Monterey Bay Black Folks Event Calendar

Mon Feb 15 to Sun Feb 21 2021 Edition

About the Monterey Bay Black Folks Event Calendar

The purpose of the Monterey Bay Black Folks Event Calendar is to connect the Black Community of CSU Monterey Bay with the local Black Communities of the Greater Monterey Bay Area. The idea for the calendar came out of the community forums organized as part of CSUMB's annual Super Saturday Black student recruitment events. The Calendar is edited by Steven Goings with new editions being released every Monday.

1) To submit an event to the BFC for possible publication, click on this link: BFC Event Submission Form 2) To submit a "My Take" article, send a word document (NOT pdf!) along with your name and email address to [email protected] 3) To submit a "In the Spotlight" biography and picture of a community leader, send to a word document and digital picture to [email protected]

Editor's Note: Throughout this newsletter, Blue Underlined copy (including above!) indicates a searchable link.

This Week in Black History, compiled by Asya Guillory

Editor's Note: This Black History "Re-run" compiled by Asya Guillory weaves in modern history (regardless of date) with This Week in History. With that in mind, as you read through notice if you can see the issues that connect the past to the present...

For more information and media about Black American History & Culture visit PBS.ORG ** Black History Re-run**

February 22- 28th

As we recount the greatness of Black genius throughout the Diaspora, I challenge each of us to continue to search for facts and historical relevance to give deeper understanding to our identity, legacy and experience. February is a month within a year, but we are of African heritage until we transition out of this life. “Be not deceived, the best of being black is yet to be, said those who died... so you could be free..” Ossie Davis

February 21st, 1936 Representative Barbara Jordan, was born. Jordan served as the 1st African American female representative for Texas, (and the South) in the US Congress from 1973 to 1979. She began her career as a Lawyer practicing in Houston, Texas. Her interest in politics emerged through her desire to support John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign. Ten years later, Barbara Jordan would run for the Texas seat and win 80% of the vote! Jordan served on the Judiciary Committee and was a sponsor of the Voting Rights Act & other legislation to create more equitable opportunities for minorities to vote.

February 21st, 1940 Congressman & legendary Civil Rights leader John Lewis was born. From humble beginnings raised in the south by Sharecroppers, Lewis would begin his life’s work as an activist and politician at an early age. One of the opening speakers for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King during the historic March on Washington Lewis was bright, bold and committed to creating change and fighting for voting rights in the racially divided south. In one of several documentaries about Congressman Lewis, Get In The Way we honor his courage to cross the Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama. Lewis endured being beaten and jailed along with many Civil Rights leaders and members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC. Lewis was an illustrious politician receiving a majority of the vote in Georgia’s 5th district from 1986 to 2018. We will always remember Congressman Lewis & be encouraged to get in “Good Trouble”!

February 21st, 1965 El Hajj Malik-Shabazz (Malcom X) Is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York. In hopes to unveil his vision for Global African Unity after separating from the Nation of Islam, X’s life and family endured multiple threats, but our great Black Nationalist’s legacy and spirit will live on forever. Hear Malcolm’s soul shattering speeches filled with words of truth and power at Brother Malcolm.net

February 23rd, 1868 William Edward Burghardt Dubois, historian, sociologist, author, activist and researcher is Born! Co Founder of the NAACP, spokesman for Black-American liberation and a prolific writer WEB Dubois is known as one of the most profound Pan-African intellectuals through his epic writings in Souls of Black Folk (1903). DuBois has written over 30 texts, including; What the Negro Has Done for the United States & Texas (1936), Encyclopedia of the Negro (1946) and Africa in Battle Against Colonialism, Racialism, Imperialism (1960). DuBois was the originator and editor of The Crisis between 1910 and 1936, A journal of Afro-American history which has evolved into the NAACP’s magazine and continues to serve as a literary source and platform for social movements and current issues impacting the Diaspora.

February 24th, 1811 Bishop Daniel A Payne, reformer and educator of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was Born. Payne became a Bishop in the AME in 1852. He purchased Wilberforce University in Ohio and served as the University's 1st president from 1863 to 1876. You can read Bishop Payne’s Recollections of Seventy Years where he recounts his journey as a leader, theologian and educator. “The noble life so graphically portrayed in these pages is full of useful and important lessons. It shows what industry and perseverance will accomplish even under the most unfavorable”.

