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In 1963, when Barbara May Cameron was just 9 years old, she read an article about San Francisco. At the time, Cameron, a Hunkpapa Lakota, lived on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota with her grandparents. As soon as she read about the far-away California city, she confidently informed her grandmother that, one day, she would live there. “And save the world too,” she added.
Just over a decade later, Cameron made it to San Francisco and got to work. First, she co-founded Gay American Indians (GAI) alongside her friend Randy Burns. Cameron viewed GAI as both a support group for Native lesbians and gay men, and a means to carve out space for them within the wider (and whiter) LGBTQ+ community. Those pursuits carried over into her writing as well. Though she had originally trained as a photographer at Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts, Cameron found her message was better conveyed through essays. Hers were personal and powerful, and became a loudsp
History was made last week when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors selected Shamann Walton, who represents District 10, to be its new president, the first Black man to take the powerful post. During their four-hour inaugural meeting January 8, board members spoke eloquently about the need to work together, and with the mayor, as the city confronts the global pandemic and the economic fallout from it. The suffering from COVID-19 and job losses is overwhelming, however, we d like to remind the supervisors not to neglect several LGBTQ community initiatives that are poised to start, were stalled, or not started at all.
History was made last week when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors selected Shamann Walton, who represents District 10, to be its new president, the first Black man to take the powerful post. During their four-hour inaugural meeting January 8, board members spoke eloquently about the need to work together, and with the mayor, as the city confronts the global pandemic and the economic fallout from it. The suffering from COVID-19 and job losses is overwhelming, however, we d like to remind the supervisors not to neglect several LGBTQ community initiatives that are poised to start, were stalled, or not started at all.
Racist practices at the SF Health Service System will no longer be tolerated: Remove Mitchell Griggs now!
December 22, 2020
On the right is San Francisco Health Service System Executive Director Abbie Yant. The Health Service System hired Malika Alim, on the left, as a file clerk, then assigned her to supervise other clerks and serve as office manager without a promotion or a pay increase. While Malika waited for a small reclassification that never came, 16 percent of the staff were promoted, reclassified or hired. Civil Rights Attorney Angela Alioto says racism is rampant in all City departments.
by Malik Washington
As the new editor of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper I have a plethora of responsibilities; one such task is screening incoming mail for breaking news and whistleblower reports. I recently had a stack of mail on my desk and decided to take it home for the weekend in order to read the contents thoroughly.