollar loans. Both payday and car title loans can provide quick cash; but the harms these loans create will likely linger well past the winter’s cold. In truth, these predatory loans often lead to consumers paying more in interest and fees than for the money borrowed.

Research by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) has found that predatory payday loans drain $4.1 billion in fees from consumers annually — borrowers who typically are unable to fully repay the original loan, usually in two weeks’ time.

With average annual interest rates averaging 391 percent, 75 percent of all payday loans go to borrowers with more than 10 loans a year.

Like payday loans, car title loans are often marketed as an easy way to get cash without a credit check – but with interest rates that tend to be 20-30 times higher than that of credit cards. The average car title loan of about $1,000 can only be secured by signing a personally-owned car as collateral. Further, the loan may only be a fraction of the marketable value of the vehicle. While the lender holds on to a car title, the borrower is

As harmful as payday and car title loans are, other seemingly harmful small dollar transactions can also cause financial havoc.

If you believe pre-paid cards will always avoid financial rip-offs, think again.

Similarly, the convenience of debit cards can easily trigger overdraft charges for consumers with slim or no checking account cushions.

CRL research has shown that although overdraft fees vary by institution, the average $35 overdraft fee on a debit card is double the amount of the overdraft itself. Banks engage in a range of unfair and deceptive tactics to maximize these fees, which can amount to hundreds of dollars over the course of just a day or two — talk about a holiday damper.

Too many overdrafts can lead to involuntary account closures.

This holiday season try adding a full measure of practical sense to help your dollars preserve the spirit and joy of the season – it only comes once a year!

Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s Communications Deputy Director.

She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@ responsiblelending.org.

Democrats 2020 – Not the Person, but the Program

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Columnist / www.juliannemalveaux.com

Now that the midterm elections are over, and Democrats are savoring their victory, more than a dozen Democrats say they are considering running for President in 2020. The Democratic Party needs to get its act together if any of them has even a prayer of beating the clown that white conservatives love to love.

The fact that Republicans stole an election from Stacey Abrams in Georgia suggests that our electoral infrastructure isn’t what it ought to be. The fact that Republicans in Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina are attempting to change electoral rules suggests that the Party and civil society organizations need to spend some money ensuring fair elections. From where I sit, the focus on personalities is poorly placed. We ought to, instead, think both about our election mechanics and an economic agenda to empower the majority of our citizens who live in an economically precarious situation.

Too many of us struggle to survive on the minimum wage, and too many unions have seen their influence erode in the face of hostile

legislation. Too many do not have access to health care. Too many cities and states are willing to offer exorbitant tax breaks to attract a few jobs. Meanwhile, our infrastructure is crumbling, our environment is decomposing, and civility is a thing of the past. There’s a lot of rhetoric, but Democrats have to explain what they stand for more clearly.

Democrats have been so reactive, so anti-45, that they’ve not spun out a positive agenda. Oh, they say they stand for a living wage, for criminal justice reform, for access to health care and education, for racial economic justice (actually, they didn’t say that I did), and more. But too often, Democrats have gone with the status quo instead of looking at the changing needs of our nation. And the party is expert at grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory, failing to support progressive candidates who sometimes upset the status quo.

Now, former Vice President Joe Biden says he is the most qualified person to be President.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren took a blood test to prove that she is 1/1024 Native American, falling for 45’s BS. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, also known as Spartacus,

is considering the race, as is the incandescently intelligent California Senator Kamala Harris.

There are another couple of dozen potential candidates, from the very well known to the lesser known. Democrats run the risk of having a Republican-style circus during the primaries unless the field narrows. Already, two who were considering the race have dropped out.

Nobody will miss Michael Avenatti since many of us did not know why he was in the race in the first place, but former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, who has just announced that he will not run, might have brought gravitas to the primaries. Patrick told Obama advisor David Axelrod that “It’s hard to see how you even get noticed in such a big, broad field without being shrill, sensational or a celebrity, and I’m none of those things.”

Our current President is shrill, sensational and a celebrity in his own mind. Democrats should not attempt to replicate that level of insanity that 45 brings to the table. The issue, also, should not be one of who is the most sensational, but who has the most focused program, and the basis of the Democratic program must be economic justice for working Americans. Back in the day, we used to say, “It’s not the man, it’s the plan.”

In gender-neutral terms, it’s not the person, it’s the program. For Democrats to build on the momentum of the midterm election, they must drill down on communicating dynamic economic programs.

I’m encouraged by folks like LaTosha Brown and Black Voters Matter. They are doing ground up, not top down, organizing, going into communities and focusing on the races they deem essential, which are not always national or statewide races. When people come out for a key local, they will also vote in the “big” races. But too often the Democratic Party focuses only on the biggest elections, with an agenda people can’t necessarily identify with.

Democratic Party leaders need to sit down with Black Voters Matter as soon as they can and learn how to connect with the voters who can make a difference in 2020. Or, they can continue with business as usual and experience the consequences.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist.

Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available via www. amazon.com for booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com

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Rev. Dr. Joseph Foxworth Sr. First Lady Catherine Foxworth

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The Church of Yeshua Ha Mashiach Hebrew for “Jesus the Messiah”

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VICTOR RENA WARE Sr. was born on December 25, 1953 in Los Angeles CA, to Henry Ware and Cornelius Harris. He was the seventh child of nine children. Victor was four years old when his parents moved to San Diego.

Victor started out at Emerson Elementary School and later finished 6th

grade at the “brand new” Bakers Elementary.

Victor began his work career at the age of 10 years old with his father Henry Ware, working in a shoe shop which taught him how to make money.

As a teenager, Victor was a trendsetter for his younger brothers and the neighborhood boys.

After high school, Victor became a young father with is high school sweetheart Linda House, giving birth to his first son Victor Ware II. Thereafter, Victor became a master carpenter while working with his younger brother Abdur ­Rahim Hameed, who taught him the trade while building Bayview Baptist Church in Southeast San Diego. While under the tutelage of his youngest brother the three of them worked on many construction projects all over San Diego County, where Victor later on taught other men in the family the trade he had learned.

