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Baby yellow Packard Bell.

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Soon the time will come when words are no longer nesesary.

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Alameda CA Land filling

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Jay + Stace | Wedding Day Highlight | 04.28.12

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Jay + Stace | Wedding Day Highlight | 04.28.12

An awesome and blessed couple celebrating their unforgettable union. A special wedding day filled with tears of joy, laughter, love, food and good people. Likes: 1 Viewed: source

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Afternoon at the Naval Air Station Alameda. They’ve begun dismantling what’s left of the WWII-era naval base, which was closed in the mid-1990s.

I’m determined to capture its stark, utilitarian beauty before the buildings are all gone.

I shot this on 35mm film, with my 1980s Canon AE-1 Program. February 2020.

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2019 Alameda Black History Month Calendar

February 2019 Alameda Black History Month Calendar Black History Month Reading Weds. Feb. 6, 7PM Featuring: Ishmael Reed, Tennessee Reed, Juanita Martin, Fairfield's 1st Poet Laureate, and Boundless Gratitude, aka Haussan Jones-Bey. Featured readers followed by open mic from 8-9PM. Free event, donations appreciated. Frank Bette Center for the Arts.1601 Paru Street at Lincoln Ave. More info: https://www.frankbettecenter.org/alameda-island-poets.html Tues. Feb. 12, 6PM: History Lecture: Black Migrations: From Africa to Alameda. Presentation by historian Rasheed Shabazz discussing Black Migration to and within Alameda during the 20th century. Talk followed by discussion. Free and open to the public. Alameda Free Library, Main Branch. 1550 Oak St. Community Room. https://www.alamedafree.org/Events-directory/Black-Migrations Sat. Feb. 16, 8PM Jazz Concert: It’s A Love Thang! Featured Artists: Vocalist Toya Alexander & The Lloyd Gregory All-Star Ensemble. Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda. Tix $30 online & day of show https://www.rhythmix.org/events/its-a-love-thang/ Tues. Feb. 19, 12PM Presentation: Black Migrations: Africa to Alameda. Presentation by historian Rasheed Shabazz discussing Black Migration to Alameda in 1900s. Free and open to the public. College of Alameda Student Lounge, F Building. More info: http://alameda.peralta.edu/events/black-migration-from-africa-to-alameda/ Weds. Feb. 20, 7PM Author talk, Cheryl Mitchell Wade. Books Inc. Alameda Author Cheryl Mitchell Wade discusses her novel, “Photogenic: Where a Photograph Is a Time Travel Portal to Live a Second Chance.” Free and open to the public. Books Inc.. 1344 Park St. More info: https://www.booksinc.net/event/cheryl-mitchell-wade-books-inc-alameda Sat. Feb. 23 10AM Black Alameda Legacy Walking Tour: West End. Learn about the legacy of World War II in Alameda, Black migration, and successive immigrant migrations to the West End. Begins at Bayport Park. Bring comfortable walking shoes. More info: http://bit.ly/black-alameda-walk-3 Adults $10, college students $5, free for all AUSD students. None turned away for lack of funds. More info: [email protected] Saturday, February 23, 2019, 8 PM CHELLE! And Friends My Darling New Orleans Mardi Gras Show Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda. $20/Advance, $25/Day of Show More info: https://www.rhythmix.org/events/chelle-and-friends-2019/

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Truly Uniting Against Hate

Dear City Council,

I want to express my gratitude for the City of Alameda seeking unity against hatred. I appreciate the good intention and direction this resolution seeks to move this city.

However, there are a few inaccuracies and myths within the resolution and background that I wish to address. I also wish to propose a few activities and policy solutions to bring inclusivity towards fruition.

In an era of alternative truth, fake news, and false “truth and lies,” it is important to distinguish between our situation and our aspirations, between tales and the facts we tell, and between our mythical stories and our history.

The United States is NOT a nation of immigrants

The resolution begins with the statement, “The United States is a nation of immigrants.” While this may be true for some, this does not include me or my ancestors. My African ancestors did not immigrant to the shores of Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana, and the other places we are unable to trace, they were kidnapped and forcibly brought here, enslaved, and not valued as humans. Our indigenous ancestors did not immigrate here on the Mayflower. They were displaced by the European colonist and settlers. As Professor Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, professor emerita, of Cal State Hayward wrote in 2006, “This is a convenient myth developed as a response to the 1960s movements against colonialism, neocolonialism, and white supremacy. The ruling class and its brain trust offered multiculturalism, diversity, and affirmative action in response to demands for decolonization, justice, reparations, social equality, an end of imperialism, and the rewriting of history — not to be “inclusive” — but to be accurate.”

