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Niecy Nash
“I’m excited to join Dancing with the Stars! I’ve been a fan of the show and to now be a cast member on the show is a little surreal. I’m looking forward to it,” states Nash. The new season begins March 22 on ABC.
The popular host and producer of the Style Network’s home makeover show, Clean House, Nash is a two-time 2009 Daytime Emmy nominee and the new Celebrity Panelist for the entertainment news program The Insider.
She recently won a 2010 Gracie Award for her well-known role as no-nonsense Officer Raineesha Williams on the Comedy Central hit Reno 911! and it’s spin-off film Reno 911: Miami.
In 2008, Nash starred in her own FOX comedy series, Do Not Disturb. She is also well-known for her recurring role on the comedy series The Bernie Mac Show.
An in-demand actor, her most recent film work includes Not Easily Broken and the Walt Disney Pictures’ G-Force. Additionally, Nash is developing various television and film projects through her own production company, Chocolate Chick, Inc.
The proud mother of three adoring children, when asked what her hobbies are, Nash proudly replies, “motherhood,” which she considers her greatest success in life.
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By Malaika Bobino
Alvin Attles
During Black history month the storied career of Alvin “Al” Attles is remembered and honored by sports fans and students of history.
He is known as the true Golden State Warrior because he is the only man to coach the team to an NBA championship since the team moved west,
Alvin “Al” Attles was born in Newark, New Jersey and is a graduate of the historic North Carolina AT&T where he studied Education and History. He is the Post’s honoree for black history month.
He played eleven seasons with the Philadelphia and San Francisco Warriors before becoming one of the first black coaches in the NBA along with the legendary Oaklander and friend Bill Russell. Attles distinguished his play at the point guard position with his outstanding defensive style which earned him the nickname “Al the destroyer”. Al remembers getting that nickname in college. In a small collision during a game against Syracuse, Attles dived for a lose ball and walked away with only a bruised jaw and a new name!
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Barbara Lee
Last week, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus attended the signing of an Executive Order for the White House Initiative on Historically Black College’s and Universities (HBCU).
The goal of the initiative will be to work with various public and private sector entities to increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest-quality education to a greater number of students. She released this statement:
“The Congressional Black Caucus applauds the Obama Administration for not only continuing this very worthwhile initiative but enhancing it to better serve our Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
“HBCUs are a source of accomplishment and great pride for the African American community and the entire nation – training our young people to serve domestically and internationally in a variety of professions.
“Many of our members are products of and represent HBCUs throughout this country and we appreciate the value of investing resources in these historic institutions.
“This initiative will allow HBCUs to compete effectively for funding, identify and increase their participation in Federal programs and initiatives and encourage greater partnerships between public-sector and private-sector entities as well as increased community involvement.
“We look forward continuing to work with the Administration to strengthen our HBCUs.”
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Reverend Brondon Reems, Host Pastor, Center Of Hope Community Church, Mother Eleanor Workman, Founder Christian Haitian Outreach.
The Pastors Of Oakland sponsored a praise service to raise money for the victims of the Haitian Earthquake at The Center Of Hope Community Church in East Oakland Sunday, February 28.
The spirit-filled evening featured praise dancing by The Center Of Hope Praise Team and choral presentations from bay area mass choirs. The Shiloh Christian Fellowship Pastor David Kiteley who is also President of the Pastors Of Oakland presented a call for special support.
“I am a living witness that prayer works,” said Bishop E.C.Reems, Founder of Center Of Hope. “It’s time to step up to the plate as Christians and give what we can to our brothers and sisters in Haiti’’.
Eleanor Workman 90, founder of Christian Haitian Outreach said she started working in Haiti 37 years ago, and since then she has established a orphanage housing 500 youth, a church, and a medical clinic serving the poor. She said, “I hired local kids to help me get started and the Lord handled the rest.”
For more information visit www.christianhaitianoutreach.org.
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By Jesse Brooks
AIDS and HIV testing will get exposure at some of the country’s finest Historical Black Colleges when the AIDS Health Foundation’s (AHF) named “Magic Johnson Mobile Testing Unit’s” embarks on its six-month long, 48-state HIV testing tour.
