September 28, 2025 • 60 mins
KCAA: The Empire Talks Back with Wallace Allen on Sun, 28 Sep, 2025
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
NBC News Radio. I'm Lisa Carton. President Trump is expected
to meet with top congressional leaders tomorrow to try to
avoid a government shutdown. GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate
Majority Leader John Thune, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries,
and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are expected to meet
with Trump in the Oval Office. The president says Americans
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should blame Democrats if the government shuts down. Here's Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Trump told reporters Democrats want to give federal money away
to illegal immigrants and open up the borders he's worked
to close. And we don't want to do that because
it means everyone's going to just keep pouring back.
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Right now, we have absolutely perfect borders.
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Trump said the US has more money in its cofference
because of his tariffs, saying wants to start giving it
to American farmers, not illegal immigrants. On Wednesday, the White
House Office of Management and Budget released a memo instructing
federal agencies to prepare reduction in voice plans in case
Congress fails to agree on government funding by September thirtieth.
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I'm Mark Mayfield.
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Congress has just two days left to agree on a
stopgap bill to keep the government fully funded past Tuesday.
The Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador
and later brought back to the US has been transferred
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Speaker 4 (08:22):
CACAA. All right, here we go. This is Empire Shocks Back.
I'm Wallace Allen on the case for truths and justice
with the right information to help improve the situation. Boy,
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do we have things that we can have improvements on.
Certainly number one thing folks's attitude. Remember, we are in
a civilized nation, despite the fact that it does not
seem to want to be. I'll say it again, we
are a civilized nation. We are expected to take care
of our orphans, our widows, are poor, are disabled. The
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folks who are not able to take care of themselves,
we cannot do that if we simply feed the rich
and rob the poor. And if you see that going on,
then you're witnessing bullying. And if you're witnessing bullying, you
need to say something, do something about it, holler, scream,
look for help. And meanwhile, feed the hungry, provide for
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the shelterless, and honor the veterans. We're a civilized nation.
Voting is proper, Voting is required. Voting is not an option.
When you decide not to vote, that means you don't
give a damn and that's a vote for confusion and chaos.
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We have opportunity constantly. Opportunity is described by the obstacles
that stand between us and the goals that we have
set for ourselves in our future, our aspirations, that guarantee
of equality that our wonderfully written constitution promises, But that
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promise is an action that we have to fulfill. Don't
be disappointed. Don't be disappointed when you see the obstacle.
Don't be disappointed when you walk through the jungle and
hear the lions roar, that's what they do. But your
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walk through the jungle is described by your sense of direction,
by your sense of dedication, by your sense of focus.
Some people want to follow the lion home. The purpose
of the lion and the fool and the idiot hollering
and screaming in our civilized society is so that you
know who to avoid, not who to attract yourself to.
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The cult leaders cannot be cult leaders if they were
not cult followers in the streets. We said another kind
of way. But I'm not going to go there now
because my mother may be listening. She said all the time, Butcher,
there's a lot of ways to say what you want
to say and say, well, yeah, she says that to
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Butcher because that's my alter ego that tens that don't
really feel like impressing people with anything but the truth.
Wallace has the goal of trying to convince, could Joe
seduce and bring you to a side based on manipulating
minds and getting folks to agree. Butcher doesn't require so
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much agreement. I'll leading requires is a little space. But
our space today is once again to reinforce the fact
that we are in charge of our lives. We are
in charge of doing for our community those things that
need to be done. I am here to congratulate a
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portion of our community. I'm going to congratulate FEMA because
they still are giving you one more day. Tomorrow, your
last day to apply for COVID nineteen funeral assistance. I'm
sure that there are some people in the government that
wanted to shut that program down the day they heard
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about it, but there is such a thing as COVID
nineteen funeral assistance. FEMA will continue to provide that funeral
assistance program until Tomorrow, September thirtieth, to those who've lost
loved ones due to the pandemic. Up to nine thousand
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dollars maybe more to help out with ERLD expenses inconvenience.
None of that will help with the pain and sorrow, however,
Monday through Friday. Only Monday, however, tomorrow, between nine am
and nine pm Eastern time, give them a call eight
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you can begin that application process and you will be on.
Time and that's important because timing is. Critical it's not
easy to be on, time but it is time for
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us to be on time for our, change for changes
imminent and changes are taking place around us. Daily whether
we know about them or. Not our president is shutting,
down the news cycle is shutting, down the news providers
providing announcers of his. Plans but that's not, news that's,
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manipulation that's. Cult if you've been, listening you know THAT
i advise our leaders to step, forward not that they
are going to be, successful but that they put the
president on notice that we are ready to Dump. Trump
we are ready To we are ready to impeach and
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fire the. Pretender and if we don't stand up and do,
it we'll keep standing around and watching him do. It
do what he's doing to weaken our, society break down the.
Foundation get you used to seeing police in the, streets
get you used to hearing idiotic statements and assuming that
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while these guys he's just, planned he's not going to do.
That we've got eight, months nine months of listen the babies,
here we see. It it's very. Clear it's a little.
Monster it's not something that we want to take home
to let our children grow up. With we need to
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deal with this monster. Now every day that we, wait
we allow it to get stronger Than Jim. Joneses, so,
folks this Is empire talks back On, wallace al AND
i am so happy to live In San Bernardino. County
i'm so happy to live in Southern. California i'm so
happy to talk to you because this is the nucleus
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of common. SENSE i think we've got a shot, here.
FOLKS i think we are in charge of maybe being
the cutting edge for what to do when you are
being assaulted and discriminated against in terms of, well we
are a favorite attack point of the people who want
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to see us fail as a nation and as a,
people as individuals and as a. Society so a couple
of things that we can, Do And i'm going to
introduce you to a wonderful, guest, Shortly Miss Kimberly. Johnson
she's a former city council person In San. Bernardino she's
been promoted to spokesperson for the, poor spokesherson for the
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folks that have been least. Served she has probably done
more good since she has left city council than she
was able to do sitting at a dais with six
others who were not necessarily trying to move. Forward but
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this is what we find. Out we find out that
as individuals we can be, very very influential and can
be very. Authentic so being, AUTHENTIC i want to ask
your guys a, question where does your house of worship
deposit The sunday collection On? Monday say it, again where
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does your house of worship deposit The sunday collection On?
