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The civil rights leaders led his life my example that fighting for justice is the only option “Some thoughts on the Reverend C.T. Viv- ian, a pioneer who pulled America closer to our founding ideals and a friend I will miss greatly,” Former President Barack Obama wrote in a state- ment. “We’ve lost a founder of modern America, a pioneer who shrunk the gap between reality and our constitutional ideals of equality and freedom.”

DAVID GOLDMAN/AP The Rev. C.T. Vivian, seen in a 2012 portrait at his He never left the frontlines of getting in “good trouble” when it came to standing forAP PHOTO civil rights. Atlanta home, has died at the age of 95 .

By Brian W. Carter of nonviolence. He never up on his family’s farm and the Freedom Rides, which By StaCy M. BroWn Atlanta’s NBC affiliate Contributing Writer left the frontlines of getting attended segregated public challenged segregation NNPA Newswire WXIA that he was “one in “good trouble” when it schools in Pike County, Ala- at interstate bus termi- Senior Correspondent of the most wonderful In the midst of a modern- came to standing for civil bama. In his youth, he was nals across the South. He men who ever walked the day civil rights movement, rights. He dedicated every inspired by the Montgomery risked his life and took The Rev. C.T. Vivian, earth.” birthed from the death of inch of his life to fightingBus Boycott and the words severe beatings by angry the legendary civil rights Vivian reportedly suf- George Floyd, we have lost injustice of all kinds, from of Rev. Martin Luther King, mobs and arrested by po- activist who marched fered a stroke earlier this a civil rights pioneer. John the streets to the halls of Jr. to become an activist. lice for challenging the alongside Dr. Martin Lu- year, but his family said he Lewis endured more than Congress. As a student at Fisk Uni- injustice of Jim Crow seg- ther King, Jr., has died. died of natural causes. 40 arrests, physical attacks The son of sharecrop- versity, Lewis organized regation in the South. Rev. Vivian was 95. “He has always been and serious injuries, all the pers, Lewis was born on sit-in demonstrations at seg- Standing by his con- Vivian’s daughter, De- one of the people who while remaining a devoted February 21, 1940, outside regated lunch counters and nise Morse, confirmed advocate to the philosophy of Troy, Alabama. He grew volunteered to participate in {See LEWIS A-10} her father’s death and told {See VIVIAN C-2}

By JaSMyne a. CanniCk lowed to get dressed, she Contributing Writer was forced at gunpoint to come downstairs na- It’s been almost one ked in front of a group of year since deputies from male deputies. the Los Angeles County “I had my phone re- Sheriff’s Lancaster sta- cording the whole thing, tion armed with rifles and and I scanned myself shotguns kicked in “Jane from head to toe with my Doe’s” door without warn- phone’s camera to show ing, and dragged her out- that I was completely un- side naked and bleeding dressed and these officers from her menstrual cycle. are pointing guns at me It goes without saying that and pointing guns at the Jane Doe is a Black wom- COURTESY PHOTO children too,” Jane Doe an. Attorney Brian T. Dunn with The Cochran Firm,- lis explained. “The yelled 24-year-old Jane Doe tens as his client “Jane Doe” tells her story about being at me to come down- was home alone with her dragged outside naked by Lancaster sheriff’s deputies. stairs, and I didn’t want 5-year-old son and 13-year- to make the officers with old sister. She had just tak- off the hinges. Guns in to the stairs to see what the weapons nervous, so en a shower when sheriff’s hand, the deputies ordered the commotion was — to I went down the stairs, deputies without warning a naked Jane Doe — who come downstairs naked. and once I went down Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas COURTESY PHOTO came barreling through her was upstairs getting out Screaming and asking to the stairs, it just went left {See FULL STORY A-8} front door, tearing the door of the shower and had run see the warrant and be al- {See NAKED A-8}

Staff report tival and executive Publisher of the LA Sentinel, announc- Danny Bakewell, Sr., es that Taste of Soul 2020 is founder and creator of canceled. Taste of Soul Family Fes- “Due to COVID-19, Taste of Soul Family Festi- val 2020, is canceled. Our number one concern is in helping our community stay healthy and free of this virus; following the recommenda- tions of our public officials and front-line healthcare providers, we felt a festival the magnitude of Taste of Soul would not be in the best interest of the community,” Bakewell, Sr. said. There will be a “Call to Action’ to support Black businesses. We can all make a difference in helping our

www.lasentinel.net {See TOS A-15} The annual Taste of Soul family festival is canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO A-2 LASENTINEL.NET NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 Eggizō Entertainment Reimagines Biblical Figure as Superhero “The Trials of Samson: Bloodlines” follows the Biblical hero through modern times.

BY BRIAN W. CARTER Contributing Writer

Comic book super- heroes are staples when it comes to media nowadays. From Marvel, to DC Comics and beyond, you can find a plethora of diverse and interesting characters. Eggizō Enter- tainment is the latest media company to present diverse, Bible-based char- acters in a truly unique and engaging way. Initially releasing work books and comic book previews, they came to settle on an inter- esting Biblical character. “We found an interest- ing verse in the book of Matthew; it happens right around the crucifixion,” COURTESY PHOTO said co-founder Jerrell “The Trials of Samson: Bloodlines” book cover Conner. “It talks about old COURTESY PHOTO testament saints that rose because he had a supernat- ing their stories. (From Left-to-Right): Frederick K. Price, Jr., Jeroll Rodgers and Jerrell Conner of Eggizō from their grave, so basi- ural, glorified body?” “[Pastor Price, Jr.] hap- Entertainment cally, they rose from the Started in 2015, Eggizō pened to have a story with dead and were walking Entertainment was co- Samson and we had a Sam- doing animation, comic in their stories. As if on cue as most businesses have around. founded by Conner, Jeroll son story—he was one of books, novels, because with the current social and shifted most of their atten- “We were trying to find Rodgers and Pastor Freder- our characters,” said Con- [Samson] is very much the political climate, Eggizō tion to digital. what are Biblical grounds ick K. Price, Jr. Conner and ner. “We were like, hey, Jewish version of a Hulk was already in step with “We started a book club for bringing Samson back Rodgers met a year before there’s some overlap here, (Marvel Comics) or Her- reaching out to a diverse because we wanted to do and doing certain things in and began brainstorming what if we start developing cules character and we just audience of readers. readings and interviews his life, in a different set- ideas of bringing historical a book together?” wanted to kind of play with The company was set to with the creative team, the ting, like a time frame? figures and Bible charac- “The Trials of Samson: that idea as a concept for a release the new book series, writers, the artists Well, this verse says that ters in contemporary times. Bloodlines” is Eggizō character in the modern but the COVID-19 pan- involved; so, a lot of things they came back—what if They both knew Pastor Entertainment’s first fic- context,” said Conner. demic, and later protests we couldn’t do in person, tional, fantasy-based novel Conner continued, and riots, changed plans. we started digitally and vir- about the life of Samson. “Having him alive for “We were pretty much tually doing them on Face- For those who may not 2,000 years and intervening ready to go to release and to book and different groups,” know, as described in the in major historical events start a tour,” said Conner. said Conner. Bible, Samson was a leg- kind of behind-the-scenes “We had conferences lined A locally L.A.-based, endary Israelite warrior, where you wouldn’t know up and conventions and the Black-owned company, judge and divinely-inspired that he was there, but he book was pretty close to Eggizō Entertainment also leader, known for his phys- had impact … fighting the done and then COVID and works with inner-city ical strength that came powers of darkness or evil everything hit.” youth and provides out- from his uncut hair. The in these different eras.” To adjust to the changes reach and educational plat- Trials of Samson follows Eggizō Entertainment the pandemic brought, they forms. the hero trying to rectify has reimagined Samson in began giving away digital For more information COURTESY PHOTO modern times as a Black copies. They also sold on Eggizō Entertainment “The Trials of Samson: Bloodlines” kindle cover issues with his descendants and Delilah throughout his- man, sporting dreads and paperback and kindle ver- and “The Trials of Samson: Samson was one of those Price, Jr., who also has a tory, from Ancient Rome to fighting evil. The company sions on Amazon. They Bloodlines,” please visit saints, and he did come love for comics, and the Cold War. is dedicated to using have currently been focus- their website at www.eggi- back and he didn’t leave together, they began shap- “It lent itself well for images of people of color ing on their online presence zo.com.

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BY QUINCI LEGARDYE In California, 37% of California Black Media state residents are White. Combined, ethnic groups Ahead of the November account for 63% of the pop- election, the Opportunity for ulation of nearly 40 million All Coalition has begun its people. Approximately, His- “Yes on Proposition 16” panics make up 39 %; campaign. To kick off the Asians, 15%, and African drive, the group held a virtu- Americans, 6%. al press conference on Zoom White Californians July 14, featuring lawmak- make up nearly 60% of the ers, advocates and activists. people whose earnings rise Supporters of the consti- to the top 10% of annual tutional amendment fol- incomes in the state, fol- lowed that meeting with lowed by Asians whose another that included mem- CBM STAFF earnings comprise close to bers of the Black press and California State lawmakers and supporters on March 10 at the State Capitol announcing ACA-5 repeal of Prop 209. another 20 % of that catego- other ethnic media from ry, according to the Public across California July 16. Shirley Weber (D-San measures that is going to systemic racism. The rein- race,” said Jeff Yang, a stu- Policy Institute of California Proposition 16 asks vot- Diego), chair of the Legisla- help us chip away at the statement of affirmative dent activist at the Fresno (PPIC). Hispanics account ers to decide on reinstating tive Black Caucus. structural racism that has action is a concrete way to rally. “How is that fair? How for nearly 15% of those top affirmative action in Califor- State Board of Equaliza- prevented too many Black dismantle systemic racism. does that make us feel that earners and the number of nia, which would allow state tion Member, Malia Cohen, Californians from realizing You have heard that busi- the United States ofAmerica African Americans among agencies and institutions to says the Black vote will be a their full potential.” nesses owned by women is actually equal?” the people with the highest once again consider race in deciding factor this election ACA 5, the legislation and people of color have lost At the same rally, incomes in the California employment, contracting cycle across the United Weber introduced that paved $1.1 billion a year. Imagine Aparna Madireddi, a may- falls below 5 %. and college admissions. In States. She said African the way for Prop 16 to what that money would oral candidate in San Less than 2% of Cali- 1996, California voters Americans in California will become a ballot initiative, have done in the pockets of Ramon, a town in Contra fornians own nearly 20% passed Prop 209, which also need to play a vital role passed the California our community. And so that Costa County east of San of the state’s net worth and ended any consideration of in the approval of Prop 16, Assembly with a 60-14 vote is one concrete example of Francisco, spoke. they are concentrated in race in decision making and the statewide campaign on June 10. Shortly after, the what will happen when “No matter where we just 30 zip codes out of related to the state. before it to educate voters state Senate approved the Proposition 16 is passed,” came from, who we are, we 2,597 in the state. “California has suffered about the benefits of the pro- proposal with a 30-10 vote said Paterson. are here now in the land of “Proposition 16 will for the last 24 years trying to posal. on June 24. People opposed to Prop equal opportunities,” she give us an opportunity to create equality and justice “There are many experts Eva Paterson, president 16 have already begun to said. “We all have access to restore affirmative action and equal opportunity with- out there and they are of the Equal Justice Society organize around the state. equal opportunities to edu- back to California, not to out an affirmative effort to expecting record turnout this and co-chair of the “Yes on On July 12 in Fremont, Fre- cation and in the public sec- restore quotas, not to restore do that. And we see a election. But one thing that Proposition 16” campaign, mont City Council member tor if we work hard and hard any kind of preferential sys- decline with regards to not we know is that Black voters emphasized the importance Yang Shao joined anti-Prop enough.” tem, but a system of out- only the achievement gap, are critical, and we need of the proposition during the 16 activists for a rally that Weber said opportunity reach and opportunity that but also the economic gap Black voters to turn out all current national reckoning was streamed on Zoom, should be shared by all peo- will allow California to between people of color and the way up from the top of on racism that is happening Facebook and YouTube. ple across California, partic- work to acquire the kind of women and White men in the ballot all the way down,” across the country. “Some students would ularly because it is a state equal opportunity that is so the state of California,” said she said. “Prop 16 is one of “What we hear repeated- go to a worse school than that is majority ethnic and necessary for the state,” Assemblymember Dr. the many important ballot ly are calls for the end of others only because of their has a majority of women. Weber added. Blacks in California Split Over Vote That Could Raise Some Property Taxes