During his 20’s Victor fell in love with Deborah Buchanan (Tuttie), who he married in 1985 and took in her two sons Leonard Buchanan and Charles Steward, together they had a daughter Sparkle, then son Victor Stanley Ware and youngest daughter Victoria Ware. Victor also took in another son James.

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Victor’s life had many adventures which brought him to find faith in the teachings of Jesus Christ, where he was baptized and became an active member of New Assurance Church, under the leadership of the late Rev. Ricky T. Laster. Victor was a truth seeker and his love of God have him an open mind, where he studied the Bible, the Quran and took his shahada (which is the declaration of faith and to openly proclaim that ther’e is bur one God). After his passing of his mother Cornelius Ware, Victor and his two brothers Ronald and Abdur-Rahim would pray at 5 a.m. daily, fast during Ramadan; he proclaimed himself to be a believer in the love of Christ and also helieved in the return at the end of time. Victor loved his wife, children and family and his beloved mother who he called “Mudbone”.

Victor Rena Ware Sr. is survived by his wife Deborah, Sons, Daughters, 6 grandchildren, step­mother, brothers, nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.

ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY William Jerold Pace

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WILLIAM JEROLD PACE, affectionately known as “Willie” by his family and friends, was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on June 20, 1932. He was the youngest of six children born to William Pace and Inez Edwards Pace.

He was preceded in death by his parents and all of his siblings.

Willie like his brother, Charles was a farmer providing for their family.

However, Willie was a troublesome child, because he did not like being a farmer and wanted to grow up fast. That’s when he got the name “Man”

James Hunter

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On May 28, 1929 in Hope, Arkansas, God blessed Oscar William and Pinkie (Brazzil) Hunter with a son who they named James Arthur Hunter.

He was the fifth of nine children born to this union.

James received his formal education in the Hope City School at Shover

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and his brother was called “Son”.

Willie attended Rosenwald High School in Oklahoma City. When his brother Charles joined the army, the family would sit around and read his letters over and over again. Willie, who wanted to be like his brother, joined the army at fifteen years of age. He fought in the Korean War, where he served six years before receiving his Honorable Discharge in 1951.

After his military service, Willie followed his brother to San Diego. He worked at Convair Aerospace in transportation, where he met Marietta McKenzie. In 1959, they united in marriage and to their union two children were born, Sabrina Michelle Pace and Gerald Dewitt Pace. Gerald preceded Willie in death.

After numerous years with Convair, Willie along with his valuable transportation, skills became a long-distance Contract Driver with Republic Van Lines, hauling furniture and later he became an Independent Contract Driver with Mayflower Van Lines, driving from coast to coast. He even placed his children’s name on his truck. Willie always kept in touch with his parents in Oklahoma City and extended family in various other states.

In 1975, he married Lorenza “Lori” Taylor. Together they started the Pace Trucking Company and also purchased several apartment units. As a landlord, he kept the rent affordable to help those in the community with low and fair income rates. He was a noble and fair landlord.

Willie eventually retired from long-distant driving; yet he could not let go of the wheel and eventually started driving cement trucks which lasted for three years.

In the early 1980’s, Willie and Lori started a produce market in the Southeastern area of San Diego. They marketed fresh eggs, bread and produce to the community.

During his retirement years, Willie became a tourist charter bus driver for “Sun Diego Charter Company”. He loved taking control of the microphone and being the tour guide; telling about San Diego along with his funny jokes. You would think he lived in San Diego all his life. Willie had friends all over the United States. He is one of the few that has been in all 50 states.

What an amazing life! His most enduring legacy is that he was a good and decent man who touched many lives in ways we will always remember.

On Thursday, November 22, 2018, Thanksgiving Day, Willie Jerold Pace passed away peacefully at his residence. He leaves behind to cherish his memory his daughter Sabrina Carnell-Williams, son-in-law, Leslie Williams, two grandchildren, Lovell L. Carnell all of San Diego, CA and Gerald Dewitt Pace Jr. of Bakersfield, CA, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Elementary School and Yeager High School in Hope, Arkansas.

James Marred the love of his life, Leola Washington (Dismuke) on June 20, 1948. God blessed them with 5 children and over 60 wonderful years of marriage.

On May 7, 1960, James packed up the family and moved to San Diego, CA. where he was employed by Convair/General Dynamics for three and a half years. He was later hired by ROHR Aircraft. James retired in 1993 after 29 years of service.

In 1964 James attended a church service at the Women’s Civic League where he heard the voice of Rev. Marvin C. Hines. After hearing Rev. Hines sermon, he united with Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church and became one of its founding members. He diligently served the Lord as an usher for over 50 years. He held the position as President of the Usher Board for several years and received numerous awards. James served on the Trustee Board as Treasurer, he was the “Official Church Photographer”. He attended services regularly until his health began to deteriorate.

James’s Favorite times were spent with family and friends: especially enjoy-

ing times spent with his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchild “Kalii”.

James treated everyone with love and respect. The friendships that he formed were genuine and lasted a lifetime.

James joyfully joins his wife Leola, his parents Oscar and Pinkie, five brothers O.J., Theodis, John , George and Prince Hunter, his daughter Pinkie Marie, Granddaughter Shaun Aula Trece Hunter and Sister-in-law Norma Hunter in God’s heavenly mansion.

James Touched the lives of countless individuals who will treasure his life and wonderful memories; his children James Murphy, Barbara Hunter-Rankin, Linda Hunter and Michael Hunter; one brother Joe Hunter; one sister Barbara Glanton’ three sisters-in-law Gloria Hunter, Helene Hunter and Velvet Jean Hunter; Twelve grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and many relatives and friends. We all loved him, but God loved him best.

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Imagine a USA where the millions of people freed from Slavery had actually been emancipated and not had to endure another 100 years of indentured labour and segregation. If people like Harriet Tubman had had political office and a voice in the restructuring of the country. #Shero https://t.co/EpoRadJDou — (((DeDe))) (@HermanDHerman) December 6, 2018

textbooks, television series, and even YouTube history segments, but her story has never been told in an exclusive feature-length project.