February 28th, 1940 Hattie McDaniel became the 1st African American to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in Gone With The Wind. McDaniel was an accomplished singer, songwriter and comedian. She went on to star in several films, but had a difficult time breaking out of the role of “The Help”. McDaniel was the first Black female to host her own radio show Beulah, on CBS which ran from 1945 to 1954. Even in her death McDaniel made a profound transition, requesting to be buried in the Hollywood cemetery. Though her remains were not allowed to rest there at the time, once the cemetery changed ownership a memorial was erected in her honor. Rest in Power sister McDaniel!

May 30th, 2017, Dr. Rev. William Barber II was arrested at the North Carolina State Legislative Building. Rev. Barber began Moral Mondays in April of 2013, where he led Sit-Ins at the North Carolina State Capital in Raleigh. President of his local NAACP chapter, Barber began to organize around issues of health care, educational rights, and political transparency. Barber is praised for picking up the torch of MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign, renamed Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival. He is the founder of Repairing the Breach and continues to march and unify clergy from around the country to push for policy change.

January 8th 2019, Desmond Meade, Executive Director of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, activist and author of Let My People Vote, was instrumental in overturning the 4th Amendment, allowing 1.4 million ex-felons in Florida the right to VOTE! Mr. Meade, who is a former felon, as well as an alum of the Florida International University of Law, was not able to be admitted to Bar, nor vote due to criminal history. “Amendment 4 represented the single largest expansion of voting rights in the United States in half a century and brought an end to 150 years of a Jim Crow-era law in Florida.” We take a moment to praise Mr. Meade for being fearless and fighting for justice.

November 2019, Carrol Fife & Dominique Walker, Co-founders of Moms for Housing began occupying a vacant home in West Oakland, Ca. Both working-homeless single mothers garnered international attention as the world watched the Alameda County Sheriff's Department raid the inhabited Victorian home on Magnolia St. Fife & Walker were able to eventually purchase the home through a Land Grant, and inspired others throughout the state to begin squatting in abandoned homes purchased by Real Estate companies with the intent to gentrify urban, socio- economically oppressed neighborhoods. Fife has since become an Oakland City Councilwoman and inspiration to those working and unable to afford a home.

---Asya Guillory

Pick of the Week: 10th Annual NAACP/CSUMB Black History Month Program A Monterey County Branch NAACP Event hosted by CSUMB Black Students United and Co-Sponsored by CSUMB College of Health Sciences and Human Services and the CSUMB Center For Black Student Success

10th Annual CSUMB/ NAACP Black History Month Program

Thu Feb 25, 7 to 8:30 Register Here for Personal Zoom Link

CSUMB's Black Students United is hosting the February meeting of the Monterey County NAACP for this annual celebratory event of local Black Excellence!

NAACP Presiding Officer: President Yvonne Thomas Black Students United Emcee: Brooklyn Greene Key Note Speaker: Dr. Umi Vaughan, CSUMB Center for Black Student Success Director Honorees NAACP's Youth Black Excellence Award: · Bryant Taylor · Darchelle Burnett · Jada Carter CSUMB African Heritage Faculty and Staff Alliance's African American Advocate and Champion Award: · Dr. Vivian Waldrup-Patterson · Rhonda Mercadal-Evans Black Students United's Civil Rights Champion Award (pictured above) · Ann Todd Jealous · Ben Jealous · Fred Jealous

In the Spotlight: Bryant Taylor

2 021 Monterey County Branch NAACP Youth Excellence Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

The Bryant Taylor is a senior first-generation transfer student from Diablo Valley College. He is currently pursuing a B.A. in Humanities and Communication with an emphasis in Creative Writing and Social Action from California State University, Monterey Bay. Since his time at CSUMB, he has been involved with Student Life's Community Engagement Department assisting in getting students, faculty, and staff registered to vote, and as a peer mentor through the Transfer Student Success Center. He is also a McNair Scholar and his research focuses on the stories of Black Queer individuals and asks how trauma derived from anti-queerness/blackness spectrally haunts the body.