BY ANTONIO RAY HARVEY how much tax can be schools and community the California Business California Black Media assessed on any property in colleges. Properties Association, also the state. “When I look at our stated his resistance to Proposition 15, the “The property tax hike dire budget deficits over Prop15, saying, “California “Tax on Commercial and on the November ballot the next couple of years, already has the worst cli- Industrial Properties for will hurt minority commu- and then I see these rev- mate for business and job Education and Local Gov- nities -- causing more gen- enue estimates showing creation in the country. A ernment Funding Initia- trification, killing jobs, and how much we can invest in split roll property tax will tive,” is on the Nov. 3 bal- increasing the cost of living our community without just increase pressure on lot in California. for working families. We having to raise any taxes on many businesses that are If Californians vote yes are proud to stand in oppo- residents, it makes it more already finding it hard to FILE PHOTO sition to the largest proper- important for me to give make ends meet.” on “Split Roll” – shorthand The property tax hike on the November ballot may hurt for the proposition’s title – ty tax increase in state his- my full support on this ini- minority communities. On the contrary, propo- the State will come up with tory,” said Alice Huffman, tiative,” Breed said. nents contend that top cor- a new taxation formula. president of the California- The California Legisla- nents of the initiative are the fiscal year 2025-2026 porations in the state bene- The constitutional amend- Hawaii Conference of the tive Analyst Office esti- Huffman; former state (or at a later date that the fit unfairly from Prop 13 ment would require coun- National Association for mates that, upon full imple- Assemblymember Gwen legislature decides). and that Prop 15 would ties to levy higher real the Advancement of Col- mentation, the ballot initia- Moore; former state Sena- The ballot initiative force them to pay taxes that estate taxes on businesses ored People (NAACP). tive would generate tor Roderick Wright; for- would make an exception correspond with the market and industrial buildings “Despite the grand illu- between $8 billion and mer state Assembly Speak- for properties whose busi- value of their properties. than it does on residential sion presented by the initia- $12.5 billion in revenue per er Willie Brown, who was ness owners have $3 mil- “We’re asking for com- homes. tive’s proponents, no pro- year. Of that projected rev- also a former mayor of San lion or less in holdings panies like Disneyland or The initiative has tections exist to ensure a enue, 40 % would be allo- Francisco; and the Rev. within California. These Universal Studios that caused proponents and dime of these tax dollars is cated to schools. The other Amos C. Brown, president properties would continue make huge amounts of opponents in the Black actually spent on helping 60 % would fund local gov- of the San Francisco branch to be taxed based on their money to pay property community to draw battle lift our communities out of ernment. of the NAACP. purchase price. taxes based on fair market lines. Each side has dug in, poverty,” Huffman contin- At the state level, some The politicians, former The ballot initiative value – the same thing that pointing to the benefits or ued. of the Black policymakers and current, have picked would also exempt a small homeowners and, frankly, the dangers of Prop 15 in San Francisco Mayor who support Prop 15 are their sides. But the power to business’s tangible personal most businesses have to opposing efforts to win the London Breed, the first Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los decide whether or not com- property from taxes — do,” said Josh Pechthalt, hearts, minds and votes of Black female and second Angeles), Assemblymem- mercial and industrial prop- that’s material assets like president of the California African Americans and African American elected ber Kevin McCarty (D- erties should be shielded furniture, fixtures, tools and Federation of Teachers. other Californians. If to the position, supports Sacramento), and State like residential properties signs. For larger businesses, Prop 15 could not only passed, Prop 15 would Prop 15, which would fund Superintendent of Educa- are by Prop 13 lies in the there would also be an affect small Black busi- overturn Prop 13, a provi- local governments in the tion Tony Thurmond. hands of California’s vot- exemption for tangible per- nesses in the state that sion that has for 42 years state as well as provide A few prominent ers. sonal property up to a value mainly rely on renting or now placed a hard limit on more cash for public African American oppo- In 1978, voters in the of $500,000. leasing, opponents argue. state approved Prop 13, Former state Assembly- There could be a spike in which required that residen- member Gwen Moore told home prices, too, according JOIN THE DISCUSSION: tial, commercial and indus- California Black Media that to building industry insid- 2020 ROADMAP TO A SUSTAINABLE trial properties be taxed Prop 15 is a “bad idea,” and ers. based on their purchase that African American pro- Developers across the WASTE MANAGEMENT FUTURE price. Under that constitu- prietorship will falter under state, including the Califor- tional amendment, taxes are the “tax burden” it imposes. nia Building Industry Asso- limited to no more than 1 % Moore is currently the ciation (CBIA), recently of the purchase price (at the founder and chief executive announced their opposition time of purchase), with an officer of GeM Communi- to Prop 15. CBIA says that annual adjustment equal to cations Group, a Los Ange- Prop 15 will reduce the the rate of inflation or 2%, les-based firm that works supply of housing for Cali- whichever is lower. with clients to develop and fornians, especially the In California, market implement public affairs, state’s most needy, and lead values tend to increase legislative strategies, and to higher rents and home faster than 2 % per year, community outreach pro- prices. meaning the taxable value grams. “California is experi- of commercial and industri- “Black-owned compa- encing a housing afford- al properties is often lower nies will be some of the ability crisis. Millions of Los Angeles County invites you to participate in a virtual community than the market value, hardest hit by eliminating families are recently unem- meeting to learn about and provide feedback on the County’s 2020 according to the state Leg- Prop 13 protections for ployed and at risk of being Roadmap to further reduce reliance on landfills and maximize the islative Analyst’s Office. small businesses and entre- homeless. Proposition 15 benefits and use of materials over disposal. The change from the preneurs, Moore said. makes the current crisis Meetings will be offered August 8, 11, and 13, 2020. purchase price to market “They are certain to face worse by discouraging new value would be phased-in higher rents and skyrocket- home construction at the For more information and to register to attend a meeting, visit beginning in the fiscal year ing property taxes that worst possible time,” said RoadmapLA.com 2022-2023. Properties, many cannot afford. At a Dan Dunmoyer, president such as retail centers, time when we should be and CEO of CBIA. “If Cal- To participate by phone, call (888) CLEAN-LA, Monday through whose occupants are 50% supporting small business- ifornia wants to resolve the Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call prior to the meeting to or more small businesses es, this massive property state’s housing affordabili- obtain call-in details. would be taxed based on tax increase is a bad idea.” ty crisis, the first step must For reasonable accommodations for ADA, interpreting services, and materials in other languages, please contact the Public Works coordinator at (626) 458-7901. market value beginning in Rex Hime, president of be to reject Prop 15.” THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 NEWS LASENTINEL.NET A-5 South L.A. Music School, White Hall Arts, Awarded COVID Relief Grant BY FAITH PETRIE with labels including then emy has gotten, in 2017 a Contributing Writer Warner Bros. Records and television show awarded Yab Yum Entertainment, as the school $30,000 during “Congratulations...” well as offering music les- the cusp of financial wor- That’s all it took for Tan- sons out of her home. ries. Hall said that her inex- isha Hall to let out a scream Hall’s career eventually perience with writing in the lobby of White Hall found its way to singer- grants hindered potential Arts Academy, the music songwriter, Chaka Khan’s monetary opportunities. conservatory she founded nonprofit program, Chaka “I know how to work so over nine years ago. Khan Believes. if I can work for the money, Tucked into a brick- The organization I’ll work for it but I don’t stoned building on 54th offered tutoring and other know how to just ask,” Hall Street in South Los Ange- extracurricular activities to said. “That might be my les, the school was just students and took them biggest weakness but I feel COURTESY PHOTO granted a plethora of new onto excursions to places COURTESY PHOTO like it’s enabled us to build opportunities thanks to the Tanisha Hall's arts academy like USC and Beverly Hills something that’s so awe- was awarded $25,000 by Industry mentor and singer-songwriter Ant Clemons email announcing a three days a week in loca- some that we built our- the Lewis Prize for Music coaches a White Hall Arts Academy student. $25,000 COVID-19 Com- tions sometimes inaccessi- selves.“ through the COVID-19 Com- “Some people would the department was plan- munity Response Fund munity Response Fund. ble otherwise. With the additional through the Lewis Prize for “It became more than say I’m so happy, I selected ning on stopping the pro- funds offered by the Lewis Music. The organization beyond the nine years since just three days a week, it you because you were gram that had gone from 25 Prize for Music’s COVID awarded a total of $1.25 her performing art school’s became they’re calling you Black, you’re the only students to 150. They grant, Hall hopes to build a million to 32 programs in inception. As a child, she on the weekend and you’re Black person I saw,” Hall offered Hall an ultimatum: computer lab, hire more the U.S. targeted at teach- took guitar lessons in doing stuff and buying said. “That was important Music LA could continue if instructors and fix up the ing youth about music. school and later graduated prom dresses and things to me, you know to be Hall funded and operated it 100-year-old building the like that and realizing that something that these kids herself. academy resides in. these kids are so talented could look at and say, I Hall decided to take on Being a mother to three and they have so much could be you. You look like the challenge noting the foster children has made inside of them but they me, you talk like me, if you need for music related pro- Hall focus on teaching her don’t have any opportuni- can do it that means I can grams in the South LA area kids and the students she ties for expressing [it],” do it.” and set about rebranding mentors the importance of Hall said. With a new venture in Music LA as Music 4LA paying it forward and In 2011, Hall was motion, the realities of run- and reacquiring $20,000 showing kindness. offered the opportunity to ning a business were not worth of musical instru- “If everybody used purchase a space in the missed on Hall— She ments on loan by the city. their blessings to help give same building her grand- spent $100,000 of her own Her main motivation equity to those who don’t COURTESY PHOTO parents owned and decided money renovating the for continuing the program have as much guess what, A White Hall Arts Academy instructor leads a class in a gui- to use it as a way to expand building and making it suit- was her sympathy for we’d all have a better tar lesson. her music classes. Hall said able for others to learn young boys and the poten- opportunity. Too many within a few months, her there. tial life paths living in an times when we get blessed “I’m super grateful to from Berklee College of clientele had doubled. “First starting out, you inner city can offer to we take our blessings and [Lewis Prize] for taking a Music in Boston making She advertised her serv- have big dreams and you’re Black males. According to we just run with it and chance on a smaller organi- the cross country move ices on the website take- like, I’m going to do this a report submitted by The hoard it all to ourselves,” zation, which many don’t,” from Massachusetts to Cal- lessons.com and said that and that and the third and Sentencing Project, “as of Hall said. Hall said. ifornia. she was one of the few then life hits you and it’s 2001, one of every three White Hall Arts Acade- For Hall, her history Hall acquired work instructors of color at the like yeah, okay hold on,” Black boys born in that my is still continuing to with music spanned experience by working time. Hall said. year could expect to go to teach students instruments, After a few years of prison in his lifetime.” singing techniques and running the school and “My heart is to get dance virtually through NAACP Announces Virtual March on finding additional instruc- these boys into music and Music 4LA’s summer tors, Hall was contacted by get these boys into some- classes every Saturday Washington to Channel Momentum for the Department of Cultural thing that’s going to save starting on July 11 to Affairs in 2014 to adminis- them from all the other August 8. Private online Police Accountability and Voter Mobilization ter Music LA, a program trappings that are available sessions are also available targeted at providing music here in this community,” for adults and children. Virtual programming on 57th anniversary of March on Washington will lessons to young people in Hall said. To find out more infor- advance a bold Black agenda; honor the legacy of John Lewis underserved areas through- The Lewis Prize for mation on the program visit out Los Angeles. Music isn’t the first dona- whitehallacademy.org/musi SENTINEL NEWS SERVICE from protestors in the streets in our best interest to knock Only two years later, tion White Hall Arts Acad- c4la. to elected officials at all lev- down the walls of injustice This week, the NAACP els of government – to com- and grant future generations announced that it will lead a mit to pursuing a new agen- access to higher social, eco- nomic, and political power. This is what the 2020 Virtu- al March on Washington is all about.” A series of virtual and in-person programming will take place on the following dates: THE CALL: Thursday, August 27, 8-10 p.m. ET: There will be virtual pro- gramming carried on televi- sion networks and key social media platforms, including musical performances, remarks from young activists and emerging organizations, and other entertainment. THE MARCH: Friday, August 28, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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The recent passing of us “We have a mission and Rev. Joseph Lowery (Oc- moral mandate to be on the tober 6, 1921 - March 27, right side of history.” Thus, 2020), Rev. Cordy Tindell he says, “I appeal to all of (C.T.) Vivian (July 30, you to get into this great 1924 - July 17, 2020, and revolution that is sweeping Rep. John Lewis (February the context of their people, lence and systemic racism. will” for freedom and thus, the nation. Get in and stay 21, 1940 - July 17, 2020), our people, Black people and Here I define freedom as she “sat down so her people in the streets of every city, three major leaders of the our struggle. conditions and capacities, could stand up.” And she every village and hamlet of civil rights phase of the Min. Malcolm X calls not repressed or restrained accepted the responsibility this nation until true free- Black Freedom Movement, this determining where we by domination, deprivation of the consequences. Rev. dom comes.” rightfully causes and en- fit in the historical and global and degradation, and which Vivian tells us to measure Finally, Rev. Lowery courages us to lift them up scheme of things. Molefi allow and enable persons to the quality of what we do, tells us that “Each of us has and to recount and reflect Asante calls it locating our- pursue the good and come not only by how well we do to assume responsibility” on the lessons of their lives selves. And Rev. Lowery into the fullness of them- it, but also by its service to for the struggle. “We cannot and to strive to honor their tells us also that locating selves. Thus, freedom is the people. He says, “Do wait for others,” he says, legacy in meaningful ways. ourselves historically and a larger concept than civil what you do well. But al- “We must do it ourselves,” This means moving any se- socially is important. Indeed, rights and is a human right, ways ask yourself the ques- each and everyone. “It is rious consideration of them he says, “If you don’t know which, as our people have tion: Is it serving people?” a moral imperative. We and their legacy beyond where you came from, it’s argued in their struggles in A final lesson gleaned must seize the challenge” the usual media portrayals difficult to determine where this country, is a natural and FILE PHOTO from the lives of Rev. Low- and continue and intensify and official Americana that you are. (And) it’s even more God-given right which no DR. MAULANA KARENGA ery, Rev. Vivian and Rep. the struggle. “We’ve got separates them from their difficult to plan where you government can take away Lewis and the struggle they mountains to climb. We’ve people and claims them are going.” Again, this stress- or give. For all the freedom and equality in this country inherited, embraced and got grief to overcome. And as ethnically anonymous es the need for us to remain warriors and workers we and the world to include all. advanced is that the strug- we’ve got burdens to bear” American heroes, rather at the center of our own his- honor, then, and for our- For it was and remains our gle to expand the realm of in this unfinished ongo- than recognizing them as tory, self-conscious agents of selves, we must not reduce understanding that freedom, freedom and justice in the ing liberation struggle. But great African Americans our own liberation. our struggle to a general justice and equality are in- world must continue and as he, they and all our an- who have significantly A second lesson from civil rights struggle or be divisible human goods. In a intensify till victory is won. cestors assure us, we are and decisively contributed the lives of these men and absentees from our own word, the Black agenda has Rev. Vivian invites us to un- well-suited and sufficient to transforming the racist the generation of giants like history, a history of struggle always been an inclusive derstand our radical revolu- to the task, regardless of the conception and function- Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm for the liberation of our peo- agenda. And this inclusive tionary efforts as defensive, odds and obstacles. For as ing of this country. And it X, Ella Baker, Martin Lu- ple, upheld as a model and conception of our task is not offensive, for we are our foremother, Nana Bur- means we must claim them ther King, Jr., and Kwame mirror around the world. found also in Rep. Lewis’ the ones under constant at- roughs taught us, as a peo- ourselves and define and Ture of which they were a I have defined these assertion that “Our minds, tack. Thus, he says, “Revo- ple, “We specialize in the discuss them in our own part, is that they were fight- three freedom fighters’ souls and hearts cannot rest lution is always an act of wholly impossible.” terms. Moreover, it means ers and workers in the Black legacies as ultimately one until freedom and justice self-defense.” And this is a we must strive to live their Freedom Movement which legacy, a shared legacy. exist for all people.” shared position clearly held Dr. Maulana Karenga, legacy and continue the demanded Freedom Now!, And this is our third lesson There is no greater les- by Nana Harriet Tubman, Professor and Chair of unfinished and ongoing took freedom rides, sang to be gleaned from the lives son than the lesson offered Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Africana Studies, Califor- struggle they inherited, freedom songs, and stud- of these honored freedom by Rev. Lowery, Rev. Viv- Hamer, Malcolm X and our nia State University-Long embraced and advanced to ied and taught at freedom warriors. For their legacies ian, Rep. Lewis and all the organization Us. Beach; Executive Direc- free our people and expand schools. Indeed, it is this are part of a shared legacy others who have dedicated Indeed, the struggle tor, African American Cul- the realm of freedom and struggle, the Black Freedom of struggle of their people, their lives in struggle to the we continue to wage as a tural Center (Us); Creator justice in this country to in- Movement which brought our people, Black people, people than a deep and en- people is in rightful and of Kwanzaa; and author clude all. them into being, moulded African people. And at its during love of the people. righteous defense of our of Kwanzaa: A Celebra- Clearly, there are sev- their consciousness, and de- very heart and soul, it is a And each put their lives on humanity, our human rights tion of Family, Community eral lessons to be gleaned fined their commitment. And legacy of great moral and the line in audacious dem- and our very lives. Rev. and Culture and Essays from the legacy of these it is this sacred struggle for social importance. For from onstration of it. Speaking Vivian tells us that “Lead- on Struggle: Position and freedom warriors and freedom to which they were its inception, this struggle of Rosa Parks’ love of and ership is found in action Analysis, www.AfricanA- workers for a new society a defining part, offered their sought to free an oppressed dedication to our people, to defeat that which would mericanCulturalCenter-LA. and world. And the first is lives in dedication, discipline people, our people, and Rev. Lowery says that defeat you.” And “You are org; www.OfficialKwan- to rightfully locate them in and sacrifice. in the process, expand the “Rosa Parks became an made by the struggles you zaaWebsite.org; www. Black history among their And I stress here the dis- realm of freedom, justice instrument of the people’s choose.” Rep. Lewis tells MaulanaKarenga.org. people, our people in the tinction between the Black midst of an unfinished and Freedom Movement and • SENATOR HOLLY MITCHELL• ongoing Black freedom the Civil Rights Movement, struggle. Indeed, there can which was one phase of our be no correct understand- freedom struggle. The Black ing, appropriate apprecia- Power Movement, in which tion or honest emulation my organization Us and I Have you heard about A 2019 poll from Califor- service. Mitchell, the moth- of their lives and the lives played a major role, was the 2020 Census? I am sure nia Emerging Technology er of a 19-year-old son, has of all those who preceded also a phase. And freedom is you have received mail, Fund found that 73 per- devoted her professional them and made them and us what we have struggled and phone calls, or maybe drove cent of low-income people life to creating a California possible and of those who continue to struggle also for past a billboard with infor- surveyed said they were where ALL children thrive. were their co-combatants, in these latest resistance ini- mation on the Census. Do unaware that lower prices She continued her family unless we place them all in tiatives against police vio- you still wonder what it is were available to help get legacy of leadership when about and who gets count- connected to the Internet. she was named the first the Los AngeLes sentineL ed? The new baby just born What better way to in- African American to chair yesterday? She gets count- vest in our children than the powerful Senate Budget ed. Your Uncle Leroy who to get affordable internet and Fiscal Review Commit- is 108 years old? He gets to everyone eligible while tee.

counted, too! FILE PHOTO we secure our fair share of The Senator’s ground- Every 10 years, people SENATOR HOLLY MITCHELL funding and equal political breaking successes include DANNY J. BAKEWELL, SR. across the country fill out representation by achieving nearly 80 bills signed into Executive Publisher / CEO the Census to get an ac- vital federal funds provided a complete Census count in law. These bills focus on curate count of all people by the Census for schools, California. These actions improving human services, JENNIFER J. THOMAS in the United States. The childcare, housing, health will help put our state on expanding access to health- Publisher Census determines Cali- clinics, social services, a path to equity and eco- care, defending the civil KENNETH R. THOMAS fornia’s federal funding for transportation, water in- nomic prosperity for all. rights of minorities and the Publisher / CEO (1983-1997) important community ser- frastructure and more. The Whether you live in a big undocumented, and reduc- RUTH WASHINGTON vices that help support our state received $56 billion city or small town, whether ing the numbers of children Business Manager / Publisher (1948-1990) families and determines fair for Medi-Cal based on the you are young or old, get growing up in poverty. COL. LEON WASHINGTON JR. representation in California 2010 Census data. counted California. In addition to her chair- Founder / Publisher (1933-1974) and D.C. Simply put, we all must Resources: To learn manship on the Senate PAMELA A. BAKEWELL Unless each person is participate, or we will all about low-cost Internet op- Budget and Fiscal Review Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer counted – from old Uncle suffer. tions, text “Get Counted” Committee, she also chairs DANNY J. BAKEWELL, JR. 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Today, we celebrate two Vivian with a punch in the ment Mama Harriett car- free now,” as a keynote Sandlin fired from Ingle- men of moral courage, ethical mouth, knocking him to ried in her bosom through speaker at the historic 1963 wood Police Department. excellence, and relentless dili- the ground. Vivian pulled the dangerous woods of the March on Washington. He We delivered a petition gence in making Black Lives himself to his feet and kept underground railroad. had that opportunity be- signed by roughly 11,000 Matter in the policies and prac- lecturing as police shoved They joined the move- cause for many years prior people demanding that tices of this country and world: him aside and ultimately ment Mama Ida B. Wells he studied and apprenticed District Attorney Jackie The Honorable John Lewis and arrested him. furthered in challenging within the human rights Lacey #ProsecuteKiller- The Reverend C.T. Vivian. Just weeks after the state sanctioned lynching advocacy of his Ancestors Cops. Our heroes are transitioning incident aired on nation- violence against Black and elders. He went door- We initiated a #Pros and entrusting us to continue al television, thousands people. to-door, canvassing Black ecuteKillerCops/#Jackie the work. of people gathered for They joined the move- communities that stretched LaceyMustGo campaign In 2003, Rev. Dr. C.T. Viv- the famous march from ment that Babas Martin for many miles to educate that is led by the families and MALCOLM fortified our people about their hu- of those killed by police, with speeches and writ- ings that continue to shake

FILE PHOTO philosophical and political Dr. ROSLYN M. SATCHEL debates. They joined the move- ment because of teach- ...Not our Movement- ers who were organizing -not our FREEDOM! — like Mama Ella Baker, We’re winning be- who taught both CT Viv- cause we’re building on ian AND John Lewis. Ella the strategies of our ances- Baker, without whom none tral abolitionists. For C.T. of us may know the men Vivian and John Lewis, a we honor today, helped ian hired me as Executive Di- Selma to Montgomery. jail cell was as familiar as them and their comrades rector at the National Center Before the year was out, a police officer’s baton. maintain strategic momen- man rights. Civil and po- brought together a coali- for Human Rights Education as a result, Congress had Calling media attention to tum even when they dif- litical rights were impor- tion of more than a dozen (NCHRE) once I left the pub- passed the Voting Rights that systemic abuse was fered on priorities and tac- tant for Lewis, but he also organizations committed lic interest law firm, Southern Act of 1965. Rev. Vivian crucial to changing public tics. Never underestimate spoke to the need for eco- to societal transformation, Center for Human Rights. He received the Presidential opinion globally. These the difference one ordinary nomic, cultural, and social and has demonstrated con- believed in me at a time in my Medal of Freedom for his architects of democracy person can make! justice. sistently on a weekly bases life when I really was not sure work in 2013. But in an received scorn and ridi- We could go on and on Like Lewis, C.T. Viv- outside of Lacey’s office that I could do all they entrusted interview recorded for the cule but they stood re- listing historical bench- ian was also part of the since October 25, 2017. me to do. I was 30 and only a Freedom Riders -- activists We initiated an online few years out of seminary and who rode through south- “living altar” that offers law school. At NCHRE, Rev. ern states to make sure bus community narratives of Vivian was the chair of the terminals and other public our people who are killed board and taught me so much facilities were not segre- by law enforcement, about dignity, humility, and gated. Vivian, however, rather than accepting po- caring-with-people as central to had been in justice actions lice accounts of who they ministry, community organiz- since his first nonviolent are, with @MoreThanA- ing, justice, and human rights. I protest in 1947 -- a lunch HashtagLA. used to ask questions so I could counter sit-in in Peoria, Il- We became part of the listen until he got tired of talk- linois. Later, he joined with Reform LA Jails coalition ing. We didn’t always agree, but other ministers and found- that is working to divest I will appreciate him forever. ed the Nashville affiliate from jails and invest in the Likewise, I remember when of the Southern Christian things that actually make Congressman John Lewis came Leadership Conference, communities safe (mental out to Los Angeles and Nash- which helped organize sit- health resources, preven- ville to spend time with many ins and civil rights march- tion and intervention pro- BLM organizers. He encour- honor, Vivian reiterated solved for justice. marks/heroes, but in the es. He’s most well known grams, etc.). aged our work. He always sup- his call to action, saying For their human rights interest of time, let us re- for saying, “Do what you We co-sponsored our ported our work. He pushed that the work for racial and work, cops arrested and member... can do and do it well, but first piece of legislation, back against the narrative of social justice was far from brutalized these activ- We are part of a con- always ask your question: the “Know Your Rights” respectability in the civil rights finished. ist ministers more times tinuum that is greater than Is it serving people?” bill which will make in- movement. Public opinion was Oh, maybe you re- than they cared to count. any hate. LOVE conquers These courageous hu- vestigations accessible to not on their side. They were member the Selma march? For their democratic ser- hate. We stand in LOVE man beings, now among the public when police kill called interlopers, carpetbag- Lewis were there. You vice, cops imprisoned for ourselves and our com- our greatest Ancestors, people or are found guilty gers, and “disruptors” -- among must remember that foot- and tortured them along munity. We fight as lovers disrupted the status quo of serious misconduct. much more vicious pejoratives. age.... with other CORE/SNCC of JUSTICE and HUMAN -- commerce/business- We grew the #Give- Lewis and other activists fought At the Edmund Pettus protesters and imprisoned RIGHTS. WE fight out as-usual -- FOR YEARS Black, #BankBlack, #Buy- and disrupted EVERYTHING! bridge (a name that lives them at concentration of LOVE to protect other before anyone took no- Black program as part of Had they not disrupted traffic, in infamy; soon to be re- camps, like Parchman young people from having tice. They were attacked, our #BlackXmas efforts. commerce, business as usual, named for Lewis) -- ra- Prison Farm. to experience a club to the despised, and criticized We grew Los Angeles they couldn’t have disrupted bid, barbaric, and venom- They were warriors. head or a bullet to the back. relentlessly by mainstream #BlackLivesMatterIn- white supremacy. BUT THEY society and their own Schools and made it a na- DID! people, but they persisted. tional model adopted by In response to critiques of Only in their latter years the National Educational BLM’s freeway shutdowns, did they receive honor Association. Lewis said: commensurate with their We partnered with the “What do you think hap- titanic contributions. Reverence Project to pro- pened with the march on Ed- Perseverance, tenacity, vide ongoing mental health mund Pettus Bridge?” and determination (among and wellness support to the THEY DISRUPTED the other things) in this strug- families of those killed by status quo! gle link us to them. None police. They didn’t beat him be- of us is free until all of us However, to attempt to cause he was passive. They tried are free, so we commit dai- measure our “wins” solely to beat him to death because he ly to the work of making in terms of electoral victo- was a threat! They didn’t win Black Lives Matter in pol- ries, legal processes, legis- then. They won’t win now. icy and practice knowing lation, public policy, or ser- WHEN WE FIGHT, WE our struggle for justice is a vice numbers is, in effect, WIN! part of the same continuum to submit to the existing Like many of us, C.T. Vivian of human rights struggle hegemony that we seek to and John Lewis participated in led by those before us. transform and to miss the a movement -- a protest -- and it HERE’S WHAT whole point. changed their lives forever. ous racist state troopers They converted prisons Our great Ancestors, WE’VE DONE AND Our victories cannot be Oh, you remember the foot- blocked and viciously at- and jails into colleges and The Honorable John Lewis CONTINUE TO DO to confined to quantitative age.... tacked the demonstrators. universities. They were and The Reverend C.T. further the legacy of our measures. Like those upon C.T. Vivian, in a clerical col- Then and there, the state courageous and bold in Vivian are waiting for us ancestral freedom fight- whose shoulders we stand, lar and dark suit, led eloquently law enforcement officers their conviction that God (you) to ACT. ers...to continue the work our wins are much greater attired Black folks to vote at a kicked and beat him with was on their side -- even C.T. Vivian and John of abolition! than the small buckets in Selma, Alabama government clubs. John Lewis, at 25 when many folks said Lewis’ work didn’t start We educated, fed, or- which they seek to place building guarded by state law years old, was an organiz- otherwise. They refused on “Bloody Sunday.” For ganized, listened to, and us. In the last seven years, enforcement officers with full er of that march for voting to give up. They contin- years earlier, they worked grieved with innumerable we have: riot gear and clubs in hand. rights in Selma, Alabama, ued after it was no longer as preachers and com- Black people in histori- Awakened Black peo- There, on the steps of the Dal- on March 7, 1965. Law trendy. Why? Because munity organizers. With cally neglected and over- ple to our own POWER. las County courthouse in Feb- enforcement brutalized they joined a Sacred and organizers like Septima policed communities. Made it ok to ruary 1965, Rev. Vivian con- and left him for dead -- Divine movement -- not Clark, Myles Horton, and We cared for numerous say BLACK, be BLACK, fronted a segregationist sheriff like cops continue to do! just a civil rights move- Dr. King, Reverends Viv- families who lost a loved and fight for BLACK free- who blocked their path into the Black Lives Mattered ment -- but a human rights ian and Lewis studied and one due to police murders. dom. building. So, Vivian used the when John Lewis was a movement that started trained organizers at the We got the LA City Made RESISTANCE moment as an opportunity for little boy growing up in when Africa’s children historic Highlander Folk Council to vote to defund to oppression the new nor- a sermon on democracy and rural Alabama, but you were being stolen from School in Tennessee. They the LAPD by $150 mil- mal. justice. In it, he said, “You can wouldn’t know it by the its shores. Asserting dig- were the preachers that lion; half of their prior Affirmed and prac- turn your back on me, but you way they… nity, they took a despised folks called “trouble-mak- budget allocation. ticed the centering of cannot turn your back upon the Lynched Black boys position and implemented ers” and “radicals.” Each We got LAPD Chief ALL BLACK LIVES. idea of justice. You can turn like him, multiple controversial had a long record of human Charlie Beck fired for Directly challenged your back now and you can Hosed Black freedom strategies that improved rights activism that includ- leading the most murder- state oppression and vio- keep the club in your hand, but fighters, our society and world. ed dozens of arrests during ous police department in lence and DISRUPTED you cannot beat down justice! Beat, raped, and C.T. Vivian and John protests against racial and the country. (He can call it THE EXISTING SYS- And we will register to vote, maimed our Ancestors. Lewis joined and fur- social injustice. an early retirement.) TEM. because as citizens of these BUT THEY COULD thered a movement -- not John Lewis said, “We We got the five offi- Engaged in a radical United States we have the right NOT AND CANNOT a moment. do not want our freedom cers who murdered Kisha to do it.” Clark responded to STOP OUR PROGRESS They joined the move- gradually; we want to be Michael and Marquintan {See SATCHEL A-15} A-8 LASENTINEL.NETLOS ANGELES SENTINEL OPINION NEWS THURSDAY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER JULY 23, 26, 2020 2013

