Vol. 60 No. 25, Thursday, June 18, 2020

PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE

60

th

PAID

Anniversary

www/facebook.com/ SDVoiceandViewpoint

PERMIT NO 585 SAN DIEGO, CA

@VoiceViewpoint

¢ 50 Plus Tax “People Without a Voice

Thursday June Vol. Vol. 57 60No. No.35 25 | Thursday, August 18,31, 2020 2017

www.sdvoice.info

COVID-19

UPDATES

– see page 7

Remember

Juneteenth

and Why We

Celebrate

Cannot be Heard”

Serving Serving San Diego SanCounty’s Diego County’s African & African AfricanAmerican & African Communities American57Communities Years 60 Years

CELEBRATING SOME OF OUR 2020 GRADS – see page 8

Three

HAPPY RETIREMENT DAVID MONROE! – see page 9

Grisly Hanging Deaths

Hark Back to Lynchings Past

By Ebone Monet and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media

Author and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a staunch crusader against lynching at the turn of the last century, would likely have been included among the hundreds of thousands of people calling for a thorough investigation into recent hanging deaths of two Black men in California and another in New York.

See HANGINGS page 2

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY PASSES

BILL TO SET UP REPARATIONS TASK FORCE

By Tanu Henry California Black Media

On June 12, the California Assembly voted 61-12 to approve AB 3121.

The “reparations” bill calls for the creation of a task force to study and propose ideas for how African Americans in California can be compensated for slavery and its “after lives,” as the author of the legislation, Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), describes the Jim Crow laws and other forms of injustice and state-sanctioned discrimination that have existed in the United States from 1865 until now.

By Dr. John E. Warren Voice & Viewpoint Publisher

News of the Emancipation proclamation signed by President Lincoln, freeing the slaves, took two and a half years to reach Texas. History reflects that by the time General Gordon Granger arrived in Texas with the announcement on June 19, 1865, President Lincoln was dead, the Confederate Capitol at Richmond had fallen and the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery had passed the Congress.

The announcement did not bring instant freedom to all slaves. It encouraged plantation owners to keep them on as paid employees and encouraged ex-slaves to remain in their locations as hired help. There were more than 250,000 slaves in Texas at the time.

Some owners delayed the news until after harvest. Hardships of daily life continued for most ex-slaves. Freedom was just a word without support once the federal troops left the south.

See BILL page 2

STATE SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS REVERSED,

SDUSD TO REOPEN IN FALL

BLM FOUNDER FINDS

HOPE IN GLOBAL PROTESTS OVER FLOYD MURDER

Most ex-slaves didn’t know the exact date that General Granger brought the announcement to Galveston, Texas. They knew it was one of the “teenths, 16, 17, 18 19,” so they called it “Juneteenth” to be sure. The marking of this day of liberation, Juneteenth, spread as freedmen and women moved to other states taking the memory of the observance of this date with them.

When the Poor People’s March on Washington, D.C. in 1968 fell short of its goal, organizers Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Mrs. Coretta Scott King decided to end it on June 19, 1968, which coincided with the first Juneteenth celebration in Texas.

In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday. Since then, 41 other states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday or holiday observance. By 2008, 45 of the 50th U.S. states had recognized Juneteenth as either a state holiday or ceremonial holiday, a day of observance. But the end of legal slavery in the United States and other countries around the world has not meant the end of slavery. It is estimated today that as many as 40.3 million people around the world are victims of modern slavery.

Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. posted the following words on The Root in his observance of Juneteenth: “Of all Emancipation Day observances, Juneteenth falls closest to the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, when the sun, at its zenith, defies the darkness in every state, including those once shadowed by slavery. By choosing to celebrate the last place in the South that freedom touched, we remember the shining promise of emancipation, along with the bloody path America took by delaying it and deferring fulfillment of those simple, unanticipated words in Gen. Granger’s original order No. 3: “This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves.”

In the last three decades, more and more attention has been given to Juneteenth with a view toward getting Congressional approval for a national day of observance. Much of this work is being carried on by the National Junethneeth Observance Foundaton.

BLM Garza Alicia Photo by The Sun Reporter Photo Courtesy of Cal Matters

By Gail Berkley The Sun Reporter

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire California legislators passed a budget that reverses $15 billion in proposed cuts to education. San Diego Unified, the state’s second-largest district, said the move clears the way for a reopening of its physical facilities in the fall. However, district leaders said additional action by the federal government will be required in order for schools to operate for the full school year.

For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, the widespread global protests and activism that followed the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man,

by Minnesota police have been heartening — and they make her feel hopeful for the future. At the same time, she said, “It’s bittersweet that it takes someone being murdered on camera to get to the point of conversation that we’re in.”

See SDUSD page 2

See BLM page 2

2

Thursday, June 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

ARTICLE CONTINUATION HangingS: continued from page 1

Los Angeles County called in California state Attorney General Xavier Becerra to keep an eye on the investigation of a Palmdale man found hanging from a tree last week. Although local authorities have listed suicide as the likely cause of death in both instances, people in California and across the county are demanding more transparency in the investigations of the separate hanging deaths of the African American men.

On May 31, San Bernardino Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a man found hanging from a tree in Victorville, a desert city nearly 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles. On June 13, authorities released information identifying the man, who was homeless, as 38-year-old Malcolm Harsch. He died at a makeshift encampment for unsheltered people where officials believed he lived, close to Victorville City Library.

It took the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office 10 days to release information about Harsch’s death.

The delay in releasing information about this case is the crux of many complaints being lodged against law enforcement in San Bernardino County. People are incredulous about authorities preliminarily deciding that Harsch’s hanging was a suicide. The comment sections of the Sheriff’s social media accounts include calls for investigators to release more information about the case People are also questioning if Harsch was lynched.

About 52 miles away, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating another hanging in Palmdale. Saturday people gathered at Poncitlán Square park near a tree outside of City Hall. That is where 24-year-old Robert Fuller’s body was found hanging on Wednesday June 10.

Last Friday, authorities in Palmdale told people who crowed into a City Council meeting on Friday that there is no security footage from outside of city hall.

Activists are also calling on the New York Police Department to conduct a deeper investigation into the death of an unidentified Black man who authorities say died from another apparent suicide. He was discovered hanging from a tree in a park in the Inwood neighborhood of northern Manhattan near the Hudson River during the early morning hours of June 9. Investigators in New York are conducting an autopsy to get to the root of his cause of death.

On Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced that State Attorney General Xavier Becerra will “monitor” the Fuller investigation. On Twitter Villanueva described his choice to bring in Becerra as part of his “commitment to transparency.” On Monday, Becerra told California Black Media he dispatched a team of investigators to Palmdale.

“They will assess what has been done so far by the local investigators, with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, and we will assist moving forward,” said Becerra. “We are an independent agency and our work we do on behalf of the Department of Justice — and we will do that as best we can.”

A “Justice for Robert Fuller” petition has nearly reached its 300,000-signature goal. Petition organizers question if Fuller was possibly the victim of a lynching. They cite heightened emotions caused by recent Black Lives Matters (BLM) protests as a possible factor. Hundreds of people reportedly took part in Palmdale BLM demonstration a week prior to Fuller’s death.

Despite creating some traffic issues, authorities say the demonstrations were peaceful.

City officials have backpedaled since initially saying that Fuller’s death was likely a suicide.

Over the weekend Fuller’s family and supporters held rallies to demand an independent investigation into his death. They reject the suicide claim presented by the Sheriff’s office. Instead, in the Change.org petition they point to the community’s past “history of racism and

SDUSD:

reopening safely. The budget passed by the Legislature includes all of those changes. Discussions are still ongoing for a final compromise.

continued from page 1

San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten and Board President John Lee Evans joined five large districts across the state to oppose the proposed education cuts in May, warning schools would need more funding -- not less -- to reopen safely this fall in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The district had urged the Legislature to reverse the cuts and offer additional funding to address both student learning loss and the cost of

BLM: continued from page 1

“I was horrified,” Garza said of viewing the video of Floyd’s life being taken by a White police officer with his knee on Floyd’s neck. “Every time a Black person is murdered by police there is something disturbing about it.” She added, in this case, “Just the callousness of it; and him calling for his mother. There’s just so much in there that’s horrifying. It’s just a brutal reminder of how Black lives don’t matter in this country.”

Garza, who lives in Oakland, is Strategy and Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Principal at the Black Futures Lab. Seeing Black Lives Matter (BLM) signs held by protestors in all 50 states, including in many small towns with few Black residents, Garza said, “It’s humbling to see it and to have been a small part of it.” She is heartened that people are awakening.

Garza said she is also pleased that many celebrities who have large platforms are using them now to push for change. She said the Black Futures Lab has a strategy for helping celebrities to use their platforms for the movement. “When they use their platforms to activate people, it’s an important way to save our democracy. It makes us active and engaged participants.”

“I got to take over Selena Gomez’ Instagram last week. It was awesome.” She said people are really hungry for information. “We’ve been doing a lot of work and talk about what’s going on.

When folks like Selena do that, it engages people in issues of our time. I plan to work with her

To prepare for the reopening of schools within the next 10 weeks, the Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified school districts announced on June 15 a purchasing pact to save

negligence.” The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that Victorville and the surrounding county is home to several anti-government and anti-immigration hate groups. In 2012, a man was found hanging from an electric wire in an incident police believed was a suicide. Still, Victor Valley News reports that San Bernardino Sheriff’s officials said there is no indication of foul play.

A similar online petition is gaining signatures for Malcolm Harsch. Twenty-three thousand people have signed petitions to seek a thorough investigation. The Harsch family told Victor Valley News that law enforcement’s assessment of suicide possibly linked to the coronavirus was off base.

“He didn’t seem to be depressed to anyone who truly knew him. Everyone who knew our brother was shocked to hear that he allegedly hung himself and don’t believe it to be true as well as the people who were there when his body was discovered. The explanation of suicide does not seem plausible,” it reads, Sheriff Villanueva scheduled a virtual town hall on Monday. He said residents can talk with law enforcement and get more information about the case. In both Palmdale and Victorville authorities say the investigations are ongoing.

Lynching is defined as a form of violence in which mobs, consisting mostly of non-Black people in the Deep South states, executed a person without the fairness of a jury trial. This practice soared after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in 1865 and continued for about 100 years. Graphic photos of lynchings, many in a spectator setting, still circulate in various forms of media, including U.S. postal cards. The National Memorial For Peace and Justice (NMPJ) in Montgomery, Ala., is the first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people and Black people terrorized by lynching.

To sign a petition demanding justice for Malcolm Harsch, visit https://www.change.org/p/ victorville-justice-for-malcom-harsch.

“With the action taken today, California has used every funding mechanism at our disposal,” said Board President John Lee Evans. “Now, it is time for the federal government to do its fair share. The Covid-19 pandemic is a national emergency that warrants a national response. The federal government simply cannot leave an entire generation of school students to fend for themselves in the face of this growing tragedy.”

money on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other new requirements. The alliance will save both time and money, according to Superintendents Beutner and Marten. “The clock is ticking and the new school year is now less than 10 weeks away,” the Superintendents said.

San Diego Unified has joined with Los Angeles Unified and other districts in calling on the federal government to provide additional relief to offset the pressure created by the economic downtown.

through this election cycle.” Garza said she will also be taking over Lady Gaga’s social media in the coming week. “We’re really focused on transferring this energy into political power.”

and tear gas being used -we pay for that. Are we keeping people safe? We’ve been defunding the Black community for a long time.”

She said it’s important to change the people who are making the rules and those who aren’t enforcing the rules. She cited as an example the recent election in Georgia where voters in predominantly Black areas waited hours to vote. The Movement for Black Lives is not just about police violence. It’s about how Black lives are devalued.

Black Lives Matter is an opportunity for us to recognize and uphold the right to humanity and dignity for Black people. She said Black people also have to work “to remove the negatives we’ve internalized about ourselves....For people who are not Black, there’s also work to do.” She said it’s not only about changing the rules, but also about a culture shift. “That’s what I think we’re seeing now. It’s going to take all of us staying committed,” she said.

She said the millions joining protests following the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Auberry and Breonna Taylor were sparked by “a powder keg waiting to happen...People are mad about a lot of stuff. We’re all tender right now. It’s an election year. We find ourselves in a global pandemic. The lack of human touch… and being able to gather. Because of that we also have the expansion of an economic crisis. Not only are people trying to stay healthy, they’re trying to pay their bills.”

“What we can all agree on is that policing is not serving the people that they’re supposed to serve. When we’re afraid of the police, that’s not serving. Whenever I see tanks, rubber bullets,

“Defund the Police” is a controversial slogan that has been held by some protestors. Garza said that slogan comes from the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition that includes BLM. “This work is something many organizations have been doing for many years,” she said.

“It’s really about getting a handle on how we’re spending our money,” Garza said. She cited the fact that education funds have been cut, the postal service is near bankrupt, and thousands of homeless are living on the streets. “We’re using police to deal with homeless. You don’t send a nurse to deal with a drug cartel.”

