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Misty Copeland’s New Memoir, “Wind at My Back,”...Page 5
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Oakland Post “Where there is no vision, the people perish...” Proverbs 29:18
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Brittney Griner Freed
59th Year, No. 26
Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce receives the Benjamin Travis Community Service Award from the Charles Houston Bar Law Association Warnock’s victory gives Democrats a 51-49 edge in the U.S. Senate.
Raphael Warnock’s Coalition Wizardy Wins, Walker’s Wolfishness Loses
Joe Biden and Cherelle Griner speak on the phone with Brittney Griner after her release by Russia, as Vice-President Kamala Harris and the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, look on. Photograph: White House
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner is free. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Griner’s wife at the White House, where they spoke with the basketball player on the telephone. “She’s safe. She’s on a plane. She is on her way home,” Biden declared. The Biden administration secured Griner’s release after agreeing to a one-for-one prisoner swap that saw the president commute the 25-year sentence of notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The White House said it would continue efforts to bring home
retired U.S. military officer Paul Whelan, who remains in Russian custody. Whelan has been imprisoned in Russia for nearly four years, and, recently, his family said they hadn’t heard from him. They were told he was transferred to a hospital, but the family doubted that explanation. The deal to release Griner was consummated a week ago in the United Arab Emirates. Biden said Griner’s expected home within 24 hours. “It’s a good morning,” the president exclaimed at a news conference where Vice President Kamala Harris and Griner’s wife, Cherelle, stood close. “After months of being unjustly detained and held under intolerContinued on Page 12
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire
Left to right: Attorney Vince Brown, Vice President of CHBA; Anne Fredd, wife of Judge Benjamin Travis; Attorney Tamara C. Micheal, CHBA; Cathy D. Adams, President & CEO, Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce; Donovan Loud, nephew of Attorney Gordon Greenwood, Kazan, McClain, Satterly & Greenwood; Attorney Terrace Evans, Immediate Past President of the Charles Houston Bar Association
Post Staff For the second time in two years, voters in Georgia have delivered a Senate runoff victory for Democrats. Incumbent Raphael Warnock, who won a runoff in January 2021 against Republican Kelly Loeffler, defeated Herschel Walker in a close contact that saw both candidates earn nearly 2 million votes. Warnock’s victory underscored
the major disappointment experienced by the GOP after pundits and Republicans anticipated a socalled red wave that never materialized. Importantly, it gives Democrats a 51-49 edge in the U.S. Senate. Despite already enjoying the majority in the Senate because Vice President Kamala Harris carries the tie-breaking vote, the victory allows Democrats breathContinued on Page 12
For the second time in two years, voters in Georgia have delivered a Senate runoff victory for Democrats. Incumbent Raphael Warnock, who won a runoff in January 2021 against Republican Kelly Loeffler, defeated Herschel Walker in a close contact that saw both candidates earn nearly 2 million votes. Warnock’s victory underscored the major disappointment
experienced by the GOP after pundits and Republicans anticipated a so-called red wave that never materialized. Importantly, it gives Democrats a 51-49 edge in the U.S. Senate. Despite already enjoying the majority in the Senate because Vice President Kamala Harris carries the tie-breaking vote, the victory allows Democrats breathing room. It also means that the Senate Continued on Page 12
Community Steps Forward to Protect Holy Names University
“It is vital to our community that Holy Names continue to be an independent university”
V.P. Kamala Harris to Swear in L.A.’s First Black Woman Mayor, Karen Bass PHOTO: Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass with Vice President Kamala Harris. Facebook photo.
By Post Staff
On Sunday Dec. 11, 2022, former Congresswoman Karen Bass will be sworn in as the 43rd mayor
of Los Angeles by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. Bass will make history as the first Black woman to lead the second-largest city in the U.S. and her oath will be administered by a woman who made history herself when she was elected the first Black/Asian woman to hold the second-highest office in the country. “This is an historic moment for
the people of Los Angeles. I look forward to swearing in Mayorelect Karen Bass this weekend,” Harris said in a Tweet on Dec. 5. The ceremony, which will be held at Los Angeles City Hall on Sunday — so Angelenos who want to attend don’t have to take off work — will be followed by entertainment. Harris, who will accompanied by her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, is not expected to make any remarks. Replacing outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti, Bass plans to hit the ground running on Dec. 12 to
Patelco Knows How to Roll Out the Welcome Mat
From right to left. Kiara Bowling,Janeka Ricks,Jackie Jordan,Miracle Wright and Marina Johnson. Photo by Johnathan Fitness Jones.