In the Spotlight: Darchelle Burnett 2 021 Monterey County Branch NAACP Youth Excellence Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

In the Spotlight: Jada Carter 2 021 Monterey County Branch NAACP Youth Excellence Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

J ada Carter is a recent graduate who studied biology and chemistry at CSUMB. Their ties to the black and queer community and academic roots within STEM motivate them to combine social justice and environmental justice. As a volunteer with the Bureau of Land Management, Jada sought to not only protect the ecology of the Fort Ord National Monument but also to connect the underrepresented communities of the county to the natural green spaces that are often inaccessible. Their time at the Monterey County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also allowed them to directly engage the community with discussions about promoting respect for all Earth's species, a core value they wish to impart on all. Further, recognizing that many social and ecological justice issues arise from a lack of information, they also committed to increasing access to research and education opportunities across CSUMB as an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center Ambassador and as a two-time teaching assistant for an upper- division biology course. Their next goal is to attend an international master's program in Europe to learn sustainable agriculture and policy to promote social and ecological justice as it relates to one of our most important but most destructive industries.

In the Spotlight: Rhonda

Mercadal-Evans

2021 African Heritage Faculty and Staff African American Advocate and Champion Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

Rhonda Mercadal-Evans is the Associate Director for Advising, Career, Student Success and Student Transfer Center at Cal State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB). She has an MBA in Human Resources with an emphasis on diversity. After twenty-four years of working in Corporate America. She decided it was time to pursue her encore career and work with college students, helping them explore their academic and career choices. CSUMB was a befitting place for her as it was the place where Rhonda’s most memorable childhood as an Army brat was spent when Fort Ord was a military base. Rhonda is especially passionate about working with historically marginalized, unrepresented first-generation populations. Rhonda’s purpose is to support all students to help them explore the relationship between college degrees, career pursuits, and life successes. Two organization she is very passionate about and is involved in genuinely is the African Heritage Faculty & Staff Alliance and the Mandla Mentoring program. Both programs are designed to help African American students attending CSUMB have a sense of belonging and purpose while pursuing their undergraduate and graduate degree. Rhonda is the longtime co-chair of the African Heritage Faculty and Staff Alliance.

In the Spotlight: Dr. Vivian Waldrup- Patterson

2 021 African Heritage Faculty and Staff African American Advocate and Champion Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

V ivian brought over 27 years of testing and assessment experience from CTB/McGraw-Hill where she served in various managerial capacities including Director of Data Processing/Shared Services responsible for delivering scoring, assessment, and reporting services for over 10 million students across the United States annually. Additionally, she served as Senior Program Director managing high-stakes multi-million dollar assessment programs for state departments of education such as Massachusetts, Ohio, Mississippi, and New Mexico to name a few.

To blend her passion for music with her extensive business experience, she was hired as the Executive Manager for the Monterey Bay Blues Festival for a four-year term working with a 24-member board of directors to deliver Blues and R&B public performances by world-renown artists such as Etta James, BB King, The Neville Brothers, Taj Mahal, Barbara Morrison, Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, and many others to the Monterey peninsula.

In her current role as Interim Director of Teaching, Learning & Assessment, she and her team are responsible to help educators better facilitate curricular and co-curricular learning for CSUMB students. This means delivering professional development programs, teaching and learning resources, campus-wide assessments, and collaborative opportunities for all CSUMB educators (which include faculty, student affairs, staff, students, and community partners).

Vivian is also a National Coalition Building Institute diversity skills trainer. a champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a certified Koru Mindfulness and Meditation instructor. What she loves and enjoys most is collaborating with students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the campus community at CSUMB.

Along with Rhonda Mercadal-Evans, Dr. Viv is co-chair of CSUMB's African Heritage Faculty & Staff Association and is the founder of the Mandla Mentoring Program 2.0

In the Spotlight: Ann Todd Jealous 2021 African Heritage Faculty and Staff African American Advocate and Champion Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

F or more than ten years, Ann Todd Jealous taught college students in Ohio, San Diego and Monterey, the first year being at Wilberforce University, the oldest HBU completely owned and operated by black people. In 2008, she retired from 27 years of private practice as one of the very very few African American licensed Marriage & Family Therapists on the Monterey Peninsula. In 2009, she published a memoir of her experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines in the early 1960s. In 2013, Potomac Books published Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief about Racism, an anthology that she co-authored and co- edited with Caroline Haskell. In 2014, the book won an Indie Book Award for best anthology of that year.