By Betti Halsell conversation about race. nities, need to address the Contributing Writer In order to see meaningful division in disproportioned change among the commu- resources that are being Supervisor Mark Ridley- nity, structural and systemic seen clear within the af- Thomas orchestrated a six- racism must be ripped out fects of COVID-19. page measurement address- from the root. The principle Ridley-Thomas used ing institutionalized racism of this measurement stands other grass roots organiza- among the county walls of on the accountability of han- tions as example of bodies Los Angeles. It is a call for a dling racism from an insti- of people under the same recourse and a movement for tutional level and creating goal of equality and what Antiracist sensibility. Super- an action to solve the ineq- can be accomplished under visor Ridley-Thomas held a uities among underserved a racial lens. He described virtual briefing, accompa- communities. This measure- many outright disparities nied by Senior Deputy for ment carries the weights of within the Black Com- Human Services and Child the community into a place munity and expressed this Welfare Emily Williams where it can be lifted and should not be looked at and Chief Deputy Dorinne those who are in need can be as normal or simple data. Jordan to break down the supported. These are livelihoods that benchmarks of the “Estab- Supervisor Ridley- do not share the same hu- lishing an Antiracist Los Thomas described the all-in- man rights as their neigh- Angeles County” Policy clusive motion as a bit dense, bors. Agenda. During the wake he stated, “In terms of the This measurement is to of health and wellbeing, the directives, because of the in- bring racial issues into the time is now to act on the tent, we have to go deep into Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas at the Virtual Meeting about Anti-racist Los - Angewalls of power and create need for equality for people the bureaucracy to magnify les County Motion. SCREEN SHOT energy around investigat- of color in Los Angeles. transparency and to build ing and resolving these is- Supervisor Ridley- more avenues for account- can Americans account for against Black people has happening within the com- sues in a real way. Ridley- Thomas opens his measure- ability.” The Policy Agenda 11% of COVID-19 related reached crisis proportions. munity. Department heads Thomas expressed this ment from a quote from Pro- of Establishing an Antiracist fatalities; (County Depart- Direct the Chief Executive will be expected to look motion as a self-examina- fessor Cornel West, “Race Los Angeles County will be ment of Public Health, Officer (CEO) to establish at their branches, search tion among the L.A. Board Matters” (1993) describing up for consideration among July 2020), 27% of LAPD an eighth Board-directed for areas of weakness due of Supervisors, the first of an ideology of not just ad- all the board members July cases in 2017 where some- priority to address the to inequality or imbal- its kind within 150 years of dressing Black people prob- 21. The community can one was shot or seriously elimination of racism and ances and develop a goal governance. The goal is to lems but facing the flaws voice their opinion about the injured in the county were bias in the county. Direct to strengthen equality and create no area to run away within American society. motion by calling 844-767- people of color; (Califor- the CEO and other depart- eradicate any sense of mis- from the inequities that are There has not been a for- 5651 and the extension is nia Department of Justice, ments to evaluate existing conduct with a racial lens. blatantly visible within un- mal address, acknowledging 9676434. 2018.) Supervisor Ridley- county policies, practices, “This is a moment of derserved communities. the blood spilled among the Past efforts are work- Thomas addressed that this operations, and programs unprecedented conse- Supervisor Ridley- road to the creation of this ing as steppingstones for should not be. through a lens of racial eq- quence and unusual global Thomas stated, “We need country. The current motion this motion to come to pass. Sr. Deputy Williams uity…” realities and therefore we explicit action against in- is looking to cut through the Much of the research sur- and Chief Deputy Jordan There are nine bench- need to act accordingly.” stitutionalized inequities callus that grew over the in- rounding the unsheltered broke down the bench- marks in total that calls for Ridley-Thomas further and or inequality in this complete work to eradicate population in relation to marks within the motion accountability and action explained within the back- region.” The motion along the residue that was left be- race was conducted in 2018, and some noted directives among the lines of public drop of a global pandemic with its data is on the table hind due to the chattel slav- it brought sobering data to are the following: “Rec- leadership. This motion is and heightened sense of on July 21, it is a pilot to ery conducted in this coun- light; 34% of the unsheltered ognize, affirm, and declare a flag planted to change the awareness of racial in- a new chapter of equality try. population are Black people. that racism is a matter of course of history and hold equality, those in seats of and hopefully serve as an This movement was The measurement included public health in Los Ange- Los Angeles elected offi- monitoring the health and example for the rest of the made to dive into a serious other studies such as Afri- les County and that racism cials accountable to what is wellbeing in all commu- world to follow.

Naked against someone Black al- and that’s another problem {continued from Pg. A-1} most every day. It’s gotten that we have with their ap- Jane Doe says that her to the point that it’s hard to proach to this incident.” dropping to the ground was keep up even for those of The only phrase more viewed as resisting by the us who make it our busi- infuriating from law en- deputies, so they flipped ness to follow these stories. forcement than “I feared her over and forced onto It’s important to note that for my life,” is their stan- her stomach. A group of victims of police violence dard canned response deputies came and jumped don’t always die — so their when refusing to discuss on top of her, touching her stories don’t always make these types of incidents breasts and private areas in the national news. and instead choosing to the process. She says depu- More often than not, hide behind “pending liti- ties also retaliated against they live and are left to gation.” But we know — her for telling her son and wouldn’t let her use the coming to her home in the go through life suffering even if there were no liti- sister not to talk to them. bathroom to put it on tell- first place? The deputies extreme mental and physi- gation pending — they still Jane Doe continued, ing her aunt that she might claimed they were there cal pain, including anxiety, wouldn’t speak on it. “An officer had his hand conceal evidence if al- to execute a warrant for grief, shock, and humili- I don’t think there’s a on my head and pulled my lowed to do so. Jane Doe’s brother’s arrest ation for the rest of their woman alive in her right hair. I had bald patches “Fifteen minutes later, on an assault allegation. lives, most never seeking mind that’s going to will- from where he pulled my one officer comes to the However, her brother was or getting justice. ingly be dragged out of her hair out. Another officer car and turns the AC on, already in the sheriff’s cus- The good news is that home naked — let alone used both of his knees on rolls down the window, tody some 50 miles away Jane Doe will not be a part while she was on her men- 25-year-old Lancaster res- my neck and back — I and lets my aunt throw me in South Los Angeles. of the majority of people strual cycle. ident “Jane Doe” wants jus- ended up with two sprained a tampon. I had to put my And that assault charge? who experience police vio- As a woman and a tice and to make sure that nowrists and ankles and my tampon on in public in the The Los Angeles County lence and live and never Black woman, this story other woman is treated like left shoulder was sprained. back of the police car.” District Attorney’s Office seek justice. infuriates me and again she was by Lancaster sheriff’s One officer said, ‘Aw shit’ After asking her where declined to file criminal She’s currently repre- shows the callous disre- deputies. and started giggling when her clothes are, she re- charges citing a lack of sented by The Cochran gard for which law en- his hands touched my pri- counts that deputies went sufficient evidence. In the Firm. She has filed a civil forcement has for Black me off the stairs and tried to vate part and I was like into her house and brought end it was all for naught rights lawsuit against the women and our bodies. take my phone out of my hand. ain’t no aw shit you know out her clothes and left and Jane Doe, who had no County of Los Angeles, You cannot convince me I was able to throw my phone exactly what you’re doing. them on the trunk, refusing criminal record and was citing a violation of her that they would do this to to my little sister before they I kept telling the deputies to give them to her. After not the subject of the origi- civil rights, battery, negli- a white woman — take her had me in handcuffs.” I couldn’t breathe and one putting her tampon on, a nal warrant, was the only gence, and negligent inflic- outside naked and let her While her 13-year-old sis- of the deputies yelled for deputy uncuffed her and al- one charged with a crime. tion of emotional distress bleed all over the place in ter recorded the events, video someone to bring him the lowed her to put her clothes Because of the inci- and intentional infliction front of a bunch of men. shows deputies at one point ties.” on. dent, Jane Doe has been of emotional distress. In- Never! threw a blanket over her head The deputies ignored To add insult to injury, experiencing severe post- terestingly enough, since When Jane Doe’s story like she was an animal. her pleas not to tie her up Jane Doe was arrested and traumatic stress syndrome filing her lawsuit, the three first aired on television, Jane Doe chokes back tears and dragged her naked charged with three counts for which she is in therapy. counts of resisting arrest her now six-year-old son while painfully reliving what across her front lawn to the of resisting arrest. I would be too. A year later have been dropped. identified his mother im- she says was the most humili- patrol car. She says a detective and she still gets nervous “If there is an unclothed mediately — even though ating day of her life. The depu- Crying, Jane Doe re- gave her an ultimatum at when someone comes to suspect that is female, law her face was blurred. ties would go on to take her counts one of the deputies the Lancaster sheriff’s sta- the door, and she’s suspi- enforcement nationwide is “My son remembers outside, where the blanket hid- smiling and laughing at her tion — either sign a docu- cious of unknown vehicles required to have a female that day. Even though’s he ing her body would fall, leav- naked body in the back of ment agreeing that she was on her block. Her mother officer present who is the was five-year-old, he will ing her nakedness exposed and the patrol car. illegally recording the dep- says she barely leaves the officer who puts hands on never forget it. He told me, blood dripping down her legs. “I turned around and uties in her house and that house anymore. that particular person,” “Mama, I remember they She says that’s when deputies looked at him and he was they can have a copy of the She says she built up said attorney Brian Dunn. pointed their guns at me, jumped on her and tied her up back there smiling like recording or get maced. the nerve to come forward “The fact that you had only and I thought I was going like chattel before throwing something was funny.” Weighing the conse- after the hanging death of male deputies handling my to die.” her in the back of a patrol car. She says that she quences of being maced Robert Fuller turned the client, it demonstrates a “They wrapped the blan- thought she had suffered while being handcuffed, nation’s focus to the Ante- further abrogation from the Jasmyne A. Cannick ket — the comforter — around the ultimate humiliation Jane Doe chose to sign the lope Valley. Black residents national standard of what it writes about the intersec- me, but it wasn’t secure,” Jane but that it got worse. paperwork. say there’s been a long un- is that they’re supposed to tion of politics and race Doe explains. “The officer was “I was sitting in the back When she was given checked and unreported on do. The only way that they and continues to be an out- barely holding onto it. I could of the police car bleeding her phone back, most of history of anti-blackness, could bypass that rule and spoken voice in an effort to feel the wind coming up under from my menstrual cycle,” the video she had captured racial tension, and racism go around it is if they have shape public opinion and me because I wasn’t dressed. she cries. “My aunt pulled at the beginning of the in- and that the only people some type of justification encourage civic engage- I could just feel all air. By up. The only way for me cident was missing. The scarier than the white su- that would equate to an ment for positive social the time I got out the door, he to identify to her that I was video was edited to just premacists, Neo-Nazis, immediate defense of life change while advocating opened my cover and released back there like that was to capture deputies throwing and skinheads that call the situation or exigency that for underrepresented and it so it could drop. When that smear blood on the win- the blanket over her head. area home are the sheriff’s would require them to not marginalized communities. dropped, I fell to the ground dow to show her that I am On top of that, she was deputies on patrol. take steps to ensure that a More at iamjasmyne.com because I didn’t want all these back here undressed on my never given a copy of the I don’t need to tell you female officer was there. police officers that was [sic] period.” documents she was forced that America is experienc- They had all the time in outside — it was a bunch of Initially, the deputies to sign under duress. ing an era where there’s a the world here. They just male police officers — to see would not even let her So what was the cause new video or a new head- didn’t care enough to have me naked.” aunt give her a tampon but of the sheriff’s deputies line of police violence a female deputy present, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 NEWS LASENTINEL.NET A-9 Princell Hair Named President & CEO of the Black News Channel

SENTINEL NEWS SERVICE engaging talent, enhancing channel aimed specifically linear audience reach and at African Americans and Princell Hair joins The vastly growing digital user other people of color, as the Black News Channel engagement. world responds to a pan- (BNC) as president and Hair grew up in South demic, systemic racism and chief executive officer Florida and started his an economic crisis, all of (CEO) of the nation’s first career there in local news which disproportionately and only 24-hour news net- and rose to vice president of impact the Black audience. work culturally specific to News for the CBS Televi- I’m equally excited to join the diverse views of the sion Stations group, before and support the talented Black community, it was becoming the first and only team of journalists and staff announced today by Chair- African American to lead across BNC’s platforms as man and interim CEO, J.C. CNN-US as executive vice the high stakes 2020 Presi- Watts. With the announce- president and general man- dential Race enters the red ment of a new CEO, Watts ager, achieving major rat- zone.” will return to his role as ings growth during key Hair received his Mas- chairman. Hair’s appoint- news events including the COURTESY PHOTO ters degree in Business ment is effective immedi- Democratic and Republican Princell Hair’s experience as a news and sports executive is unmatched for its breadth Administration from the ately. National Conventions plus and success. Goizueta Business School Hair brings a unique CNN’s Election Night in at Emory University, and a background in diverse plat- America 2004. He joined dent and general manager tive is unmatched for its with the launch of the Bachelor of Science degree forms including general Comcast in 2008 supervis- of NBC Sports Boston, breadth and success. As a Black News Channel.” in Broadcast Journalism management, experience ing news operations and tal- leading the regional sports programmer, he will bring “I am grateful to Chair- from Florida International leading a national news ent for the Comcast region- network to audience growth energy and fresh thinking man Watts and the Board of University in Miami, Flori- network, a regional sports al sports networks. In 2012, across all platforms as well to the Black News Chan- Directors for this opportu- da. He is a member of business and several local Hair was named senior vice as generating several of the nel,” said BNC Chairman, nity,” said Hair. “I’m National Association of television news depart- presiden of News and Tal- network’s most profitable J.C. Watts. “We are delight- thrilled to return to daily Black Journalists (NABJ) ments. He has reimagined ent for the NBC Sports years in its history. ed to welcome him and newsgathering and com- and the National Black programming lineups in his Group. He was promoted in “Princell’s experience excited to see him build on pelling storytelling at the MBA Association (NBM- career discovering new, 2016 to senior vice presi- as a news and sports execu- the foundation we have laid only 24-hour cable news BAA). A-10 LASENTINEL.NET NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020

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University, the NAACP Utah, Henderson State Uni- Spingarn Medal, the Na- versity, University of Illi- tional Education Associa- nois Springfield, Washburn tion Martin Luther King Jr. University, and many oth- Memorial Award, and the ers. He is also the author of only John F. Kennedy “Pro- “Across That Bridge: Life file in Courage Award” for Lessons” and “a Vision Lifetime Achievement ever for Change,” written with granted by the John F. Ken- Brenda Jones, and winner nedy Library Foundation. of the 2012 NAACP Im- Other accolades in- age Award for Best Literary clude Lewis working 15 Work-Biography. His biog-

Those in Congress, and mala D. Harris victions by standing for unteer agency. In 1981, he many others, who worked “All of us were humbled what he believed in, Lewis was elected to the Atlanta closely with Lewis and to call Congressman Lewis became a nationally recog- City Council, where he across social media, shared a colleague, and are heart- nized leader. From 1963 to was an advocate for ethics their thought and memories broken by his passing. May 1966, Lewis was named in government and neigh- about Lewis. his memory be an inspira- chairman of the Student borhood preservation. He “I saw John Lewis last tion that moves us all to, in Nonviolent Coordinating was elected to Congress in week. He was still that de- the face of injustice, make Committee (SNCC). The November, 1986 and has termined John Lewis that ‘good trouble, necessary organization was respon- served as U.S. Represen- was a man of faith. He trouble.’” — House Speak- sible for organizing student tative of Georgia’s Fifth knew from the time that er Nancy Pelosi activism including sit-ins Congressional District he started at 15, that any “A pioneering civil and other activities. He was since then. Lewis was Se- day could be his last. He rights leader who put his named one of the Big Six nior Chief Deputy Whip lived like he didn’t want to life on the line to fight- rac leaders of the Civil Rights for the Democratic Party in waste a single day -- and he ism, promote equal rights, Movement. At the age of leadership in the House, a 23, he was an architect member of the House Ways of and a keynote speaker & Means Committee, a

years to gain approval for raphy, published in 1998, the Smithsonian’s National is entitled “Walking With Museum of African Ameri- The Wind: A Memoir of the can History and Culture. Movement.” He met bipartisan success He has been interviewed in Congress in 2006 when for numerous documenta- he led efforts to renew the ries, news broadcasts, jour- Voting Rights Act, but the nals and recently featured in Supreme Court later invali- in the documentary, “John dated much of the law. Lewis: Good Trouble.” The Lewis co-authored of documentary traverses his didn’t!” —Andrew Young and bring our nation into the #1 New York Times life as an activist set among “#JohnLewis was a greater alignment with its bestselling graphic novel interviews, images and longtime personal mentor, founding principles. ”— memoir trilogy “MARCH,” footage of the early Civil a hero and a friend. It’s a Senate Majority Leader written with Andrew Aydin Rights Movement. devastating loss.” —Marc Mitch McConnell and illustrated by Nate Lewis had announced Morial “We danced all night. Powell. Garnering many in late December 2019 that “It was the honor of my My heart hurts. We’ve got accolades and awards, The he had been diagnosed with life to serve alongside such some big shoes to fill. Let’s MARCH series is used in advanced pancreatic can- a kind, courageous, and make him proud of us. RIP schools across the country cer. The announcement of persistent leader and public Congressman John Lewis.” at the historic March on member of its Subcommit- to teach the Civil Rights his death came just hours servant. I considered John —Jenifer Lewis Washington in August tee on Income Security and Movement to the next gen- after the passing of the and his late wife, Lillian, He got into “good trou- 1963. Family Support, and rank- eration of young activists, Rev. C.T. Vivian, another dear friends, and my heart ble” for a country he be- In 1964, Lewis coordi- ing member of its Subcom- and has been selected as a civil rights leader, who died is heavy with the magnitude lieved in, for a country that nated SNCC to organize mittee on Oversight. of the loss of one of our na- oftentimes, doesn’t believe voter registration drives Lewis holds a B.A. tion’s most beloved sons. in its people. It was a nec- and community action in Religion and Philoso- My sincere prayers and essary effort and his life programs during the Mis- phy from Fisk University, deepest sympathies are with proved that point, that get- sissippi Freedom Summer. and is a graduate of the his son, John Miles Lewis, ting into “trouble,” for the Along with Hosea Wil- American Baptist Theo- family, friends, staff, and right reasons, will result in liams, Lewis led over 600 logical Seminary, both in constituents during this dif- better lives for everyone. peaceful, orderly protestors Nashville, Tennessee. He ficult time.” — Congress- He summed it up best and across the Edmund Pet- has been awarded over woman Maxine Waters has left us with more than tus Bridge in Selma, Ala- 50 honorary degrees from “Congressman John few indelible words of wis- bama on March 7, 1965. prestigious colleges and Lewis was an American he- dom. The march, from Selma to universities throughout the ro—a giant, whose shoul- “When you see some- Montgomery, was to dem- United States, including ders upon many of us stand. thing that is not right, not onstrate the need for vot- Harvard University, Brown Throughout his life, he just, not fair, you have a ing rights in the state. The University, the University showed unending courage, moral obligation to say marchers were attacked by of Pennsylvania, Princeton generosity, and love for our something, to do some- Alabama state troopers in University, Duke Univer- country. We are grateful that thing. Our children and a brutal confrontation that sity, Morehouse College, John Lewis never lost sight their children will ask us became known as “Bloody Clark-Atlanta Univer- of how great our country ’what did you do? what did Sunday.” News broadcasts sity, Howard University, can be. He carried the baton you say?’” stated Lewis. and photographs revealed Brandeis University, Co- First-Year common read- early Friday, July 17 at the of progress and justice to “We have a mission and the senseless cruelty of the lumbia University, Fisk ing text at colleges and uni- age 95. Lewis’ wife of four the very end. It now falls on a mandate to be on the right segregated South helped University, and Troy State versities such as Michigan decades, Lillian Miles, pre- us to pick it up and march side of history.” to bring about the Voting University. State University, Georgia ceded him in death in 2012. on. We must never give up, Rights Act of 1965. He is the recipient of State University, Marquette They are survived by their never give in, and keep the After leaving SNCC numerous awards from University, University of son, John Miles Lewis. faith.” — U.S. Senator Ka- in 1966, he continued his eminent national and in- commitment to the Civil ternational institutions, in- Rights Movement as asso- cluding the highest civilian ciate director of the Field honor granted by President Foundation and his par- Barack Obama, the Medal ticipation in the Southern of Freedom, the Lincoln Regional Council’s voter Medal from the historic registration programs. He Ford’s Theatre, the Golden went on to become direc- Plate Award given by the tor of the Voter Education Academy of Excellence, Project (VEP). Under his the Preservation Hero leadership, VEP added award given by the Nation- nearly four million minori- al Trust for Historic Preser- ties to the voter rolls. vation, the Capital Award In 1977, Lewis was ap- of the National Council of pointed by President Jim- La Raza, the Martin Lu- my Carter to direct more ther King, Jr. Non-Violent than 250,000 volunteers of Peace Prize, the President’s ACTION, the federal vol- Medal of Georgetown THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 NEWS LASENTINEL.NET A-11 LA Activists Drill Down on who Deserves Reparations for Slavery and Why BY ALDON THOMAS STILES California Black Media