“We did the largest survey of Black America in 2018 - The Black Census Project,” Garza said.

“The overwhelming majority said in the past six months they’d had a negative experience with the police.”

She said what she supports is “limiting the size, scope and role police play in our communities.

Police also need consequences when harm is enacted. Police unions are a huge, huge issue.

They block transparency for officers.” Speaking of another campaign that’s getting national attention, Project Zero’s 8 That Can’t Wait, Garza cautioned, “We have to be wary of things that are a quick fix.”

She said “8 That Can’t Wait,” a campaign that pushes proposals for police reforms, “doesn’t deal with the real issue here: nobody should be above the law...Public safety is not about bloated police budgets. It’s about expanding the safety net for Black people,” she concluded.

Bill: continued from page 1

“The bill would require the task force to recommend, among other things, the appropriate mechanism for redress as it pertains to California’s role in the enslavement of Black people,” Weber read in a statement at the bill’s hearing to her colleagues on the California state Assembly floor.

The California state Senate is now reviewing the bill and is expected to vote on it by June 25.

If the bill passes the Senate and Gov. Newsom signs it into law, the state will appoint and commission an eight-member task force comprised of people from different backgrounds.

The team would lead the study that defines what reparations should look like and who would be eligible to receive compensation.

“Until the end of the U.S. Civil War, California city and county law enforcement authorities enforced a contract labor system, allowing slave holders to effectively hold persons in bondage,” Weber said. “In other words, California state, county and city authorities actively supported the institution of Black slavery both within and beyond California.”

In May, the Assembly Judiciary committee voted yes on the bill. Nearly a month later, the Appropriations committee passed it, too, before it moved to the Assembly floor for a full vote last week.

“It’s time we took an honest look at our history. This is not about pointing fingers. It’s about getting to the truth.

African Americans have loved this country, and we have served it, and we have contributed to its might as much as every other American,” said Hardy Brown, the founder of California Black Media.

“We are not making this up. The history is all there. City councils, state legislatures and the federal government crafted racist laws and adapted racially-biased public policies that deliberately excluded African Americans,” Brown continued. “They erected legal barriers that held us back and robbed us of economic opportunities that were afforded others for centuries — both here in California and across this land.”

Standing with Weber, all the other members of the California Legislative Black Caucus co-sponsored AB 3121. They are Senator Steven Bradford (D-Los Angeles), the group’s vice chair; Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles); Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), secretary; Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Sacramento), treasurer; Assemblymember Chris R. Holden (D-Pasadena); Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Los Angeles); Assemblymember Autumn Burke (D-South Bay, Los Angeles); Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D- South Los Angeles); Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento).

“Justice requires that those who have been treated unjustly need the means to make themselves whole again,” Weber told her colleagues.

Twelve of the 17 Republican members of the state Assembly voted no on the bill.

They are Assemblymembers Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals); Bill Brough (R-Dana Point); Steven Choi (R-Irvine); Jordan Cunningham (R-Paso Robles); Megan Dahle (R-Bieber); James Gallagher (R-Yuba City); Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin); Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale); Devon Mathis (R-Visalia); Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake); Jim Patterson (R-Fresno); and Randy Voepel (R-Santee).

The Assembly Republicans have not issued a formal statement opposing AB 3121. However, Joshua Hoover, Kiley’s chief of staff, has said that he believes a discussion about reparations for slavery should happen on the federal level.

www.sdvoice.info

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

• Thursday, JUNE 18, 2020

3

EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION EDITORIAL:

The Rub

The 4th District Councilmember,

The Community and The Police

By Dr. Margaret Fortune

real question now concerning San Diego Police is how are they spending what they have?

As I write this column, there are two stay-at-home orders in effect in major cities across California due to sickness — one for the coronavirus and the other for racism.

Do we need the number of Assistant Chiefs that now occupy the 7th Floor of the San Diego Police Department? In the midst of a budget crisis, did the

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

Last week San Diego Fourth District City Council member Monica Montgomery cast a vote that stands out as wrong to both her District and the moral attitude of this nation. She voted in support of the City Council, giving $27 million of CARES funds to the San Diego Police Department Budget. At first blush, this looks like the right move for the city to many.

Why? Because the Police Department has been bleeding officers to retirement, and movement to other municipalities offering better pay. Some have gone to the Sheriff’s Department, or National City or Chula Vista. Over a year ago the city made a pledge to offer increases to the Police Officers Association (POA). But much has changed since that discussion, as evidenced by protests against police actions both nationally and locally. There is a community outcry over funding the police. The

The country is convulsing with civil unrest because we all watched George Floyd murdered by the police on camera with a casual brutality that has become emblematic of the troubled relationship between Black Americans and police authority. Every generation has their story.

City look at a zero-based budget approach to reviewing the police department as opposed to being concerned about meeting the demands of the Police Union? These are the questions that Council Member Montgomery should have been asking, if she didn’t do so during the budget discussions. Her “No” vote might not have been popular with her fellow council members, but then, they did not elect her.

I was a student at UC Berkeley during the 1992 Rodney King protests. Having just been elected student body president, I led a protest that resulted in the shutdown of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. I remember being hauled off the freeway by two burley California Highway Patrol officers. Breaking down in tears, I felt far less emboldened than my chanting betrayed. The police let me go so I went to the offices of the Daily Cal to write a column, but I couldn’t put the words on the page to express how I felt. I sat there dumbstruck and frustrated, stinking from protesting in the streets.

Instead of proposing a Department of Race and Equity and accepting a $3 million dollar token from the Mayor, the council member should have pushed for some of that $27 or $20 million dollars going to the police to be redirected to some of the summer jobs for our unemployed youth within existing departments and agencies of the city government; more dollars to Parks and Recreation for the difficult summer ahead and real dollars for small minority businesses (Black businesses in particular) to reopen. The Mayor was wrong to give those dollars to the police and even if 6 votes are required to override a veto by him, better to start with one then to get on board the wrong train.

Now, as another generation protests police brutality, I believe things have gotten worse, not better with this national problem. The longer you live as a Black person in America, the more you

COMMENTARY:

Faith and Common-Sense,

“I was Just Thinking” Fannie Mae Miles Bradford, at 89, has experienced more in her lifetime than many of the government officials who are advising us about our lives today. So, Mrs. Bradford is approaching the coronavirus scare with similar stamina that has seen her through many nerve shattering eras.

Born December 15, 1930, the Dallas native lived through World War II, the Korean War, Viet Nam War, Civil Rights conflicts, news of various assassinations including President John Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., polio epidemic, Ebola, HIV/AIDS outbreak, 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Columbia space shuttle disaster.

Also, she remembers a series of fatal shootings at schools, a rash of fatal police shootings of African American men, the joy of witnessing the nation’s first African American president, tarnished by the return of racial conflicts after our current President’s campaign to build a wall to keep out undocumented immigrants.

Mrs. Bradford, a retired Dallas schoolteacher and long-time minister’s wife, said it was faith and

By Larry Price NLOB President & CEO

Dear Friends:

“Concerning the virus, I take all suggested precautions — and then I use common sense.” On the door of her room at a senior adult residence in Mesquite, hangs the Psalms 23:1 scripture that is part of her regular conversation, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” And she takes advantage of any opportunity to sing her favorite song, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.”

We have all seen the devastation caused

by COVID-19. Currently, many people in the San Diego community are suffering because of job loss, school closures and food shortages. Our veteran community is not exempt from these effects. Veterans served as the first line of defense for our Country, and as a result, they were exposed to situations most of us cannot imagine, even after seeing virtual images on the news. The current crisis is hitting veterans and their families particularly hard.

I was just thinking… “What molds a person to form a thick skin against calamity such as coronavirus?” In Mrs. Bradford’s case, her early path was cemented by Christian values. She grew up in the fabled Mill City Dallas neighborhood and the Greater Bethlehem Baptist Church in the area.

The purpose of Never Leave One Behind (NLOB) for over two decades is ensuring the well-being of veterans in San Diego County. We are a non-profit 501(c)3 organization (EIN# 454436861). We are fully staffed by unpaid volunteers and are dedicated and committed to providing veterans with benefit education and advocacy, career training, employment re-entry counseling, mental health services, food. housing and non-emergency medical transportation.

She spent summers with relatives in the historically Black Lake Como area of Ft. Worth. She missed many days in elementary and high school because of an anemic disorder, but still graduated from Julia C Frazier Elementary, Lincoln H. S., and in 1947 as salutatorian of Bishop College in Marshall, TX. She rubbed shoulders with some historic Dallas black legends: Dr. John Wesley Anderson was her physician as a child. A. S. Penn was a principal who supervised her early in her career. She taught in Dallas and Fort Worth public schools for more than 40 years and retired in the mid 1990s. She was “First Lady” and director of various ministries and her late husband, Rev. Bishop J. Bradford Jr., was Pastor for more than 40 years at Mt. Horeb Baptist Church at

NLOB needs your help more than ever in these trying times to assist our brave veterans, and to remind them that they have not been forgotten. Hunger is currently the main issue for families.

See WAYS page 15

A legal newspaper published every Thursday by:

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint A Subsidiary of WARREN

COMMUNICATIONS, Inc.

TO ADVERTISE Publisher Dr. John E. Warren

Publisher Emeritus (1987 - 2009)

Gerri Warren

Managing Editor Latanya West

Street Address: 3619 College Ave., San Diego, CA 92115

Mailing: P.O. Box 120095, San Diego, CA 92112

Like many Black educators across America, I founded a system of public charter schools as an act of self-determination to get Black kids ready for college because the system has failed us.

Educators teach children to be citizens in a democratic society. But, how do we approach that for Black children in the midst of a breakdown in the country’s social contract?

After meeting with a group of Black civic leaders, of which I was a part, Governor Gavin Newsom said, “The Black community is not responsible for what’s happening in this country right now — we are. Our institutions are responsible. We are accountable to this moment. Let’s just call that out.” I sincerely like what Newsom said. I also honestly believe nothing will change because it never has. And therein lies the rub.

Supporting our Veterans!

common sense that sustained her through it all and, if her Maker wills it, she expects that approach to carry her on, even through coronavirus. “Prayer and meditation,” she said. “I also have a favorite scripture and hymn that speak to every aspect of my life …”

Founding Member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Texas Metro News Columnist

Despite how the pandemic has transformed what we think about schools, K-12 education is not here just for food distribution and child care. We are educating Black children in a nation on edge, trying to uplift hope rather than sow discontent.

LETTER:

Ways to Fight Coronavirus

By Norma Adams-Wade

understand nothing has changed. This is just the modern version of the racism we’ve never reconciled in this country.

That’s why in the wake of COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd, Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s call for the establishment of the first United States Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Commission is a good idea.

www.sdvoice.info

Never Leave One Behind receives many calls each day from families and homebound senior veterans requesting food.

Unfortunately, the Never Leave One Behind Food Pantry is now completely depleted. We need your help to restock the Pantry so that we can help meet our veteran’s urgent needs.

Additionally, during the COVID-19 crisis, NEVER LEAVE ONE BEHIND AND FRIENDS OF THE POOR are partnering together to provide additional services to students and to support small business. Our goal is to provide protective masks for 1,000 students. We will also arrange funding for two barber shops and/or beauty salons to service students at no cost to the student. It is our aim to assist students and small business during this time, as well as our veterans.

Veterans are struggling and we desperately need your help. Please donate today by sending a tax-deductible contribution to Never Leave One Behind at PO BOX 152344 San Diego, CA 92195, or you can donate via PAYPAL by going to our website, www.neverleaveonebehind.org and clicking on the “DONATE” tab then clicking on the green “DONATE NOW” button or the yellow “Donate” button.

Thank you in advance for your generosity in contributing to making San Diego a better place for veterans, children, and families in need. Please call 619-255-4134 for more information.

Print and Online: Phone: (619) 266-2233 Fax: (619) 266-0533 Email: ads@sdvoice.info

AD DEADLINES: Announcements, Classifieds, Obituaries, and Display Ads are due:

SEND PRESS RELEASES TO: Email: news@sdvoice.info

Tuesday by 12:00 noon, preceding date of publication

4

Thursday, june 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

CHURCH DIRECTORY

Bishop / Pastor Adlai E. Mack, Pastor

Christians’ United in the Word of God

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

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Diego

7965-B Broadway Street Lemon Grove, California 91945

1819 Englewood Dr. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

3085 K Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.724.6226 • www.coyhm.org

619.232.0510 • www.bethelamesd.com

Worship Service Sunday 10 : 30am Bible Themes Class Sunday 1: 30pm Bible Study (Thursdays) 6: 30pm

Pastor Dennis Hodge First Lady Deborah Hodges

Sunday In the Know Bible Study 8 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 9 : 00 a.m.

Saturday Shabbat Service 1: 00-2 : 30 p.m.

Rev. Harvey L. Vaughn, III

All are Welcome to Join Us.