Just last week, a film – slated for a 2019 release — wrapped that will highlight the life of Tubman, who was born into slavery.

“There is a growing tide of black representation on television and in movies,” I’Anson said. “Old myths about the unprofitability of black-led films are slowly falling away. Maybe a film about Harriet Tubman, one of the greatest heroes of black history, isn’t getting here too late.”

The cast of the film titled, “Harriet,” includes Tony and Grammy Award winner Cynthia Erivo, who plays Harriet Tubman. Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odum, Jr., along with singer-songwriter Janelle Monae, portray characters in the film. Gregory Allen Howard crafted the story and will produce the film along alongside Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Debra Martin Chase As noted in a television broadcast on WTVR in Virginia, the story of the abolitionist, who died in June 1913, has been told in academic

Virginia Commonwealth University African American Studies professor Dr. Chioke I’Anson told WTVR that it’s absurd no feature film has previously been made.

“Maybe it’s right on time,” he added.

Said George Mason University NAACP President Diyonah Contee, “If the story is portrayed accurately, viewers will learn more about the harsh conditions of slavery and gain an understanding of the strength and courage needed to do what Harriet did.”

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By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

When one speaks of freedom fighters, Harriet Tubman’s name should always be among the first – if not highlighted as a primary justice crusader.

Brown and Harriet Tubman ran into the same obstacle when trying to free slaves: Slaves that had been made docile to the point they were petrified to fight for their own freedom.”

For it was on this date 169 years ago – Dec. 6, 1849 – that Tubman escaped slavery.

Both John Brown and Harriet Tubman ran into the same obstacle when trying to free slaves: Slaves that had been made docile to the point they were petrified to fight for their own freedom. — Elijah Henderson (@eb_henderson) December 6, 2018

The brave African American who became known as the “Moses” of her people, didn’t stop with her own freedom but went back – repeatedly – to help others and over the course of a decade, led countless slaves along the Underground Railroad so that they too could taste freedom.

Tubman became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she served as a nurse and spy for the federal forces.

Her historic accomplishments are being praised and remembered all over social media. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer,” Twitter user Nichole Baxter wrote, quoting Tubman.

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” -- Harriet Tubman #QOTD #Reflection — Nichole Baxter (@nicholebb) December 6, 2018 “Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Elijah Henderson wrote on Twitter: “Both John

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Wrote another Twitter user, Ryan Royster: “Where are my Harriet Tubman $20 bills?

Happy freedom day to one of the country’s greatest heroes.”

Where are my Harriet Tubman $20’s?! Happy freedom day to one of the country’s greatest heroes https://t.co/T9SeP3sYU9 — Ryan Royster (@RealRyanRoyster) December 6, 2018 During President Barack Obama’s administration, the White House announced that beginning in 2020, the $20 bill would feature Tubman.

“Imagine a USA where the millions of people freed from slavery had actually been emancipated and not had to endure another 100 years of indentured labor and segregation. If people like Harriet Tubman had a political office and a voice in the restructuring of the country,” wrote another Twitter user, DeDe, who concluded with the hashtag “Shero.”

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

All people make mistakes. All of us are sinners.

All of us are criminals. All of us violate the law at some point in our lives. In fact, if the worst thing you have ever done is speed ten miles over the speed limit on the freeway, you have put yourself and others at more risk of harm than someone smoking marijuana in the privacy of his or her living room. Yet there are people in the United States serving life sentences for first-time drug offenses, something virtually unheard of anywhere else in the world.”

Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness “We live in the most incarcerated country in the world. There are more black men under correctional control today than there were under slavery in 1850.” Singer John Legend The United States has just five percent of the world population yet holds approximately 25 percent of its prisoners. From the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade, slavery deprived the captive of legal rights and granted the master complete power. Millions of slaves in America were humiliated, beaten and killed while black families were torn apart.

Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the end of the Civil War and passing of the 13th Amendment, but America found what many see as a disingenuous way of continuing its slave master ways – mass incarceration. The NAACP recently released statistics that revealed that, in 2014, African Americans constituted 2.3 million, or 34 percent, of the total 6.8 million correctional population.

African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites and the imprisonment rate for African American women is twice that of white women. Nationwide, African American children represent 32 percent of children who are arrested, 42 percent of children who are detained, and 52 percent of children whose cases are judicially waived to criminal court.

Though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately 32 percent of the US population, they comprised 56 percent of all incarcerated people in 2015.

If African Americans and Hispanics were

incarcerated at the same rates as whites, prison and jail populations would decline by almost 40 percent, according to the NAACP. “Five hundred years after the transatlantic slave trade, the strife and hate that remains is largely due to miseducation. To date, there has not been an honest evaluation accepted by the general public about the true relationship between African people in America and the European settlers, typically referred to as just Americans,” said activist and television personality Jay Morrison.

Morrison’s book, ‘The Solution: How Africans in America Achieve Unity, Justice and Repair,’ examines the experiences of Africans in America during the enslavement era, the post enslavement era, and current day America – which he refers to as the mass incarceration era. “Most Americans choose to live blindly and accept the political oppression, economic exploitation and social degradation of Africans in America,” Morrison said.

The longing by blacks for independence often threatens and offends many Americans and many people don’t believe in African Americans’ right to liberation and cannot fathom their desire to be in their true and original state, often leading to a fight, he said. “I believe there is an opportunity in this millennial-led age to get past the hate if there is true atonement.

Until America can take full responsibility for its past and correct what is still purposefully occurring – mass incarceration, the schoolto-prison pipeline, unequal school systems, gentrification, police brutality – the tension will continue to exist,” Morrison said.

He continued: “Until all people can be honest about our history and lack of repair, the hate will be hard to get past. These human rights violations against Africans in America must be treated with the same seriousness as other communities that have experienced similar imprisonment, oppression, exploitation and genocide. When that playing field is levelled, I imagine a greater peace in America.”

