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The Fillmore Project
of San Francisco's Fillmore district. During the research period of the project artists Jacinta Vlach (www.jacintavlach.com) and Howard
Wiley (www.howardwiley.com) will engage individuals and organizations from the Fillmore in critical discussions exploring the theme of
the project: urban redevelopment and its impact on the culture of communities. This is the first of a series of Community Forum Days that
will give the community the opportunity to share information and stories that will ultimately shape and inform the final production of THE
FILLMORE PROJECT.
JUNE 19th's COMMUNITY FORUM DAY will include a narrated slide show of photographs by legendary documentary
photographer David Johnson. Johnson, who was Ansel Adam's first African American student, is best known for chronicling the
Fillmore District during its jazz heyday in the 40's and 50's and was recently honored by District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. The
slide show will be followed by a special interview with internationally renowned jazz saxophonist Jules Broussard and live music
provided by critically acclaimed jazz composer Howard Wiley and his group: The Angola Project. Additionally, the event will be fully
catered free for the public.
WHEN: Thursday June 19th 6-9pm
WHERE: The African American Art & Culture Complex: 762 Fulton St. @ Webster, San Francisco
About the Fillmore: The music that poured out of the Fillmore during the 1940's and 1950's established San Francisco as a
major destination of the international jazz scene. This renowned jazz scene attracted many musical greats such as John Coltrane,
Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, and Duke Ellington. The Fillmore Jazz era in many ways mirrored the cultural renaissance taking
place in Harlem at the same time. During World War II Fillmore's Japanese residents were explicitly removed from their homes
and imprisoned in government internment camps. Following the urban renewal policies of the 1950's and 1960's an addtional
displacement occurred with large segments of the Fillmore's African American residents. Socio-politically, the Fillmore is symbolic
of the ways that public policies impact the economic, racial, and subsequently the cultural landscape of a community.
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California Soul
If the Dockers commercial got you wondering who sang this song, than the answer is Marlena Shaw. I figured since I'm in San Fran state of mind today I might as well share this as well...
Medicine For Melancholy
When OGF W. Franklin passed on a link to Medicine for Melancholy's website I immediately knew that I wanted to see it, but now that I'm hearing the buzz it's getting out in the Yay, interest level has soared even further. One of my favorite things to do in San Francisco is walk around, and much like NYC, San Francisco is extremely walkable. Each carrefour has a story of its own, and the stories often told by the friends who have served as my tour guides during these trips has made this city endearing. While I wouldn't necessarily want to live in San Fran, I definitely would never want to be denied the pleasure of walking its streets. Medicine for Melancholy appears to be an extension of one of these walking trips and my love affair with the Bay. You can check the film out this weekend in MD and SF.
2G2K Circus: Why Latinos And Asian Americans Went Hillary
Jeff explores Latino and Asian American support for Hillary Clinton in his recent contribution
Jeff's emergent versus insurgent paradigm is instructive. This paradigm helps explain why, or rather how, Asian American and Latino voters make themselves heard on election day. Still, I am not sure if it sufficiently covers another central element of this discussion why democratic candidates have been only marginally successful in mobilizing voters from these two communities. Jeff points to a number of mistakes made early on by Obama's campaign that have hindered his campaigns in these communities, but Clinton's success has not been transformative in any regard, something that one should find particularly troubling considering how heavily contested this campaign has been.
El Diario/La Prensa points out that Clinton won 3/4 of Latino votes in New York and 88% in New Jersey. If you follow the comments posted in response to this article, many of them question the veracity of this victory. For example, commenter Jose Vota declares:
En Nueva York, gano con tres cuartas partes del voto hispano. En Nueva Jersey, con el 88 por ciento. Mi pregunta Tres cuartas partes de cuantos? el 88 por ciento de cuantos? Cuantos salieron a votar, 1000, 800, 3000, digan cuantos, cual es el temor de ilustrar con numeros la baja participacion civica de los hispanos, talvez asi nos da pena y salimos mas.
Vota's question seems to be a legitimate one, what does garnering 75% and 88% of Latino votes in New York and New Jersey respectively really translate to? How many voters does this even out to and, how do these numbers really reflect the tenor of voter participation among Latinos?
A number of the other comments are as, if not even more, skeptical of the true measure of Clinton's success-not to mention the Latino politicians from NY and NJ who endorsed her campaign. Regular readers of El Diario/La Prensa and similar publications know that this skepticism derives from frustration with American foreign policy relating to South American and Caribbean spanish speaking countries, as well as Mexico. This frustration is also born about by democratic short sighted on immigration, the war, and the latest crop of multi-millionaire candidates like John Kerry and Clinton who court their votes, while overseeing an economic recession that disproportionately impacts poor and working class Latinos.
Tuesday's Clinton victories in New York and New Jersey were engineered by local politicians who leveraged their community support in anticipation of great returns on this investment. It was, as Jeff points out, made possible by Clinton being able to mobilize her machine early on in the race to ensure these votes. However, if you read between the lines of the frustration expressed in the comments, Obama's success has made many Latinos doubtful about whether Clinton will be able to deliver on her promises. This may seem like a negligible point now that contests are over in NY and California, but these are precisely the kinds of problems that democrats will have to address if Clinton is the candidate in a general election. While a surging Obama has the clear cut task of trying to lure Latino voters, Clinton will face a far more nuanced and sensitive mission, holding on to voters that she once thought were in her back pocket.
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This Moment in Black History Tonight in SF
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