Month: September 2022
2022 Mr. and Miss Cardinal City Combined Pageant Set for Saturday, September 24
With 7 Mr. Cardinal City contestants and 12 Miss Cardinal City contestants, as well as pageant hosts and judges, friends, and family, Sturges Center for the Fine Arts will be filled to the brim on Saturday, September 24. The Cardinal City Pageants are popular events for San Bernardino High School (SBHS), with Mr. Cardinal and…
9th Annual Children & Families in Crisis Conference And the Stan Morrison Unforgettable Speaker Series
San Bernardino, California – For the past decade, in an ongoing attempt to safeguard and save the lives of children, in Southern California and across North America. The Unforgettables Foundation (TUF) has presented a skills training symposium to educate parents and caregivers on real life dangers that are often overlooked or misunderstood. On Thursday, October…
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces Partnership to Advance Genomics Research at the Nation’s Four Historically Black Medical Colleges
New Partnership with Charles Drew University College of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine Aims to Accelerate Precision Health REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced a partnership with the nation’s four Historically Black Medical Colleges (HBMCs) to further…
Silver Lake Branch Library Invites Community to Join the Force at Star Wars Reads Day
The Silver Lake Branch Library invites the community to join the Force and celebrate the love of reading at Star Wars Reads Day on Saturday, October 8, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at 2411 Glendale Blvd. Explore a galaxy far, far away with storytimes, crafts, giveaways and a short show by a Star Wars performance group….
Mikki Cichocki Says Every Student Deserves a Chance!
“Every student deserves a chance to succeed,” says San Bernardino City Unified School District board candidate Mikki Cichocki. SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. When Mikki Cichocki was leaving Starbucks recently, one of her former sixth-grade students called out to say, “Hello.” Cichocki was happy to learn that her former youth court student is now studying to be…
U.S. Treasury Funding Gives Black-owned Bank Boosts in Helping Minorities and Lower-Income Communities
A great opportunity for Black banks across the country’ By Angela Swinson Lee/Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Washington Informer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The year 2022 has proven to be a big year for B. Doyle Mitchell Jr., president and CEO of Industrial Bank, based in the nation’s capital. Not only has he…
San Bernardino County Voting to Leave California; Establish 51st State
Manny Otiko | California Black Media On November 8, San Bernardino County voters will be presented with a choice on their ballot — leave the state of California and create the 51st state or remain the largest county in the nation. A consortium in San Bernardino is the latest group of people proposing to alter…
Black Award-Winning Filmmaker And Author Launches A New Kind Of OTT Streaming Platform
Nationwide — Kanithea Powell, founder/CEO, launches her new OTT streaming platform QFN TV with a hearty slate of uniquely curated content from a fresh, vulnerable, and eclectic perspective. QFN will bring together the diverse riches of international and domestic entertainment, groundbreaking narratives, cutting-edge documentary films, engaging TV series, and unforgettable originals. QFN is a global…
The Woman King Crowns the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic The mighty women of the Agojie were warriors. From the 1600s to1800s in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey this all-female military regiment gallantly fought their empire’s enemies. Film fans first glimpsed the Dahomey Amazon legacy in the Marvel movie Black Panther, where the Dora Milaje special…
The annual Chill N Grillin BBQ ComPITition was a finger licking success
Kaiser High School ROTC color guard started the day off presenting the flags, and Valerie Evans singing the most beautiful rendition of America the beautiful. Judges Dramond Crawford, Phil Cochran, and R.D. Evans had the hardest job, tasting and judging food from each of the grillers. Making the ultimate decision must have been hard, but…
Kelly Erving Announces Run for Rialto City Council
RIALTO, CALIF. Rialto City Council candidate Kelly Erving’s platform has five priorities: help the homeless, enhance public safety, grow local business, ensure a living wage for Rialto workers and improve the city’s infrastructure. Her campaign slogan reflects these initiatives: “Committed to the Community.” “If elected to City Council, my objective is to seek innovative, yet…
“Listen, You Stiff-Necked People Uncircumcised in Heart and Ears!”
