Tag: Pomona
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Efforts To Unite Against Hate
by Barbara Smith Elected officials and leaders from LA vs Hate, the county’s anti-hate program under the Human Relations Commission, CA vs. Hate and other statewide coalition partners, gathered at a press conference at Watts Historic Train Station last Friday to launch the annual “United Against Hate” week. United Against Hate Week originated in 2017 as a poster campaign ... -
IE & OC Host Juneteenth Events (Part 1)
By Dianne Anderson Juneteenth events are buzzing everywhere this year, almost one on every corner, but Trudy Coleman remembers when her Pomona Valley event was the only option for miles and miles around. Until about the mid-1990s, for the most part it was a little-known celebration, except for its Texas roots. She and her colleague ... -
CASA Leader Brings Vision to Foster Care
By Dianne Anderson Charity Chandler-Cole, Chief Executive Officer of CASA of Los Angeles, is well aware of all the racial and social injustices that plague the child welfare and foster systems. After all, she grew up in it. She experienced the brunt of all that it offered, and saw the maze of exploitation and profiteering ... -
Pomona Presses for Police Oversight and Monitoring
By Dianne Anderson An alleged headlight stop in the days of his youth along with countless other police misconduct cases still drives Donovan Caver to fight the broken system. While he was in college, Pomona police pulled him over on his 21st birthday. “They asked me where’s the dope? I said sir, I don’t have ... -
Pomona NAACP Pushes No Knock Warrant Ban in Nine Cities
By Dianne Anderson A decades-long battle among civil rights groups across the nation to ban no knock warrants finally cleared an important hurdle locally in the city of Pomona, now opening the door wider for police accountability and public safety. Jeanette Ellis Royston, president of the Pomona Valley branch NAACP, said she got involved with ... -
LA County Launches Free Delivery Service for Older Adults
Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services (WDACS), with the support of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, announced a free delivery program for older adults and individuals with disabilities. This Countywide program, called Critical Delivery Service, will deliver groceries, household items, and other vital necessities to individuals ... -
CEEM Inspires Economic Empowerment at L.A. County Fair
by Barbara Smith The LA County Fair is celebrating decades of pop culture and nowhere will it be more in evidence than this weekend with the CEEM Takeover Weekend, an event that promises 3 days packed with African-American community and history through entertainment, art and culture. With the Fair’s 2019 theme of Pop Culture, the Cooperative ... -
Leyva Names Project Sister NonProfit of the Year
By Dianne Anderson Beyond the textbook definition, sexual assault is barely mentioned in school, and parents and teachers are usually afraid to talk about it. Sex is still one of the most taboo topics in society. “Sometimes we as adults have never had these conversations. Our parents may have never felt comfortable discussing sexual consent ... -
Juneteenth and Int’l Day of Drumming
By Dianne Anderson On any given Saturday, Trudy Coleman has been on the phone in recent months with fellow representatives from across 30 different states to collectively promote this year’s national Juneteenth theme of “Remembering Our Ancestors.” The tribute is all the more important because this is the 400th year since the first enslaved Africans ... -
Pomona Black History Month Lineup
By Dianne Anderson Black history, the current challenge to expand self-awareness, and the future of cultural unity will bring out the whole community for a long lineup of free consciousness-raising events at the Claremont Colleges. Those up for flexing their superhuman powers of deduction are invited to attend “Comics, Afrofuturism, and the Black Superhero,” a ...