Jemel Roberson, a 26-year-old nightclub security guard, was fatally shot by suburban police officers in Illinois as he attempted to apprehend a gunman, and now, his family has filed a civil lawsuit.  Roberson’s mother Beatrice Roberson told the Chicago Sun-Times that she still has questions concerning her son’s death. “I don’t know if it was a mistake or not. I do […]

Jasmyne Cannick Selected as one of ESSENCE Magazine’s 25 Women Shaping the World, KCET’s Southern California Seven Women of Vision, one of the Most Influential African-Americans in Los Angeles Under 40, one of Los Angeles’ Most Fascinating Angelenos by the L.A. Weekly and most recently one of 40 People Under 40 by the Advocate Magazine,  Jasmyne Cannick is best known as […]

  Sophia Simon Ortiz is a faculty member in the Health Education Department at San Francisco State University. She currently Health and Social Justice courses there as part of the Metro College Success Program, a colleges success program at SF State targeted towards first generation, low income, students of color. Born and raised in the […]