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Vol. 63 No. 38
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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY OVER
BISCUITS, GRITS, AND POLITICS Local and National Affairs in Focus By Macy Meinhardt VOICE & VIEWPOINT STAFF WRITER Local politics and public policy were served up with a hearty plate of buttery biscuits, creamy grits, and mouth watering fried catfish. After more than a two-year long hiatus, Biscuits, Grits & Politics returned with a bang Tuesday morning, drawing a sold-out crowd of over 150 patrons hungry for networking, interaction, and excitement for the event. As the morning sun draped over the Jacobs Center, attendees rushed in, greeting new and familiar faces. After finding their seats, patrons wasted no time in
(L-R) Dr. John E. Warren, Chida Warren-Darby, and Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell. PHOTO: Darrel Wheeler
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MOVES TO ADDRESS
THE CHILDCARE CRISIS
INSIDE THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
By Macy Meinhardt VOICE & VIEWPOINT STAFF WRITER
getting up to secure a good spot in the breakfast line catered by Nelly’s Kitchen. By 8 a.m. all twenty-eight tables in the room were filled with community members, politicians, business owners, journalists, and more as the auditorium buzzed with chatter and the delicious aroma of fresh brewed coffee. Sponsored by Voice and Viewpoint, the SD Black Chamber of Commerce, and GOD Radio 1, the morning commenced with a welcome from the organizers, Dr. John Warren, Publisher, and Managing Editor Latanya West. See BISCUITS page 9
BLACK VOTERS STILL WAITING FOR NEW MAPS
San Diego is facing a dire childcare crisis, and the bearing of that burden often falls upon the backs of daycare providers trying to keep struggling families afloat.
GRANDPARENTS DAY AT FDSRC SEE PAGE 8
With one in eight childcare facilities closing post-pandemic, a staggering 77% of working parents report struggling with finding accessible and affordable options for their childcare, the county claims. Khadidah Stone on the dividing line between her old Alabama congressional District 7, and her new district, District 2, in downtown Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 2022. PHOTO: Vasha Hunt/AP
The main issues driving this crisis is that available childcare is reported to be scarce, inconvenient, unaffordable, and of varying quality. See CHILDCARE page 2
Kelly Noorwood at her home daycare, Patty-Cake Family Child Care LLC, in Spring Valley. PHOTO: Macy Meinhardt/Voice & Viewpoint
CAIR HONORS
SKYLINE FOOTBALL SEE PAGE 10
REMAINS OF TWO ADULTS FOUND
IMAM ABDUL-RASHEED IN THIRD TULSA RACE MASSACRE FOR YEARS OF SERVICE EXCAVATION
Destruction from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. PHOTO: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons Imam Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad accepting his award from CAIR-San Diego Board President, Adib MahdiPHOTO: Joe Dusel Photography
By KH Hamilton CONTRIBUTING WRITER Imam Abdul-Rasheed, who is the head Imam at Masjidul Taqwa on Imperial and retired Muslim Chaplain for the Armed Services was honored Saturday, September 18th by CAIR-San Diego for his service to our Nation and community at its 16th Annual Gala. See CAIR page 6
By Alaa Elassar and Virginia Langmaid CNN The remains of two adults have been found in an archaeological dig at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, amid efforts to find unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. At the ongoing third excavation, which began earlier in September, archaeologists have exposed 22 grave shafts, among
which two remains were discovered. “We have two adults in simple wood caskets and one of those is being exhumed today,” Kary Stackelbeck, the state archaeologist, said in a video posted Wednesday to the 1921 Graves Facebook page, which was created by the city with live video feeds and updates on the excavation. See REMAINS page 2
By Gary Fields and Adriana Gomez Licon ASSOCIATED PRESS The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections. New congressional maps would have to include more districts in Alabama and potentially other states where Black voters would have a better chance of electing someone of their choice, a decision widely seen as benefiting Democrats. It’s been more than three months since the justice’s 5-4 ruling, and maps that could produce more districts represented by Black lawmakers still do not exist. Alabama Republicans are hoping to get a fresh hearing on the issue before the Supreme Court. Republican lawmakers in Louisiana never even bothered to draw a new map. Khadidah Stone, a plaintiff in the Alabama case, said the continuing opposition was “appalling” but “not surprising.” She noted that Alabama is where then-Gov. George Wallace blocked Black students from integrating the University of Alabama in 1963. A similar dynamic is playing out in Florida, where Republicans are appealing a ruling favorable to Black voters to the Republican-majority state Supreme Court. Lawsuits over racially gerrymandered congressional maps in several other states, including Georgia, South Carolina and Texas, quickly followed the Supreme Court’s landmark Voting Rights Act decision in June. See VOTERS page 2
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