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In Our Hands – Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Wilford Welch, climate change expert and author, will look at the individual and collective actions that must be taken this decade to shape our future and avoid environmental and societal collapse. He will also address what the world may look like in 2050 if action is taken to get global warming under control, or what it may look like if global warming persists.

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3 years ago

April 13, 2022

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From left, Wilford Welch, “In Our Hands” book

By Godfrey Lee

Wilford Welch, climate change expert and author, will be speaking at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, at the Sausalito Council Chambers, located at 420 Litho St. in Sausalito.

Welch will look at the individual and collective actions that must be taken this decade to shape our future and avoid environmental and societal collapse. He will also address what the world may look like in 2050 if action is taken to get global warming under control, or what it may look like if global warming persists.

Welch is the author of “In Our Hands, A Handbook for Intergenerational Action to Solve the Climate Crisis,” now in its second edition.

Welch is also the former U.S. Diplomat who played a role in the United States decision to establish diplomatic relations with China during the Nixon administration. For decades he was a business consultant to major corporations, such as Citibank and Toyota, and to governments departments, including NASA in the United States, and the governments of Korea and Taiwan in the development of their electronic industries.

He has a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PMD degree from the Harvard Business School.

Welch is a resident of Sausalito and an appointed member of the City’s Sea Level Rise Task Force. The program is free. For more information, please call (415) 289-4121.

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Remembering George Floyd

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing.

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June 2, 2025

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Mural showing the portrait of George Floyd in Mauerpark in Berlin. To the left of the portrait the lettering "I can't Breathe" was added, on the right side the three hashtags #GeorgeFloyd, #Icantbreathe and #Sayhisname. The mural was completed by Eme Street Art (facebook name) / Eme Free Thinker (signature) on 29 May 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)

By April Ryan
BlackPressUSA Newswire

“The president’s been very clear he has no intentions of pardoning Derek Chauvin, and it’s not a request that we’re looking at,” confirms a senior staffer at the Trump White House. That White House response results from public hope, including from a close Trump ally, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The timing of Greene’s hopes coincides with the Justice Department’s recent decision to end oversight of local police accused of abuse. It also falls on the fifth anniversary of the police-involved death of George Floyd on May 25th. The death sparked national and worldwide outrage and became a transitional moment politically and culturally, although the outcry for laws on police accountability failed.

The death forced then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to focus on deadly police force and accountability. His efforts while president to pass the George Floyd Justice in policing act failed. The death of George Floyd also put a spotlight on the Black community, forcing then-candidate Biden to choose a Black woman running mate. Kamala Harris ultimately became vice president of the United States alongside Joe Biden. Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison prosecuted the cases against the officers involved in the death of Floyd. He remembers,” Trump was in office when George Floyd was killed, and I would blame Trump for creating a negative environment for police-community relations. Remember, it was him who said when the looting starts, the shooting starts, it was him who got rid of all the consent decrees that were in place by the Obama administration.”

In 2025, Police-involved civilian deaths are up by “about 100 to about 11 hundred,” according to Ellison. Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African-American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing. During those minutes on the ground, Floyd cried out for his late mother several times. Police subdued Floyd for an alleged counterfeit $20 bill.