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Sacramento Civil Rights Group Accepts Benevolent Boon from Billionaire

McKenzie Jackson, California Black MediaNovember 10, 2022

In October, the Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL) received its biggest donation in the civil rights organization’s 54-year history. Philanthropist, author and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, donated $2.4 million to the local chapter of the National Urban League (NUL) based in central California.

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Asm. Shirley Weber’s Daughter Is Running for her Mom’s San Diego District Seat

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaDecember 31, 2020

Dr. Akilah Weber, the daughter of Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), has announced that she is running for the 79th Assembly District seat that her mom will soon vacate. If she wins, the younger Dr. Weber would have the opportunity to carry on a family legacy in California politics known for strategic consensus building at the state level that’s rooted in – and deeply connected to — local grassroots organizing at home.