Two bills calling for the study of reparations owed to African Americans are making their way through both the California legisla- ture and the U.S. House of Representatives. As state and federal lawmakers grapple with whether or not the State of PHOTO BY MARCUS CHAMPION California – and the United A member of the community speaking at the Fight to Save States as a whole – should Black LA Candidate Forum in Los Angeles February 2020. take a closer look at what it owes the descendants of PHOTO BY MARCUS CHAMPION in L.A. County by Japanese slaves who worked on enslaved Africans in the Chad Brown and Friday Jones hosts of Politics in Black Podcast in Los Angeles June 28, households ($592,000) and Thomas Jefferson’s Monti- United States, a group of 2020. followed by Chinese ones cello plantation.” Black California activists ($408,000). U.S. Black ADOS has faced pointed are getting ahead of the said. “The legacy of slav- think should be one of the slaves and other Black median net worth in Los criticisms from several conversation. They are dis- ery is something that we’re central objectives of a Americans does make a Angeles County ranks the prominent media personali- tilling the case for repara- still feeling today.” Black reparations project.” difference when it comes to lowest at $4,000. ties and other Black tions down to why African Darity noted that repa- As far as policy, Darity generational wealth, citing According to a Gallup activists. They say the Americans deserve to get rations should not be dis- briefly talked about speak- former President Barack News poll conducted in organization engages in dis- paid for centuries of free tributed exclusively to mit- ing to Congress about H.R. Obama and U.S. Sen. 2019, 27 % of Black Ameri- information and divisive labor and the Jim Crow igate the effects of genera- 40, also known as the Com- Kamala Harris (D-CA) as cans are opposed to the rhetoric, some saying the laws and other forms of tional slavery, but to rec- mission to Study and Devel- his examples. United States making cash movement’s specific focus state-enforced discrimina- ompense for all of the op Reparation Proposals for “What do you do in a payments to individuals for on descendants of slaves tory practices that fol- oppressive economic sys- African Americans Act, world where your first reparations. weakens Black communi- lowed. They are also speci- tems that have targeted which is a bill that was intro- Black president inherited “I’m not saying that ties, pitting Black immigrant fying which segment of Black people in America duced last year that if imple- $500,000 from his White acknowledging history groups against Black Amer- Black Americans should for centuries. mented would create a com- lineage and your possible, doesn’t matter. It does. I’m ican descendants of get those payments. “The case that we build mission to determine the most likely, first Black saying that there is a differ- enslaved people in the Unit- On July 12, the Los in ‘From Here to Equality’ merits and logistics of pro- Vice President basically ence between acknowledg- ed States. Angeles chapter of Ameri- is not restricted to so-called viding reparations for the lived as an elite ‘Indian’ – ing history and allowing his- “The movement relies can Descendants of Slavery slavery reparations in the descendants of Black slaves. they out earn White folks; tory to distract us from the heavily on right-wing, anti- (ADOS) hosted a live first place,” Darity said. Since its televised and then told you that she’s problems we face today,” Black, anti-immigrant talk- stream that dug down into “Our premise is that there introduction in the House just as Black as you said Coleman Hughes, a ing points, and a series of the complexities of securing is a series of atrocities that Judiciary Committee last because she went to columnist at the online mag- policy positions reliant on a reparations for the descen- have been inflicted on year, legislators in the Howard,” he said. azine Quillette and a 2020 person’s ability to produce dants of enslaved Black peo- Black Americans that have lower house of the U.S. Moore was referring to graduate of Columbia Uni- documentation or what I ple in the United States. affected their economic Congress have not revisited $500,000 in stocks Presi- versity. am calling ‘slave papers’ in They broadcasted the status. So, we begin with H.R. 40. The bill would dent Barack Obama and his Hughes, who testified order to verify Black native 90-minute special both on slavery but then we move expire if no action is taken wife Michelle Obama against HR 40 before the identity,” said Jessica Ann YouTube and Facebook. into the post-slavery era on it before the 116th Con- reportedly inherited from House Judiciary Committee Mitchell Aiwuyor, a writer Experts on the history of where the first atrocity was gress ends in January. the former POTUS’ mater- in June 2019, says for the Institute of the the Black experience in the failure to provide the In California, on June nal grandparents’ estate. Paying reparations to all Black World 21st Century. America laid out the case formerly enslaved with any 11, the State Assembly Regarding Harris, he was descendants of Black people “If implemented, the end for reparations. After that, form of restitution.” voted 61-12 to approve AB pointing to Insight Center in the United States who result of these policies ADOS activists followed Darity mentioned the 3121, titled the Task Force study, The Color of Wealth, were slaves “is a mistake.” could be a weakened, fur- with and a no-holds-barred 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, to Study and Develop that revealed that “Asian “Take me as an example. ther marginalized Black conversation on race, also known as the fall of Reparation Proposals for Indian” families (Harris’ I was born three decades population.” racism and reparations. Black Wall Street, citing it African Americans. The mother, who is deceased, after the end of Jim Crow Yvette Carnell, co- They discussed how some as one example of the ways Senate Judiciary Commit- was Indian) have the sec- into a privileged household founder and host of the Americans, people of other Black people experienced tee is now reviewing the ond highest median net in the suburbs. I attend an ADOS media outlet races and some Blacks, too, economic violence in legislation before it holds a worth ($460,000) of all Ivy League school,” he said “Breaking Brown,” often misunderstand the America. hearing and votes on it. If sub-groups in Los Angeles at the congressional hearing. addressed some of these arguments at the founda- He asserted that the passed, the bill would be County. They are outpaced “Yet, I’m descended from criticisms during the show. tion of their agenda. racial wealth disparity in referred to the full Senate The live stream fea- the US can be directly tied for an up-or-down vote. tured Dr. William A. Darity to atrocities like those com- Last week, in Asheville, and A. Kirsten Mullen, co- mitted by citizens as well North Carolina, the city authors of “From Here to as systemic discriminatory Council apologized for the Equality: Reparations for practices, and it can be town’s role in slavery and Black Americans in the assuaged with reparations. discrimination and i5 voted Twenty-First Century.” The “While 25% of White to provide reparations for husband-and-wife duo households have a net its Black residents in the started the show with worth in excess of $1 mil- form of investments in denouncing the notion that lion, it is only 4% for Black areas where Black resi- slavery in America is households in the United dents face inequities. ancient history. States. So, to close that gap Antonio Moore, a Los “When you’re thinking would require an allocation Angeles-based attorney about slavery from a gener- of funds that would at least and ADOS co-founder, ational perspective, it’s not amount to 10 to 12 trillion says the distinction that long ago,” Mullen dollars and that’s what we between descendants of Senator Steven Bradford Hosts Fresh Fruit and Produce Drive-Thru Giveaway SENTINEL NEWS SERVICE help families impacted by pounds of fresh fruits and food insecurities. And also vegetables to community Last week, Senator thanks to LA Sheriff’s members. This event brings Steven Bradford (D-Garde- Community Relations food into food deserts and na), in partnership with the Deputy Rafer Owens, and economically disadvan- United States Department officers Lang and taged communities utiliz- of Agriculture, hosted a Yarbrough with CHP for ing the Senator’s communi- ty relationships in partner- ship with USDA’s 2020 Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Other partners includ- ed Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber), Assembly- woman Megan Dahle (R- Bieber), Citizens of Zion Church, Ag Link Food Hub, Tri-Tipery Restau- rants, and Fresh Innova- tions CA. COURTESY PHOTO “I can’t think of a better Steven Bradford assists in distributing food thousands of way to serve than by help- pounds of food at drive-thru giveaway. ing those who need it most during these tough times,” Food Giveaway and dis- protecting and serving the continued Bradford. tributed thousands of community.” As part of the Coron- pounds of fresh food to the Over 1,800 attendees avirus Food Assistance community. were provided with supply Program announced on “Unfortunately, the food boxes of fresh fruits April 17, the USDA has healthiest option is usually and vegetables, totaling an exercised its authority the most expensive,” said approximate 21,600 under the Families First Senator Steven Bradford. pounds of food. Coronavirus Response Act “Fresh fruits and vegeta- Senator Bradford in to purchase and distribute bles can also be the hardest Partnership with USDA agricultural products to to find — especially in the distributed agricultural those in need. Through this middle of a pandemic. That food boxes to those in need program, USDA’s Agricul- is why I want to thank all through the Families First tural Marketing Service our partners, volunteers Coronavirus Response Act. purchased up to $3 billion and participants for the sac- The program supplies from American producers rifices they are making to boxes packaged with 12 of all sizes. A-12 LASENTINEL.NET NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 Friends and Colleagues Celebrate the Legacy of Rep. John Lewis SENTINEL STAFF REPORT Alabama. He committed his life to the struggle for justice FORMER PRESIDENT and equality for all people. BARACK OBAMA He was one of the great civil “Considering his enor- rights icons and led a life of mous impact on the history service for the betterment of of this country, what always all mankind. We have lost a struck those who met John giant of a man.” was his gentleness and humility. Born into modest THE NAACP means in the heart of the Jim ROB CARR/AP PHOTO “He fought harder and Crow South, he understood From left, Brown Chapel AME Church pastor James Jack- longer than anyone in our COURTESY PHOTO that he was just one of a long son, then-Democratic presidential candidate Barack nation’s continuing battle line of heroes in the struggle Obama, Lewis and Rev. Clete Kiley sing at the end of a for civil rights and equal jus- fires of hate, emerging with al Urban League recognized church service in March 2007 in Selma, Ala. for racial justice. Early on, tice.” a bloodied body and a re- him with our highest honor, he embraced the principles energized mission. Photos the Civil Rights Champion CONGRESSWOMAN CONGRESSMAN JIM of nonviolent resistance and THE REV. AL SHARPTON of the violent beatings of Award. In his presence, I MAXINE WATERS CLYBURN civil disobedience as the “My friend, role model, Rep. Lewis and protestors was reminded that I stand on means to bring about real “Today is a sad day in “The country lost a hero and activist extraordinaire shocked and spurred the the shoulders of history. change in this country, American history. We have last night. The movement has passed. Congressman nation into action. In 1965, That this icon reached back understanding that such tac- lost my dear friend and col- lost an icon. And I lost a per- John Lewis taught us how to within days of Bloody Sun- to pull the next generation of tics had the power not only league of nearly three sonal friend. But I do be an activist. He changed day in Selma where he suf- leaders like me to the front to change laws, but to decades, Congressman John believe that as the sun set on the world without hate, ran- fered a fractured skull, the of the line was at once life- change hearts and minds as Robert Lewis. John Lewis John Lewis’s life last night, affirming and humbling. He well.” was a revered civil rights the sun rises on a movement was always affable, always icon who dedicated his that will never die. Thank available, always fighting— FORMER PRESIDENT entire life to what became you, John, rest in peace my until the very end. May he GEORGE W. BUSH his signature mantra, mak- brother.” rest in power.” “Laura and I join our fel- ing ‘good trouble.’ Despite THE CONGRESSIONAL low Americans in mourning being one of the youngest DR. CHARLES STEELE, BLACK CAUCUS the loss of Congressman leaders of the Civil Rights JR., PRESIDENT & CEO John Lewis.As a young man Movement, John Lewis gal- “The world has lost a SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN marching for equality in vanized and inspired hun- legend; the civil rights LEADERSHIP Selma, Alabama, John movement has lost an icon, CONFERENCE answered brutal violence the City of Atlanta has lost HARRY HARRIS/AP PHOTO “John Lewis will always Six leaders of the nation's largest Black civil rights organ- with courageous hope. And one of its most fearless lead- be known as a civil rights ers, and the Congressional izations meet in New York's Hotel Roosevelt in July 1963 icon. He was a fighter and a throughout his career as a to plan a civil rights march on Washington. From left: civil rights leader and public Black Caucus has lost our great man that was anointed longest serving member. John Lewis, chairman, Student Non-Violence Coordinating by God to stand on the servant, he worked to make Committee; Whitney Young, national director, Urban The Congressional Black bridge of Selma. He became our country a more perfect League; A. Philip Randolph, president of the Negro Amer- union. America can best Caucus is known as the ican Labor Council; Martin Luther King, Jr., president world renown for his honor John’s memory by Conscience of the Congress. Southern Christian Leadership Conference; James Farmer, courage, endurance, com- continuing his journey John Lewis was known as Congress of Racial Equality director; and Roy Wilkins, mitment, and nonviolent toward liberty and justice the conscience of our cau- executive secretary, NAACP. approach in the fight for jus- for all.” cus.” tice for all mankind. His col- cor or arrogance. A rare and Voting Rights Act was laboration with other organi- FORMER PRESIDENT PHOTO BY TOM WILLIAMS/CQ ROLL CALL REV. JESSE JACKSON great man.” passed. As a role model and zations is what made the Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., BILL CLINTON AND FOR- “We met as fellow pro- champion for justice, he movement what it is today. right, and Maxine Waters, testors in 1960. Two weeks BERNICE KING, challenged everyone includ- That is why we have an MER SECRETARY OF D-Calif., are seen in the ago, John agreed to co- DAUGHTER OF MARTIN ing myself to get into some extension and expansion of STATE HILLARY CLINTON Capitol Rotunda before a LUTHER KING, JR. ‘good trouble.’ He chose the civil rights movement “From a small farm in memorial service for the chair this year’s voter reg- Alabama, to life-risking late Rep. Elijah Cummings, istration drive. He was the “Farewell, sir. You did, courage over fear and urged through Black Lives Matter. service in the civil rights D-Md., in Statuary Hall on gift that kept on giving. indeed, fight the good fight us to keep protesting for Congressman Lewis sup- movement, to three decades Thursday, October 24, 2019. This has been a difficult and get into a lot of good in Congress, he was always season. First, Rev. Dr. trouble. You served God and ‘walking with the wind,’ dreds of his peers to join in Joseph Lowery, Dr. King’s humanity well. Thank you. steered by a moral compass the fight for equal rights. He Chairman of SCLC’s Take your rest.” was a founder and leader of Board for 27 years, and that told him when to make STACEY ABRAMS, GEOR- good trouble and when to the Student Nonviolent now we have lost Rev. C.T. Coordinating Committee; he Vivian and John Lewis, on GIA POLITICIAN heal troubled waters. “Defender of justice. Always true to his word, his organized and led countless the same day. In the 1960’s marches and freedom rides we broke out of the bubble Champion of right. Our con- faith, and his principles, science, he was a griot of John Lewis became the con- across the Jim Crow South; of segregation. John and he worked alongside this modern age, one who science of the nation.” became the valedictorian of MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES Rev. Dr. Martin Luther our class. John Lewis is saw its hatred but fought Lewis speaks during a media conference on Capitol Hill in FORMER PRESIDENT King, Jr. in the struggle to what patriotism and ever towards the light. And May 2006. The bipartisan group of House and Senate offi- JIMMY CARTER secure the right to vote and courage look like. He sacri- never once did he begrudge cials met to voice support for legislation to reauthorize sharing its beauty.” “He made an indelible end the demoralizing dis- fices and personifies a New the Voting Rights Act for an additional 25 years. mark on history through his crimination, unconscionable Testament prophet. Andrew quest to make our nation violence, and debilitating Young and I prayed for TOM PEREZ, CHAIR OF change and always choose ported Black Lives Matter as more just. John never shied poverty facing Africans John Lewis & C.T. Vivian DEMOCRATIC love over hate. I now chal- far as the concept and its away from what he called Americans. Very few people on Thursday as we con- NATIONAL COMMITTEE lenge everyone in this coun- meaning of justice and ‘good trouble’ to lead our could have been harassed, vened those who I went to “Congressman Lewis try to honor his legacy of equality for all of God’s chil- nation on the path toward arrested more than 40 times, jail with in 1960. Good never failed to remind us of activism by becoming a dren. One of the reasons the human and civil rights. beaten within inches of their Night, I will see you in the our moral obligation change agent, get into some SCLC has life today is Everything he did, he did in lives, and still espouse Dr. morning. #GoodTrouble” towards one another. He ‘good trouble’ and exercise because of his commitment a spirit of love. All Ameri- King and Mahatma Gand- lived his life acting on our right to vote.” to the organization. He sup- cans, regardless of race or hi’s teachings of nonvio- ATLANTA MAYOR behalf of those facing ported my installment as religion, owe John Lewis a lence, peace, and love. KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS injustice and oppression MARC MORIAL, president and CEO. Because debt of gratitude.” However, these principles “The City of Atlanta’s and then encouraged us to PRESIDENT & CEO of his close relationship with were core philosophies to Congressman Lewis is an do the same -- from the NATIONAL URBAN Dr. King, his support meant U.S. SENATOR KAMALA John Lewis, and our nation American hero and one of streets of Selma to the halls LEAGUE a lot to us, and we thank God HARRIS is forever indebted to him “John Lewis is one of for his leadership. But the “Congressman John for his humble sacrifices.” the great Americans of his key world when remember- Lewis was an American generation. He walked side- ing John Lewis is collabora- hero—a giant, whose shoul- CONGRESSWOMAN by-side with civil rights leg- tion. We are missing collab- ders upon many of us stand. KAREN BASS ends, and stood toe-to-toe oration today in terms of the Throughout his life, he “We must live up to the with presidents - always structure of all civil rights showed unending courage, legacy that Congressman serving as a moral compass and the upward mobility in generosity, and love for our Lewis has left us. We must pointing toward justice. At the fight for justice and country. “As the son of never stop fighting for the age of 21 he chose to put equality for African Ameri- sharecroppers in Alabama, social justice. And again, himself in harm’s way as cans and poor people. Con- John Lewis’ courage and the first thing we need to do one of the original Freedom gressman Lewis will be vision placed him at the is to pass the Voting Rights RIC FELD/AP PHOTO Riders, rolling into the angry missed. He should always be Then-Atlanta Councilman Lewis holds the March 1965 forefront of the civil rights Act and get it signed, and segregated South to the model we use to take our issue of Life Magazine in his office in Atlanta in August movement. As the youngest because we're very con- 1986. The cover photo shows Lewis leading the first shine a light on the injustice movements to the next level. speaker at the 1963 March cerned about the election Selma, Ala., civil rights march with Hosea Williams. and brutality that was com- on Washington, John Lewis coming up and voter sup- monplace. He was knocked knew the importance of pression, and the fact that the pillars of the Civil of Congress.” unconscious at the Grey- bringing people together for people are going to have to Rights Movement. Con- hound station in Mont- an America that lives up to vote in dangerous condi- gressman Lewis was also ASSEMBLYMEMBER gomery; 40 years later he its ideals of liberty and tions. They need to be able revered as the dean of the MIKE GIPSON publicly forgave the former equality for all.” to vote from home." Georgia Congressional del- “Congressman John R, Klan supporter who led the egation whose passionate Lewis was a giant whose life attack. Alabama state troop- call to “make good trouble” was spent in the pursuit of ers fractured his skull as he became a generational ral- racial justice. This share- tried to cross the Edmund lying cry for nonviolent cropper’s son valiantly Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala- activism in the pursuit of marched and strived for bama on Bloody Sunday. social justice and human equality and civil rights for The list of sacrifices and acts rights.” all. Rep. Lewis was one of of heroism is endless. JIM BOURDIER/AP PHOTO Lewis speaks during a news the original 13 Freedom Always, he emerged stead- conference in Jackson, HANK AARON, Riders and founder of the fast, with his eyes, his heart Miss., in June 1964. He BASEBALL GREAT Student Nonviolent Coordi- and his moral certitude called on President Lyndon “John and I connected to nating Committee which focused on creating a better Johnson to protect summer the roots. By that I mean we integrated lunch counters. America. We will miss his volunteers in Mississippi

