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Volume 6
Issue 13
June 10 - 16, 2009

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Music at Arroyo Park concert series kicks off with jazzy, mellow lineup

From the Globe News Desk

To say that Oakland City Councilwoman Desley Brooks has been at the center of some controversies during her tenure is an understatement.

The hardworking, steel-willed representative of Oakland’s District 6 has seen her fair share of detractors. Say what they will, few would deny Brooks’ commitment to her constituents in East Oakland — the part of town that oftentimes makes news for all things representative of the city’s fabled high crime rate. From the routinely rowdy Oakland Raider games to the national headline-grabbing shooting of four Oakland police officers, East Oakland has all too often found itself in an unwanted spotlight.

Despite the grumblings, Brooks is intent on changing that perception. She’s doing it through well-received events such as the annual Music at Arroyo Park concert series. Brooks, along with legendary Oakland musician and activist Dwayne Wiggins, had a chance meeting at San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival. As Brooks tells it, “We just kind of said, ‘Why doesn’t Oakland have something like this?’” And thus was born the annual free concert series.

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Bay Area

A game of
cat and mouse

For close to three months, Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been “out of the country.”...

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• UC Berkeley, Children’s Hospital to receive stimulus funds
• Health conductors choose a lifelong commitment
• Workshop helps prepare black women to run for political office
• Children harvest vegetables from garden at Hayward Day Labor Center

Oakland

Black Boys College Bound Initiative honors 50 graduating seniors

It was Monday night and the Black Boys College Bound Initiative graduation was ...

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• The Globe changes with the times
• Gardens at Lake Merritt celebrates 50 years

Richmond

Upcoming activities
in Richmond

Since my last newsletter to residents, there has been a hustle and bustle of activities ...

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• The Globe changes with the times
• Black Boys College Bound Initiative honor 50 graduating seniors
• Richmond City Council passes ‘Just Cause’ eviction ordinance

Politics

Oakland’s
election

The city of Oakland will hold a special election on July 21. The ballot will contain four measures that will help the city reduce ...

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• The terrible cost of being tagged a reverse racist
• Hancock bill to protect cities from sales tax scam signed by governor

Business

Tapping your
untapped resources

You can choose to focus on what you don’t have. Or you can value what you do have and see how what you have can lead you to ...

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Education

Children of incarcerated parents navigate path to college

Philadelphia public schoolteacher Wilma Stephenson is a throwback who reminds me of one of those no-nonsense ...

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Health

Medi-Cal cuts set Californians’
teeth on edge

Going to the dentist was never something she looked forward to, but last week Barbara Brown seemed eager to get into ...

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Entertainment

63rd annual Tony Awards:
A year of firsts

The 63rd annual Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre — more commonly known as the Tony ...

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• ‘Queen of Blues’ Koko Taylor leaves soulful legacy behind
• African American literary industry giants gather in NYC

Special Columns

• Killian Analysis
  
  
• Stirring the Pot
  
  
• Sandra Varner's Celebrity Profiles
  
  
• Inside Buzz
  

• Kam's Kapsules
  
  
• FUNdraising Good Times
  

Black on Black Crime

• What’s working: ShotSpotter system in Richmond
• The experiences that have made me
• Oakland homicides by City Council district, 2008

Sports

• Applause for awareness

Faith

• Faith leaders host summit on HIV, cancer