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Part of her work includes assembling altars on Oakland’s International Boulevard, a hub for adult sex workers as well as the sex trafficking of minors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of a growing community, the altars are decorated with art, flowers, letters and fabric—and since the start of the pandemic—she’s been adding hand sanitizer, condoms and PPE. Regina says her team builds these altars as an offering, and that she doesn’t directly approach the women. Instead, she allows the altars to be an opening for interactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7908706129\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>For those following stories of Bay Area displacement…\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13863493/rightnowish-jamie-facciola-lucy-the-dog-and-the-furniture-hunt\">Oakland’s Street Sofas and the Bay Area Housing Crisis\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you see abandoned furniture on the side of the street, ever wonder how it got there? Who it belonged to? What’s gonna happen to it now? “There’s so many stories in the furniture. I think it can tell us a lot about who is coming and who is going. It definitely shows turnover of some kind,” says Oakland’s Jamie Facciola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC9479532635\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>For those who care about the past, present and future of the Town… \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13874528/hennessy-pound-cake-long-commutes-and-filmmaking\">Hennessy Pound Cake, Long Commutes and Filmmaking\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few years ago, filmmaker Danielle Thompson and her family were evicted from their home in Oakland and moved to Pittsburg, a city 40 miles away. 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Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Bay Area’s hip-hop culture is as rich as the soil from which it grows. We should value it like the property in the region.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the bedroom closet of this little apartment I’ve been renting for just over a year (in Sacramento because the Bay is too damn expensive), I’ve got a little bit of that history tucked off in a shoebox. It’s full of printed photos and digital images archived on external drives. It’s my stash of golden nuggets that I’ve mined during my 15-plus years of being a documentarian, and lifetime of soaking up \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">game\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Bay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since our rich Bay Area hip-hop culture will be center stage this coming weekend, I figured it’s time to share a little bit of the wealth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9389058/verzuz-battles-ranked-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verzuz\u003c/a>, the online musical battle series backed by mega-producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, is scheduled to feature Bay Area superstars \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwO8zqDVw3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E-40 and Too $hort\u003c/a> on Saturday, Dec. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890442\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40's My Ghetto Report Card\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-768x437.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40’s My Ghetto Report Card in late January, 2006. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just after the event’s announcement on Sunday, a virtual chat room titled “The Bay Is In The Area” on the all-audio social media app Clubhouse got a surprise appearance from Mr. 40 Water himself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">E-40 Fonzarelli explained that during the upcoming battle he’ll be wearing his rapper hat, so he can’t be “the goon with the spoon,” for catering purposes. He said his Bay Area rap Mount Rushmore includes himself, Too $hort, Mac Dre and MC Hammer (with a nod to Tupac, but Pac is also on the overall hip-hop Mount Rushmore, so there’s that). \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I asked 40 Belafonte about his 1996 track “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://genius.com/E-40-record-haters-lyrics\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Record Haters\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” (a diss to Brooklyn rapper AZ and NBA star Rasheed Wallace), in which Uncle Earl says, “My niggas 3X Krazy laced me/ \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taught me how to say ‘fa sheezy.’” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890440\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png\" alt=\"Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a "100% Intelligent Black Child" shirt while standing next to D'Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-768x506.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-2048x1350.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1920x1266.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a “100% Intelligent Black Child” shirt while standing next to D’Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My question: did 3x Krazy, a popular East Oakland rap group from the late ’90s and early ’00s consisting of Keak Da Sneak, Agerman and Bart, really teach The Ambassador how to say “fa sheezy”? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Charlie Hustle confirmed that they did indeed. And then The Ballatician went on to explain how that term gave birth to a new way of speaking, one that’s evident in Lil Wayne’s usage of “Lil Weezy,” Kanye West’s moniker of “Kanyeezy” and more. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a preview of the larger lesson on the etymology of popular slang we’re sure to get during the upcoming battle. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earl Stevens told the attendees of the chat that he “hardly has enough time to eat a pistachio,” so he’d have to exit the convo. It’s true—the 53-year-old fixture from the hillside in Vallejo dropped multiple albums in 2020, and he’s working on \u003ca href=\"https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59525/title.too-short-explains-snoop-dogg-ice-cube-e-40-supergroup-is-for-hip-hop-not-the-bag#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an album with Snoop, Too $hort and Ice Cube\u003c/a> for 2021. But before he left the virtual room, he mentioned he’d be posting old photos ahead of this weekend’s battle, just to let people see a bit of his story. Which is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">lightweight\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> our story. Our culture. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It got me to thinking about that collection in my closet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t’s not \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">all\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> there. I’ve lost all the airbrushed shirts. And I’m wounded because those size 38, baggy Girbaud jeans with the straps that I wore when I weighed 140 pounds would probably fit well right about now. But a\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t least \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdst63FWSCs\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">my video of Stomper goin’ dumb\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> still exists.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hold tight to what I do have: my photos of that time\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854043/when-nipsey-hussle-brought-his-marathon-mindset-to-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Nipsey Hussle brought the Jacka on stage\u003c/a> in December of 2013. (Both of them are now deceased.) Dear to me, too, are the pictures from that evening \u003ca href=\"http://hiphopandpolitics.com/2012/03/15/oaklands-townhall-on-misogyny-teen-violence-the-influence-of-rap-music-w-too-short/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rev. Dereca Blackmon and Too $hort\u003c/a> sat in Oakland’s City Hall chambers and held a conversation about misogyny in hip-hop in March of 2012.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arguably my most important stash of printed photos is from \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 2005. A little more than a month after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://archive.upcoming.org/event/bay-area-saving-ourselves-sos-benefit-concert-32878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saving Ourselves S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit\u003c/a> concert held at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland in effort to support folks in the south. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Backed by Comcast Cable and The First African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church of Oakland\u003c/span>, the event was organized by former Oakland City Councilperson Desley Brooks, the late trumpeter \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13869182/oaktown-jazz-workshops-a-beacon-of-youth-music-programs-turns-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khalil Shaheed\u003c/a> and Tony! Toni! Toné!’s Dwayne Wiggins. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The show featured jazz greats Bobby Hutcherson and Nicholas Payton. Hip-hop and R&B artists like Spice-1, EA-Ski and Jennifer Johns were also in the building. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was one of the first events I ever covered. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890445\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890445\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ameer Loggins when he was known as Left, half of the the Frontline duo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ameer Loggins, aka Left, half of the the Frontline duo posing for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">En route to the show I hit the Walgreens on 14th and Broadway and liberated two disposable cameras. I had a digital video camera and a small voice recorder too, but those have since vanished. All that’s left are the photos from the disposable cameras.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Within the stack of image after image of people in airbrushed T-shirts is a photo of Keak The Sneak—wearing an airbrushed T-shirt of himself. I took the photo right after he told me about his family roots in Alabama, and why the event meant so much to him. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 419px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13890439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png\" alt=\"East Oakland emcee Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak.\" width=\"419\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1020x1481.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-160x232.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-768x1115.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1058x1536.png 1058w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1410x2048.png 1410w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1920x2789.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak.png 1941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s also a photo of rapper San Quinn in the dressing room, surrounded by his folks from the City, including Big Rich, Ya Boy (also known as Rich Rocka) and Bailey, whose song “U C It” (featuring J. Valentine) was getting a lot of spins at the time. After the photo, I recall Quinn pulling me aside and suggesting I interview a firefighter who was in the room—saying he was the real star. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The night ended with a good friend of mine, Jesus El, being harassed and arrested by the Oakland Police Department. The overly aggressive officers made for an anti-climatic ending to the evening, and simultaneously exemplified another aspect of Bay Area hip-hop culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what came from that night was a small sample—a couple of golden nuggets—of what the culture was like at the time. (My Lord, did we really wear that many airbrushed shirts?) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890441\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13890441 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco rappers, including Ya Boy (sunglasses), San Quinn (center, far back), Bailey (Blue SF hat) and Big Rich (far right) pose for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. October 2005. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Quinn-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco rappers, including Ya Boy (sunglasses), San Quinn (center, far back), Bailey (Blue SF hat) and Big Rich (far right) pose for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. October 2005.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also shows the importance of\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> someone valuing the story of the Bay Area’s hip-hop culture. \u003c/span>And with that said, I’m kicking myself because there should be so much more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> should have the video I shot from the night before Husalah turned himself in to face federal time. I should have the photos from that evening I sat in on a studio session with a group of youngsters named \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03wPJpQG4U&ab_channel=kellymdickpromotions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poplyfe\u003c/a>, which featured a vocalist named \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830316/kehlani-is-queering-mainstream-pop-and-the-bay-area-is-here-for-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kehlani\u003c/a>. I should have the tapes from the day I interviewed journalist \u003ca href=\"http://www.daveyd.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davey D\u003c/a>, when he told me about Tupac living on the other side of the Lake—a conversation that lasted two hours and concluded with me going to the Federation’s video shoot for the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuVwF80ydqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 Dummy\u003c/a>,” on Alameda’s Naval Air Station. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890443\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png\" alt=\"Goapele singing at an event at SF State in 2005. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-160x241.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-768x1156.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF.png 876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also found in my archives: a photo of Goapele singing at an event at San Francisco State University in 2005. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m hella salty about all the stories untold, photos unpublished and videos unshared, because I know each tale pushes the value of the culture that much further.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>… all the more reason to share what I do have. \u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hot97.com/hip-hop-news/hot-news/ashanti-vs-keyshia-cole-verzuz-cancelled-singer-tested-postive-for-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If this weekend’s event happens\u003c/a>, I’m sure it’ll bring about more gold than one can hold. [aside postid='arts_13890048']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My hope is that the event not only pushes our region a step further down the path of the recognition it deserves, but also inspires other folks to dig in their crates, closets and computer chips and share some of the cultural riches they’re sitting on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC2198604807\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Bay Area’s hip-hop culture is as rich as the soil from which it grows. We should value it like the property in the region.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the bedroom closet of this little apartment I’ve been renting for just over a year (in Sacramento because the Bay is too damn expensive), I’ve got a little bit of that history tucked off in a shoebox. It’s full of printed photos and digital images archived on external drives. It’s my stash of golden nuggets that I’ve mined during my 15-plus years of being a documentarian, and lifetime of soaking up \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">game\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Bay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since our rich Bay Area hip-hop culture will be center stage this coming weekend, I figured it’s time to share a little bit of the wealth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9389058/verzuz-battles-ranked-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verzuz\u003c/a>, the online musical battle series backed by mega-producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, is scheduled to feature Bay Area superstars \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwO8zqDVw3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E-40 and Too $hort\u003c/a> on Saturday, Dec. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890442\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40's My Ghetto Report Card\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY-768x437.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/E-40-in-NY.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in New York pointing to a small poster advertising the release of E-40’s My Ghetto Report Card in late January, 2006. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just after the event’s announcement on Sunday, a virtual chat room titled “The Bay Is In The Area” on the all-audio social media app Clubhouse got a surprise appearance from Mr. 40 Water himself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">E-40 Fonzarelli explained that during the upcoming battle he’ll be wearing his rapper hat, so he can’t be “the goon with the spoon,” for catering purposes. He said his Bay Area rap Mount Rushmore includes himself, Too $hort, Mac Dre and MC Hammer (with a nod to Tupac, but Pac is also on the overall hip-hop Mount Rushmore, so there’s that). \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I asked 40 Belafonte about his 1996 track “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://genius.com/E-40-record-haters-lyrics\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Record Haters\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” (a diss to Brooklyn rapper AZ and NBA star Rasheed Wallace), in which Uncle Earl says, “My niggas 3X Krazy laced me/ \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taught me how to say ‘fa sheezy.’” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890440\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png\" alt=\"Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a "100% Intelligent Black Child" shirt while standing next to D'Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-768x506.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-2048x1350.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/PEN-and-DWAYNE-1920x1266.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendarvis Harshaw wearing a “100% Intelligent Black Child” shirt while standing next to D’Wayne Wiggins backstage at the S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My question: did 3x Krazy, a popular East Oakland rap group from the late ’90s and early ’00s consisting of Keak Da Sneak, Agerman and Bart, really teach The Ambassador how to say “fa sheezy”? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Charlie Hustle confirmed that they did indeed. And then The Ballatician went on to explain how that term gave birth to a new way of speaking, one that’s evident in Lil Wayne’s usage of “Lil Weezy,” Kanye West’s moniker of “Kanyeezy” and more. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a preview of the larger lesson on the etymology of popular slang we’re sure to get during the upcoming battle. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earl Stevens told the attendees of the chat that he “hardly has enough time to eat a pistachio,” so he’d have to exit the convo. It’s true—the 53-year-old fixture from the hillside in Vallejo dropped multiple albums in 2020, and he’s working on \u003ca href=\"https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59525/title.too-short-explains-snoop-dogg-ice-cube-e-40-supergroup-is-for-hip-hop-not-the-bag#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an album with Snoop, Too $hort and Ice Cube\u003c/a> for 2021. But before he left the virtual room, he mentioned he’d be posting old photos ahead of this weekend’s battle, just to let people see a bit of his story. Which is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">lightweight\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> our story. Our culture. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It got me to thinking about that collection in my closet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t’s not \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">all\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> there. I’ve lost all the airbrushed shirts. And I’m wounded because those size 38, baggy Girbaud jeans with the straps that I wore when I weighed 140 pounds would probably fit well right about now. But a\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t least \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdst63FWSCs\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">my video of Stomper goin’ dumb\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> still exists.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hold tight to what I do have: my photos of that time\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854043/when-nipsey-hussle-brought-his-marathon-mindset-to-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Nipsey Hussle brought the Jacka on stage\u003c/a> in December of 2013. (Both of them are now deceased.) Dear to me, too, are the pictures from that evening \u003ca href=\"http://hiphopandpolitics.com/2012/03/15/oaklands-townhall-on-misogyny-teen-violence-the-influence-of-rap-music-w-too-short/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rev. Dereca Blackmon and Too $hort\u003c/a> sat in Oakland’s City Hall chambers and held a conversation about misogyny in hip-hop in March of 2012.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arguably my most important stash of printed photos is from \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 2005. A little more than a month after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://archive.upcoming.org/event/bay-area-saving-ourselves-sos-benefit-concert-32878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saving Ourselves S.O.S. Hurricane Katrina Benefit\u003c/a> concert held at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland in effort to support folks in the south. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Backed by Comcast Cable and The First African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church of Oakland\u003c/span>, the event was organized by former Oakland City Councilperson Desley Brooks, the late trumpeter \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13869182/oaktown-jazz-workshops-a-beacon-of-youth-music-programs-turns-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khalil Shaheed\u003c/a> and Tony! Toni! Toné!’s Dwayne Wiggins. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The show featured jazz greats Bobby Hutcherson and Nicholas Payton. Hip-hop and R&B artists like Spice-1, EA-Ski and Jennifer Johns were also in the building. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was one of the first events I ever covered. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890445\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890445\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ameer Loggins when he was known as Left, half of the the Frontline duo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Left-Frontline-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ameer Loggins, aka Left, half of the the Frontline duo posing for a photo at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">En route to the show I hit the Walgreens on 14th and Broadway and liberated two disposable cameras. I had a digital video camera and a small voice recorder too, but those have since vanished. All that’s left are the photos from the disposable cameras.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Within the stack of image after image of people in airbrushed T-shirts is a photo of Keak The Sneak—wearing an airbrushed T-shirt of himself. I took the photo right after he told me about his family roots in Alabama, and why the event meant so much to him. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 419px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13890439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png\" alt=\"East Oakland emcee Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak.\" width=\"419\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-800x1162.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1020x1481.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-160x232.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-768x1115.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1058x1536.png 1058w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1410x2048.png 1410w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak-1920x2789.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Keak.png 1941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak wearing an airbrushed shirt of Keak Da Sneak. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s also a photo of rapper San Quinn in the dressing room, surrounded by his folks from the City, including Big Rich, Ya Boy (also known as Rich Rocka) and Bailey, whose song “U C It” (featuring J. Valentine) was getting a lot of spins at the time. After the photo, I recall Quinn pulling me aside and suggesting I interview a firefighter who was in the room—saying he was the real star. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The night ended with a good friend of mine, Jesus El, being harassed and arrested by the Oakland Police Department. The overly aggressive officers made for an anti-climatic ending to the evening, and simultaneously exemplified another aspect of Bay Area hip-hop culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what came from that night was a small sample—a couple of golden nuggets—of what the culture was like at the time. 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October 2005.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also shows the importance of\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> someone valuing the story of the Bay Area’s hip-hop culture. \u003c/span>And with that said, I’m kicking myself because there should be so much more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> should have the video I shot from the night before Husalah turned himself in to face federal time. I should have the photos from that evening I sat in on a studio session with a group of youngsters named \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03wPJpQG4U&ab_channel=kellymdickpromotions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poplyfe\u003c/a>, which featured a vocalist named \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830316/kehlani-is-queering-mainstream-pop-and-the-bay-area-is-here-for-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kehlani\u003c/a>. I should have the tapes from the day I interviewed journalist \u003ca href=\"http://www.daveyd.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davey D\u003c/a>, when he told me about Tupac living on the other side of the Lake—a conversation that lasted two hours and concluded with me going to the Federation’s video shoot for the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuVwF80ydqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 Dummy\u003c/a>,” on Alameda’s Naval Air Station. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890443\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png\" alt=\"Goapele singing at an event at SF State in 2005. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-800x1204.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-160x241.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF-768x1156.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Goapele-in-SF.png 876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also found in my archives: a photo of Goapele singing at an event at San Francisco State University in 2005. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m hella salty about all the stories untold, photos unpublished and videos unshared, because I know each tale pushes the value of the culture that much further.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>… all the more reason to share what I do have. \u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hot97.com/hip-hop-news/hot-news/ashanti-vs-keyshia-cole-verzuz-cancelled-singer-tested-postive-for-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If this weekend’s event happens\u003c/a>, I’m sure it’ll bring about more gold than one can hold. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Vincent-Ray Williams III is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/operationscoordinator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Operations Coordinator\u003c/a> at Oakland’s LGBTQ Community Center. Through this position Vincent has a hand in developing the Center’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/clinic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glenn Burke Wellness Clinic.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clinic, which is named after the Oakland A’s player who was discriminated against for being the first openly gay major league player, is set to open early next year. Vincent says the clinic will focus on HIV/ AIDS testing and prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vincent, who was born HIV positive, says dispelling negative notions of people living with the virus is the work he finds most purposeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889952\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13889952\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/FB_IMG_1602995068227.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent-Ray Williams III cleaning up garbage in Oakland as a part of his community service.\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/FB_IMG_1602995068227.jpg 720w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/FB_IMG_1602995068227-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vincent-Ray Williams III cleaning up garbage in Oakland as a part of his community service. \u003ccite>(Vincent-Ray Williams III)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On top of the work he does at the center, Vincent also \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/urbanparkcleanup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">organizes community cleanups\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week on Rightnowish, we discuss all of the work Vincent does and how his life story aligns with the man who invented the high five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6116812430\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Vincent-Ray Williams III.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: Ya know, I’m a pansexual man and I never really felt like I had a place where I fit in… My whole life I always had this view of the LGBTQ community that was negative, because I had a negative view of myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: What ended up happening for me is I came here – the Oakland LGBTQ Center – for a support group. I was apprehensive to come here because other places that I’ve been, I didn’t feel like I belonged for a few different reasons… because it was predominantly white. I need to be able to walk in and see a Black or brown person because I’m Black and I’m Puerto Rican. But also, I’ve always been one of those kinds of people where if you haven’t been anywhere but you’re trying to advise me on how I should approach something then you’re misinforming me because tried and true solution come through people that have actually been through some shit, that have tried some shit, that I’ve found out what shit works.That’s how I feel about it. And that’s exactly what the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: Why name it after Glenn Burke, who was Glenn Burke?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: Glenn Burke was a Black man in Major League Baseball, played for the A’s. The first out gay Black man in MLB. He created the high five. He found out he was HIV positive. They blackballed him. This is a Black man who had found the courage to be comfortable in his own skin and not care what anyone else thought about it while still remaining professional and inspiring so many other people. And what better than to name the clinic after an Oakland native who made so many sacrifices just to let people know that it was OK to be who they are than to name it after Glen Burke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: How does Glenn Burke’s story impact you personally?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: You know part of Glenn Burke’s story was that without a job he found himself on the streets of San Francisco in the Castro selling himself. I come from a long path of substance abuse and drug addiction, you know. And at one point I found myself in a position where I didn’t know what else to do to take care of myself than to sell myself on the street. I can definitely relate on an emotional level with his story and I’m obsessed with everything baseball. I played in high school and I played in college a little bit so that story hits close to home with me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: So many parallels. At what point did you find out that you were HIV positive?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: I was 13 years old, I was in a group home — probably like my 80th group home I had ever been at this point — and I remember that a social worker sat me down and she said, ‘hey, we need to talk to you.’ And I said, ‘yeah what’s up?’ And she said, ‘your biological father, he passed away.’ And I’m like, ‘oh, no worries. I don’t care. Whatever. I never met him.’ She said, ‘well, we want to let you know that he died of HIV or AIDS.’ I was like, ‘oh, that sucks.’ And she was like, ‘yeah well, we also need to tell you, because you’re old enough to understand that all those medications that you take, they’re also for HIV.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: You know that broke my heart. I didn’t know. 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Vincent says the clinic will focus on HIV/ AIDS testing and prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vincent, who was born HIV positive, says dispelling negative notions of people living with the virus is the work he finds most purposeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889952\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13889952\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/FB_IMG_1602995068227.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent-Ray Williams III cleaning up garbage in Oakland as a part of his community service.\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/FB_IMG_1602995068227.jpg 720w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/FB_IMG_1602995068227-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vincent-Ray Williams III cleaning up garbage in Oakland as a part of his community service. \u003ccite>(Vincent-Ray Williams III)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On top of the work he does at the center, Vincent also \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/urbanparkcleanup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">organizes community cleanups\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week on Rightnowish, we discuss all of the work Vincent does and how his life story aligns with the man who invented the high five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6116812430\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Vincent-Ray Williams III.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: Ya know, I’m a pansexual man and I never really felt like I had a place where I fit in… My whole life I always had this view of the LGBTQ community that was negative, because I had a negative view of myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: What ended up happening for me is I came here – the Oakland LGBTQ Center – for a support group. 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They blackballed him. This is a Black man who had found the courage to be comfortable in his own skin and not care what anyone else thought about it while still remaining professional and inspiring so many other people. And what better than to name the clinic after an Oakland native who made so many sacrifices just to let people know that it was OK to be who they are than to name it after Glen Burke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: How does Glenn Burke’s story impact you personally?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VINCENT: You know part of Glenn Burke’s story was that without a job he found himself on the streets of San Francisco in the Castro selling himself. I come from a long path of substance abuse and drug addiction, you know. And at one point I found myself in a position where I didn’t know what else to do to take care of myself than to sell myself on the street. I can definitely relate on an emotional level with his story and I’m obsessed with everything baseball. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n 1971, the national voting age in the United States changed from 21 to 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I believe the time has come to lower the voting age in the United States, and thereby to bring American youth into the mainstream of our political process,” said \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.tedkennedy.org/ownwords/event/voting_age/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senator Ted Kennedy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on March 9, 1970, while testifying before the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“To me,” Kennedy continued, “this is the most important single principle we can pursue as a nation.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A year later, the\u003c/span> \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhpr.org/post/ask-civics-101-why-our-voting-age-18#stream/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">26th Amendment\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was ratified and 18-year-olds got their right to vote. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The saying “old enough to fight, old enough to vote”—referencing an amendment to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/story/Article/2140942/first-peacetime-draft-enacted-just-before-world-war-ii/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Selective Training and Service Act\u003c/a> that would allow for “abled bodied men” ages 18-45 to be drafted to the US military—served as a convincing argument for why young folks should be able to vote. But in Senator Kennedy’s speech from five decades ago, there’s also mention of the impact of technology on young folks’ learning process. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The contrast is clear in the case of education,” said Senator Kennedy. “Because of the enormous impact of modern communications, especially television, our youth are extremely well informed on all the crucial issues of our time, foreign and domestic, national and local, urban and rural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that was way before Google.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889141\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-800x634.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Tech Students standing on Broadway in North Oakland holding protest signs in effort to get cuts to the administration and more student support.\" width=\"800\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-800x634.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-768x609.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech Students standing on Broadway in North Oakland holding protest signs in effort to get cuts to the administration and more student support. \u003ccite>(Lukas Brekke-Miesner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>o last week, when Oakland voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed Measure QQ\u003c/a>, giving the city’s 16- and 17-year-old Oaklanders the right to vote in elections of future school board members and directors, they introduced a new wave of young people to the political process, acknowledged the concept of technology-based evolution and nudged this country (ever so slightly) toward a more equitable society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m being extra. But honestly: the passing of this legislation has the potential to be a big deal. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lukas Brekke-Miesner, Executive Director of Oakland Kids First, has a more sobering perspective on the process of developing this legislation, as well as its passing and future implementation. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brekke-Miesner, who I’ve known since our Oakland little league baseball days, tells me that the push for Measure QQ began in the wake of the 2019 teacher strike, after students and organizers marched the picket lines alongside teachers. But after contract negotiations, the board agreed to pay \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/oakland-teachers-strike-ends-11-percent-raise-halt/story?id=61428593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the teachers\u003c/a>, but left the students’ requests unfulfilled. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There was a huge movement of young people,” says\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brekke-Miesner, recalling that the\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> strike was settled on a Sunday, and the school board met the following Monday; hundreds of young people marched to the board meeting. He says the students were still fighting for a number of things—funding for restorative justice programs, foster care case managers, and Asian-Pacific Islander student support, to name a few. But the testimony from the young people didn’t change anything. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889142\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-800x508.jpeg\" alt=\"Elected student advocates meeting with Council Member Rebecca Kaplan\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-800x508.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-1020x648.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-160x102.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-768x488.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-1536x976.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-2048x1301.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-1920x1220.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elected student advocates meeting with Oakland councilmember Rebecca Kaplan. \u003ccite>(Lukas Brekke-Miesner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A few months later, Brekke-Miesner explains, during a retreat with youth advocates from\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/15546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> All City Council,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandkidsfirst.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Kids First\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youthtogether.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth Together\u003c/a>, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://caljustice.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Californians For Justice\u003c/a>, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.aypal.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AYPAL\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baypeace.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay-Peace\u003c/a> and other organizations, the seeds of Measure QQ were planted. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The campaign gained steam, even got the support of Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CGI1dnYhnxp/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vocalist Goapele\u003c/a>. In May of 2020, after the legislation was written by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56909/learning-by-voting-students-want-the-right-to-make-a-difference-in-real-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">councilmember Rebecca Kaplan\u003c/a>, the rest of Oakland’s City Council \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4346090&GUID=ED19EE12-1CB8-4490-9405-57E730B5AD8B&Options=&Search=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">voted unanimously\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to put the measure on the ballot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was at the first meeting where it was just an idea,” says Jessica Ramos, a senior at Skyline High School and member of the All City Council. “After those meetings, I was like, ‘This is going to happen. This is an actual idea that came from students.’”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889143\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 298px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13889143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-800x1002.jpeg\" alt=\"Jessica Ramos stands on stage and speaks to an audience in June of 2020\" width=\"298\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-800x1002.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-1020x1277.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-768x962.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511.jpeg 1102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Ramos stands on stage and speaks to an audience in June of 2020 \u003ccite>(The Feeby)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramos, whose father is a Republican and mother is a Democrat, says the benefit of learning and actualizing the political process in the school environment can lead to an unbiased understanding of candidates. Her fellow students are dedicated, she says, even after gentrification has pushed them out of Oakland. (Many of her friends travel “30 to 50 miles” to get to school, she estimates.) And after being involved in All City Council since her freshman year, Ramos adds, “If we start at a younger age, we’re going to continue it.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The main thing I did was phone banking and outreach,” says Oakland Tech senior and Oakland Kids First representative Jessica Chen, who joined the campaign after it was on the ballot. She says she \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">encountered a few hostile conversations, but most people were supportive of her efforts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chen says young people having the right to vote is important, even if it’s just for school board members. “Before we had the vote, (parents) were voting for us. And now that we have the vote, we can use our power and make the best decisions to benefit our own education,” says Chen. “We are the students learning, not the parents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brekke-Miesner says he also ran into a few folks who opposed the idea of Measure QQ; one in particular claimed voting is \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“sacrosanct.” To which Brekke-Miesner points out the country’s history of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">mass voter suppression, and the current volume of uninformed adults. “Pen, [did] you know, in our generation there are people on Facebook like, ‘Hey, do you have a voter’s guide?’” he asks me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I confirm that I do. But still, there’s the question about young folks being “impressionable” or having their votes manipulated by adults, especially their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This notion that young people are just going to be told what to do by adults is funny,” says Brekke-Miesner. “Most parents of teenagers would laugh at the thought that that their kids will just do what they say.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889194\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-800x720.png\" alt=\"Student advocates and Lukas Brekke-Miesner (pictured in the ESO hat) meet with Council Member Sheng Thao in Oakland \" width=\"800\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-800x720.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-1020x918.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-160x144.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-768x691.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM.png 1098w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student advocates and Lukas Brekke-Miesner (pictured in the ESO hat) meet with councilmember Sheng Thao in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Lukas Brekke-Miesner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>ack in the 70s, when 18-year-olds in the United States got the right to vote in the presidential election, the resulting voter turnout was relatively high. Each election thereafter, the numbers waned a bit further. That changed during President Obama’s first successful run for the presidency in 2008, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/time-series/demo/voting-historical-time-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to census data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty years later, the narrow margin of victory in this year’s presidential election was considerably swayed by young voters, especially young voters of color. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/09/youth-turnout-us-election-biden-victory-young-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian\u003c/a>, “86% of Black youth, 82% of Asian youth and 73% of Latino youth” supported President-elect Joe Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The importance of the youth isn’t just shown through their vote, but the intention behind their vote. A poll from the \u003ca href=\"https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/election-week-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tufts University Center For Information & Research On Civic Learning And Engagement (CIRCLE)\u003c/a> shows that an overwhelming amount of young folks who are voting cast their ballots with intentions of putting an end to racist behaviors and police violence—largely influenced by the events of this past summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the national level, there are people on both sides of the aisle who support the idea of lowering the voting age to 16–and that’s for all elections, not just the school board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the first proposal submitted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/03/06/ayanna-pressley-voting-age-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Ayanna Pressley\u003c/a> was an amendment to lower the national voting age from 18 to 16. It failed, but it garnered the support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “I think it’s really important to capture kids when they’re in high school, when they’re interested in all of this, when they’re learning about government, to be able to vote,” Pelosi said in March 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representative Michael Burgess, a Republican from Texas, asked, “Would policymakers pay more attention to the problems that are being dealt to this segment of the demographic if policymakers were actually answerable to them? I think it is worth having the discussion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people aren’t ready for that discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11845042/17-year-olds-will-not-be-able-to-vote-in-primaries-as-prop-18-goes-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s Proposition 18\u003c/a>, which would’ve allowed 17-year-olds the right to vote in a primary election as long as they’d be 18 by the time of the general election, failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Proposition G, a proposal to lower the voting age for citywide races, also failed—\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly by a margin of 6,659 votes\u003c/a>. (Keep in mind, San Francisco just witnessed one of its highest voter percentages ever of 85.96%, just below \u003ca href=\"https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/11/turnout-in-san-francisco-sets-a-record-will-miss-another.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 1944 record\u003c/a> of 86.82%. And in the next election, the people who are 16- and 17-year-olds now will be able to vote.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Berkeley voters passed \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Berkeley,_California,_School_Director_Election_Youth_Voting,_Measure_Y1_(November_2016)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Measure Y1\u003c/a>, which gave people ages 16 and 17 the right to vote for School Director. But it’s important to note that the measure contained a clause that reads, “… no City funds could be used for any expenses related to the ordinance.” So it has yet to be implemented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Basically, it was an interesting guidepost,” Brekke-Miesner says of Berkeley’s legislation. He says it made him realize that “we’ve got to make sure that not only can we pass this, but that we can implement this.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jessica Chen says she’s in the process of filling out college applications, and aims to stay in-state. She plans on studying sociology and keeping up with the implementation of Measure QQ. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jessica Ramos let out an exhausted “Whew chile” as she told me she just submitted her Stanford application. She says she’s still weighing her options, including the possibility of going to the East Coast and eventually moving back, but overall she plans on remaining invested in local issues. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2020 elections brought some noteworthy changes, from the Oval Office on down to local council members. But quietly, Generation Z made a push, both locally and nationally. The next election cycle isn’t that far away, and they’re in prime position to push things a little further.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n 1971, the national voting age in the United States changed from 21 to 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I believe the time has come to lower the voting age in the United States, and thereby to bring American youth into the mainstream of our political process,” said \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.tedkennedy.org/ownwords/event/voting_age/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senator Ted Kennedy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on March 9, 1970, while testifying before the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“To me,” Kennedy continued, “this is the most important single principle we can pursue as a nation.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A year later, the\u003c/span> \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhpr.org/post/ask-civics-101-why-our-voting-age-18#stream/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">26th Amendment\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was ratified and 18-year-olds got their right to vote. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The saying “old enough to fight, old enough to vote”—referencing an amendment to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/story/Article/2140942/first-peacetime-draft-enacted-just-before-world-war-ii/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Selective Training and Service Act\u003c/a> that would allow for “abled bodied men” ages 18-45 to be drafted to the US military—served as a convincing argument for why young folks should be able to vote. But in Senator Kennedy’s speech from five decades ago, there’s also mention of the impact of technology on young folks’ learning process. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The contrast is clear in the case of education,” said Senator Kennedy. “Because of the enormous impact of modern communications, especially television, our youth are extremely well informed on all the crucial issues of our time, foreign and domestic, national and local, urban and rural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that was way before Google.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889141\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-800x634.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Tech Students standing on Broadway in North Oakland holding protest signs in effort to get cuts to the administration and more student support.\" width=\"800\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-800x634.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315-768x609.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0315.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech Students standing on Broadway in North Oakland holding protest signs in effort to get cuts to the administration and more student support. \u003ccite>(Lukas Brekke-Miesner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>o last week, when Oakland voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed Measure QQ\u003c/a>, giving the city’s 16- and 17-year-old Oaklanders the right to vote in elections of future school board members and directors, they introduced a new wave of young people to the political process, acknowledged the concept of technology-based evolution and nudged this country (ever so slightly) toward a more equitable society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m being extra. But honestly: the passing of this legislation has the potential to be a big deal. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lukas Brekke-Miesner, Executive Director of Oakland Kids First, has a more sobering perspective on the process of developing this legislation, as well as its passing and future implementation. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brekke-Miesner, who I’ve known since our Oakland little league baseball days, tells me that the push for Measure QQ began in the wake of the 2019 teacher strike, after students and organizers marched the picket lines alongside teachers. But after contract negotiations, the board agreed to pay \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/oakland-teachers-strike-ends-11-percent-raise-halt/story?id=61428593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the teachers\u003c/a>, but left the students’ requests unfulfilled. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There was a huge movement of young people,” says\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brekke-Miesner, recalling that the\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> strike was settled on a Sunday, and the school board met the following Monday; hundreds of young people marched to the board meeting. He says the students were still fighting for a number of things—funding for restorative justice programs, foster care case managers, and Asian-Pacific Islander student support, to name a few. But the testimony from the young people didn’t change anything. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889142\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-800x508.jpeg\" alt=\"Elected student advocates meeting with Council Member Rebecca Kaplan\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-800x508.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-1020x648.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-160x102.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-768x488.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-1536x976.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-2048x1301.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/student-advocates-1920x1220.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elected student advocates meeting with Oakland councilmember Rebecca Kaplan. \u003ccite>(Lukas Brekke-Miesner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A few months later, Brekke-Miesner explains, during a retreat with youth advocates from\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/15546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> All City Council,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandkidsfirst.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Kids First\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youthtogether.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth Together\u003c/a>, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://caljustice.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Californians For Justice\u003c/a>, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.aypal.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AYPAL\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baypeace.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay-Peace\u003c/a> and other organizations, the seeds of Measure QQ were planted. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The campaign gained steam, even got the support of Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CGI1dnYhnxp/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vocalist Goapele\u003c/a>. In May of 2020, after the legislation was written by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56909/learning-by-voting-students-want-the-right-to-make-a-difference-in-real-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">councilmember Rebecca Kaplan\u003c/a>, the rest of Oakland’s City Council \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4346090&GUID=ED19EE12-1CB8-4490-9405-57E730B5AD8B&Options=&Search=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">voted unanimously\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to put the measure on the ballot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was at the first meeting where it was just an idea,” says Jessica Ramos, a senior at Skyline High School and member of the All City Council. “After those meetings, I was like, ‘This is going to happen. This is an actual idea that came from students.’”