Rev. Dr. Eugenio D. Raphael

St. Paul United Methodist Church

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

Bethel Baptist Church

3094 L Street San Diego, CA 92102

4995 A Street San Diego, CA 92102

1962 N. Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92105

619.232.5683

619.264.3369

Sunday School 9: 00 am • Sunday Worship 10: 00 am Wednesday Bible Study 10: 00 am & 6:30 pm Thursday Food Pantry 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Thursday Diaper Program 12: 00pm to 1:30pm

Sunday School 9 : 00 a.m.

Morning Service 10 : 45 a.m.

New Membership Orientation BTU 6 : 00 p.m.

Wednesday Eve Prayer Service 6 : 00 p.m.

619.266.2411 • www.bethelbc.com bethel@bethelbc.com

“Come Worship With Us”

Rev. Dr. Obie Tentman, Jr.

Sunday School 8 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 9 : 30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 12 : 00 noon Thursday Bible Study 6 : 30 p.m.

2nd Saturday Men’s Bible Study 3rd Saturday Women’s Saturday Bible Study

Pastor Donnell and First Lady Sheila Townsend

Dr. John W. Ringgold, Sr. Pastor

“To Serve this present age” Matt: 28:19-20

Sunday Morning Prayer 6 : 00 & Worship 7: 30 a.m.

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Morning Worship Youth & Children’s Church 11: 00 a.m.

Community Prayer (Hemera) Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat . 7: 30 a.m.

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 7: 30 p.m.

Mid Week Prayer Wednesday 12 : 00 noon and 7: 00 p.m.

Lively Stones Missionary Baptist Church

Phillips Temple CME Church

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

605 S. 45th Street San Diego, CA 92113-1905

5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

1728 S. 39th Street San Diego, CA 92113

619.263.3097 • t.obie95@yahoo.com

619.262.2505

619.262.6004 • Fax 619.262.6014 www.embcsd.com

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

619-234-5506 • Fax 619 234-8732 Email: Newhopeadm@gmail.com

858.485.6110 • www.mesaview.org mvbcadmin@mesaview.org

619.670.6208 • www.totaldeliverance.org Fax: 619.825.3930 • Mail : P.O. 1698, Spring Valley, CA 91979

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.

Bible Study Wed. 7: 00 p.m.

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

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

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

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

“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

Pastor Dr. John E. Warren

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

Eagles Nest

Christian Center

Mount Olive Baptist Church

New Assurance Church Ministries

3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

36 South 35th Street San Diego, Ca 92113

7024 Amherst Street San Diego, CA 92115

619.266.2293 • jwarren@sdvoice.info www.facebook.com/EaglesNestCenter

619.239.0689 • www.mountolivebcsandiego.org

619.469.4916

Sunday First Worship 9 : 30 a.m.

Second Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study & Prayer 7: 00 p.m.

Cox Cable Channel 23 / 24

Sunday School 8 : 30 - 9 : 30 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 10 : 00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer 6 : 30 - 7: 30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study (Youth & Adults) 6 : 30 - 7: 30 p.m.

Sunday Bible Study 9 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.

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

Pastor Antonio D. Johnson

“Loving God, Serving Others, Living by Faith”

NOW YOU CAN NOW EXPERIENCE EAGLE’S NEST TEACHINGS ON YOUTUBE!

Pastor Rodney and Christine Robinson

“A new Hope, A new Life, A new Way through Jesus Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17 A change is coming”

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

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

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

Minister Donald R. Warner Sr.

Church of Christ

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church

580 69th Street, San Diego, CA 92114

625 Quail Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.264.1454 • warnerdt1@aol.com

619.263.4544

Sunday Bible Study 8 : 45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 10 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Bible Class 5: 00 p.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6: 00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Class 7: 00 p.m.

Friday Video Bible Class 7: 00 p.m.

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 11: 00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6: 00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6: 00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6: 30 p.m.

Wednesday Youth Bible Study 6: 30 p.m.

Pastor Rev. Julius R. Bennett

“We are waiting for You”

Calvary Baptist Church Eagles Nest

719 Cesar E. Chavez Pkwy San Diego, CA 92113

Christian Center

3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

619.233.6487 • www.calvarybcsd.org calvarybaptist1889@gmail.com Dr. Emanuel Whipple, Sr. Th.D.

Sundays Bible Discovery Hour 9 : 30 a.m.

Mid Morning Worship 11: 00 a.m.

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

“A Church Where Family, Faith & Fellowship Matters”

CHURCH DIRECTORY ADS

$ 99

www.sdvoice.info

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

• Thursday, June 18, 2020

5

OBITUARIES Florence Marie Wiggers

Louis Brown

Murquis Malone

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

10/24/44

3/4/48

5/15/86

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

5/16/20

5/14/20

5/23/20

ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY Services were held Tuesday, June 2, 0220 at Greater Gospel Cert C.O.G.I.C.; interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangement were entrusted to LOUIS BROWN (affectionately known as “Junior” by his family and friends) was born March 4, 1948 in Alexandria, Louisiana to Alfre and William Johnson.

Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary He was the fourth of sixth children born to this union. Louis developed his faith On October 24, 1944, FLORENCE MARIE WIGGERS affectionately known in God very early. He gave his life to Christ as a young child at Antioch Baptist as “Florene” was born in Camden, Arkansas to the union of Ira Brown Sr. Church in Alexandria, Louisiana. He started his education at South Alexandria and Ruth Marie Brown. In 1953, she settled in San Diego, CA. She became Elementary School and attended Peabody High School. an active member of The Upper Room Church of God in Christ under the leadership of the late Elder Joseph Hutchinson, where she later became In 1970, Louis relocated from Louisiana to San Diego, California in search of a Sunday school teacher. Florene later attended Israelite Church of God something more for his life. He returned to school with a renewed energy and in Christ under the leadership of the late Elder A.L. Brown; finally residing completed at Gospel Center Church of God in Christ under the leadership of the late Rev. James Pearson. Florene attended Stockton Elementary School, his GED. He went to work at the 32nd Street Naval Base and UCSD Hospital.

Memorial Jr. High and went on to graduate from San Diego High School. He retired after many years from the latter.

On June 14, 1969, Florene was united in holy matrimony to the love of her life, Wesley Major Wiggers. Together they raised six children. She was a devoted wife and mother who took care of her family.

Florene was employed with the City of San Diego Sanitation Department.

She later opened her in-home daycare, “Flo’s Tot Land”, and ran it successfully until she retired.

Florene enjoyed many things; as a little girl she picked grapes and enjoyed working with her father selling watermelons. She loved music and would listen for hours on end. Florene enjoyed card parties; her favorite being bid-whist and poker. She loved to fish with her sisters on the creek or as she would say, “the water hole”. She loved Western Movies and never missed a good John Wayne flick. Florence liked to spend time with family, friends, and traveling. She also liked to shop endlessly.

Florence loved going to restaurants with family, her favorite being “Red Lobster”. Florence liked reading the local African American Newspaper, “The Voice and Viewpoint”.. Florene also enjoyed cooking for holiday dinners for her family. Florene’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren affectionately called her “Nanny”. She taught her family about having faith in God and to never doubt Him, instilling that God will make everything alright.

ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL MURQUIS ANTJUAN MALONE was born on May 15, 1986 to the late Gracie Malone and Marcus(Trindad) and James and Juanita Malone in San Diego, California. He attended school at Green Elementary, Pershing Middle School, and Patrick Henry High School. He was an athlete who played basketball, football, and participated on track teams. He completed his education with a GED. Murquis was a member of New Creation Church and was involved in spiritual growth classes, youth activities, and served as an usher.

Murquis was a construction laborer and was employed with UPS. He loved spending time with his children, playing basketball, passing time with family and friends, and pursuing personal development to be the best version of himself. He was generous and always willing to help those In 2002, Louis met and married the love of his life Linda Calloway. They in need. He lived, loved, and laughed. Murquis had a contagious smile, remained together until the time Linda passed away in 2015. Louis was also and a good sense of humor that will be missed, along with the numerous a devoted Deacon who served faithfully at Choice Harvest Baptist Church. enjoyable memories we will cherish.

Above all else, Louis was a man who loved the Lord, loved his family, and On Saturday, May 23, 2020, Murquis Antjuan Malone transitioned from helped his friends whenever there was a need. labor to reward, to join with his mother Gracie Malone, grandparents On Thursday, May 14, 2020, after a short illness, Louis Brown answered God’s Roscoe and Willie Mae Malone; aunts Katherine Williams and Michelle call to come home and enter into eternal rest. He was preceded in death by Williams, and godsister Renee Collier, all of whom preceded him in death. his wife Linda Brown; parents Alfre and William Johnson; sisters Sarah Moore and Zenobia Roccio; brother Billy Joe Foster; brother-in-laws Otis White, Sr. and Left to cherish his memory are his parents James Malone and Juanita Adam Moore; and nephews Otis White, Jr. and Michael Washington.

Williams-Malone; grandmother Dorothy Green; godmother Linda Lassiter; two daughters London and Arianna Malone; son Edrick Malone; Left to cherish his memory are his daughter Ingrid McCall (Elton); son Anthony five sisters Takisha Jackson, Erica Cook, Precious Moore, Bianco Walker, (Markie) Calloway; sisters Rita White, Patricia Pope, and Linda Whitley; brother and Jennifer Malone-King; god-sister Tiffany Coleman; two brothWalter Valentine (Baby Lee); granddaughters Markia and Toni Calloway; ers James Dominic Malone and Jason Malone-King; six nephews Tylur grandsons Zion and Jahari McCall; nieces Marilyn Allen, Veatreual Mack, Passmore, J’Dyn Jackson, Jonathan and Jamarian Brown, D’moni Render, Randia Pope, Markeada Johnson, Aleatha Moore, Gwendolyn Brown, Karen and Jason Izaiah King; three nieces Chloe Render, Kyle, and Ava King; Connelly, Sandra White, Veronica Hill, Angela Mason; nephews Toney Barton, seven aunts and a host of other aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, family Sr., William Barton, Sr., Omar Pope, Sr., Edwin Holiday, Michael Connelly, and extended San Diego family.

Shannon White, and Ryan White; fifteen great-nieces and great-nephews; twelve great-great-nieces; eleven great-great-nephews; extended family of sisters Genora Jackson, Sharon Gonzalez, Linda James, and Margaret Phillips; and a host of friends that will miss him dearly.

Sonja Renee Ashcraft

Florene was a caring wife and mother, grandmother, great grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. She was a true woman with grace, beauty, and sass.

On May 16, 2020, God called Florence Marie Wiggers home. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ira Brown Sr. and Ruth Marie Brown; her husband, Wesley Major Wiggers; son, Fredrick Lameast Wiggers; three brothers: Ivory Brown, Ira Brown Jr., and Benny Brown; four sisters: Annie Mae Davis, Barbara Harris, Susie Mae Cheadle, and Gladys Copeland.

Florene leaves to cherish her memory five children: one son, James Wiggers; four daughters: Algeretta Sawyer, Angela Wiggers, Aishia Wiggers, and LaZeeta Wiggers; two brothers, Willie Jay Brown and Benjamin Sam Brown; nine grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; one son- in-law, Herbert Sawyer; one lifelong friend/sister, Dorothy Collier and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends to mourn her passing, yet celebrate her life.

SUNRISE 1/10/64

SUNSET 4/1/20

“Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”

SONJA RENEE ASHCRAFT was born January 10, 1964 to Lestine Campbell and Bernard Ashcraft In San Diego California Sonja received her education from San Diego Schools and graduated from Mount Miguel High School in Spring Valley. She attended Point Loma College and majored in Sociology and Business. She was employed by Next Gen Leads as a Supervisor. Known as a charismatic woman with an infectious personality and always had a magnificent smile. She had a tenacious work ethic and an unwavering faith in Jesus Christ. She was always known for giving advice to co-workers, family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her mother Lestine Campbell and brother Larry Campbell. She leaves behind to treasure her memory: her dad Bernard Ashcraft, two sisters, Lisa Layne, and Autumn Ashcraft, nephews Elliott Perry III, her very special nephew James Holmes III who visited her weekly for good food and advice, a very special niece Valerie Packard, and a host of family and friends.

Sonja was an intelligent, vibrant, funny, caring woman. She will be deeply missed and not forgotten. Sonja has been renewed in heaven and is living her best life worshipping Christ with not a care in the world.

A celebration of life announcements will be made later.

ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY 5050 Federal Boulevard San Diego, California 92102 (619) 263-3141 www.andersonragsdalemortuary.com

“STILL FAMILY OWNED STILL THE SAME QUALITY SERVICE STILL WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST”

H.W. “Skipper” Ragsdale, III Owner (In Memoriam)

Valerie Ragsdale Owner

Continuing over 130 Years of Service

Kevin Weaver General Manager

6

Thursday, JUNE 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

www.sdvoice.info

MORE STATE AND LOCAL NEWS

MTS to Increase Capital “B” Trolley and Bus Service Black with a

Mainstream Media Join Black Press in Uppercasing Race

• Beginning Monday, June 15, weekday service on UC San Diego Blue Line increased to every 7.5 minutes to 7 p.m.