FILE PHOTO were born and grew up in He never backed down and voice. John was also a per- and said civil rights workers Senator Kamala Harris with U.S. Representative John the highly racist and segre- repeatedly placed himself in sonal hero, a friend and a face harassment arrests Lewis at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. gated south, in the state of harm’s way, charging into mentor. In 2013, the Nation- and violence in Mississippi. NEWS A-7 A-THURSDAY,13 LASENTINEL.NET JANUARY 9, 2014 NEWS/CLASSIFIED LOS ANGELES THURSDAY, SENTINEL JULY 23, 2020

was the right time for both like a failure. I enjoy being rary defeat should mean of us. We began to talk, a wife and taking care of a only one thing, the certain spend time together and husband and family. I have knowledge that there is get to know each other in a given much thought about something wrong with your new way. As the relation- marriage and understand- plan…when defeat comes, WINDOW ship developed, we real- ing the difference between accept it as a signal that ized what we both still felt who we think we should your plans were not sound, the way we did years ago. marry and who God has rebuild your plans and set The compatibility was still in mind for us to marry. I sail once more toward your there. Yes, he put a ring on understand that unless God coveted goal. I believe it, and he proposed this past builds the house, we labor God must be in the plan. Christmas Eve. He said to in vain. I am grateful that If we turn everything over me and my family that God gave me another op- to Him dreams can come miles, mistakes, and mar- portunity to live out my true. If you have failed at riages got in the way and I dream of being the best something that you truly plan to put an end to that. wife possible and this time desire, never give up, learn Overall, I feel I have with the man I have held in from your mistakes, and set been successful in life. I my heart since the first day sail again! For more of the Over two decades ago, developed a friendship that there was always some- am not referring to money, we met. story stay tuned next week. I met a man that instantly was built on trust, respect, thing that got in the way of but rather I have learned Ron and I were married Healing Without Hate: It’s captured my heart. We and mutual admiration that us taking the relationship how to overcome many of a few weeks ago and while a choice. It’s a lifestyle. were introduced by a mu- has stayed with us over the beyond friendship. Peri- the trials and tribulations we were relaxing and en- Pass it on! tual friend, who thought he years. We knew we genu- odically, we would check that have been thrown my joying our honeymoon, I would be able to help me inely wanted the best life in to see how the other was way. I have beautiful chil- read the book, “Think and Visit www.WendyGladney. with one of my work proj- had to offer for each other. doing and once again the dren and grandchildren. Grow Rich” by Napoleon com and www.forgiving- ects. When she introduced Our friendship has been the pieces still had a hard time I have been fortunate to Hill. The book focuses pri- forliving.org to learn more. us, she said, “Wendy is the foundation that brought us falling into place to take live a life of service and marily on how to set your Wendy is an international female version of Ron and back into each other’s life’s the relationship to another my purpose is about help- mind up to attract what you coach, consultant, trainer, Ron is the male version of years later. level. Timing was not on ing others and providing need to be financially suc- author and speaker. She Wendy.” As we continued As life would have it our side. After almost two hope and encouragement cessful, however, it also can also be found live on to work together and got eventually, we both went decades it would be the when things seem difficult. has some good pointers on Instagram @Wendyglad- to know each other better through divorces and al- death of another mutual However, when it came to how to be successful in life. ney on Wednesdays at 12 we chuckled, because she though our paths would friend that would bring us marriage I have struggled, The chapter on “Organized noon PST. was right. Over time we cross from time to time, together and this time it and honestly, I have felt Planning,” shares, tempo-

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Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Invite Bids For The lacounty.gov/  Construction of: ƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐǁŝůůKE>zďĞĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚďĞƚǁĞĞŶƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐĚĂƚĞƐͬƚŝŵĞƐ͗dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ͕:ƵůLJϯϬƚŚ͕ϮϬϮϬΛ Ɛƚ Arcadia-Sierra Madre Trunk Sewer Sections 2 & 5 Rehabilitation To view and print a copy of the ϴĂŵƵŶƚŝů^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ͕ƵŐƵƐƚϭ ͕ϮϬϮϬΛϴƉŵ͘KEKd^EWW>/d/KE^&KZKZ&dZ͘ (Bid Opening September 1, 2020 - Estimate $3,120,000 - RFSQ, please visit: ƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐǁŝůůďĞƌĞǀŝĞǁĞĚŽŶĂĨŝƌƐƚĐŽŵĞ͕ĨŝƌƐƚƐĞƌǀĞďĂƐŝƐ͘ $4,680,000) http://beaches.lacounty. gov/request-for-proposals/,  Contracting And Supply Opportunities Include: and click the ``Request for CIPP liner, sewer manhole rehabilitation with calcium aluminate Proposals`` link hŶŝƚdLJƉĞ DŽŶƚŚůLJZĞŶƚ ^ĞĐƵƌŝƚLJĞƉŽƐŝƚ KĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJ cement or polyurethane coating system, sewer cleaning, CCTV ϮďĞĚ͕ϮďĂƚŚ ΨϴϮϯ͘ϬϬ ϴϮϯ͘ϬϬ DŝŶŝŵƵŵϮ͕DĂdžŝŵƵŵϱ inspection, fl ow bypass pumping, traffi c control The County reserves the ϭďĞĚ͕ďĂƚŚ Ψϳϯϭ͘ϬϬ ϳϯϭ͘ϬϬ DŝŶŝŵƵŵϭ͕DĂdžŝŵƵŵϯ Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts encourage right to cancel the RFSQ  participation of minority, women, disadvantaged, and to modify any and all disabled veterans, and small business enterprises. terms and conditions of the DĂdž͘ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚŝŶĐŽŵĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐĂůůƉĞƌƐŽŶƐϭϴĂŶĚŽůĚĞƌ͗ RFSQ, including minimum ϭͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ͙Ψϯϲ͕ϱϱϬ Plans and Specifi cations may be obtained through Quest requirements. For further Construction Data Network (QuestCDN) for a nonrefundable fee information, email Angelica ϮͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ͙Ψϰϭ͕ϴϬϬ of $15.00. This can be done via a link on the Districts’ Listing of Vicente at AVicente@ ϯͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ͙Ψϰϳ͕ϬϬϬ Advertised Construction Projects bh.lacounty.gov webpage https://www.lacsd.org/opportunities/bidspur/constrbids. CN970666 08-13-2020 ϰͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ͙ΨϱϮ͕ϮϬϬ asp or by inputting Quest project number 7211657 7/23/20 through the QuestCDN website (www.questcdn.com). CNS-3378380# LOS ANGELES SENTINEL ϱͲƉĞƌƐŽŶ͙Ψϱϲ͕ϰϬϬ Visit our Web site at “www.lacsd.org” and click on “Opportunities,  Construction Bids” ƉƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞǁŝůůďĞŐŝǀĞŶƚŽŝŶĐŽŵĞͲƋƵĂůŝĨLJŝŶŐŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚƐƚŚĂƚƐƵďŵŝƚĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƚŝŽŶ CNSB#3382092 ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐƚŚĂƚƚŚĞLJĂƌĞĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJďĞŝŶŐƐĞƌǀĞĚďLJƚŚĞhƉǁĂƌĚŽƵŶĚ,ŽƵƐĞ,ŽŵĞůĞƐƐ^ŚĞůƚĞƌ͘ at the end of five years from LOS ANGELES SENTINEL PROBATE the date on which it was filed  in the office of the County FICTITIOUS BUSINESS WůĞĂƐĞƐĞĞǁĞďƐŝƚĞʹǁǁǁ͘ϭϮϴϮϭĂƉƉůLJ͘ĐŽŵʹĨŽƌĂƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƐĞůĞĐƚŝŽŶƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ Clerk, except, as provided NAME STATEMENT in Subdivision (b) of Section File No. 2020095951 NOTICE OF PETITION 17920, where it expires The following person(s) is TO ADMINISTER dŚŝƐŝƐĂŶƋƵĂů,ŽƵƐŝŶŐKƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ͘DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚǁŝůůŶŽƚ͕ŽŶĂĐĐŽƵŶƚŽĨƌĂĐĞ͕ĐŽůŽƌ͕ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͕ 40 days after any change (are) doing business as: ESTATE OF: ƐĞdž;ŐĞŶĚĞƌͿ͕ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƚLJ͕ĨĂŵŝůŝĂůƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂůŽƌŝŐŝŶ͕ŵĂƌŝƚĂůƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ĂŶĐĞƐƚƌLJ͕ƐĞdžƵĂůŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƚŝŽŶ͕ in the facts set forth in the 1. PRISSY & CHIC, 2. PRISSY AND CHIC, 3330 RALPH T. PATE ŵĞĚŝĐĂůĐŽŶĚŝƚŝŽŶ͕ĂŐĞ͕ƐŽƵƌĐĞŽĨŝŶĐŽŵĞ͕ŐĞŶĚĞƌ͕ŐĞŶĚĞƌŝĚĞŶƚŝƚLJ͕ŐĞŶĚĞƌĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ŐĞŶĞƚŝĐ statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change E. FOOTHILL BLVD SUITE CASE NO. ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ͕ĐŝƚŝnjĞŶƐŚŝƉ͕ŝŵŵŝŐƌĂƚŝŽŶƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͕ŵŝůŝƚĂƌLJŽƌǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐƚĂƚƵƐŽƌĂŶLJ in the residence address of 104, PASADENA, CA 91107 20STPB02242  ĂƌďŝƚƌĂƌLJƌĞĂƐŽŶ͕ĚĞŶLJĂƋƵĂůŝĨŝĞĚĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJƚŽůĞĂƐĞĂĚǁĞůůŝŶŐƵŶŝƚƐƵŝƚĂďůĞƚŽ a registered owner. A new County of LOS ANGELES To all heirs, beneficiaries, ƚŚĞŝƌŶĞĞĚƐ Fictitious Business Name Registered owner(s): creditors, contingent Statement must be filed JASMINE NICOLE THOMAS, creditors, and persons who before the expiration. Effective 3330 E. FOOTHILL BLVD may otherwise be interested UNIT 104, PASADENA, CA January 1, 2014, the Fictitious in the WILL or estate, or both 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/20 is timely filed, the court may Business Name Statement 91107 The Court orders that all of RALPH T. PATE. CNS-3379413# grant the petition without a persons interested in this must be accompanied by the This business is conducted by CITY OF LOS LOS ANGELES SENTINEL hearing. matter appear before this Affidavit of Identity form. an Individual A PETITION FOR PROBATE Notice of Hearing: court at the hearing indicated The filing of this statement The registrant(s) started doing has been filed by CLYDE ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Date: September 03, 2020, below to show cause, if any, does not of itself authorize business on 05/2020. NOLAN PATE in the Superior FOR CHANGE OF NAME Time: 3:00 p.m., Dept.: 20, why the petition for change of the use in this state of a I declare that all information Court of California, County of Case No. 20TRCP00080 Room: 310 name should not be granted. Fictitious Business Name in this statement is true and LOS ANGELES. AMENDED correct. (A registrant who The address of the court is Any person objecting to the in violation of the rights of THE PETITION FOR $50,000 REWARD NOTICE Superior Court of California, 111 North Hill Street, Room another under Federal, State, declares as true any material name changes described PROBATE requests that The City of Los Angeles County of Los Angeles 118, Los Angeles, CA 90012, above must file a written or common law (See Section matter pursuant to Section offers a reward payable at the Petition of: Michelle La kilra Los Angeles Courthouse objection that includes the 14411 et seq., Business and 17913 of the Business and CLYDE NOLAN PATE be discretion of the City Council Greenhill for Change of Name A copy of this Order to Show reasons for the objection at Professions Code). Professions code that the appointed as personal to one or more persons in TO ALL INTERESTED Cause shall be published at least two court days before Original Filing registrant knows to be false representative to administer the sum or sums up to an PERSONS: least once each week for four the matter is scheduled to 7/23, 7/30, 8/6, 8/13/20 is guilty of a misdemeanor the estate of the decedent. Petitioner Michelle La Kilra CNS-3380749# aggregate maximum total sum successive weeks prior to be heard and must appear punishable by a fine not to THE PETITION requests of $50,000 for information Greenhill filed a petition LOS ANGELES SENTINEL exceed one thousand dollars the date set for hearing on at the hearing to show cause authority to administer the leading to the identification with this court for a decree the petition in the following ($1,000)). why the petition should not be FICTITIOUS BUSINESS estate under the Independent and apprehension of the changing names as follows: newspaper of general granted. If no written objection S/ JASMINE NICOLE person or persons responsible Michelle La Kilra Greenhill to circulation, printed in this NAME STATEMENT THOMAS, Owner Administration of Estates Act. is timely filed, the court may File No. 2020099879 for the DEATH OF JAMES Michelle La Kilra Lewis county: Los Angeles Sentinel grant the petition without a This statement was filed (This authority will allow the CHAMBERS, in the City of The Court orders that all Date: June 17, 2020 The following person(s) is with the County Clerk of personal representative to hearing. (are) doing business as: Los Angeles. On November 9, persons interested in this David J Cowan Notice of Hearing: Los Angeles County on take many actions without matter appear before this Out The Mud Carwash, 1202 2019, at approximately 12:00 Judge of the Superior Court Date: August 25, 2020, Time: 06/17/2020. obtaining court approval. a.m., 55-year-old James court at the hearing indicated 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/20 S Temple Ave, Compton, CA NOTICE-In accordance with 10:30 am, Dept.: 44, Room: 90221, County of LA Before taking certain very Chambers was standing below to show cause, if any, CNS-3378572# 418 Subdivision (a) of Section LOS ANGELES SENTINEL Registered owner(s): important actions, however, in front of 1782 West 24th why the petition for change of The address of the court is 17920, a Fictitious Name Street when an unknown name should not be granted. Edward Sims, 1202 S Temple Statement generally expires the personal representative ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 111 N Hill Street, Los Angeles, Ave, Com, CA 90221; CA suspect opened fire. Based Any person objecting to the CA 90012 at the end of five years from will be required to give notice off the video footage obtained name changes described FOR CHANGE OF NAME This business is conducted the date on which it was filed to interested persons unless Case No. 20CHCP00143 A copy of this Order to Show by: an Individual by the Los Angeles Police above must file a written Cause shall be published at in the office of the County they have waived notice or Department, the suspect is objection that includes the Superior Court of California, The registrant commenced Clerk, except, as provided County of Los Angeles least once each week for four to transact business under consented to the proposed seen fleeing the crime scene reasons for the objection at successive weeks prior to in Subdivision (b) of Section on foot, possibly running to least two court days before Petition of: Tony Chico Curtis the fictitious business name 17920, where it expires action.) The independent Jr. for Change of Name the date set for hearing on or names listed above on administration authority will be an awaiting vehicle. A Los the matter is scheduled to the petition in the following 40 days after any change Angeles Fire Department be heard and must appear TO ALL INTERESTED 05/2020. in the facts set forth in the granted unless an interested PERSONS: newspaper of general I declare that all information Rescue Ambulance was at the hearing to show cause circulation, printed in this statement pursuant to Section person files an objection to called to aid Mr. Chambers. why the petition should not be Petitioner Tony Chico Curtis in this statement is true and 17913 other than a change the petition and shows good Jr. filed a petition with this county: Los Angeles Sentinel correct. (A registrant who At approximately 12:15 a.m., granted. If no written objection Date: April 29, 2020 in the residence address of cause why the court should is timely filed, the court may court for a decree changing declares as true any material Mr. Chambers succumbed Edward B Moreton, Jr. a registered owner. A new not grant the authority. to his injuries. To date, the grant the petition without a names as follows: matter pursuant to Section Fictitious Business Name Judge of the Superior Court A HEARING on the petition detectives investigating this hearing. Tony Chico Curtis Jr. to Tony 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 17913 of the Business and Statement must be filed murder have not been able Notice of Hearing: Chico Curtis El CNS-3377286# Professions code that the before the expiration. Effective will be held in this court as to identify the suspect, and Date: 08/07/2020, Time: 8:30 The Court orders that all LOS ANGELES SENTINEL registrant knows to be false January 1, 2014, the Fictitious follows: 08/24/20 at 8:30AM believe that a monetary am, Dept.: B, Room: 340 persons interested in this is guilty of a misdemeanor Business Name Statement in Dept. 2D located at 111 reward may compel members The address of the court is matter appear before this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE punishable by a fine not to must be accompanied by the N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, court at the hearing indicated exceed one thousand dollars of the public to provide 825 Maple Ave, Torrance, CA FOR CHANGE OF NAME Affidavit of Identity form. CA 90012 90503 below to show cause, if any, Case No. 20STCP01932 ($1,000)). information on this crime. The The filing of this statement Notice of Telephonic person or persons responsible A copy of this Order to Show why the petition for change of Superior Court of California, S/ Edward Sims, Owner does not of itself authorize for this crime represent an Cause shall be published at name should not be granted. County of Los Angeles This statement was filed the use in this state of a Hearing ongoing threat to the safety least once each week for four Any person objecting to the Petition of: Nadxchielli with the County Clerk of Los Fictitious Business Name Due to court closures, you of the people of Los Angeles; successive weeks prior to name changes described Hitzajaya Carranza and Angeles on June 29, 2020. in violation of the rights of may participate telephonically therefore, it is appropriate for the date set for hearing on above must file a written Steven Alexis Riley for NOTICE-In accordance with another under Federal, State, by scheduling with CourtCall the City of Los Angeles to the petition in the following objection that includes the Change of Name Subdivision (a) of Section or common law (See Section at 1-888-882-6878. Please reasons for the objection at 17920, a Fictitious Name offer a reward for information newspaper of general TO ALL INTERESTED 14411 et seq., Business and check the court’s website circulation, printed in this least two court days before PERSONS: Statement generally expires leading to the identification, Professions Code). at www.lacourt.com for apprehension and conviction county: Los Angeles Sentinel the matter is scheduled to Petitioner Nadxchielli at the end of five years from Original Filing of the person or persons Date: March 16, 2020 be heard and must appear Hitzajaya Carranza and the date on which it was filed 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 information regarding closure responsible for this crime. Ramona See at the hearing to show cause Steven Alexis Riley filed a in the office of the County CNS-3376935# to the public. Unless withdrawn or paid Judge of the Superior Court why the petition should not be petition with this court for a Clerk, except, as provided LOS ANGELES SENTINEL IF YOU OBJECT to the by City Council action, this 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/20 granted. If no written objection decree changing names as in Subdivision (b) of Section granting of the petition, you CNS-3379033# offer of reward shall terminate is timely filed, the court may follows: 17920, where it expires should appear at the hearing LOS ANGELES SENTINEL grant the petition without a 40 days after any change on, and have no effect after, Anabell Noelani Carranza to and state your objections or hearing. Anabell Noelani Riley in the facts set forth in the JANUARY 20, 2021. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE GOVERNMENT file written objections with the The provisions of payment Notice of Hearing: The Court orders that all statement pursuant to Section FOR CHANGE OF NAME Date: 08/19/2020, Time: 8:30 persons interested in this 17913 other than a change court before the hearing. Your and all other considerations Case No. 20STCP01524 shall be governed by Chapter am, Dept.: F47 matter appear before this in the residence address of appearance may be in person Superior Court of California, The address of the court is a registered owner. A new 12 of Division 19 of the court at the hearing indicated BID NOTICE or by your attorney. County of Los Angeles 9425 Penfield Avenue, Room below to show cause, if any, Fictitious Business Name LAAC Code, as amended Petition of: Lauren Renee NOTICE IS HEREBY IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR by Ordinance Nos. 158157 1200, Chatsworth, CA 91311 why the petition for change of Statement must be filed or a contingent creditor of Waggoner for Change of A copy of this Order to Show before the expiration. Effective GIVEN that the Los Angeles and 166666. This offer shall name should not be granted. Community College District the decedent, you must file Name Cause shall be published at Any person objecting to the January 1, 2014, the Fictitious be given upon the condition TO ALL INTERESTED (“District”) invites electronic your claim with the court and that all claimants provide least once each week for four name changes described Business Name Statement PERSONS: successive weeks prior to must be accompanied by the bids for the following: mail a copy to the personal continued cooperation within above must file a written Outdoor Furniture, FE-20- Petitioner Lauren Renee the date set for hearing on objection that includes the Affidavit of Identity form. representative appointed by the criminal justice system Waggoner filed a petition 05-RFB 50J.4J55.05. relative to this case and is the petition in the following reasons for the objection at The filing of this statement the court within the later of with this court for a decree newspaper of general does not of itself authorize For bidding purposes the not available to public officers least two court days before items to be procured are either (1) four months from changing names as follows: circulation, printed in this the matter is scheduled to the use in this state of a or employees of the City, Lauren Renee Waggoner to broken down into TBD (TBD) the date of first issuance of their families, persons in county: Los Angeles Sentinel be heard and must appear Fictitious Business Name Lauren Renee Rose Date: June 17, 2020 in violation of the rights of Bid Classifications and letters to a general personal law enforcement or persons at the hearing to show cause consist of TBD (TBD) items. The Court orders that all David B Gelfound why the petition should not be another under Federal, State, representative, as defined in whose misconduct prompted persons interested in this All Bids must be received this reward. If you have any Judge of the Superior Court granted. If no written objection or common law (See Section section 58(b) of the California matter appear before this 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 14411 et seq., Business and at the Online Vendor Probate Code, or (2) 60 days information regarding this is timely filed, the court may Portal found at http://www. court at the hearing indicated CNS-3378322# grant the petition without a Professions Code). from the date of mailing or case, please call the Los below to show cause, if any, LOS ANGELES SENTINEL planetbids.com/portal/portal. Angeles Police Department at hearing. Original personal delivery to you of a why the petition for change of 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 cfm?CompanyID=21372, no 1-877-LAPD-24-7, 24 hours. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Notice of Hearing: later than August 13, 2020 notice under section 9052 of name should not be granted. Date: September 3, 2020, CNS-3378488# C. F. No. 20-0010-s10 Any person objecting to the FOR CHANGE OF NAME LOS ANGELES SENTINEL @ 12:00 PM Local Time. the California Probate Code. 7/23/20 Case No. 20CMCP00083 Time: 3:00 PM, Dept.: 20, The Bidder assumes full and CNS-3380676# name changes described Room: 310 Other California statutes and LOS ANGELES SENTINEL above must file a written AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS sole responsibility for timely legal authority may affect Superior Court of California, The address of the court is NAME STATEMENT receipt of its Bid and any objection that includes the 111 North Hill Street, Los your rights as a creditor. You reasons for the objection at County of Los Angeles File No. 2020100488 other documents required to Petition of: Yeisha Qiana Angeles, CA 90012 The following person(s) is be submitted with the Bid, may want to consult with an least two court days before A copy of this Order to Show the matter is scheduled to Ward for Change of Name (are) doing business as: by the District at the Online attorney knowledgeable in CIVIL TO ALL INTERESTED Cause shall be published at Mike and Keys, 16000 Vendor Portal. The District California law. be heard and must appear least once each week for four at the hearing to show cause PERSONS: Ventura Blvd Suite 1102, will have no responsibility for YOU MAY EXAMINE the file Petitioner Yeisha Qiana Ward successive weeks prior to Encino, CA 91436, County bids not submitted in a timely why the petition should not be the date set for hearing on kept by the court. If you are granted. If no written objection filed a petition with this court of LA manner, no matter the reason. a person interested in the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE for a decree changing names the petition in the following Registered owner(s): Bidding Documents including is timely filed, the court may newspaper of general estate, you may file with the FOR CHANGE OF NAME grant the petition without a as follows: Futuristic Music Group, 16000 Instruction to Bidders and Case No. 20STCP01938 Yeisha Qiana Ward to Yeisha circulation, printed in this Ventura Blvd Suite 1102, other documents, if any, will court a Request for Special hearing. county: Los Angeles Sentinel Superior Court of California, Notice of Hearing: Qiana Davis Encino, CA 91436; CA be available to Bidders on Notice (form DE-154) of the County of Los Angeles The Court orders that all Date: June 17, 2020 This business is conducted and after July 23, 2020, at the filing of an inventory and Date: August 25, 2020, Time: David J. Cowan Petition of: Essence Sarai 10:30 AM, Dept.: 44, Room: persons interested in this by: a Corporation Online Vendor Portal. appraisal of estate assets Davie and Journey Saffi Judge of the Superior Court Call information for a 418 matter appear before this 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 The registrant commenced or of any petition or account Davie, Minors by Darrius The address of the court court at the hearing indicated CNS-3376969# to transact business under mandatory Pre-Bid as provided in Probate Code Spears, Parent for Change is 111 N. Hill Street, Los below to show cause, if any, LOS ANGELES SENTINEL the fictitious business name Conference Call on July section 1250. A Request of Name why the petition for change of or names listed above on 29, 2020 are available at the Angeles, CA 90012 for Special Notice form is TO ALL INTERESTED A copy of this Order to Show name should not be granted. 06/2020. Online Vendor Portal. PERSONS: Cause shall be published at Any person objecting to the I declare that all information Questions shall be directed available from the court clerk. Petitioner Essence Sarai least once each week for four name changes described in this statement is true and to: Irene Cua-Garcia irene. In Pro Per Petitioner Davie and Journey Saffi successive weeks prior to above must file a written FICTITIOUS correct. (A registrant who [email protected] CLYDE NOLAN PATE Davie, Minors by Darrius the date set for hearing on objection that includes the BUSINESS declares as true any material 7/23/20 3768 FLORESTA WAY Spears, Parent filed a petition reasons for the objection at matter pursuant to Section CNS-3381456# the petition in the following LOS ANGELES SENTINEL VIEW PARK CA 90043 with this court for a decree newspaper of general least two court days before NAMES 17913 of the Business and 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/20 changing names as follows: the matter is scheduled to Professions code that the CNS-3381430# circulation, printed in this NOTICE INVITING Essence Sarai Davie to county: Los Angeles Sentinel be heard and must appear registrant knows to be false LOS ANGELES SENTINEL Essence Sarai Spears at the hearing to show cause is guilty of a misdemeanor SUBMITTALS FOR Date: April 29, 2020 AS-NEEDED Journey Saffi Davie to Edward B. Moreton, Jr. why the petition should not be FICTITIOUS BUSINESS punishable by a fine not to NOTICE OF PETITION Journey Saffi Spears granted. If no written objection exceed one thousand dollars COMMERCIAL REAL Judge of the Superior Court NAME STATEMENT PROPERTY APPRAISAL TO ADMINISTER The Court orders that all 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 is timely filed, the court may ($1,000)). File No. 2020099769 SERVICES ESTATE OF: persons interested in this CNS-3378657# grant the petition without a The following person(s) is S/ Michael Cox, CEO matter appear before this LOS ANGELES SENTINEL CHRISTENE JONES hearing. (are) doing business as: Futuristic Music Group CASE NO. court at the hearing indicated Notice of Hearing: ADEPT THOUGHT, 2851 This statement was filed below to show cause, if any, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Date: 08/27/2020, Time: 8:30 with the County Clerk of Los The Los Angeles County 20STPB02672 FOR CHANGE OF NAME W. 120TH STREET SUITE Department of Beaches and why the petition for change of am, Dept.: A, Room: 904 E-305, Hawthorne, CA 90250 Angeles on June 30, 2020. To all heirs, beneficiaries, name should not be granted. Case No. 20STCP01932 The address of the court is NOTICE-In accordance with Harbors is seeking qualified creditors, contingent Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES and experienced Vendors to Any person objecting to the 200 West Compton Blvd., Registered owner(s): Subdivision (a) of Section creditors, and persons who name changes described County of Los Angeles Compton, CA 90220 17920, a Fictitious Name enter into Master Agreements Petition of: Nadxchielli CHERMONIQUE with Los Angeles County to may otherwise be interested above must file a written A copy of this Order to Show MORELAND EL, 2851 W. Statement generally expires in the lost WILL or estate, or objection that includes the Hitzajaya Carranza and Cause shall be published at at the end of five years from provide, on an as-needed Steven Alexis Riley for 120TH STREET SUITE basis, commercial real estate both of CHRISTENE JONES. reasons for the objection at least once each week for four E-305, HAWTHORNE, CA the date on which it was filed least two court days before Change of Name successive weeks prior to in the office of the County property appraisal services A PETITION FOR PROBATE TO ALL INTERESTED 90250; State of Incorporation: required in the Department’s the matter is scheduled to the date set for hearing on CA Clerk, except, as provided has been filed by YVONNE be heard and must appear PERSONS: the petition in the following in Subdivision (b) of Section management of the County’s SCOTT in the Superior Court Petitioner Nadxchielli This business is conducted by Marina del Rey leaseholds. at the hearing to show cause newspaper of general an Individual 17920, where it expires of California, County of LOS why the petition should not be Hitzajaya Carranza and circulation, printed in this 40 days after any change The successful Vendors must Steven Alexis Riley filed a The registrant(s) started doing have a minimum of five years ANGELES. granted. If no written objection county: Los Angeles Sentinel business on 07/2010. in the facts set forth in the THE PETITION FOR is timely filed, the court may petition with this court for a Date: 07/01/2020 statement pursuant to Section of substantial experience in decree changing names as I declare that all information valuing ground leases, square PROBATE requests that grant the petition without a Gary Y. Tanaka in this statement is true and 17913 other than a change hearing. follows: Judge of the Superior Court in the residence address of foot (minimum) rents, and YVONNE SCOTT be Anabell Noelani Carranza to correct. (A registrant who percentage rents. Notice of Hearing: 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 declares as true any material a registered owner. A new appointed as personal Date: September 02, 2020, Anabell Noelani Riley CNS-3378249# Fictitious Business Name representative to administer The Court orders that all LOS ANGELES SENTINEL matter pursuant to Section Time: 3:00 pm, Dept.: 20, 17913 of the Business and Statement must be filed the estate of the decedent. Room: 310 persons interested in this before the expiration. Effective Vendors submitting Statement matter appear before this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Professions code that the of Qualifications (SOQs) must THE PETITION requests the The address of the court is registrant knows to be false January 1, 2014, the Fictitious decedent’s lost WILL and 111 N Hill Street, Los Angeles, court at the hearing indicated FOR CHANGE OF NAME Business Name Statement also demonstrate five years below to show cause, if any, Case No. 20STCP01522 is guilty of a misdemeanor of substantial experience codicils, if any, be admitted CA 90012 punishable by a fine not to must be accompanied by the A copy of this Order to Show why the petition for change of Superior Court of California, Affidavit of Identity form. in providing expert witness to probate. The lost WILL and name should not be granted. County of Los Angeles exceed one thousand dollars testimony in legal proceedings Cause shall be published ($1,000)). The filing of this statement any codicils are available for at least once each week Any person objecting to the Petition of: Mark Hyman does not of itself authorize regarding the valuation of real examination in the file kept by name changes described Rosenberg for Change of S/ CHERMONIQUE property and have a California for four successive weeks MORELAND EL, Owner the use in this state of a the court. prior to the date set for above must file a written Name Fictitious Business Name certified General Real Estate objection that includes the TO ALL INTERESTED This statement was filed Appraiser’s License in good THE PETITION requests hearing on the petition in with the County Clerk of in violation of the rights of authority to administer the the following newspaper of reasons for the objection at PERSONS: another under Federal, State, standing. The County may least two court days before Petitioner Mark Hyman Los Angeles County on require additional minimum estate under the Independent general circulation, printed in 06/29/2020. or common law (See Section this county: The Los Angeles the matter is scheduled to Rosenberg filed a petition 14411 et seq., Business and qualifications. The initial Administration of Estates Act. be heard and must appear with this court for a decree NOTICE-In accordance with deadline for submitting SOQs County Sentinel News Subdivision (a) of Section Professions Code). (This authority will allow the Date: June 17, 2020 at the hearing to show cause changing names as follows: Original will be 2:00 p.m., August 13, personal representative to why the petition should not be Mark Hyman Rosenberg to 17920, a Fictitious Name 2020, however, County will David J. Cowan Statement generally expires 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 take many actions without Judge of the Superior Court granted. If no written objection Mark Magnus Rose CNS-3378345# continuously accept SOQ’s THURSDAY,A-6 LOS JULY ANGELES 23, 2020 SENTINEL NEWSNEWS LASENTINEL.NETTHURSDAY,JANUARY A-15 9, 2014 Celebration of Life