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889143\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 298px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13889143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-800x1002.jpeg\" alt=\"Jessica Ramos stands on stage and speaks to an audience in June of 2020\" width=\"298\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-800x1002.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-1020x1277.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511-768x962.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/IMG_0511.jpeg 1102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Ramos stands on stage and speaks to an audience in June of 2020 \u003ccite>(The Feeby)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramos, whose father is a Republican and mother is a Democrat, says the benefit of learning and actualizing the political process in the school environment can lead to an unbiased understanding of candidates. Her fellow students are dedicated, she says, even after gentrification has pushed them out of Oakland. (Many of her friends travel “30 to 50 miles” to get to school, she estimates.) And after being involved in All City Council since her freshman year, Ramos adds, “If we start at a younger age, we’re going to continue it.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The main thing I did was phone banking and outreach,” says Oakland Tech senior and Oakland Kids First representative Jessica Chen, who joined the campaign after it was on the ballot. She says she \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">encountered a few hostile conversations, but most people were supportive of her efforts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chen says young people having the right to vote is important, even if it’s just for school board members. “Before we had the vote, (parents) were voting for us. And now that we have the vote, we can use our power and make the best decisions to benefit our own education,” says Chen. “We are the students learning, not the parents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brekke-Miesner says he also ran into a few folks who opposed the idea of Measure QQ; one in particular claimed voting is \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“sacrosanct.” To which Brekke-Miesner points out the country’s history of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">mass voter suppression, and the current volume of uninformed adults. “Pen, [did] you know, in our generation there are people on Facebook like, ‘Hey, do you have a voter’s guide?’” he asks me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I confirm that I do. But still, there’s the question about young folks being “impressionable” or having their votes manipulated by adults, especially their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This notion that young people are just going to be told what to do by adults is funny,” says Brekke-Miesner. “Most parents of teenagers would laugh at the thought that that their kids will just do what they say.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889194\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-800x720.png\" alt=\"Student advocates and Lukas Brekke-Miesner (pictured in the ESO hat) meet with Council Member Sheng Thao in Oakland \" width=\"800\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-800x720.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-1020x918.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-160x144.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM-768x691.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-12.44.17-PM.png 1098w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student advocates and Lukas Brekke-Miesner (pictured in the ESO hat) meet with councilmember Sheng Thao in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Lukas Brekke-Miesner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>ack in the 70s, when 18-year-olds in the United States got the right to vote in the presidential election, the resulting voter turnout was relatively high. Each election thereafter, the numbers waned a bit further. That changed during President Obama’s first successful run for the presidency in 2008, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/time-series/demo/voting-historical-time-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to census data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty years later, the narrow margin of victory in this year’s presidential election was considerably swayed by young voters, especially young voters of color. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/09/youth-turnout-us-election-biden-victory-young-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian\u003c/a>, “86% of Black youth, 82% of Asian youth and 73% of Latino youth” supported President-elect Joe Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The importance of the youth isn’t just shown through their vote, but the intention behind their vote. A poll from the \u003ca href=\"https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/election-week-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tufts University Center For Information & Research On Civic Learning And Engagement (CIRCLE)\u003c/a> shows that an overwhelming amount of young folks who are voting cast their ballots with intentions of putting an end to racist behaviors and police violence—largely influenced by the events of this past summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the national level, there are people on both sides of the aisle who support the idea of lowering the voting age to 16–and that’s for all elections, not just the school board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the first proposal submitted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/03/06/ayanna-pressley-voting-age-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Ayanna Pressley\u003c/a> was an amendment to lower the national voting age from 18 to 16. It failed, but it garnered the support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “I think it’s really important to capture kids when they’re in high school, when they’re interested in all of this, when they’re learning about government, to be able to vote,” Pelosi said in March 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representative Michael Burgess, a Republican from Texas, asked, “Would policymakers pay more attention to the problems that are being dealt to this segment of the demographic if policymakers were actually answerable to them? I think it is worth having the discussion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people aren’t ready for that discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11845042/17-year-olds-will-not-be-able-to-vote-in-primaries-as-prop-18-goes-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s Proposition 18\u003c/a>, which would’ve allowed 17-year-olds the right to vote in a primary election as long as they’d be 18 by the time of the general election, failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Proposition G, a proposal to lower the voting age for citywide races, also failed—\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly by a margin of 6,659 votes\u003c/a>. (Keep in mind, San Francisco just witnessed one of its highest voter percentages ever of 85.96%, just below \u003ca href=\"https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/11/turnout-in-san-francisco-sets-a-record-will-miss-another.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 1944 record\u003c/a> of 86.82%. And in the next election, the people who are 16- and 17-year-olds now will be able to vote.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Berkeley voters passed \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Berkeley,_California,_School_Director_Election_Youth_Voting,_Measure_Y1_(November_2016)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Measure Y1\u003c/a>, which gave people ages 16 and 17 the right to vote for School Director. But it’s important to note that the measure contained a clause that reads, “… no City funds could be used for any expenses related to the ordinance.” So it has yet to be implemented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Basically, it was an interesting guidepost,” Brekke-Miesner says of Berkeley’s legislation. He says it made him realize that “we’ve got to make sure that not only can we pass this, but that we can implement this.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jessica Chen says she’s in the process of filling out college applications, and aims to stay in-state. She plans on studying sociology and keeping up with the implementation of Measure QQ. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jessica Ramos let out an exhausted “Whew chile” as she told me she just submitted her Stanford application. She says she’s still weighing her options, including the possibility of going to the East Coast and eventually moving back, but overall she plans on remaining invested in local issues. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Para entender mejor la vida, a veces hace falta una lección. No una bofetada o un jalón de orejas, sino un episodio en el cual basta con observar. Fue en el verano de 2005, en la ciudad californiana de Oakland. El señor Cervantes despertó a su hijo Julio, de 12 años, con un par de instrucciones a las dos de la mañana. Julio debía cambiarse y acompañar a su padre. En el auto, somnoliento, se abrochó el cinturón de seguridad sin idea de lo que le esperaba: conducir horas y descargar cajas con frutas, conducir horas y descargar cajas con verduras, así sucesivamente. Hacia el final del día laboral, Julio descubrió a qué se dedicaba su padre y lo admiró. Eran tantos los sacrificios que su familia emprendía para que él cumpliera sus metas en un país tan suyo como extranjero.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cerca del balón, lejos de las pandillas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio Cervantes no recuerda cómo llegó a Estados Unidos. Jamás olvidará, sin embargo, la reacción de sus compañeros al enterarse de su estatus migratorio. “Las miradas en sus rostros me daban la sensación de que se preguntaban a sí mismos ‘¿por qué es indocumentado?’”, cuenta Julio sentado en uno de los dos muebles de la sala decorada con fotografías suyas vistiendo distintas camisetas deportivas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que Julio, aproximadamente \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/oakland-demographics-for-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">112,000\u003c/a> residentes de Oakland nacieron en el extranjero. Cuando al fin conoció a otros jóvenes provenientes de hogares inmigrantes, Julio sintió realmente que su lugar de nacimiento no era un problema. Pero más allá de compartir historias migratorias semejantes entre ellos, fue a través del fútbol que surgió una sensación de pertenencia. Una comunidad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No había necesidad de hablar el idioma materno o la lengua adoptada, solamente había que pegarle al balón. A temprana edad, ese deporte ya empezaría a definir el futuro de Julio. A poco tiempo de terminar su ciclo escolar en Urban Promise Academy, Julio le pidió a su madre, Juanita Flores, que lo inscribiera en Fremont High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Todos mis amigos iban a Fremont para jugar fútbol. Había más latinos en Fremont, era muy diverso pero también muy problemático. Todos los días fui testigo de al menos una pelea, un tiroteo, una persecución policial”, cuenta Julio mientras revisa fotografías de su segundo cumpleaños en Guadalajara, México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888718\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg\" alt=\"Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg 384w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En 2007, cuando Julio ingresó a la preparatoria, más del 50 por ciento de los estudiantes en Fremont High School eran de origen latino. De los 265 estudiantes que acompañaron a Julio desde el primer año en la preparatoria, solo 141 de ellos se graduaron en 2011, según datos recopilados por la institución.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo paré muchas peleas. Detuvimos a estudiantes con armas y drogas. La mayoría de nuestros estudiantes eran Norteños y Julio lo vivió de cerca. A veces, teníamos que cerrar toda la escuela por estas situaciones”, cuenta Emiliano Sánchez, vía telefónica, sobre los años como subdirector de Fremont High School, mismos en los que conoció a Julio, a quien describió como un adolescente tímido de una sonrisa amable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont High School está situada sobre la calle 47 y Foothill Boulevard, domicilio y zona de operación de una pandilla conocida como Los Norteños. La disputa de territorios y negocios turbios entre Los Norteños y otras pandillas latinas, tales como Los Sureños y los Border Brothers, generaron, por varios años, altas cifras de violencia en Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un día estaba con unos amigos en el carro y tenía puesta una gorra con la parte de adelante de color rojo. Nos paró la policía y de repente teníamos helicópteros y varias patrullas. Cualquier persona o joven que se vestía como un pandillero sería detenido”, cuenta Julio hoy de cabello rapado en ambos lados, un flequillo que roza su ceja derecha, barba corta bien cuidada y dos aretes negros, uno en cada oreja.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right']Vivir en Oakland era entonces vivir a la defensiva: de ser fichado erróneamente por la policía, alejarse de las pandillas y ser detenido por la falta de documentos.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En vista de que, en ciertas ocasiones, la policía identificaba a pandilleros según la apariencia, Julio tiró la gorra de la visera roja, color usualmente asociado con los Norteños, días después de aquel incidente. A las semanas, se vio forzado también a cortarse el cabello largo y cambiar su forma de vestir. Vivir en Oakland era entonces vivir a la defensiva: de ser fichado erróneamente por la policía, alejarse de las pandillas y ser detenido por la falta de documentos. Por nada del mundo Julio quería que estereotipos en torno a su comunidad arruinaran sus metas dentro de la cancha y en el salón de clases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El fútbol me llevaba por otros lugares, lejos de las pandillas. Muchas de las personas que conocí en la preparatoria están en la cárcel”, cuenta Julio quien guarda silencio segundos después, pensando en dónde estarán esos amigos olvidados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>El “Sueño de tu Vida”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio se graduó de Fremont High School en 2011, mismo año que participó en el popular torneo de talentos, “Sueño de tu Vida”, organizado por \u003ca href=\"https://alianzadefutbol.com/aboutus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alianza de Fútbol Hispano\u003c/a>, líder dedicado al apoyo y desarrollo del fútbol amateur en Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al evento llegaron, además de Julio, otros 399 jóvenes con la esperanza de formar parte de un exclusivo grupo de 18 jugadores que serían invitados a un partido de exhibición contra los San Jose Earthquakes, escuadra de la Major League Soccer (MLS). No obstante, una primera oferta para Julio llegó desde México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este hombre vino a ver otros muchachos, pero se interesó en mi hijo. Quería que lo dejáramos ir. Le dije al agente que para nosotros es muy difícil porque Julio no tenía papeles. El agente movía la cabeza y decía ‘¡híjole!’”, cuenta Julio César Cervantes, padre, sentado en una silla de madera en la cocina de la casa, compitiendo con su propia memoria para recordar el nombre del agente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El nombre del cazatalentos es José Luis Ortega, un ex futbolista mexicano con una trayectoria de 17 años. Ortega, presente en el “Sueño de tu Vida”, propuso a Julio una pasantía en el club Santos Lagunas de Torreón, Coahuila. En una entrevista telefónica, Ortega confiesa que son pocos los jóvenes quienes logran ser invitados a prestigiosos equipos mexicanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si Julio aceptaba la pasantía, implicaba volver a México, tierra que dejó a los dos años de edad. De no prosperar, porque el éxito no es garantizado, corría el riesgo de no poder regresar a Estados Unidos al ser indocumentado. El impedimento no era su falta de talento, sino su condición migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888716\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg\" alt=\"En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \" width=\"800\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3-160x155.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \u003ccite>(Juanita Flores)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Descartada la oferta del Santos, Julio fue seleccionado para entrenar con los San Jose Earthquakes a la expectativa de que firmase un contrato profesional, lo cual no sucedió. Julio se preguntaba entonces si ser indocumentado afectaba sus posibilidades de ser futbolista profesional. La respuesta la sabría pronto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Universidad del Pacífico, en la ciudad de Stockton, buscaba instaurar un programa de fútbol masculino y para dicha tarea reclutó a Julio, aún con años elegibles de competitividad universitaria. En la división I de fútbol universitario, es decir, el más alto nivel colegial en Estados Unidos, Julio demostró su capacidad en encuentros memorables, impresionando a más de uno en su último año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Debido a sus dotes físicos, al hecho de que marcó goles y que en video se mostraba en gran estado atlético, varios equipos profesionales estaban interesados y buscaban iniciar conversaciones sobre él,” cuenta Ryan Jorden, entonces entrenador de la Universidad del Pacífico, hoy jefe del comando técnico del equipo masculino de fútbol de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, vía telefónica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uno de los requisitos para formar parte del Superdraft, evento en el cual se eligen a futbolistas universitarios para integrarse a clubes profesionales, es que cada participante reciba el interés oficial de al menos un equipo. Julio cumplía con el requerimiento, por lo que envió un formulario a la MLS como posible prospecto en el Superdraft 2016 durante su último año en la Universidad del Pacífico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuatro años antes, el entonces presidente Barack Obama creó el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés), que hoy protege a más de 640,000 jóvenes indocumentados de la deportación y los autoriza a trabajar legalmente en Estados Unidos. Julio es beneficiario, es un soñador, un ‘dreamer’, como se les conoce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según Paul Michael Ochoa, portavoz de la MLS, todo beneficiario de DACA con la posibilidad de jugar en la liga profesional tomaría un cupo internacional en la nómina de un club, usualmente reservado para futbolistas de gran jerarquía y salarios exorbitantes procedentes de importantes clubes europeos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Prefiría un equipo profesional apostar por un muchacho universitario o por un futbolista experimentado? Las chances se reducen aún más frente a una estadística peculiar: la probabilidad de que un estudiante de preparatoria juegue en la división I de fútbol universitario en Estados Unidos es de \u003ca href=\"https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/research/pro_beyond/2020RES_ProbabilityBeyondHSFiguresMethod.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1.3 por ciento\u003c/a>. ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante quiere ser futbolista profesional? ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante es indocumentado? La carta de interés para participar en el Superdraft de la MLS nunca llegó a casa de Julio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mentalmente me destruyó. Fue un día que nunca me voy a olvidar”, responde Julio con una voz desalentada a la idea de ser considerado un foráneo en el país que él llama hogar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg\" alt=\"De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Más de 112,000 personas en Oakland nacieron en el extranjero al igual que Julio y sus amigos más cercanos. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland, contando su historia. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Un ‘dreamer’ en Oakland\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Son casi las dos de la tarde y el sol arde en Oakland. Es octubre de 2020. Julio busca la sombra detrás de un camión de comida mexicana ubicado sobre la avenida Fruitvale y la calle San Leandro. Su burrito vegetariano está listo minutos después. Julio se sienta en un muro de mediana altura que da vista a los vagones del BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Termina de comer, se limpia las manos y se huele los dedos. Los vagones arrancan en dirección sur y cuando el ruido de los rieles culmina, Julio dice, “mis papás siempre me dijeron que vaya a la escuela y saque buenas notas. Me recordaban ‘¿no quieres ir a la escuela? Entonces te vas a levantar a las dos de la mañana’”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estudiar y jugar fútbol sí es posible. Por eso cuando su anhelo de ser atleta profesional no resultó, Julio colgó los botines para asumir el cargo de profesor de educación física, carrera que estudió en la universidad, en Urban Promise Academy, su antigua secundaria. Si bien su suerte en el fútbol fue impactada por el sistema migratorio, fue su talento el que mucho después lo compensaría.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Una vez estaba con mis alumnos y ellos estaban muy emocionados porque su profesor se iba a convertir en un futbolista profesional. De repente, uno de los niños pregunta ‘¿entonces ganarás más dinero?’ Le tuve que decir la verdad. Le dije que no, que haría la mitad de lo que ganaba como profesor…nunca olvidaré su rostro, no podía creer lo que le estaba diciendo. A veces en la vida hay que hacer sacrificios y hacer lo que te hace feliz”, cuenta Julio sobre el día en el que Oakland Roots Football Club le ofreció integrarse a sus filas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julio vistió la camiseta \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandrootssc.com/squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">número 27\u003c/a>, en reconocimiento al número de la calle donde creció en Oakland. La calle 27 con Foothill Boulevard es la intersección y la suma de su niñez, su identidad, los idiomas, las amistades y el deporte al que se aferró para hoy hacer realidad su sueño.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CGnQv73Bh9q/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando los Roots juegan, el estadio de Laney College se tiñe de una fiesta multicultural conformada en su gran mayoría por la familia Cervantes y miembros de la comunidad inmigrante que cuentan la historia de Julio con orgullo. Una historia que, pese a obtener su tan ansiada recompensa, es desafiada, una y otra vez, por las políticas migratorias en Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gracias a repetidas decisiones por cortes federales, que incluyen una por parte del tribunal supremo este verano, la administración del Presidente Donald Trump no ha progresado en su intento de eliminar DACA, aunque el procedimiento para recibir esta protección de deportación es mucho más complejo ahora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right' citation='Julio Cervantes']‘Yo sé que DACA se puede terminar cualquier día, pero antes de DACA, yo no tenía nada … Si DACA se termina algún día, hay que buscar la manera de seguir luchando.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquellos que jamás hayan sido beneficiarios de DACA, no podrán ser parte de este programa. Aquellos que renueven sus permisos, como Julio, lo obtendrían tan solo por un año, y no 24 meses como se estableció en 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo sé que DACA se puede terminar cualquier día, pero antes de DACA, yo no tenía nada. Pasé mucho tiempo sin tener nada. Muchos años sin tener un guardaespaldas. Si DACA se termina algún día, hay que buscar la manera de seguir luchando”, cuenta Julio con una mirada convincente en su rostro, la misma que demuestra cuando habla de fútbol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La reelección de Trump como presidente de Estados Unidos significaría la continuación de mayores complicaciones en torno a DACA y un posible nuevo esfuerzo en erradicarlo. Por su parte, el candidato presidencial demócrata Joe Biden prometió en el último debate con Trump, tal como lo hizo como vicepresidente bajo el mandato de Obama, que millones de indocumentados tendrían un camino a la ciudadanía, entre ellos los “dreamers.” Entre ellos, Julio Cervantes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Para entender mejor la vida, a veces hace falta una lección. No una bofetada o un jalón de orejas, sino un episodio en el cual basta con observar. Fue en el verano de 2005, en la ciudad californiana de Oakland. El señor Cervantes despertó a su hijo Julio, de 12 años, con un par de instrucciones a las dos de la mañana. Julio debía cambiarse y acompañar a su padre. En el auto, somnoliento, se abrochó el cinturón de seguridad sin idea de lo que le esperaba: conducir horas y descargar cajas con frutas, conducir horas y descargar cajas con verduras, así sucesivamente. Hacia el final del día laboral, Julio descubrió a qué se dedicaba su padre y lo admiró. Eran tantos los sacrificios que su familia emprendía para que él cumpliera sus metas en un país tan suyo como extranjero.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cerca del balón, lejos de las pandillas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio Cervantes no recuerda cómo llegó a Estados Unidos. Jamás olvidará, sin embargo, la reacción de sus compañeros al enterarse de su estatus migratorio. “Las miradas en sus rostros me daban la sensación de que se preguntaban a sí mismos ‘¿por qué es indocumentado?’”, cuenta Julio sentado en uno de los dos muebles de la sala decorada con fotografías suyas vistiendo distintas camisetas deportivas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que Julio, aproximadamente \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/oakland-demographics-for-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">112,000\u003c/a> residentes de Oakland nacieron en el extranjero. Cuando al fin conoció a otros jóvenes provenientes de hogares inmigrantes, Julio sintió realmente que su lugar de nacimiento no era un problema. Pero más allá de compartir historias migratorias semejantes entre ellos, fue a través del fútbol que surgió una sensación de pertenencia. Una comunidad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No había necesidad de hablar el idioma materno o la lengua adoptada, solamente había que pegarle al balón. A temprana edad, ese deporte ya empezaría a definir el futuro de Julio. A poco tiempo de terminar su ciclo escolar en Urban Promise Academy, Julio le pidió a su madre, Juanita Flores, que lo inscribiera en Fremont High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Todos mis amigos iban a Fremont para jugar fútbol. Había más latinos en Fremont, era muy diverso pero también muy problemático. Todos los días fui testigo de al menos una pelea, un tiroteo, una persecución policial”, cuenta Julio mientras revisa fotografías de su segundo cumpleaños en Guadalajara, México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888718\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg\" alt=\"Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2.jpg 384w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio2-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poco después de cumplir los dos años de edad en su ciudad natal Guadalajara, Julio Cervantes y su madre Juanita Flores emigraron a Estados Unidos en busca de reunirse con su padre con quien comparte el mismo nombre. Julio lleva más de 25 años viviendo en Oakland, lugar que hoy reconoce como su hogar. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En 2007, cuando Julio ingresó a la preparatoria, más del 50 por ciento de los estudiantes en Fremont High School eran de origen latino. De los 265 estudiantes que acompañaron a Julio desde el primer año en la preparatoria, solo 141 de ellos se graduaron en 2011, según datos recopilados por la institución.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo paré muchas peleas. Detuvimos a estudiantes con armas y drogas. La mayoría de nuestros estudiantes eran Norteños y Julio lo vivió de cerca. A veces, teníamos que cerrar toda la escuela por estas situaciones”, cuenta Emiliano Sánchez, vía telefónica, sobre los años como subdirector de Fremont High School, mismos en los que conoció a Julio, a quien describió como un adolescente tímido de una sonrisa amable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont High School está situada sobre la calle 47 y Foothill Boulevard, domicilio y zona de operación de una pandilla conocida como Los Norteños. La disputa de territorios y negocios turbios entre Los Norteños y otras pandillas latinas, tales como Los Sureños y los Border Brothers, generaron, por varios años, altas cifras de violencia en Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un día estaba con unos amigos en el carro y tenía puesta una gorra con la parte de adelante de color rojo. Nos paró la policía y de repente teníamos helicópteros y varias patrullas. Cualquier persona o joven que se vestía como un pandillero sería detenido”, cuenta Julio hoy de cabello rapado en ambos lados, un flequillo que roza su ceja derecha, barba corta bien cuidada y dos aretes negros, uno en cada oreja.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En vista de que, en ciertas ocasiones, la policía identificaba a pandilleros según la apariencia, Julio tiró la gorra de la visera roja, color usualmente asociado con los Norteños, días después de aquel incidente. A las semanas, se vio forzado también a cortarse el cabello largo y cambiar su forma de vestir. Vivir en Oakland era entonces vivir a la defensiva: de ser fichado erróneamente por la policía, alejarse de las pandillas y ser detenido por la falta de documentos. Por nada del mundo Julio quería que estereotipos en torno a su comunidad arruinaran sus metas dentro de la cancha y en el salón de clases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El fútbol me llevaba por otros lugares, lejos de las pandillas. Muchas de las personas que conocí en la preparatoria están en la cárcel”, cuenta Julio quien guarda silencio segundos después, pensando en dónde estarán esos amigos olvidados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>El “Sueño de tu Vida”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Julio se graduó de Fremont High School en 2011, mismo año que participó en el popular torneo de talentos, “Sueño de tu Vida”, organizado por \u003ca href=\"https://alianzadefutbol.com/aboutus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alianza de Fútbol Hispano\u003c/a>, líder dedicado al apoyo y desarrollo del fútbol amateur en Estados Unidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al evento llegaron, además de Julio, otros 399 jóvenes con la esperanza de formar parte de un exclusivo grupo de 18 jugadores que serían invitados a un partido de exhibición contra los San Jose Earthquakes, escuadra de la Major League Soccer (MLS). No obstante, una primera oferta para Julio llegó desde México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este hombre vino a ver otros muchachos, pero se interesó en mi hijo. Quería que lo dejáramos ir. Le dije al agente que para nosotros es muy difícil porque Julio no tenía papeles. El agente movía la cabeza y decía ‘¡híjole!’”, cuenta Julio César Cervantes, padre, sentado en una silla de madera en la cocina de la casa, compitiendo con su propia memoria para recordar el nombre del agente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El nombre del cazatalentos es José Luis Ortega, un ex futbolista mexicano con una trayectoria de 17 años. Ortega, presente en el “Sueño de tu Vida”, propuso a Julio una pasantía en el club Santos Lagunas de Torreón, Coahuila. En una entrevista telefónica, Ortega confiesa que son pocos los jóvenes quienes logran ser invitados a prestigiosos equipos mexicanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si Julio aceptaba la pasantía, implicaba volver a México, tierra que dejó a los dos años de edad. De no prosperar, porque el éxito no es garantizado, corría el riesgo de no poder regresar a Estados Unidos al ser indocumentado. El impedimento no era su falta de talento, sino su condición migratoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888716\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg\" alt=\"En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \" width=\"800\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio3-160x155.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En el 2011, luego de descartar la posibilidad de volver a México a jugar fútbol por su condición migratoria, Julio participó en el torneo el “Sueño de tu Vida” donde, a la posterior, sería invitado a entrenar con los San José Earthquakes de la MLS. \u003ccite>(Juanita Flores)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Descartada la oferta del Santos, Julio fue seleccionado para entrenar con los San Jose Earthquakes a la expectativa de que firmase un contrato profesional, lo cual no sucedió. Julio se preguntaba entonces si ser indocumentado afectaba sus posibilidades de ser futbolista profesional. La respuesta la sabría pronto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Universidad del Pacífico, en la ciudad de Stockton, buscaba instaurar un programa de fútbol masculino y para dicha tarea reclutó a Julio, aún con años elegibles de competitividad universitaria. En la división I de fútbol universitario, es decir, el más alto nivel colegial en Estados Unidos, Julio demostró su capacidad en encuentros memorables, impresionando a más de uno en su último año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Debido a sus dotes físicos, al hecho de que marcó goles y que en video se mostraba en gran estado atlético, varios equipos profesionales estaban interesados y buscaban iniciar conversaciones sobre él,” cuenta Ryan Jorden, entonces entrenador de la Universidad del Pacífico, hoy jefe del comando técnico del equipo masculino de fútbol de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, vía telefónica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uno de los requisitos para formar parte del Superdraft, evento en el cual se eligen a futbolistas universitarios para integrarse a clubes profesionales, es que cada participante reciba el interés oficial de al menos un equipo. Julio cumplía con el requerimiento, por lo que envió un formulario a la MLS como posible prospecto en el Superdraft 2016 durante su último año en la Universidad del Pacífico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuatro años antes, el entonces presidente Barack Obama creó el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés), que hoy protege a más de 640,000 jóvenes indocumentados de la deportación y los autoriza a trabajar legalmente en Estados Unidos. Julio es beneficiario, es un soñador, un ‘dreamer’, como se les conoce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según Paul Michael Ochoa, portavoz de la MLS, todo beneficiario de DACA con la posibilidad de jugar en la liga profesional tomaría un cupo internacional en la nómina de un club, usualmente reservado para futbolistas de gran jerarquía y salarios exorbitantes procedentes de importantes clubes europeos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Prefiría un equipo profesional apostar por un muchacho universitario o por un futbolista experimentado? Las chances se reducen aún más frente a una estadística peculiar: la probabilidad de que un estudiante de preparatoria juegue en la división I de fútbol universitario en Estados Unidos es de \u003ca href=\"https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/research/pro_beyond/2020RES_ProbabilityBeyondHSFiguresMethod.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1.3 por ciento\u003c/a>. ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante quiere ser futbolista profesional? ¿Y qué pasa si ese estudiante es indocumentado? La carta de interés para participar en el Superdraft de la MLS nunca llegó a casa de Julio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mentalmente me destruyó. Fue un día que nunca me voy a olvidar”, responde Julio con una voz desalentada a la idea de ser considerado un foráneo en el país que él llama hogar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13888717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg\" alt=\"De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Más de 112,000 personas en Oakland nacieron en el extranjero al igual que Julio y sus amigos más cercanos. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland, contando su historia. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4.jpg 512w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/julio4-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">De izquierda a derecha, Julio lleva puesto el sombrero charro. Desde muy joven, Julio participó en marchas a favor de políticas migratorias que lo protegerían de una deportación. A la fecha, Julio colabora en foros y paneles de inmigración con distintas organizaciones como SIREN en Oakland. \u003ccite>(Familia Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Un ‘dreamer’ en Oakland\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Son casi las dos de la tarde y el sol arde en Oakland. Es octubre de 2020. Julio busca la sombra detrás de un camión de comida mexicana ubicado sobre la avenida Fruitvale y la calle San Leandro. Su burrito vegetariano está listo minutos después. Julio se sienta en un muro de mediana altura que da vista a los vagones del BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Termina de comer, se limpia las manos y se huele los dedos. Los vagones arrancan en dirección sur y cuando el ruido de los rieles culmina, Julio dice, “mis papás siempre me dijeron que vaya a la escuela y saque buenas notas. Me recordaban ‘¿no quieres ir a la escuela? Entonces te vas a levantar a las dos de la mañana’”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estudiar y jugar fútbol sí es posible. Por eso cuando su anhelo de ser atleta profesional no resultó, Julio colgó los botines para asumir el cargo de profesor de educación física, carrera que estudió en la universidad, en Urban Promise Academy, su antigua secundaria. Si bien su suerte en el fútbol fue impactada por el sistema migratorio, fue su talento el que mucho después lo compensaría.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Una vez estaba con mis alumnos y ellos estaban muy emocionados porque su profesor se iba a convertir en un futbolista profesional. De repente, uno de los niños pregunta ‘¿entonces ganarás más dinero?’ Le tuve que decir la verdad. Le dije que no, que haría la mitad de lo que ganaba como profesor…nunca olvidaré su rostro, no podía creer lo que le estaba diciendo. A veces en la vida hay que hacer sacrificios y hacer lo que te hace feliz”, cuenta Julio sobre el día en el que Oakland Roots Football Club le ofreció integrarse a sus filas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julio vistió la camiseta \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandrootssc.com/squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">número 27\u003c/a>, en reconocimiento al número de la calle donde creció en Oakland. La calle 27 con Foothill Boulevard es la intersección y la suma de su niñez, su identidad, los idiomas, las amistades y el deporte al que se aferró para hoy hacer realidad su sueño.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>an, there sure are a number of Black men in the political arena looking like clowns these days. And as much as I enjoy a good laugh, I don’t think it’s really the time to be entertained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a pretty big election happening right now in the United States. There are also international conversations and actions pushing changes in the way we’re policed, and there’s an ongoing global pandemic that has killed over one million people worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do we need a breakdown of the meetings between \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/15/ice-cube-trump-partnership-429713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ice Cube\u003c/a> and President Trump’s camps? Why do we care about \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/50-cent-fk-donald-trump-after-support-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50 Cent’s flip-flopping political views\u003c/a>? Did we really need \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/diddy-starts-political-party-empower-194913724.