Tanu Henry California Black Media

• Bus service increases planned for the end of June • Bus operator seats are being retroVoice & Viewpoint Newswire The Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) will be helping San Diego residents get back to work as more businesses and destinations are allowed to open. MTS increased weekday midday service on the UC San Diego Blue Line beginning on Monday, June 15. This will be followed by service increases on many bus routes in late June.

“As we continue the regional re-opening of our economy, we know more people will need the services that MTS provides. We want people to know that San Diego’s transit system will continue to be a safe and reliable option as possible,” said MTS Board Chair Nat ha n Fletcher.

“We’ve strengthened our already-enhanced sanitizing protocols on vehicles and at stations and implemented policies to better-protect our passengers and employees.

We are now increasing service to help reliability and allow for greater physical distancing of passengers.”

Beginning Monday, June 15, the UC San Diego Blue Line Trolley, which connects the San Ysidro international border to Downtown San Diego, increased its service frequency to every 7.5 minutes

from 4:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., and keep 15-minute frequencies until 9 p.m., followed by every 30 minutes until the end of the service day.

25% on April 13 to address increase distance between the reality of record-low rid- passengers and the bus ership while still providing operator. critical service for essential workers and trips.

Social distancing:

The new schedule can be accessed on the MTS website at https://www.sdmts. com/schedu les-rea l-time/ covid-19-updates.

While sitting, passengers should keep a 6-feet distance between each other and the bus operator when possible.

In addition to ser v ice increases, MTS also cont inues to improve its already-strict safety and sanitizing protocols. It will retrofit buses with germ barriers The service increase was to better protect bus operainitiated to accommodate tors. Barriers will also allow growing ridership since the the agency to return to frontweek of April 20 on the Blue door boarding giving pasLine. Average weekday rid- sengers more room to space ership has increased 28% out on board. MTS has only increase since then, topping allowed rear-door boarding out at 25,367 the week of since April 1 to protect the June 1. More frequency will health of bus operators. give more opportunity for passengers to practice social S a fe -t r ave l g u id e l i ne s: distancing on board and Passengers aboard any MTS on platforms when possible. bus or Trolley should conService on the Orange Line tinue to follow the social disand Sycuan Green Line will tancing guidelines and safety remain unchanged. measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. Other guideWhile Trolley service will lines and requirements while first be increasing to closely riding include: mirror pre-COVID levels, MTS is also making prepa- Face coverings: rations to increase bus service in the coming weeks. All passengers are required Schedules and routes are to wear a face covering while being finalized. The goal is using the transit system. to provide service increases that meet market demands. Rear-door boarding: MTS reduced weekday ser- Passengers must board from vice levels approximately the rear door on buses to

New studies show that limiting conversations when traveling on transit also helps limit transmission of viruses.

No-Contact Fare Purchase: Riders are encouraged to get bus or Trolley fares through the Compass Cloud app to minimize contact with machines, or other people.

Cash is not accepted on bus, but fares are required to ride.

MTS continues to operate about 95 bus routes and three Trolley lines. Frequencies and spans have been modified due to COVID-19. Updated schedules can be accessed on the MTS website: https:// w w w. s d m t s . c o m /s c h e d ules-real-time/covid-19-updates. MTS asks that people wear face coverings and practice physical distancing at all times.

Black Physicians Forum on Racial Disparities in Maternal Health

L a st we ek, Nor ma n Pearlstine, the editor of the LA Times, sent a memo to staffers announcing that the publication will begin capitalizing “B” in the word Black in its articles when referring to a race of people.

That move puts the publication with the largest circulation in California in line with the way the majority of the Black Press in California and around the country have referred to African Americans for decades since they retired “Negro,” beginning in the 1960s to the early 1970s.

Pearlstine also announced that the LA Times is taking steps to add more diversity to its newsroom by increasing the number of Black and Latino journalists on its staff.

“Within the next two weeks we shall form a group to work on overhauling our hiring process,” Pearlstine wrote to employees. “The global pandemic and the global financial crisis constrain our ability to make a hiring commitment by a specific date. We can commit, however, that the next hires in Metro will be Black reporters, as we begin to address the underrepresentation.”

In the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the violent protests that followed it, across America, more and more people have begun to point out, own up to, and apologize for abetting racism and anti-Blackness in all of their forms—explicit, subtle and systemic. Americans from all backgrounds have begun to publicly acknowledge how discrimination, over the years, have hurt and held back African Americans for centuries.

Last week, other media organizations across the country, including BuzzFeed

By Vayunamu Bawa Contributing Writer

T he 10 t h A n n iversa r y Celebration of the Black Physicians Forum took place on Friday, June 12, 2020, on Zoom and Facebook Live.

The conference was a partnership by The Sac Cultural Hub Media Foundation and The UC Davis Health Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Doctors, mothers, and audience members came together to discuss Black maternal health.

This year’s keynote speaker was Aletha Maybank, MD, M PH, Vic e P re sident , American Medical Association and the guest presenter was Dr. Olivia Kasirye, Sacramento County Public Health Officer. Olympic Gold Medalist-American track and field sprinter Allyson Felix and others shared their experiences with motherhood.

the opening remarks.

ing sites,” Kasiyre said.

“Our Black doctors bear the brunt of knowing that even in their white coats, those white coats may not save them from discrimination,” Tull said.

Maybank acknowledged the role of capitalism, slavery, and the settlement on native land to the health disparity between races. She quoted W.E.B. Du Bois who noted that social conditions, not inherent racial traits, determines health and she noted the need to recognize the root causes of health disparities in order to understand the situation today.

Dr. Kasiyre gave a special report on the impact of COVID-19 on Black mothers and babies. Black women, she said, are more likely to die during childbirth and from mostly preventable causes such as hypertension, hemorrhage, and embolism. It was stressed that it is important to meet women’s basic health needs right from birth instead of at the start of pregnancy.

A question from the audience touched on how individuals can protect themselves as businesses open up during the pandemic. “If you’re sick stay home. If you go out, do Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull, so with face coverings and Vice-Chancellor for Health wash your hands frequently.

E qu it y, Diversit y a nd People also need to get tested Inclusion at UC Davis, gave now that there are more test-

support patients documenting their experiences because advocacy needs to be deeper.”

Shonda Moore shared her Allyson Felix, Olympic Gold Medalist story about her unconventional process for having a child and her experiences dealing with a rare type of cancer. Her greatest challenge in interacting with healthcare providers was, she said, “Definitely the implicit bias that African American women can withstand a lot “It’s not just about lifestyle choices; we have to under- of pain. It was also the physistand where the choices come cians’ lack of experience with Flojaune Cofer, PhD, MPH about. Everything isn’t about this type of cancer.” behaviors,” Maybank said.

Black physicians and healthWhen asked about documen- care professionals do great tation when a person is being work in the community due to discriminated against while their commitment to achievreceiving tests and treatment, ing health equity. One takeMaybank responded, “I’m a full advocate for account- away from this forum is that ability and we hold systems other community members accountable in part by what can do their part by leading we record and measure. As policy change and communiAletha Maybank, MD, MPH physicians also, we need to ty-based education efforts.

News, NBC News, MSNBC, Metro Detroit, and others, announced that they have made the decision to begin capitalizing the “B” in Black as well.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the country’s largest professional organization of Black media professionals and journalism students, released a statement that said the organization has been writing Black with a capital “B” in all of its communications for about a year now.

The NABJ is also recommending that “White” and “Brown” be capitalized, too, when referring to race.

“It is equally important that the word is capitalized in news coverage and reporting about Black people, Black communities, Black culture, Black institutions, etc,” the NABJ statement said.

Sarah Glover, past president of the NABJ, wrote a letter to the Associated Press (AP).

“I’m writing today to request the mainstream news media begin capitalizing the “B” in Black when describing people and the community,” wrote Glover.

“I’m also asking the AP to update its Stylebook to reflect this change, effective immediately,” Glover continued.

“This book is the bible for working journalists [and] has tremendous impact as a wire service with more than 1,000 subscribers worldwide.”

The New York Times, which adheres to its own style guide that is different from AP’s, also still uses Black with a lowercase B.

www.sdvoice.info

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

• Thursday, June 18, 2020

7

MORE COVID NEWS & INFORMATION Drive-up County Testing Sites (Free)

AVAILABLE COVID-19

TESTING SITES UPDATE New County COVID-19 Testing Website The County has launched a new website that will make it easier for San Diegans to get locate and schedule a COVID19 test. San Diegans can now more easily choose a site by location or day and make an appointment online.

Listed testing sites give priority to San Diegans without health insurance, or those without access to a test site offered by their health care provider. Insurance carriers must provide COVID-19 tests free of charge.

To find the website: 1. Visit sandiego.gov 2. In the search bar, enter “Testing in San Diego County” 3. Click on “Find site by location”

No Appointment Testing Site South Bay Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

South Bay Urgent Care Center 1628 Palm Avenue, San Diego, CA 92154

Rural Communities New Drive-up County Testing Sites (Free)

Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. By Appointment, call 2-1-1.

June Valley Center Library 20 29200 Cole Grade Rd, Valley Center, CA 92082

State Walk-Up Testing Sites (Free)

All require an appointment.

Visit sandiegocoumty.gov, www.lhi.care/covidtesting, or call (888) 634-1123.

Southeastern San Diego Tubman-Chavez Center Monday to Friday 415 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

El Cajon Tuesday to The former San Diego County Assessor Office Saturday 200 S. Magnolia Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Escondido Tuesday to California Center for the Arts 340 N. Escondido Boulevard, 92025 Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Chula Vista Tuesday to Old Sears in Chula Vista 565 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

San Ysidro Tuesday to San Ysidro Civic Center 212 W. Park Ave., San Diego, CA 92173 Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Appointments required. Call 2-1-1 and ask for the Nurse Triage Line.

To schedule an appointment at a drive-up testing site: 1). Call 2-1-1 2). Press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish, 3 for other languages 3). Press 1 for COVID-19 testing information 4). Press 1 to be transferred to a triage nurse and avoid listening to the entire County recorded message.

5). T he triage nurse will take your name and number and someone will call you back to schedule an appointment.

Leave a message if the triage nurse doesn’t answer.

National City St. Anthony of Padua Sundays 10 a.m. to 410 W 18th Street, National City, CA 91950 2 p.m.

Hillcrest Mondays The San Diego LGBT Community Center 3909 Centre St, San Diego, CA 92103 9 a.m. to 3 p.m Mission Valley Monday to Saturdays San Diego County Credit 11 a.m. to Union Stadium Friday 5 p.m.

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Southeastern San Diego Saturdays Euclid Health Center 292 Euclid Ave., San Diego, CA 92114 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Chula Vista Aquatica San Diego Monday to Friday 2052 Entertainment Circle, 91911 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Oceanside North Coastal Live Well Center Monday to Friday 1701 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92058 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sycuan Monday to Sycuan Recreational Center Thursday 5577 Dehesa Road, El Cajon, 92019 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mission Bay Area University of San Diego (USD) Parking Lot Monday to Friday 5998 Alcala Park, CA 92110 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SOURCE: County of San Diego

ICY M I

(In Case You Missed It)

Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) Deadline Approaching $91K in P-EBT Grocery Money Available to San Diego Families Voice & Viewpoint Newswire • Complete the application at: • Provides up to $365 for • Direct certifications receive meals but do not receive a P-EBT card in the mail groceries per child while https://ca.p-ebt.org/en/ P-EBT cards in the mail by • For all families with chilby May 25th must apply schools are closed due to May 25th.

Students who are dren ages 2-18 who receive • The card arrives in the mail COVID-19. Families with online before June 30, 2020. enrolled in CalFresh, Medifree and reduced-price students who were receiving P-EBT cards should arrive Cal, or foster care benefits What is P-EBT: school meals in the mail 5-10 days after free or reduced-price meals will automatically receive a at school may get up to $365 applying.

• Provides up to $365 of gro- • A new, federal nutrition P-EBT card in the mail. benefit available for famiper child for groceries this ceries per child over the • Enroll online by June 30th How do families use P-EBT? lies in addition to continued summer. summer at https://ca.p-ebt.org/en/. • Use it like a debit card. at grab-and-go meal services • Applications must be Students who received free provided at many school How families can apply for grocery stores, farmer’s received by June 30, 2020 sites in San Diego County.

P-EBT benefits: or reduced-price school markets, and for online gro-

Quick Facts

cery orders (Walmart.com or Amazon.com).

• Use it to replace school meals.

• Does not impact immigration status. The public charge rule does not apply to P-EBT benefits.

For more information, contact sandiegohumgercoalition.org

San Diego Hunger Coalition Interview Voice & Viewpoint Staff

Voice & Viewpoint interviewed Anahid Bra k ke, Executive Director of San Diego Hunger Coalition about the P-EBT program.

The San Diego Hunger Coalition, a research, education, and advocacy organization, works closely with the County of San Diego to lead coordinated hunger relief efforts. Here’s what she had to say:

Grocery food, no non-food.