Ann Jealous is a third-generation and gold life member of the NAACP. She is also a founding member of the Monterey Chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute and has co-facilitated multicultural workshops and meaningful community conversations about racism for more than 25 years. For six years, she served as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Village Project, Inc., a non-profit Afro-centric counseling center for historically underserved populations on the Monterey Peninsula and her commitment to that organization and its mission is ongoing.

In 2015, the Links, Inc. honored Ann for “Yesterday’s Courage.” In 2016, she was honored as “Woman of the Year” for the 29th Assembly District of the State of California. In 2017, the Monterey County Commission on the Status of Women honored her as an Outstanding Woman of Monterey County. The following year, Ann, Fred, and Ann’s mother, Mamie Bland Todd were all honored by the Monterey Chapter of the NAACP.

Ann has been in a marriage with Fred Jealous for 55 years, a marriage that began in Washington, D.C. because of Jim Crow laws in her home state of Maryland. In 2012, the couple received the ACLU Ralph B. Atkinson Award for their joint commitment to social justice and civil rights. They have a daughter, Lara, a son, Benjamin, a son-in-law, Ike Feldman and 3 outstanding grandchildren.

In the Spotlight: Ben Todd Jealous

2021 African Heritage Faculty and Staff African American Advocate and Champion Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation which are "progressive advocacy organizations founded to fight right-wing extremism and build a democratic society that implements the ideals of freedom, equality, opportunity and justice for all. We encourage civic participation, defend fundamental rights, and fight to dismantle systemic barriers to equitable opportunity." Jealous has decades of experience as a leader, coalition builder, campaigner for social justice and seasoned nonprofit executive. In 2008, he was chosen as the youngest-ever president and CEO of the NAACP. During his tenure, he doubled the organization’s budget, grew its online activist base by hundreds of thousands and increased its number of donors eightfold, from 16,000 to 132,000. He also positioned the organization at the forefront of critical social justice issues such as the Trayvon Martin case, the fight against voter ID laws and major protests over the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies. He pushed for the organization to fight more aggressively for marriage equality, led efforts to register 374, 000 voters and mobilize 1.2 million new voters to the polls, and worked to pass key legislative accomplishments during President Obama’s first term, most notably the Affordable Care Act.

In 2013, the Baltimore Sun named Jealous Marylander of the Year for his work on marriage equality, abolishing the death penalty and passing the DREAM Act. Jealous was the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Maryland, and most recently served as a partner at Kapor Capital. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and he has taught at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.

The nine-year tradition of having a joint NAACP/CSUMB Black History Month meeting began in 2012 when CSUMB alumnus and then Monterey County Branch Assistant Secretary Steven Goings had the idea of capitalizing on the Ben Jealous' keynote address to the NAACP Life Membership Banquet by attempting to start an NAACP college chapter at CSUMB.

In the Spotlight: Fred Jealous 2 021 African Heritage Faculty and Staff African American Advocate and Champion Award Honoree at the 10th Annual CSUMB/NAACP Black History Month Program

Fred Jealous, husband of Ann Todd and father of Lara and Benjamin Jealous, has been a teacher, community educator and community organizer for 30+ years. In Monterey County, he established three successful programs: the first Men's Alternatives to Violence program in the area; an experiential program for welcoming diversity and developing community leadership, the Monterey County Chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute; and the Breakthrough Men's Community, an ongoing commitment to creating a new community and culture that better honors the gifts and full humanity of all men and women.

Fred's instructional experience includes developing and teaching the extensive curriculum for Breakthough Men's Community workshops; Sex Roles in Contemporary Society, Men and Masculinity, and Introduction to Sociology at Monterey Peninsula College; Social Studies at Harlem Park Junior High School in Baltimore Maryland; and Math and English at Talas School for Boys in Turkey

Other professional experience includes Project Director for Encanto United Headstart in San Diego, CA, Research Scientist, as part of a team developing transition programs for Vietnam veterans at Human Resources Research Organization, Special Education Consultant and Executive Director of the Volunteer Center of Salinas.

