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Musical on Calypso Rose a Story to Be Told

NNPA NEWSWIRE — This light-hearted evening of entertainment defies the hyper-produced West End or Broadway experiences of shows like Tina – The Tina Turner Musical or...

Servant B.K. Woodson, Sr. Courtesy photo.

Bay Area4 months ago

Statement of Clarification on Mass Meeting ‘Protect Our Vote – No Recalls’

I, along with many other organizations and individuals, are involved in a broad grassroots community coalition, “Respect Our Vote – No Recalls,” to oppose the recalls...

Allen Temple Baptist Church proclaimed a resolution to celebrate the 100th birthday of Mother Alice Andrews. Photo courtesy of the Andrews Family.

Bay Area5 months ago

Allen Temple Baptist Church Celebrates 100th B’Day of Mother Alice Andrews

At Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, the congregation and community celebrated the 100th birthday of Mother Alice Andrews, who became a centenarian on July 14....

#NNPA BlackPress6 months ago

How a Caring Community, Including Head Start, Propelled My Life

NNPA NEWSWIRE — I remember Head Start as one of the few safe havens in my community. The teachers formed a protective cocoon, shielding us kids...

Rev. Talia Benet is senior pastor of Taylor Chapel CME Church in Vallejo. Courtesy photo.

Bay Area7 months ago

WOMEN IMPACTING THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY

Rev. Talia Benet has been making a difference in the African American Bay Area Community since 1984. For the past four years her impact has been...

#NNPA BlackPress7 months ago

The Game-Changing Power of Love

NNPA NEWSWIRE — When children experience hard things, the one thing that can help them overcome trauma and develop resiliency is love. Loving, caring relationships are...

Photos courtesy of Pastor Jeremiah Captain.

Bay Area12 months ago

Illegal Dumping Plagues Glad Tidings Community Church

For more than two years, Glad Tidings Community Church Pastor Jeremiah Captain has been fighting a losing battle with illegal dumping. As soon as Captain and...

California Black Media1 year ago

Opinion: How We Can Protect Our Communities from COVID After the Pandemic

As pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles (FAME), the oldest African American church in the city, I have always strived to...

Gus was of the generation of activists galvanized by both the practicalities of self-determination espoused by the Black Muslims and the ideals of the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Activism1 year ago

Gus Newport, Local and International Luminary for Civil and Human Rights, 88

Characterized as a “Roaring Lion ‘of progressive politics in the 20th century, former Berkeley Mayor Eugene ‘Gus’ Newport worked without pause on humanitarian and international concerns...

Elex Stewart. Photo courtesy of the family.

Alameda County2 years ago

Master Mechanic Elex Stewart, 100

Elex Stewart, a retired Alameda County auto mechanic, passed away on Friday April 28. He was 100 years old. Stewart was born on Sept. 25, 1922,...

President Joe Biden and Kerman Maddox. Courtesy photo.

Business2 years ago

Pres. Biden Appoints ‘Activist Entrepreneur’ Kerman Maddox to Trade Advisory Body

Last summer, the White House offered Southern California small business owner Kerman Maddox a unique opportunity to serve on a national committee set up to advise...

Family and members gather outside North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church. Front row, from left to right: Timothy Rutledge. Jr., grandson of Pastor Sylvester Rutledge; his daughter, J.M. Hale; First Lady Audrey Golden Rutledge, and Pastor Rutledge. Back row from left to right: church members Chavonne Robinson, Clarence Wells of the Golden Light Ministries feeding program, and the pastor's son Timothy Rutledge, Sr. Photo by Carla Thomas.

Bay Area2 years ago

NOMBC Saved – Pastor Sylvester Rutledge Gives Thanks

Dr. Sylvester Rutledge, pastor of North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church (NOMBC) expressed his thanks for the outpouring of support from his peers, pastors of different denominations...

FAME, First African Methodist Episcopal Church near Telegraph and MacArthur was damaged by a 3-alarm fire late Sunday night, February 19. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Photo by Auintard Henderson.

Bay Area2 years ago

3-Alarm Fire Damages FAME, Oakland’s First Black Church

On Sunday night, February 19 a 3-alarm fire ripped through the First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church, near Telegraph and MacArthur in Oakland. Flames engulfed the...

Community2 years ago

GirlTalk Celebrates Seven Year Anniversary at Everett and Jones Barbeque Restaurant at Oakland’s Jack London Square.

GirlTalk celebrated its seven-year anniversary at Everett and Jones Barbeque Restaurant in Jack London Square on Saturday afternoon, February 18, themed "Forever and Always." The women's...

Pastor Michael McBride leads Berkeley’s The Way Christian Center. Web site photo.

Activism2 years ago

Rep. Barbara Lee Invites Pastor Michael McBride to State of the Union Address

Rep. Barbara Lee was joined by Pastor Michael McBride, a Bay Area native, national faith leader, and racial justice activist, as her guest to President Biden’s...

As members of the community that comprise Faith Baptist Church look on, California Interfaith Power and Light Executive Director Susan Stephenson, left (in white jacket), hands scissors to the eldest member of Faith Baptist for the ribbon cutting on November 14 while Pastor Curtis Robinson stands just behind him. Also pictured are District 1 Councilman Dan Kalb (white hair, white shirt) and to his right (multi-colored top) is Shayna Hirschfield- Gold, Oakland’s Climate Program manager. Photo courtesy of Faith Baptist Church and California Interfaith Power and Light.

Activism2 years ago

Faith Baptist Church Becomes Oakland’s First Official Resiliency Hub

The world is now in an environmental tailspin. However, with technology that teaches us how to create sustainable outcomes, sprinkled with common sense, we can achieve...

#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

Yes, Spreading Kindness Could Make You Healthier

SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Doing a kind gesture for another person can protect the mind and body, but simply witnessing the act is enough to activate the production...

Bay Area3 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Frankie Jacobs Gillette

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1925, Frankie Jacobs Gillette was the third of three daughters and a son born to the late Natalie Taylor Jacobs and...

The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol has been performing in the Bay Area for mor than 40 years. Photo by Gene Hazzard.

Arts and Culture3 years ago

Faye Carol Holds ‘Dynamic’ Black History Month Concerts Sundays at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle

The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol is known as an icon in the Bay Area and beyond, highly regarded for her powerful voice, astonishing versatility, and gift...

Black children are experiencing depression associated with pandemic.

Advice3 years ago

Pandemic Takes Heavy Toll on Children’s Mental Health

Michelle Cabrera, executive director of the County Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA), spotlighted the health needs of minority youth. She explained that all over the nation...

Community3 years ago

Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church Prepares to Celebrate Legacy Retiring Pastor Lester L. Cannon, Sr.

The retirement celebrations will be held on three consecutive Sundays: November 7, November 14, and November 21. There will be two services per Sunday: 8:30 a.m....

Community3 years ago

Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Serving West Oakland for 100 Years

In 1968, the church became a United Methodist Church by denominational merger. Taylor Church has continued to grow in its membership and service to the Greater Bay Area Community.

Community3 years ago

B.A.S.I.C. Ministry Opens Its Doors to Feed hundreds of Asian Americans in San Leandro

Since 2020, B.A.S.I.C. Ministry (Brothers and Sisters in Christ) has fed hundreds of families in San Leandro and Oakland through their Feed My Sheep Program.