VV: Who’s name is on the P-EBT card?

AB: The child’s name. The names of all children in a household are supposed to be on the card. Some families have received one card for each child. It is confusing. If not all children are on the card, parents should apply for them all at once.

Don’t worry if only one of VV: Can families purchase your children already has a non-food items with the card.

Apply even if one child P-EBT card? has a card. CDSS will help to Anahid Brakke (AB): Only match the household. There

is no penalty for applying again.

dispute the decision and we encourage people to do that. The CDSS (the VV: Is it a smooth applica- California Department of tion process?

Social Services) is committed to returning every email AB: Right now there is a three week delay. If your and every message people child attends a school that may leave, and they will be serves free meals to all kids, processing applications long then your child is eligible for past June 30th. the P-EBT and you need to Our biggest concern is that apply. people didn’t know the card We are asking people to was coming. It looks fake. be patient. The state really One community member’s seems to be giving it their husband almost threw it all. If someone is denied, away. So we are worried the there will be a process to people who have received it

might have thrown it away.

If eligible families don’t have the card now, they need to apply.

VV: Does the state provide any nutrition information or guidance on how to stretch a food budget?

the federal nutrition programs (CalFresh, etc). Food banks can not do it alone.

Only 9% of hunger relief is from private charities - one small piece. Federal nutrition programs are a much larger piece.

We want to make sure that AB: Yes. Leah’s Pantry is a anyone on hard times can good resource, and Eat Fresh. get food. We’re working to org. create better resources and tools for our hunger relief VV: What else would you partners.

Come to our weblike our readers to know? site to find out more. Visit AB: The only systemic way sdhunger.org/meals-for-kids to end hunger is through and sdhunger.org/covid19.

8

Thursday, June 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

Celebrating Some of Our 2020 H

JOSEPH “L.J.” MAULL IV

CAMERON MONROE

UCLA CLASS OF 2020

HELIX HIGH SCHOOL -HONORS GRADUATE

Major: Communications Post Undergraduate Plans: Work in Human Resources or Public Relations at the corporate or government level.

Pursue Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA)

2020 Links Achiever Attending North Carolina A& T Major: Bio Medical Engineering

PARENTS: ATHANISON & LEISHA MONROE GRANDFATHER: DR. BOBBY WILSON

PARENTS: JOSEPH & CHAROS MAULL GRANDMOTHER: ROSEMARY POPE

TATIAN THOM

SAN JOSE CLASS OF

Major: Behavio Minor: Justice Post Undergra a promising ca

PARENTS: FEL & TERRY E. TH GRANDPAREN

HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19

CONTACT TRACING

David Monroe

Bids Farewell To City of

CONTACT TRACING is a confidential process that helps to identify people who may also become ill due to CLOSE CONTACT with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. It helps stop the disease from spreading by identifying people who need to safely separate themselves from others and get connected to treatment, if needed.

If you have been identified as being a close contact:

1

You may receive a call from a public health worker.

2

You may need to separate yourself from others.

3

A public health worker may offer ongoing support.

They will ask you a few questions and recommend next steps you can take. Your information will be kept private and confidential.

This includes separating yourself for up to 14 days from others in your household to protect those around you.

Courtesy of the George Stevens Senior Center

They will stay in-touch with you to find out if you develop symptoms or need access to help.

Your information will be kept private and confidential.

David Myron Monroe began his career with the City of San Diego on November 18, 1977 before embarking on a 42 year career in Public Service. He served his entire career as a San Diego Parks & Recreation professional and completed his tenure as Deputy Director of Community Parks II Division. He is respected and held in high esteem by his colleagues and community for his dedication, leadership, calm demeanor, positive attitude and passion for recreation.

provider or call 2-1-1

Answer the call and help stop the spread.

Updated 6-12-2020

www.coronavirus-sd.com

David M. Monroe developed and implemented many Parks & Recreation programs, as well as citywide programs, including the STAR/PAL collaboration with the City of San Diego Police

Department, the CALGRIP G The Teen Night Program, the Program, the Weed & Seed P pansion, the Big Brothers Me reation Center Lady Bulls Ba Accident Review & Driver O Programs as well as Advocat vens Senior Center.

As a final demonstration of ness, Ms. Rosemary Pope (F formed Mr. Monroe that, d ic and the closing of GSSC placed on hold. When Mr. M donated a US mailbox and ha George L. Stevens Senior Bui

www.sdvoice.info

• Thursday, June 18, 2020

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

9

High School & College Graduates!

NA JANAE MAS

IHLA LEFTWICH RUSSELL

E STATE UNIVERSITY F 2020

TYRA LOGAN OTAY RANCH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020

oral Science Studies with Emphasis in Psychology aduate Plans: Internship with areer in Law Enforcement

Awarded Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by Congressman Juan Vargas -June 2020 Attending Cal State Fullerton Major: Liberal Studies

California Scholastic Federation Honors student, 3-year captain of Surreal Fidelity ORHS Dance Team, and captain of ORHS Varsity Cheer Squad. Tyra will be attending University of California, Riverside in Fall 2020 Major: Double majoring in Dance and Education

LECIA CHARGAULAF HOMAS NTS: LEE & DIANE SAWYER

PARENTS: JOHNNIE RUSSELL & KHALIA LEFTWICH GRANDPARENTS: KIRK & KATHIE LEFTWICH

PARENTS: CLIFTON & SHIRONDA LOGAN GRANDFATHERS: JAMES & DOROTHY RICHARDS

20SDG16469_Whendell Level Pay Summer__Voice & Viewpoint__RUN: 06/18/2020__1/4 pg 4C__Trim: 6.4375” x 10.5”

San Diego Parks & Rec.

Grant which funded and created e After School Playground Movie Program, Brush Management Exentor Program, the Encanto Recasketball Program,the Citywide Operation Manual and Training te of Policy for the George L.Ste-

his many random acts of kindFDSRC’s Executive Director) indue to the COVID-19 PandemC, all mail service delivery was Monroe found out, he immediately ad it mounted on the front of the ilding.

Photography courtesy of the George Stevens Senior Center

LEVEL PAY CAN MAKE SUMMER BILLS MORE CHILL.

Avoid higher summer energy bills with Level Pay. Wishing Mr. Monroe a fond farewell, the City of San Diego’s official statement included the following: “The City of San Diego extends its deepest gratitude and appreciation to Mr. David M. Monroe for more than four decades 42 years of Outstanding Service and Best Wishes on His Retirement.

With more San Diegans staying at home this summer, energy costs could increase dramatically. That’s why the Level Pay Program makes a lot of sense – especially if you count on consistent monthly expenses. SDG&E® will average your annual bill over the last twelve months, so you pay about the same each month. It’s a simple way to avoid unexpectedly high summer bills.

You can also go online for energy-saving tips to lower your bills all year long.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer and the City Council, for and on behalf of the People of San Diego proclaimed June 2, 2020 to be David Monroe Day in the City of San Diego.”

A drive-by Virtual Parade was held at Balboa Park in honor of Mr. David Monroe on Friday, June 5, 2020.

Learn more at sdge.com/summer

© 2020 San Diego Gas & Electric Company. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Whendell is a trademark of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) and may be used only with permission of SDG&E.

10

Thursday, June 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

Juneteenth,

A Celebration of

The following is the story of Juneteenth, a day of celebration in African American communities across the country. The following is the development of that Independence Day for Black people starting in the state of Texas. It is reprinted here so that we may continue to understand this very special part of our history: Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African Americans throughout the former Confederate States of America.

Its name is a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth”, the date of its celebration. Juneteenth is recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in forty-five states.

Today it is observed primarily in local celebrations. Traditions include public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, singing traditional songs such as “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, and readings of works by noted African- American writers such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou. Celebrations may include rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, or Miss Juneteenth contests. The Mascogos, descendants of Black Seminoles, of Coahuila, Mexico also celebrates Juneteenth.

During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863. It declared that all enslaved persons in the Confederate States of America in rebellion and not in Union hands were to be freed. This excluded the five states known later as border states, which were the four “slave states” not in rebellion – Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri – and those counties of Virginia soon to form the state of West Virginia, and also the three zones under Union occupation: the state of Tennessee, lower Louisiana, and Southeast Virginia.

More isolated geographically, Texas was not a battleground, and thus the people held there as slaves were not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation unless they escaped. Planters and other slaveholders had migrated into Texas from eastern states to escape the fighting, and many brought enslaved people with them, increasing by the thousands the enslaved population in the state at the end of the Civil War. Although most enslaved people lived in rural areas, more than 1000 resided in both Galveston and Houston by 1860, with several hundred in other large towns.

By 1865, there were an estimated 250,000 enslaved people in Texas.The

older, and Hispanic, town of San Antonio had 168 slaves among a population of 3,436.

The news of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender on April 9 reached Texas later in the month. The Army of the Trans-Mississippi did not surrender until June 2. On June 18, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived at Galveston Island with 2,000 federal troops to occupy Texas on behalf of the federal government. The following day, standing on the balcony of Galveston’s Ashton Villa, Granger read aloud the contents of “General Order No. 3”, announcing the total emancipation of those held as slaves:

The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.

This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.

Formerly enslaved people in Galveston rejoiced in the streets after the announcement, although in the years afterward, many struggled to work through the changes, against resistance of whites. The following year, freedmen organized the first of what became the annual celebration of Juneteenth in Texas. In some cities African-Americans were barred from using public parks because of state-sponsored segregation of facilities. Across parts of Texas, freed people pooled their funds to purchase land to hold their celebrations, such as Houston’s Emancipation Park, Mexia’s Booker T. Washington Park, and Emancipation Park in Austin.

Although the date is sometimes referred to as the “traditional end of slavery in Texas” it was given legal status in a series of Texas Supreme Court decisions between 1868 and 1874.

In the early 20th century, economic and political forces led to a decline in Juneteenth celebrations. From 1890 to 1908, Texas and all former Confederate states passed new constitutions or amendments that effectively disenfranchised black people, excluding them from the political process.

White-dominated state legislatures passed Jim Crow laws imposing second-class status. The Great Depression forced many black people off farms and into the cities to find work.

In these urban environments, African Americans had difficulty taking the day off to celebrate. The Second Great Migration began during

Freedom

World War II, when many black people migrated to the West Coast where skilled jobs in the defense industry were opening up. From 1940 through 1970, in the second wave of the Great Migration, more than 5 million black people left Texas, Louisiana and other parts of the South for the North and West Coast. As historian Isabel Wilkerson writes, “The people from Texas took Juneteenth Day to Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, and other places they went.”

Following the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign to Washington, DC called

by Rev. Ralph Abernathy, many attendees returned home and initiated Juneteenth celebrations in areas where the “Day” was not previously celebrated.

Since the 1980s and 1990s, the holiday has been more widely celebrated among African-American communities. In 1994 a group of community leaders gathered at Christian Unity Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana to work for greater national celebration of Juneteenth. Expatriates have celebrated it in cities abroad, such as Paris. Some US military bases in other countries sponsor celebrations, in addition to those of private groups.

Although the holiday is still mostly unknown outside African-American communities, it has gained mainstream awareness through depictions in entertainment media, such as episodes of the TV series Atlanta (2016) and Blackish (2017), the latter of which featured musical numbers about the holiday by Aloe Blacc, The Roots, and Fonzworth Bentley.

In 1980, Texas was the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday under legislation introduced by freshman Democratic State Representative Al Edwards. Juneteenth is a “partial staffing” holiday in Texas; government offices do not close but agencies may operate with reduced staff, and employees may either celebrate this holiday or substitute it with one of four “optional holidays” recognized by Texas.

By 2008, nearly half of US states observed the holiday as a ceremonial observance. To date, 46 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday or a day of observance. Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are the only states that refuse to show respect for the free labor and horrific treatment of our ancestors. The free labor of our ancestors paved the way for the United States of America to be one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

Portions of this article originally appeared in African American Voice.

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

• Thursday, JUNE 18, 2020

11

CAPPING WEEK OF PROTESTS, SLAVE TRADER STATUE TOPPLED

BY UK ACTIVISTS Lisa Vives Global Information Network Years of inaction over the fate from slave trading, Colston of an 18 foot statue of Edward turned to philanthropy, leavColston, a 17th century slave ing a trail of schools, a contrader with the Royal African cert hall, a highrise office Company (RAC) was decided building, a street and an avethis week with the toppling nue with his name. of Colston’s bronze statue in Activists have argued for Bristol, England. years that his connections The statue was pulled down with slavery meant his conby protestors at a demon- tribution to the city should stration in solidarity with be reassessed.

