Nube Brown at the Inauguration Day Rally Against Fascism
Nube Brown at the Inauguration Day Rally Against Fascism
January 30, 2021
“All power to the people. It is US, the people. It’s US, period. We’re in the fight for our humanity. Are we really seeing each other? Are we hearing each other? There’s no proving to them that we are worthy of being seen. Prisoners are the most entrenched example of what that means – to try and feel worthy of being given a second chance; of being heard; of being seen; of being viewed as another human being.” – Nube Brown, Bay View managing editor, Jan. 20, 2021, United Front Rally Against Fascism, Racism and for a General Strike in front of San Francisco City Hall.
The battle to free San Francisco Bayview Editor Malik Washington
The battle to free San Francisco Bayview Editor Malik Washington
January 28, 2021
On June 17, The Intercept published an article titled “GEO Group’s Blundering Response to the Pandemic Helped Spread Coronavirus in Halfway Houses.” Immediately, GEO Group’s share price dropped 7 percent. Bowing to public pressure, Wall Street banks have agreed to stop financing private prisons.
Transcript from Flashpoints Radio Jan. 14
Dennis Bernstein: From Pacific Radio in San Francisco, this is Flashpoints. I’m Dennis Bernstein. Today on the show … the battle to free Malik Washington, the newly minted editor of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper from a GEO Group halfway house infested with COVID-19 while there’s a lawsuit on the way. All this coming up straight ahead on Flashpoints. Stay tuned.
The United Council for Human Services and the Curtis Family: Serving BVHP in a time of need
December 25, 2020
Gwendolyn Westbrook and the Curtis Family have formed an unbreakable bond of solidarity and love when it comes to serving the Bayview Hunters Point community. Here we have Gwendolyn with Zahara, Mama Nola, Isis, Maestro Curtis, Khaira, Niles and Phoenix out front on COVID testing day, Dec. 22, 2020. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell
by Malik Washington
“The Curtis Family is nourishing our souls, while Mother Brown’s is nourishing our bodies.” – Nube Brown, managing editor of the Bay View.
All this week, Gwendolyn Westbrook, the chief executive officer of the United Council for Human Services has been ramping up efforts in order to make sure services and resources are available to all those in need during one of the toughest holiday seasons I have seen in decades.