The Common Ground Health Clinic arose in the New Orleans west bank community of Algiers above the apocalyptic flood waters in the fall of ‘05. The founders’ visions, fueled by endorphins of kindness and adrenalin of desperation, were a beautiful thing to behold.
Tags:
"Solidarity not Charity,
"This is criminal",
Algiers,
Angola 3,
Antor Ndep Ola,
Black Panther Party,
Brandon Darby,
Common Ground Health Clinic,
Jamie "Bork" Laughner,
Jed Horne,
Malik Rahim,
Orissa Arend,
Robert King Wilkerson,
Scott Crow,
Sharon Johnson
On Oct. 15, Daniel Landry, a long-time resident of the Fillmore’s Martin Luther King-Marcus Garvey Co-op, sent a letter to the co-op’s management agent, John Stewart Co., requesting information that, according to the co-op’s by-laws, all shareholders have a right to see. This information included minutes from board meetings and details of the contract that the King Garvey Co-op has with John Stewart Co. Little did he know the turmoil that would follow.
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a citizen’s arrest,
Capt. Casciato [from Northern Station],
Capt. Ehrlich,
Capt. Ehrlich [from Park Station],
Chris Brizzard,
Daniel Landry,
John Stewart Co.,
Kings Security,
Loren Sanborn,
Marijuana,
Personal Protective Services,
Sgt. Schiff,
the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services at the Department of Consumer Affairs,
the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center,
the Fillmore,
the Fillmore’s Martin Luther King-Marcus Garvey Co-op,
the King Garvey shareholders,
the Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC),
the San Francisco Accountability Review Board (ARB),
the San Francisco Police Department
This is to let you know how thoroughly disgusted I was by the Board of Supervisors’ vote today to plant three more fossil fuel power plants – natural gas turbine combustion power plants – in Bayview Hunters Point.
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Ann Garrison,
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
Bayview Hunters Point,
Burrup Peninsula,
Chris Daly,
Chuck Devore,
Exxon-Mobil,
G'wichen,
liquified natural gas,
natural gas turbine combustion power plants,
Ngarlema,
Northern Cheyenne,
Prince William Sound,
Sierra Club
The disturbing trend of the public display of nooses that has gained momentum since the events in Jena, Louisiana, continues. The latest incident occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at a worksite in San Jose, California.
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a hate crime,
a noose,
Boeing,
California,
Chris Brizzard,
CNN,
Colfax,
Evans Brothers,
Home Depot,
Louisiana,
Oracle,
the Axis project,
Webcor Senior Vice President Glenn Gabel,
Wedrell James
On Wednesday, Oct. 31, a coalition of Black and Brown groups and individuals gathered at City Hall to express their opposition to San Francisco’s gang injunctions. Several themes emerged from those who addressed the crowd, including gentrification, racial profiling and the misuse of city money. During the course of the rally, it became clear that City Attorney Dennis Herrera, the political force behind the injunctions, has become an extremely unpopular figure in Bayview Hunters Point, the Mission and the Western Addition – neighborhoods in which the gang injunctions are now in place.
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Bayview Hunters Point,
City Attorney Dennis Herrera,
City Hall,
Ethnic cleansing,
Fairmont,
gentrification,
Joe Robles,
lack of after-school programs that provide a safe space for young people,
lack of jobs,
Minister Christopher Muhammad of the Nation of Islam,
Nancy Hernandez of HOMEY (Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth),
poverty,
racial profiling,
Renee Saucedo of La Raza Centro Legal,
San Francisco’s gang injunctions,
the Bank of America Building,
the Gang Task Force,
the Mark Hopkins,
the Mission,
the Mission Community Response Network,
the misuse of city money,
the Western Addition
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