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Wright Enterprises-Community Spotlight Press Release
Actor, Producer, Humanitarian Danny Glover Speaks Out for Seniors With CCH

Glover Final Final
Danny Glover Speaks Out for Seniors

 
Oakland, CA - Statistics predict the graying of America, as the population of senior citizens fueled by the "Baby Boomers" will double in the next 20 years. CCH, based in Oakland, a nonprofit organization that builds housing for seniors called upon Humanitarian Danny Glover to help get the message out that it is time to be proactive in meeting the mounting needs of society as the population of those 65 and older increases. CCH, open to all who are 62 or older and living on a limited income, creates caring communities for seniors to live out their lives with dignity.   

The Glover video was written, produced and narrated by Jackie Wright of Wright Enterprises.  Editor, Joe Frazier of CCH.  Special thanks to community leader Carol Tatum, CEO Don Stump and all the staff of CCH. 

Find out a little more from CCH Leaders during a past appearance on KPIX's Bay Sunday.
Don Stump & Ian Brown on KPIX Bay Sunday
President and CEO Don Stump & Senior Vice President Ian Brown (pictured) Speak with Frank Mallicoat on KPIX Bay Sunday

Health, Heart & History Abounds at AfroSolo's 20th Anniversary

 

This weekend's AfroSolo performances, September 26, 27, 28:

 

Every Twenty Days: Cancer, Yoga and Me-Stephanie Anne Johnson:

Friday, September 26 8 p.m. & Sunday, September 28 3 p.m.

Purchase Tickets/Program A

 

If God Wanted Me To Fly-Kurt (DJ Lamont) Young,

The Irrelevance of Being Relevant-Lance Burton &

My Life As A Black Panther-Tarika Lewis:

Saturday, September 27 8:00 pm & Sunday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m.

Purchase Tickets/Program B-- 

 

Project Empowerment: The Audacity to Succeed

Saturday, September 27 12 noon-6 pm 

FREE

Register in Advance ([email protected] with name, age and contact info)

 

AfroSolo Arts Festival proudly joins President Obama's My Brothers Keeper Initiative by inaugurating Project Empowerment: The Audacity To Succeed. The purpose of this initiative is to help young Black men and boys successfully transcend youth to adulthood. 

 

A few shots of AfroSolo's opening weekend---

 


 


 

 

 

AfroSolo's first weekend of performances can be summed up in the words Health, Heart & History.... From Stephanie Anne Johnson, an examination of her overcoming cancer in Every Twenty Days: Cancer, Yoga and Me, to Kurt (DJ Lamont)Young's If God Wanted Me To Fly, an intimate look at triumph and continuation of life as an elder passes and he wrestles with talking about his sexual orientation, to Lance Burton's swan song to San Francisco in the The Irrelevance of Being Relevant and Tarika Lewis, illumination of the humanity of the panther movement in My Life As A Black Panther curated a 20th Anniversary show that is enlightening and entertaining. 

 

The history alone of San Francisco and Oakland that is in Burton's and Lewis' pieces is weighty, eye-opening and inspirational in that they express, if greatness in the Black community has happened, it can happen again.  The question came up over and over, "Who knew?"  Afro Solo's 20th Anniversary gives us no excuse for not knowing.  In the intimacy of the stories of the lives of those who walk among us, we see history, heart, and health as no book or Internet page can convey.  Don't miss the upcoming shows.   It may be the last time you get to see Lance Burton for a long while as he's soon hatting off to Hot Springs, Arkansas for more fertile ground.  San Francisco's African American Out Migration Committee has missed out on another great Black talent.





"Nicholas Cage" Stars  In "Left Behind, The End Begins"
In Theaters, October 3, 2014

Based on Luke 17:34-37  

Jesus The Christ Speaking: I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left." And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

LEFT BEHIND - OFFICIAL TRAILER
LEFT BEHIND - OFFICIAL TRAILER
Singer-Song writer,Bob Dylan said 
Momma Nora (my paternal great grandmother) said, 
"Every head will have to press a dying pillow for himself."

Cops and Robbers" Now Through October 19, Sundays at 7 pm

Tickets are going fast for the added shows of "Cops and Robbers" featuring Jinho "The Piper" Ferriera, directed by Ami Zins and Lew Levinson.  Piper, who also released a book, "Cops and Robbers: Past, Present and Future," with wife educator, Dr. Dawn Williams, was recently interviewed on KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny, hosted by Joshua Johnson.  Click the image to hear the recording of the Live Call In Talk Show. 


Piper and co-author of "Cops and Robbers: Past, Present and Future," wife Dr. Dawn Williams Ferreira spread message of non violence at KQED studios (pictured with youngest of their three children).
Piper and Family works away in
Green Room at KQED Studios.
Joshua Johnson of KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny speaks with Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira about "Cops and Robbers."



From the Offices of BABJA....


 
Donald Lacy will be performing in his play, "Color Struck," on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, at Laney College,900 Fallon St., at 8 p.m.



Click the image to read 'Color Struck': an interview wit' thespian and comedian Donald Lacy 

in the San Francisco Bayview Newspaper by The People's Minister of Information JR.

 

 

 

 

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About Wright Enterprises

Jackie Wright of Wright Enterprises ( R ) with veteran journalists Gerry Lange, Belva Davis and former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, confidante of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ( photo by Johnnie Burrell)

 Jackie Wright is the president of Wright Enterprises, a full service public relations firm serving the corporate, non-profit and government sectors. A seasoned media and public relations professional, Wright has 20 years of national and international media experience, including more than a decade of award-winning journalism experience in Radio, Television, Internet, Social Media and Print communications. Contact: [email protected], 415 525 0410.