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Williams Chapel Baptist Church, Community Groups and Family Join Rev. Dr. Kenneth Anderson to Celebrate His 8th Anniversary

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5 years ago

September 26, 2019

On Sunday, September 22, 2019, well over 200 people gathered at Williams Chapel Baptist Church in Oakland, to celebrate their young, gifted Pastor on his eight anniversary.
The worship service in the morning and the appreciation banquet following, were joyous expressions of thankfulness for Dr. Anderson’s work. The intergenerational audience consisting of members, friends, family and guests from community groups and other Bay Area churches repeated the refrain…”we will keep you here as long as we can. Praise the Lord.”

Dr. Anderson started preaching, “when he was 7 years old,” said a beloved family member, and both during the service and the banquet, expressions of joy were abundant.
County Supervisor Wilma Chan and Congresswoman Barbara Lee sent staff to present commendations. The Oakland branch of the NAACP and District 2 council staff acknowledged Dr. Anderson’s hard work for the community. The NAACP’s Antoinette Clark thanked the church for welcoming chapter meetings twice a month.

Williams Chapel is the first of four congregations this year providing overnight parking for car-dwelling homeless in Oakland and has consistently worked with government offices to provide affordable housing. Ultimately, the church will build housing on their property, along with street level service entities.

A deep commitment by Dr. Anderson led him to help his grandfather close his auto service business on Foothill Boulevard for building more housing in Oakland. The Anderson family celebrated in full force throughout the day.

“We will focus on home and on our senior preachers,” said Dr. Anderson as he invited retired pastor Rev. Dr. T.P. Fields, of Foothill Baptist Church to preach during the service. Clearly multi-generational love and commitment are part of his service, and church ministries expressed deep love and support for their Pastor.

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Oakland Post: Week of October 30 – November 5, 2024

The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 30 – November 5, 2024

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November 1, 2024

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Minister King X, Civil Rights Group Sue California Prisons Over Right to Protest

Oakland – Minister King X, a prison ‘artivist,’ and a civil rights group will hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 27 at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) headquarters at 1515 S St. in Sacramento, CA. Sept. 20, 2024, Minister King, a community organizer with California Prison Focus, and the group All of Us Or None (AOUON) filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and top state government officials.

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4 days ago

October 29, 2024

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Sept. 20, 2024, Minister King, a community organizer with California Prison Focus, and the group All of Us Or None (AOUON) filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and top state government officials.

The lawsuit challenges Minister King’s unlawful arrest on Aug. 9, 2021, during “Black August,” for allegedly violating Penal Code section 4571, which criminalizes people with felony convictions standing near prison facilities.

Minister King was arrested and imprisoned by plainclothes CDCR officers after a July 2021 protest calling for the release of political prisoner Ruchell “Cinque” Magee.

The charges were dropped without a hearing, but Minister King and AOUON allege in their complaint that the arrest was retaliation for his activism and a violation of his First Amendment rights.

According to Medium, Minister King X Pyeface of Kage Universal is a rapper, producer, and ‘artivist’ from Oakland who spent six years in federal prison and 18 years in California State Prison, where he was the youngest new African organizer during the 2011 to 2013 California Prisoners Hunger Strike.

CDCR’s report for Minister King’s arrest describes King, and many other activists, public figures, and organizations, as “Black Identity Extremists” and “Black Supremacist Extremists.”

These racist terms were used to label organizations such as Black Lives Matter as terrorist organizations and their use was abandoned by the FBI in 2019.

The lawsuit seeks to prevent CDCR from using Penal Code 4571 to target formerly incarcerated individuals for exercising their rights.

The press conference on Friday will discuss the constitutional issues associated with PC 4571, which prohibits an individual who has previously been convicted of a felony and incarcerated in a California state prison from being present on the grounds of carceral facilities or anywhere adjacent to those grounds without the consent of the warden or sheriff.

Additionally, 4571 prohibits these individuals from being anywhere other individuals in state custody may be, and anywhere adjacent to those in custody individuals without consent.

King and AOUON have alleged in their complaint that the statute violates the First Amendment rights of formerly incarcerated individuals and is overly broad and vague.

“In the depths of Pelican Bay State Prison, and other correctional facilities across the United States, a forgotten population of elderly incarcerated individuals awaits redemption. They are not the ‘worst of the worst,’ violent predators or Black Identity Extremists,” says Minister King X. “Rather, they are a unique class of individuals who possess the wisdom, experience, and desire to promote peace and reconciliation. I am advocating for and on behalf of these elders and the rights of all other prisoners.”

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Faces Around the Bay: Blanche Richardson

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came to the Sydney Goldstein Theatre on Sept. 10 to participate in an event hosted by City Arts and Lectures and Marcus Books to celebrate the publication of her memoir, Lovely One.

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October 29, 2024

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