SAN JOSE (KPIX) — San Jose just broke ground on one of its biggest-ever homeless housing projects. The North San Pedro Studios will bring 135 studio and one-bedroom apartments to homeless veterans and the chronically homeless. “We hope that this is the first of many projects to come,” said Joshua Mantz, an Iraq War veteran…
via San Jose Breaks Ground on Major Housing Project for the Homeless — CBS San Francisco
Since the SHOOTING death of Michael Brown, multiple activist have been murdered violently in Ferguson, Mo. Leading many to believe something sinister is at play. All of the deaths (mostly black males) have been linked to the 2014 police involved shooting of the unarmed black teen. Following the acquittal of police officer Darren Wilson, protest […]
We need this… So much, for the homeless, and for so many of the too many unjust problems growing out of control, once again…..
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — One of San Francisco’s biggest tourist destinations is tackling homelessness with a new approach, connecting with those in need and providing a connection to their loved ones. Union Square is one of the city’s most popular spots but its visitors and businesses face challenges when it comes to the homeless…
via Business Group Reconnecting SF Union Square Homeless With Long Lost Loved Ones — CBS San Francisco
Use this… Knowledge, culture, community and unity are the best weapons to be armed with… Arm yourself with all the knowledge you can, in all regards…
HOWARD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Community members in Howard County have a colorful way to learn thanks to a new art program. The library system is using art and culture to inspire and expand their minds from amateur to professional collections- this art in the Howard County Library system are more than just pieces staring…
via Howard County Library System Lets Community Borrow Art With Education Program — CBS Baltimore
This is wonderful! Here is a list of books for children, written by Black authors… I’ve been wanting to get more things like this collected; feel free to share any more anyone may know of!
7 books about black children being carefree by black authors!
via 7 Books about Carefree Black Children by Black Authors — Teacher Playhouse
Definitely an interesting read… I suppose….
I’ve been thinking on the above March 2019 tweet by the republican President Donald Trump. Initially, I stood up for our military members, police officers and the vast majority of bikers, tweeting that these patriots were not about to be part of an insurrection on behalf of President Trump and that he was being delusional […]
via How Many Right Wing Extremists Have Past Military/ Law Enforcement Training? — Gronda Morin
Voting rights activist and Deacon Jimmie Lee Jackson died at the hands of an Alabama State Trooper on February 26, 1965, which inspired the first of the SCLC marches in Selma. It would take 42 years before his family saw justice. Jackson was born December 16, 1938 in Marion, Ala. He served as the deacon…
via Little Known Black History Fact: Jimmie Lee Jackson — Black America Web
Mourners gathered in Montreal’s Trenholme Park and walked to the corner where Nicholas Gibbs was shot five times by Montreal police.
Congresswoman Yvonne Brathwaite Burke has one of the most incredible stories in politics. In 1973, she became the first woman serving in Congress to give birth, adding to a list of boundaries she broke over the course of her career. Born Perle Yvonne Watson in Los Angeles on this day in 1932, the future congresswoman…
via Little Known Black History Fact: Yvonne Braithwaite Burke — Black America Web
The fact is that men and women behind bars are in most in danger in the days, weeks and months after they have dared to protest by Heather Ann Thompson , andrewmedina/iStock/Getty Images Plus Over the last few weeks men and women across the United States – and even as far away as Nova Scotia, […]
via The National Prisons Strike Is Over. Now Is When Prisoners Are Most in Danger — Moorbey’z Blog
Truth- A Right to Fight For... 