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Mothers In Action Celebrates Their 22nd Annual Back to School Health Fair
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Mothers In Action Celebrates Their 22nd Annual Back to School Health Fair

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 20, 2020

In memory of Mitchell’s late Mother, the founder of M.I.A., Brenda Marsh-Mitchell, they distribute their first 100 backpacks each year for the last 6 years to First AME Church for their foster care youth in honor of her passing and life of service.. “My Mother was the founder of Mother’s In Action, and she understood that children fail because they can’t hear, they can’t see, and don’t have the resources to have a successful school year. So she started this thing 22 years ago, said President Mitchell.”

Stifling Defense Helps Dodgers Beat Padres in 6-0 Shut-Out
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Stifling Defense Helps Dodgers Beat Padres in 6-0 Shut-Out

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 13, 2020

Turner hit his second home run of the season that changed the game. The fifth inning was an offensive explosion for the Dodgers. “That fifth inning could have been the game,” said Roberts. Turner told reporters how creative and strategic the team has to be when they are struggling to score. “Sometimes when things are not going right, and you’re not getting hits, you got to manufacture funs, whether it is bunting, mixing in safety runs, squeezes, whatever you need to do build momentum and confidence for the offense.”

2020 State of Black America Focuses on COVID-19 Effects to the Black Community
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2020 State of Black America Focuses on COVID-19 Effects to the Black Community

Faith Petrie, Contributing WriterAugust 13, 2020

Morial said that there needs to be immediate and long term action to mend the effects of COVID-19 on the African American community and the first step is recognizing that the health system in American is “broken.” “The entire system, it has to be done through an equity lens in a significant way,” Morial said.

Los Angeles Dodgers Believe They Are Not In Full Stride Despite Strong Start
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Los Angeles Dodgers Believe They Are Not In Full Stride Despite Strong Start

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 10, 2020

When asked by reporters, what are areas does he see the Dodgers need to make strides, Turner said, “Everywhere. I mean, I think we have a deep lineup where three or four guys can produce in a game. I don’t think you’ve seen all nine hitters locked in clicking on all cylinders yet. You got to remember we had a three-month shutdown to a three-month ramp-up. Guys are still working through stuff, myself included. Just trying to grind away put together good A-B’s. (At Bats)”

Paul George Thinks Ivica Zubac is Playoff Ready
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Paul George Thinks Ivica Zubac is Playoff Ready

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 8, 2020

Playoffs are around the corner, and George expects excellent things from Zubac. With all the playoff experience on the Clippers, George says Zubac will be able to learn abruptly. He states, “I expect good things from him. I think again, a good thing about it, he’s got so much playoff experience around him our job is to make the process easy for him. Again, everyone is going to make mistakes. I’m still learning the game. It’s going to come naturally. But I think he’s ready for the experience.”

LAUSD Parents, Students, and Teachers Protest for Police-Free Schools
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LAUSD Parents, Students, and Teachers Protest for Police-Free Schools

Khari Jones Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 6, 2020

Police are criminalizing students, says Director of Operations and Campaign Joseph Williams. “In LAUSD, Black students are only 8% of the student population, but they’ve been 25% and 30% of all contacts, citations, and arrests by L.A. school police. We know that Black student achievement has been one of the lowest rates on all of LAUSD.” Williams infers that LAUSD refuses to invest in Black student success, and instead, is investing in prioritizing the criminalization of Black students.

Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Hosts Virtual Meeting to Discuss Anti-Racist Policy in L.A. County
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Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Hosts Virtual Meeting to Discuss Anti-Racist Policy in L.A. County

Faith Petrie, Contributing WriterAugust 6, 2020

The approval of the measure follows other local governments in California addressing racism including Santa Bernardino County, Goleta and Santa Barabara. UCLA professor Paul Ong said during the live meeting that a “web of inequality” is different barriers that are implemented into fields of life that aid in oppressing Black communities. “We need to understand in a very detailed, fundamental way about how this mechanism interlocks today but also as mentioned, how it interlocks over time, over generations,” Ong said.

Justice X Law Group Files Class Action Complaint Against LAPD
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Justice X Law Group Files Class Action Complaint Against LAPD

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 6, 2020

The dehumanization and dismantling of lives has been occurring for many years and even decades, Dove indicates. He states that Blacks and Latinos are placed in categories that make them less than others. It is part of a systemic injustice that is transpired to the minority community, Dove infers.

Derek Fisher speaks on Sparks leveling up in the off-season with new veteran leadership
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Derek Fisher speaks on Sparks leveling up in the off-season with new veteran leadership

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 3, 2020

The leaders of the Sparks take pride in their character and being role models for other young players on the team. Fisher believes it is a great foundation for the future of the organization on and off the court. “When you have your best players lead by example in terms of how they carry themselves and how they speak. It helps everybody.”

Mustard, Roddy Ricch, Jhene Aiko and Trey Songz Host Feed Your City Challenge in South L.A.
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Mustard, Roddy Ricch, Jhene Aiko and Trey Songz Host Feed Your City Challenge in South L.A.

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterJuly 30, 2020

Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson was excited to be working with the Feed Your City Challenge. He mentioned how great it was to have Roddy Ricch and Mustard, who are both from the South L.A. community, help host and be hands on during the food drive. “Roddy Ricch and Mustard, they are both homeboys, they are from the community. They came up in our streets and they know how it is in the neighborhood,” says Dawson. He continues, “Once you put out the fall to give help, or get help, our community shows up. It just takes the right individuals to make the right call, set up the event, get volunteers and sponsors. LAPD is here, the fire department is here. Everybody steps up and we make it work. We make it do what it do.”

Furloughed Employee Sues Live Nation for Racial & Gender Discrimination
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Furloughed Employee Sues Live Nation for Racial & Gender Discrimination

Bertram Keller Contributing WriterJuly 30, 2020

Newman believes she was practically terminated due to her grievances about being discriminated against in the Live Nation workplace. Newman alleges that Live Nation did not show their support with her grievances; instead, she claims that the global entertainment company negated her complaints, and then cut her loose with coronavirus-related staff reductions to cite as the excuse to relieve the company of the complaint.