San Francisco set to approve reparations task force
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S.F. Supervisor Shamann Walton announced legislation early last year calling for reparations for Black people.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle 2020
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is slated to approve a 15-member African American Reparations Advisory Committee on Tuesday, which would make the city the first of its size to take such a concrete step to explore what reparations could look like for its Black residents.
Over the next two years, the committee plans to explore possible financial compensation and other recommendations for the descendants of enslaved people. It would examine how slavery, segregation, redlining, predatory financial practices, and other social and political ills contributed to the mistreatment and subsequent wealth gap and other disparities affecting Black people in the city.
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By Madeline Hughes mhughes@andovertownsman.com Apr 18, 2021
Courtesy photoAndover s Choral Society practices on Monday nights via Zoom.
Having remotely conducted choral rehearsals for much of the year because of the pandemic, the Andover Choral Society wanted to do something grand for their spring 2021 concert â hopefully their last fully remote one.
For their upcoming remote concert, they decided to invite 11 other Merrimack Valley performing arts groups including Spotlight Playhouse, Merrimack Valley Philharmonic and Lawrence Voices of Hope to join them.
âOur tag line is âBringing people together with music,â and weâve tried to do it virtually over the past year but we canât wait to do it in person,â said Tom Connolly, president of the choir.Â
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How churches, community-based organizations have stepped up to vaccinate communities of color
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Pastor Victor Garcia and his wife Milagro hold their vaccination cards after receiving the J&J vaccine at their Iglesia Fuente De Salvacion Church on Saturday, April 10, 2021 in San Pablo, Calif.Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle
Roxana Ramos went to church Saturday, but more for physical health than the spiritual solace typically associated with houses of worship. Along with about 400 other people, the 36-year-old Richmond domestic worker was able to get her coronavirus vaccination at Iglesia Fuente de Salvacion in San Pablo.
Ramos learned of the church’s clinic from a friend who attends Iglesia Fuente de Salvacion, after a disappointing realization that she was not eligible by age or employment category when she tried to sign up for a vaccination with Kaiser. To get a slot at the church, all Ramos had to do was call.