The new state-of-the-art ‘Testing America’ mobile”, coupled with its partnership with basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr., is part of a collaborative effort to raise local and national awareness about the importance and the ease of the testing procedures.
Johnson and AHF want to challenge attitudes about moving toward a streamlined model of HIV testing and counseling nationwide.
The tour started in Washington , Oregon, then visited Oakland before continuing across the U.S. with its final destination of New York City in June, coinciding with National Testing day June 27th.
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Dr. Rice lost her mother to breast cancer and will share her experiences
Condoleezza Rice
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will join Friends of Faith in the fight against breast cancer on March 29, 6-9 p.m. at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco.
Dr. Rice will discuss her amazing journey with veteran KQED-TV journalist Belva Davis about growing up in segregated Birmingham, Ala., to becoming the first African American female Secretary of State. Dr. Rice, who lost her own mother to breast cancer, will also share her own personal experiences of caring for a loved one battling this deadly disease.
Belva Davis
Friends of Faith, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded by the late television news Personality Faith Fancher of KTVU, whose valiant 7-year battle against breast cancer was an inspiration to countless women battling this deadly disease. The organization has a unique mission: to provide financial support and invaluable resources to underserved, uninsured, and at-risk women with breast cancer who have nowhere else to turn.
Faith Fancher
Since Faith’s death in 2003, her fellow Bay Area media personalities, along with many others in the community who are dedicated to her cause, have joined forces to continue the work that has been a “Godsend for so many breast cancer survivors and their loved ones”.
TICKETS: $250 VIP (includes reception and Photo Op with Professor Rice); $100 General Admission; $50 General Admission.
For more on the Friends of Faith — http://faithfancher.org/
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East Bay Seniors Benefit From Agency’s Geriatric Expertise
Hugo Armando Lucero Retana
Lifelong Medical Care established The Bobbie Award to encourage and support community level advocacy in the name of long time health advocate and octogenarian, Bobbie Singer. Singer’s model of health care advocacy encourages and supports citizen advocacy for a stronger and more just health care system.
Nominees were evaluated based on their record of accomplishment as “health activists” in the East Bay who have consistently shown tenacity, strong community values, and clear vision and, who – in their advocacy — are guided by the words of an early 20th century journalist, “that our role is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”
This year’s recipient is Hugo Armando Lucero Retana who has demonstrated ongoing advocacy around improving low birth weights in Berkeley and the surrounding communities. He states, “I offer this award to my family who helps me to be a better person every day and maintain my cultural values to support the neediest. This award is for the community who are invisible to this system. I recognize that poverty is not an individual or family problem, even when it causes damage to individuals. Poverty –here in the US– is a systematic problem of wrongful organization and misdistribution of wealth and resources. Education to develop communities rests with all of us: with all public sector workers. This award is in honor of all those Latino would-be immigrants who perished trying to cross the border. Thank you.”
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Judith Jamison is the Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Photo by Jack Mitchell.
Every year, UC Berkeley hosts an Alvin Ailey Summer Camp for teens. This year’s camp will be from Monday, June 21th to Friday July 30th . Students who have conflicting schedules or vacations scheduled during this six week period are encouraged not to apply.
“Students will be immersed in dance and learn to respect this art form as a physical activity that requires athletic ability comparable with any sport. Campers also increase their self-esteem, learn leadership skills and enjoy a variety of athletic and social activities. Fifty middle-school students, ages 11-14 are selected. No prior dance training is required.”
The deadline to submit applications is Wednesday, March 31st at 5:00 pm. Transportation for Oakland students is provided, Richmond and Berkeley students must provide their own transportation. Scholarships are provided to all students who attend. This includes field trips, daily breakfasts, lunches, snacks and camp uniforms. There will be daily classes in ballet, jazz, modern, African dance, creative writing and peer discussion groups for personal development.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is one of the most popular dance company on the international touring circuit. Founded in 1958 by the choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey, the troupe is known for its vibrant artistry and repertory as well as for Mr. Ailey’s humanist vision.
