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The community celebrates Terry Collins, long time warrior for the people The community celebrates Terry Collins, long time warrior for the people July 29, 2021 Terry Collins, 1936-2021, was a Black Panther, a 1968 SF State Student Striker and BSU organizer, a founding member of San Francisco’s Black radio station KPOO 89.5 and mentor and professor to countless young activists in California and around the country right up until his last days. We at the Bay View remember him with deep love. His work here continues. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell by Arlene Eisen On July 24, 2021, a sunny Saturday...

Jerri Lange, Bay Area media legend, social activist, educator and author, has passed April 29, 2021 Jerri Lange’s spiritual journey on Earth has ended, but her legacy continues by Jackie Wright Los Angeles – Jerri Lange, one of the first African American journalists and television talk show hosts in the San Francisco Bay Area, passed away peacefully on April 10, 2021, from natural causes.  Jerri Lange is interviewed here by the great photographer, Panther and martial artist Johnnie Burrell in a dynamic and fascinating conversation ranging from Jerri’s friendships with Sammy Davis Jr. ...

The United Council for Human Services and the Curtis Family: Serving BVHP in a time of need December 25, 2020 Gwendolyn Westbrook and the Curtis Family have formed an unbreakable bond of solidarity and love when it comes to serving the Bayview Hunters Point community. Here we have Gwendolyn with Zahara, Mama Nola, Isis, Maestro Curtis, Khaira, Niles and Phoenix out front on COVID testing day, Dec. 22, 2020. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell by Malik Washington “The Curtis Family is nourishing our souls, while Mother Brown’s is nourishing our bodies.” – Nube Brown, managing editor of the Bay ...

City’s dynamic ‘First Family of Song’ brings tunes to COVID-19 testing site December 22, 2020 The Curtis Family Cnotes sound a clarion call for a community governed by love and supported by justice at the Bay View fundraiser on Nov. 21 in Mendell Plaza, Celebrating the Bayview Hunters Point Community. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell This Tuesday, San Francisco’s Curtis Family Cnotes teams up with Mother Brown’s Dining Room to deliver free music and food Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1:30 p.m., to city testing site at 49 Kiska Road, San Francisco San Francisco – This Tuesday in...