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WEBThe Kelsey Civic Center. 89 Affordable Rental Units Available at 240 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. 67 studios and 29 two-bedrooms are available. Rents range from $611 - 2532 per month. Households must earn no …
1968: The strike at San Francisco State
WEBDec 28, 2018 · Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State embarked on a campus strike that lasted five months – the longest student strike in U.S. history. Led by the Black Student Union and Third World Liberation Front, the strike was a high point of student struggle in the revolutionary year of 1968. It was met by ferocious repression, but the strikers persevered and won the first College of Ethnic ...
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WEBBlack San Francisco matters. August 31, 2024. With impending school closures, broken promises for affordable housing development, and a plan to replace hard-fought community benefits with an unvetted “Silicon Valley of the north,” San Francisco continues its unrivaled track record of racist city planning and development. Read more.
The national ban on Newport, Kool and other menthol ‘squares’ …
WEBMay 21, 2021 · On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new rules intended to ban mentholated tobacco products like Kool, Newport, Salem and other cigarette brands in a few years. But just five years ago some supporters of the FDA’s decision said any ban on menthol cigarettes seemed like an impossible feat – …
Hidden History Black Museum opens in Los Angeles
WEBMar 7, 2023 · The History Museum is located at 2131 W. Jefferson Blvd in Los Angeles, Calif. For information on hours, go to www.hiddenhistorymuseum.com. Lee Hubbard is a Bay Area journalist who earned his masters’ degree in journalism at Northeastern University. Well known to longtime Bay View readers, he can be reached at [email protected].
Remembering the Black Panther Party newspaper, April 25, 1967 ...
WEBMay 4, 2015 · The front page of the first issue of The Black Panther, published April 25, 1967. The Black Panther Party newspaper was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1967. The BPP newspaper was created to inform, educate and organize the people and promote the 10-Point Program and Platform. The BPP newspaper grew from a four-page newsletter to a ...
SFUSD lost touch with 8,800 students during the pandemic
WEBMay 29, 2021 · SFUSD Deputy Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel also told SFUSD board members at the May 4 meeting that the district has lost touch with approximately 8,800 students during the 2020-21 school year. According to Morthel, the hardest-hit groups of students were African American, Asian, Pacific Islander and Filipino.
Meals on Wheels San Francisco: One year and 2.4 million meals
WEBMar 22, 2021 · During the year, following strict COVID safety protocols, staff and volunteers delivered 2.4 million meals and groceries to a total of 16,462 people including those impacted directly by COVID-19. Of the 16,462 San Franciscans in need of meals, 5,226 were aged 60 and older. For comparison, in 2019, the organization served a …
Don’t just survive, but thrive: The legacy of Fred Jordan
WEBDec 3, 2020 · Writer Lin Robertson extols an iconic jewell from the Black community of the Bay Area. As a proponent of Affirmative Action, Fred Jordan is a man of principle, heart and humanity providing service, guidance and ultimately, his own brand of artistic gift giving to the people, standing tall, humble and driven to build on the roots of the Black community.
Juneteenth Kickoff Rally and the ongoing fight for justice for Black ...
WEBMay 28, 2021 · San Francisco remains one of the worst cities nationally for anti-Black racist policing. The ongoing inequities faced by Black San Franciscans are alarming and unacceptable. Black people in San Francisco represent around 40 percent of the total homeless population and more than 50 percent of all those incarcerated – whilst being under 6 percent of the total City population.