Black Lives Matter and George Floyd. The figure was “He was a slave trader and a dragged to the Bristol harbor murderer,” declared David and flung into the River Avon. Adetayo Olusoga, a BritishNigerian history professor at During Colston’s employ the University of Manchester, at the RAC between 1672 prize-winning writer, broadand 1689, some 80,000 men, caster and filmmaker who women and children were suppor ted t he f ig u re’s trafficked of whom 19,000 removal. died on voyages from West Africa to the Caribbean and “Statues are not about rememthe Americas. After retiring bering history,” he declared

in a BBC interview. “They’re about saying ‘this man was a great man who did great things’. That’s not true. He was involved in the Royal African Company, the company that trafficked more people into slavery than any in British history.”

a Black man, observed that racism and prejudice exist in the UK, as well as across the Atlantic, and that to suggest there is only a problem in the US “shows real ignorance”.

Mr Lammy tweeted: “People in this country are not only showing solidarity with Still, some government offi- George Floyd and other cials stood up for Colston’s African Americans. We must statue and denounced its turn this moment into one of removal. “Utterly disgrace- change and justice in the UK ful,” said home secretary too.”

Priti Patel. “Sheer vandalism and disorder are completely A young Britisher caught on CNN echoed Lammy’s unacceptable.” remarks: “This is not a trend.

Hea lt h Secreta r y Mat t This is not a hashtag. We’re Hancock claimed that the not here for a fashion. We’re UK protests were fuelled by here to change something. events in America “rather Racism cannot be tolerated than here”. But Shadow jus- in our society. We need to tice secretary David Lammy, change this.”

ETHIOPIAN GOLD MINE LEAVES PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI, DEADLY TOXIC WASTE VETERAN OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE, PASSES AT 55 TRAIL IN PRIME

MINISTER’S HOME TOWN

Lisa Vives Global Information Network

Lisa Vives Global Information Network A gold mine in Ethiopia’s without warning.

Oromia state has been anyUnreleased studthing but a blessing. ies commissioned Residents claim that con- by the governtamination from the mine, ment and a gold owned by an Ethiopia-born m i n i n g comSaudi tycoon, has led to pany obtained disastrous health problems. by T he New Hu ma n it a r ia n Locals say chemicals use ne w s s e r v ic e to process gold at the open revea l, a mong pit mine near Shakiso, 222 other things, that the area miles south of the capital, around the mine has the Addis Ababa, have polluted highest number of birth water streams and the air, defects recorded in Ethiopia. causing humans and ani- Serious environmental conmals respiratory illnesses, cerns about the operations miscarriages, birth defects were raised back in 2018. and disabilities.

“We are the walking dead,” The issue worsens prospects Dembela Megersa told for the re-election of the repor ter Tom Gardner, once-popular prime min- describing chronic back ister, Abiy Ahmed, whose pains that have afflicted him stronghold a mong t he for years.

Oromo people has weakened considerably. Last fall, Residents say there were no political protests in Oromia warnings about potential evolved into clashes fueled toxins in the water nor were by ethnicity and religion. environmental audits showFatalities reportedly topped ing cyanide in the water and 100. high levels of mercury in the water and soil shared with In the current toxic health them. crisis linked to the residues of gold mining, children A 100-kilo vat of mercury have been born with defor- that had been stored at mities, and women have had the mine site could not be so many miscarriages they accounted for by auditors believe they are cursed; the who said they were refused bones of cattle have snapped access to the storage area. like twigs, and men’s bodies have crumpled and collapsed Responsibility for the toxic

residue has been linked to Midroc Gold, a private company belonging to Ethiopia-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi.

Despite the alleged poisoning of waters in the Lega Dembi region, an operating license for Midroc appears set for renewal.

Midroc reportedly called the renewal a “win-win” that would require an unspecified amount of compensation to be paid. The proposal is awaiting a final decision from the government.

Meanwhile, government has cancelled polls scheduled for May due to COVID-19 and no new date has been announced. Ethiopia has 194 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with four deaths.

The government’s mandate expires at the end of September.

The outgoing president of Burundi was felled by a sudden illness, officially described in a government release as cardiac arrest.

The 55-year-old was due to step down in August at the end of his third term which he won admidst unrest and violence, particularly blamed on the authorities and the Imbonerakure -- the youth wing of the CNDD-FDD. His victory triggered donor sanctions against the country.

Analysts say Nkurunziza left a divided nation. Burundi’s last civil war, which ended in 2006, left roughly 300,000 people dead.

His father served as governor of two provinces before he was murdered in 1972 during ethnic violence that resulted in the killing of more than 100,000 people of the Hutu ethnic group and more than 10,000 Tutsis.

Nkurunziza studied at the University of Burundi in Bujumbura in 1990, where he graduated with a degree in physical education. He served as a high school teacher and assistant lecturer at the university.

When a civil war broke out in 1993 between Hutu rebel groups and the Tutsidominated army, Nkurunziza escaped death during a 1995 Born in Bujumbura, the largest army attack on the universicity in Burundi, Nkurunziza ty campus that left some 200 grew up in the northern prov- people dead. ince of Ngozi to a Tutsi mother and Hutu father. A former In 1998, he was sentenced teacher and former leader of to death in absentia by a a Hutu rebel group, he was Burundian court over his rebel a born-again Christian and activities but was later granted football fanatic. immunity from prosecution

for war crimes.

In March 2018, Nkurunziza was granted the title of “eternal supreme guide” by the CNDD-FDD. In January this year, Burundi’s parliament voted to pay $530,000 to Nkurunziza and provide him with a luxury villa when he left office.

Besides awarding him a lifetime salary, the legislation called for elevating Nkurunziza to the title of “supreme leader” upon leaving office.

Health experts have warned that Burundi remains the only country in Africa which has not enacted any policy to curb the spread of COVID19—based on the claim “God is protecting the country”.

Official reports indicate Burundi has so far recorded 83 cases and one death.

12

Thursday, JUNE 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

www.sdvoice.info

HEALTHY LIVING EDUCATION National Delta Foundation Launches Exactly what Does COVID-19 Do To your Lungs? Summer Learning Series Lessons to help parents and teachers better navigate digital learning experiences.

By Glenn Ellis Trice/Edney News Wire What is it about this COVID19 that makes it so deadly?

What does it do to the body that is more of a threat than the f lu, HIV/AIDS, or any of the other things that can kill us? I offer some insight into why you don’t want this virus to get inside your body.

There are two major ways that the virus is thought to spread: from person to person through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, and from contact with contaminated surfaces, where the virus can survive for hours to days at a time.

Bottom line: COIVID-19 wants to get into your respiratory system.

We’ve all seen those little ‘spike-like” things on the ball that is the image shown to us about what the virus looks like. Once, inside, those spikes begin to “hijack” the cells, and virus does the only thing that viruses know to do: make more viruses, which in turn looks for more cells to “hijack”. All the virus needs to do is get a little of its’ own genetic material inside the cell that is pierced by the “spikes”. After the virus gets what it wants, the cell dies, and virus moves on. The inf lammation of the lungs triggers the body’s immune response, that in spite of its’ best intentions, can often over-react; particularly when encountering an opponent it has never seen before. In fact, it doesn’t even slightly resemble anything it’s seen before. This runaway response can cause more damage to the body’s own cells than to the virus it’s trying to defeat. Many epidemiologists believe that this is the main reason for

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

why the conditions of young, for a happy ending, is it? otherwise healthy people can rapidly deteriorate, and I should mention that the f luid in the lungs is, itself, sometime end in death. filled with the waste material The poor, damaged lungs of the dead cell that fell vicare filled with f luid, caustim to the virus. This is now ing a dry cough and making being circulated throughout breathing difficult. the body, carrying the oxyFor 80-85% of people gen provided by the ventilainfected by COVID-19, these tor to throughout the body. symptoms will run their The blood now enriched in course much as they would the protein from the cell with a case of the flu. debris in the lungs can in The Associated Press reports severe cases lead to sepsis. that upwards of 80% of ventilator COVID-19 patients As you can see, COVID-19 is do not survive. They call no joke. It is something that it “life support” for a rea- if there is any way possible, son. To be put on a venti- not to get it – don’t. lator meant you were sick enough to die to begin with. Until a vaccine is developed, Often overlooked is ven- the best defense is avoiding tilator induced damage; infection altogether through resulting from the pressure required to oxygenate the frequent, thorough hand body through sick lungs. washing, and physical disSome of these patients have tancing as recommended. significant lung fibrosis (scarring of the lungs and Remember, I’m not a doctor. reduced lung function). This I just sound like one. Take might be a short-term part of good care of yourself and their recovery or it could be live the best life possible! long-term.

So, here you have a dying person, put on a ventilator for oxygen to prevent organ failure via a mechanical source that will, just by how the machine works, can further damage the weakened lungs. Not much as a recipe

The information included in this column is for educational purposes only. I do not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a replacement form of treatment.

Glenn Ellis, is a Harvard Medical School Research Bioethics Fellow.

Books to Celebrate Juneteenth Adult Novels

Children’s Books

Young Adult Books

S oror it y Delt a Sig ma Theta’s Delta Research and Educationa l Foundation (DREF) is offering a summer instructional program to help parents, teachers and leaders better understand and utilize digital platforms to actively engage students of all ages. The 22-part program, titled H.E. LIVE Summer Learning Series, brings together master teachers, parents, and education advocates to provide solutions in response to the societal disruption caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The series runs every Tuesday and Thursday from June 2 through August 27, 2020, from 6:30 p.m. EDT 7:30 p.m. EDT on Twitter: @ TECChangeAgent,YouTube: DTEC-TAG and Facebook: DTEC-TAG.

tion caused school shutdowns nationwide, t he resulting ‘pause’ offered an opportunity. DREF adroitly managed a “pandemic pivot” to prepare and help families and educators recognize the growing dependence on digital learning tools. We had to assist and support families in their efforts to ensure positive educational outcomes for their children,” says Dr. Johni Cruse Craig, DTEC-TAG National Project Director.

The H.E. LIVE Lessons, which vary by topic, grade level and audience, will include discussions covering instruction, policy and distance learning strategies for students, teachers, parents, district administrators and other community stakeholders. All H.E. LIVEsessionsare free of DTEC-TAG partners Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., charge.

The Education Trust, and “While a historic interrup- the Leadership Conference

Education Fund will contribute their expert perspectives to the H.E. LIVE Summer Learning Series. LIVE is an acronym for Learning In Vibrant Environments.

A team of four trained teachers and educational advocates called TAG Equity Warriors are serving as project warriors who have taken the lead on curating content and engaging participants for the LIVE Lessons program. They are Kieshla Wylie, Levatta D. Levels, Simene Walden and Isis Spann.

To learn more, visit http:// www.deltafoundation.net.

A Record 12,000

SDCCD Degrees and Certificates Awarded Voice & Viewpoint Newswire More than 12,000 degrees and certificates are being awarded this year by the San Diego Communit y College District (SDCCD), a new record. Graduates will be recognized during virtual commencement ceremonies scheduled for July 17 starting with San Diego Mesa College at 10 a.m., San Diego Miramar College at 1 p.m., San Diego Continuing Education at 3 p.m., and San Diego City College at 5 p.m. (links to the virtual commencements will be available before July 14).

Among those graduating: • Twenty four Mesa College students are earning bachelor’s degrees in Health Information Management (HIM) through the state’s community college bacca laureate pi lot program. Nursing students, first responders, biotech grads, and others in essential areas are expected to immediately join the workforce supporting the COVID-19 response.

• 169 San Diego Promise students who are earning associate degrees after completing the district’s sig nat u re f ree-t u it ion

SDCCD Chancellor Constance M. Carroll congratulates the class of 2020 during her commencement remarks, recorded May 29 at the District Office.

Graduates will be highlighted during four virtual ceremonies on July 17.

program.

• A record 1,946 transfer students have earned associate degrees, which guarantees admission to a California State University campus, especially San Diego State University.

“Students in the Class of 2020 are to be commended for completing their education despite enormous challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which required them to switch to online classes in March.

Many students are working and have families to support, which required them to make additional sacrifices in order to earn a degree or certificate, so that they could

transfer to a university or embark upon a well-paying career,” said SDCCD Chancellor Constance M. Carroll. “Their determination is an inspiration to us all.”

In all, the SDCCD is conferring 4,321 associate degrees and 7,766 certificates of completion — a 2% increase over 2019. Some 1,237 students graduating this year are first-generation college students. The 6,333 certificates awarded by San Diego Continuing Education is up 5% from last year. The 291 high school diplomas being conferred is a 64% increase from last year.

www.sdvoice.info

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

• Thursday, June 18, 2020

13

BUSINESS NASCAR JOINS GROWING LIST OF

Companies Taking Stand Against Racial Injustice

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Since protestors and demonstrators have taken to the streets around the globe in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, many businesses and organizations have issued statements and taken measures to communicate their stand against racial injustice.

On We d ne s d ay, Ju ne 10, NASCAR joined that ever-growing list with the announcement that it’s removing the Confederate flag from all of its events.

