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Vol. 63 No. 8
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Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
63rd Anniversary Voice & ViewpoinT GALA Is a Triumph
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Dept. of Treasury, Stanford Study Finds Mr. Chuck Ambers of Casa Del Rey Moro African Museum is awarded the Unsung Hero Award by publisher Dr. John E. Warren at the Voice & Viewpoint’s 10th Annual Gala, held Friday, February 17, 2023 . PHOTO: Mike Norris
By Helen O’Field Lemon Grove Historical Society The big banquet room was packed. So was the parking lot. San Diego Voice & Viewpoint’s 2023 Gala sold out days before the big night, Feb. 17, at the Jacobs Center. An accomplished, glamorous roster of guests was there, replete with sequins, major hairdos, tuxedos and a bevy of gorgeous Miss Black San Diego winners, who aided the program, which was also live streamed to an audience of or 2,000. The emcees were none other than Dr. John Warren, long-time publisher of San Diego Voice & Viewpoint (now
in its 63rd year of continuous publication) resplendent in a tux, and his daughter, Latanya West, the paper’s brilliant managing editor, resplendent in a stunning, platinum-toned sequined gown. An elegant dinner was served on artfully decorated tables by attentive waiters. This team was backed by media wizards M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Records President and CEO, Dr. Leonard Thompson, and Chida Rebecca Warren-Darby of Rebecca & Company, who produced the annual event that every February highlights Black History Month and the importance of a free press and, specifically, the Black Press. Well done! See GALA page 10
SOUTHEAST ROTARY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY SEE PAGE 4
IRS DisproportionatelY Audits Black Taxpayers
Study shows how the IRS could change its secret algorithm to discourage audit bias By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr. National Correspondent According to Stanford RegLab, Black taxpayers receive IRS audit notices at least 2.9 times more frequently than non -Black taxpayers and possibly as much as 4.7 times more often. The new study included research by Daniel E. Ho, the William Benjamin Scott
and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, faculty director of the Stanford RegLab, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Hadi Elzayn, a researcher at the Stanford RegLab, Evelyn Smith, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan, and Arun Ramesh, a pre-doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago; Jacob Goldin, a See AUDITS page 2
George Stevens Center CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY SEE PAGE 4
COVID-19 UPDATES – SEE PAGE 8
COVID-19 CASES IN SOUTHEAST 14,573
22,118
20,717
24,989
18,349
12,387
92102
92105
92113
92114
92115
92139
SOURCE: County of San Diego [Data through 2/11/2023 Updated 2/16/2023]
GODRadio1’s Michelle Thompson Receives Honorary Doctorate froM
San Diego International Bible College PHOTO: CBM
The Fight To Remove Slavery Language
From California’s Constitution Samual Nathaniel Brown said he is not surprised that Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution.
to writing Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 3, the California Abolition Act, while he was incarcerated in prison, stood on the west steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento with Wilson when she reintroduced a new iteration of the legislation that failed to pass in the State Senate last year.
Brown, who contributed
This time around, Brown,
By Antonio Ray Harvey CaliforniaBlackMedia
Michelle Thompson, M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Records owner and Program Director of Godradio1.com, pictured at bottom row, center, receives an honorary doctorate from San Diego International Bible College. PHOTO: Courtesy of M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Records
Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Sunday February 19, 2023, San Diego International
Bible College, a distinctive Pentecostal/Charismatic educational institution, held its 21st Annual Commence-
ment Ceremony at Christian Life Center of San Diego in See THOMPSON page 2
Wilson and other supporters of the End Slavery in California Act say they are determined to retire the See REMOVE page 2
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