See our next issue for more on Slavery Part VII: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration

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FIRST ANNUAL HARVEST HIGH TEA Photography by Shawna Chatman

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By Dorothy L. W. Smith Contributing Writer

Southeast San Diego Women, Incorporated held the First Annual Harvest High Tea on the afternoon of Saturday, October 27th, 2018. The organization, founded by Ruth Green in 1965, honors Women of Distinction for outstanding community service at an annual Civic Luncheon and also presents college scholarships to high school seniors. The Harvest High Tea is a new initiative developed to increase the scholarship fund.

A special highlight of the High Harvest Tea was a tribute to Ms. Freddie Jackson and Mrs. Ardelle Matthews for over fifty years of active membership in and service to Wom-

en, Incorporated. They were each presented with functional white teapots engraved with Women, Incorporated logo.

Women Inc. members Dorothy L. W. Smith and Mable Wigfall co-chaired the Harvest High Tea. Members of the planning committee included Helen Griffith, Teri Wilson Early, Betty Williams, Doris Lovett, Pfeifer Lacy, Joyce Kercheval, Brunette Purdie, Inez Thomas, Dianne Joiner, Emma Turner, Gale Johnson, Deborah Huggins, and Vellet Wyatt Finley, president of Women, Inc. The setting at the George Stevens Fourth District Seniors’ Resource Center was elegant, with

14 round tables for the 114 guests. The tables were beautifully adorned with fuchsia tablecloths, white lace overlays, and matching fuchsia napkins. Members of Women Incorporated set the tables with a variety of their own beautiful teapots, china, and place settings. Chair covers were black with fuchsia ties, and black and fuchsia paper lanterns hung from the ceilings.

Guests wore beautiful hats, with many “fascinator” styles. A hat fashion parade was coordinated by member Pfeifer Lacy.

The event was expertly catered by students from the Culinary Arts Program at E3 Civic High School, where Women Incorporated member Dr. Helen Griffith is principal.

Women Incorporated has formed an official partnership with E3 Civic High School. The food was delicious, consisting of a variety of scrumptious tea sandwiches and desserts.

Guests were also entertained with poems recited by members Diana Dent, Marilyn Streaty, Billie Greene, and Dorothy Smith.

Women Incorporated looks forward to its two major events again next year—the annual Civic Luncheon on the fourth Saturday in April and the High Harvest Tea on the fourth Saturday in October of 2019.

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NEVER LEAVE ONE BEHIND TEAMS WITH NICE GUYS

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By Darrell Wheeler Contributing Writer

Christmas came early last Saturday, December 8th for hundreds of families at SDCCU, formally known as Qualcomm Stadium.

Thankful families were invited to celebrate Christmas in the spacious parking lot thanks to the San Diego Nice Guys organization.

Walmart, I Love A Clean San Diego, SDG&E, Smart & Final, Project Wildlife and many more sponsors helped in making Christmas great again for chosen families. Santa and his helpers worked diligently to make sure all the attendees had a positive Merry Christmas experience.

“For me, I had a nice time, but toys are the best part for me. I like the toys and I would come back next

year,” nine-year old Columbus Palmer shared.

The Never Leave One Behind organization (NLOB) sent over 100 families to this year’s Christmas Day function.

“We try to do what we can for the families in our community. This was our seventh year of participation in this invitation-only event.

We hope to send even more next year,” NLOB Director Larry Price shared. There were plenty of Christmas-themed events, including live music, free food, gift-cash certificates and rides for families to enjoy at the 26th Annual Christmas at SDCCU. Never Leave One Behind invites everyone for a day of ice skating this coming Saturday, December 15th,10:30 AM ‘til 3:00 PM at Liberty Station at Rosecrans and Roosevelt.

BYLINE & PHOTO CREDIT CORRECTION: In our 12/6/18 issue, the article “San Diego NAACP Holds Symposium on Housing As A Health Issue” was written by Dr. John E. Warren and contributing writer Angela de Joseph, photos by Angela de Joseph and Jason Ritchie

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Last week, in spite of the weather, San Diego Continuing Education announced the grand opening of Farm to Family Fair. the event which was held on Wednesday December 5th at the Educational Cultural Complex (ECC) located at 4343 Ocean View Blvd. from 12 noon to 3pm. The SDCE Farm to Family Fair is the school’s first free food distribution in partnership with the San Diego Continuing Education Foundation, Feeding San Diego, and Project New Village.

The Mountain View Community and surrounding residents, as a result of this effort, will now have access to fresh produce at ECC

ECC 1 SDCCD Chancellor Constance M. Carroll and SDCCD Trustee President Maria Nieto Senour

Carlos O. Turner Cortez, PHd., SDCE President said “This is an exciting new opportunity to directly impact the communities of Southeastern San Diego.” He went on to say “ A student’s academic success can be tied to the support available to them beyond the classroom. Completing one of SDCE’s career training programs is one of the fastest pahs for individuals to get out of the cycle of poverty.”

“Our main goal is to make sure our students succeed from start to finish,” said SDCE Dean of Student Equity, Maureen Rubalcaba. “We serve students that are among the most diverse in California culturally, ethnically and educationally.

SDCE’s Farm to Family Fair and SDCE will help address some of the barriers our student face which is housing and See FAIR page 15

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MAASAI FIGHT EFFORTS TO CONVERT THEIR LANDS TO GAME PARKS Global Information Network

“The water that quenches our thirst, the air that we breathe, the trees that provide shade and the animals that give us company, all make life real and creation complete.”

So begins a prayer by an elder of the Maasai people of Tanzania whose traditional knowledge encompasses herbal medicine, grazing practices, landscape ecology, the behavior of animals, livestock management, and the gathering of wild plant foods.

For centuries, Maasai communities lived in harmony within the rich ecosystems of East Africa. But in recent decades, evictions under the banner of “conservation” and “tourism” have been carving out huge chunks of Maasai lands.

The Maasai lost 60 percent of their lands at the turn of the century in Kenya, when the

British evicted them to make room for settler ranches. More land was taken to enable the creation of game parks in Amboseli, Nairobi, and Masai Mara in Kenya and the Serengeti/ Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania.

In the face of these questionable evictions, the Maasai are fighting back and their efforts were highlighted this week as the United Nations marked the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – a watershed document that enshrines a host of basic human rights for all people.