Monday does that bank make loans or otherwise support your
worship center or its? Members and do your fellow members
magnify that worship center deposit with their own individual? Deposits are, you,
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guys happy with your? Bank are you happy with the
thousands of dollars that you put in that they don't
let you get? Back, necessarily we can do something about.
That you might want to talk with the pastor and
talk with the deacon, board say, hey what are we
doing with that? MONEY i don't. KNOW i, MEAN i
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don't have the total, answer BUT i know one thing
that if you look at it and count it and
realize how important it is to you as you give
it to, them you'll have a different look on your
face when you realize that that's your money and they're
being the steward of your, money and when you want
to get some of it back to go do something
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to build up our. Community you should be able to
get some. Cooperation it's part of the civilization that we
are supposed to be living. In but, meanwhile sometimes they don't.
Cooperate and that's why we need to grow a. Garden
we need to be able to be in charge of
a very important aspect of our, lives and that's food
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and that's. Eating, now one of the great things about
Miss Kimberly johnson is the organization she's. With when you
go visit, her she's able to give you some food
to go home, with fresh food from out of their.
Garden so they're not only growing, food they're growing, minds
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they're growing. Cooperation over here in the west side Of
San bernardino with the Your Coma, Center i'm going to
Introduce kim to you right after this short. Break we'll
be right. Back, WELL i don't GUESS i should take
the break right. Now i'm just gonna invite you to
come sit up. Here, yeah, Well, eric let's take a
short break and then we're gonna come back And i'll
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Give Miss kim a proper. Introduction this is in prior
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Speaker 8 (20:04):
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Speaker 4 (20:13):
All, right we're, back and we're, back ready to. Serve
this is In Peror Talks. Back I'm Wallace allen AND
i am with This Kimberly Johnson Calvin Calvin. Alan are you?
Speaker 8 (20:29):
Related, No, well you have been knowing my family for many,
decades many.
Speaker 10 (20:35):
Decades probably at least.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
Five, well we could really tell the truth and say
it's a couple of hundred, years but we won't go
that far because people don't believe that. Stuff you, know
they say you can't live that. Long, well my mother's living,
there she's ninety, nine And i'm gonna show you a.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Man, Yes Ruthie.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
Jewels but Miss, kim how you.
Speaker 8 (20:54):
Doing i'm doing, Wonderful Brother, Wallace i'm doing.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
Great how are?
Speaker 4 (20:58):
You god is? Great I'm we're reena me grateful and
it's wonderful to be here with.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
You.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
ABSOLUTELY i came over to your institution on a couple
of days ago and you had had our congressman. There we,
did BUT i was impressed again to remember that you
have a community.
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Garden, yes we have two of, them exactly two.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
Gardens And i'm always telling people that you, know you
should be able to grow a little bit of something
in a five gallon bucket in your backyard if.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
Necessary, well you MENTIONED, covid and that is exactly when
we began to grow food because that First thanksgiving there
wasn't Many Calli greens in the, store, Okay and SO i, said,
oh this will never happen. Again we're going to begin
to grow our own. Food but in twenty, eighteen A
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Coma Unity center was granted a grant from THE Mac,
foundation which stands For Make More Attractive, communities and they
fund us to be able to start that first garden
that's right there in between And Sharrell's park And Rio
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Vista Elementary. School and so we will be forever grateful
for THE Mac. Foundation and on THE Mac foundation at
that time they have disbanded Was Frank, Schnitz.
Speaker 10 (22:19):
Sam Catalano in one of our former, mayors.
Speaker 8 (22:25):
And so it's a wonderful group of people that had
come together that wanted to make communities more attractive and
they selected, us and we brought a one hundred and
forty two thousand dollars to The city Of San bernardino
because that money needed to go to them in order
so that we could beautify the area around.
Speaker 10 (22:44):
Us we don't own that.
Speaker 8 (22:45):
Property we do rent from The city Of San bernardino
and have been renting from the city since twenty, sixteen
and grateful for that opportunity as. Well but it was
essential that that one hundred and forty two thousand dollars
something that you don't see many nonprofits due giving back
to the city as well as when we oftentimes have
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asked for a permit or something of that. Nature but
one hundred and forty two thousand dollars in twenty eighteen
was a lot of.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
Money, well it would not be looked at sluggishly right, Now.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
No, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely so that was we were able
to pay for that beautiful mural on the side of the,
building which pays homage to many Wards San Bernardino's West
side pioneers Like Bobby, vega our first black, Councilwoman Valerie Pope,
Ludlam Francis, Grice John griffin From Delman, heights and then
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my very own Aunt Vivian Nash, dukes and then also
of course Doctor An.
Speaker 4 (23:49):
Sharel's the idea of paying of the renter investing into
the property that they are renting may seem a little,
strange but you think about it and it makes a
lot of.
Speaker 8 (24:06):
Sense it makes a lot of. Sense it it shows
that we are, vested, yes.
Speaker 10 (24:10):
Uh and we want to.
Speaker 8 (24:11):
Make sure that there's a lot of folks THAT i
hear come to the dias and speak ill of, nonprofits
but that is only because they have not taken the
time to thoroughly seek out or or or research the
nonprofits in the city who are actually doing a lot of,
work and there are, many, many many. Nonprofits that's one
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of the things THAT i tried to do while being
on the diast was to create a a a group
of nonprofits that the city would be able to partner.
With they would be able to vet and and understand
that funds that come from the federal government government and
from the.
Speaker 10 (24:52):
State would needed to be held.
Speaker 8 (24:55):
Accountable there are some that are here and they're doing
the great work.
Speaker 10 (24:59):
Here so when we get.
Speaker 8 (25:00):
M emergency funds for housing and of, sort, uh we
need to be able to bank on on nonprofits that
have been doing the work and we can stand by those.
Nonprofits TWICE i tried to do.
Speaker 4 (25:14):
That we.
Speaker 10 (25:15):
Failed.
Speaker 8 (25:15):
Uh, WELL i won't SAY i, failed but What i'll
say is that's two different city managers were able to
hear from the nonprofits in our city who are already
disseminating funds that they, receive like the Great Miss Patricia
nichols uh who has multiple for decades been Community service that's,
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Right Community Action, partnership who has been putting funds into
the hands of local nonprofits so that they can disseminate
uh uh to their const to their community members in their.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
Areas.
Speaker 8 (25:47):
Uh we can't rely on just one nonprofit to be
able to do. That it's T it's a lot of
two hundred and twenty seven thousand people live in the.