Community Leadership roles include the aforementioned Breakthrough for Men and NCBI as well as Lifetime member of the NAACP; Whites for Racial Equity Steering Committee; National Organization of Men Against Sexism; Counselor for substance abusing runaway teens and their parents at YMCA, San Diego; Faculty Sponsor for Black Student Union at Wilberforce University, Ohio; integrating public places with Congress on Racial Equality in Batimore, Maryland; and raising funds for students expelled from Historically Black Colleges and University for voter and civil rights activities.

COVID-19 and the Black Communities of Monterey County:

Health Department Presentation Part 2 Watch YouTube Recording Here

Click link for current COVID data info: https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/depart ments-a-h/health/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid- 19 Testing info: https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/depart ments-a-h/health/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019- ncov/2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-testing- treatment-care Vaccine Registration: https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/governmen t/departments-a-h/health/diseases/2019-novel- coronavirus-covid-19/vaccination-registration Questions & Answers

Question to Sameer Bakdha (Emergency Room Physician at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP)): As a front line health care provider, can you tell us about what you are seeing in the E.R. and what you believe are some of the biggest challenges facing the Black Community as it relates to COVID?

Answer Summary: We are seeing people who are sick and saying this is the worst thing we have ever had and we are sending them home they are not even getting admitted to the hospital. One day we had something like nine patients that came in by ambulance who were essentially dead on arrival. It's been tough. As for the African American community, like other communities it tends to target blue collar working folks who can't work from home or do their job by Zoom. Because of the way our housing prices are, these folks tend to live in larger multi- generational households so they are bringing the virus home and they're spreading it all around. People transmit it before they feel sick. It is most contagious in the two days before and five days after you experience symptoms. COVID doesn't have a biological predisposition to BIPOC. What makes them susceptible are the socio- economic disparities. Challenges: lack of access and lack of trust. People are also avoiding the hospital during COVID and therefore dying of other issues that weren't treated soon enough. It is not so much COVID that is hitting the Black Community as the peripheral damage of not seeking treatment for other medical issues. We are also seeing a lot of effects in children. Children are a lot more anxious and depressed as a result of school closures and not getting their socialization needs met resulting in mental and emotional health challenges. Even with the variants that are coming, the faster we can get people vaccinated, the faster we can get this virus to stop replicating; the less likely it is to mutate and the less likely to get variants that will make people even sicker.

Question to Dr. Michele Horne, Internal Medicine Specialist, CHOMP: There are historic and contemporary experiences with fear and mistrust with medical providers and the health care system in general. What are some of the fears folks have related to the vaccine...and how do we as a community work to overcome some of those fears?

Answer Summary: Distrust runs deep and goes back to Tuskegee. Black are skeptical and suspicious and there is good reason for it. In addition to Tuskegee, there is the story of Henrietta Lax. Even with COVID, there was a video I saw about a woman complaining of not receiving the right care. Racism, not race, is the risk factor. You don't want to look at the Tuskegee Experiment [and Henrietta Lax] and use it as an excuse because these situations are entirely different. Because of socio-economic factors already addressed, African Americans are more likely to have comorbidities (high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, obesity) which contribute to a worse outcome if they contract COVID. African Americans who contract COVID end up in hospitals at 3.5 times the rate of Whites and die at 2.5 times the rate. Historically Black Church Virtual Tour Weekly Virtual Tour Starts Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Times vary.

You can join the Watch Party each Sunday on Facebook in the Black Folks Calendar Group. Steven Goings will provide a zoom link for a 30 minute post service discussion that will start at 15 minutes after the Sunday Service.

Click on the church name below to visit their website and get virtual service times:

· Feb 7 = Friendship Baptist Church, Seaside · Feb 14 = New Hope Baptist Church, Salinas · Feb 21 = Greater Victory COGIC, Seaside · Feb 28 = Emmanuel COGIC, Seaside · Mar 7 = Bethel Baptist Church, Seaside · Mar 14 = New Hope Baptist Church, Seaside · Mar 21 = Lighthouse Full Gospel Church, Seaside · Apr 4 = Easter Sunday (attend your favorite church) · Apr 11 = Holy Assembly Missionary Church, Marina · Apr 18 = Christian Memorial Tabernacle, Pacific Grove · Apr 25 = Ocean View Baptist Church, Seaside · May 2 = Community Missionary Baptist Church, Pacific Grove

Spring 2021 Historically Black Church Virtual Tour...