“Too many around the world are denied their rights,” declared the California-based Oakland Institute, an independent policy think tank, which has launched a campaign called “Stand Up for Human Rights in Tanzania.”

For the indigenous Maasai pastoralists in

northern Tanzania – the situation is critical, the Oakland group warns.

Last May, Maasai from four villages in Loliondo, on the outskirts of the Serengeti famous for its annual wildebeest migration sued Tanzania for the right to return to their villages which have become part of a park.

“The government is trying to intimidate the villagers to withdraw the case,” said Donald Deya of the Pan African Lawyers Union, representing the Maasai after a hearing in the East African Court of Justice.

AFRICAN ACTIVISTS DEMAND ACTION NOW AT WORLD CLIMATE CONFAB IN POLAND change.

Nalubega was among thousands of protestors at the climate conference - the third such meeting since nations adopted the Paris climate agreement in 2015 when it seemed that developed and developing countries would share a path toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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Dorothy Nalubega was far from home but close enough to the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, to give the 200 world delegates in attendance an earful of her views on climate

Nalubega, an activist from Uganda and a member of Global Greens, was among the crowds marching down the cold Polish streets, shouting “Wake Up!”, “Keep the Coal in the Hole” and other messages. Protestors were allowed only one day to march at the site of the 2-week long annual confab amid a heavy police presence.

Nalubega said greed was the cause of Africa’s environmental devastation – from industrial-scale sand mining degrading the Lake Victoria ecosystem to the vanishing Mabira forest, logged excessively by sugar cane planters. “So we are here today to tell our leaders to stop the greed and think about the

“For the last three weeks, the police are summoning leaders and arresting them,” he said. Some seven men were charged with attending an unlawful meeting.

The Maasai represent one of the largest pastoral groups worldwide, with about 1 million across southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, according to rights activists.

A revealing new report on the plight of the Maasai – “Losing the Serengeti: The Maasai Land that was to Run Forever”, is available from the Oakland Institute by download from www.oaklandinstitute.org

generation to come.”

Makoma Lekalakala from Earthlife Africa said she was marching “to amplify voices of poor people all over the world demanding climate justice. We have no more time. This is time to act.”

Lekalakala, this year’s co-winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize was protesting nuclear power. It’s not a solution to climate change, she pointed out, and it should not even be considered.

In a year which saw record weather extremes and an extraordinary announcement from the UN that we have only 12 years to limit catastrophe, the need for meaningful progress has never been greater.

“We aren’t facing the end of the world… but if we do nothing to mitigate climate change then billions of people will suffer,” said Mark Maslin, professor of Earth System Science, University College London.

Patriciah Roy Akullo from ACT Alliance Uganda Forum said she was marching for action now. “We are having long droughts and flooding so the communities cannot grow crops.

Children are not going to school because there’s no food at school. Their parents cannot afford school fees, because they don’t have crops to sell and raise money for their family. So the impact is quite grave.

“It’s not fair. It’s not climate justice. So that’s why the ACT Alliance is saying we want action now. Act now for climate justice.“

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS FAULT WORLD COMMUNITY FOR INDIFFERENCE TO RAPE Global Information Network

Winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Dr Denis Mukwege of the Congo and Nadia Murad of Iraq’s Yazidi minority group, were unsparing in their criticism of the international community which, they say, has failed to take the necessary steps to protect women and girls against rape and sexual violence.

“It is not just perpetrators of violence who are responsible for their crimes,” Dr. Mukwege said in his acceptance speech this week in Oslo, Norway. “It is also those who choose to look the other way.”

Mukwege spoke of the “indifference eating away at our societies”, pointing out that the root cause of violence, war and poverty in the DRC is because of its natural wealth.

He called on consumers to insist that their smartphones, jewelry, cars and gadgets, often made with Congolese minerals, were not made at a terrible human cost.

“Turning a blind eye to this tragedy is being complicit,” he said.

Mukwege did not go easy on the Congolese leadership which, he claimed, collaborates with those that loot the country for power, wealth and glory at the expense of millions of innocent men, women and children abandoned in extreme poverty.

“The profit from our minerals ends up in the pockets of a predatory oligarchy,” he declared.

Both laureates said the reason atrocities such as those they had witnessed still occurred in the 21st century was because perpetrators were not brought to justice.

It is not just consumers, rebels and Congolese officials who bear responsibility for the situation, he said. “The Congolese people have been humiliated, abused and massacred for

more than two decades in plain sight of the international community.”

Murad, too, condemned the inaction of the international community, which she said did nothing to deter or stop the genocide that Islamic State committed against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq, saying her people had received sympathy but not justice and protection.

After Mukwege was named the joint winner of the prize in October, he called on the DRC’s “illegal and illegitimate” government to quit, accusing it of perpetuating the violence and failing to protect women.

Elections are set to be held later this month.

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Public-Private Partnership Begins Work to End Hepatitis C the hepatitis C virus, different than the viruses that cause hepatitis A and B. The virus, for which there is no vaccine, often goes unnoticed since most people who contract it will not show symptoms until they develop long-term complications. Acute hepatitis C typically occurs within six months of exposure and symptoms include fever, fatigue, dark urine, nausea, vomiting and jaundice.

By José A. Álvarez County of San Diego Communications Office

The goal is lofty. But the work has begun.

Last week, the steering committee of the Eliminate Hepatitis C San Diego County Initiative met for the first time, an initial step in the effort to reduce new infections of hepatitis C by 80 percent and deaths by 65 percent over the next 12 years.

Spearheaded by the County Health and Human Services Agency and the American Liver Foundation-Pacific Coast Division, the committee, comprised of members from the public and private medical community, met to begin developing recommendations to accomplish this ambitious goal.

“By joining forces and strengthening our local efforts, we expect to eliminate this curable disease as a public health threat and improve longevity and quality of life for people living with hepatitis C,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer.

“Most people with hepatitis C might not be aware of their infection because they do not feel ill,” said Scott Suckow, executive director of the American Liver Foundation-Pacific Coast Division, which promotes liver health and disease prevention through research, education and advocacy for those affected by liver-related diseases, including hepatitis.