Speaker 10 (25:54):
City but we.
Speaker 8 (25:55):
Need to pay homage to those nonprofits as, well because
edge educating our scholars and providing for our, seniors providing
for our, veterans providing for our, disabled providing for our,
unsheltered providing for people that are food. Scarcity not one
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nonprofit can do all of that. Work and if the
city Of San bernardino wanted to truly take, evaluation and.
Speaker 10 (26:24):
They could then.
Speaker 8 (26:26):
See what the city would look like if we did
not have all of these wonderful nonprofits in the.
Speaker 4 (26:30):
City and there are people who say that the work
that you just described shouldn't be necessary and that those
folks should be doing it and handling their lives. THEMSELVES
i open the show with a statement about civilization and
how we are supposed to take care of those around
us who can't take care of. Themselves i'm also a
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person who understands that resistance is a powerful, thing and
if we can pay those people and situations that would
naturally resist be in the, way be not intentionally in the,
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way but in the way because they can't. Perform we
need to accommodate those people demonstrating that we are civilized
for one, thing and number, two it helps them helps
the people who are able to get things done get
them done without our friends and loved ones who are
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unable to take care of themselves being in the. Way
now we have homeless situation that not only affects people
who are mentally, ill but people who have, tried who've had,
jobs who've been working and who have been put out
of those, jobs veterans who have served their. Country but
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can we have people who, say, oh you, know that's their.
Fault we closed down institutions that took care of these.
People we have a federal government now that is cutting
back consistently and constantly on programs and people who are
doing the work that you're talking. About so the fact
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that these nonprofits are, here the benevolence that they, provide
will need to have a source of resources beyond what we've.
Got government's, like the government is stepping, away the federal
government is stepping. Away what can we, do what should we?
Do how should we do it?
Speaker 8 (28:39):
Right everything that you just said is absolutely, correct Brother,
Wallace and that is the million dollar question at the.
Moment and while many nonprofits THAT i have dear dear
friends that have for many decades work to serve the
community and those who are less. Fortunate they are right
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now at the, door at the rink of having.
Speaker 10 (29:04):
To totally.
Speaker 8 (29:08):
Reassess their programs on how they're going to.
Speaker 10 (29:11):
Continue to, serve AND.
Speaker 8 (29:14):
I pray for those establish those programs every single. Day,
FORTUNATELY i don't have to rely on a lot of
federal government, grants AND i try not to apply for
those for specific reasons like these that we're in right.
Now so when we get to a time like, this
and if your nonprofit is totally reliant upon federal, governments
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where we can find ourselves in some particular precarious, situations
what we have to do is stick together and continue
to support each other as, nonprofits which a lot of
the nonprofits THAT i work.
Speaker 10 (29:53):
With we do exactly.
Speaker 8 (29:55):
That so if there is something THAT i, have resources
THAT i have that a coma, has.
Speaker 10 (30:02):
We're able to.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
Share if there are resources That Arrowhead United way WITH
uh THE, Ceo Doctor Gwendolen Dally rogers, has she's able to.
Share if there are resources That Operation New hope. Has Russell,
deegan THE, ceo is able to share if if there
are resources That, Patria Patrica nichols has they're able to
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share during this time as we had to do have
had to do, before and that is really what's going
to have to get us through at this time until
we are on a more solid.
Speaker 10 (30:35):
Footing but what it's.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
Also organizations are are generating money from entrepreneurial activities or
AM i? Wrong so they are still depending at some
level on someone else's. Benevolence and how.
Speaker 8 (30:51):
Well all all of our grants come from someone else's,
benevolence another another nonprofits benevo, benevolence or a, philanthropist somebody
that has believes and has those type of resources to
share and will continue to do. That and so we're
very grateful for all those, organizations all those, companies and
all those individuals who believe in the work of nonprofits
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and particularly for, me believe in the work of nonprofits
that are serving. Scholars our nonprofits serves scholars from the
age of.
Speaker 10 (31:22):
Six up to twenty.
Speaker 8 (31:24):
Four it is important that we don't always you, know
consider that what a youth turns, eighteen that they are
self sufficient and. Independent when currently right, now if you
were to drive through the majority of the of the
fast food restaurants that we Frequent you're gonna see people
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in there that are thirty years old and above.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
Only twenty bucks an. Hour you, know you, Know i'm
about to go to my second.
Speaker 8 (31:51):
Job go go go to, yours me, too, Right and
and those are typical jobs that used to be of fast,
food used to be just set apart for high school
scholars and kids that were in, college young people that
are in. College and it's just not that way any.
Longer and for whatever reason that may, be and that
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is something that we must look at because if redevelopment
has made this great change on the programs that are
available to our use so that they can be provided technical,
training career training that can set their lives on a different,
trajectory those organizations are one that and those organizations that
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have those type of career and skis skills that's to
be taught and trained for our young, people we must
keep them. Going we saw earlier in the year That
Job corps was going to be taking a hit from
the federal, government AND i do believe that The Job
corps that is In muscoy is still operating and, starving
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maybe not on the same level with the amount of
scholars or youth that they were able to serve in the.
Speaker 10 (33:02):
Past but for those of us who do have.
Speaker 8 (33:06):
Funds we should support until they are out of the
situation that they're, in because those are those are youth
that are grown up in our, city and those are
youth who are looking for, direction and those are the
youth that we need to continue to make a pathway for.
Speaker 4 (33:27):
Now we constantly talk about. Entrepreneurialism we have programs for our.
Youth you have you have a school basically A Cooma
tew community it's a community, center but there's a it's
a learning.
Speaker 10 (33:42):
Center it is a learning center.
Speaker 8 (33:44):
Exactly and uh and we have just launched A Coma
learning center where we had to separate a coma community
center from the learning center because we had so many
organized had so many programs on the community center, side
like Our Golden Age Golden agers program like Our Community
garden that we needed to separate so that we could
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have two sets of, focus because the learning center is
teaching our youth and then the community center is being
open and providing resources to folks that are above the
age of which we are contracted to.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Serve is there any focus at any point with our
nonprofits to create. Income creating income is not creating profit.
Necessarily it is something that you can use for. Operations
it's something that can be used for stipends for our. Kids,
absolutely and as we talk about starting businesses with our young,
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people some type of umbrellash needs to be there to
support that aspect of. It have you seen anything of
that sort taking? Place is there any plan to go
into Direct there are.
