The MLK Celebration of Freedom, Justice, and Beloved Community will be held live the evening of Friday, January 13, 2023, at the City’s storied War Memorial Herbst Theatre. Recording artist Emily King headlines the program, joined by vocalist Goapele, San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin and Minister Marvin White of Glide with spoken word performances, the gospel luminaries of Glide Ensemble, and soul singers Sangin’ Sara & James P. Smith. Get details!
Tuesday, January 10, 2023, Eddie Regan Murphy accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globe Award Ceremony and advised aspiring entertainers to "mind your business." The Friday, January 13, 2023 Probate Case of famed and talented Hollywood Director John Singleton shows the importance of Murphy's advice "to mind your business. It's been nearly four years of probate deliberations and Singleton's Heirs decry the state of their inheritance.
11 a.m. start time... get details!
Multi-talented members of the cast and crew of “A Stranger’s Story,” the video memoirs of John J.J. Batiste Sr., spoke with San Francisco Black Film Festival and Oakland International Film Festival publicist, journalist, and media expert, Jackie Wright to talk about their role and experience in the development of the film produced by James Batiste, the sixth son of John J.J. Batiste Sr., the patriarch of NOLA’s Royal Family of Music, the Batistes.
From the Office of L.A. Jones & Associates Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight San Francisco~Dallas~~
From Office of Charles Sharp, Executive Director of Black Emergency Managers Asssociation, BEMA, Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight San Francisco~Dallas~~~
From the Office of Liz Kerton Telecom Council Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight San Francisco~Dallas: Join Telecom Council members and the wider telecoms community for a lunchtime session discussing the latest innovations in SASE.
From the Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight San Francisco~Dallas
It's official! Oakland has now granted a cultural easement to the Sogorea Te' Land Trust to rematriate 5 acres of land at Sequoia Point.
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From the Office of Sandra Varner, Varner PR Agency, posted courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight San Francisco~Dallas.Free registration. click the link in the article. Hear from featured speakers the Honorable Willie L. Brown Jr., former Mayor of San Francisco, The Honorable Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, author, economics expert and educator; and the Honorable Lori Wilson, Chair, California Legislative Black Caucus.