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Black Chamber Hosts Job Fair in San Bernardino
By Dianne Anderson Break out the good clothes and dust off the resumes, Santa is bringing hundreds of jobs to town. The hiring spree of the year promises good permanent jobs, some unionized, some offering 401k, good health benefits with plenty of entry-level work and a chance to move up the ladder. Ronecia Miller with ... -
New ‘Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth’
The California Black Power Network (CBPN), Equal Justice Society (EJS), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force – Dr. Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Senator Steven Bradford, and Donald Tamaki – announced the formation of a new collaboration called the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth. ... -
Feds Unveil Disturbing Disparities in Pandemic-Era Schooling
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education has released a wealth of data from the 2020–21 school year in a revealing exposé that reveals significant disparities in education access that the coronavirus pandemic challenges have exacerbated. The findings paint a stark ... -
Nov. 30 Concert: Showcase Aims to Stop The Hate
by Barbara Smith California is known for its vibrant arts and cultural scene, which includes a wide range of artistic expressions. Notably, with the rise in hate crimes locally and nationally, California has launched initiatives and legislation aimed at promoting tolerance and healing divisions. The “Stop the Hate” program, and “CA vs. Hate” are two ... -
Thanksgiving is Good for Early Takers
By Dianne Anderson To get a jump on the coveted free turkeys, parents will rise early, bundle the kids for the nippy morning back to back lines all over the Inland Empire to ensure their odds of securing the family feast. This Thanksgiving, local nonprofits are coming through with turkeys for those that either pre-registered, ... -
Black Enrollment in Covered CA, Free Medical Services
By Dianne Anderson Cornelious “CJ,” Page Jr. tries to find middle ground for folks having problems affording the affordable Covered California, which has larger families struggling to make the payments. If people are single, he said it’s probably not so bad, but for families with a few kids, regular costs for urgent care or increased ... -
S.B. Black Student Grades Worst of All
By Dianne Anderson Local Black students are barely eking out a passing grade enough to graduate high school, let alone have eyes on higher education goals. Closing the vast test score gap is a conundrum, which depends on parent involvement and pushing more money for those most at risk of being failed by the education ... -
Riverside Art Museum Hosts Charles Bibbs Exhibit
A landmark exhibition, filling three galleries of the Riverside Art Museum, presents a range of works from Charles Bibbs personal art collection as well as the artist’s own original paintings and drawings. Through Sacred Spaces, Bibbs shares his life-long love of contemporary art and the creative values that guide his own work. Several of Bibbs iconic works ... -
Entrepreneurial Resource Center Opens in San Bernardino
Nearly 100 people filled the Studio D business hub on the top floor of the Chase Building in the early evening of Nov. 2 to officially mark the grand opening of the Entrepreneurial Resource Center (ERC), a partnership between the city of San Bernardino and Cal State San Bernardino’s Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE). And during ... -
Racist Rant at S.B. Council Eclipses City Manager Concerns
By Dianne Anderson Tightening up technology and how it is administered shouldn’t be as hard as narrowing down two racist disruptors of the recent San Bernardino City Council meeting, and questions of why it happened. The city is working with the police department to identify the criminals that Zoom bombed the podium, even as advocates ...