News shared by Dr. Maxine Hickman, President of San Francisco Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc., and immedate past board member of Nation Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight~~

SF Public Defender Mano Raju stands with Malik Washington: “We continue to witness GEO Group’s pattern of deceit and neglect in its response to the COVID pandemic. We must protect the health and dignity of the people living at 111 Taylor and invest in future reentry care that is community-based and focused on the needs of individuals, not the profits of GEO Group. I stand in solidarity with Malik Washington and for his rights as a member of the Black press to speak out and protect his community.”

Sydney Kamlager, Kamlager, 48, becomes one of two African Americans in the State Senate -- the other is Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Los Angeles) -- and the only Black women in that legislative body, replacing former Sen. Holly Mitchell. Mitchell resigned from the Senate last November after she won a seat on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors.

Sister Cities International is celebrating International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month by holding two dynamic women-focused programs in March. This information shared with W.E. by George G. Saxton Executive Director San Francisco - Ho Chi Minh City Sister City Committee and Board Member, Northern California Sister Cities International.

On behalf of the board of directors and members of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women-San Francisco Chapter, you are invited to join the annual fundraiser, “The Golden Girls Hats and Gloves ‘Bridging the Generations’ Tea,” on Saturday, March 13, 2021, that helps fund programs in the area of health, education and economic empowerment such as the "Doris Ward Workforce Development Training and Employment Program that is named after San Francisco Board of Directors first Black Board President.

OAKLAND, CA-ANGELA V. WATSON of OAKLAND, CA from LAUREL SPRINGS SCHOOL GIFTED EDUCAITON ACADEMY (formerly a student at OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS SCHOOL OF DANCE chaired by Reginald Ray Savage and currently training with SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL under the direction of Patrick Armand SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL Director and Helgi Tomasson Artistic Director of SAN FRANCISCO BALLET COMPANY and SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL, one of the world's best ballet companies, has received a 2021 NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION (YoungArts) award in Ballet.

Love has everything to do with it, Tina Turner! And Ali McGraw, Not Sorry, but contrary to "Love Means You Never Have to Say You're Sorry...Not Sorry, but Love Has to Say 'Sorry!" True as that is as ! Corinthians 13 clarifies, congratulations to Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. "Love Story" would make for a good flick over the Valentine's Day Weekend. Have your Kleenex handy, though! The 50th Anniversary of "Love Story!" How time jettisons away...we go!