The steps of a good man Science degree in Sociol- are ordered by the Lord, Sunrise May 3, 1939 – Sunset July, 7, 2020 ogy and Human Services and he delighteth in his from The University of way. Psalm 37: 23 Phoenix. Kenneth moved to A dearly-loved hus- California and met the band, father, grandfather, love of his life. He was brother, uncle and mentor, united in holy matrimony Kenneth Earl Snell, 81, to Alpha Butts-Snell. To passed away peacefully at this union, three children his home on July 7, 2020 were born; two daughters, with his family at his side, Jacqueline (Jackie) Snell, after he bravely confronted Yolonda Snell; and one and fought cancer. Kenny son, Kevin Snell. was born on May 3, 1939, Mr. Snell was em- in Ozark, Alabama, the sec- ployed at Jet Propulsion ond of four children born Laboratory (JPL), Pasa- to the late Raymond and dena, California, for many Lena Bell Snell. Kenneth years. He left the JPL to was reared in a Christian start his own business, home and, at an early age, ALPH-KEN Enterprises. he joined and was baptized In addition to his entre- at First Missionary Baptist preneurial pursuits, Ken- Church in Ozark, Alabama. neth Snell was an accom- Kenny was educated in plished actor. He was a lives of many people with and Yolonda Snell; a son, the Ozark, Alabama school member of the Screen Ac- his smile and generosity. Kevin (Teresa) Snell; two system. After graduating tors’ Guild –AFTRA One He maintained his trade- loving grandchildren, Bai- from D. A. Smith High Union member. Some mark sense of humor all the ley Gabrielle Brown and School in 1958, where he of his television and film way to the end. Blake Miles Brown; a sis- played football and basket- credits include Cagney Mr. Kenneth Earl Snell ter, Anne Bridgette of En- ball, Kenneth volunteered Kenneth Earl Snell and Lacey, Knots’ Land- was preceded in death by terprise, AL; a brother, Ar- for service in the United ing, Happy Days, The In- his parents, Raymond & thur Ray Snell of Pasadena, States Army at the ripe old he didn’t much enjoy being After being honorably dis- nocent and the Damned, Lena Bell Snell and a broth- CA; a loyal and dedicated age of 17. He completed bossed around. He stuck it charged from the Army, he Mod Squad, Cannon, Po- er, Raymond Snell, Jr. He is friend, Dr. James Bolton; Basic Training at Fort out for a short period and attended Tuskegee Institute, lice Story and Ironside. survived by his loving wife and, a host of nieces, neph- Jackson, South Carolina, decided pursuing an edu- Tuskegee, Alabama. He Kenneth was an avid of 56 years, Alpha Snell; ews, extended family and and immediately realized cation was a better choice. later earned a Bachelor of golfer, and he touched the two daughters, Jackie Snell friends.

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Your estate, you may file with the Before taking certain very to the public. may want to consult with an 20STPB04889 personal representative to appearance may be in person court a Request for Special important actions, however, IF YOU OBJECT to the attorney knowledgeable in To all heirs, beneficiaries, take many actions without or by your attorney. Notice (form DE-154) of the the personal representative granting of the petition, you California law. creditors, contingent creditors, obtaining court approval. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR filing of an inventory and will be required to give notice should appear at the hearing YOU MAY EXAMINE the file and persons who may Before taking certain very or a contingent creditor of appraisal of estate assets to interested persons unless and state your objections or kept by the court. If you are otherwise be interested in the important actions, however, the decedent, you must file or of any petition or account they have waived notice or file written objections with the a person interested in the WILL or estate, or both of the personal representative your claim with the court and as provided in Probate Code consented to the proposed court before the hearing. Your estate, you may file with the BOBBIE JEAN TOLBERT. will be required to give notice mail a copy to the personal section 1250. A Request action.) The independent appearance may be in person court a Request for Special A PETITION FOR PROBATE to interested persons unless representative appointed by for Special Notice form is administration authority will be or by your attorney. Notice (form DE-154) of the has been filed by DEJUAN they have waived notice or the court within the later of available from the court clerk. granted unless an interested IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR filing of an inventory and EVANS in the Superior Court consented to the proposed either (1) four months from Attorney for Petitioner person files an objection to or a contingent creditor of appraisal of estate assets of California, County of LOS action.) The independent the date of first issuance of ROBERT M. BERGER, the petition and shows good the decedent, you must file or of any petition or account ANGELES. administration authority will be letters to a general personal ESQ. - SBN 158765, LAW cause why the court should your claim with the court and as provided in Probate Code THE PETITION FOR granted unless an interested representative, as defined in OFFICES OF ROBERT M. not grant the authority. mail a copy to the personal section 1250. A Request PROBATE requests that person files an objection to section 58(b) of the California BERGER A HEARING on the petition representative appointed by for Special Notice form is DEJUAN EVANS be appointed the petition and shows good Probate Code, or (2) 60 days 16830 VENTURA BLVD., will be held in this court as the court within the later of available from the court clerk. as personal representative to cause why the court should from the date of mailing or SUITE 500 follows: 08/04/20 at 8:30AM in either (1) four months from In Pro Per Petitioner administer the estate of the not grant the authority. personal delivery to you of a ENCINO CA 91436 Dept. 67, ROOM 617 located the date of first issuance of YVONNE SCOTT decedent. A HEARING on the petition notice under section 9052 of 7/9, 7/16, 7/23/20 CNS-3377237# at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS letters to a general personal 13123 S. CARLTON AVE. THE PETITION requests the will be held in this court as the California Probate Code. LOS ANGELES SENTINEL ANGELES, CA 90012 representative, as defined in LOS ANGELES CA 90061 decedent’s WILL and codicils, follows: 11/16/20 at 8:30AM Other California statutes and Notice of Telephonic section 58(b) of the California 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/20 if any, be admitted to probate. in Dept. 67 located at 111 legal authority may affect CNS-3379940# Hearing Probate Code, or (2) 60 days LOS ANGELES SENTINEL The WILL and any codicils are N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, your rights as a creditor. You Due to court closures, you from the date of mailing or available for examination in CA 90012 may want to consult with an may participate telephonically personal delivery to you of a NOTICE OF PETITION the file kept by the court. IF YOU OBJECT to the attorney knowledgeable in by scheduling with CourtCall notice under section 9052 of TO ADMINISTER THE PETITION requests granting of the petition, you California law. at 1-888-882-6878. Please the California Probate Code. ESTATE OF: authority to administer the should appear at the hearing YOU MAY EXAMINE the file check the court’s website Other California statutes and BOBBIE JEAN estate under the Independent and state your objections or kept by the court. If you are at www.lacourt.com for legal authority may affect TOLBERT Administration of Estates Act. file written objections with the a person interested in the THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 B-1 www.lasentinel.net Los Angeles Pro Teams Unite to Battle Social Injustices

BY AMANDA SCURLOCK “I know that me being Black and Brown kids to be “Being involved and Sports Writer the first African American playing more sports.” finding our own way and The 11 professional minority manager of the The Alliance has even creating a space for sports teams that represent Los Angeles Dodgers, it already been in talks with young women throughout Los Angeles came together took people when I was to create “The A11iance,” a younger to invest in me,” group designed to empower Roberts said. “I’m hopeful marginalized youth in Los that this spurs a move- Angeles through sports. ment.” The Alliance has made The Play Equity Fund a five-year commitment to website will track the galvanize Black and Brown progress the Alliance communities. The teams makes, they will also create came together for the first an advisory board that will time on May 31, in the be made up of one repre- wake of the civil unrest for sentative from each pro ROBERT TORRENCE/L.A. SENTINEL the murder of George LAFC co-owner and president, Tom Penn noted how team team. Floyd. presidents helped the Alliance and how multiple repre- Blake Bolden, the first “In many cases we’re sentatives from each franchise are involved. African American woman rivals, but in this case, to become a pro hockey ROBERT TORRENCE/L.A. SENTINEL we’re allies to push against 84 Foundation (LA84). ly and mentally and do bet- player, represented the Los Los Angeles Rams head coach, Sean McVay explained racial injustice to take on Renata Simril, president ter in school.” Angeles Kings. She became that sports have the power to eliminate prejudice and important issues and com- and CEO of LA84 sees play Dodgers general man- the first African American negative stereotypes. munities of color and par- equity as a social justice ager, Dave Roberts, spoke Scout in the NHL when the ticularly the Black commu- issue because the lack of on behalf of his franchise. Kings hired her six months social justice organizations this platform and helping to nity,” said Tom Penn, the funding, volunteers, and The Dodgers Foundation ago. Throughout her child- to work with them, they are be that leading voice is president and co-owner of mentors. powers the Dodgers RBI hood, she was the only also looking for community something we’re excited the LAFC. “We expect this “This is all a hindrance youth baseball and softball Black hockey player. organizations to partner about,” said Los Angeles alliance to be a beacon and to positive engagement program that serves “Growing up in a Black with to create a cohort of Sparks president and CEO a magnet for cooperation activities for kids and their 368,000 kids and has creat- community, it was evident young leaders between the Danita Johnson. “I think and collaboration in Los connection for support sys- ed 51 Dodgers Dream that the challenges and the ages of 14-18. They want to five years from now, we’ll Angeles.” tems that help them realize Fields. LADF earned the access that I have and it just track the impact of their all be able to look back and The teams are partner- their true potential,” Simril 2020 ESPN Sports Human- wasn’t fair,” Bolden said. “I programming based on be really proud of the work ing with the Play Equity said. “When kids play, they itarian Team of the Year don’t want it to be a coinci- graduation rates over their that we were able to do and Fund and the Los Angeles are healthier, both physical- Award for their efforts. dence anymore for more five-year commitment. accomplish together.” Los Angeles Sparks Set Out to Conquer the 2020 Season BY AMANDA SCURLOCK missed part of it due to ments and we can do recov- “We practice three days Sports Writer overseas and collegiate ery,” Parker said. “We’re all full strength and then we commitments in previous here and the focus is basket- take a day off,” said guard, The Los Angeles Sparks seasons. This also allowed ball. There’s other things to Seimone Augustus. “He’s will tip off their season on the Sparks to build chem- do, but there’s not a lot of been doing a great job at July 25 at 12:00 p.m. istry amongst each other. other distractions as well.” slowly ramping up practice against the Phoenix Mercu- “I think the circum- During practices, rookie to get us to where we need ry. The team is working to stances that have been diffi- guard, Te’a Cooper has to be.” be a versatile power as they cult for all of us around the been assigned to defend Early in their stay at the gear up for this unorthodox world has really forced us as guard, Chelsea Gray. Coop- Wubble, forward, Nneka season. a group … to buy [in] togeth- er’s defensive skills was one Ogwumike treated the While training for a new er and come together more thing she noticed. Sparks and other teams to a season, WNBA players are often to support each other,” “She’s trying to find her meal catered by Chipotle. taking a stand against social said head coach, Derek Fish- voice and how to command Other perks that players are injustices. Several WNBA er. “I think we’ve seen that out there on the court,” getting are yoga classes, players, including guard, type of energy since we’ve Gray said. “I think she’s on spots at the IMG Academy Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, will been here together.” the path of doing that, driving range and personal- have the name Breonna With travel being a understanding and learn- ized birthday cakes for Taylor on the back of their major issue in the WNBA in ing.” players celebrating their jerseys. TWITTER PHOTO previous seasons, the Wub- Fisher designed prac- birthday during the season. (L-R) Guard, Chelsea Gray, forward, Nneka Ogwumike, “Her killers have not and center, Candace Parker ble allows players to spend tices to ease the players “I’m gonna try to get been arrested,” Ruffin-Pratt more time working on their back into their typical inten- more Chipotle. That was an said. “So we’re still trying here in the Wubble.” stress on their core players game than on commuting. sity. His desire is to keep amazing thing that Chipotle to fight for justice for her While the Sparks so they can maintain good This is a benefit to forward, injuries at a minimum had set up,” Ogwumike and make a statement as a reached the WNBA semifi- health. Candace Parker, who had a throughout the season. They said. “We’re constantly sur- league that we’re still stand- nals last season, they suf- The COVID-19 pan- one-hour commute from her did not start doing five-on- veying players and asking ing with her, and even fered through injuries and demic forced the Sparks to home to Staples Center. five full-court transition questions and a part of con- though we’re not out there suspensions. A key prece- start their training camp “We’ll get on a bus and drills until last week after versations between the on the front lines, we’re still dence this season is to not with most of their roster we’ll ride 20 minutes and being in the IMG Academy league to create a more trying to make some noise put too much competitive present, while some players we’ll be back at our apart- for two weeks. home experience.” COVID-19 Brings Premature End to the CIF 2019-2020 Season BY AMANDA SCURLOCK COVID-19 pandemic. The we really didn’t understand leges. Unable to meet with Sports Writer order terminated all basket- the magnitude of what this the students in-person, uni- ball state championship pandemic was gonna cause versities must get a gauge On April 3, the Califor- games. Spring sports like at that time.” of their competence nia Interscholastic Federa- track and field, baseball, For View Park football through emails of highlight tion (CIF) announced that softball, boy’s tennis and and track and field coach, reels and transcripts. high school sports were boys’ volleyball were cut Ken Henderson, the impact “I was very upset as far cancelled for the rest of the short. Senior student ath- of the Coronavirus did not as our students that were school year due to the letes face new challenges hit until the Los Angeles seniors that needed to be in the college recruitment Unified School District able to run certain times in process. (LAUSD) announced they order to obtain scholar- On March 12, the CIF would close as of March ships,” Matthews said. announced their decision to 16. He kept practices for Coaches have to mentor cancel the basketball state track going so the team from a distance, helping championships that were to could stay in shape. their students get to their begin the next day. Their “They said, maybe a online schoolwork. Lack of decision came when the couple of days before we motivation, trouble with

NBA, MLB, and MLS sus- closed the schools that we AMANDA SCURLOCK/L.A. SENTINEL internet access and unsta- pended their seasons. couldn’t practice and I was The CIF canceled all spring section, regional, and state ble home environments are The St. Francis boys’ like ‘whoa, that’s serious,’” events due to the COVID-19 pandemic some issues that student basketball team had their Henderson said. “Being off athletes face. bags packed and ready to and out of school started to teams. Dorsey Track and landed a All coaches inter- battle the Weston Ranch hit home, like we might not “Their goal was to win Nike sponsorship. viewed for this article Cougars for the Division II go back to the school year.” a state championship in the “The workout formats, explained how they miss State title when they The View Park track 4x400m,” said Dorsey the training schedule, the interacting with their stu- learned their season was team only participated in track and field head coach, academic plan, everything dents in person but encour- over. two meets before the shut- Ken Matthews. “They was really enhanced, and age them to stay optimistic. “When you’re a high down. Coaches are current- never quit; they’re still we were really, really, hav- “While we’ve been off, school senior, it’s your last ly not allowed to send work practicing on their own ing a good sense of I’ve talked to some of my shot, a lot of these kids are outs to their students. because they’re still in dis- momentum,” said Dorsey athletes,” Henderson said.

