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Oakland Frontline Healers ‘Deep East Oakland Rising’ Rally June 27

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5 years ago

June 25, 2020

Deep East Oakland Rising, a rally for Black lives, is set for Saturday, June 27 2020. The event will show the community how participation for social justice must be tempered by sound social distancing practices and wearing masks.

Sponsored by East Oakland Collective, Adamika Village, OCCUR, Black Cultural Zone, Higher Ground, The Town Experience, Town Biz Oakland, Oakland Pillars, and Roots Medical Clinic, the rally will begin at 11 a.m. with a blessing at the corner of 73rd Avenue and Foothill Boulevard at the Black Cultural Zone lot.

Starting at noon, the march will proceed down 73rd Avenue to International Boulevard to 98th Avenue and B Street to Wilkins Memorial Park.

From 2:00–4 p.m., attendees will participate in a Black Joy celebration with art, COVID-19 education, DJ, Bike Rodeo, giveaways, free catered meals, produce box giveaways, motorcycle and car clubs and more.

“We are still here! Mobbin’ daily to plan and design better neighborhoods and provide resources for our Deep East Oakland neighbors,” said Marquita Price, director of Urban and Regional Planning for East Oakland Collective. “For East Oakland Collective, this action is meant to make our community aware that to survive CODID-19 this virus must be respected and taken seriously.”

It’s important “to show East Oakland Black residents that we’re all in this together and to everyone else that Black East Oakland is still here and we’re not going out that easy,” Price said.

Masks are required for all attending and will be available upon request.

With COVID-19 looming over African American communities, social inequities in America can no longer be tolerated. Oakland Front Line Healer Candice Elder and CEO of East Oakland Collective said “This is a march for everyone who can no longer be silent against racial injustices that plague our Black neighborhoods. This Saturday we will rise up and we’re inviting the community to join us.”

Oakland Frontline Healers recently sent a letter to the County Board of Supervisors by OFH representative and Roots Clinic Physician Noha Abolata regarding how Deep East Oakland will be impacted by the reopening of commerce, leisure and worship in Alameda County.

“It’s like we’re the guinea pigs regarding outcomes of this reopening,” said Daryle Allums of Adamika Village#stopkillingourkidsmovement. “We know a surge is coming in July and August and we’re still trying to get the word out to our youngsters regarding the importance of social distancing and wearing a mask. This reopening is a signal to them that it ain’t all that serious when it’s about to get more serious than anyone can imagine.”

Supervisor Wilma Chan responded saying, “During the past three weeks, the State has been messaging the need to reopen and has encouraged counties to file formal ‘attestations’ stating that they are ready to reopen at a rapid rate. Even Los Angeles, which is clearly a California epicenter of the epidemic, has filed an attestation. Meanwhile, seven health officers in counties with large outbreaks have been personally threatened and forced to resign.

“I am proud to say that Alameda County is one of the only counties that has not filed an attestation to reopen,” Chan said. “I personally believe, as you do, that a rapid re-opening will have a disproportionately large impact on Black, Latinx, Hmong and other communities of color who provide the workforce for the many businesses pushing to reopen. This along with years of health disparities puts our populations of color at an overall greater risk of illness and death from the virus.

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Oakland Post: Week of June 4 – 10, 2025

The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of June 4-10, 2025

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3 days ago

June 7, 2025

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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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1 week ago

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.