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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 - MARCH 1, 2015
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Pasadena Bobby Seale, Founder of Black Panthers ,Talks Power, Politics at PCC Police Chief to Address Gang by nick kipley uesday, in PasadeViolence na City College’s
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Creveling Lounge, Bobby Seale, founder of the Black Panther Party, gave a lesson to the hundred or so people in the auditorium about the benefit of organized political action. “What is a political power seat?” he asked. All around the room, students could be seen taking notes. Glancing up from their tablets or laptops or notebooks to Seale and back so as not to miss a word. Audience members poured their attention forward. Some older audience members looked through tablets and camera phones and shook their heads in amazement. Some listeners simply gripped their chins with a single hand, the classic, “Thinker’s pose.” “A city council ain’t nothing but a legislative body,” Mr. Seale said, “The county seat? Nothing but legislatures. So [unless you] have any political power seats you’re not going to change anything. And that was my organization. That was my objective. Going out there to patrol and ob-
the Focus Gallery from Mar. 20 – Aug. 2, 2015 and “Ikko Style: The Graphic Art of Ikko Tanaka,” the museum's firsttime exhibition of Ikko Tanaka’s work, one of the leading
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez will be the featured panelist at a “Speak Up” Community Peace Forum held on February 24 from 6: 00 – 7:30 p.m. at Hillsides Peer Resource Center located at 456 E. Orange Grove Blvd. in Pasadena. Chief Sanchez will address the recent increase in gang violence in Northwest Pasadena and the relationship between the Pasadena police department and youth in the community. The Peer Resource Center, a one-stop shop of support for youth in need, is part of Hillsides Youth Moving On (YMO) program, which offers youth formerly in foster care or probation affordable housing and other support services. Hillsides, a children’s charity over 100 years old, is headquartered in Pasadena and serves 8,950 families and children throughout Los Angeles County. The Peace Forum will allow community members to learn what actions the police are taking to prevent further violence and what they themselves can do to make their neighborhoods safer. The event will also give youth the chance to voice any concerns they have about the police in order to de-escalate tensions and foster collaboration. “We’re hoping this will encourage healing and empower people to know what steps they can take to make a difference,” said Thomas Lee, Hillsides Division Director of Transition-Aged Youth Services, who will also be a panelist at the forum. Other panelists include Ricky Pickens, Jr., Director of
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USC Pacific Asia Museum Announces New Spring Exhibitions USC Pacific Asia Museum announced today the openings of two new exhibitions drawing from the museum's permanent collection of more than 15,000 objects from Asia and the Pacific Islands spanning more than
five thousand years. Curated by Yeonsoo Chee, USC PAM Assistant Curator, “Visualizing Enlightenment: Decoding Buddhist Iconography,” presenting Amida Buddha, a recent gift to the museum, will be on view in