2024 April
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Racist doll and noose left on doorstep investigated as hate crime
On Friday morning, April 26, a man was leaving his home to walk his dogs around Alamo Square when he saw a terrifying package at his door.
Gumbo Social is stirring up some conversations on 3rd Street
Have a bowl of gumbo and some good conversation at his new location located at 5176 3rd St. near Thornton, San Francisco, CA 94124.
Next@90 Curtain Call: A new perspective on the San Francisco Ballet
by Dr. Tiffany Caesar
“Next@90 Curtain Call” performance in the beginning of April at the San Francisco Ballet was a phenomenal experience of diverse styles...
Rev. Cecil Williams, longtime leader of Glide Memorial Church, dies at 94
Rev. Cecil Williams' impact will be felt for generations in San Francisco
‘At the United Nations, the flag of human rights still flies at half-mast’
For nearly 80 years, US officials at the UN have reliably and loyally raised their hands to veto any resolution to prevent or limit genocide when that resolution challenges US or Israel’s dominance.
Mrs. Sadie Williams @100, still going strong
Mrs. Sadie Williams celebrates a century of life surrounded by loved ones.
The poisoned people of Treasure Island need gutsy lawyers
Treasure Island soil and groundwater is heavily contaminated with radioactive and hazardous waste deposited through sloppy mishandling of toxic material during Naval operations in the 56 years Treasure Island was a Navy base.
Incarcerated organizers in third month of Alabama prison shutdown
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has become notorious for running a regime of violence against prisoners
Protests stop SF traffic in its tracks
The goal of A15 Action is to target “the global economy for its complicity in Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.”
Shutting down the lie of rent: 20th houseless resident becomes homeful on the day...
We houseless peoples work so hard to create the template of Homefulness, that actively works to unSell and liberate Mama Earth, spiritually and legally, so families like Dani's and mine and all the families and elders now homeful at Homefulness will never face homelessness again,” said Tiny Gray-Garcia.
How prison officials manufactured gangs and gang wars in Virginia’s prisons
by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson
No Virginia prison gangs before 2004
With the prevalence of youth lumpen organizations (so called street gangs) in Virginia today, it’s hard...
Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur: Call to Action for National Unification
In every state across Turtle Island, we have outside people doing Revolutionary Nationalism and abolitionist work. In every single prison we have Political Prisoners and Politicized individuals doing the work and resisting their captivity. PLM is to unite those people.
Cuban leaders call for open doors with Black Community
by Jose Ricardo G. Bondoc
San Francisco – On March 13, a diplomatic delegation from Cuba met with the San Francisco African American Chamber of...
Walking while Black: The inequitable intersection of racism at the intersection
Recent studies reveal ingrained prejudices and bias against Black pedestrians
Certain Days calendar: Call for contributions
The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar collective have opened submissions for abolition-related art in new calendar
Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur: Call to Action for National Unification
“We have to start acting like a Nation instead of just a movement and an organization. We need to free these Political Prisoners. We’re steadily using these terms,” Shakur explained
‘The Rebel Girls’ film reckons with 60 days, 60 years later
A film honoring the mental, emotional and spiritual resolve of 15 Black girls
International civilian aid flotilla to break the siege of Gaza
“When governments fail, we sail!”
Inaugural Father-Daughter Dance celebrates community and family bonds
Scheduled for Sunday, April 14, 2024, starting at 3 p.m., the Father-Daughter Dance promises to be more than just an event
‘Let’s watch Mays’
Willie Mays was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Many who know the game call him the greatest.