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diddy\u003c/a> to hop on the airwaves and announce he’s starting a new political party? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/arts/music/lil-wayne-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lil Wayne’s\u003c/a> support of Trump noteworthy? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2020/09/jeezy-joe-biden-kanye-west-1234578676/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Jeezy’s\u003c/a> support of Joe Biden a story? Why… \u003cem>is \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/03/kanye-west-california-ballot-vice-president-candidate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanye West\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hella questions. At the top of my list: when it comes to creating change in our community, in this election cycle and beyond, what is the role of Black men? ‘Cause judging from these popular stories I’m seeing… it’s questionable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg 499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Truth. \u003ccite>(Via \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ksj.events/\">Kola Shobo\u003c/a>/IG)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ast week I turned to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OGpenn/status/1318220298383028225?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media\u003c/a> in search of answers. I needed stories of Black men taking action to make this world a bit better, both through electoral politics and outside of the political structure. No, you don’t hear me: I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it was refreshing to learn about Maryland’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nealcarter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neal Carter\u003c/a> and his Nu View Consulting organization, which focuses on getting African Americans living with disabilities politically engaged. Or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CameronWhitten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Whitten\u003c/a>, a Black man in Portland, Oregon who’s politically active; I’ve been following Black Lives Matter protests up there since the summer and he’s the first African American man involved that I’ve heard of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I needed to be introduced to the education work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/michaelsorrell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sorrell\u003c/a> is doing in Texas, the organizing work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LamontLilly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lamont Lilly\u003c/a> is doing out of Durham, NC, and the work of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/codyrenard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Renard Richard,\u003c/a> who in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7KumWIxyTk&feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this interview\u003c/a> from earlier this year explains how he’s fighting for equal rights in the world of Broadway theatre in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/3HtaCBegNWg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locally, people suggested I check out the work of Tur-Ha Ak, whose work with \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Anti Police-Terror Project\u003c/a> I’ve mentioned in my writing before. The Oakland group \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HtaCBegNWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black London\u003c/a> put out an admonition to vote and claim representation for the people in their video for “Power.” And I was asked to look at the work of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hellablackpod.com/pbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People’s Breakfast Oakland\u003c/a>, which I’ve also noted in past columns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partially inspired by People’s Breakfast Oakland, Sacramento’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/coach_jmcgowan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan McGowan\u003c/a> told me about co-founding the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sacneighbor916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento Neighbor Project\u003c/a>, which focuses on community-based responses to police violence and using mutual aid to get resources to those in need. Without talking to McGowan, I might not have known about \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/father-found-hanged-sacramento-park-120000333.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willie Brown\u003c/a>, an African American man who has been on life support after being found hanging from a basketball hoop in a Sacramento park last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might a bit more important than what \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/ti-interview-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.I\u003c/a>. has to say about politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But maybe it’s not \u003ci>sexy\u003c/i> enough? I’m not a media strategist or anything, but I’m starting to think big publications are more concerned with generating revenue from click-based advertising than actually informing the masses about critical issues during a time when so much is at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NZEHNSC2Q0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>K, here’s a story that might be more enticing: the former drug kingpin-turned-author, Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2m3nTMjVZ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darryl Reed\u003c/a>, who was granted clemency by President Obama, is voting for the first time and politically organizing in his community of East Oakland. Where’s the news on that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed is supporting the organization \u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 Black Men of The Bay Area\u003c/a> to engage people in voter education, registration and voting. Neale Clunie, a representative for the organization, tells me they’re part of the “\u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/event/we-ride-we-vote/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Ride, We Vote\u003c/a>” biking and voting event on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1-5 pm in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clunie also tells me that his organization is teaming up with the \u003ca href=\"https://ncbw.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Coalition of 100 Black Women\u003c/a>. “Black women are the cornerstone of the Democratic party; they generally have a better turnout,” says Clunie. He’s right: according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/men-and-women-in-the-u-s-continue-to-differ-in-voter-turnout-rate-party-identification/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pew Research\u003c/a>, eligible Black women voters have shown up more readily than Black men for decades. (To be fair, women vote in larger numbers than men in general.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much has been written about the power of Black women voters, and Pastor Michael McBride, of \u003ca href=\"https://thewayberkeley.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Way Christian Center in Berkeley,\u003c/a> says that doesn’t have to negatively impact Black men when it comes to voting or community organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Men don’t have to shrink or cower or disappear for women to be strong,” Pastor McBride tells me. “We just have to be willing and humble. Coordination with all of our community is happening at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(McBride, who was on the move when we talked, mistakenly thought I said my name was “Twin” when I introduced myself as Pen. He explained that Twin is someone he’s working with in order to quell a festering beef after a recent shooting—evidence of Pastor McBride’s community involvement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBride then said he’s on the verge of embarking on a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_dCXUBmYo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black bus tour\u003c/a>” through the United States’ southeast region. He and a team of folks aim to hit 14 cities—Orlando, Atlanta and Raleigh, to name a few—over a span of 10 days to assist people in getting to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBride says the role of Black men right now is “to be what we’ve always been when we’ve been at our best.” Black men are freedom fighters, truth tellers and protectors of our community, he says. “We need to lead with a healthy sense of strength and humility to understand the complexity of the issues that have impacted all of the members of the community,” says McBride. “Leadership doesn’t always require to be out in front. It’s about discerning the moment. The plight of Black people requires a lot more coordination in order to beat white supremacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Michael McBride, center, leads a 2017 march in Berkeley to protest white supremacists.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Michael McBride, center, leads a 2017 march in Berkeley to protest white supremacists. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Michael McBride)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>long with the prevalence of Black male entertainers’ tone-deaf participation in politics, the popular stories of actual Black male politicians have been disheartening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of Kentucky’s\u003ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2020/10/21/something-fishy-about-daniel-cameron-breonna-taylor-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Attorney General Daniel Cameron \u003c/a>blocking the process of holding the cops who killed Breonna Taylor accountable is disgusting. The highly publicized extramarital affair of former Florida Governor Candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/andrew-gillum-bisexual/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Gillium\u003c/a> makes me ask what the media’s aim is. And here in the Bay Area, I’ve been following the unearthing of details around front-running Vallejo mayoral candidate \u003ca href=\"https://openvallejo.org/2020/10/13/domestic-violence-bordering-on-torture-records-reveal-years-of-allegations-against-vallejo-councilmember/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakeem Brown\u003c/a> and his history of domestic abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, again, I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these benevolent stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not giving anyone a pass as a “good guy.” I’m not naive enough to think that in this society any man has clean hands—or any human, for that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there should be more appreciation for someone like Colin Kaepernick, who is using his popularity to back \u003ca href=\"https://level.medium.com/abolition-for-the-people-397ef29e3ca5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abolition For The People\u003c/a>, a publication rooted in challenging America’s prison-industrial complex. Or acclaimed poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-05/45-lies-trump-poetry-project-rappers-broadway-daveed-diggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Bamuthi Joseph\u003c/a>, who’s using his platform to let other lyricists express themselves about the lies our current president has told in a project he calls \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/45lies2020/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45 Lies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hell, even \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Oq56pAdXqi8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Tyson\u003c/a>, who recently had a conversation with Lil Boosie about his derogatory comments on the LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black male celebrities can do so much by simply not playing into the media’s need to feed off of clickbait. I’m not saying don’t get involved in politics, this isn’t a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHuaOIvRLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shut up and dribble\u003c/a>” situation. (Or even a shut up and “riddle” situation, for the rappers in the room.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s another way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbershop-style discussions with former President \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/barack-obama-stopping-lebron-james-175511212.html\">Barack Obama\u003c/a> are cool and all, but the best approach is using your platform to push the ideas of lesser-known people who, though not always “newsworthy,” have been steeped in the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/LMJvApfx_Ik\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">W\u003c/span>ith the reintroduction of the term “super predator” into the popular lexicon, this week’s research proved to be the reminder I needed, just a note that we’re much more than what popular media depicts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as a Black man, who is also a member of “the media,” it’s my job to do all that I can to make sure we push for more of what\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-27/los-angeles-times-apology-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> attempted to do a few weeks ago with its public apology for its decades worth of misrepresenting Black and brown urban communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, there is a lot going on in the world: I haven’t even mentioned global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this had to be written, if not then we’d risk falling back down a path that could lead to the type of storytelling that supported the incarceration of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/what-trump-has-said-central-park-five/1501321001/\">Central Park Five\u003c/a> and the passing of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1994 Crime Bill\u003c/a>—a bill that adversely impacted a generation of Black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, not the \u003cem>entire\u003c/em> generation. There were some entertainers who made so-called “gangsta rap” music and leveraged the concept of being a “super predator” for their own financial gain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few of them are now being postured as “political leaders.” Go figure.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>an, there sure are a number of Black men in the political arena looking like clowns these days. And as much as I enjoy a good laugh, I don’t think it’s really the time to be entertained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a pretty big election happening right now in the United States. There are also international conversations and actions pushing changes in the way we’re policed, and there’s an ongoing global pandemic that has killed over one million people worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do we need a breakdown of the meetings between \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/15/ice-cube-trump-partnership-429713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ice Cube\u003c/a> and President Trump’s camps? Why do we care about \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/50-cent-fk-donald-trump-after-support-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50 Cent’s flip-flopping political views\u003c/a>? Did we really need \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/diddy-starts-political-party-empower-194913724.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diddy\u003c/a> to hop on the airwaves and announce he’s starting a new political party? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/arts/music/lil-wayne-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lil Wayne’s\u003c/a> support of Trump noteworthy? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2020/09/jeezy-joe-biden-kanye-west-1234578676/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Jeezy’s\u003c/a> support of Joe Biden a story? Why… \u003cem>is \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/03/kanye-west-california-ballot-vice-president-candidate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanye West\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hella questions. At the top of my list: when it comes to creating change in our community, in this election cycle and beyond, what is the role of Black men? ‘Cause judging from these popular stories I’m seeing… it’s questionable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg 499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Truth. \u003ccite>(Via \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ksj.events/\">Kola Shobo\u003c/a>/IG)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ast week I turned to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OGpenn/status/1318220298383028225?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media\u003c/a> in search of answers. I needed stories of Black men taking action to make this world a bit better, both through electoral politics and outside of the political structure. No, you don’t hear me: I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it was refreshing to learn about Maryland’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nealcarter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neal Carter\u003c/a> and his Nu View Consulting organization, which focuses on getting African Americans living with disabilities politically engaged. Or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CameronWhitten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Whitten\u003c/a>, a Black man in Portland, Oregon who’s politically active; I’ve been following Black Lives Matter protests up there since the summer and he’s the first African American man involved that I’ve heard of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I needed to be introduced to the education work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/michaelsorrell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sorrell\u003c/a> is doing in Texas, the organizing work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LamontLilly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lamont Lilly\u003c/a> is doing out of Durham, NC, and the work of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/codyrenard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Renard Richard,\u003c/a> who in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7KumWIxyTk&feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this interview\u003c/a> from earlier this year explains how he’s fighting for equal rights in the world of Broadway theatre in New York.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3HtaCBegNWg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3HtaCBegNWg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Locally, people suggested I check out the work of Tur-Ha Ak, whose work with \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Anti Police-Terror Project\u003c/a> I’ve mentioned in my writing before. The Oakland group \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HtaCBegNWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black London\u003c/a> put out an admonition to vote and claim representation for the people in their video for “Power.” And I was asked to look at the work of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hellablackpod.com/pbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People’s Breakfast Oakland\u003c/a>, which I’ve also noted in past columns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partially inspired by People’s Breakfast Oakland, Sacramento’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/coach_jmcgowan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan McGowan\u003c/a> told me about co-founding the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sacneighbor916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento Neighbor Project\u003c/a>, which focuses on community-based responses to police violence and using mutual aid to get resources to those in need. Without talking to McGowan, I might not have known about \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/father-found-hanged-sacramento-park-120000333.