Contact Berkeley/Oakland Ailey Camp at (510) 642-4630 or email:aileycamp@cpsma.berkeley.edu for an application
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Applications close March 8
By Post Staff
The Economic Opportunity Council (EOC) is a private non-profit agency which provides a range of services to low-income San Franciscans. As the Community Action Agency for the City and County of San Francisco, EOC’s mission is to address the problem of poverty in San Francisco by focusing of resources toward eliminating the causes and conditions and impacts of poverty.
The role of the board members is vital to the success of the agency. Board members are charged with the responsibility of policy development; oversight of the programs both in the areas of monitoring and evaluation; fund development and board level oversight of the agency’s administration. Board members do not participate in the day to day operation of the programs.
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By Lee Hubbard
Regina Davis
A report on the “State of Black San Francisco” was presented to more than 300 San Franciscans at last Sunday’s forum held in the Koret Auditorium of the City’s Main Public Library.
The Osiris Coalition hosted the discussion on the condition of African Americans in San Francisco before a broad group of black leaders and activists.
“The purpose of this forum was to entertain, inform and empower the black community,” said Julian Davis, the president of the board of directors for the Booker T. Washington Community Center and co-founder of the Osiris Coalition.
The forum opened with a showing of the film, Medicine for Melancholy, a black love story set in San Francisco, which deals with black male-female relations in a gentrifying city. After the viewing and introduction to the film director Barry Jenkins, a panel was assembled to talk about key issues blacks face in San Francisco.
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By Post Staff
Black District 10 depends on Blacks sending in Census Forms
From left to right. Census Partnership specialist Wade Woods, Status on Women Commissioner Andrea Shorter, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Supervisor Carmen Chu and City Assessor Phil Ting. Photo by Kevin Jefferson.
As Census Day approaches, Secretary Gary Locke, Regional Census Director Ralph Lee and community leaders held a rally and press briefing at the Hire-Ability headquarters to motivate America’s growing and increasingly diverse population to complete and mail back the 2010 Census form.
As mandated the US Constitution, the census will take place on April 1, 2010. Census data determine boundaries for state and local legislative and congressional districts. More than $400 billion in federal funds are distributed annually based on census data to pay for local programs and services such as free lunch for low-income students, vocational training and emergency services.
District 10’s census count can determine if the district will remain a black district. If Blacks are not counted, when the lines are redrawn after the 2010 census count, more whites will be added to the district thus eliminating the last remaining black district in the city.
The Census Bureau will mail the 10 question form, one the shortest in census history to all households in the city in mid-March. To gear up, thousands of Northern California residents will be hired to reach everyone, including approximately 10,000 workers for the Bay Area. The Census is still testing and hiring. If you would like to apply for a Census Job visit the Census website at www.2010censusjobs.gov or call the toll free jobs line at 1-866-861-2010.
All census information is confidential and protected by law. The Census Bureau can’t share respondents answers with any government agency such as the FBI, the IRS, welfare and immigration. No court of law or law enforcement agency can find out respondents answers.
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Recent violence causing some to seek to gain from the city’s pain
By Rev. Dr. Alvin
C. Bernstine
It is with painful irony that I cite some of the current reactions to the violence being perpetuated upon the city of Richmond. It seems that many are using the pain of people as opportunities to advance selfish agendas.
Pimping represents economic exploitation, under the disguise of having the exploited party’s best interest at heart. It is a cruel psychological game where the weakness of one is leveraged for the grandiose enrichment of another. Pimping actually uses the pain of one party to bring economic gain to another. The pimped often believe that the pimp has their best interest in heart, even if the outcomes are in extreme contradiction.
This is what I see happening in Richmond. The political leaders are actually using the senseless violence in Richmond as either campaign rhetoric or opportunities to enrich their coffers and leverage political opportunity.
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Recent violence causing some to seek to gain from the city’s pain
In a report released by Chevron General Manager Mike Coyle, Chevron contributed more than to the Richmond community in the grants and volunteer time. He said the company’s donation were fundamental to their philosophy of being a good neighbor and “to improve the quality of life of the citizens of Richmond.”
Chevron’s 2009 Charitable Contributions for Programs in Richmond and Contra Costa County for Civic and Community activities include: $40,000 to the Richmond Firefighters’ Toy Campaign, $25,000 to the East Bay Regional Parks Foundation and $20,000 to the Richmond Chamber of Commerce;
Contributions to the Homefront Fesitval included: $15,000 to the Richmond Main Street Initiative, Inc., $11,000 to the 23rd Street Merchants Association’s Cinco de Mayo and $10,000 to the National Brotherhood Alliance.
