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PRESS ROOM: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Becomes First Divine Nine Sorority to Raise $1 Million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rasheeda S. Liberty, International Grand Basileus of Sigma Gamma Rho stated, “Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated is grateful for the opportunity to support...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, center, with members of her new Human Trafficking Advisory Council. Photo by Magaly Muñoz.

Activism1 year ago

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Launches Human Trafficking Advisory Council

Oakland Police Department, also a part of the advisory council, shared that in partnership with the FBI, they completed 26 critical investigations where 14 minors were...

Los Angeles-based attorney Kamilah Moore shared information about the California Reparations Task Force and the importance of the NAACP. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌1 year ago

NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference Hosts 36th Annual State Convention

The NAACP California Hawaii State Conference (Cal-Hi NAACP) held its 36th annual State Convention at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel. The convention featured a...

(L.-R.) The Hon. Willie Brown; Kamilah Moore, chair of the California Reparations Task Force; Rick Callender, NAACP state president; and Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D- Suisun) will all be among the speakers at the NAACP CA/HI State Convention in San Francisco on Oct.26-29. Composite image courtesy of California Black Media.

Activism1 year ago

California-Hawaii Conference of the NAACP Is Hosting 36th Convention in San Francisco

This year’s NAACP CA/HI State Convention theme is “This Is How We Thrive.” The convention will bring together elected officials, activists, organizers, faith leaders, and entertainers...

Noha Aboelata, MD, is founder and CEO both of Roots Community Health Center (Roots), and the Roots Community Health Alliance (Roots Alliance). Photos by Talking Eyes Media

Activism1 year ago

Four Community Pillars Support Rise East Project in Oakland

“Seeing the disparities in our area, our approach — to be on the ground — best served this population,” said Dr. Noha Aboeleta, the founder of...

From left to right: Oakland Soul players Aliyah Jones, Kaytlin Brinkman, Cecilia Gee, Maleni Morales, and Sam Tran. Photo courtesy of Oakland Soul.

Bay Area1 year ago

Oakland Has Plans to Bring Roots and Soul Soccer to the Oakland Coliseum Area

The Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee on Sept. 12 at 1:30 p.m. will discuss a resolution authorizing an Agreement with Oakland Roots...

Richmond Memorial Auditorium. Courtesy photo

Community1 year ago

Richmond Summit Aims to Keep City’s Seniors Safe

A summit taking place at Richmond Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday aims to help keep local seniors safe from fires, cyber-crimes, falls and much more. The City...

Alameda County1 year ago

Reform Advocates Applaud Alameda County’s DA for Prioritizing Youth Rehabilitation

The Alameda County DA Accountability Table (ACDAAT), a coalition made up of 10 community-based organizations, is praising Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s office for investing...

Police accountability activist Cathy Leonard, left, and longtime NAACP members Doug Blacksher, and Walter Riley at the press conference on Tuesday. Photo by JonathanfitnessJones.

Activism1 year ago

Local Black Leaders Break Silence on “Politicization” of Oakland NAACP Branch

Several lifelong NAACP members, including Black Business Round Table host Doug Blacksher and civil rights attorney Walter Riley, held a press conference this week criticizing the...

(l-r) Pastor Ray Lankford, Mayor Sheng Thao, Rev. Joe Smith and Rev. Lawrence Van Hook gathered in Smith’s office prior to her speech at new Hope Baptist Church to pray for peace and solutions for Oakland's citizens. Photo by jonathanfitnessjones@gmail.com

Bay Area1 year ago

Speaking at New Hope Baptist, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Promotes Community Initiatives

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, speaking recently at New Hope Baptist Church at 5717 Foothill Blvd. in East Oakland, pledged to bring new investments to the community...

(l-r) Alameda D.A. Pamela Price, Gay Plair Cobb, Dr. Paul Cobb, Richard Johnson, Dr. Maritony Yamot. Photo by Jonathan Fitness Jones.

Bay Area2 years ago

D.A. Pamela Price Clarifies Duties, Concerns In Sit-Down With Community Stakeholders

I had the privilege to have a sit-down interview with Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price on July 16. Accompanying me were Post News Group publisher...

Bay Area2 years ago

$10 Million Award for Affordable Housing, Transit Access in West Oakland

The City of Oakland has received a Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0 grant of $10 million to support housing, infrastructure, streetscape, and transit access for...

The County of Marin is continually devising ways to accommodate housing needs in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.

Bay Area2 years ago

State Approves Marin’s Housing Element: County supplements planning document with additional enhancements

The State of California has approved the County of Marin’s plan to meet housing needs through 2032 and comply with state housing policies. The California Department...

Dr. Michael Stoll, director of UCLA Ralph Bunche Center’s Black Policy Project, testifies before the California Reparations Task Force in Los Angeles about a study, research, and data concerning the Black experience across the state. Right of Stoll are UCLA graduates and scholars Jendayln Coulter, Chinyere Nwonye, and Elliot Wood. Sept.23, 2022. CBM file photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.

Activism2 years ago

How Four California Cities Are Approaching Reparations for Black Residents

The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on June 29 in Sacramento. The...

Nola Brantley is the co-founder of MISSSEY. Photo courtesy of Nola Brantley.

Activism2 years ago

The Case Against SB357: Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked

on April 25, the committee approved Senate Bill 14 which would make human trafficking of minors a felony and strikable offense forcing exploiters to serve 80%...

