The power of media impacts the progress or digression of the world. Media Alliance, a media accountability group based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working to keep media "fair and balanced"recently posted a letter of thanks written by Wright Enterprises, Jackie Wright. As Wright thanked Independent Media for coverage of a historic lecture of Ambassador Andrew Young for The Martin Luther King Freedom Center, she pointed out the fact major corporate media did not cover the event and why that is a problem.

Monday, November 5th-Join us! Be our guests at The Jazz Heritage Center for a reception with live entertainment featuring the talented performers of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre! The evening's program will feature music, drama & story-telling. Olympia Dukakis, the star of Sophocles' Elektra, now playing at A.C.T., will be on hand to mingle and meet our LHT fans and supporters!

What do District 10 Residents think need to happen in their community? The San Francisco Foundation and Calvary Hill Community Church with Senior Pastor, Dr. Joseph Bryant Jr. invite the community to have dinner and talk about their vision for District 10. From quality of life, promoting non-violence, workforce development, youth and family, the public is encouraged to come out and share ideas, concerns, needs and offers.

Asian Week Foundation Joins the Giants Fever! Read All About it!

San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation have announced the 13 finalists for the eighth round of SFFS / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants; up to $300,000 will be given to one or more narrative feature films at any stage of production. Projects must explore -- through plot, character, theme or setting -- human and civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity and other social issues of our time in order to qualify. Read more

Calvary Hill Community Church is the place where the synergy of the Giants winning spirit meets with Mario Van Peebles Film "Bring Your A Game" and the Rainbow P.U.S.H & Wells Fargo Bank financial empowerment series.

See what Governor Jerry Brown had to say, Alice Huffman, NAACP State President speaks with media too, find out about the Spirit Awards today and Publisher Willie Ratcliff's honorary doctorate. LaHitz Media gives you news you can use.

Thanks for the efforts of Media Alliance, Executive Director, Tracy Rosenberg, and the members of Media Alliance for their vigilance of media. There can be no free democracy without "Freedom of the Press." Media Alliance news includes the information about the delay of the sale of KCSM after media activism,an advocacy campaign to have Clear Channel Outdoors remove billboards that impacted voter's rights, Jackie Wright of Wright Enterprises "Thank You to Independent Media" after corporate media did not show for the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center's Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture series kicked off with Ambassador Andrew Young on October 20, 2012 in downtown Oakland, before an audience of 1,000 people.

The kudos continue for Willie Ratcliff, who along with his wife Mary were feted last December by LaHitz Media and Wright Enterprises at "Our Media Matters" Night at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. JR Valray hosts Black Media Appreciation Night at Yoshi's in Oakland on November 26 to honor soon to be Dr. Willie Ratcliff's Birthday and the 20th Anniversary of the Ratcliff leadership of the San Francisco BayView Newspaper. On Sunday, October 28th,at Grace Tabernacle Community Church, 1121 Oakdale at Ingalls, in Hunters Point, Deacon Ratcliff will be presented with an honorary Doctorate Degree in Humanities from the Sacramento Theological Seminary!

On assignment for LaHitz Media, Jackie Wright, of Wright Enterprises shares about her "close encounter of the first kind" with Barry Zito, who pitches the opening game of the 2012 World Series for the Giants. Unforgettable, is the perfect song for his performance. Find out the Natalie Cole's Dad, Nat King Cole's connection to the great Giant's pitcher. Read more!