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JOSEPH “L.J.” MAULL IV
UCLA CLASS OF 2020
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)
PARENTS: JOSEPH & CHAROS MAULL GRANDMOTHER: ROSEMARY POPE
HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING
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:
You may receive a call from a public health worker.
They will ask you a few questions and recommend next steps you can take. Your information will be kept private and confidential.
2You may need to separate yourself from others.
This includes separating yourself for up to 14 days from others in your household to protect those around you.
3A public health worker may offer ongoing support. 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.
provider or call 2-1-1 Answer the call and help stop the spread.
CAMERON MONROE
HELIX HIGH SCHOOL -HONORS GRADUATE
2020 Links Achiever Attending North Carolina A& T Major: Bio Medical Engineering
PARENTS: ATHANISON & LEISHA MONROE GRANDFATHER: DR. BOBBY WILSON
Courtesy of the George Stevens Senior Center
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.
Department, the CALGRIP Grant which funded and created The Teen Night Program, the After School Playground Movie Program, the Weed & Seed Program, Brush Management Ex pansion, the Big Brothers Mentor Program, the Encanto Rec reation Center Lady Bulls Basketball Program,the Citywide Accident Review & Driver Operation Manual and Training Programs as well as Advocate of Policy for the George L.Ste vens Senior Center.
TATIANA JANAE THOMAS
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 2020
Major: Behavioral Science Minor: Justice Studies with Emphasis in Psychology Post Undergraduate Plans: Internship with a promising career in Law Enforcement
PARENTS: FELECIA CHARGAULAF & TERRY E. THOMAS GRANDPARENTS: LEE & DIANE SAWYER
IHLA LEFTWICH RUSSELL
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020
Awarded Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by Congressman Juan Vargas -June 2020 Attending Cal State Fullerton Major: Liberal Studies
PARENTS: JOHNNIE RUSSELL & KHALIA LEFTWICH GRANDPARENTS: KIRK & KATHIE LEFTWICH
TYRA LOGAN
OTAY RANCH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020
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
PARENTS: CLIFTON & SHIRONDA LOGAN GRANDFATHERS: JAMES & DOROTHY RICHARDS
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Bids Farewell To City of San Diego Parks & Rec.
Photography courtesy of the George Stevens Senior Center
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Department, the CALGRIP Grant which funded and created The Teen Night Program, the After School Playground Movie Program, the Weed & Seed Program, Brush Management Ex pansion, the Big Brothers Mentor Program, the Encanto Recreation Center Lady Bulls Basketball Program,the Citywide Accident Review & Driver Operation Manual and Training Programs as well as Advocate of Policy for the George L.Ste
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.
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.”
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Juneteenth,
A Celebration of Freedom
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 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.
CAPPING WEEK OF PROTESTS, SLAVE TRADER STATUE TOPPLED BY UK ACTIVISTS
Lisa Vives
Global Information Network
Years of inaction over the fate of an 18 foot statue of Edward Colston, a 17th century slave trader with the Royal African Company (RAC) was decided this week with the toppling of Colston’s bronze statue in Bristol, England. The statue was pulled down by protestors at a demonstration in solidarity with B lack Lives Matter and George Floyd. The figure was dragged to the Bristol harbor and flung into the River Avon. During Colston’s employ at the RAC between 1672 and 1689, some 80,000 men, women and children were trafficked of whom 19,000 died on voyages from West Africa to the Caribbean and the Americas. After retiring
Lisa Vives
Global Information Network from slave trading, Colston turned to philanthropy, leaving a trail of schools, a concert hall, a highrise office building, a street and an avenue with his name.
Activists have argued for years that his connections with slavery meant his con tribution to the city should be reassessed.
“He was a slave trader and a murderer,” declared David Adetayo Olusoga, a BritishNigerian history professor at the University of Manchester, prize-winning writer, broadcaster and filmmaker who s upported t he f igure’s removal.
“Statues are not about remembering 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 com pany that trafficked more people into slavery than any in British history.” Still, some government officials stood up for Colston’s s tatue and denounced its removal. “Utterly disgraceful,” said home secretary Priti Patel. “Sheer vandalism and disorder are completely unacceptable.”
Hea lt h Secretar y Matt Hancock claimed that the UK protests were fuelled by events in America “rather than here”. But Shadow jus tice secretary David Lammy, 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 George Floyd and other African Americans. We must turn this moment into one of change and justice in the UK too.”