Over time, most people (75 to 85 percent) infected with hepatitis C will develop chronic infection. Complications begin to appear 20 to 30 years after contracting the virus, with roughly 20 percent of people with chronic hepatitis C going on to develop cirrhosis and, in some cases, cancer of the liver.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 3.5 million people in the United States are estimated to have chronic hepatitis C and approximately 18,000 people died in 2016 from hepatitis C-related liver disease, a figure which the CDC believes is an underestimate.

Last year, 3,112 new cases of hepatitis C cases were reported in San Diego County. Hepatitis C is listed as an underlying cause of death annually in 70 to 100 deaths in the region.

Hepatitis C is a serious liver disease caused by

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Former San Diego Chargers’ Youth Football Team Wins National Championship

San Diego Balboa Raiders 10U National Champions finishing with an undefeated year: #34 Curtis Jr, #21 Grant, #4 Cooper, #11 Parks, #6 Farinas, #2 Arrington, #51 Mays, #99 Williams, #3 Perkins, #1 Williams, #10 Wilson, #7 Burns, #9 Sherrell, #5 Rocha, #56 Johnson, #55 Alvarado, #8 Petties-Davis, #19 Davis, #22 Smith, #24 Holloway, #60 Hardeman, #45 Friend, #88 Carter, #81 Garcia, #62 Sherrell, #53 Arauz, #77 Contreras

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“Fast, Physical, and Disciplined” is their motto, as No. 81 Jesus Garcia gets the job done as right tackle.

Article and photos courtesy of Kim Carter Esq.

The San Diego Youth Football Balboa Raiders (10 U) team led by former San Diego Charger Linebacker Stephen Cooper has completed an undefeated year and has won first place in the American Youth Football League’s National Competition.

The team competed at the National Competition the first week of December in Kissimmee, Florida, beating the No. 7 ranked Showcase Sharks from Washington, DC and the No. 3 ranked Southfield Falcons out of Michigan to earn a place in the Championship game against the Houston Southside Ducks, fighting for the No. 1 ranking in the nation.

The Balboa Raiders beat the Southside Ducks 27 – 7. The Raiders are an impressive team led by Cooper whose motto is to play “Fast, Physical, and Disciplined,” which is evident by their impressive record having only lost seven games over the past six years. This season, the Raiders only allowed 13 points to be scored against them in competition and have completed a perfect undefeated year.They are the team to watch in the years to come amongst San Diego Youth Sports. San Diego can be proud of these young athletes.

The hardworking youth received a loving welcome when they returned home from Florida Saturday, December 8th at Lindbergh Field San Diego Airport. The public can support the Balboa Raiders efforts on and off the field by visiting balboaraiders.com

San Diego’s Balboa Raiders 10U team with Head Coach Stephen Cooper are American Youth Football National Champions in 10 and under (10U) Division.

The San Diego Balboa Raiders 10U offensive and defensive line are true warriors shown here with Coach Enrique Rocha.

San Diego’s Balboa Raiders 10U volunteer coaching staff are second to none.

Salutes our new Chief of Staff, Dr. Jerome Robinson

Probation Department Shows Appreciation to Foster Families

By Yvette Urrea Moe County of San Diego Communications Office

Parenting is always work and being a foster parent to a teenager who is on probation comes with its own challenges. The County wants parents stepping up to this responsibility to know they are not alone, and the County has resources to help. That was the resounding message at a recent parent appreciation and recruitment dinner hosted by the San Diego County Probation Department.

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Chief Probation Officer Adolfo Gonzales told the group, which included foster parents and families who had expressed an interest in learning more about the program, that he identifies with foster children. He told them he lived with his aunt for three years after moving to the United States from Mexico. She and other family were a strong support system that allowed him to succeed.

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“Foster kids can accomplish a lot. Having someone who cares and supports you goes a long way,” said Gonzales. “We need more foster parents because we have more kids, boys and girls, that have a need. And the ones that are here, that already have a foster kid, we want

Former foster child Omar Passons, the director of Integrative Services for the County’s Health and Human Services Agency, spoke with and thanked new and potential foster families of teenagers in the criminal justice system.

them to talk about their experience. The new people that we’re trying to bring on board, we want them to understand what it takes. It’s a lot of work to go through the county and the state to become a foster parent, but the rewards and satisfaction you get out of it makes it worth it.”

Chrystal Sweet, division chief of the Probation’s Placement Unit, said all new foster families now must complete a resource family approval process, which includes training with an See FAMILIES page 15

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Lemon Grove Annual

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Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer

Photos By Mike Norris

This year marked the 21st year of the City of Lemon Grove’s annual bonfire. The event was founded in 1997 by former Mayor Mary Sessions.

Civic Center Park had been built as a means of providing the town with a park near its center.

Then Mayor Sessions thought the bonfire was an excellent means of bringing the people of the city together, especially during the Christmas holidays. According to Lemon Grove Historical Society President, Helen Ofield, this was the first year that Mary Sessions was unable to attend.

Initially, about 150 people attended, according to Helen Ofield. Over the years the numbers have grown and this year, as with last year, there were over 7,000 people in attendance. The increase in numbers is perhaps an additional reflection of the diversity the City has grown in with its first African American Mayor, in the person of Raquel Vasquez.

Lemon Grove Mayor Racquel Vasquez and Lemon Grove Historical Society President Helen O’Field

In addition to the bonfire, there were wagon rides with Clydesdale horses and an ice arena for ice skating just for that one evening. This was located on Olive Street. The people in attendance have reflected the growing changes in the Lemon Grove community. This year represented the 20th year that the weather has been good for the event since the first gathering in 1997, which was almost rained out.

Helen Ofield said, “The Historical Society puts the “C” in Christmas. Because it is a private nonprofit organization, its able to have Santa and do and say all the things about “Christmas” that governmental organizations can’t.” She said there are a number of nonprofit organizations that get involved providing hot chocolate and other items for small donations to cover their costs. It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The pictures here convey the joy and fun of the City of Lemon Grove Bonfire.

