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Black leaders call for March for Unity and Justice

Amen Oyiboke, Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2015

Leaders gathered in front of the Sentinel offices urging community members to stand up for justice. (Valerie Goodloe photo) Local activists ask the public to join the movement against police injustice Executive Publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper Danny Bakewell, Sr., local community activists, clergy and politicians gathered at the Sentinel offices January 14to announce a antiviolence march that will take place on the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X’s death. “This is not just a demonstration, but it’s a sense of outrage we have for a complete disregard about life. We are creating a movement demanding accountability

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Mayor Garcetti Makes Two Key African American Appointments

KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing EditorJuly 25, 2013

Mike Davis to the Board of Public Works and Jackie Dupont-Walker to MTA Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced two key appointments of African Americans to the influential Board of Public Works and the powerful Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Garcetti selected former Assemblymember Mike Davis as a commissioner to the Board of Public Works and “Jackie” Dupont-Walker to the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority. “I want to make sure we’re careful and strategic with our transportation dollars. That’s the only way we’re going to make a real difference in the traffic congestion that

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Wendy Greuel Poised to be First Woman Mayor

KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing EditorMay 17, 2013

Armed and Ready: Controller Wendy Greuel and State Senator Curren Price are both armed with substantial backing of Black voters as they head into the May 21 run off for mayor and Ninth Council District respectively Blacks to decide fate of Greuel, Price and Zine Regardless of whether the majority of Los Angeles’ 3.8 million residents turn out in numbers big or small, experts have forecasted that Blacks will be the determining vote in the election of the next mayor of Los Angeles. Although African Americans make up just 9.3 percent of the population, it is their vote that is

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Over 700 Black Voters Will Gather to Discuss the Next Mayor and An Agenda for Black LA

Sentinel News Service [email protected]May 9, 2013

Starlett Quarles Talk Show Host Starlett Quarles and West Los Angeles College partner to bring Black LA together to discuss an Agenda and LA’s New Mayor. In anticipation of the upcoming May 21 runoff between LA mayoral candidates, Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller, Wendy Greuel, community advocate and talk show host, Starlett Quarles, of THE Dialogue, in partnership with West Los Angeles College, is hosting an event May 11 designed to bring members of Los Angeles’ Black Community together to discuss how they can be a part of the new mayor’s agenda for the city of Los Angeles. Entitled

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HUNDREDS SHOW UP TO SUPPORT REGGIE JONES-SAWYER

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 22, 2013

City Council President Herb Wesson swears in Reggie Jones-Sawyer as Pastor Rosalyn Brooks holds bible. Son, Evan Jones-Sawyer, daughter Lauren and son, Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer look on. left to right: State Senator Kevin DeLeon, Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Lauren Jones-Sawyer and Reggie Jones-Sawyer Reggie Jones-Sawyer enjoying time with guests Hundreds of community residents, elected officials and community leaders came out last Saturday for the community swearing in of newly elected Assembly Member Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer. Jones-Sawyer who was elected in November 2012 and sworn in on January 2 as the representative for the 59th Assembly District hosted the event to allow his

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Senator Price’s 7th Annual SHeroes Awards a Huge Success

Sentinel Wire ServiceFebruary 15, 2013

32 WOMEN COMMUNITY LEADERS HONORED FOR 2013 Community members from throughout Los Angeles, filled the USC Radisson Ballroom to attend Senator Curren Price’s 7th Annual “Tribute to SHeroes” Awards Luncheon, which was held Sunday, February 10. Hosted by Price, this year’s sold out event recognized exceptional women including community and union leaders; educators who work with students with special needs; teaching specialists that provide opportunities through the arts, music, and literacy programs; non-profit founders; and homeless and healthcare advocates for the young, unemployed, and elderly. “For all the bad that is bound to happen in a large metropolitan area

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6th Annual Champions of Education Golf Classic.

Sentinel News ServiceSeptember 19, 2012

Allison Bracy Allison Bracy of Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt hadn’t played golf in a long time, and when she rolled out with one of the teams for the recent 6th Annual Champions of Golf Classic at Pacific Palms Resort in the City of Industry, she admittedly felt a little rusty. “That was a foul,” she said, when the ball banked in the direction of the trees. “That was another foul,” she said, when her next drive sent the ball nearly straight up in the air. But by the end of the day, Bracy’s team was singing her praises.

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Community Salutes Herb Wesson’s Leadership

Sentinel News ServiceMay 24, 2012

Herb and Fabian Wesson Photo credits: MALCOLM ALI As the first Black president of the Los Angeles City Council, Herb Wesson was serenaded by a broad section of the community including elected and public officials, representatives from the business, religious and grassroots communities, community organizations and members of the community. One of the hosts, Charisse Bremond-Weaver, president and CEO of the Brotherhood Crusade, said, “It was really a coming-together of the African American leadership coming together to celebrate the first African American president of the Los Angeles City Council. In addition to the Brotherhood Crusade, there was Los Angeles Urban

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Mayor confirms his commitment to jobs in South L.A.

Sentinel News ServiceMay 3, 2012

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (center) meets with (L to R) Greg Irish, Charisse Bremond-Weaver, Timothy Watkins and his assistant. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, working with a recommendation from the Community Development Department (CDD), has taken the bold step of funding a myriad of agencies whose work focuses on much-needed services in communities where unemployment runs rampant. With the summer fast approaching, focusing services on out-of-school summer youth is critical, notwithstanding the already-high school dropout rate. It is all part of a comprehensive program that was funded for out-of-school youth in 2011 and it seemed to have had a measure of success; hence

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