Patelco Credit Union in downtown Oakland, with five talented women running the branch, have been providing the warmest welcome to visitors and shoppers that enter their front doors as they wait their turn to be serviced. Patelco takes pride in living out their mission statement which is to strengthen their members financial lives and wellbeing. This has been effortlessly implemented and put into practice every day through the efforts of their frontline team members and leadership. This has lived tried and true with Patelco’s Branch on 12th and Clay Street.
Jackie Jordan, Janeka Ricks, Marika Johnson, Miracle Wright, and Kiara Bowling share a family oriented atmosphere as they continue to cultivate personal relationships by greeting each member by name and continuing to look out for their financial well being. When asking existing Patelco members why they initially joined the credit union, some would say it was the higher returns on savings, fewer fees and lower rates on auto loans, personal loans, and home equity loans. But moreover, many members, both in person and on Yelp, have shared a commonality being that it is the excellent mem-
ber service you receive when you come to Oakland City Center that draws them in and keeps them coming back to this branch. Oakland City Center is the prime example of it’s-not-about-howmany-team-members-you-havein-your-branch, but more about the quality of service, engagement, financial knowledge, and value you bring to your members. Oakland City Center Branch MondayFriday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 1200 Clay St. Ste. 130 Oakland, CA 94612, Oakland Webster Branch MondayFriday 10am-5pm 360 22nd St. Ste. 100 Oakland, CA 94612. Phone: (800) 358-8228.
address the issues she outlined in her campaign. Bass has also established an online job portal seeking applicants who want to work in her administration. “We’re going to solve homelessness,” she told The Grio. “We’re going to prevent and respond urgently to crime. And Los Angeles will no longer be unaffordable for working families.” Endorsed by Harris as well as President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Bass was challenged by Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer and former Republican who became a Democrat just before he decided to run. The counting of votes took more than a week after the Nov. 8 election and Bass won, carrying 55% of the vote to Rick Caruso’s 45%, despite his war chest in the tens of millions of dollars and outspending Bass by a 10-1 ratio. Harris and Emhoff campaigned for Bass the day before the election and, earlier in the month, Harris participated in a GOTV event sponsored by UCLA students prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion. “I know Karen Bass,” Harris told the crowd, according to ABC7 News. “I’ve worked with Karen Bass. When I was in Sacramento and she was in Sacramento, I saw how she would tirelessly fight for the people of this region, the people of our state and the people of our nation. Karen Bass has a long history of always being on the side of people, fighting for the people.” The Grio described Harris as a “three-time statewide electee who maintains her residence in Los Angeles, [and] became the first Black and South Asian woman to be elected vice president in 2020.” The Grio further characterized Bass as a “six-term congresswoman who was also a potential Biden running mate, [who] received more votes than any other mayoral candidate in Los Angeles’ history.” “No matter who you voted for, no matter who you are or where you live, I will be a mayor for you,” Bass said, according to the Grio.
By Ken Epstein The Faculty Senate of Holy Names University in Oakland voted unanimously this week to work collaboratively with community, civic and business leaders in the wake of a simmering budget crisis. Already many community leaders and local politicians have come forward to volunteer to work with Holy Names to stabilize and protect the university’s long-term work as a major edu-
cational institution in Oakland for undergraduate students and training of teachers and principals. The university has served the Oakland community for over 150 years. The student population is 37% Latino or Hispanic, 18% African American, 13% Asian and 21% white. One website summarized the university’s diversity, “The school has very high racial diversity – 79% of students are Continued on Page 12
Gary Payton, Sr. Twitter photo.
Coach Gary Payton Sr. Builds Up Lincoln University Oaklanders By Lee Hubbard While much of Bay Area college basketball focuses on PAC 12 teams like the Cal Bears, the Stanford Cardinals or St. Mary’s Gaels, one team that flies under the radar is the Lincoln University Oaklanders. Lincoln University is a private school in Downtown Oakland. Founded in San Francisco in 1926 and named after President Abraham Lincoln, the school focused on law, commerce, and business administration. The school de-
cided to enter the ranks of college basketball three years ago, starting a collegiate basketball program and naming as its head coach NBA Hall of Famer and Oakland High School basketball legend Gary Payton. “This was a good opportunity to help Oakland and help to put this team on the map,” said Payton at a recent media event at Open Gym Premiere at 31 Fourth St. in Oakland, where he referred to the program as a “start-up. “This was the team that I
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