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This fictitious business name will expire on November 06, 2023 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018-9028842 Fictitious business name: ACRU JANITORIAL SERVICE Located at: 4910 Almayo Street San Diego, CA County of San Diego, 92117 The business is conducted by: An Individual The Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under this name above.

This business is hereby registered by the following: Richard Angelo Russell 4910 Almayo Street San Diego, CA 92117 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 19, 2018.

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This fictitious business name will expire on November 14, 2023 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018-9028424 Fictitious business name: BITE-AWAY TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL, INC. BITE-AWAY Located at:

926 S. Andreasen #110 Escondido, CA County of San Diego, 92029 The business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 7/11/05 This business is hereby registered by the following: Bite-Away Termite and Pest Control, Inc. 926 S. Andreasen #110 Escondido, CA 92029 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 15, 2018.

This fictitious business name will expire on November 15, 2023 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018-9027956 Fictitious business name: BEST HOSPITALITY STAFFING AGENCY Located at: 425 E. Bradley #83 El Cajon, CA County of San Diego, 92021 The business is conducted by: A General Partnership The Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under this name above.

This business is hereby registered by the following: Sharnay Tania Horne 425 E. Bradley #83 El Cajon, CA 92021 and Marcus Antoine Singleton 425 E. Bradley #83 El Cajon, CA 92021 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 7, 2018.

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This business is hereby registered by the following: Mary Elizabeth Chea 3176 Indian Fig Dr. San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 15, 2018.

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ING Date: February 7, 2018 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

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

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Lemon Grove, CA 91945 and Ronnie L. Jenkins 6767 Doriana Street San Diego, CA 92139 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 09, 2018.

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This business is hereby registered by the following: Alfonso Nicolas Lopez 10030 Holborn Street Santee, CA 92071 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 20, 2018.

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NAME CHANGE California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2018-00059582CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Duy Phuc Nguyen TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Duy Phuc Nguyen filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Duy Phuc Nguyen PROPOSED NAME: Josh Nguyen THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 31, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Danetta Kyerra Trammell filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Danetta Kyerra Trammell PROPOSED NAME: Danetta Kyerra Braswell THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 31, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

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

12/13, 12/20, 12/27, 1/3/19 ----------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2018-00058555CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Charles Michel TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Carlos Michel filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Carlos Michel PROPOSED NAME: Charles Matthew Michel THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 24, 2019 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept. 903, The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101.

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

12/13, 12/20, 12/27, 1/3/19 ----------------------------------California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2018-00060608CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Nadia Ayub TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Nadia Ayub filed a petition with this court for decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Nadia Ayub PROPOSED NAME: Nadia Kean-Ayub THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court hearing to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted: NOTICE OF HEAR-

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CITATION Superior Court of California, County of San Diego Central Division 2851 Meadow Lark, San Diego, CA 92123 CITATION FOR FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL Case Number: A62777 IN THE MATTER OF Abel O. Vera Ojeda and Alejandro O. Vera Ojeda Date of Birth 6/30/2008, 1/17/2012 A MINOR

To: Abel Vera Campos You are advised that you are required to appear in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego, in Department 9 at the court location indciated above on DECEMBER 14, 2018 at 9:00 A.M. to show cause, if you have any, why (names) Abel O. Vera Ojeda and Alejandro O. Vera Ojeda

minor(s) should not be declared free from parental custody and control (*for the purpose of placement for adoption) as requested in the petition.

You are advised that if the parent(s) are present at the time and place above state the judge will read the petition and, if requested, may explain the effect of the granting of the petition adn, if requested, the judge shall explain any term or allegation contained therein and the nature of the proceeding, its pocedures and possible consquences and may continue the matteer for not more than 30 days for the appointment of counsel or to give counsel time to prepare.

The court may appoint counsel to represent the minor whether or not the minor is able to afford counsel. If any parent appears and is unable to afford counsel, the court shall appoint counsel to represent each parent who appears unless such representation is knowingly and intelligently waived.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in tis matter, you should do so promptly so that your pleading, if any, may be filed on time.

Date: October 12, 2018 Clerk of the Suprior Court

by A. Garza, Deputy Attorney or Party Without Attorney Alfredo Salazar 360 S. Meadowbrook, Dr. Apt. #C San Diego, CA 92114 (619) 305-5115 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13

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NOTICE OF HEARING California County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Case Number: 37-2018-00032228-CU-PACTL NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Mohamed Mukhtar Omar, Time Express, LLC; and DOES 1 to 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDDO EL DEMANDANTE): Francis L. Barrett and Mary Barrett

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PROBATE PETITIONER: MARY BARRETT RESPONDENT: TIME EXPRESS, LLC NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decided against you without your being heard unless you respond with in 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the Californa Courts Online SelfHelp Center (ww.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on tiime, you may lose the case bydefault,and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an nattorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or artbitation award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

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after his historic conviction. For Black Chicago, it was the trial of the century, a moment they had been waiting for a long time,” he said.

Police shootings of African Americans also include the following: James Burns is charged with felony murder in the June 2016 death of Deravis Caine Rogers, 22. Prosecutors say Burns was responding to a suspicious person call when the white Atlanta police officer fired shots into a car driven by Rogers, killing him. The Atlanta police chief fired Burns soon after the shooting, following an internal investigation that determined Burns used unnecessary and excessive force.

Dominique Heaggan-Brown, a Black Milwaukee police officer, was acquitted in June 2017 of firstdegree reckless homicide after shooting 23-year-old Sylville Smith during a foot chase in August 2016.

Heaggan-Brown was fired after unrelated sexualassault allegations surfaced, according to the AP. He later pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution.

Peter Liang, a rookie police officer in Brooklyn, New York, was convicted of manslaughter in 2016 in the November 2014 death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley.

Liang, an American of Chinese descent, said he was patrolling a public housing high-rise with his gun drawn when a sound startled him, and he fired

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An estimated 486,000 (1 in 7) people in San Diego County experienced food insecurity in 2016, according to the San Diego Hunger Coalition. SDCE serves nearly 40,000 students annually across 7 campuses located across San Diego Communities from Barrio

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emphasis on trauma-informed care and available community resources. The dinner was held to celebrate their accomplishment and to give them an opportunity to develop a strong peer support network.