A young Britisher caught on CNN echoed Lammy’s remarks: “This is not a trend. This is not a hashtag. We’re not here for a fashion. We’re here to change something. Racism cannot be tolerated in our society. We need to
ETHIOPIAN GOLD MINE LEAVES DEADLY TOXIC WASTE TRAIL IN PRIME MINISTER’S HOME TOWN
change this.”
A gold mine in Ethiopia’s without warning. Oromia state has been anything but a blessing. Unreleased studies commissioned Residents claim that conby the governtamination from the mine, ment and a gold owned by an Ethiopia-born m ining comSaudi tycoon, has led to pany obtained disastrous health problems. b y The New Locals say chemicals use to process gold at the open pit mine near Shakiso, 222 miles south of the capital, Addis Ababa, have polluted water streams and the air, causing humans and animals respiratory illnesses, m iscarriages, birth defects and disabilities. Hu m a n it a r i a n news ser v ice reveal, among other things, that the area around the mine has the highest number of birth defects recorded in Ethiopia. Serious environmental concerns about the operations were raised back in 2018. The issue worsens prospects for the re-election of the once-popular prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, whose s tronghold among the Oromo people has weak“We are the walking dead,” Dembela Megersa told reporter Tom Gardner, describing chronic back pains that have afflicted him for years. ened considerably. Last fall, political protests in Oromia evolved into clashes fueled by ethnicity and religion. Residents say there were no warnings about potential toxins in the water nor were environmental audits showFatalities reportedly topped ing cyanide in the water and 100. high levels of mercury in the In the current toxic health crisis linked to the residues water and soil shared with them. of gold mining, children have been born with deformities, and women have had so many miscarriages they believe they are cursed; the bones of cattle have snapped like twigs, and men’s bodies A 100-kilo vat of mercury that had been stored at the mine site could not be accounted for by auditors who said they were refused access to the storage area. 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.
PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI, VETERAN OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE, PASSES AT 55
Lisa Vives
Global Information Network
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 army attack on the university campus that left some 200 people dead. 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”.
HEALTHY LIVING Exactly what Does COVID-19 Do To your Lungs?
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 flu, 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 d roplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, and from contact with con taminated surfaces, where t he 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; par ticularly 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 why the conditions of young, otherwise healthy people can rapidly deteriorate, and sometime end in death.
The poor, damaged lungs are filled with fluid, causing a dry cough and making breathing difficult. For 80-85% of people infected by COVID-19, these symptoms will run their course much as they would with a case of the flu.
The Associated Press reports that upwards of 80% of ven
tilator COVID-19 patients
do not survive. They call it “life support” for a reason. To be put on a ventilator meant you were sick enough to die to begin with. Often overlooked is ventilator induced damage; resulting from the pressure required to oxygenate the body through sick lungs. Some of these patients have significant lung fibrosis (scarring of the lungs and reduced lung function). This might be a short-term part of their recovery or it could be 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 for a happy ending, is it?
I should mention that the fluid in the lungs is, itself, filled with the waste material of the dead cell that fell victim to the virus. This is now being circulated throughout the body, carrying the oxygen provided by the ventilator to throughout the body. The blood now enriched in the protein from the cell debris in the lungs can in severe cases lead to sepsis.
As you can see, COVID-19 is no joke. It is something that if there is any way possible, not to get it – don’t.
Until a vaccine is developed, the best defense is avoiding infection altogether through frequent, thorough hand washing, and physical distancing as recommended.
Remember, I’m not a doctor. I just sound like one. Take good care of yourself and live the best life possible!
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.
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National Delta Foundation Launches Summer Learning Series Lessons to help parents and teachers better navigate digital learning experiences.
Voice & Viewpoint Newswire
Sororit y Delta Sigma Theta’s Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF) is offering a sum mer instructional program t o 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 t o 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.
The H.E. LIVE Lessons, which vary by topic, grade level and audience, will include discussions cover ing instruction, policy and d istance learning strategies for students, teachers, p arents, district administrators and other community stakeholders. All H.E. L IVEsessionsare free of charge. “While a historic interruption caused school shutd owns nationwide, the 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.
