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Alameda County Food Bank – Event – Oakland, CA, USA - January 20, 2026 Oakland = 440,000 population = 56 square miles Alameda County = 1,671,000 population = 737 square miles Gaza = 2,100,000 population = 141 square miles Oakland probably has at least 25% of its population which is food insecure Gaza probably has at least 25% of its population which is in immediate potential death due to starvation due to both the “war” which began October 7, 2023 and the “Ceasefire” – built, created and pushed by The President of the United States. -- As many as 25 nations have signed onto Trump's "Board of Peace," Witkoff says Jennifer Jacobs                           Wed, January 21, 2026 at 4:37 AM PST           … Israel, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, the United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Morocco, Hungary and Canada ar...

  THE PURPOSE OF POWER: How We Come Together When We Fall  Apart : - Alicia Garza's description of how one should build a movement, is an incredibly well written book!   She uses examples from her organizing work in Bayview Hunters Point (in San Francisco) and in her co-founding of Black Lives Matter in making very clear a lot about what one should and should not do.    Garza knows her history very well and explains things most clearly. Examples of her words include: By the early 1970s, two new trends were unfolding within the conservative movement : the new right (which included the Christian or religious right) and the neoconservatives ,,, They come together on things they can agree on in the interest of building and maintaining power.  This has been key to the right's success and key to its survival. ,,, The new right wanted to cast a wider net, beyond its base of southern segregationists and economic elites, in order to expand its reach and influen...

    All That’s Left of You is an incredible, powerful, sad, insightful movie which I highly recommend! A deeply moving, multigenerational drama,  ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU  follows a Palestinian teenager who gets swept into a protest in the Occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family. The film unfolds as his mother recounts the political and emotional threads that led to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, the film traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, bearing witness to the scars of dispossession and the enduring legacy of survival.  Jordan's Official Selection for the 98 th  Academy Awards. https://www.watermelonpictures.com/films/all-thats-left-of-you I’m crying again as I think of the movie.    I’ve seen other moving films about Palestine, Gaza and Israel.    None has touched me as deeply as this film! Anyone – who is a “hardened” supporter of Israel – who believes tha...

RAISE A FIST  ,  TAKE A KNEE :  Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports  – by: John Feinstein -  is a Must Read – for anyone interested in men and sports.  It is also an excellent read for others! If anyone has any doubts – about this book – watch a video about it – one – interview by Judy Woodruff from the PBS News Hour (9:11) – one example -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT-Ldoag-YU . Quote: Jones ended up making two Olympic teams – the 2008 team and the 2012 team that went to London.  He had become the first African American to hold a world record in 2007  (note: men’s swimming) … (p.302) The night after George Floyd’s murder, Jones took his dog out for an evening walk.  He was staying at his brother’s house in Charlotte, North Carolina, because he and his wife were building their own house nearby. “I’d gone about a block when a police car went past me,” he said.  “All of a sudden, the ...

    Little Rock + Charlie Kirk + Richmond – January 6, 2026 Little Rock, Arkansas 203,844 = population 43% white 37% Black 11% Hispanic https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US0541000-little-rock-ar/ AI Summary This AI-generated answer is powered by OpenAI. AI-generated content may sometimes contain inaccurate, incomplete, or biased information, so make sure you do additional research. You should not rely on this feature for medical, financial, or legal advice. To understand poverty rates by race in Little Rock, AR, consider the following points: Overall Poverty Rate: Little Rock's overall poverty rate is approximately 18.5%. White Population: The poverty rate for White residents is around 12.5%. Black Population: The poverty rate for Black residents is significantly higher, at about 26.5%. Hispanic Population: Hispanic residents experience a poverty rate of approximately 20%. -- On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Sup...