Last week we visited Greater Victory Temple Church of God in Christ. Click Here for a recording of the service.

This week we (virtually) visit Emmanuel Church of God in Christ for our special Black Sunday Black History Month Event

Sun Feb 28, 11:00 AM Emmanuel COGIC

Ways to attend Sunday's Service:

1. Go to the Emmanuel COGIC Facebook page where the service will be broadcast live 2. To join the Historically Black Church Tour Watch Party, join the Monterey Bay Black Folks Calendar Facebook group and login before 11 am. All members will receive a watch party notification through Facebook.

In the Spotlight: Emmanuel Church of God in Christ

When the McGee family, moved to Monterey Peninsula they sought out a church home and became faithful working members of the Victory Temple COGIC, under the pastoral leadership of Bishop S. R. Martin. Pastor McGee remained there until he received and accepted the call of the Lord to become a Pastor.

As the founding pastor of the Emmanuel COGIC, Elder McGee, required the guidance and direction of the Lord. As he yielded to the calling God placed on his life he submitted himself to the Lord with much fasting and praying that the right decisions would be made. As Pastor McGee sought the Lord for a location, he relied on Hebrew 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen”. Pastor McGee continued in fasting and prayer to God and encouraging himself. The Lord directed Pastor McGee to Reverend Johnson, pastor of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. They were in the process of relocating the church to its current location, Elm Avenue and Imperial Street, Seaside, CA. Reverend Johnson put him in contact with the property owner of Emmanuel COGIC first location, on the corner of San Lucas and Broadway.

July 1959, the little building on the corner of at San Lucas and Broadway, became the location of the Emmanuel COGIC ......

Many great leaders, pastors, teachers, preachers, missionaries, district, state and national workers began their work for the Lord as a part of the Emmanuel COGIC, Seaside family.

In 2013, Pastor McGee passed the vision of the Emmanuel COGIC to Elder Eugene B. Jones, a faithful member of the ministry and a blessed preacher who was raised up under Pastor McGee. Pastor McGee’s legacy will be upheld as God continues to be Faithful to this ministry and all generations that have come through.

Click Here to Read Full History on the Emmanuel Church Website

In the Spotlight: Rev. Eugene Jones Dr. Eugene B. Jones is the 9th of 11 children born to the late Pastor of the Emmons Memorial Church of God By faith located in of Cocoa, FL. Raised in the fear and admonition of the Lord, Pastor Jones was saved at an early age and accepted his calling into the ministry. After serving as the Assistant Pastor of the Emmanuel Church of God In Christ, in Seaside, California for over 20 years. On June 8, 2014, he was officially installed as the Pastor and Shepard of the Emmanuel Church of god in Christ, where Superintendent Emeritus Welton McGee, the founder and father, passed on to him the shepherd’s staff.

During his pastoral installation service Pastor Jones received a Doctor’s of Divinity degree from the Living Faith School of Ministry, Champaign, Illinois, conferring upon him all the rights, privileges, and honors of Doctorate.

Pastor Jones serves as the Superintendent of the Monterey District Church of God In Christ. Under the leadership of Bishop N. A. Bullock, Pastor Jones also serves as Chairman of the Ordination Board, Chairman of the General Assembly and the Treasurer of the Pastors and Elders Counsel for the Church of God in Christ California Northwest Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.

Pastor Jones has been married to his wife, Missionary Mary Grace Lewis Jones, a native daughter of the Church Of God By Faith, for 37 years. They have three children, Dominique (Kemar), Detrek (Christina), and Danielle (Michael); one granddaughter Kennedy and two grandsons Miles and Manoah.

He retired from the California Department of Corrections in 2012, as a Correctional Administrator with 30 dedicated years of service. Pastor Jones has been a longtime supporter of the CSUMB Harambee African Heritage Men’s Support Group and Community Gathering at the Personal Growth and Counseling Center. Pastor Jones has also served on the CSUMB’s Super Saturday Committee.

