Tag: precinct reporter
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Urban League Unveils State of Black America Report
By Stacy M. Brown The National Urban League has unveiled its highly anticipated 2024 State of Black America Report, a comprehensive benchmark and thought leadership document offering profound insights into racial equality in the United States. Established in 1976 under the visionary leadership of the late Mr. Vernon E. Jordan Jr., the organization’s fifth president, the ... -
S.B. to Vote For Council Candidates by March 5
By Dianne Anderson Instead of complaining about the powers that be, now is the time to do something about it. Super Tuesday is just around the corner, with hopeful candidates for San Bernardino City Council taking all they’ve heard from local voters, and preparing for hard work ahead for the promise to put plans into ... -
CSU: College Degree is ‘The Very Best Gift’ to Give
Despite notions that a college degree no longer holds its value, Cal State San Bernardino President Tomás D. Morales countered that it is “the very best gift that you can give yourself and your family.” Speaking at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in San Bernardino as part of the California State University’s Super Sunday, ... -
BHM: “Six Triple Eight” Honors WWII’s Black Women Veterans
by Barbara Smith In 1945, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-female, all-Black, Army battalion sent to World War II and Europe. These women were assigned the tremendous task of sorting through millions of backlogged pieces of mail intended for members of the U.S. military, U.S. government personnel, and Red Cross workers. ... -
Riverside Candidates, Vote by Tuesday March 5
By Dianne Anderson From now until the big day, March 5, local Black candidates are stepping up their campaign message in the fight for equal access to housing, funding and services for the community up to the state level and down to the youngest local learners. DR. COREY A. JACKSON – Assemblymember, 60th District Since ... -
Prop 1: Skepticism and Hope About Mental Health Ballot Proposal
By Edward Henderson California Black Media San Francisco resident Anthony Hardnett works at Hospitality House, a community-based organization that offers recovery, reintegration and personal growth resources to people struggling with addiction and homelessness in and around the city’s downtown area. Growing up in the 1980s, Hardnett was a multi-sport star athlete. His speed on ... -
Clothes Story Exhibition: Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Stories
by Barbara Smith As a child, Kenneth Green remembers sitting with his siblings at the feet of his mother while she stitched together clothing, mending, designing, piece by piece. His mother, Lois Green, was a seamstress, known well in the San Bernardino community. Now, Green, an accomplished Atlanta-based cultural artist/producer, has created Clothes Story, a ... -
HBCU Caravan Brings College Experience Closer to Chaffey Students
High school senior Anthony Johnson knows he wants to go to college, but isn’t sure where he would like to land. Meeting with recruiters from 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which gathered Wednesday, February 7, at Etiwanda High School, gave him some long-distance options he hadn’t thought of. And for his father, Brenton ... -
Senate Pro-Tem McGuire Appoints Black Lawmakers to Leadership
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Three days after Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) was sworn in as the 49th President pro Tempore (Pro Tem) of the California State Senate, he appointed California Legislative Black Caucus members, Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood) and Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Ladera Heights), to leadership positions. McGuire reassigned Bradford to ... -
CA Black Caucus Introduces Reparations Package
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) announced plans to introduce a package of bills this year designed to address the recommendations the California reparations task force made last year in its final report. Certain advocacy groups and individuals say the legislative package the lawmakers announced on ...