Angela Davis + Ericka Huggins- Our Mentors?
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.
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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 are among the nations that have
announced they're accepting Mr. Trump's invitation. …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office did so
Wednesday, as did Egypt's foreign ministry.
As the president envisions it, the group would be
comprised of world leaders, with him as its chairman. Countries can contribute
$1 billion to become permanent members, rather than holding a typical
three-year membership, the White House said, although Canada has said it won't
pay to join. …
But the group's formation is facing serious headwinds
from U.S. allies, particularly as the president renews his push to acquire
Greenland and has not ruled out the use of military force to do so.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/more-10-countries-signed-trumps-165719268.html
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26,
1944) is an American Marxist and feminist political
activist, philosopher, academic, author and social theorist. She is
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa
Cruz.[4] Davis
was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a founding
member of the Committees of
Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). She has been active
in movements such as the Occupy
movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.
Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama; she studied at Brandeis University and the University of Frankfurt. She also
studied at the University of California, San Diego,
before moving to East Germany, where she completed some studies for a
doctorate at the Humboldt-University of Berlin.
1974
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis
Ericka Huggins (née Jenkins;[1] born
January 5, 1948)[2][3][4][5] is
an American activist, writer, and educator. She is a former leading member of
the Black Panther Party (BPP). She was married
to fellow BPP member John Huggins in 1968.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericka_Huggins
https://nyupress.org/9781479802937/black-panther-woman/
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On the one year Anniversary of Inauguration Day as well as
the death of my good friend Tom Mosmiller – (https://www.georgemarx.org/2025/01/remembering-tom-mosmiller-most-amazing.html)
- sitting with my partner (Black,
Female, Queer Identified – going to now carry her U.S. Passport ID Card on her
future travels – starting next Sunday – Ice Protection) on my right, and three
fellow members of the SF Bay Area Cohort of White Men for Racial Justice ( https://www.wmrj.org/ ) on my left, we all
experienced an INCREDIBLE presentation put-together by the leadership of The
Alameda County Food Bank.
“Doctor Davis” – as the moderators – spoke reverently of was
amazing and even at times amusing. Early
in her response to a question, she (first) referenced a man (or white man) in
Washington, D.C., who she referenced multiple times, without ever saying his
time. I write about him referred to him
as “DT”.
Ericka Huggins was unbelievable/incredible also. I’d never heard here speak before.
The questions focused on the three intersecting circles, shown
in the initial image at the beginning of this writing. “Im*” = Imagine. Both speakers spoke eloquently of the lessons
we can learn from the Panthers of the late, 1960’s. The systemic oppression they faced has deep similarities
to what we face today. Huggins spoke of
working with children. Both speakers
spoke of how Feeding People and showing care for them is Highly Political now,
as it was 60 years ago. All those –
including Regi Young, the Executive Director of The Community Food Bank, spoke
of the importance of imagining and the necessity of us building to a place
where a Food Bank would be totally unnecessary because we would/will no longer
have people lacking work, shelter, healthy food, and where healthcare
would/will be free.
The evening was filled with love, as well as reiterating the
necessity of all of us doing what we can to resist and build a just future for
all of us.
Clearly, we, the four Advantaged white men of WMRJ – as well
as our larger community locally and nationally hopefully are waking up and “getting
off The Porch” – as we speak of frequently in our weekly meetings some
attend. Minneapolis - “Ground Zero” – of The Assault Now is VERY
Important – as are our efforts – in so many places and in so many ways.
We are (always) – the last to wake up! I thought that October 7th, and
its follow-up – Genocide – was far, far more than I’ve experienced – Assassinations
of John Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy (Senior) in
my 74 ½ years. Joe Biden and the
Democratic Party have failed and continue to fail all of us. DT – and his “Board of Peace”
(sic/sick!). The presenters and all of
us – are shown a vivid, indeed too vivid picture of – The Patriarchal, Bullying
Approach we face within Growing Fascism – that speaks our truths – To Power –
of the need to resist, resist, resist – together – collaborating with Love. It’s gotten much worse recently and will
continue to worsen until/unless our resistance together stops it.
Oakland, Gaza, Minneapolis, Venezuela, Iran, Israel – are all
tied together in our hearts and our work (together)!
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