Contributions to the Juneteenth Festival: $10,000 to the Oakland East Bay Symphony 4th of July Celebration, $8,000 to the Charles Reid Foundation and $5,000 to theNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People -.
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Laura Johnson, President of the Board of Directors for Girls Inc. of West Contra Costa County, has been selected as Richmond’s Woman of the Year for the14th Assembly District represented by Assemblymember, Nancy Skinner.
Skinner has chosen to honor one woman from each city in her district for dedicated service to their community. She said Laura Johnson was selected because of her response to the plight of Girls Inc. of West Contra Costa County which was forced to close their doors because of financial reasons. Johnson stepped up to provide leadership for the 34-year-old institution during the past 2 years to raise the funds to reopen the agency.
“By investing countless hours and personal finances, she exemplifies the highest attributes of caring and concern about the well being of others,” said Skinner..
Under Johnson’s brief tenure with Girls Inc., the neglected facility received a make-over from Home Depot with over 100 employees volunteering their time and energy to repair and paint the building inside and outside, repair the playground with basketball courts and re-sod the front yard and plant beautiful flowers. She also recruited new board members who exhibited passion for serving the needs of girls.
Under Johnson,the debts and liens have been cleared. Some of the programs offered include: building self-esteem, literacy, economic literacy, math, science and technology, critical thinking, preventing adolescent pregnancy, AIDS education, academic enrichment, cultural awareness, social outlets, and the arts.
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By Lloyd Madden,
President, BAPAC
Lloyd Madden
Last month Chevron’s General Manager Mike Coyle released Chevron’s 2009 Community Investment report. The report lists the recipients of Chevron funding that totaled over $3.4 million in 2009. Another $ 612,000 was donated by local Chevron employees to Bay Area nonprofits, not including their time and talents donated in the community. Councilman Nat Bates at a council meeting last month argued that the City should not be trying to run Chevron out of town and BAPAC (Black American Political Action Committee) believes we should be applauding Chevron efforts in becoming a good corporate neighbor and partner in addressing the employment needs of the residents in the City of Richmond.
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By Lynda Carson
Darryl Moore
The Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) may receive kickbacks from a local non profit housing developer in a scheme to privatize and sell 75 public housing units, according to recently released on-line documents from the Office of the City Manager in Berkeley..
Many of Berkeley’s African-American families may be evicted or displaced from their long time low-income public housing in the near future, as a direct result of the proposals to sell their much cherished housing.
In a bizarre development, it’s revealed in the minutes of a Nov. 23, 2009, 3×3 Committee Meeting that included Mayor Tom Bates, Councilmember Darryl Moore, BHA Chair Carole Norris, BHA Commissioner Adolph Moody, BHA Executive Director Tia Ingram, City Manager Phil Kamlarz, and BHA consultants Scott Jepson and Eric NovaK, a discussion took place in Berkeley’s Central Library meeting room on how the BHA may be able to get kickbacks from a non-profit housing developer, after the BHA sells it’s public housing sites to a non-profit housing developer.
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From left to right: Top Row - Theo Olafant, Rev. Raymond Lankford, Dr. Rev. Charlie Haynes, Alameda County Board of Supervisor Keith Carson, Ann Grant; Middle Row - Don White,Mother Eleanor Workman, Dorothy King, Eddie Abrams, Bishop Ernestine Reems, Rev. Brodon Reems; Bottom Row - Mario Juarez, Kathy Neal, Riaz Danekari, Gay Plair Cobb, Jamila Chandler, Kemba Shakur, Gregory Tarver, Jr. David Roach, Hakim Davis, Jamal Davis. Photos by Gene Hazzard and graphic by Alapi Bhatt.
The Black Elected Officials and Faith-Based Leaders of the East Bay honored local African American leaders during the 2nd annual Leadership Reception on February 25th held at Everett and Jones Barbecue.