Speaker 8 (35:00):
Multiple organizations that are focusing on, entrepreneurship and definitely Entrepreneur
High school in the city Of San bernardino where they Borderline,
highlands they're doing the same. Thing and at a coma
we have a podcast room where our scholars are learning
to be in front of the, mic behind the, mic
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operate the. Board and also our largest program now is
our automation And robotics program where those scholars right now
currently are being trained by a facilitary facilitator that works
For ebsen and has been working FOR epsen for nearly thirty,
years and we're grateful To ebsen two for their investment
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into our community where these scholars are learning to acquire
skill sets to enter into the workforce as, coders as,
programmers and in the work of. Automation as we, know
there are now multiple robots that are inside Of amazon
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and and now we're gonna need somebody to work those
to be able to repair those.
Speaker 10 (36:07):
Robots and so that's what our scholars at.
Speaker 8 (36:08):
A coma are learning not to necessarily go inside of
anywherehouse and become the one who has to pick the,
materials but they are now being trained to program and.
Speaker 10 (36:22):
Create those robots that are actually to.
Speaker 8 (36:27):
Work WITH, ai to work with and to work with
the folks work with the robots that are now inside
of that inside of that. Sector and it's important that
they are learning. This and so while they can't be employed,
currently but we have some that are approaching the age of,
eighteen and a lot of scholars are finding that due
to household, dynamics aren't able to go directly to. College
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they may need to enter into a certificated program where
they are able to use that, certificate become, trained and
use that certificate to be immediately able to add to
the households. Income and we see that happening in a
lot of older adults as.
Speaker 10 (37:08):
Well needing those more.
Speaker 8 (37:10):
Certificate certifications are becoming just as important as a diploma in.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
Some cases more, important we find that many of the
young people who've gone to college graduating with and computer
science find themselves competing WITH ai and that the jobs
that they thought would be there are not. There and
that's a. Danger even now with the technical jobs that
probably you are helping our young people. Learn they're at
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THE Homa.
Speaker 8 (37:38):
Center and right now we do have a program where
our scholars are being trained to be Certified Team Mental
health First aid. Responders and in that, program our scholars
are receiving a, stipend and that's a wonderful. Thing and
WHATEVER i have to use in order to get them
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to come into the our building Every saturday and online Every,
thursday participate in our civic engagement, events put on events
that they have to be student. Led i'm willing to
do almost anything to make sure THAT i can have
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the use ear and their minds so that we can
definitely broaden those.
Speaker 10 (38:27):
And we see that.
Speaker 8 (38:28):
Happening just yesterday we had twenty, seven twenty, nine forgive
me twenty nine scholars throughout the entire city Of San
bernardino that are coming there not just to receive a,
stipend But Team Mental health is something that is definitely
what we need to be looking. At suicide has been
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on the, rise, depression. Anxiety these are ACTUALLY covid children
and now their approach there in their junior, year senior, year.
Speaker 10 (38:57):
Sophomore actually the program starts at. Twelve but WHAT i.
Speaker 8 (39:01):
Witnessed, yesterday WHAT i witnessed yesterday was whilst, sad it
was still wonderful because we were in a room with
scholars from all over the city who were willing to
open up about their emotional, stability their mental, health where
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they are currently with their mental.
Speaker 4 (39:25):
Health these are, students high school students.
Speaker 8 (39:28):
And some middle school students as, well their ages twelve to.
Speaker 10 (39:32):
Eighteen so we're.
Speaker 4 (39:34):
Able to see some of the things that are affecting
them or hear them talk about some of the things
that are affecting, them some things that we as adults probably, say,
well that should and that's no big. Thing you should
be able.
Speaker 10 (39:47):
To get passed that, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (39:49):
And understanding that we're standing next to folks who not
necessarily have gotten past those types of.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
Things they have.
Speaker 8 (39:57):
Not they have, not and they were so willing to
open up yesterday and share. Adults, well and what happens
is it triggers it triggers the, adults and it allows
the adults in the space who are co facilitating the
program to then deal with things that they have not
quite gotten over. Themselves and when children see adults become
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transparent and vulnerable in the same, space it gives them
more opportunities to open. Up and we're very fortunate to
Have Boreguard. Therapy Jonathan beauregard his. Company he has multiple
marriage and family counselors and youth counselors that are we.
Speaker 10 (40:37):
Have we have contracted with him and they're on the.
Speaker 8 (40:41):
Site they're on campus at a coma during the week
and Every thursday online and in the building On saturdays
with our with our. Scholars because we're Not i'm not
a trained professional in the area of mental, health SO
i need professionals in the room to be able to
assist our scholars when they hit a, trigger when something
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in conversation or in the lesson triggers them and they
need some. Assistance while looking at, it fased on was
it could be, Sad but WHAT i saw was healing
taking place.
Speaker 10 (41:14):
In the, room and then that made me very.
Speaker 4 (41:16):
Glad, yes, yeah that once they open, up once we open,
up ONCE i open. UP i find That i'm able
to listen to others with a different, attitude and regardless
of my, INTENTION i end up being helpful simply by
listening and paying attention to someone.
Speaker 10 (41:37):
Else's, issue and that's what they're being trying to. Do
this is a.
Speaker 4 (41:40):
Song listening to other people's issue kind of strengthens my
position because in my, Case i'm able to, say, GOSH
i Guess i'm not as bad off AS i.
Speaker 8 (41:51):
Out, exactly and that's what we share with them that
that also.
Speaker 10 (41:55):
Get they got to hear they're not.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
Alone, yes they're not.
Speaker 8 (41:58):
Alone and this program is a national, only A claim
Program Team Mental Health, foundation and they are also.
Speaker 10 (42:05):
Our scholars will receive a.
Speaker 8 (42:06):
Certification this will allow them to go onto their campus
and be a peer.
Speaker 10 (42:10):
Leader, yes and this is what is.
Speaker 8 (42:12):
Important peers learn better from, peers they learn more from their,
peers and so once we are able to place several
of them on each middle school high school campus here
in the city of Sam, bernardino they will then become
the ones who are facilitating the healing that needs to
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take place with our youth so that we can have
more we can have, stronger more well, equipped more grounded
youth in our city to my hope to lead our.