Basketball Association, G o l d m a n Sachs, Amazon, Ben & Jerry’s, and Nike have a lso issued statements condemning racial injustice.

one of the sport’s premier drivers and NASCAR’s lone However, skeptics say it Black competitor joined in to remains too early to tell if the growing list of busi- applaud the move. nesses will support African “I’m just really proud of American-owned businesses the efforts of NASCAR for and the continued cry for stepping up and wanting racial equality. to be a part of the change,” “NASCAR isn’t a museum. Bubba Wallace, who’s No. It’s a sport. And on race 43 Chevrolet car has the day, it’s a sport that invests #BlackLivesMatter hashtag more time and pageantry painted over the vehicle, told honoring America than anyone,” writer Dan Wolken Good Morning America.

“ T he presence of t he Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our wrote in an Op-Ed for USA industry,” NASCAR officials Today. “The people who insist the Confederate f lag wrote in a statement. is an important part of that “Bringing people together pageantry are not amplifyaround a love for racing and ing the values inherent to the community that it creates American sports. They’re is what makes our fans and mocking the long road to sport special. The display of progress that has once again the Confederate flag will be arrived at a defining, hisprohibited from all NASCAR toric moment,” events and properties.”

While many took to social Companies and organi- media to voice their surprise zations like the National about NASCAR’s decision,

“I know it’s tough, they’re in a tough situation,” Wallace stated. “They’ve been in a tough situation for a long time now, but I think this is the most crucial time and time is of the essence right now in the world that we’re in and the nation that we’re in to create change and create unity and come together and really try to be more inclusive.”

BIOLOGIST SONYA NEAL NAMED

2020 Pew Scholar Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The Pew Charitable Trusts announced June 15 that Sonya Neal, an assistant professor in the University of California San Diego Div ision of Biolog ica l Sciences, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.

munity of more than 1,000 scientists who have received awards from Pew since 1985.

Current scholars meet annually to share their research and exchange perspectives across diverse health disciplines. Neal said her plans as a Pew Scholar include developing new ideas for collaborations and multidisciplinary Neal was announced as one approaches to human health of 22 early-career research- research related to misfolded ers at institutions across the proteins, including neurocountry who will receive four logical and cardiovascular years of funding to invest in diseases, as well as cancer. foundational research to pursue scientific breakthroughs “As a black female in STEM, and advance human health. I take my role and responNeal’s research will examine sibilities towards promoting the quality control mech- diversity at UC San Diego anism that allows cells to very seriously,” said Neal. clear away potentially toxic “With this award, I will pass the support and encouragemisfolded proteins. ment I received to training “I am particularly excited a diverse group of top-perabout the Pew award due forming undergraduates, to its commitment to deep graduates and postdoctoral biological understanding, fellows.” medical application and promotion of health,” said Neal, The 2020 scholars were choa member of the Section of sen from 191 applicants nomCell and Developmental inated by leading academic Biology. “With the Pew institutions and researchaward, we will strive to ers across the United States. understand a new emerg- This year’s class includes ing class of enzymes known scientists exploring why as rhomboids and their female mammals age differcontribution to protein ently than males, how environmental factors affect the homeostasis.” trajectory of inf lammatory The 2020 class of scholars— disease and the molecular all of whom hold assistant mechanisms that allow the professor positions—are new body to sense and regulate members of a vibrant com- temperature.

“Pew is proud to support these promising researchers as they conduct world-class research to address biomedicine’s most complex questions,” said Rebecca Rimel, Pew’s president and CEO. “They join a group of distinguished scientists who have worked for decades to advance science and protect public health.”

Five members of the 2020 class, who were selected for their commitment to investigating health challenges relating to the brain as it ages, will receive awards with support from the Kathryn W. Davis Peace by Pieces Fund.

“As all researchers know, science’s work is never truly done. By leveraging findings and investigating new ways to solve problems, this year’s class will continue the legacy of countless Pew scholars before them,” said Craig Mello, Ph.D., a 1995 Pew scholar, 2006 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, and chair of the national advisor y committee for the scholars program. “I’m confident that these scholars will help push scientific boundaries.”

Nike, NFL And Others To Start Giving Workers

JUNETEENTH OFF

By Joseph Pisani Associated Press

Nike, the NFL and other businesses will give their employees a day off for Juneteenth for the first time this year, the latest example of how American employers are responding to protests that have placed additional attention on racial injustice in the U.S.

Businesses have been forced to re-examine their policies after pressure from employees and ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd on May 25 after a white Minneapolis Texans began celebrating the police officer pressed his knee day a year later with parades into the handcuffed black and parties. It’s not a fed- man’s neck for several mineral holiday, but most states utes, even after he pleaded for Juneteenth commemorates observe it in some way, except air.

June 19, 1865 when Major three: Hawaii, North Dakota General Gordon Granger and South Dakota, accord- Some businesses have procame to Galveston, Texas, to ing to a list compiled by the fessed support for the Black announce the end of the Civil Congressiona l Research Lives Matter movement or War and slavery. Although Service. pledged to donate money to slavery was already abolished more than two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation, it continued in some areas.

organizations. Others have promised to hire more black workers or make other policy changes.

This week, Nike CEO John Donahoe told workers they would get Juneteenth off starting this year as a way to celebrate black culture and history.

learn,” Donahoe wrote in a memo. “I know that is what I intend to do.”

“Our expectation is that each of us use this time to continue NFL Commissioner Roger to educate ourselves and chal- Goodell, who last week said lenge our perspectives and that the league was wrong

to not listen to football players who have protested police brutality on the field since 2016, wrote in a note Friday that its offices would be closed June 19.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

COLOR Single Display Ad 2.5

$99

Janet Johnson M.A. MFT, LPCC

14

Thursday, June 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

www.sdvoice.info Classified ads can be placed in person, by phone, fax, or email

Monday-Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

P:619-266-2233 F:619-266-0533 E:ads@sdvoice.info

All classified ads are prepaid.

CLASSIFIEDS/ LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE TO PROPOSERS The County of San Diego, Owner, invites bids for DON DUSSAULT PARK IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2 & 3; PHASE II ORACLE PROJECT NO. 1022585; PHASE III ORACLE PROJECT H197070 NO. 1023436; BID No. 10353.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Diego (City) is seeking to receive Electronic Proposals for the below named Request for Proposal (RFP).

Contract Number: RFP Title: Design of Brown Field Sealed bids will be received at the Department of Purchasing Runway 8R/26L Rehab and Contracting, at 5560 The solicitation may be Overland Avenue, Ste. 270, obtained from the City's website San Diego, 92123, until at: https://www.sandiego.gov/ 2:00 PM on June 29, 2020, at which time they will be cip/bidopps publicly opened and read The City of San Diego, in aloud. Contract documents accordance with the provisions including Plans, Specifications of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Bid Forms are available of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC for download on the County §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Buynet site: https://buynet.

Regulations, hereby notifies sdcounty.ca.gov. You must be all bidders and proposers registered at the site in order that it will affirmatively ensure to download documents. The that any contract entered into Contractor shall possess, at pursuant to this advertisement, the time of submitting the bid, a disadvantaged business California contractor's license, A-General enterprises will be afforded Classification full and fair opportunity to Engineering Contractor, or submit bids in response to Classification B – General Contractor or this invitation and will not be Building discriminated against on the California contractor's license. grounds of race, color, or The cost of construction is national origin in consideration estimated to be from $295,000 to $285,000 for Phase 2 and for an award. $185,000 to $270,000 for The requirements of 49 Phase 3. Bid security of no less CFR part 26 apply to this than 10% required at time of bid. contract. It is the policy of the Successful bidder shall provide City of San Diego (City) to Payment and Performance practice nondiscrimination Bonds for 100% of the contract Prevailing Wage based on race, color, sex, amount. or national origin in the rates apply. The Owner, as award or performance of this a matter of policy shall make contract. The City encourages a good faith effort to meetparticipation by all firms or-exceed the 3% Disabled qualifying under this solicitation Veterans Business Enterprise regardless of business size or (DVBE) participation for this project. For complete bid ownership. information, go to County of All contracts and subcontracts San Diego Purchasing and that result from this solicitation Contracting website at https:// For incorporate by reference the buynet.sdcounty.ca.gov. provisions of 29 CFR part questions, please contact Contracting 201, the Federal Fair Labor Procurement Standards Act (FLSA), with Officer, Veronica Ford at the same force and effect as if v e r o n i c a . f o r d @ s d c o u n t y. given in full text. The FLSA sets ca.gov. minimum wage, overtime pay, 6/11, 6/18/20 recordkeeping, and child labor CNS-3369093# standards for full and part-time VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWS workers.

The Design Professional has full responsibility to monitor compliance to the referenced statute or regulation. The Design Professional must address any claims or disputes that arise from this requirement directly with the U.S. Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division.

The requirements of 49 CFR part 26 apply to this contract.

It is the policy of the City to practice nondiscrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin in the award or performance of this contract. The City encourages participation by all firms qualifying under this solicitation regardless of business size or ownership. Consultants are encouraged to subcontract with and/or participate in joint ventures with these firms.

Proposals shall be received no later than the date and time noted in the solicitation which can be found at the following site: City of San Diego’s Electronic Proposal Site – PlanetBids at: h t t p s : / / w w w. p l a n e t b i d s . com/portal/portal. cfm?companyID=17950.

James Nagelvoort, Director Public Works Department Thursday, June 11, 2020 6/18/20 CNS-3370778# VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWS

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

June 21, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9009438 Fictitious business name(s): Noel Enterprises

Located at: 9323 Black Hills Way San Diego, CA 92129 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was 08/01/1984 This business is hereby registered by the following: Louis Leon Elloie Jr. 9323 Black Hills Way San Diego, CA 92129 County of San Diego --Dolores H. Elloie 9323 Black Hills Way San Diego, CA 92129 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 08, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 08, 2025 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9009151 Fictitious business name(s): 7-Eleven Store #13658A

Located at: 375 Madison Avenue El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: P.K.B. Industries, Inc. 1296 N 2nd Street El Cajon, CA 92021 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 03, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on

Include the following information: • Full Name • Billing address • Date(s) you want the ad to appear • Contact phone number

Deadline is Tuesdays by NOON to run that week.

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

WE ACCEPT:

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

June 03, 2025 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9009493 Fictitious business name(s):

County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was 03/30/1997 This business is hereby registered by the following: Angela Nicole Carroll 7130 Waite Dr #41 La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego --John Trenell Carroll 7130 Waite Dr #41 La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 20, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on May 20, 2025 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9008654 Fictitious business name(s):

4808 Riding Ridge Rd. San Diego, CA 92130 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Married Couple The first day of business was 03/30/1997 This business is hereby registered by the following: Rula Krikorian 4808 Riding Ridge Rd. San Diego, CA 92130 County of San Diego --Zareh Krikorian 4808 Riding Ridge Rd. San Diego, CA 92130 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 18, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on May 18, 2025 05/28, 06/04, 06/11, 06/18 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9008191 Fictitious business name(s):

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.

37-2020-00018473CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Varian Eubank Mckenzie

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 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.

Gold Star Mobile Notary

Located at: 1555 Caminito Zaragosa Chula Vista, CA 91913 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: LaShonda Gray-Webb 1555 Caminito Zaragosa Chula Vista, CA 91913 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 09, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 09, 2025 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9009707 Fictitious business name(s): ICONIC Beauty Station

Located at: 1281 Ninth Ave. Ste. 139 San Diego, CA 92101 County of San Diego --212 Pardee St. San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 05/24/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Brandy Danielle McGowan 212 Pardee St. San Diego, CA 92102 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 15, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 15, 2025 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9008687 Fictitious business name(s): Point Automotive

Located at: 3654 Oliphant St San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 04/16/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Leigh Morrow Peet 3654 Oliphant St San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 20, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on May 20, 2025 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9008933 Fictitious business name(s): Disinfect Site

Located at: 22w 35th street suite 207 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 05/01/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: De La Fuente Construction, Inc. 22w 35th Street Suite 207 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 28, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on May 28, 2025 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9008670 Fictitious business name(s): Carrolls Learning Angels

Located at: 7130 Waite Dr #41 La Mesa, CA 91941

Diamond Evals

Located at: 11219 Avenida De Los Lobos #B San Diego, CA 92127 County of San Diego --P.O. Box 1910 Escondido, CA 92033 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: Diamond Evals LLC 11219 Avenida De Los Lobos #B San Diego, CA 92127 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 20, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on May 20, 2025 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9009118 Fictitious business name(s): Khmer Entertainment Of America Inc

Located at: 7863 Broadway Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego --6651 Eldridge St San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 10/12/2011 This business is hereby registered by the following: Khmer Entertainment Of America, Inc.