Trailers located at “Site F” on property of the San Francisco Port Commission in San Francisco, Calif. on Feb 22, 2023. Site F provides shelter for 118 people experiencing homelessness.

Bay Area2 years ago

Supes Introduce Resolution to Keep Port Shelter Site Open for Unhoused Residents

At Tuesday's meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton called a plan to close 118 shelter beds at the Port...

#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

California Panel Takes Big Step Toward $800 Billion Reparation Payments to Black Residents, and Formal Apology

California’s reparations task panel approved recommendations to compensate and apologize to Black communities for centuries of discrimination. At a meeting in Oakland, the nine-member committee, which...

Bay Area2 years ago

Mayor Thao Proposes New Budget that Avoids Layoffs and Protects Oakland City Services

Mayor Sheng Thao this week released her “One Oakland” Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2025 Proposed Budget. Despite a massive two-year deficit of $360 million, the budget proposal...

Jeremy McCants is a faith-rooted organizer with FAME (Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy).

Bay Area2 years ago

A Moral Budget for Oakland

As members of the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME) and the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4H) we have created a Moral Budget Platform...

The rankings, released annually by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, allows counties across the nation to measure community health and well-being over time. Marin has been ranked No. 1 for 13 of the 14 years the rankings have been compiled.

Community2 years ago

Marin Ranked Healthiest County in State

Marin County again has been ranked the healthiest of California’s 58 counties because of its relatively low burden of premature deaths, high scores in quality of...

Trailer at “Site F” near Pier 94 in San Francisco, Calif. on Apr 5, 2023. The site uses trailers to provide shelter for Bayview residents experiencing homelessness (Joe Dworetzky/Local News Matters)

Bay Area2 years ago

City to Give Up More Than 100 Shelter Beds Without a Fight

In a city struggling under the weight of a federal injunction that prevents removal of tent encampments because of a shortage of shelter beds, one might...

One key to healing is being able to talk about it. But access to culturally astute mental health professionals is hard to come by.

Bay Area2 years ago

Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked, Part 6: How Selling Sex Impacts Black Mental Health

Although California Senate Bill 357 was intended to alleviate arrests of willing sex workers under anti-loitering laws, it opened up a Pandora’s box loophole that hinders...

The proposal aims to reprioritize a significant portion of the state's existing behavioral health system to focus on what Newsom characterized as the state's "most acute challenge," which is the number of homeless people with mental illness and substance use disorders. Only about 20% of California's approximately 172,000 homeless people have a severe mental illness, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, but the issue plays an outsized role in state politics.

CalMatters2 years ago

CALMATTERS: California May Change Its Mental Health Funding: Why That Might Cut Some Services

For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California's mental health system, this time by overhauling the...

Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, center, a member of the San Francisco reparations board, pastor of Third Baptist Church, and the president of the San Francisco NAACP, said the city's efforts should focus on investments and opportunities in the form of reparations. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. March 3, 2023.

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌2 years ago

S. F. NAACP Clarifies Statement on $5M Payouts: Reparations Should Be Cash Payments, Plus ‘Investments’

The San Francisco Branch of the NAACP is engaged in a public information blitz to clarify a press release it sent out urging the San Francisco...

According to event coordinator Tanya Dennis, the intent of the Circle of Peace is to “shift Oakland’s energy from violence to one of peace.” The event will begin with the calling of ancestors via djembe drums, spoken word and music, followed by a press conference for city and county proclamations and words of support.

Bay Area2 years ago

Oakland Peacemakers Planning Major “Circle of Peace” Event April 8

Following an African model, a wide coalition of Oaklanders will hold a peace vigil at Lake Merritt on Saturday April 8. The Circle of Peace is...

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PRESS ROOM: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Becomes First Divine Nine Sorority to Raise $1 Million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Launches Human Trafficking Advisory Council

NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference Hosts 36th Annual State Convention

California-Hawaii Conference of the NAACP Is Hosting 36th Convention in San Francisco

Four Community Pillars Support Rise East Project in Oakland

Oakland Has Plans to Bring Roots and Soul Soccer to the Oakland Coliseum Area

Richmond Summit Aims to Keep City’s Seniors Safe

Reform Advocates Applaud Alameda County’s DA for Prioritizing Youth Rehabilitation

Local Black Leaders Break Silence on “Politicization” of Oakland NAACP Branch

Speaking at New Hope Baptist, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Promotes Community Initiatives

D.A. Pamela Price Clarifies Duties, Concerns In Sit-Down With Community Stakeholders

$10 Million Award for Affordable Housing, Transit Access in West Oakland

State Approves Marin’s Housing Element: County supplements planning document with additional enhancements

How Four California Cities Are Approaching Reparations for Black Residents

The Case Against SB357: Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked

Supes Introduce Resolution to Keep Port Shelter Site Open for Unhoused Residents

California Panel Takes Big Step Toward $800 Billion Reparation Payments to Black Residents, and Formal Apology

Mayor Thao Proposes New Budget that Avoids Layoffs and Protects Oakland City Services

A Moral Budget for Oakland

Marin Ranked Healthiest County in State

City to Give Up More Than 100 Shelter Beds Without a Fight

Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked, Part 6: How Selling Sex Impacts Black Mental Health

CALMATTERS: California May Change Its Mental Health Funding: Why That Might Cut Some Services

S. F. NAACP Clarifies Statement on $5M Payouts: Reparations Should Be Cash Payments, Plus ‘Investments’

Oakland Peacemakers Planning Major “Circle of Peace” Event April 8

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