The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 4 - 10, 2023 | To enlarge your view of this issue, use the slider, magnifying glass icon or full page icon in the lower right corner of the browser window.
The mission of the Black Panthers 10-point program, envisioned in 1966, germinated in 2000 at the first annual Malcolm Jazz Festival in San Antonio Park, hosted by Eastside Arts Alliance, a collective of multi-racial artists who, like Malcolm X, utilized the public platform to address racial inequities and organize a credible institution to create solutions. Rise East is a $100 million privately funded initiative that will rebuild Black neighborhoods in a 40 x 40 block area of East Oakland over 10 years. Project partners are Oakland Thrives, The 40 x 40 Council and Blue Meridian Partners. By Tanya Dennis The mission of the Black Panthers 10-point program, envisioned in
In 2021, the 40x40 initiative was created by a coalition of community-based organizations, Roots Community Health Clinic, Black Cultural Zone (BCZ), the Brotherhood of Elders Network and East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC) to address systemic issues of racism and displacement of African Americans in a roughly 40x40 block area in East Oakland, an area with the highest concentration of Black folks in the Bay Area. | By Tanya Dennis Part 2 Rise East is a $100 million privately funded initiative that will rebuild Black neighborhoods in a 40x40 block area is East Oakland over 10 years. Project partners are Oakland Thrives, the 40x40 Council and Blue Meridian Partners. The number 40 in sacred scripture signifies, new growth, new life, and transformation.
For us, the perception is that inflation has always been a thing, while in most of the world’s advanced economies it has been bottled up for decades. Our perceptions of white sharks ride the same currents.
By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA - The HBCU Transformation Project has received a $124 million investment from Blue Meridian Partners to help fortify historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) nationwide, aiming to drive systemic improvements in HBCUs and bolster their role as pivotal engines of educational opportunity and social mobility for Black and low-income students.