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NCNW Hosts Women's History Event

By Eliz Dowdy

The Orange County Section of National Council of Negro Women honored five women for Women’s History month. The women were showcased at the group’s monthly meeting on Sunday, March 21, in Anaheim. They selected five women whose accomplishments are stellar.

The honorees were: Kathleen Davis Bowman, Dorothy Mulkey, Harriet Tyler, Joyce Norwood, Margret Ware and Judge Karen Robinson.

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Health Reform Passes Amid Racist Slurs

By Dianne Anderson

A year of knock down drag out debates on healthcare reform came to a head over the weekend as the healthcare reform vote passed despite all of the racist, homophobic, tea-partying protestors.

Under the new reform signed into law this week, 95 percent of all Americans, over time, will have full access to healthcare coverage.

But the win didn’t come easy.

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Socially Speaking

By Jacqueline Johnson

A beautiful celebration of life for Mrs. Harmon, and the support of our community was tremendous. They say there is strength in numbers, and in the case of the Harmon family it is unity ... Speaking of strength, you say Connie Jones through it all and welcome home Rags.

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Santa Ana Readies for Bank Protests

By Dianne Anderson

With so many banks crying poverty under the emergency TARP bailout last November until now with tightfisted lending that’s sinking small businesses, it’s hard not to notice the tens of millions of dollars in payouts that keep coming for top banking executives.

Not to mention those tens of millions in profits for shareholders that came down since the TARP.

From now through March 26, the California Labor Federation and AFL-CIO will head protests in a rolling campaign through all 50 states to remind America that that the banks were initially directly responsible for the largest collapse of the economy since the Great Depression.

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Socially Speaking

By Jacqueline Johnson

A little of last week’s column included sympathy to the Harmon family, and that Mrs. Harmon was a liked, loved and lovely lady. Services at Fairhaven on March 19 at 2 p.m.; also to Roscoe Bogan, who lost his daughter, and to Jim Bowman’s mother.

A great effort by the committee folk for the Cultural Faire. NAACP president and Executive Board members manned the VIP booth. James Jones did an unusual entertainment line up and will need our support for his June 5th tribute at Memorial Park; also lots of thanks to Eula Nelson who has never wavered in her support of a Black History Parade and Faire, and of course congrats to Brandon Nelson who is a VIP with Jet Blue. Read more...

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Message: College Is Possible

RobertPalmerL Cal State Fullerton President Milton A. Gordon addressed congregants recently at Love and Unity Church of God in Christ in Compton as part of a California State University effort to encourage early planning for college and the involvement of community members as mentors for young people.

On the same Sunday, Robert L. Palmer Jr., Cal State Fullerton vice president for student affairs, addressed members of Corona Community Church.

The fifth annual CSU “Super Sunday” campaign began in late January and continued throughout February. Dozens of CSU presidents, trustees and administrators reached out to more than 100,000 families in approximately 100 African American congregations throughout the state to encourage early preparation — as early as middle school — for college.

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CSU Fullerton President to Be Honored

drMiltonGordon Cal State Fullerton President Milton A. Gordon will receive the highest honor bestowed by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education — the Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award.
The award will be presented at the organization’s annual conference, being held this year at the Costa Mesa Hilton March 4 and 5.

Gordon also will serve on a conference panel titled “It’s All About Math” with Cal State Fullerton alumna Judith Segura (B.S. mechanical engineering and physics ’94), the first Mexican-American woman to graduate from Stanford with a doctorate in mechanical engineering (she specialized in thermosciences); and David L. Pagni, professor of mathematics who created Cal State Fullerton’s Project MISS — a program geared to enhancing the math skills of 10th- and 11th-grade girls from Orange County and surrounding communities. Read more...

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Socially Speaking

By Jacqueline Johnson

Congrats to Dr. Ernie Bridges and all who supported the reception and movie at Fullerton College … Special thanks to Gloria Banks (Baker) for the baking ... Also to Bobby MacDonald, Orange County Black Chamber, for a tremendous turnout ... Always surprised when folks talk about how long they've been in Orange County and I don't know them? Never heard of them? … Thanks to Auntie Barbara (Junious) for the glasses.

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2010 Census Black History Event

African American Partnership Specialist Ardess Lilly and Murrell Garr, pictured with Orange County Black Chambber President Bobby McDonald (center) at the 2010 Census Black History "Trusted Black Voices" Reception in Orange County.

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