The Award recipients were recognized for their commitment and dedication to improving their local communities in the areas of government, community, and faith. Bishop Ernestine C. Reems-Dickerson received the Faith Leadership Award, Kemba Shakur received the Community Leadership Award, and Mayor Ron Dellums and Chancellor Elihu Harris received the Legacy Award.
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Supervisor Keith Carson
As the sun struggles to peak through the string of storms over the past few weeks Alameda County forecasts that the worst is yet to come, but County leaders are not talking about the weather. Alameda County will not be bathing in the sun even though some economists signal the recession is over.
“The worst is yet to come,” says Supervisor Keith Carson, Chair of the Alameda County Budget Workgroup. “Since balancing the largest deficit in County history last fiscal year ($178 million), we have continued to see revenues decline and property values drop which directly impacts how the County is able to provide services.”
The public economic forum in Oakland on February 25, 2010 at the Elihu Harris State Building was part of a series of forums that gave residents, community-based organization, service providers, and labor representatives the most up-to-date information about the state of the County and how the State and Federal budgets are expected in impact local government and community services.
The unemployment rate, which is at 10.9% for Alameda County, leaves approximately 87,000 residents without jobs. The growing number of unemployed individuals in Alameda County means more people are relying on public services. With the NUMMI closure looming the County is expecting to lose up to 20,000 more jobs in the coming months.
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Victoria Helena King was born on February 18, 1915 in West Oakland to James and Sylvania Coclough. A native Oaklander Mrs. King takes pride in having attended Oakland Public Schools as did her mother who came to Oakland from Louisiana at age 8. Her father came west as a Pullman Porter and retired after many years as a City of Oakland public works employee. Mrs. King still resides on the East Oakland property that has been in her family over 85 years not far from Fremont High School where she graduated and St. Lawrence O’Toole Catholic church where she has been a devoted member for decades. Photo by Gene Hazzard.
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By Lee Hubbard
Oakland and Philadelphia have been selected as recipients of Obama’s Model City funding plan. Oakland received more stimulus funding, per capita, than any other city. Left to right - Top: Roy Kienitz. Adolfo Carrion, Jr., James Head, Mayor Ronald Dellums, Noel Gallo, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Port President Victor Uno , David Hinson. Bottom row: Jesse Knox, Angela Glover Blackwell, Dr. Tony Smith, Keith Carson, Ron Sims and above is Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins. Photos by Gene Hazzard, graphic by Alapi Bhatt.
The city of Oakland has started to benefit from its alignment with the federal government. .
Last week when many federal officials visited Oakland’s City Hall to discuss the impact of the Recovery Act funding Oakland has received, it appeared that the city was finally on the same page with Washington.
“Oakland is on the map,” said Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums. “There have only been two cities that the White House has focused on, in its model cities program and they are Philadelphia and Oakland.”
Officials on hand at the press conference to talk about the stimulus funding included Mayor Dellums, Congresswomen Barbara Lee, Ron Sims, the Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Adolfo Carrion with the Department of Urban Affairs, David Hinson, Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, Roy Kienetz with the Department of Transportation, Jesse Knox, the Associate Administrator for the Small Business Administration, State Senator Loni Hancock , Angela Glover Blackwell, PolicyLink Director and Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson.
“The stimulus funds helped to rescue the economy from a second great depression,” said Carrion. “It was a down payment to ensure the future. We are here to partner with Oakland. We need to build strong cities to make sure we can compete globally.”
Oakland reported that they had received $608 million in recovery funds, which has been allocated to various city agencies, rebuilding infrastructure, helping fund small businesses and non-profit agencies around Oakland.
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By Jesse Brooks
Bishop Yvette Flunder
In 1983 the U.S. Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC) documented the first two cases of AIDS in Black and Latina. Both contracted HIV through sex with an intravenous drug user.
March is National Women’s History Month, and the theme this year is “Writing Women Back into History”. AIDS is also now the leading cause of death for Black women ages 25 to 34.
During March, I will highlight local women who have and continue to make a difference fighting against the disproportionate numbers of health disparities, and the marginalization of women, particularly in women of color in our community.
Bishop Yvette Flunder has been on the front line of the fight against HIV/AIDS since 1986. She started her work when there were many unknowns, a lot of fear, and almost no support. In those early years what is known as HIV/AIDS today, was penned as GRID (Gay Related Immune Deficiency), then later ARC (AIDS Related Complex).