Speaker 4 (42:45):
City, yeah because they're youths now and three four years
they're not as youthful as they. Were and those folks
like you AND i who have been helping are a
little older as. Well. Yep and we find that we
are really training our future, service our future. Help we
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have compassion, now we have to and if we show
our compassion, now they will be in a position to
show their compassion. Later but if we don't show them
how to have, compassion if we don't show them how
to have passionate, compassion then we're gonna be. Losing, well
this is we're caring about our status as, civilized as.
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Civilized group of people.
Speaker 10 (43:30):
Comes in AND i teach we teach the scholars to
also look.
Speaker 8 (43:34):
At their parents in this way because they don't often
get to hear the stories of which their parents have
come through and how their parents may still be dealing
with some childhood a young adulthood adulthood trauma as. Well
so we have to get them To we have to
train their ears to look to be able to hear
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that from their, parents their, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles to
be able to understand that the stigma around mental health
can be decreased and hopefully we can wipe it away
so that our youth will be able to understand that
mental health is a.
Speaker 10 (44:16):
Part of you and you need to Be.
Speaker 8 (44:18):
Yes helping people feel good and it's just a it's
an extra benefit that they end up getting paid for
being there at the.
Speaker 4 (44:24):
Program, well the other extra benefit of helping people feel
good is that you are not allowing them to feel
bad in your, presence which can trigger all types of
non civilized activity on their part if you see someone
who HAS i guess the whole point of we want
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to feed kids when they get to school because it
puts them in a better mood and attitude than if they're. Hungry,
yes because if you're, hungry you're not not only are
you not ready to, learn you are probably be a little,
angry and that anger leads into many other. Things there's
much benefit to accommodating other people's, feelings especially when we
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are trying to make.
Speaker 8 (45:13):
Progress you made a very good point about connecting hunger
with the inability to, learn and when working with children,
children it's not rocket, science it really it really is
just us taking an approach of how did you feel
when you were a? Youth did you ever feel? Misunderstood
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did you ever feel that no one was? Listening did
you ever feel was there ever something going?
Speaker 4 (45:39):
On, yeah THAT i came, out, okay But i'm a little.
Crazy i'm a little crazy. Now and then THAT i came, out,
OKAY i might slap my wife around now and, then you,
know BUT i told her she should take those karate.
Lessons you, know.
Speaker 10 (45:51):
We all came.
Speaker 8 (45:52):
Out we pretty much came out. Okay, yeah but there are, odds,
Right but.
Speaker 4 (45:56):
The okay isn't necessarily that's? Right is it? Necessarily, well
it just means we can stand up and maybe go
through some of the Basic shenanigan that's required to survive.
Driving is what we are seeking to do if we
want to classify ourselves as, civilized and we. Do we
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want to be, civilized.
Speaker 10 (46:20):
And we want them to.
Speaker 8 (46:21):
Thrive and you, KNOW i WANT i want all, SCHOLARS
i want all the youth.
Speaker 10 (46:25):
In the city of Sam bernardino to.
Speaker 8 (46:27):
Thrive and being on the dais and now being you,
know back in my seat full time as A ceo
of a Coming unity.
Speaker 10 (46:38):
Center and, mother, grandmother.
Speaker 8 (46:41):
It's difficult for youth in the city of Sam bernardino to,
thrive we have we take scholars on a tour of
the city and we call it Our Photo Voice, tour
and we ask scholars to take pictures of what they
see throughout the city and then.
Speaker 10 (46:55):
Put their voice to the photo.
Speaker 8 (46:59):
Because we need for them to look Through we need
to be able to look through their lenses any, yes
to be able to assist. Them we can just continue
to project.
Speaker 4 (47:08):
To say what they see exactly to explain what they
anticipate their future to.
Speaker 8 (47:15):
Be and knowing that there are folks listening who value
what they say is also just as. Important they need
to know that you value what they, say which is
WHY i created while on the diets and was able
to get my colleagues to approve a youth. Council Sam
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Barrandino City Unified School district has a youth. Council Sam
Brandino city did, not so we.
Speaker 10 (47:43):
Did we had it for one.
Speaker 8 (47:45):
Year it is not running at the, moment which saddens
me BECAUSE i know for a fact that that they
are our future and they need to be able to
understand how their city government.
Speaker 10 (47:58):
Works they need to feel that the die is.
Speaker 8 (48:06):
Wants to hear how they feel while walking to school
and seeing unsheltered folks on the. Streets they need the
d ists to hear how they feel with living in their,
car with living in a.
Speaker 4 (48:21):
Park, well do you, KNOW i agree with you that
they need to have someone hear those things that has
power to make a, change and their, parents their, community
their listening, audience if they have a, platform is who
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they can talk.
Speaker 8 (48:43):
To and which is Why aakoma stands in that place
to be able to make sure that as many as
we can reach and listen to and to give that
verification that we are validation that we are listening and
that we do hear. You were going to continue to
do that work to make sure that the youth in
this city know we're, listening we hear, you we see,
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you and we are trying our best to make sure
that you are understood and have what you need in
order to have a successful.
Speaker 4 (49:12):
Feel, WELL i would love to have to make their
report From Empire talks. Back, OH i would at least
once a.
Speaker 10 (49:19):
Month there you. GO i can make that happen very.
Easily we actually.
Speaker 8 (49:23):
Do we've gone to the school, District we've gone to
the school board With Acoma scholars multiple. Times we're preparing
to go to the school board next month and then
city council the month after. That because we do we
train them to not only have something.
Speaker 10 (49:39):
To, say but be able to relate that.
Speaker 4 (49:41):
EFFECTIVELY i think THAT'S i think that's, critical AND i
think that when they find that sometimes the audience that
they want to have, here what they have to say
is best delivered not directly to, them but delivered to
an alliance of, people people who with their numbers changed
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the whole attitude about the. Report so your report from
your ten kids has much more meaning when that report
is amplified by an audience of a thousand people who,
said OH i heard those kids and they're absolutely. Right
and a thousand people showing up at the dias there's
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especially this is only room for maybe four hundred has
a big. Impression and our young people need to understand
that they don't have to necessarily do a rock album
or a rap album to be heard. Well AND i
know that you are there on, it And i'm simply offering.
Speaker 10 (50:46):
WHATEVER i would love to bring the.
Speaker 4 (50:48):
Platform that we have an audience that we have to.
