Daily Archives: March 24, 2014

My pen cutting wounds into the surface, forming letters, creating words that express my existence. --- Wounds that never seem to heal because they are real testaments to who I am, where I come from, and what I been through. --- Peroxide only seems to palliate the damage, making the healing process dawdle. --- Locked in solitary confinement, fighting a war that’s within myself.

Rev. Jesse Jackson led a delegation to the Hewlett Packard annual shareholder meeting on March 19, calling attention to the lack of minority inclusion in Silicon Valley. He emphasized the virtual absence of African Americans in corporate boardrooms, corporate suites, financial transactions, advertising and professional services. The following day, he met with community leaders in the East Palo Alto city offices.

Papa Bear, a survivor of the U.S. military industrial complex and the poor people hate law called sit-lie, transitioned to his spirit journey on or around March 10. POOR Magazine will be holding a humble homegoing ceremony for him on the street corner where he lived and worked at Geary and Van Ness, San Francisco, on Tuesday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Bring a flower or a prayer to share.