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willie Brown\u003c/a>, an African American man who has been on life support after being found hanging from a basketball hoop in a Sacramento park last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might a bit more important than what \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/ti-interview-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.I\u003c/a>. has to say about politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But maybe it’s not \u003ci>sexy\u003c/i> enough? I’m not a media strategist or anything, but I’m starting to think big publications are more concerned with generating revenue from click-based advertising than actually informing the masses about critical issues during a time when so much is at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1NZEHNSC2Q0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1NZEHNSC2Q0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>K, here’s a story that might be more enticing: the former drug kingpin-turned-author, Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2m3nTMjVZ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darryl Reed\u003c/a>, who was granted clemency by President Obama, is voting for the first time and politically organizing in his community of East Oakland. Where’s the news on that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed is supporting the organization \u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 Black Men of The Bay Area\u003c/a> to engage people in voter education, registration and voting. Neale Clunie, a representative for the organization, tells me they’re part of the “\u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/event/we-ride-we-vote/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Ride, We Vote\u003c/a>” biking and voting event on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1-5 pm in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clunie also tells me that his organization is teaming up with the \u003ca href=\"https://ncbw.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Coalition of 100 Black Women\u003c/a>. “Black women are the cornerstone of the Democratic party; they generally have a better turnout,” says Clunie. He’s right: according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/men-and-women-in-the-u-s-continue-to-differ-in-voter-turnout-rate-party-identification/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pew Research\u003c/a>, eligible Black women voters have shown up more readily than Black men for decades. (To be fair, women vote in larger numbers than men in general.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much has been written about the power of Black women voters, and Pastor Michael McBride, of \u003ca href=\"https://thewayberkeley.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Way Christian Center in Berkeley,\u003c/a> says that doesn’t have to negatively impact Black men when it comes to voting or community organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Men don’t have to shrink or cower or disappear for women to be strong,” Pastor McBride tells me. “We just have to be willing and humble. Coordination with all of our community is happening at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(McBride, who was on the move when we talked, mistakenly thought I said my name was “Twin” when I introduced myself as Pen. He explained that Twin is someone he’s working with in order to quell a festering beef after a recent shooting—evidence of Pastor McBride’s community involvement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBride then said he’s on the verge of embarking on a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_dCXUBmYo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black bus tour\u003c/a>” through the United States’ southeast region. He and a team of folks aim to hit 14 cities—Orlando, Atlanta and Raleigh, to name a few—over a span of 10 days to assist people in getting to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBride says the role of Black men right now is “to be what we’ve always been when we’ve been at our best.” Black men are freedom fighters, truth tellers and protectors of our community, he says. “We need to lead with a healthy sense of strength and humility to understand the complexity of the issues that have impacted all of the members of the community,” says McBride. “Leadership doesn’t always require to be out in front. It’s about discerning the moment. The plight of Black people requires a lot more coordination in order to beat white supremacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Michael McBride, center, leads a 2017 march in Berkeley to protest white supremacists.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Michael McBride, center, leads a 2017 march in Berkeley to protest white supremacists. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Michael McBride)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>long with the prevalence of Black male entertainers’ tone-deaf participation in politics, the popular stories of actual Black male politicians have been disheartening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of Kentucky’s\u003ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2020/10/21/something-fishy-about-daniel-cameron-breonna-taylor-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Attorney General Daniel Cameron \u003c/a>blocking the process of holding the cops who killed Breonna Taylor accountable is disgusting. The highly publicized extramarital affair of former Florida Governor Candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/andrew-gillum-bisexual/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Gillium\u003c/a> makes me ask what the media’s aim is. And here in the Bay Area, I’ve been following the unearthing of details around front-running Vallejo mayoral candidate \u003ca href=\"https://openvallejo.org/2020/10/13/domestic-violence-bordering-on-torture-records-reveal-years-of-allegations-against-vallejo-councilmember/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakeem Brown\u003c/a> and his history of domestic abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, again, I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these benevolent stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not giving anyone a pass as a “good guy.” I’m not naive enough to think that in this society any man has clean hands—or any human, for that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there should be more appreciation for someone like Colin Kaepernick, who is using his popularity to back \u003ca href=\"https://level.medium.com/abolition-for-the-people-397ef29e3ca5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abolition For The People\u003c/a>, a publication rooted in challenging America’s prison-industrial complex. Or acclaimed poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-05/45-lies-trump-poetry-project-rappers-broadway-daveed-diggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Bamuthi Joseph\u003c/a>, who’s using his platform to let other lyricists express themselves about the lies our current president has told in a project he calls \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/45lies2020/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45 Lies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hell, even \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Oq56pAdXqi8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Tyson\u003c/a>, who recently had a conversation with Lil Boosie about his derogatory comments on the LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black male celebrities can do so much by simply not playing into the media’s need to feed off of clickbait. I’m not saying don’t get involved in politics, this isn’t a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHuaOIvRLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shut up and dribble\u003c/a>” situation. (Or even a shut up and “riddle” situation, for the rappers in the room.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s another way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbershop-style discussions with former President \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/barack-obama-stopping-lebron-james-175511212.html\">Barack Obama\u003c/a> are cool and all, but the best approach is using your platform to push the ideas of lesser-known people who, though not always “newsworthy,” have been steeped in the work.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/LMJvApfx_Ik'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/LMJvApfx_Ik'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">W\u003c/span>ith the reintroduction of the term “super predator” into the popular lexicon, this week’s research proved to be the reminder I needed, just a note that we’re much more than what popular media depicts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as a Black man, who is also a member of “the media,” it’s my job to do all that I can to make sure we push for more of what\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-27/los-angeles-times-apology-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> attempted to do a few weeks ago with its public apology for its decades worth of misrepresenting Black and brown urban communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, there is a lot going on in the world: I haven’t even mentioned global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this had to be written, if not then we’d risk falling back down a path that could lead to the type of storytelling that supported the incarceration of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/what-trump-has-said-central-park-five/1501321001/\">Central Park Five\u003c/a> and the passing of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1994 Crime Bill\u003c/a>—a bill that adversely impacted a generation of Black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, not the \u003cem>entire\u003c/em> generation. There were some entertainers who made so-called “gangsta rap” music and leveraged the concept of being a “super predator” for their own financial gain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>“We learned all about the science behind airplanes and catapults and stuff. They had all these different hands-on experiments and projects that we built, and team building activities,” Ahmed Muhammad describes. “I still remember that, and I still remember all those experiments… that was my introduction to science, and I just kept with it ever since.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s talking about the Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK), a West Oakland summer program organized by the National Society of Black Engineers that he attended as a second grader. It sparked a life-long passion for science, and instilled in him the importance of early education: “It’s hard to like science when you grew up hating it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Muhammad is a senior at Oakland Technical High School, a straight-A student and the point guard of Oakland Tech’s varsity basketball team. He’s also the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kitscubed.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kits Cubed\u003c/a>, a nonprofit he started while under California’s shelter-in-place order earlier this year. It aims to provide science kits and experiments to elementary and middle school students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inspiration for Kits Cubed came when he was babysitting his younger niece and nephew, Ayla and Ahmeer, and decided to take a break from their usual activities. “I finally felt that they were old enough for us to do some science experiments,” Muhammad explains. “And they were like, ‘No, I hate science. I’m bad at it.’” Their reactions stunned him: “Ahmeer literally loves everything, but then when I brought up science to him, he didn’t like it, but he didn’t even know what it was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Determined to change their impressions, Muhammad designed some science experiments for them, and Kits Cubed was born. He created a website, put together his savings to produce the first few experiment sets and sold his earliest science kits to his neighbors. A few months later, he has established an office space for kit assembly, hired a team of fellow Oakland students and distributed a total of 1300 science kits in Oakland and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_9608-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_9608-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_9608-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_9608-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_9608-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_9608-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_9608-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Muhammad delivers science kits to Alameda County EMS Corps’ teen program. \u003ccite>(Ahmed Muhammad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The kits are available for online purchase for $15, and each includes three experiments, hence the name Kits Cubed. One set features a lima bean plant maze, a kaleidoscope and a pop-rocket; another explores physics and chemistry with a catapult, potato battery and rock candy; and the newest set includes a telegraph, an electric motor and an electromagnet. Proceeds from online purchases and T-shirt sales, as well as donations, allow Kits Cubed to offer free kits to schools and students who can’t afford to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accessibility is particularly important to Muhammad. As Oakland Unified School District is projected to continue \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832221/online-school-has-started-in-oakland-but-will-students-show-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">distance learning\u003c/a> for the remainder of this school year, he is cognizant of the inequities of online education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of circumstances completely out of their control, kids are going to be left behind,” Muhammad laments. “And so the advantaged become more advantaged, and the disadvantaged become even more disadvantaged.” He’s partnered with principals, teachers and parents to bring hundreds of kits to students in Oakland public schools, including Fruitvale’s Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, in the hopes that “Kits Cubed can be part of bridging that gap.” [aside postid='arts_13887272']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Fulop is an 8th grade science teacher at Life Academy and a parent of a 6-year-old student at Crocker Highlands Elementary. She heard about Kits Cubed from a school newsletter late last spring. Over the summer, she and her daughter Callie used Kits Cubed’s original experiment set as part of a weekly Zoom science class with her kindergarten classmates, creating mini-lessons around each one. “Callie and the rest of the kids—and their families—loved the activities,” Fulop emphasizes. “Watching the lima beans grow quickly sparked lots of excitement and discussion around plant growth, the kaleidoscopes were surprisingly beautiful given the simplicity of the materials and the kids got really into testing different variables with the rockets… When we used the rocket activity, we watched some space launches together first, and when we did the lima bean activity we discussed what plants need in order to grow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888604\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_1650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_1650.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_1650-160x188.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/IMG_1650-768x903.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Muhammad with a happy Kits Cubed customer. \u003ccite>(Ahmed Muhammad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This fall, Fulop ordered more kits for what she calls “Back Yard School,” a socially distanced pod of six Crocker Elementary families that she began teaching to support their online curriculum: “Again, a big hit.” Fulop also ordered 200 more Kits Cubed combo sets for Life Academy’s advisory classes, and plans to order more soon for her lessons on electricity and magnetism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t say enough good things about working with Ahmed,” she says. “He is highly professional and efficient… our turnaround time on the 200 kits we recently ordered for Life Academy was incredibly tight.” [aside postid='arts_13887982']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re working tirelessly just to make sure our students have consistent access to internet… there is nothing equitable about how we educate Black and Brown children in OUSD,” says Patrick Messac, another teacher at Life Academy. “Disembodied classrooms can really sap the joy from learning.” But after using KitsCubed for the first time, he “heard gasps of surprise and excitement” from his students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Simple things, like annotating a text, are difficult in a virtual world… it was important for me to do something real and hands-on with my students,” fellow Life Academy teacher Christi Grossman adds. “Ahmed was a joy to work with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The future is bright for both Muhammad and Kits Cubed. He plans to be the first in his immediate family to attend college, and is currently in the midst of application season. Most recently, Kits Cubed designed a new human anatomy kit, and piloted it with the Alameda County EMS Corps to teach underrepresented teens about the respiratory system on their way to entering the medical field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Halloween, Kits Cubed is holding a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CGqeqTzpEHK/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">socially distanced donation event\u003c/a> at Korematsu Discovery Academy, where they will donate science kits and onetab Learning Tablets to all 250 students. Eventually, Muhammad hopes to expand the services offered beyond STEM. “I definitely want to reach into the humanities side because, yes, scientists are important, but so are lawyers and politicians and writers,” he says. “Honestly, just trying to tap into kids’ potentials in as many ways as possible is our next big step.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two years ago \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/beammeuptayleur/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tayleur Crenshaw\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/maud.alcorn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maud Alcorn\u003c/a> started the arts collective, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gold.beams/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gold Beams\u003c/a>. It began as an open mic Crenshaw hosted in her living room — called Second Mondays — which eventually grew into a larger monthly event at Red Bay Coffee headquarters in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like emotional stories that they kind of leave at the altar at Second Mondays. And us as community aunties, we are there to rub the backs and to listen and be an ear. We’re just here for people’s emotional journeys,” says Crenshaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since shelter-in-place orders came down this spring, Gold Beams has pivoted while staying productive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re doing a filmed series of intimate performances highlighting Black artists, called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vFKWmJLLk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fourth Mondays.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888259\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/1.jpg\" alt=\"Second Mondays at Red Bay Cafe (pre-COVID-19).\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/1.