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BBA Salutes Entertainment BET Genius Talks: New Edition Industry Giants Clarence Avant Tells All (See page D-2) and Lee Bailey (See page E-3) SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 VOL.VOL. LXXVV, LXXXI NO. NO49 • 26 $1.00 $1.00 + CA. +CA Sales. Sales Tax Tax“For Over “For Eighty Over Eighty Years YearsThe Voice The Voice of Our of CommunityOur Community Speaking Speaking for for Itself Itself” THURSDAY THURSDAY,, DECEMBER JUNE 12 29, - 18, 2017 2013 BY KIMBERLEE BUCK Staff Writer Legendary filmmaker George Lucas who intro- duced movie lovers to Star Wars and Indiana Jones along with his wife Mel- lody Hobson received ap- proval from the Los An- geles City Council for the construction of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA). On Tuesday, June 27 the Lucas family, Los An- geles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Supervisor Mark Ridley- Thomas, Councilmember Curren Price, City Council President Herb Wesson, and other community lead- ers, representatives, stake- holders, and local schools Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas gathered at City Hall to publicly announce the ap- proval. The state-of-the-art cultural institution will be fully funded by the Lucas family which is estimated E. MESIYAH MCGINNIS at over 1.2 billion dollars George Lucas (at podium) speaks at a press conference after L.A. City Council approves his 1.2 Billion dollar dona- for construction and oper- tion to build the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park. (L-R) Supervisor, Mark Ridley Thomas, Councilman ating endowment with no Curren Price, Filmmaker and founder of Lucasfilm, George Lucas, L.A. Mayor, Eric Garcetti, president, Ariel Investments, cost to taxpayers making Mellody Hobson (spouse of Lucas), City Council President, Herb Wesson, CEO, LA Promise Fund, Veronica Melvin, chair {See LUCAS A-8} Califorinia Science Center, Fabian Wesson (spouse of Wesson). VALERIE GOODLOE PHOTO While Karen Bass continues to represent her district on BY STACY M. BROWN Capitol Hill, she locally puts on her organizing hat to lead NNPA Newswire her community to resist the Donald Trump Administration Contributor through Sea Change, her Leadership PAC | FEC Committee and sits exclusively with the Sentinel to give us an update. Shortly, before the Na- tional Newspaper Publish- ers Association’s (NNPA) BY NIELE ANDERSON annual Legacy Awards Contributing Writer Gala, NNPA members elected veteran Chicago On Saturday June Crusader publisher Doro- 24, Rep. Karen Bass (D- thy Leavell to serve as Calif.) held a town hall chairman of the group for meeting at Holman Un- the next two years (2017- tied Methodist Church, the 2019). topic of the town hall was Leavell succeeds TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON Washington Informer BLACK AMERICA. She publisher Denise Rolark gathered elected officials, JONATHAN COLLINS Barnes, who served in the FREDDIE ALLEN/AMG/NNPA community leaders and Karen Bass leads town hall discussion with elected role for the past two years. Chicago Crusader Publisher Dorothy Leavell Elected organizers to inform and officials, community organizers and concerned citizens {See NNPA A-8} New Chairman of the NNPA. through Sea Change her Leadership PAC | FEC Commit- {See BASS A-12} tee. BY CHARLENE MUHAMMAD Contributing Writer CHARLENE MUHAMMAD Attorney Brian K. Williams, executive director, L.A. MARK MAHONEY Sheriffs Civilian Oversight Committee, gives presentation (L-to-R) Al McFarlane, chair, NNPA Foundation presents one of four awards to during its June 22 meeting. Taelor Bakewell, digital director, L.A. Sentinel, and Brandon I. Brooks, managing editor, L.A. Sentinel & L.A. Watts Times during the 2017 NNPA Foundation Merit The battle over making existing law that requires California a “sanctuary state” law enforcement to share SENTINEL STAFF REPORT convention in Alexandria, Service for the Taste of for so-called undocumented the immigration status of Virginia on June 22. Soul special edition. immigrants dominated the anyone arrested for drug The Los Angeles Sen- The Sentinel garnered “I want to commend June 22 meeting of the newly offenses with U.S. Immi- tinel reaped four honors in second place for the Best Managing Editor Brandon formed Los Angeles County gration and Customs En- the 2017 National Newspa- Use of Photographs and I. Brooks and our editorial Sheriffs Civilian Oversight forcement (ICE) agents. per Publishers Association the Best Religion Section. and production staff for Commission. (NNPA) Merit Awards. Third place awards were their commitment to cre- SB-54, “The California The announcement came earned for the Best Youth www.lasentinel.net Values Act,” would repeal the {See IMMIGRATION A-8} during the NNPA’s annual Writer and Community {See SENTINEL A-8} A-2A-6 LASENTINEL.NETLOS ANGELES SENTINEL NEWSNEWS THURSDAY,JANUARYTHURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 9, 2014 Onyekachukwu Celebration Raechelof Life