Alameda does not have a century-long tradition of embracing diversity

Second, the agenda item background states, “Alameda has a century-long tradition of embracing diversity and respecting the civil and human rights of its residents, while acknowledging and understanding that many historic laws, at every level, were often at odds with progress.”

History and memory

In July, I spoke at a meeting of the Democratic Club of Alameda. The presentation, “History, memory, public policy, and the hidden narrative of race in Alameda” focused on the role of of memory and history and the legacy of white supremacy in public policy formation and maintenance in Alameda, specifically related to housing, policing, and public space. It is available online.

I spoke about “white supremacy” as a historically based system of exploitation and oppression. People of color, nations, whole continents have been victimized by this system in ordre to develop and defend a system of power, privilege, and wealth exclusively for white people. Now why this occurs, you can take your pick and read Theodore Allen or Frances Cress Welsing. The point being, this is based on institutions and is a system which benefits a group of people to the detriment of others.

Alameda: City of Homes and Exclusion

I also shared a few historical truths about Alameda in housing, policing, and public space. I will recount a few here:

Alameda has a legacy of racially restrictive covenants which barred non-white people from purchasing or living in homes in a number of areas of Alameda;

The northern part of Alameda was redlined, making it difficult and near to impossible for non-white people to receive mortgage insurance for homes or purchase homes in other areas;

During WW2, the Alameda Housing Authority intentionally segregated war time housing projects, and then-Mayor Milton Godfrey promised keeping Negroes out of Alameda would “receive the unceasing vigilance” of government;

In 1964, 73 percent of Alameda residents voted in favor of Proposition 14; this was a statewide initiative that sought to overturn the Rumford Fair Housing Act. 

Finally, in 1973, the majority white electorate passed Measure A, banning apartment construction in Alameda. There is evidence that it was seen as discriminatory at the time of its passage; and there have been two lawsuits targeting it as discriminatory by race and class.

In regards to policing, I shared information about the 1991 computer text message scandal in which officers exchanged racist messages, as well as data shows unequal policing in Alameda:

The disparities in marijuana-related felony arrests from 1997-2017

The disproportionate traffic stops of African Americans over the past five years

Finally, I discussed the recent efforts to remove white supremacists symbols from public spaces in Alameda, including:

Jackson Park, named after Andrew Jackson was an enslaver of humans that also earned the name, “Indian Killer,” and his actions led to the “Trail of Tears.” (http://bit.ly/renamejackson)

Henry H. Haight Elementary, a white supremacist former California Governor who opposed Black and Chinese suffrage and opposed Asian immigration (See http://renamehaight.wordpress.com)

These are public spaces where children learn and elders gather–not to mention the numerous streets named after slaveholders and white supremacists.

This is the Alameda we’ve inherited. So the clause that, “recently, deep divisions across the country spread to our own community and led to a rise in expressions of hate,” denies this island’s own legacy.

I agree with the clause that education is part of true healing, and I add education is a part of developing a society where people can truly belong. That’s why I’m sharing this information today. However, if we only share mythology and engage in shallow feel good activities and not address root cause of white supremacist ideology, hatred, intolerance, bigotry, and violence will continue.

Condemn white supremacy.

We can mask it and call it “hate,” but until we name it we will not dismantle it.

Second, to “build inclusive and equitable communities for all”, it is important to have benchmark data to see where we are and plot a place where we wish to be. This can be done by:

Examine the ranks of city staff and examine the racial diversity, across departments, at both rank and file and managerial levels

Examine pedestrian and traffic stop data for Alameda police, regularly; and

Examine current housing programs and include race in your variables of data collection;

And create a space for a conversation about the white supremacist monuments hidden in plain sight here in Alameda.

Lastly, I want to share an opportunity for engagement next week. Students, parents, teachers, and alumni of Haight Elementary School have an opportunity to rename their school. Next Thursday, there will be an election, a survey to decide if they will rename and reclaim their school, or maintain Haight. We will see if that community is United Against Haight.

Again, I commend you for your intention and desire to be more inclusive. I encourage you to go deeper. As policy makers, it is important to be informed about historical injustices to enable us to create better policies that are inclusive.

Thank you.

Rasheed El Shabazz

November 7, 2018