In 1993 Flunder lost her husband to the disease. As a result of many family and friends dying around her, she felt “the call” and she knew she had to respond. Her church, City of Refuge, had an underground Compound Q (an experimental treatment for HIV) clinic. In the basement off-duty physicians and nurses would help to administer the only available experimental drug, which was found to kill HIV, but later proved highly toxic.
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Dr. Ella Mae Simmons
By Lee Hubbard
When Dr. Ella Mae Simmons moved to San Francisco in the early 1960’s and interviewed for a position as an allergist with Kaiser Hospital, she didn’t realize she would become a trailblazer.
“I had a three-day interview with Dr. Ben Feingold, who was the chief allergy doctor for Kaiser at the time,” said Dr. Simmons.
On the third day, Simmons said that Dr. Feingold told her Kaiser wasn’t going to hire her, because she hadn’t trained under him, like most of the other doctors had done at that time in California.
“I asked him if I wasn’t going to be hired because I was black,” recalled Simmons. “I don’t know how I mustered the courage to say that, but in most of the jobs I applied for I had been over- qualified, had numerous degrees and more experiences than others who got hired.”
She said Feingold hesitated and went to talk to his superiors. After waiting five minutes for Feingold to return, Simmons said that he came back to tell her that Kaiser would hire her as a doctor. That is how Dr. Ella Mae Simmons became the first black female doctor at Kaiser in 1964.
She reflected on her 92-year life journey briefly, during a black history month trailblazer celebration at Bethel AME church in San Francisco on February 28. Standing on her walker at the front of the church, Simmons said she was always attracted to medicine and helping people while she was growing up in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. But early on, she was met with rejections, based on her race. She applied to a nursing program at Ohio State University, only to be told she couldn’t attend because “the school didn’t have any facilities for coloreds.” Simmons was later accepted into the nursing program at Hampton University.
“At Hampton, I saw Black people doing things I had never seen before,” recalled Simmons. She came in contact with Dr. Rupert A. Lloyd, a surgeon who taught at Hampton and who would greatly influence her life.
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Desley Brooks
By Paul Cobb
The Hon. Dezie Woods-Jones has been a trailblazer for women in leadership positions throughout California and the nation for the past 40 years. She’s a former Vice-Mayor for Oakland and now serves as California State President, Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) and CEO/President of the Training Institute for Leadership Enrichment (TILE)
From her early days as an activist in the Student Non-Violent coordinating Committee(SNCC) that marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Julian Bond, John Lewis, Stokeley Carmichael and other civil rights leaders, Woods-Jones has organized, mobilized and helped finance the emergence of women in politics, government and corporate boardrooms. Through the years she and BWOPA have gained the respect of elected officials and leaders throughout the Country.
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Pictured from left to right: Late Dr. Robert C. Scott, Gloria Crowell, Allen Temple Baptist Church AIDS Ministry and Post reporter Jesse Brooks.
The Oakland’s Dinner Club (ODC) will present its second annual Pioneer Awards to celebrate Black History Month February 27th, 7pm at the Buttercup Restaurant located at 3rd and Broadway.
The Award recipients will be Berkeley City Councilmember Darryl Moore, The Aids Ministry of Allen Temple, Thomas Simpson, Aids Project East Bay, Csencea Parker, and Post Health writer Jesse Brooks..
Darryl Moore worked in Washington, DC for many years before returning home to Berkeley in 1997. After many years as a Berkeley City employee he was elected to the Peralta Community College Board of Trustees. In 2004, Darryl was elected to Berkeley’s City Council as the District 2 representative. He continues to volunteer with parents, students, teachers and the Berkeley School Board on educational issues especially closing the Achievement Gap for all students.
In 1987, the Allen Temple AIDS Ministry was founded by Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith Sr., and the late Dr. Robert C. Scott. Currently Mrs. Gloria Crowell chairs the Ministry. Allen Temple Baptist Church AIDS Ministry, seeks to combat the fear, prejudice and the lack of knowledge that surrounds HIV/AIDS, by providing critical medical and social services, as well as prevention awareness education. Their efforts focus on East Oakland and Zimbabwe, Africa.
