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Vol. 63 No. 19 |
Thursday, May 11, 2023
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Street Naming Ceremony held For Rev. Willie Manley in Emerald Hills By Voice and Viewpoint Staff
COVID-19 UPDATE SEE PAGE 13
Saturday morning was filled with excitement at the corner of Roswell and Derby Streets in Emerald Hills. Members of the Greater Life Church and community members were gathered for a Street Name Change Ceremony.
sion to change the name, or at least add a “new” name to Derby Street. The street name above “Derby Street” now reads “Honorary Pastor Willie E. Manley St.” The name change was readily agreed to, according to Pastor Nate Stewart who led off the ceremony.
The City of San Diego had granted permis-
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A couple thousand low-income San Diego County families and seniors hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic could receive $4,000 in cash to help them recover, County and Jewish Family Service leaders announced last Friday, May 5. The one-time, $4,000 allocations are intended to help low-income people who live in the 39 county zip codes hit the hardest by COVID-19, particularly families and seniors who are at risk of becoming homeless. County Health and Human Services Agency officials and leaders from Jewish Family Service of San Diego announced the application period for the “RAFT” funds opened Monday,
High School Seniors and College Freshmen: The Deadline to Apply for Black Caucus Scholarships Is May 15
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Reparations Task Force
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Low-Income Family Grant Program By Gig Conaughton COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
The California Hawaii State Conference of the NAACP announced last week that it plans to storm the State Capitol to speak to lawmakers about policies that are priorities for the organization. The organization will hold its “Annual Day at the Capitol on Monday, May 22, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cal Chamber at 1230 J Street in Sacramento.
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Pictured here: County HHSA Director Nick Macchione (center), Khea Pollard, director of Economic Mobility And Opportunity for Jewish Family Service (far left), and County and Jewish Family Service leaders announce COVID-19 funding on Friday, May 5 in San Diego. PHOTO: Screenshot via CountySanDiego YouTube channel/Voice & Viewpoint.
May 8, at a press conference at the County Administration Center Friday, May 5. Nick Macchione, director of the County’s Health and Human Services Agency, said the County hopes the RAFT funding can be a lifeline. “This one-time cash payment can be life changing for those recovering from the pandemic,” Macchione said. “This can help families, seniors, and our most vulnerable neighbors secure permanent housing, invest in reliable transportation, or get over an economic hurdle.” The Recovery Action Fund for
Tomorrow (RAFT) program was developed by Jewish Family Service and funded by the County with federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. To be eligible, people and families must earn less than 200% of the federal poverty level, which ranges from $29,160 a year for a single person to $60,000 for a family of four. Families and people can apply for the funds from May 8 through midnight, Sunday, May 21. Officials said 2,250 families or people will be selected randomly from the pool of applicants by Jewish Family Service to receive the money. See GRANT page 2
U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-13) spoke before the nine-member panel. The 15th meeting was held at her alma mater, Mills College. PHOTO: Antonio Ray Harvey via CBM
By Antonio Ray Harvey CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA On May 6th, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans held its 15th meeting and voted on its final report. The report must be submitted to the California legislature by the end of June.
The final report which will be available to the public is expected to be about 1,000 pages long. House and Dickerson were leaders in the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association, the first organization to push for reparations for slavery. See REPARATIONS page 15
During the meeting held at Mills College of Northeastern University in Oakland, the nine-member task force finalized its recommendations for compensating Black Californians for state laws, policies and practices that disproportionately and negatively affected African Americans.
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