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Monthly Archives: January 2022
Oakland’s ‘Trap Nature’ man: Scid Howard speaks
Community scientist Scid Howard shares the human essentials of connection to nature to mitigate the ever-devolving and dehumanizing world of technology.
The life and passing of Oakland producer Jared ‘Sto’ Meeks
JR Valrey interviews Jared ‘Sto’ Meeks’ twin brother, Kali Meeks, for an intimate remembrance from a twin’s experience.
Martin Luther King Jr., internationalist
Martin Luther King took inspiration from struggles for freedom around the world and used it to fuel campaigns for civil rights and against poverty here.
SF Young Adult Court graduation ceremony
Life trajectory support for arrested and eligible 18-24-year-old young people is available at SF Young Adult Court.
The Hut opens in District 10
COVID-19 response and recovery plan blossoms at The Hut, the new Pacific Islander Community Hub.
SFUSD and teachers’ unions reach deal for COVID protocols
SFUSD and the unions reached an agreement late last week that’s intended to keep all schools and district facilities open for safe, full in-person instruction through July 31, 2022.
Black leaders protest big white contractors’ move to bar small businesses from $60 million...
Construction was a major source of work for all Black communities 30 years ago, but efforts, driven by fear of Black competition, to push Blacks out of construction and lock them out of an industry they founded during slavery has now succeeded in largely maintaining that lockout nationwide.
The Great Palestinian Escape of 2021: Reflections from the U.S. Abolitionist landscape
Diana Block illuminates the revolutionary picture of the right and duty of the prisoner to escape the oppressor.
Against all odds, Mama Mesha Irizarry lives to fight another year
Mama Mesha embodies the universal balance, the love circle, of that which you give, you get.
SFUSD ramps up efforts to stop the spread of Omicron in schools
Keeping schools open for in-person learning is best for our kids, for their parents, and can be safely accomplished with concentrated support and everyone doing their part for each other.
Capitulation via compliance
As in all struggles, the fight for justice in an unjust society requires strategic unity.
NFL grant awarded to Concord expansion of NY-based nonprofit
NFL’s Inspire Change initiative awards four new grant partners including Wall Street Bound, which promotes and uplifts social justice work of NFL players and League to develop positive successes within communities of color.
Cleaning is code for evicting, from Frisco to Winnemucca: The UnHoused Nation speaks
Genocide in action as unhoused people fight for survival while being swept, stripped, demolished and evicted, even from land assigned to them by U.S. federal government.
Fillmore-raised father-to-be who defended himself against hospital security acquitted by jury
The risks to achieve victory can be great, and the victory of acquittal by your peers is sweet.
SFCTA seeks design, engineering for I-280 off ramp – bid date Feb. 11
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR I-280 OCEAN AVENUE OFF-RAMP PROJECT (RFP 21/22-13)
Notice is hereby given that the San Francisco County Transportation...
Ishmael Reed’s ‘The Slave Who Loved Caviar’ at Theatre for the New City through...
Playwright, poet, satirist and giant-killer Ishmael Reed takes aim at the New York City art world with his new play about the life and career of Jean-Michel Basquiat through Jan. 9. Stream it live for only $10. Last show at noon today Pacific Time.
Ode to the Bay View
Connection is essential to all human beings.
Wanda’s picks for January 2022: The body has seasons
In this New Year and beyond, can we courageously enter the painful conversations, and love each other enough to focus on the heart of our dis-ease in shared humanity?
Blessed HOLYdays and new beginnings!
Baba Jahahara takes us down familiar streets, but the trip is never the same through the neighborhood.
‘His spirit reflected a giant’: Mumia Abu-Jamal remembers Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s visit to Death...
Mumia Abu-Jamal recalls the short giant of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s visit to his tiny cell on death row, “The Arch” to his friends and family, a perfect example of love