Wanda’s Picks for Feb. 7
by Wanda Sabir Today you don’t want to miss the Black Health Summit, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Marriott Convention Center in downtown Oakland, 12th and Broadway. It is free and for the entire family....
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for February 2012
by Wanda Sabir At the Rainbow Recreation Center, Brother Fred hands out bagged food while his youngest son, Bilal, checks names off the list. Bilal studied law in Britain and is a solicitor. – Photo:...
View ArticleThe Honorable Rolihlahla Mandela, July 18, 1908-Dec. 4, 2013
by Wanda Sabir Nelson Mandela, only four months after his release from 27 years in prison, toured the U.S., ending in Oakland where he spoke before 58,000 wildly cheering supporters at the Coliseum, to...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for February 2014
by Wanda Sabir I am recovering from a huge blow – my computer was taken along with other personal irreplaceable items in Carpinteria, a bedroom suburb outside Santa Barbara. We stopped by Loon Point to...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for August 2014
by Wanda Sabir Congratulations to Gerald Lenoir for carrying the torch and blazing the way for so many social justice issues from HIV/AIDS awareness in the Black community to his recent work in just...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for January 2015
by Wanda Sabir Happy New Year! Happy Birthday to my granddaughter Brianna, niece Wilda and friend Fred T. I am still smiling about America’s new relationship with Cuba and the freed Cuban 5. If you are...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for March 2017
by Wanda Sabir Happy Women’s History Month! Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at the Women’s March on Washington Jan. 21, 2017. – Photo: Washington Post At the Women’s March on Washington, Sen. Kamala Harris...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for March 2018
by Wanda Sabir Happy Birthday, Sister Maryom Anna Al Wadi, one of the founders of San Francisco State University’s School of Ethnic Studies and the Black Student Union 50 years ago. Happy Birthday to...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks April 2018
by Wanda Sabir On the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, Wednesday, April 4, we need to stop and reflect on the many landmark movements which began 50 years ago … like hip-hop. Rene Guzman,...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....