BriannaCurtis Zayala Ashley TannerChine DominiqueNicolas Orlance Quentin Mia Desiree EthanAhmed Kalynne Here’s to all who strive for a brighter future. The Southern California McDonald’s owners would like to congratulate the 2017 Ronald McDonald House Charities®/African-American Future Achievers Scholarship recipients. For more information, visit rmhcsc.org Jayvin Janae Aaliyah Aariella ©2017 McDonald’s MLA_010176_02_AACM_Print_RMHC_FutureAchievers_LaSentinel_R1.indd 1 6/26/17 1:46 PM STUDIO PRODUCTION MECHANICAL APPROVAL OK CHANGES APPROVAL OK CHANGESCHANGES Job #: MLA_010176_02 Live: visual CD: Jesse Green PM: Title: RMHC_FutureAchievers Trim: 10” w x 21” h CD: Gary Kelly AE: Miriam Falcon Element: Print Ad-LA Sentinel Bleed: 11” w x 22” h AD: Patrick Garcia Notes: Date In: 06-22-2017 Scale: 100% CW: Ricky Moraga Due Date: 06-23-2017 Color: CMYK PD: Maira Gutierrez ROUND: R1 Upload: SM: Maira Gutierrez THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 NEWS LASENTINEL.NET A-3 {See OBAMA A-?} A-4A-6 LASENTINEL.NETLOS ANGELES SENTINEL NEWSNEWS THURSDAY,JANUARYTHURSDAY, JUNE 29, 9, 2017 2014 Robertson Davis will build student voices through his new charter school in Watts. BY SHANNEN HILL my dorm room alone, there Contributing Writer was myself, a roommate (courtesy photo) from Texas who was white, TyAnthony Davis, 29, a Mexican, gay Jehovah’s is starting his own charter Witness from Chicago and school in Watts. After a re- one of my closest friends cent LAUSD board meet- who grew up on Park Av- ing, Vox Collegiate was ap- enue in New York. So you proved and will be open in have all different walks the Fall of 2018. of life and everyone gets Davis grew up in Fresno, along.” CA. When he was in fourth After graduating, Davis grade, he got the opportuni- joined Teach for America ty to join a school for gifted and started teaching fourth children. That experience graders in Las Vegas. He changed his life for the bet- received his master’s de- ter by giving him a more rig- gree in the process but had orous curriculum and higher a yearning to go further. expectations at a young age. He went to Harvard to get After high school, Davis his juris doctorate but still attended Yale University had a place in his heart for where he played football teaching. After two years of and received a bachelor’s practicing law in Los Ange- degree in African American les, he decided that it was Studies. time for him to start his own “You go into Yale wor- school. ried about whether you’ll “There was a skillset that fit in. I’m not wealthy. I am I developed in law school COURTESY PHOTO Black. So in many ways that I think is invaluable in TyAnthony Davis I didn’t fit in, but I found me starting a school,” said Yale to be one of the most Davis. “Running, start- different mindset outside Understanding laws, regu- voices. Our way to do that and are going to do every- accepting places that I could ing, leading and building of what goes into running lations, budgets and cor- is from sixth through ninth thing to help them reach imagine,” said Davis. “In a school requires a whole a successful classroom. porate finance helped me grade, every student will that goal and standard. to be successful with the take speech and debate “You have to come with setup for our school.” class every day. We are the mindset that if these Vox Collegiate will dedicated to our students students had a choice to sit cover grade levels 6-12. having the ability to make in the classroom or leave, The school will start with an argument, understand an this has to be a classroom an enrollment of 105 sixth argument, defend and poke where they would choose graders and continue to en- holes in an argument and to stay,” said Davis. “You roll new sixth graders each really advocate for them- as the lead teacher have to year. The school will focus selves. In the higher grade make everything engaging not only on academic skills, levels, we will go into and it can’t be about you. but also skills that students mock trial and community It has to be about the stu- will need to be success- advocacy.” dents.” ful in any career. Students Davis is also par- Davis will use the fol- will be given courses on ticular with the teaching lowing year to enroll stu- communication and evalu- style. Through football dents and finalize every- ation. There will be classes he learned about creating thing for the school that on speech, social advocacy, trust and partnership with will open in Fall of 2018. community engagement students. He wants his stu- For information on how and more. dents to trust that when the you can get involved, visit “Vox means voice, so teachers are having high www.voxcollegiate.org. COURTESY PHOTO we are focused on build- expectations, it is because Davis’ passion for the youth leads him to create Vox Collegiate ing students’ individual they believe in the students JOBS INFORMATION AND RESOURCE FAIR LOS ANGELES STADIUM & ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AT HOLLYWOOD PARK Thursday, July 20, 2017 9am to 1pm • St.