6651 Eldridge St San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 02, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 02, 2025 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9009049 Fictitious business name(s): Stricktly Business 22

Located at: 223 Cedaridge Drive San Diego, CA 92114 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: Sonfré Marie Roberson 223 Cedaridge Drive San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 01, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on June 01, 2025 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9008588 Fictitious business name(s): Alur Travel & Tours

Located at:

iBella

Located at: 2644 Adams Ave San Diego, CA 92116 County of San Diego --6304 Friars Rd #123 San Diego, CA 92108 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 05/01/2013 This business is hereby registered by the following: Erika M Ruiz Pusateri 6304 Friars Rd #123 San Diego, CA 92108 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 11, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on May 11, 2025 05/28, 06/04, 06/11, 06/18 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9008530 Fictitious business name(s): MaxCare Ambulance

Located at: 7614 Lemon Ave Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego The business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 04/01/2010 This business is hereby registered by the following: Max Laufer Inc. 7614 Lemon Ave Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 15, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on May 15, 2025 05/28, 06/04, 06/11, 06/18 ------------------------------------

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101 37-2020-00018625CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Shelly Ashley Grover To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Shelly Ashley Grover filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Shelly Ashley Grover PROPOSED NAME: Shelly Grover Savalina 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 reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 20, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 The address of the court is: 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Central 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2020-00018385CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung Esq. To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Adrian Stratienco filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Adrian Stratienco PROPOSED NAME: Adrian Strat 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 reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 21, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Hall Of Justice 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101

To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Varian Eubank Mckenzie filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Varian Eubank Mckenzie PROPOSED NAME: Varian Eubank Muhammad 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 reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 20, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Central 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2020-00018375CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung Esq.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 21, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02 ------------------------------------

Keep up with the community The Voice & Viewpoint is offering its digital edition free online so you can stay informed

To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Maurence Ronica Stratienco filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Maurence Ronica Stratienco PROPOSED NAME: Maurence Ronica Strat

Visit

our

website at:

sdVoice.info news-2

/

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this

REQUEST FOR BIDS Advertisement for Bids – Responses to Request for Proposals Notice is hereby given that the San Diego Unified School District, acting by and through its governing board, will receive sealed proposals for the furnishing of all labor, materials, transportation, equipment, and services for: CONSTRUCTION AND PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR STANDLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL JOINT USE IMPROVEMENTS AND SPRECKELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHOLE SITE MODERNIZATION - LEASE-LEASEBACK (LLB)* This is a LLB project. Only prime contractors listed below may submit proposals to the San Diego Unified School District. Please visit our website for each prime contractor’s contact information at: www.sandiegounified.org/LLB-Outreach. Lease-Leaseback Contractor’s information can be found on the Lease-Leaseback Fact Sheet. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on June 25, 2020 in front of the main office of Spreckels Elementary School, 6033 Stadium Street, San Diego, CA 92122. The meeting will begin with a general project overview, followed by a site walk of the school sites. Failure to attend or extreme tardiness and to sign in will render a Contractor’s Proposal ineligible. All contractors and subcontractors must preregister with the District prior to attending the site walk. Please send only one representative per company.

Contact nethridge@sandi.net for the link to preregister. The pre-approved Group B Pool of Prime Contractors are highly encouraged to invite subcontractors to the site visit. Only proposals from the following Group B Pool of Prime Contractors will be accepted. Subcontractors should contact the following Prime Contractors to submit their bids to be incorporated into their proposals: • Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC • Barnhart-Reese Construction, Inc. • C.W. Driver, LLC • McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. • Nexgen Building Group, Inc.

• PCL Construction Services, Inc. • Soltek Pacific Construction Company • Sundt Construction, Inc. • Swinerton Builders • Turner Construction Company

COVID-19 SITE WALK SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WILL BE ENFORCED. Please refer to Planwell (www.crispimg.com, click on PlanWell, Public Planroom, search SDUSD and RFP number CZ20-1171-08) or The Daily Transcript for the complete Advertisement for Bids which includes Site Walk Safety Precautions AND preregistration information. All Responses to Request for Proposals must be received electronically at or before 2:00 p.m. on JULY 16, 2020. LLB Prime Contractors interested in submitting an RFP must go to www.planetbids. com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43764 then search under “Bid Opportunities” for “Invitation number” CZ20-1171-08 Construction and Preconstruction Services for Standley Middle School Joint Use Improvements and Spreckels Elementary School Whole Site Modernization. For new vendors, please register under “New Vendor Registration”. Subcontractors interested in submitting bids to the approved Pool of Prime Contractors must do so per each prime contractor’s timelines.

Verify bid due dates with the Prime Contractors. Standley Middle School Project estimate is $6,900,000 with an anticipated duration of twelve (12) months of construction only. This is a PSA project and requires prequalification. The District requires that subcontractors possess the appropriate classification(s) of California State Contractors License(s), valid and in good standing, at the time of best value analysis and contract award. The Prime Contractor is required to possess B or other appropriate license, subject to District approval.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Andrea O’Hara, M.A., Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Officer, Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Department CZ20-1171-08

www.sdvoice.info

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

• Thursday, June 18, 2020

15

CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT Queen Latifah:

Let ‘Gone with the Wind’ Be Gone Forever 1939 LOUIS CLARK “LOU” BROCK BORN Louis Clark Brock is an American MLB Hall of Famer. He is best known for becoming the first person to break Ty Cobb’s record for stolen bases (at the Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego) in 1977. Today Brock and his wife are both ordained ministers and serve as elders at Abundant Life Fellowship Church in St. Louis.

1963 “STAY OUT” STAGED IN BOSTON Civil-rights activist and mother Ruth Batson once recalled, “When we would go to white schools, we’d see these lovely classrooms, with a small number of children in each class…

When we’d go to our schools, we would see overcrowded classrooms, children sitting out in the corridors, and so forth… where there were a large number of white students, that’s where the care went. That’s where the books went.

That’s where the money went.”

In June 1963, the Education Committee of the Boston NAACP presented the Boston School Committee with a 14-Point Proposal to end de facto segregation in the public schools. The failed negotiations precipitated a years-long series of nonviolent, direct action demonstrations in Boston.

Batson and other civil-rights activists, parents, and students in Boston were organized and creative in their protests against school segregation. On June 18, 1963, the first “StayOut-For-Freedom” occurred. Protesting school desegregation, half of the 5,000 Blacks at Boston junior and senior high schools stayed out of school. Instead, boycotters attended “Freedom Workshops” at the St. Mark Social Center. Organizers preferred “stay out” to “boycott” because students were staying away from public school to attend the community-organized “Freedom Schools.”

The protests continued into the summer as various civil rights groups picketed outside the Boston School Committee Headquarters. The School Committee conceded to meet with the NAACP on August 13, 1963. The Boston Globe reported, “[Boston School Committee chairwoman Louise Day Hicks] gaveled the last meeting with Negro leaders to a close in something short of three minutes when the speaker mentioned the words, de facto segregation—just mentioned the words.” On Friday September 6, 1963, the NAACP stepped up the nonviolent direct action protests by organizing a Sit-In during the regular meeting of the Boston School Committee. The committee members voted to have the police remove the demonstrators, who were protesting elsewhere in the building.

The back-and-forth continued into the 1970s, when it finally garnered national attention.

This attention led to “The Boston Busing Crisis” of the 1970s and ‘80s. Both contemporary coverage and historical accounts of Boston’s school desegregation have emphasized the anger that white people in Boston felt, leaving Black Bostonians as bit players in their own civil-rights struggle.

1992 GEORGIA V. MCCOLLUM RULING The McCollums (Thomas, William, and Ella) were charged with battery and assault of an African American couple.

Prior to the trial, one of the prosecuting attorneys asked that the court keep the Defense from excluding jury candidates based on race. The prosecutors worried Defense would force an all-white jury, skewing fair judgement. The judge denied the prosecution’s request, as did the Georgia State Supreme Court. The seemingly simple request was elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court.

As presented before the Supreme Court, one of the major questions was “Does the Fourteenth Amendment stop a criminal defendant from using jury selection processes to discriminate against potential jurors based on race?”. In a 7 to 2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (among other things) that criminal defendants could not use race as a basis for excluding potential jurors. They had ruled the same for prosecutors a few years earlier.

In part, the Supreme Court majority opinion stated: “The need for public confidence is especially high in cases involving race-related crimes… Just as public confidence in criminal justice is undermined by a conviction in a trial where racial discrimination has occurred in jury selection, so is public confidence undermined where a defendant, assisted by racially discriminatory peremptory strikes, obtains an acquittal…”

By Gary Gerard Hamilton Associated Press While some have criticized HBO Max’s removal of “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming service— including those who wonder if it hurts the legacy of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American woman to win an Academy Award—Oscar nominee Queen Latifah says good riddance.

“Let ‘Gone with the Wind’ be gone with the wind,” said the Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy winner in an interview last week.

Lat ifa h, who por t rays McDaniel in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix “Hollywood” series, says t he stor y behind McDaniel’s Oscar win is not as shiny as the golden trophy.

“They didn’t even let her in the theater until right before she got that award. Someone came outside and brought her into the auditorium. She wasn’t even allowed to sit in there. And then she had to read a speech that was written by a studio. You know that’s not what the hell she wanted to say,” she said.

“Then after that, all she could do was play the same kinds of roles. So the opportunities at that time and the way that those in power in that business were relegating us and marginalizing us and not allowing us to grow and thrive after that was just terrible. And a lot of that is still around today.”

Latifa h spoke to The Associated Press while promoting her Queen Collective initiative, which seeks to highlight up-and-coming female filmmakers of color.

She discussed George Floyd’s death, her feelings about her lyrics being chanted by protesters and more.

Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.

AP: What are your thoughts on the protests following George Floyd’s death?

LATIFAH: This is like nothing I’ve ever seen in my life.

And it’s also the fact that it’s happening worldwide. It’s time, you know? It’s time.

What an opportunity we have right now. I can only liken it to what it was like for me as a kid, as a teenager— young 20s, early ‘90s when there was apartheid in South Africa, and we weren’t with that. And rappers, we stood

up and used our voices, and everybody used their voices.

AP: We’re seeing corporate America and brands embracing Black Lives Matter. Do you think it’s just popular to do so now or is it a sincere effort to bring change?

LATIFAH: I think it’s a mixture . we’re seeing things that have been coming for a long time, and this is the powder keg. This is the perfect storm, if you will, for the opportunity for change to come. So we shouldn’t stop— we shouldn’t take our foot off the gas. I read something Viola Davis posted, and… it ended with `Don’t take your foot off the gas,’ and that has sat in my mind and that has been my slogan in my brain every day.

AP: Protesters at a march were singing your song U.N.I.T.Y. LATIFAH: That song is a stance. I wish it didn’t stand—I wish it would have played out. But to have to say “Love a black man from infinity to infinity,’’ “love a black woman from infinity to infinity,” but ultimately: U.N.I.T.Y. We do it together. You know, let’s all get it together. But I had to say things like that. We still have to say that. I have so many records that I wish were not useful anymore.

You know records fought for women’s equality, fought for all of us to have an equal seat at the table. I wish we didn’t have to talk about this stuff, but it’s still happening.

because we have a lot to do. It’s an election year. I’m inspired by the youth being out there.

AP: This is your second year with the Queen Collective.

Was there anything your learned or changed this year?

LATIFAH: The only thing that’s expanded my mind is that we need more support and we need to make more movies. We need more production because the same thing (happened) last year: we were able to do two films, (but) we got over 60 submissions last year . These amazing women filmmakers have shown that not only do they tell unique, interesting, cool stor(ies)—not just cool—but stories that need to be told.

But they also hire diversely behind the camera, which gives people experience.

AP: Billy Porter posted an Instagram video stating the black community needs to do a better job embracing the LBGTQ community in the midst of this “Black Lives Matter” movement.

What are your thoughts?

LATIFAH: I 100% agree.

You know, we don’t have the luxury of separating ourselves from one another right now. The whole purpose is inclusivity... You should be respected for who you are, no matter who you are, that includes the LGBTQ community, especially our trans sisters and brothers that are being murdered in these streets for no reason, other than that they are or I am both ripped apart on who they are, and someone the inside and at the same decides that “I don’t like time inspired, and I have who you are” or “I want to renewed vigor every day attack you.” It just can’t fly.

ARTICLE CONTINUATION WAYS: continued from page 3 3306 Carpenter Ave. in South Dallas/Fair Park.

pastors, one the wife of a pas- Wives & Widows Union in tor, and the other a devoted Dallas moved to the senior church worker. home where she has become a Until Pastor Bradford Jr. died popular resident. She admits it at 78 in 2007, they were the After living for many decades took time to adjust to the new longest serving couple at the in a spacious home near and less independent lifestyle. helm in Mt. Horeb’s now 103- Ledbetter Dr. in Southern year history. Of their two sons Dallas, the former president of Giving up driving and shopand two daughters, two are Metropolitan Baptist Ministers ping on her own was difficult

but doable, the octogenarian said. Again, her scripture, song, faith and common sense directed her, she said. She also is adjusting to the resident’s tightened operation and rules for visitors even through the coronavirus scare. “Through

many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come,” said Mrs. Bradford, quoting a gospel song. “It was grace that brought me safe thus far, and I’m counting on grace to carry us on.”

Thank you.

Norma Adams-Wade is a veteran, award-winning Journalist, a graduate of UT-Austin and Dallas native. She is also one of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and was inducted into the NABJ Hall of Fame.

16

Thursday, JUNE 18, 2020 •

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

www.sdvoice.info