by Dianne Anderson Felicia Jones makes blazing the trail look effortless, behind the scenes and as the public voice, but it wasn’t always so. Her young teens were caught up in heartache where she was born and raised in South L.A., and she saw a lot of wreckage along the way. Growing up under the ...

By Dianne Anderson Community outrage is now fueling plans for how to deal with the recent racist assault on a petite Black girl at a Colton middle school by her large male classmate, who slammed her head into the desk, and knocked her out to the floor. Last week, New Life Christian Church of Fontana ...

By Dianne Anderson Last week’s violent attack against a Black student at Jehue Middle School in Colton quickly went viral  on social media with footage of a young girl’s head being slammed into a desk by a male student twice her size. That video shows the male laughing as she lay unconscious, sparking community demands ...

By Dianne Anderson Pastors are calling on the community to join forces for some good old-school tried and true, historically proven, methods of getting companies to pay attention to the thing they love the most – money and lots of it. If Black buyers pull together and join the “Forty-Day fast” against Target and Walmart, ...

by Dianne Anderson Watching an extremely tight Presidential Election countdown doesn’t have to feel like watching a train wreck, provided early voters are not late filling out their ballot bubbles and walk it or mail it in on time. Local advocates say the time is now. Minister Quan Williams said their voter outreach with education ...

By Dianne Anderson How and why the next-in-line logical choice – the district’s lead Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Rhea Gibbs – was circumvented with the recent appointment of Ed D’Souza as Rialto Unified School District’s Acting Superintendent, has local advocates baffled. Alton Garrett, president of the Westside Action Group, said Dr. Gibbs checks all the boxes, and would ...

By Dianne Anderson San Bernardino city leaders are set to overhaul its vintage downtown vibe from a happier era, and are now calling on the community to get in on the ground floor with a vision for the rebuild. A recent Special Meeting allowed for a deep dive into the city’s downtown revitalization plan, hearing ...

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ A coalition of movement-based organizations from various parts of California converged on the grounds of the State Capitol in Sacramento to send a message: Black Californians need financial resources to overcome setbacks caused by centuries of system and institutional racism. The coalition, which included members of the California ...

By Dianne Anderson Renter protections ended last Thursday in California, leaving community advocates worried that if it’s not already on the radar of local leadership, it will be soon. Felicia Jones with Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement is bracing for the inevitable fallout of the end of the eviction moratorium with countless thousands of renters ...

By Dianne Anderson With the holidays just weeks away, some Inland Empire renters worry that they’re almost out the door under eviction notices from the end of the moratorium on September 30. But if the renter’s paperwork is in order, the most their landlords can do is huff and puff. They can not evict. Felicia ...