DTEC-TAG partners Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., The Education Trust, and 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 Community College District (SDCCD), a new record. Graduates will be recognized during virtual commencement ceremonies scheduled for July 1 7 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 baccalaureate pilot program. Nursing students, f irst 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 signature free-tuition
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. transfer to a university or • A record 1,946 transfer students have earned associate embark upon a well-paying career,” said SDCCD degrees, which guarantees C hancellor Constance M. admission to a California Carroll. “Their determina
State University campus, tion is an inspiration to us especially San Diego State all.”
University.
In all, the SDCCD is confer“Students in the Class of ring 4,321 associate degrees 2020 are to be commended and 7,766 certificates of for completing their edu completion — a 2% increase cation despite enormous ch allenges, 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 over 2019. Some 1,237 students graduating this year a re first-generation college students. The 6,333 certifi cates awarded by San Diego Continuing Education is up 5% from last year. The 291 high school diplomas being in order to earn a degree or conferred is a 64% increase certificate, so that they could from last year.
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 busi nesses and organizations h ave issued statements and taken measures to commu nicate their stand against racial injustice. On Wed nesday, Ju ne 10, NASCAR joined that ever-growing list with the announcement that it’s removing the Confederate flag from all of its events. “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry,” NASCAR officials wrote in a statement.
“Bringing people together around a love for racing and the community that it creates is what makes our fans and sport special. The display of the Confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR events and properties.” Companies and organizations like the National
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. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger came to Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. Although B a s k e t b a l l A s s o c i a t i o n , G o l d m a n Sachs, Amazon, Ben & Jerry’s, and Nike have a lso issued statements condemning racial injustice. However, skeptics say it remains too early to tell if the growing list of businesses will support African American-owned businesses and the continued cry for racial equality. “NASCAR isn’t a museum. It’s a sport. And on race day, it’s a sport that invests more time and pageantry honoring America than anyone,” writer Dan Wolken wrote in an Op-Ed for USA Today. “The people who insist the Confederate flag is an important part of that pageantry are not amplifying the values inherent to A merican sports. They’re mocking the long road to progress that has once again arrived at a defining, historic moment,”
While many took to social media to voice their surprise about NASCAR’s decision, slavery was already abolished more than two years Proclamation, it continued in some areas. Texans began celebrating the day a year later with parades and parties. It’s not a federal holiday, but most states observe it in some way, except three: Hawaii, North Dakota and South Dakota, according to a list compiled by the Congressional Research Service. one of the sport’s premier drivers and NASCAR’s lone Black competitor joined in to applaud the move.
“I’m just really proud of the efforts of NASCAR for stepping up and wanting to be a part of the change,” Bubba Wallace, who’s No. 43 Chevrolet car has the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag painted over the vehicle, told Good Morning America.
“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.”
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 police officer pressed his knee into the handcuffed black man’s neck for several minutes, even after he pleaded for air.
Some businesses have professed support for the Black
L ives Matter movement or pledged to donate money to
BIOLOGIST SONYA NEAL NAMED 2020 Pew Scholar
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The Pew Charitable Trusts announced June 15 that Sonya Neal, an assistant professor in the University of California San Diego Division of Biological Sciences, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.
Neal was announced as one of 22 early-career researchers at institutions across the country who will receive four years of funding to invest in foundational research to pursue scientific breakthroughs and advance human health. Neal’s research will examine the quality control mechanism that allows cells to clear away potentially toxic misfolded proteins. “I am particularly excited about the Pew award due to its commitment to deep biological understanding, medical application and promotion of health,” said Neal, a member of the Section of Cell and Developmental Biology. “With the Pew award, we will strive to understand a new emerging class of enzymes known as rhomboids and their contribution to protein homeostasis.”
The 2020 class of scholars— all of whom hold assistant professor positions—are new members of a vibrant comorganizations. 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. “Our expectation is that each of us use this time to continue to educate ourselves and challenge our perspectives and 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 approaches to human health research related to misfolded proteins, including neurological and cardiovascular diseases, as well as cancer.
“As a black female in STEM, I take my role and responsibilities towards promoting diversity at UC San Diego very seriously,” said Neal. “With this award, I will pass the support and encouragement I received to training a d iverse group of top-performing undergraduates, g raduates and postdoctoral fellows.”