Pastor Jones’ constant request is found in 2 Thessalonians 3:1 “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you.” Upcoming Community Events:

NEW SERIES of RACIAL PANDEMIC WORKSHOPS 2021

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Did you peacefully march in 2020 after the horrific death of George Floyd or demonstrate in another way? Are you looking for an educational forum to become an ally to Black, Brown and other oppressed persons? Well, the mission of Bridge Building to Equity Workshops (BBE) is to help dissolve racism and other discriminations. You can continue to take a stand by attending these one-hour session workshops and explore a multitude of suggestions for what you can do to help create a racially equitable society. Here’s the listing:

Session #1. Finding Ways to Reduce Racism by Examining Privilege Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:00am Pacific Time

To REGISTER visit https://lavernemcleod.com/

Thu Feb 25, 7 to 8:30 Register Here for Personal Zoom Link

Upcoming CSUMB Events: Cultural Programming: Center for Black Student Success brings relevant cultural programming to campus by welcoming authors, artists, scholars, and performers from throughout the African Diaspora to enrich the CSUMB experience with concerts, workshops, exhibits focused on engaging and inspiring Black students.

CBSS Spring 2021 Events Include:

Mar 5, 3 to 5 pm: Virtual house Party

Mar 18, 6 to 7:30 pm: Performing Artist Pedro Rosales

Apr 7, 4 to 6 pm: Men of Color in Education Recruitment

Apr 8, 6 to 7:30 pm: Journey to Brazil with Professor Umi Vaughan For Details Visit: https://csumb.edu/blackstudentsuccess/cultural- programming

Fighting White Supremacy through Building BIPOC Coalitions

February 22, 2021 12:00pm — 1:30pm Register Here In collaboration with CSUMB Libraries, join us for a discussion about building intersectional coalitions to dismantle white supremacy with Sofia Leung & Jennifer A. Ferretti Sofia Leung Sofia Leung is a first-generation Chinese American librarian, facilitator, and educator and the principal of Do Better, Be Better LLC. Her work employs Critical Race Theory and Emergent Strategy principles. Sofia is a founding editor at up//root: a we here publication, and a facilitator for the Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Immersion Program. She is the co-editor of Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies Through Critical Race Theory with Jorge López-McKnight which will be published in April 2021 by MIT Press. Jennifer A. Ferretti Jennifer A. Ferretti (she/her) is an artist and Digital Initiatives Librarian at the Maryland Institute College of Art on the unceded land of the Susquehannock, Nentego (Nanticoke), and Piscataway peoples (Baltimore, Maryland). She is a first-generation American Latina/Mestiza whose librarianship is guided by critical theory and praxis, not neutrality. With a firm belief that art is information, she is interested in the research methodologies of artists and non-Western forms of knowledge making and sharing. In 2016 she founded We Here, a supportive community for library and archive workers that identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Quick Takes: Black Excellence

February 24, 2021 5:00pm — 5:30pm Register Here Join us via Instagram Live (@AS_CSUMB) for a discussion of Black Excellence, Leadership, and Empowerment with Student Engagement & Leadership Development Director Artemas (Marco) Dowell. All Black Gala with Dr. Brittney Cooper

February 28, 2021 6:00pm — 7:30pm Register for Event Dr. Brittney Cooper (Rutgers University) is one of the foremost scholars and public intellectuals specializing in Black feminism and will be the keynote speaker for this year's All Black Gala.

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Monterey Bay Black Folks Calendar (Public Group, 298 members) About: The purpose of the Monterey Bay Black Folks Event Calendar is to connect the Black Community of CSU Monterey Bay with the local Black Communities of the Greater Monterey Bay Area. Site Administrator: Steven Goings

NAACP Monterey County Branch 1049 About: The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People About: Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the largest and most pre- eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

Black Lives Matter About: #BlackLivesMatter is an online forum intended to build connections between Black people and our allies to fight anti-Black racism, to spark dialogue amongst Black people, and to facilitate the types of connections necessary to encourage social action and engagement.

African American Policy Forum About: Founded in 1996, The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is an innovative think tank that connects academics, activists and policy-makers to promote efforts to dismantle structural inequality. We utilize new ideas and innovative perspectives to transform public discourse and policy. We promote frameworks and strategies that address a vision of racial justice that embraces the intersections of race, gender, class, and the array of barriers that disempower those who are marginalized in society. AAPF is dedicated to advancing and expanding racial justice, gender equality, and the indivisibility of all human rights, both in the U.S. and internationally.

