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Globally, many are celebrating Kuumba, the sixth day of Kwanzaa unaware of the connection to Freedom's Eve and the International Year of People of African Descent. Many people of African Descent, well over 1/4th of the earth's population of Black folks did not eat last night on our "Agriculture First Fruits Holiday." In California, birth home of Kwanzaa, the elevated conversation by elders suggests that agriculture is beyond the capacity of the originators of the sacred science. Freedom's ...

Created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966, Kwanzaa is celebrated annually by more than 30 million people worldwide over seven days, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. The values of Kwanzaa, Nguzo Saba, are critical tools for addressing the issues facing the African American community....

The Mirant Power Plant once owned by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and run on natural gas NOT coal - will be shut down in the months to come. For over 45 years the Mirant Power Plant has spewed the worst particulates affecting the health of thousands. In past years, thousands of innocent workers - many who worked in the canning factories linked to our herrings and sardines. The steel factories linked to Ship Building. The many industries that were humming thirty and forty years ago. Now...

After an hour’s worth of discussion, the task force decided to leave their motions from the October 26, 2010 meeting as they stand, with no additional alternatives or changes proposed....

It was never the intent of many of the RSG to close whole sections of coastal waters and the onshore to recreational and commercial use or Tribal use in SMCAs. Tribal access is intended as allowable use for any MPA in the North Coast Study Region – SMR, SMCA, SMP, SMRMA. Statewide, the MLPAi process will have to back up once again, and “straighten things out on the south Coast” Roberta Cordero, BRTF member and traditionally oriented Chumash woman and an enrolled member of Coastal Band of the ...

On this day in 1865 the U.S. Constitution was amended for the 13th time. Honorable Assemblymember Mike Ing has elevated the conversation with a Day of Inclusion, December 17, 2010, we join the kick-off events and offer a small contribution that honors the "Golden Legacy of the earliest Black Pioneers to the State of California." Clearly we have much work to do. It will be the next generation to find solutions. The State of California is 160 years old, our ancestors are memorialized as "Un...

After Celebrations at the California State Capitol, everbody is invited to Free Museum Day at the California Railroad Museum. The first railroad in California, Sacramento Valley Railroad went from Sacramento to Negro Bar. The amazing contributions of people of African ancestry to the U.S. Railroad industry will not be on display... Inclusion Day 2010 may provide an opportunity to share authentic Railroad history in the California State Railroad Museum...

During the Congressional Black Caucus Weekend, September 2004 Arianee Callendar spoke during a Black Farmer Session, Chair Congressman Bennie Thompson, Mississippi. Evironmental Working Group may be instramental in restoring Black Agriculture in the State of California. Clearly, the #1 Agriculture State may embrace Black Farmers in the lucrative Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley markets. Allies outside the California Black Community will be essential to support this effort. "California Grown"...

Just days after Johannes Mehserle was given a mere two-year sentence for the cold-blooded murder of Oscar Grant , another unarmed Black man has been killed by police in Oakland. On Monday, November 8, two cops from the Oakland Police Department (OPD) shot and killed Derrick "Dee Dee" Jones, an act that drew immediate outrage. As word spread, dozens of people gathered at his place of business and tens more outside his family's home in somber vigil. All afternoon people were driving up and gett...