Urban Government
Reparations
The National Black Cultural Information Trust, Inc. Leads Strategy Session for Over 200 Reparations Activists
*Over 200 reparations activists from 26 states, working on local and national reparations initiatives, gathered in Evanston, Illinois, for the 3rd Annual National Symposium...
N-Word
Black Woman Called N-word and B-word At City Council Meeting – Council Does NOTHING About it | WATCH-it-Happen
*The San Bernardino Branch of the NAACP is calling on the City of San Bernardino to investigate a racial incident (Race Hate) that occurred...
Events
NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference Hosts 36th State Convention
*The NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference (Cal-Hi NAACP) held its 36th annual State Convention at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
The convention featured a...
California
California Black Media Political Playback – News You Might Have Missed
California Black Media Political Playback: California to Roll Back Grant Program That Helps Low- and Middle-Income Residents Build ADUs. The California Housing Finance Agency’s...
California Government
Brett C.S. Roberts Appointed to El Camino College Board of Trustees
*Brett C.S. Roberts is El Camino College’s newest member of their Board of Trustees after he was sworn into office during a special meeting on...
California
Smarter Policy Can End Poverty Nightmare in California | VIDEO
*A group of progressive California lawmakers – including three members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) -- has pledged to end poverty in...
Black Culture
California NAACP Conference Honors 1968 Olympics Heroes
*The California Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (CA/HI NAACP) held its 11th
annual Legacy Hall of Fame...
California Government
California Black Media Political Playback: News You Might Have Missed
*Here's your California Black Media Political Playback of stories you might have missed last week.
First up: Black Caucus Members Sen. Steven Bradford and Sen....
Education
Gov. Newsom at Impasse Over Funding for Black Students’ Education | PicsVideo
*During the invitation of the Black in School Coalition (BISC), over 2,500 K-12 students, parents, education advocates, and civil rights leaders marched to the...
Local Government
Mike Gipson Demands Sac. County Remove Foster Children From Old Jail | VIDEO
*Last week, Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) demanded Sacramento County officials stop housing foster children in a former juvenile correction center.
The lawmaker, who authored Assembly...
California Government
California Black Media Political Playback: Black Candidates Are Queuing Up for Intense Political Battles Ahead
*Darryn Harris, former chief of staff to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass while she served in the United States Congress, announced that he is...
Black Excellence
Shift Happens: San Francisco Summit Pursues Equitable Future for Women | PICs
*Shift Happens! The San Francisco Commission and Department on the Status of Women (DOSW) moved one step closer to helping transform the Golden Gate...
California Government
The California Black Media Political Playback – Assemblymember McKinnor ‘is Not Here for the BS’
Assemblymember Tina Mckinnor (D-Inglewood) says she is “not here for the B.S.”
“I’m here to build houses,” McKinnor said to rounds of applause from members...
Reparations
S.F. NAACP Clarifies Statement on $5M Payouts: Reparations Should Be Cash Payments, Plus ‘Investments’ | VIDEOs
*The San Francisco Branch of the NAACP is engaged in a public information blitz to clarify a press release it sent out urging the...
Black Excellence
Women’s History Month: Meet the Black Women Legislators Shaping California Policy
*Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20 other African women have...
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