By Lou Yeboah You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. [Acts 7:51]. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. [Matthew 11:20-24]….
WITNESS FOR JUSTICE #1117 I Love to Tell the Story
Sekinah Hamlin I love to tell the story… We all have hymns that we love to sing: “Blessed Assurance,” “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” “We’ve Come This Far by Faith,” “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name,” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” and so many more. I can remember singing them when I was…
Death of Queen Elizabeth Ignites Debate on British Colonialism
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor With the death of Queen Elizabeth II at 96, tributes and reflection have been broadcast and written on. Her length of time in the spotlight was a contributing factor. Queen Elizabeth’s time as the reigning monarch of England was 70 years and 214 days. It was the longest…
Why Sleeping with a Pillow Between Your Legs Helps Your Health
Everybody has their favorite way of sleeping. Some sleep on the backs, others sleep on their stomach. Some sleep with one leg under the covers and one leg out. And even others prefer sleeping with a pillow in between their legs. Many say that the pillow adds a little extra comfort, but little do they…
Common Signs Of Lupus People Rarely Talk About
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect almost any organ or body part and lasts for a long time. Your immune system attacks healthy cells, which causes pain, swelling, and damage. The Lupus Foundation of America says that about 5 million people worldwide have lupus, and women are nine times more likely than men…
California Cities are Pilot Testing Guaranteed Basic Income Programs
Manny Otiko | California Black Media Guaranteed basic income isn’t a new idea. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr talked about the idea of low-income people receiving regular checks from the government in the 1960s. It was brought up again during the 2020 presidential campaign when Democratic candidate Andrew Yang, a technology entrepreneur, made it a…
Queen Elizabeth Has Died at 96
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, who celebrated her Platinum Jubilee earlier this year, has died at the age of 96. Surrounded by the British royal family and her doctors, the Queen died in her bed at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Castle is…
Groundbreaking CNN Anchor Bernard Shaw Dies at 82
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Groundbreaking and original CNN anchor Bernard Shaw has died of pneumonia, his family confirmed on Thursday, Sept. 8. Shaw, 82, died a day earlier, the statement said. As CNN’s first chief anchor when the network launched in 1980, Shaw immediately showed why he was the man…
First Black Woman Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from League of Calif. Cities
Solomon O. Smith | California Black Media For the first time in history, a Black woman, Sedalia Sanders, was honored by the League of California Cities Past Presidents Council with its 2022 Past Presidents Lifetime Achievement Award. Sanders has had a lifetime of firsts, pushing boundaries in local politics. As a past president of the…
60 High Schools Launch First-Ever AP Program In African American Studies
Black Information Network | The Chicago Defender College Board has introduced a pilot program that’s bringing African American Studies Advanced Placement (AP) courses to high schools across the country for the first time ever. According to Education Week, College Board collaborated with academic and cultural institutions along with Black communities on the local and national…
The United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Investigation
OCR found during its investigation the following regarding Clean Sweep. This evidence included multiple witness statements to OCR from District- and school-level administrators and school employees whose job duties provided them with personal knowledge of the district’s disciplinary practices and data. Based on their personal knowledge and professional experience with the district, these witnesses credibly…
COMMENTARY: Back to School, Back to Fighting Far-Right Attacks on Education
By Ben Jealous, president of People For the American Way Just when you thought far-right attacks on public education couldn’t get any more absurd, we hear about something new. For the first time in almost 15 years, Sarasota schools this fall are turning down hundreds of free dictionaries from the local Rotary Club. Why? Because…
Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Funding Nation’s First Black Women’s Think Tank
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget trailer bill approving $5 Million in funding to the California State University at Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) to house the California Black Women’s Think Tank. The California Black Women’s Collective (CBWC) Empowerment Institute will be a founding partner in the development…