AMANDA SCURLOCK/L.A. SENTINEL never gonna play organized The pandemic soured belief that they’re gonna be track assistant coach, Irvin “I told them first and fore- Baseball and softball are sports again,” said St. Fran- what could have been a able to run in June.” Davis. most, stay healthy and some of the sports that cis boys basketball head championship-worthy sea- Matthews had garnered Sources mentioned how make sure that you’re fol- were affected by the shut- coach, Todd Wolfson. “It’s son for the Dorsey boys’ the financial backing of the lockdown impacted the lowing all the state safety down. a tough thing for them and and girls’ track and field several local businesses for recruiting process for col- guidelines.” THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 SPORTS LASENTINEL.NET B-2 J.R. Smith is Bringing Showtime Lakers to Orlando with Social Media Viralness BY LAUREN A. JONES me bro," Smith said. "I'm Finals against the the NBA under his belt, Contributing Writer gone. Just got the text. Warriors, when he forgot Smith has made 11 playoff Exposing too much sh*t. how much time was on the appearances and been to the On the first night of the Gotta go. My bad. My bad." clock. On Friday's Zoom NBA Finals four times. Los Angeles Lakers’ arrival The spirited, yet short- call with reporters, Smith Smith was an impact player to the NBA bubble in Orlan- lived performance by Smith for Cleveland, especially in do, FL, newly signed J.R. on Instagram proved that he the postseason. He averaged Smith took to Instagram will fit in seamlessly among 11.3 points per game on Live to give his followers a his new social media savvy 41.2 percent shooting from behind-the-scenes look into teammates. Lakers’ center, the field through four sea- what players were experi- Dwight Howard, has been sons and is ranked sixth encing. He lightheartedly on Instagram Live nearly among active players in 3- criticized everything from every day interacting with point field goals made. his view of the parking lot to fans and fellow big man, Lakers’ coach, Frank the size of the blanket the JaVale McGee launched a Vogel continued to sing NBA provided, pointing out YouTube vlog showing Smith’s praises and men- that it was too small for what life is like inside the tioned that he was impressed most NBA players who are bubble. by Smith’s ability to stay in well above average height. As the Lakers explored basketball shape since he He questioned how players free-agent options to replace last appeared in an NBA were expected to stay Avery Bradley after he game in November 2018. healthy with the bags of opted out due to family con- “It’s clear that he’s done candy that were placed as cerns, the focus was on a remarkable job of keeping COURTESY LAKERS Lakers’ guard, J.R. Smith shakes hands with teammates in snacks in each players’ adding a replacement who himself in shape and staying a team huddle during practice in Orlando, FL. room. He went on to show could add depth, play along- COURTESY LAKERS ready,” stated Vogel. “His his teammates in the hall- side LeBron James, shoot J.R. Smith practices with nickname is Swish for a rea- Waiters to fill the open ros- court, Vogel said that his way simultaneously grab- the ball, and play wing the Lakers for NBA season son. He’s a shot-maker. ter spot. Vogel expressed plan is to integrate both bing their first meal and ran defense. Enter J.R. Smith as restart in Orlando, FL. that Smith had a great work- guards into the rotation, but through the dinner menu. Bradley's replacement, who out for the team and that the he is undecided on how Before long, Smith shared won a championship with detailed how James has team nearly signed him but many minutes they will play with his captive audience James in Cleveland in 2016. grown since the last time thought that Waiters would in Orlando. that he was instructed to No one can forget they played together with immediately fit into the sys- Smith has mentioned shut it down. Smith’s infamous blunder in the Cavaliers. tem. Waiters had not played multiple times that he is just "Aw man, they mad at Game 1 of the 2018 NBA “I’d say more than any- a game for the Lakers when soaking up his time being thing, he’s more patient the season shut down due to back in the NBA after such a now,” Smith described the coronavirus pandemic in long hiatus. James. “I think when he was March. “I went through a very younger, he had that more of “They both bring tough- depressed state for a long a shorter fuse with things I ness and swag. Those guys time,” Smith admitted. “It would say. are killers,” Vogel said of lasted for a few "I just think he’s more Smith and Waiters. “They months where I'm a big relatable and easier to get go after it with a great com- video gamer and I didn't along with,” Smith contin- petitive spirit and they have even want to play [NBA]2K ued. “Before, he was always the talent to back it up and anymore. I didn't want to COURTESY LAKERS so focused on his drive and Lakers’ guard, J.R. Smith be highly productive on the hoop. I didn't want to work- winning and stuff like that, scrimmages with the team court. They’ve proven that out. but I feel like that pressure is inside the NBA bubble in throughout their careers.” “For being somebody kind of off his shoulders, Orlando, FL. Waiters was recently who has been around the and he can just be him." asked how it felt to play league predominately for Smith expressed no “In terms of what he with both James and Smith most of their adult life, when qualms, however, about brings to the table: the expe- after a trade back in 2015 that's kind of taken away challenging James when rience factor. This guy’s a sent Waiters from the Cava- from you, it kind of gives needed. big-time player. He’s proven liers to the OKC Thunder you that culture shock and "It's just a good balance, it over the course of his and Smith to the Cavaliers. you obviously don't under- I think, between myself and career. We know he can help When Waiters fielded the stand what you lost until it's him, because he knows just us. We almost added him question, Smith immediate- gone," said Smith. "So, for as well he can challenge earlier in the year when we ly barked from the sideline, me, more than anything, I anybody else, I'll challenge added Dion Waiters, and "Stop trying to start sh*t." just want to appreciate the him, and vice versa," Smith now we have the luxury of It is this type of moment for what it is, and told the L.A. Sentinel. having both.” unabashed response that whether it be next year or COURTESY LAKERS Smith adds a veteran Smith worked out for the continues to make Smith never again, I just want to Lakers’ guard, J.R. Smith handles the ball during a team presence with ample playoff Lakers back in March and one of the few straight enjoy every possible practice in Orlando, FL. experience. With 15 years in instead, they signed Dion shooters in the NBA. On the moment that I get.” Doc Rivers Says Clippers Should Give Team’s Game Plan to White House

BY KHARI JONES,JR. that kind of representation. to be done.” good. Most importantly, we issues to make a change. Contributing Writer He laughed and said, “I The Clippers have been cannot allow these talks to Guard, Reggie Jackson is think it would take owners following all health proto- ecstatic about having a NBA Commissioner hiring more. I don’t think cols, and following the message on the back of his Adam Silver spoke a few it’s that complicated.” league rules regarding jersey. “Oh, I can’t wait! weeks ago about the NBA Rivers shared more social distancing. Rivers I’m looking forward to thoughts, “You hire who said, “As far as our health, having a chance to try to you know, you hire who we have an appointment push this social justice you’re comfortable with. If every morning that you reform and movement,” we can improve, it would have to do. Everybody is says Jackson. be doing something where wearing face masks when Clippers guard, Amir the owners can be comfort- you’re out in public.” Coffey spoke on the SCREENSHOT Doc Rivers address media able with more people than Rivers jokingly stated, George Floyd murder and in the bubble. that’s in their circle. I don't “Maybe we should give our the profound impact it had

know how to do it but it has game plan to the White SCREENSHOT on society. “People were thing like the jerseys; I House.” Kawhi Leonard expressing fed up. And it kind of know a couple guys on our Players of all races are the need for unity with sparked an outrage at this team are going to have now speaking up against reporters. point in time. There has some messages on there.

SCREENSHOT social justice issues. They been an outpouring for Small things like that and Amir Coffey speaks out on are taking this opportunity die down. It’s so important, everybody. This was just having a conversation George Floyd. of being in the bubble to we have to keep going. We one nationwide outcry, and about it.” keep racial equality talks can’t lose steam.” it was the media that cov- Kawhi Leonard tells being a good platform to going. Rivers acknowledges ered this more than the oth- reporters that this time in speak out on racial equali- Rivers said, “I’m very the fact that there is real life ers.” the bubble shows unity. He ty, and that there needs to proud of all our players, outside the bubble. “No Coffey said the NBA expressed, “We all have to be diversity in the coaching Black and White. J.J. matter what we’re in, has been working with come together and figure ranks. Redick has been very out- sometimes real life comes players, and keeping the out what we’re going to do.

Clippers head coach, SCREENSHOT spoken. It’s what we have into play.” dialogue open for them to The bigger the voice is, I Doc Rivers was asked by Reggie Jackson excited to to do.” Rivers expressed A couple of Clippers address their concerns. He think the bigger the impact reporters his thoughts on contribute to the cause of that they are in a fortunate players have been using states, “They’re definitely you have on whoever is what it would take to have social reform. situation. “Our health is their platforms to speak on working with us. Even a watching.” Kobe Bryant Posthumously Receives Local Emmys Governors Award

BY CITY NEWS SERVICE North Hollywood. Academy's Los Angeles Williams was a close Area Governors Award The late Los Angeles friend of Bryant and com- committee. He was nomi- Lakers star, Kobe Bryant posed the score for the nated by Spectrum Sport- posthumously received the Oscar-winning 2017 ani- sNet, the regional sports 72nd Los Angeles Area mated short film, ``Dear network that carries the Emmys Governors Award Basketball,'' which Bryant Lakers games. for his legacy of philan- wrote and narrated. He was a legendary fix- thropy, community build- The award is presented ture on Southern California ing and inspiration that to an individual, company television screens during extended beyond the bas- or organization that has his 20 seasons with the ketball court. made an outstanding, Lakers as he helped them to Composer John innovative and visionary five NBA championships. Williams presented and achievement in the arts, The 41-year-old accepted the award on sciences or management Bryant, his 13-year-old behalf of the Bryant family of television as well as a daughter, Gianna, and during Saturday's virtual substantial contribution to seven others were killed ceremony that originated the greater Los Angeles Jan. 26 when their helicop- AP PHOTO/WINSLOW TOWNSON from the Academy of Tele- area. ter crashed into a hillside in Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant acknowledges the crowd as he leaves the court after vision Arts & Sciences' Bryant was selected for foggy weather in Cal- their 112-104 win over the Boston Celtics in his final regular season NBA basketball Saban Media Center in the award by the Television abasas. game in Boston Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. B-3 www.lasentinel.net THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, Award-Winning Husband and Wife Children Authors Believe a Vote Can Save Your Child’s Life Black authors discuss new book “Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It”

BY LAPACAZO SANDOVAL B., members of the Little images reflecting a wide under Little, Brown Books Contributing Writer family, each present the range of interests for chil- for Young Readers) had to vivid story of their young dren — experiences that are share about why they decid- Well, it’s 2020 and at the lives, spanning three genera- both specific and universal. ed to write their most recent time of filing this story, the tions. Their separate stories The couple has been book: world was still spinning, – beginning in a cotton field named among the “25 Most LOS ANGELES SEN- that “dude” was still in the in 1927 and ending at the Influential People in Our TINEL: How did this story White House spreading lies presidential election of 1968 Children’s Lives” by Chil- and these characters first and showing his consistent – come together to create dren’s Health magazine. come into your minds? lack of knowledge, wisdom, one unforgettable journey. They are the recipient of the ANDREA and BRIAN and basic common sense. “Right here, I'm sharing Regina Medal for their out- PINKNEY: ‘Loretta Little So, what to do? We are now the honest-to-goodness.” – standing contributions to Looks Back: Three Voices less than four months away Loretta children’s literature. The Go Tell It’ is a book that’s from one of the most impor- “I'm gon' reach back, Pinkney’s books have been been in the works for five

years. It’s a story that stems CREDIT CHLOE PINKNEY from the roots of our respec- Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney tive family trees. As a hus- band and wife team, we have published nearly sixty arate workspaces in separate spend a lot of time talking books together. Working locations. Our respective about ideas that resonate with the one you love can be writing and art studios are with both us. a beautiful experience or a not in our home. We each This story – centered total disaster! Thankfully, have designated places to around a series of first-per- we’ve developed some great work that are in separate son narratives that plunge strategies for making books neighborhoods in New York readers into the lives and while staying happily mar- City, where we live. 3) times of a Mississippi share- ried. It’s been a learning Abide by ‘the three C’s’ - cropping family – is inspired experience. Like every cou- Courtesy, Communication, by the experiences of our ple who lives under the Commitment. These three own southern relatives. same roof and juggles words have been key to our Between the two of us, careers and family life, happy coupledom! there’s an abundant tapestry we’ve hit some snags. These LAS: How important is of family stories about endur- have turned out to be gifts this November 2020 elec- ing racism, pushing past big- that have helped us find tion, and why is it important otry, and forging the way to ways to work together while that your story, which cen- new freedoms. We wanted to keeping our love alive. ters around the power of share these through words There are three iron-clad voting, be told? and illustrations. Loretta Lit- ‘rules’ that have worked for ABP: Every election is tle Looks Back began to take decades of bookmaking as important. What’s most vital shape through notes scrib- an author-artist team. 1) about the democratic bled on napkins and sketches Carve out designated times process is that we empower jotted in notebooks. We’ve for discussing work. ourselves by registering to collaborated on numerous To do this, we have a vote – and by voting. One of books, but this one has taken weekly ‘meeting’ each Sat- our favorite scenes in Loret- on special meaning because urday at our dining room ta Little Looks Back hap- it spans generations -- begin- table to review our projects pens in 1964, when young ning in a cotton field in 1927 and to sit down together to Aggie accompanies her and ending at the presidential talk about them. Before and Aunt ‘Retta to a local SNCC election of 1968, when after the meeting, we don’t meeting seeking volunteers African Americans claimed discuss work at all. We came to register to vote. It’s the the right to vote. The fight for up with this plan when we Jim Crow South, so people election equality during the realized that we were chat- are reluctant. They ask for a 1960s happened when we tering on and on about work show of hands. No one is were born, and is the result of 24/7 and that we need to brave enough – except the hard work and determina- establish some healthy Aggie. She says ‘My hand a COURTESY PHOTO tion of our grandparents and boundaries around work-life mind of its own. It raised tant presidential elections of and tell how it all went. I'm awarded multiple Caldecott parents. We grew up hearing balance. itself so far, I thought my our lives. gon' speak on it. My way.” – Honor Medals, Coretta Scott stories about that struggle. Once, during a family palm and fingers would fly I shudder to think what Roly King Awards, and Boston We wanted to honor that. car trip, our son was in the off the top of my wrist! I our foremothers and forefa- “I got more nerve than a Globe/Horn Book Honors. With this in mind, the book’s backseat re-enacting a dia- knew that being only thers in the struggle of jus- bad tooth. But there's noth- They are five-time nomi- core began to take shape. It’s logue between the two of us. twelve-years-old, I was too tice and equality would ing bad about being bold.” nees for the NAACP Image always been important to us My daughter was cracking young to register to vote. think of what we have all – Aggie B. Awards and have received to keep those stories alive for up because the imperson- But my hand didn’t care allowed to step in and push Through an evocative many Jane Addams Chil- the next generation who are ation was of us talking all about the age a person need- back many of their hard- mix of fictional first-person dren’s Literature Honor cita- carrying on the civil rights about work. The kids kept ed to be to help make things won accomplishments. narratives, spoken-word tions, as well as multiple torch. That’s what we hope making jokes about it, but better.’This scene is punctu- Imagine what they are poems, folk myths, gospel parenting publications gold this book will do – inspire we didn’t think it was funny. ated by a painting of Aggie collectively thinking? Have rhythms and blues influ- medals. action and ignite the minds We immediately realized with an exaggerated hand this generation learned noth- ences, Loretta Little Looks Their notable books and hearts of young that our book projects were that reaches its way off the ing? What can we do differ- Back weaves an immersive include “Martin Rising: people. encroaching on our precious page to bring visual power ently with the new genera- tapestry that illuminates the Requiem for a King,” “Duke LAS: What’s it like family time – and our kids affirming that the future in tions to help ensure this dignity of sharecroppers in Ellington: The Piano Prince working as a husband and were noticing it. That’s the hands of our kids. By colossal mistake (or worse) the rural South. Inspired by and His Orchestra,” “Hand wife team? when our weekly dining going to the polls, we show doesn't happen again? storytelling's oral tradition, in Hand: Ten Black Men ABP: As a married cou- room table sit-downs took children they have a voice. As human beings, are stirring vignettes are present- Who Changed America,” ple, we share everything on even greater importance. LAS: People keep we capable of lasting and ed in a series of theatrical “Boycott Blues: How Rosa from the same tube of tooth- These meetings happen telling me that ‘no one reads positive change? How can monologues that paint a Parks Inspired a Nation,” paste, to the carton of when the kids are out of the anymore’ and they provide we help our children and gripping, multidimensional “Martin & Mahalia,” almond milk in our family house, so we are no longer me with updated data. Got their children's’ children portrait of America's strug- “Sojourner Truth’s Step- fridge. We’ve been collabo- the brunt of their backseat it. Got it. As a children understand the need to vote gle for civil rights as seen Stomp Stride,” and “Ella rating for thirty years and re-enactments! 2) Have sep- author myself - I know (I and make sure that our vote through the eyes of the chil- Fitzgerald.” don't think, I know) that cre- counts? dren who lived it. The Additionally, Brian and ative people must step up, Maybe this generation novel's unique format invites Andrea speak in schools and write, and get published. needs a refresher course on us to walk in their shoes. at educational conferences Your thoughts? what it took for African Each encounters an nationwide about their work ABP: From our perspec- Americans to get the right to unexpected mystical gift, as children’s book creators. tive, kids and families are vote in the first place? passed down from one fam- Each year they inspire more reading more than ever. One Enter award-winning ily member to the next, that than 10,000 school children of the gifts of being quaran- husband and wife team, ignites their experience— and educators with their pre- tined is that reading has taken Andrea Davis Pinkney and what it means to reach for sentations and workshops. on even greater importance. Brian Pinkney, whose new freedom. The Pinkney’s call Brook- Also, in light of recent events children book, “Loretta The Pinkney’s are a lyn, New York, home where surround the Black Lives Little Looks Back: Three New York Times bestselling they live with their two chil- Matter, doors are opening for Voices Go Tell It” (on sale and award-winning couple dren. more Black writers. We have September 29, 2020, pub- who have made outstanding Here is what award-win- a long way to go, but change lished under Little, Brown contributions to the field of ning husband and wife team is happening. Books for Young Readers), children’s literature, both as Andrea Davis Pinkney and “Loretta Little Looks delivers a front-row seat to individuals and as an author- Brian Pinkney, whose new Back: Three Voices Go Tell the dramatic events that led artist team. Between them, children book “Loretta Little It” on sale September 29, to African Americans earn- they have published nearly Looks Back: Three Voices 2020. Published by Little, ing the right to vote. 60 children’s books, a rich Go Tell It” (on sale Septem- CREDIT CHRISTINE SIMMONS Brown Books for Young Loretta, Roly, and Aggie treasury of words and ber 29, 2020, published Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney Readers. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 LASENTINEL.NET C-1 Mayor Garcetti Announces $10-million L.A. Regional COVID-19 Team Recovery Program