Speaker 8 (50:52):
Be part of, that and we'd love for you to
come to a comb back to A coma and listen
to them on THEIR A Coma speaks podcast we launched In,
february and the reason why we titled it is really
clear and. SIMPLE A Coma speaks and A coma are
the scholars and every community member that comes through the,
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door and we're getting them prepared to be able to
do to come sit right here with, you because it's
important that they know that they have a voice in
whichever way we can amplify that at A Coma Unity.
Speaker 10 (51:24):
Center that is what we will.
Speaker 4 (51:26):
Continue, well we are happy to amplify their voices with
our microphone right here AT Kca. Radio Empire talks back
without a.
Speaker 10 (51:34):
DOUBT i appreciate the invitation.
Speaker 4 (51:36):
AND i Volunteer eric in there to help out a little.
Speaker 10 (51:38):
Bit all, Right, eric you got.
Speaker 8 (51:39):
It i'm gonna they're ready To our youngest scholars right
now that are behind the mic are, eight nine and
ten year. Olds and so they were yesterday preparing for
a podcast that they're going to be launching in two
weeks and it Was Good Snacks Versus Bad snacks out
of two love that with Good Snacks Versus Bad. Snacks
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they've also done one on A TikTok band and so
there are issues of which they, are you, know that
are relatable to them that they can speak, on and
we're happy to come.
Speaker 4 (52:14):
On let's talk about your garden real. Quick, yes how
much are you growing with the? Garden how many people
are participating with the. Garden what do you do with
the food that you? Grow is there extra food that you?
Speaker 10 (52:26):
Grow so thank you for that.
Speaker 8 (52:27):
Question we've had our garden now about five years and.
Speaker 10 (52:32):
We're growing in the two.
Speaker 8 (52:33):
LOCATIONS i don't have the number of how many pounds
we're putting out every. WEEK i apologize for, that but
we have a two wonderful master, gardeners Mister Kevin head
And Lynn summers who is also helping. Us we have
we began to raise, food to grow food with our
hydroponic towers inside our building several years ago before we
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started putting seeds in the ground and now we are growing, pumpkins, cantalopes,
watermelons all types of, onions all types of, chilis collar, greens.
KALOE i don't think we've ever done.
Speaker 10 (53:11):
SPINACH i haven't seen, spinach but we have done, carrots sweet,
potatoes all types of. Herbs so, basil rosemary. Mint so we've.
Speaker 8 (53:27):
Got all of that. Growing Every tuesday is harvest. Day
we do that for Our Golden Age Agers club that's.
There they meet Every tuesday at ten o'clock for those
who wanted to would like to, join and they get
to go home with a bundle of fresh fruits and.
Vegetables we do have fruit trees as, well and then
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Every saturday we harvest and we give away food to our.
Speaker 10 (53:53):
Parents that come in with their.
Speaker 8 (53:55):
Scholars so every TIME i have a guest at a,
coma try to give something away because it's very important
that folks know we are growing food here at a.
Coma we ask for anybody who wants to put in
a little sweat. Equity, okay they're welcome to come and
put their hands into the earth on any day of the.
Speaker 10 (54:14):
Week Mister kevin is there?
Speaker 4 (54:16):
Now say Master.
Speaker 10 (54:17):
Gardeners, yeah we have two master.
Speaker 8 (54:19):
Gardeners Miss Lynn summers.
Speaker 4 (54:21):
There Master Gardening.
Speaker 8 (54:22):
Experience, well that is an eighteen week PROGRAM i believe
that THE uc system puts on and they're able to
go through that. Program and then we have garden. Interns right,
now multiple garden interns and some are receiving a stipend
because we did receive a grant last year and a
half ago FROM. I. E. R. C. D and that's
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our job mainly is to grow, food and that is
that we were really blessed to be able to receive
that sixty thousand dollars. Grant right, now we're getting ready to.
Speaker 4 (54:54):
Do are they expecting you guys at some point to
try to become self?
Speaker 8 (54:57):
Sustaining, oooh that would BE i will take a lot
of food to be able to, grow and maybe even
more land than WHAT i have as, well but not, sure.
Speaker 10 (55:06):
But it always.
Speaker 8 (55:07):
Is the end goal is to make sure so we're
grateful that we're able to go outside on any given.
DAY i don't have to buy squash or ZUCCHINI i
left that, out or. TOMATOES i can go into the
garden every single day IF i choose to make a
salad to eat there at, work or to take home
and make some great, salsa you, know all types of.
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Things and so that's one of the. Benefits and so
our scholars we have a nature based learning. Program those
scholars meet Every saturday as. Well they meet outside right
now with the weather being, nice in front of the,
garden and they are planting their own seeds and their
young little people are smallest of, folks our six.
Speaker 10 (55:45):
And seven year, old.
Speaker 8 (55:48):
And they're measuring their plant every single week to see
how tall it's, growing and then putting it back into
putting into the. Ground growing it first into a cup
and then putting it into the. Ground that's the way
of which these scholars will understand sustainability at its best well.
Speaker 4 (56:02):
Being that growing food is not only a way to
eat regular it is the way that as a nation
we grew into our, economy and selling food is a
legitimate thing to. DO i think that we are going
to be able to help your entrepreneurial concept over there
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with the. Garden. Absolutely when you say more, Land i've
been begging for land for, years not so much That
i'm going to use, it but that they accommodate people's
needs for food in our. Backyards we can grow food
in our, backyards but most of us are not master.
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Gardeners most of us are not really able to go
out and do the. Work but we've got the. LAND
i don't know if you've thought about it or considering
using other people's, yards but as you look at the
potentials here that might be something that, well.
Speaker 8 (57:06):
We're trying to grow more master gardeners as. Well so
two of our interns are going to be taking the
master gardening class and so that way we can create
more master gardeners BECAUSE.
Speaker 10 (57:18):
I believe IN ucr okay, mistake and.
Speaker 8 (57:22):
This way we have folks who are continuously reinvesting Into
Mother earth and willing to teach our youth and others
on how to grow.
Speaker 4 (57:32):
FOOD i WOULD i don't know if that's a program
for young energetic people or if.
Speaker 8 (57:40):
We, say, well, LOOK i go out, THERE i go
out there for a minute And i'm just gonna check on,
everything and, uh every now and THEN i CAN i
can put a tool to the. Soil but that's probably
About that's that's About that's about my.
Speaker 10 (57:52):
Limit but we do have.
Speaker 8 (57:54):
Folks so anybody that's interested in becoming a master, gardener
please call a community center at nine zero nine two
one seven seven ninety five. Six our master gardeners can
put you in connection with where you would need to
get signed up for the.