Probation invited Omar Passons, the director of Integrative Services for the County’s Health and Human Services Agency and himself a former foster child, to speak to families. He opened up about his childhood, explaining that his mother suffered from mental illness, was disabled and could not care for him.

He was put into the foster care system at 10 months old.

Passons told the families he could have turned out differently. What made a difference to him growing up was people making time for him when he was interested in learning about something. Among those who supported him were his own foster parents, and he was honored to be among other foster parents that evening.

“It is so fundamentally important for a young person to have some place where they feel like they belong, even

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was charged after investigators said his story about whether he saw or believed he saw a gun in Rose’s hand changed during his interview. His trial is scheduled for Feb. 26.

Roy Oliver was convicted of murder in the August 2017 death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Oliver, a white police officer in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs, fired into a car packed with Black teenagers who were leaving a house party.

Edwards was fatally shot. Oliver said he thought his partner was in danger as the car drove by. But his partner told jurors he didn’t fear for his life.

Betty Shelby, a white Tulsa officer, was acquitted of manslaughter after shooting 40-year-old Terence Crutcher in September 2016. Crutcher was unarmed.

Shelby resigned from the Tulsa Police Department and later went to work for a neighboring sheriff’s office, according to the AP.

Ryan Pownall was charged with criminal homicide in September for the 2017 death of 30-year-old David Jones, who was shot in the back as he fled. A judge in October reduced the charges from first-degree to thirddegree murder, which will not require prosecutors to prove the killing was premeditated. Pownall, who is white, was fired from the Philadelphia police force last year after a grand jury’s recommendation said that Jones was not a threat at the time and that Pownall violated several policies including firing his weapon toward cars waiting at a traffic light.

Michael Rosfeld, an officer with the East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is charged with criminal homicide in the June 19 shooting death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. after the teen fled from a traffic stop. The white officer

Michael Slager pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges after killing 50-year-old Walter Scott in 2015.

The white North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer fired at Scott’s back from 17 feet (5 meters) away.

Five of eight bullets hit him. Attorneys for Slager said he shot Scott in self-defense after the two fought and Scott grabbed Slager’s stun gun. Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2017. An appeal is pending.

Raymond Tensing, a white University of Cincinnati police officer, was tried twice for murder after killing Samuel DuBose, whom he pulled over for driving without a front license plate in 2015. DuBose was unarmed. The jury was hung both times, and the charges were dismissed. Tensing received $350,000 from the university when he agreed to resign.

Logan to Miramar. The location at ECC for the SDCE’s Farm to Family Fair will distribute from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and shoppers will receive a complimentary SDCE tote bag to store their fresh produce.

The free mobile health fair will take place from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m.. A broad range of health and social services including Kaiser Permanente Mobile Health Vehicle, Jackie Robinson Family YMCA, Mental Health America, SDCE’s Cal works department, Health and Human Services Agency and Project New Village were

in attendance on December 5th 2018.

Special guest for this event included: Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Chancellor Constance M. Carroll, Ph.D., City Councilmembers Monica Montgomery, Georgette Gomez, Maria Nieto Senour, Ph.D. President of the San Diego Community College District, District Attorney Summer Stephan and Dr. Suzanne Affalo, Md. Mr. Robert Tambuzi brought remarks from Project New Village.

if it’s only for a year or two years or five years and not a child’s whole life. Knowing that you have a firm place with a foothold can change the course of somebody’s life,” Passons added. “So, for people who are thinking ‘I’ve lived a good life’ or ‘I just really feel called to do this,’ there’s a path for that and it can really make a difference –and it’s not a thing where they have to do it alone.”

Among those families in the room were the grandparents of a 17-year-old boy who will soon complete a court-ordered treatment that combines academics with counseling related to his issues. After that, he will come live with them again.

“Our experience with the Probation office and with the social workers has been really good,” the grandfather said. He said the program has turned things around for their grandson, who plans to work as a certified medical nurse and take community college classes to become an emergency medical technician.

the right program for their grandson, gave them regular updates on his progress and arranged visits to the school, as well as set up classes for him and his wife to take to become his foster parents.

Often, some families are apprehensive of fostering teenagers who have had some criminal involvement.

Providing loving and supportive home environments can help steer these youth to long-term success.

The San Diego County Probation Department understands the challenges involved and assists the families with attending training that provide a strong support program for its foster families that includes trauma-informed classes and a network of support involving their officers and other foster families.

For more information on becoming a foster parent, visit the County’s Foster and Adoptive Resource Family Services web page or call (858) 694-4627.

The grandfather said Probation helped them choose

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Most cases are likely undiagnosed, and rates of hepatitis C-related complications are expected to increase over the next several years.”-Wilma Wooten, County public health officer

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Most cases of hepatitis C transmission occur through exposure to small quantities of blood, primarily among people who inject drugs. While the virus is not typically transmitted through sexual practices, recent studies have shown that sexual transmission does occur, particularly among HIV-positive people. Additionally, hepatitis C has been detected in people from other countries who contracted it through unsafe injection practices or health care.

Baby boomers are at higher risk of having hepatitis C, especially those born between 1945 and 1965. Some of these people may have been infected through contaminated blood and blood products before widespread screening of the blood supply for hepatitis C began in 1992.

Who should be tested for hepatitis C? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that the following groups of people be tested for hepatitis C: Everyone born between 1945 and 1965.

Current or former injection drug users, including those who injected only once many years ago.

Recipients of clotting factor concentrates made before 1987, when less advanced methods for manufacturing those products were used.

People who got blood transfusions or solid organ transplants prior to July 1992, before better testing of blood donations became available.

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People with known exposures to hepatitis C, such as health care workers after needle sticks involving hepatitis C-positive blood and recipients of blood or organs from a donor who tested positive for the hepatitis c virus.

People with HIV infection.

Children born to mothers with hepatitis C. Testing for hepatitis C is also recommended for incarcerated people, those who use intranasal drugs and people who got body art from an unlicensed tattoo parlor.

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