Monterey County Black Caucus (Public Group, 174 members)

About: Our mission for the Monterey County Black Caucus (MCBC) is to heal and empower the Black Community by cultivating leadership, by providing a safe space for Black residents to unwrap and reflect, by advocating for equity and inspiring Black culture through arts and community development Site Administrators: Tay Elaine, Tinisha Dunn, Robert Daniels, Rosalyn Green Marina BIPOC & Allies (Private Group, 63 members) About: A group for BIPOC & allies in Marina, CA to support the BIPOC community. We support #blacklivesmatter & will center black voices on needed local changes.

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Rev. Harold Hollingsworth Lusk Sr. Pastor The Church today REACHING TO PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE!!

Christian Memorial Tabernacle Church of God in Christ Christian Memorial Tabernacle Church of God in Christ is under the Pastoral Leadership of Dr. Samuel E. Gaskins Sr.

Emmanuel Church of God in Christ About: Stay updated about the great things God is doing at Emmanuel COGIC here in Seaside, CA. Our Pastor is Dr. E.B. Jones and our Founder is Dr. Welton McGee! YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA7zzqlu2bDCfrTmxlcHUiA

Friendship Baptist Church Seaside About: Friendship is one of the first Baptist Churches on the Monterey Peninsula. Many other Baptist Church's have branched off this congregation.

Greater Victory Temple Church of God in Christ About: Dr. Ronald Britt, Senior Pastor Lost souls are our priority! Each one, win one!

Hays Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. La Tanya Barr

Holy Assembly Missionary Baptist Church Founded in 1974 by Reverend Slade, HAMBC is a moving church being led by God in Marina, CA.

Lighthouse Full Gospel Church Through this Seaside branch, many lives have been influenced and souls saved. Great men and women have been equipped and sent out into the harvest field to promote the gospel and to help advance the kingdom of God.

Mt. Nebo Baptist Church Salinas In 1965, a group of devout Christians, finding a need for a Baptist Church in the area, assembled in the home of Sister Richardson at 1112 Del Monte Street, Salinas, California.

New Hope Baptist Church Seaside New Hope Missionary Baptist Church was organized February 12, 1959, in Seaside California at the home of Reverend James W. and Sister Bertha L. Paige.

New Hope Baptist Church Salinas About: “A Church Dedicated To Servant-hood and Discipleship”

Ocean View Baptist Church Rev. Kenneth Murray

Recognizing Military Service Center Formerly "Retired Men's Social Club" About: We are a Social Club. Our goal is to add to the betterment of this community and the people of the community, by providing Scholarships to Graduating High School Seniors, Service Learning Programs and affordable Entertainment to our members and Community

LINKS, Inc. Monterey Bay Chapter Established in 1974, the Monterey Bay Chapter of the Links Inc, are friends that transform the community in which we serve. Through cultural, educational, & civic participation, our chapter faithfully strives to be strong, smart & bold in positive change.

Deja Blue, Seaside Live Jazz, Blues and Comedy in Downtown Seaside

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New! County Employment Opportunities: Monterey County Supervisor Elect Wendy Askew encourages community members to "register for job announcements from the County - and to apply for anything that seems interesting so that your resume gets into the system."

Black Business Directory Here is something the Monterey County Branch NAACP is working on. You can send your entries directly to [email protected] Black Community Leader/Activist Archive Check out the list and add your bio and photo to it. Black Court Support Volunteer Sign-Ups We all know the so-called criminal justice system treats our folks much more harshly than others, sometimes just having community members show up at court can make a difference in how things turn out. Black Web Sites Check it out or add your favorite to the list Black Speakers Bureau for Classroom Presentations With so few African Americans working in our K-12 and higher education systems, our kids have too few opportunities to see professionals and role models who look like them. We are looking for Black community members and professionals who can be called on to be occasional guest speakers in local classrooms. Updated! CSUMB Black Staff & Faculty Just the basic public contact and position info Monterey Bay Historically Black Churches Check out the current list of churches, update existing entries or add new ones.

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