Health issues at the Lennar site: Fighting for the Children

It’s a beautiful site back here. In front of me I see nothing but beautiful healthy children who came in full force with the Nation of Islam of San Francisco, dressed in sharp suits smiling, sleeping, reading and glowing. In front of them, their mothers and fathers quietly sit waiting to hear the testimony and the final vote on whether Lennar should halt the development until the issue of whether toxic materials are being blown into the lungs of the community.

An hour ago mixed into the mostly Black families here, were a diverse groupings of long term Mission residents and families, students and long time social justice activist who may not have been dressed as sharp but were just as passionate about another issue for our communities in the Mission: the future of the Kelly More site on the corner of Mission and Cesar Chavez.

Yesterday I sat in a meeting with some heavy weights in the City, State and Nation in terms of people power and justice. People like Minister Christopher Muhammad from the SF Nation of Islam, J.T. the bigga figga, who is a nation wide respected hip artist and valued community member coming out of the Fillmore and other folks from bad ass groups like POWER, HOMEY, UNITED PLAYAZ and PODER

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