BY BETTI HALSELL and monitor firm prac- previously mentioned, Contributing Writer tices, encouraging them to there is a new online plat- meet new standards of form “designed to provide On Friday, July 17, Los health and safety for the more user-friendly experi- Angeles City Mayor Eric city. ences” for scheduling tests Garcetti announced new According to the news was announced on Mon- updates regarding the buzzing around the scien- day. Key benefits include COVID-19 escalation. tific circuit, there are two the reduction in delayed This past week, new state vaccines that are showing results and appointment orders closed all gyms, “deep promise,” but the modifications. The new places of worship, offices, mayor stressed the mission website to schedule an and personal care servic- lies within individual pre- appointment is la.ful- es. Community trans- ventative care. The goal is gentgenetics.com. Mobile mission has been on the to keep people from get- and pop-up testing sites rise since the end of May; ting infected. The virus are still in action, especial- noted positive case counts must be repudiated at the ly among those who are are among the ages of 18- early stage of spread by most susceptible to the 40. The mayor disclosed upholding physical dis- virus. news to guide the city tancing and maintaining The mayor reiterated through the turbulence of thorough hygienic prac- the way to move forward the virus. He discussed tices. The pandemic has is through individual con- resources for small busi- gotten worse across the cern for safety. Wearing a nesses during the current country; the numbers are mask, physical distancing, shutdown of certain firms. still headed in the wrong and being mindful during Garcetti addressed the direction. “This is an this global pandemic will demand for testing and extremely dangerous situ- save lives. Additionally, that some residents do not ation, and it remains that the effects of taking steps have a car to drive through way,” said Mayor Garcetti, backwards in the face of testing sites. The mayor focusing on a record 4,000 escalation will show up in mentioned they are still deaths due to coronavirus future data; the mayor is deploying mobile testing SCREENSHOT in Los Angeles. hopeful in seeing the num- to reach people who may Mayor Eric Garcetti Testing remains priori- bers lower and Los Ange- not have a way to get to a tized for those most sus- les getting off the state physical site. 9.5% of businesses and their staff This is in collaboration tance on a federal level. ceptible to the virus, but as watch list. tests are coming back by providing funds to help with the county; the new For the firms that positive, the virus contin- solidify their footing dur- funding is applied to the remain open in the past ues to spread like wildfire ing the waves of closing already existing three-mil- two weeks, there has been through communities. He and reopening of the econ- lion dollars within the ini- over 500 complaints about says the safest way to omy. The mayor is work- tiative. There will be sectors not complying with avoid infection is to stay ing with Councilmember grants given to eligible the mandated health offi- home as much as possible. Curren Price, Council small businesses and non- cer orders. Starting on With recent shut- President Nury Martinez, profits that are the corner- Monday, the mayor is downs, small businesses and other public officials, stone of the Los Angeles relaunching the L.A. Busi- are at high-risk of not to invest an additional economic structure. It will ness Ambassadors Pro- being able to keep afloat $10-million dollars in be direct cash assistance gram; it made a significant during this time. Garcetti funds towards the L.A. for those who need it the impact in the earlier stages announced another step Regional COVID-19 Team most, such as firms who of COVID-19. Business forward in helping local Recovery Program. did not receive any assis- Ambassadors will educate In a statement emailed — a demonstration spurred march. to BlackPressUSA, the by Rosa Parks’ refusal to By 1965, Rev. Vivian NBA’s Atlanta Hawks ex- give up her seat to a White had become the director of pressed their condolences. rider. The 13-month mass national affiliates for the “The Atlanta Hawks protest drew international Southern Christian Lead- organization is deeply sad- attention. ership Conference when dened by the passing of Rev. Vivian went on he led a group of people to Civil Rights Movement to become an active early register to vote in Selma, leader, minister, and author, member of the group that Alabama. Dr. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” eventually became the CNN memorialized Vivian. The city of Atlanta Southern Christian Leader- Rev. Vivian, noting that, and the entire world has ship Conference, according as the county Sheriff Jim lost a distinguished icon to his biography. Clark blocked the group, whose leadership pushed Like King, Vivian was Vivian said in a fiery tone, the United States to greater committed to the belief that “We will register to vote justice and racial equal- nonviolent protests could because as citizens of the ity for African Americans,” carry the day. United States we have the President Barack Obama awards minister and civil rights activist Cordy Tindell “C.T.” team officials wrote in the “Some thoughts on the right to do it.” Vivian the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, in Washington. (AP PHOTO/JACQUELYN MARTIN)

The Rev. C.T. Vivian, year, but his family said he lishers Association Presi- the legendary civil rights died of natural causes. dent Dr. Benjamin F. Cha- activist who marched “He has always been vis, Jr., stated. alongside Dr. Martin Lu- one of the people who had “Rev. Vivian, like Mar- ther King, Jr., has died. the most insight, wisdom, tin Luther King, Jr, and Jo- Rev. Vivian was 95. integrity, and dedication,” seph Lowery was a vision- Vivian’s daughter, De- said former Atlanta Mayor ary theologian, genius, and nise Morse, confirmed herAndrew Young, a contem- a leading force in the tacti- father’s death and told At- porary of Vivian who also cal and strategic planning lanta’s NBC affiliate WXIA worked alongside King. of effective nonviolent civil that he was “one of the “The Reverend Dr. disobedience demonstra- most wonderful men who C.T. Vivian was one of my tions. C.T. has passed the ever walked the earth.” strongest mentors in the eternal baton to a new gen- Vivian reportedly suf- Civil Rights Movement,” eration of civil rights agita- fered a stroke earlier this National Newspaper Pub- tors and organizers.”

In this June 19, 2014, file photo, Civil Rights pioneer Rev. C.T. Vivian preaches during a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act in Knoxville, Tenn. (PAUL EFIRD/KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL VIA AP) email. Reverend C.T. Vivian, a pi- Clark responded by “To inspire the next oneer who pulled America beating Vivian until blood generation, Vivian founded closer to our founding ide- dripped off his chin in front the C.T. Vivian Leadership als and a friend I will miss of rolling cameras. The im- Institute in Atlanta, with greatly,” Former President ages helped galvanize more the intent to create a model Barack Obama wrote in a comprehensive support for of leadership culture in the statement. “We’ve lost a change. city that would be dedicat- founder of modern Amer- Vivian also created a ed to the development and ica, a pioneer who shrunk college readiness program sustainability of our com- the gap between reality and to help “take care of the munities.” our constitutional ideals of kids that were kicked out of They continued: equality and freedom.” school simply because they “Vivian also started Rev. Vivian was born protested racism.” Rev. C.T. Vivian, left, and Rev. James Lawson take part in a discussion at Middle Ten- Basic Diversity, one of the in Boonville, Missouri, on “I admired him from nessee State University about the Voting Rights Act Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, in Mur- nation’s first diversity con- July 30, 1924. He and his and before I became a sena- freesboro, Tenn. The two legends of the Civil Rights Movement say they’re encour- sulting firms, now led by late wife, Octavia Geans tor and got to know him as aged by efforts to maintain equality at the polls amid what they see as attempts to his son, Al, who has been a Vivian, had six children. a source of wisdom, advice, thwart it. (AP PHOTO/MARK HUMPHREY) great partner to our organi- With the help of his and strength on my first zation. We are grateful for church, he enrolled in presidential campaign,” Dr. Vivian’s many years American Baptist Theolog- Obama stated. of devotion to Atlanta and ical Seminary in Nashville “I’m only here to thank thankful that we had the in 1955. C.T. Vivian and all the he- opportunity to honor and That same year he and roes of the civil rights gen- share his legacy with our other ministers founded eration. Because of them, fans. The entire Hawks or- the Nashville Christian the idea of just, fair, inclu- ganization extends its most Leadership Conference, sive, and generous America sincere condolences to the an affiliate of thecame Southern closer into focus. The grieving family.” Christian Leadership Con- trails they blazed gave to- Rev. Vivan was active ference, according to the day’s generation of activ- in sit-in protests in Peoria, National Visionary Lead- ists and marchers a road Illinois, in the 1940s, and ership Project. The group map to tag in and finish the In this April 4, 2012 photo, civil rights activists and Southern Christian- Leadmet King during the 1955 helped organize the city’s journey.” ership Conference members, from left, Ralph Worrell, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., C.T.Montgomery bus boycott first sit-ins and civil rights Vivian and Frederick Moore, join hands and sing “We Shall Overcome” at the Atlanta gravesite of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., marking the 44th anniversary of his assassina- tion. (AP PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN, FILE)

He risked his life and took severe beatings by angry mobs and arrested bypo- Hundreds of marchers hold hands as they cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in lice for challenging the injustice of Jim Crow segregation in the South. (AP PHOTO) Selma, Ala., on Sunday, March 7, 2004. It is the 39th anniversary of the- civ il rights march across the bridge when state troopers used tear gas and billy clubs against activists marching. Front row from left: U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. C.T. Vivian.(AP PHOTO/DAVE MARTIN)

Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, center, joins hands with C.T. Vivian addressing the annual convention of the Association for theMrs. Study Louise Wadley, left and Rev. C.T. Vivian to say grace before having- din of African American Life and History in Atlanta, September 27, 2015.(FILE PHOTO) ner at Carver Homes in Atlanta, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1984. (AP PHOTO/JOE HOLLOWAY) FfrnqY Lifestyle HjfqyH THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 www.lasentinel.net D-1

Photos by Mesiyah McGinnis Clyde Gillett Chris Cordova Ulisses Sanchez D-2 LASENTINEL.NET FAMILY•LIFESTYLE•HEALTH THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 YWCA Greater Los Angeles Convened Virtual Town Hall Conversation ‘Standing in Solidarity’ Addressing Racism, Social Injustice and Reform Hosted by YWCA GLA President and CEO, Faye Washington, and moderated by local anchor and journalist, Pat Harvey and the Honorable Karen Bass, U.S. Congresswoman of California, District 37. SENTINEL NEWS SERVICE Institute for Nonviolence in Roberts LLP; Carl E. Dou- Los Angeles and Days of glas, president at Dou- On Friday, June 26, the Dialogue; Honorable Syd- glas/Hicks Law; Angeline YWCA Greater Los Ange- ney Kamlager-Dove, Chen, YWCA Board Presi- les convened a virtual Assembly Member Califor- dent Pasadena; Tanis Cros- Town Hall discussion, nia, 54th District,; Honor- by, YWCA Executive “Standing in Solidarity” able Nury Martinez, Presi- Director, Silicon Valley; that spoke on the current dent of the Los Angeles Terra Russell Slavin, Los state of our country. The City Council; Capri Mad- Angeles LGBT Center conversation addressed dox, Executive Director Director of Policy and important topics, such as Los Angeles Department of Community Build, and COURTESY PHOTO the most recent Justice in FILE PHOTO FILE PHOTO Civil and Human Rights; Jorja Leap, Director of Policing of 2020, racism, Faye Washington, YWCA Rep. Karen Bass Pat Harvey Kristin Clarke, President UCLA Social Justice reform, and social injus- Greater Los Angeles Presi- and executive director, Research Partnership. tice. dent & CEO CEO. Washington went on long and everyone watched For 127 years, the a Call to Action. “The to say, “The worldwide it and the guy was looking YWCA GLA’s mission has imperative of YWCA’s demonstrations have at the camera with such been to eliminate racism mission has been ‘the elim- amplified the voices of impunity that has caused a and empower women. In ination of racism wherever those who can’t speak for seismic shift,” said the the wake of protests fueled it exists and by any means themselves. Well, we heard Congressmember. by the tragic death of necessary.’ The unrests that you, and we marveled at Pat Harvey, Emmy George Floyd, a Black man have unfolded these past those moments of award-winning broadcast murdered callously at the few weeks underline the protests.” journalist, who is a news hands of a White public precarious state of race Special Guest speaker, anchor at CBS2/KCAL9 in servant, our nation is find- relations in this country Honorable Karen Bass, Los Angeles, served as the ing itself grappling with a brought forth by long U.S. Congresswoman of moderator. FILE PHOTO reality it can no longer standing legacy of structur- California, District 37, then The virtual event also YWCA Greater Los Angeles virtual town hall, “A Conversa- avert, a powerful reality al racism and entrenched spoke on the recent death included guest speakers tion Standing in Solidarity.” steeped with long standing inequalities that can no of George Floyd. “We all such as, Dr. Melina Abdul- racial injustice. longer be dismissed or need to recognize the sig- lah, co-founder of the Los Lawyers’ Committee for The Town Hall is avail- Faye Washington brushed away with elo- nificance of this all, George Angeles Chapter of Black Civil Rights Under Law; able via YouTube, and all opened the Town Hall with quent prose or speeches,” Floyd’s murder was so Lives Matter; Avis Ridley- Justin Sanders, co-manag- other social media plat- a message of solidarity and said the president and grotesque and it lasted to Thomas, co-director of the ing partner of Sanders forms. Rep. Waters Recognizes National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing & Awareness Day year on July 21. to others.” Waters is a leader in the “With more than 1.1 The Congresswoman’s fight against HIV/AIDS. million people living with resolution urges physi- She is continuing her HIV/AIDS in the United cians, nurses, dentists, and efforts to expand the States today – roughly 15 other clinicians nationwide Minority AIDS Initiative, percent of whom do not to become actively which she established as know they are infected – I involved in HIV/AIDS chairwoman of the Con- am proud to have authored awareness, testing, treat- gressional Black Caucus in legislation that recognizes ment, and referral services. 1998. On March 13 of this National Clinicians It also urges individuals to year, she sent a letter to the HIV/AIDS Testing and get tested for HIV and edu- House Appropriations Awareness Day and sup- cate themselves about the Committee requesting ports the efforts of medical prevention and treatment $610 million for the professionals who are on of HIV/AIDS. The resolu- Minority AIDS Initiative in the frontlines of this tion is cosponsored by 19 fiscal year 2021, which fight,” said Congress- Members of Congress. was signed by 93 of her woman Maxine Waters. Congresswoman colleagues. “This important day is an opportunity to highlight the critical role that doc- Maternity Care at tors, nurses, dentists, and other clinicians play in PHOTO: HOWARD UNIVERSITY/JUSTIN D. KNIGHT HIV/AIDS awareness, Kaiser Permanente Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) meets with representatives of the Howard University Col- testing, and treatment lege of Medicine HIV Project to discuss National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Aware- efforts. By encouraging West Los Angeles ness Day. their patients to be tested for HIV, doctors and nurs- Ranks Among the SENTINEL NEWS SERVICE Financial Services Com- introduced a resolution in es can enable infected mittee and a leading advo- recognition of National individuals to access This week, Congress- cate in Congress for Clinicians HIV/AIDS Test- appropriate medical care Best in the Nation woman Maxine Waters HIV/AIDS prevention, ing and Awareness Day, and begin taking action to (CA-43), chair of the testing, and treatment, which is celebrated every avoid spreading the virus

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unteers who supported the By Khari Jones, Jr. Community Food Distribu- Contributing Writer tion on Saturday at the Los Angeles Sentinel.” In the heart of the Cren- Mitchell went on to say, shaw District, in South “It takes a village to take L.A., a community food care of our families and distribution drive through community. We are stron- was held at the Los Ange- ger together!!!” les Sentinel on Saturday, Mothers In Action July 18, 2020 from 9M – wanted to thank all of the Noon, to provide groceries companies and people who for community members provided the resources nec- experiencing economic rity is real. In this moment hammad, who is a Profes- essary to put on an event hardship due with the CO- of pandemic, communities sional Hurdler, and a mem- like this. She acknowl- VID-19 pandemic. just like the one we’re in ber of the Nation of Islam. edged Bakewell Media, Bakewell Media, Los right now are in dire need “It’s always good to get Los Angeles Sentinel, Angeles Sentinel, Mothers of our support.” into the community, and LAPD South Traffic- Divi In Action, AFGE, Los An- Supervisor Thomas ac- be a blessing to somebody sion, the radio partners, geles County Federation of knowledged organizations else. When you get blessed, KJLH, and 94.7 the Wave, Labor, Labor Community such as Mothers In Action, it’s always important to Quality Equipment Rent- Services, the Los Ange- church groups, and every- bless other people. We just als, the Baldwin Hills Cren- les Regional Food Bank, one who helped make the wanted to get out and help shaw Plaza and Fred Leeds Miguel Contreras Founda- message clear that they will any way we can, especially Properties. Ms. Mitchell tion, Teamsters National not abandon their own and Black Caucus, Council- they will support them in member Herb Wesson of the hour of need. “We are CD 10 and County Super- going to push for people visor Mark Ridley-Thomas to register to vote, so we of the 2nd District collabo- can change conditions in rated to successfully dis- Covid-19, unemployment ship at the top, so they had our communities, change tribute groceries to 2,500 and various other things. to come together and fill conditions in our nations. families in Los Angeles and Anything that we can do this void. “Right now we That’s the ultimate way we surrounding areas. to help our community are trying to save lives, we are going to tackle food The president of Ameri- get through these difficultare trying to help families insecurity. That’s why I’m can Federation of Govern- times is necessary, and that we know are under- here, and I’m proud to be in served.” solidarity.” We are in an important President of the Los time in history, this coun- Angeles County Federa- try, and city where people tion of Labor, Ron Herrera, are struggling. The need to gives thanks to the volun- come together could not be teers. “You have to give more urgent. Councilman credit to the volunteers that Herb J. Wesson said we are out here risking their need to become one fam- own health to feed those ily. “Here we are helping in need. At the LA County ment Employees (AFGE), something that we feel is a Roslyn Austin-Stewart, responsibility to do.” mentioned they are striv- Bakewell, Jr. feels the in these times we’re living pointed out that this event ing to make a bigger foot- next step is empowering in.” takes hours of time and re- print in South L.A, to let the community with re- Muhammad continued, sources and also expressed the people know they sup- sources, so they do not have “You want to keep your im- appreciation for Danny J. port the community. “With to be codependent on food mune system up with CO- Bakewell, Sr., Robert Turn- the positive tests going up drives. In order to do that, VID-19 going around. You er, Roslyn Austin-Stewart, (Covid-19), and the com- he continued, “We have to want to keep the commu- Yvonne Wheeler, Michael nity vibe alive, that’s im- Flood, Ron Herrera, Elda out people today, there may Federation of Labor, we portant. We are a part of the Martinez, Armando Olivas, be the need for somebody fed over 250,000 people Nation of Islam, we seek to Councilmember Herb Wes- to help us out tomorrow. in the county, and we plan assist in any way possible.” son Jr., Supervisor Mark- So that’s the only way we to feed another 250,000.” Mothers In Action Ridley Thomas, Earle’s are going to work our way Herrera hopes this grows President Tracy Mitchell, On Crenshaw, the staff of through this situation is to throughout the country, and was more than thankful for Mothers In Action & LA come together as a commu- throughout the nation.” everyone involved in Com- Sentinel, Kimani Black, nity and help one another. For some people, it has I just love being out with been emotional. Without the folks. It always inspires the food drives they would me when I see other people not be able to eat, says helping people.” President of the Los An- munity that we have strug- continue to collaborate and gling the way we are here work together to set our in California, we felt that own course. The support it was a need to contribute we get from our elected of- that much as well,” she ficials like Herb Wesson, said. According to Austin- Mark Ridley-Thomas, and Stewart, there are predic- others, are greatly appreci- tions of a second wave of ated, in providing services munity Food Distribution. Steven Neal, Sharon Polk, cases, so as long as the peo- and resources. We must She proudly stated, “On be- Patrick Muhammad and ple let AFGE know there also support our Black half of Mothers In Action, sons, Jabril & Khallifah, is a need, the organization businesses; so that they can The Bakewell Company, Latisha LaRue & Family, is committed to supporting grow, so that they can con- and The Los Angeles Sen- Dr. Pat Joseph-Thomas, tinel and the 2,500 families She Works, all the families Councilman Wesson geles Regional Food Bank, we served, we would like to and unions that came out reminds everyone to make Michael Flood. “Some thank our village of spon- and help serve the commu- sure your friends are who families, this is what they sors, community partners, nity together. they say they are in times of are going to eat tonight for elected officials and- vol adversity. “It’s during these dinner. They don’t have any difficult times you find out food.” Flood proceeded, who your friends are, and “I’m appreciative of all the who your friends are not. groups, Mothers In Action, So, I’m just impressed with the Food Bank, LA Senti- the community, we have nel, and Labor Community come together, we’ve done Services. They are here to these kinds of causes as tinue to hire and empower much as possible. residents in our communi- The executive editor of ty, so we don’t have to de- the Los Angeles Sentinel, pend upon food giveaways Danny Bakewell, Jr., stat- for our survival.” ed, “As most people know, Yvonne Wheeler, na- in South L.A. Black and tional representative of Brown are disproportion- AFGE District 12, says ately affected as a result of there is no national leader-

some remarkable things. help the community.” Somehow, someway, we The volunteers at the will find our way throughCommunity Food Distribu- this. We all have to lock tion felt honored to make a arms and walk our way out difference. With smiles on of this together. their faces, they were proud Supervisor Mark Rid- to be a part of a cause big- ley-Thomas said there is a ger than themselves. food scarcity in the black The LA Sentinel spoke community. “Food insecu- to volunteer Khallifah Mu- D-4 LASENTINEL.NET FAMILY•LIFESTYLE•HEALTH THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020