Speaker 4 (58:06):
Classes, yeah we'd like to know the qualifications, there because.
Speaker 8 (58:10):
If you qualifications are just you wanting to, EDUCATE.
Speaker 4 (58:13):
I don't have to be able to go out there
and dig up WITH i don't know.
Speaker 8 (58:18):
About an, acre but you might have to do a little.
Digging and SO i won't say that you won't have
to do any but the knowledge is going to be all.
Here and then we do have to put toil toil
the land a little.
Speaker 4 (58:28):
Bit we do have To we do have to put
that shovel in.
Speaker 10 (58:31):
There, yeah you do gotta put the gotta toil the
land a Little.
Speaker 4 (58:34):
Well, See I'm I'm i'm agreeing with all of that.
Part i'm just, saying can we do it in a
five gallon?
Speaker 10 (58:38):
Bucket, yes, sir you.
Speaker 8 (58:39):
Can and we do have scholars and who grow food in,
buckets and we've given away those buckets. Too on Our Earth,
day we have a pretty Huge Earth day at a.
Coma every single. Year we're in our maybe our Seventh
aniel Earth, day and so we give away. Trees we
partner with any organizations that are the tree people that
give away, trees and our community can come in come
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and get fruit. Trees matter of, FACT i want to
send us a picture about two weeks ago of their
tree that they got from Our Earth day three.
Speaker 10 (59:05):
Years ago that is bearing.
Speaker 8 (59:06):
Fruit so we're excited about things like that our investment
into the.
Speaker 4 (59:09):
Community to understand that we have nurseries that do what
you're doing for, money and if you don't charge, something
you're competing with those nurseries in the capitalistic. System and
you don't have to charge. Money maybe you can charge some.
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Volunteerism but we're going to continue to talk about. That
this is quick as our on, radio it's. Camerally we
appreciate you so much for the work that you. Do
we appreciate that you came in today to share. It
and we are anticipating Our Youth report on a regular,
basis And i'll have to get over there and do my,
parts get to get that. Going this Is Empower talks
(59:56):
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for hanging out with us, today Mood. Master as, USUAL
i forget you're there Because i'm leaning on your music
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CACAA. All right, here we go. This is Empire Shocks Back.
I'm Wallace Allen on the case for truths and justice
with the right information to help improve the situation. Boy,
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do we have things that we can have improvements on.
Certainly number one thing folks's attitude. Remember, we are in
a civilized nation, despite the fact that it does not
seem to want to be. I'll say it again, we
are a civilized nation. We are expected to take care
of our orphans, our widows, are poor, are disabled. The
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folks who are not able to take care of themselves,
we cannot do that if we simply feed the rich
and rob the poor. And if you see that going on,
then you're witnessing bullying. And if you're witnessing bullying, you
need to say something, do something about it, holler, scream,
look for help. And meanwhile, feed the hungry, provide for
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the shelterless, and honor the veterans. We're a civilized nation.
Voting is proper, Voting is required. Voting is not an option.
When you decide not to vote, that means you don't
give a damn and that's a vote for confusion and chaos.
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We have opportunity constantly. Opportunity is described by the obstacles
that stand between us and the goals that we have
set for ourselves in our future, our aspirations, that guarantee
of equality that our wonderfully written constitution promises, But that
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promise is an action that we have to fulfill. Don't
be disappointed. Don't be disappointed when you see the obstacle.
Don't be disappointed when you walk through the jungle and
hear the lions roar, that's what they do. But your
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walk through the jungle is described by your sense of direction,
by your sense of dedication, by your sense of focus.
Some people want to follow the lion home. The purpose
of the lion and the fool and the idiot hollering
and screaming in our civilized society is so that you
know who to avoid, not who to attract yourself to.
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The cult leaders cannot be cult leaders if they were
not cult followers in the streets. We said another kind
of way. But I'm not going to go there now
because my mother may be listening. She said all the time, Butcher,
there's a lot of ways to say what you want
to say and say, well, yeah, she says that to
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Butcher because that's my alter ego that tens that don't
really feel like impressing people with anything but the truth.
Wallace has the goal of trying to convince, could Joe
seduce and bring you to a side based on manipulating
minds and getting folks to agree. Butcher doesn't require so
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much agreement. I'll leading requires is a little space. But
our space today is once again to reinforce the fact
that we are in charge of our lives. We are
in charge of doing for our community those things that
need to be done. I am here to congratulate a
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portion of our community. I'm going to congratulate FEMA because
they still are giving you one more day. Tomorrow, your
last day to apply for COVID nineteen funeral assistance. I'm
sure that there are some people in the government that
wanted to shut that program down the day they heard
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about it, but there is such a thing as COVID
nineteen funeral assistance. FEMA will continue to provide that funeral
assistance program until Tomorrow, September thirtieth, to those who've lost
loved ones due to the pandemic. Up to nine thousand
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dollars maybe more to help out with ERLD expenses inconvenience.
None of that will help with the pain and sorrow, however,
Monday through Friday. Only Monday, however, tomorrow, between nine am
and nine pm Eastern time, give them a call eight
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you can begin that application process and you will be on.
Time and that's important because timing is. Critical it's not
easy to be on, time but it is time for
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us to be on time for our, change for changes
imminent and changes are taking place around us. Daily whether
we know about them or. Not our president is shutting,
down the news cycle is shutting, down the news providers
providing announcers of his. Plans but that's not, news that's,
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manipulation that's. Cult if you've been, listening you know THAT
i advise our leaders to step, forward not that they
are going to be, successful but that they put the
president on notice that we are ready to Dump. Trump
we are ready To we are ready to impeach and
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fire the. Pretender and if we don't stand up and do,
it we'll keep standing around and watching him do. It
do what he's doing to weaken our, society break down the.
Foundation get you used to seeing police in the, streets
get you used to hearing idiotic statements and assuming that
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while these guys he's just, planned he's not going to do.
That we've got eight, months nine months of listen the babies,
here we see. It it's very. Clear it's a little.
Monster it's not something that we want to take home
to let our children grow up. With we need to
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deal with this monster. Now every day that we, wait
we allow it to get stronger Than Jim. Joneses, so,
folks this Is empire talks back On, wallace al AND
i am so happy to live In San Bernardino. County
i'm so happy to live in Southern. California i'm so
happy to talk to you because this is the nucleus
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of common. SENSE i think we've got a shot, here.