The 2020 scholars were chosen from 191 applicants nominated by leading academic institutions and researchers across the United States. This year’s class includes scientists exploring why female mammals age differently than males, how environmental factors affect the trajectory of inflammatory disease and the molecular mechanisms that allow the body to sense and regulate temperature. learn,” Donahoe wrote in a memo. “I know that is what I intend to do.” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who last week said that the league was wrong “Pew is proud to support these promising researchers as they conduct world-class research to address biomedicine’s most complex questions,” said Rebecca Rimel, P ew’s president and CEO. “They join a group of distinguished scientists who h ave 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 advisory committee for the scholars program. “I’m confident that these scholars will help push scientific
Nike, NFL And Others To Start Giving Workers JUNETEENTH OFF
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that the City of San Diego (City) is seeking to receive Electronic Proposals for the below named Request for Proposal (RFP).
Contract Number: H197070 RFP Title: Design of Brown Field Runway 8R/26L Rehab
The solicitation may be obtained from the City's website at: https://www.sandiego.gov/ cip/bidopps
The City of San Diego, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders and proposers that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.
The requirements of 49 CFR part 26 apply to this contract. It is the policy of the City of San Diego (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.
All contracts and subcontracts that result from this solicitation incorporate by reference the provisions of 29 CFR part 201, the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), with the same force and effect as if given in full text. The FLSA sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards for full and part-time 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:
https://www.planetbids. com/portal/portal. cfm?companyID=17950.
James Nagelvoort, Director Public Works Department Thursday, June 11, 2020 6/18/20
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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
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 NO. 1023436; BID No. 10353.
Sealed bids will be received at the Department of Purchasing and Contracting, at 5560 Overland Avenue, Ste. 270, San Diego, 92123, until 2:00 PM on June 29, 2020, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Contract documents including Plans, Specifications and Bid Forms are available for download on the County Buynet site: https://buynet. sdcounty.ca.gov. You must be registered at the site in order to download documents. The Contractor shall possess, at the time of submitting the bid, a California contractor's license, Classification A-General Engineering Contractor, or Classification B – General Building Contractor or California contractor's license. The cost of construction is estimated to be from $295,000 to $285,000 for Phase 2 and $185,000 to $270,000 for Phase 3. Bid security of no less than 10% required at time of bid. Successful bidder shall provide Payment and Performance Bonds for 100% of the contract amount. Prevailing Wage rates apply. The Owner, as a matter of policy shall make a good faith effort to meetor-exceed the 3% Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (DVBE) participation for this project. For complete bid information, go to County of San Diego Purchasing and Contracting website at https:// buynet.sdcounty.ca.gov. For questions, please contact Procurement Contracting Officer, Veronica Ford at veronica.ford@sdcounty. ca.gov. 6/11, 6/18/20
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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
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June 03, 2025 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09 ------------------------------------
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9009493
Fictitious business name(s):
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
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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):
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:
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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): 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 37-2020-00018625- CU-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 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. 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 37-2020-00018385- CU-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
37-2020-00018473- CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Varian Eubank Mckenzie
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 37-2020-00018375- CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung Esq.
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
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 ------------------------------------
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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
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
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…”
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3306 Carpenter Ave. in South Dallas/Fair Park. pastors, one the wife of a pastor, and the other a devoted church worker. Wives & Widows Union in Dallas moved to the senior home where she has become a popular resident. She admits it took time to adjust to the new and less independent lifestyle. Giving up driving and shopping on her own was difficult
By Gary Gerard Hamilton
Associated Press
While some have criticized HBO Max’s removal o f “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.
Latifah, who portrays McDaniel in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix “Hollywood” series, says the story behind McDaniel’s Oscar win is not as shiny as the golden trophy. up and used our voices, and
“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 have been coming for a been my slogan in my brain
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.”
Latifah spoke to The Associated Press while promoting her Queen Collective initiative, which seeks to highlight up-and-coming female filmmakers of color. say “Love a black man from ity to infinity,” but ultimately: U.N.I.T.Y. We do it have to say that. I have so
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 young 20s, early ‘90s when there was apartheid in South Africa, and we weren’t with that. And rappers, we stood
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 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 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 infinity to infinity,’’ “love a black woman from infintogether. You know, let’s all get it together. But I had to say things like that. We still me as a kid, as a teenager—
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.
I am both ripped apart on the inside and at the same time inspired, and I have renewed vigor every day 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 who they are, and someone decides that “I don’t like who you are” or “I want to
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attack you.” It just can’t fly. 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.” 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.