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/1-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second Mondays at Red Bay Coffee (pre-COVID-19). \u003ccite>(Gold Beams)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They’re also working in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/welcometothetablesf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcome To The Table\u003c/a> to produce a series of filmed conversations about relationships amongst Black artists in the Bay Area. It’s called, In Real Life: A Conversation Between Black Men and Women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s another \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-the-space-the-role-of-black-men-in-the-safety-of-bipoc-women-tickets-125741866307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discussion today at 6pm, \u003c/a>and it’ll be live-streamed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if that’s not enough, they’ve also mounted a photo exhibition, which largely features the work of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/doreanraye/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorean Raye\u003c/a>, myself and other photographers who’ve captured their events; the framed images are posted at Oakstop at 1721 Broadway in downtown Oakland. The exhibition is titled, \u003cem>Mondays Were Never the Same, \u003c/em>and is \u003ca href=\"https://calendly.com/gold-beams/20min?month=2020-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open for timed reservations\u003c/a>. But do it fast, it’s only scheduled to be up until November 6th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, now that get the gist of all the things Gold Beams is doing, it’s time to listen to the story behind the collective. This week on Rightnowish, Maud and Tayleur discuss how they became the community aunties of Gold Beams and grew their unique relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC1301808357\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Tayleur Crenshaw and Maud Alcorn. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So look, I’ma just cut it to you straight. The reason that I have you all here today, because I’m excited about the work that you’re doing. And I want to jump into that. And in order to do that, I’ve got to ask the hard questions like Tayleur, what do you have Mauds name saved as in your phone? \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I put a whole little blurb for everybody I meet. And when I first met Maud she had these dope pants. And I said, ‘your pants is cute!’ And she was like, ‘oh, they’re three dollar pants from Target.’ And so I was like, ‘oh, I can remember that.’ So I was like \u003cem>Maud with the $3 pants from Target\u003c/em>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PEN\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Maud, what do you have Tayleur’s name saved as?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: I actually have her under a really funny thing… It’s Tayleur Crenshaw…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN and TAYLEUR laugh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">MAUD: Listen. I don’t do cutesy stuff. I won’t be having that kind of time, Tayleur, to put in a paragraph for everybody’s name.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: I have a background in event planning. That’s what I do in my 9-5 life.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personally, my background is in marketing. I’m a writer. I like to write. I’m spoken word, I talk a lot of shit, my spoken word is like battle rap… Just all the creative things.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And you have been rocking for two years steady. For someone who’s never been there, what was the early iteration like?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So when Second Mondays first started, it was just Tayleur asking people to come to her house, for people to read what they’d written, whether it be plays or poetry. It was something she did back in DC when she went to Howard. That was her introduction to meeting people, like a way for her to kind of start building community out here. Every Second Monday, Tayleur would individually text every person to tell them come… Really just trying to make friends.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was nervous. I must have picked up my phone and put it down seven times cuz I was scared to invite people over, like, would people come?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: It just became this fun thing to do and people would tell their friends about it. And then it was like, ‘oh, you know, I’m not a writer, but, you know, I do a podcast. Can I show y’all a snippet?’ Or ‘I’m a producer, I have beats.’ And so it just kind of grew and grew and grew. The last one at Tayleur’s house, it had to be almost a hundred people. Climbing up the stairs, in the balcony, in the kitchen, they screaming from the hallway, trying to see who next. From there she was able to build a whole community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tayleur taking that initiative to literally invite people into your house. \u003c/span>What was the next step?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next step was y’all are going to get me kicked out. [laugh] We’ve got to find a new place. So actually, that same month, I quit my job and I spent my last two thousand dollars on the first Second Mondays at Red Bay Coffee. The first event that we had at Red Bay was the first event that Maud and I worked together.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: I was kind of nervous to ask Maud to be my partner, but I knew that if she was in a room, she’d be able to explain what Second Mondays was, and I’d trust it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: I wanted to help because I just wanted to help. I loved Second Mondays. It was a place where I was able to meet so many people for the couple of months that I went. And I was like, yeah, I got you girl. Let’s do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: We’re building the plane while we fly it. It’s funny because it’s literally the work that gets us back on the same page because we are so equally passionate about what we do and it continues to align us, and it continues to affirm our partnership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What jumps out at me initially is that Tayleur one: opened her doors and developed this following, developed this network. And two: Maud, you’re from Oakland. You have a background in event planning as you said. You’re a published author of poetry. And so, like, these puzzle pieces came together and you took it and ran with it. \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: Maud and I were able to cultivate this space of people being comfortable, right. So half the people are artists that come to Second Monday. They come for the free food and the free wine and the wine, you know what I mean. It’s the ultimate kickback session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: Any kind of Black person you can think of been at Second Mondays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: We have Black tech, we have Black people struggling trying to figure out what they want to do with their career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: They coming through on skateboards. They coming through in BMWs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: We have grandmothers. We have grand-babies. We have everything in between. We have people from Oakland. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Two years ago \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/beammeuptayleur/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tayleur Crenshaw\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/maud.alcorn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maud Alcorn\u003c/a> started the arts collective, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gold.beams/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gold Beams\u003c/a>. It began as an open mic Crenshaw hosted in her living room — called Second Mondays — which eventually grew into a larger monthly event at Red Bay Coffee headquarters in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like emotional stories that they kind of leave at the altar at Second Mondays. And us as community aunties, we are there to rub the backs and to listen and be an ear. We’re just here for people’s emotional journeys,” says Crenshaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since shelter-in-place orders came down this spring, Gold Beams has pivoted while staying productive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re doing a filmed series of intimate performances highlighting Black artists, called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vFKWmJLLk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fourth Mondays.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888259\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/1.jpg\" alt=\"Second Mondays at Red Bay Cafe (pre-COVID-19).\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/1.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/1-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second Mondays at Red Bay Coffee (pre-COVID-19). \u003ccite>(Gold Beams)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They’re also working in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/welcometothetablesf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcome To The Table\u003c/a> to produce a series of filmed conversations about relationships amongst Black artists in the Bay Area. It’s called, In Real Life: A Conversation Between Black Men and Women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s another \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-the-space-the-role-of-black-men-in-the-safety-of-bipoc-women-tickets-125741866307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discussion today at 6pm, \u003c/a>and it’ll be live-streamed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if that’s not enough, they’ve also mounted a photo exhibition, which largely features the work of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/doreanraye/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorean Raye\u003c/a>, myself and other photographers who’ve captured their events; the framed images are posted at Oakstop at 1721 Broadway in downtown Oakland. The exhibition is titled, \u003cem>Mondays Were Never the Same, \u003c/em>and is \u003ca href=\"https://calendly.com/gold-beams/20min?month=2020-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open for timed reservations\u003c/a>. But do it fast, it’s only scheduled to be up until November 6th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, now that get the gist of all the things Gold Beams is doing, it’s time to listen to the story behind the collective. This week on Rightnowish, Maud and Tayleur discuss how they became the community aunties of Gold Beams and grew their unique relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC1301808357\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Tayleur Crenshaw and Maud Alcorn. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So look, I’ma just cut it to you straight. The reason that I have you all here today, because I’m excited about the work that you’re doing. And I want to jump into that. And in order to do that, I’ve got to ask the hard questions like Tayleur, what do you have Mauds name saved as in your phone? \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I put a whole little blurb for everybody I meet. And when I first met Maud she had these dope pants. And I said, ‘your pants is cute!’ And she was like, ‘oh, they’re three dollar pants from Target.’ And so I was like, ‘oh, I can remember that.’ So I was like \u003cem>Maud with the $3 pants from Target\u003c/em>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PEN\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Maud, what do you have Tayleur’s name saved as?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: I actually have her under a really funny thing… It’s Tayleur Crenshaw…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN and TAYLEUR laugh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">MAUD: Listen. I don’t do cutesy stuff. I won’t be having that kind of time, Tayleur, to put in a paragraph for everybody’s name.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: I have a background in event planning. That’s what I do in my 9-5 life.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personally, my background is in marketing. I’m a writer. I like to write. I’m spoken word, I talk a lot of shit, my spoken word is like battle rap… Just all the creative things.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And you have been rocking for two years steady. For someone who’s never been there, what was the early iteration like?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So when Second Mondays first started, it was just Tayleur asking people to come to her house, for people to read what they’d written, whether it be plays or poetry. It was something she did back in DC when she went to Howard. That was her introduction to meeting people, like a way for her to kind of start building community out here. Every Second Monday, Tayleur would individually text every person to tell them come… Really just trying to make friends.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was nervous. I must have picked up my phone and put it down seven times cuz I was scared to invite people over, like, would people come?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: It just became this fun thing to do and people would tell their friends about it. And then it was like, ‘oh, you know, I’m not a writer, but, you know, I do a podcast. Can I show y’all a snippet?’ Or ‘I’m a producer, I have beats.’ And so it just kind of grew and grew and grew. The last one at Tayleur’s house, it had to be almost a hundred people. Climbing up the stairs, in the balcony, in the kitchen, they screaming from the hallway, trying to see who next. From there she was able to build a whole community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tayleur taking that initiative to literally invite people into your house. \u003c/span>What was the next step?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next step was y’all are going to get me kicked out. [laugh] We’ve got to find a new place. So actually, that same month, I quit my job and I spent my last two thousand dollars on the first Second Mondays at Red Bay Coffee. The first event that we had at Red Bay was the first event that Maud and I worked together.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: I was kind of nervous to ask Maud to be my partner, but I knew that if she was in a room, she’d be able to explain what Second Mondays was, and I’d trust it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: I wanted to help because I just wanted to help. I loved Second Mondays. It was a place where I was able to meet so many people for the couple of months that I went. And I was like, yeah, I got you girl. Let’s do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: We’re building the plane while we fly it. It’s funny because it’s literally the work that gets us back on the same page because we are so equally passionate about what we do and it continues to align us, and it continues to affirm our partnership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What jumps out at me initially is that Tayleur one: opened her doors and developed this following, developed this network. And two: Maud, you’re from Oakland. You have a background in event planning as you said. You’re a published author of poetry. And so, like, these puzzle pieces came together and you took it and ran with it. \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: Maud and I were able to cultivate this space of people being comfortable, right. So half the people are artists that come to Second Monday. They come for the free food and the free wine and the wine, you know what I mean. It’s the ultimate kickback session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: Any kind of Black person you can think of been at Second Mondays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: We have Black tech, we have Black people struggling trying to figure out what they want to do with their career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MAUD: They coming through on skateboards. They coming through in BMWs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TAYLEUR: We have grandmothers. We have grand-babies. We have everything in between. We have people from Oakland. 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"content": "\u003cp>In January of this year, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CatsCommentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cat Brooks\u003c/a> and the Anti Police-Terror Project launched a service where trained professionals are called to respond to mental health crises; it’s an alternative to people calling the police to handle the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mental Health First, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/mh-first-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M.H. First\u003c/a>, initially launched in Sacramento, and began serving Oakland this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, Oakland’s City Council set aside $1.35 million to fund the \u003ca href=\"http://mhaac.org/need-help-now.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO\u003c/a>) program– which has a similar aim as M.H. First. 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First, the racism she encountered as a young person and she traces her organizing origins back to the killing of Oscar Grant– a case which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11841062/alameda-da-reopens-investigation-into-oscar-grant-killing-nearly-12-years-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently been reopened\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC1905524364\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nBelow are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Cat Brooks.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: I’ll just ask you blatantly: Why not go through established police departments?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CAT: Well, nationally one in four people gunned down by law enforcement are in the middle of a mental health crisis. Police are not trained, nor do they actually want to do this work. Oakland Police Department will say ‘well, we’ve got crisis intervention training.’ In municipalities across the country, [this training] is usually eight to fifteen hours. To be a mental health professional requires thousands of hours before you can work with someone professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other reason is that police are trained to force compliance and to do that through violence and force if necessary. And so when law enforcement shows up, your job is to do what they say when they say it, how fast they say it and the way in which they say it. And just not doing any of those things can get somebody seriously injured or killed as we see, you know, daily… People in mental health crisis or who may not be sharing our reality often cannot respond to those commands, do not understand those commands, which law enforcement is trained to see as somebody resisting.\u003cbr>\n[aside postID='news_11840071' label=' ']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the way that we’ve stigmatized and demonized mental health crisis, it usually results in incarceration. We talk about people being in mental health crisis. A lot of times what we’re having are mental health moments. And I say often, I don’t know how you’re Black or brown or in distress support in this country and you’re not having mental health moments. And what we’ve seen, particularly right now, you know, in the middle of this pandemic is people are having more and more of those moments. Because people are losing their jobs and they’re losing their housing or they’re sick or they’re afraid of getting sick or they’re losing loved ones to this virus or their essential worker. I mean, there’s all of the stressors that go along with this particular moment in time. And sometimes people just need to be heard. They just need to be listened to. They need someone to talk to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>PEN: This is something you’ve written about recently in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/we-cannot-allow-police-unions-to-define-public-safety/\">San Francisco Examiner\u003c/a>. You mentioned how local police unions in the Bay Area have co-opted some of the language that yourself and other organizers have been using in terms of community policing. 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And a lot of the messaging was about how dangerous it is to be a police officer. The demonization of protesters, things like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I think it’s a testament to the organizing that has happened over the last few years that they weren’t able to do that this time. We’ve seen enough dead bodies. We’ve seen enough protests. We’ve done a good enough job in the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>…We have been taught from very young ages. Myself included, that cops are the good guys. They get the kittens out of the tree. That’s who keeps us safe. And so there are folks who still believe that if we do enough trainings, if we do enough body cameras, if we do enough reform, if we shift use of force policies, that maybe things will get better. And when that messaging is coming out of law enforcement, they’re promising to do that. 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