FOLKS i think we are in charge of maybe being
the cutting edge for what to do when you are
being assaulted and discriminated against in terms of, well we
are a favorite attack point of the people who want
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to see us fail as a nation and as a,
people as individuals and as a. Society so a couple
of things that we can, Do And i'm going to
introduce you to a wonderful, guest, Shortly Miss Kimberly. Johnson
she's a former city council person In San. Bernardino she's
been promoted to spokesperson for the, poor spokesherson for the
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folks that have been least. Served she has probably done
more good since she has left city council than she
was able to do sitting at a dais with six
others who were not necessarily trying to move. Forward but
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this is what we find. Out we find out that
as individuals we can be, very very influential and can
be very. Authentic so being, AUTHENTIC i want to ask
your guys a, question where does your house of worship
deposit The sunday collection On? Monday say it, again where
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does your house of worship deposit The sunday collection On?
Monday does that bank make loans or otherwise support your
worship center or its? Members and do your fellow members
magnify that worship center deposit with their own individual? Deposits are, you,
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guys happy with your? Bank are you happy with the
thousands of dollars that you put in that they don't
let you get? Back, necessarily we can do something about.
That you might want to talk with the pastor and
talk with the deacon, board say, hey what are we
doing with that? MONEY i don't. KNOW i, MEAN i
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don't have the total, answer BUT i know one thing
that if you look at it and count it and
realize how important it is to you as you give
it to, them you'll have a different look on your
face when you realize that that's your money and they're
being the steward of your, money and when you want
to get some of it back to go do something
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to build up our. Community you should be able to
get some. Cooperation it's part of the civilization that we
are supposed to be living. In but, meanwhile sometimes they don't.
Cooperate and that's why we need to grow a. Garden
we need to be able to be in charge of
a very important aspect of our, lives and that's food
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and that's. Eating, now one of the great things about
Miss Kimberly johnson is the organization she's. With when you
go visit, her she's able to give you some food
to go home, with fresh food from out of their.
Garden so they're not only growing, food they're growing, minds
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they're growing. Cooperation over here in the west side Of
San bernardino with the Your Coma, Center i'm going to
Introduce kim to you right after this short. Break we'll
be right. Back, WELL i don't GUESS i should take
the break right. Now i'm just gonna invite you to
come sit up. Here, yeah, Well, eric let's take a
short break and then we're gonna come back And i'll
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Give Miss kim a proper. Introduction this is in prior
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Speaker 4 (20:13):
All, right we're, back and we're, back ready to. Serve
this is In Peror Talks. Back I'm Wallace allen AND
i am with This Kimberly Johnson Calvin Calvin. Alan are you?
Speaker 8 (20:29):
Related, No, well you have been knowing my family for many,
decades many.
Speaker 10 (20:35):
Decades probably at least.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
Five, well we could really tell the truth and say
it's a couple of hundred, years but we won't go
that far because people don't believe that. Stuff you, know
they say you can't live that. Long, well my mother's living,
there she's ninety, nine And i'm gonna show you a.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Man, Yes Ruthie.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
Jewels but Miss, kim how you.
Speaker 8 (20:54):
Doing i'm doing, Wonderful Brother, Wallace i'm doing.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
Great how are?
Speaker 4 (20:58):
You god is? Great I'm we're reena me grateful and
it's wonderful to be here with.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
You.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
ABSOLUTELY i came over to your institution on a couple
of days ago and you had had our congressman. There we,
did BUT i was impressed again to remember that you
have a community.
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Garden, yes we have two of, them exactly two.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
Gardens And i'm always telling people that you, know you
should be able to grow a little bit of something
in a five gallon bucket in your backyard if.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
Necessary, well you MENTIONED, covid and that is exactly when
we began to grow food because that First thanksgiving there
wasn't Many Calli greens in the, store, Okay and SO i, said,
oh this will never happen. Again we're going to begin
to grow our own. Food but in twenty, eighteen A
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Coma Unity center was granted a grant from THE Mac,
foundation which stands For Make More Attractive, communities and they
fund us to be able to start that first garden
that's right there in between And Sharrell's park And Rio
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Vista Elementary. School and so we will be forever grateful
for THE Mac. Foundation and on THE Mac foundation at
that time they have disbanded Was Frank, Schnitz.
Speaker 10 (22:19):
Sam Catalano in one of our former, mayors.
Speaker 8 (22:25):
And so it's a wonderful group of people that had
come together that wanted to make communities more attractive and
they selected, us and we brought a one hundred and
forty two thousand dollars to The city Of San bernardino
because that money needed to go to them in order
so that we could beautify the area around.
Speaker 10 (22:44):
Us we don't own that.
Speaker 8 (22:45):
Property we do rent from The city Of San bernardino
and have been renting from the city since twenty, sixteen
and grateful for that opportunity as. Well but it was
essential that that one hundred and forty two thousand dollars
something that you don't see many nonprofits due giving back
to the city as well as when we oftentimes have
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asked for a permit or something of that. Nature but
one hundred and forty two thousand dollars in twenty eighteen
was a lot of.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
Money, well it would not be looked at sluggishly right, Now.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
No, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely so that was we were able
to pay for that beautiful mural on the side of the,
building which pays homage to many Wards San Bernardino's West
side pioneers Like Bobby, vega our first black, Councilwoman Valerie Pope,
Ludlam Francis, Grice John griffin From Delman, heights and then
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my very own Aunt Vivian Nash, dukes and then also
of course Doctor An.
Speaker 4 (23:49):
Sharel's the idea of paying of the renter investing into
the property that they are renting may seem a little,
strange but you think about it and it makes a
lot of.
Speaker 8 (24:06):
Sense it makes a lot of. Sense it it shows
that we are, vested, yes.
Speaker 10 (24:10):
Uh and we want to.
Speaker 8 (24:11):
Make sure that there's a lot of folks THAT i
hear come to the dias and speak ill of, nonprofits
but that is only because they have not taken the
time to thoroughly seek out or or or research the
nonprofits in the city who are actually doing a lot of,
work and there are, many, many many. Nonprofits that's one
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of the things THAT i tried to do while being
on the diast was to create a a a group
of nonprofits that the city would be able to partner.
With they would be able to vet and and understand
that funds that come from the federal government government and
from the.
Speaker 10 (24:52):
State would needed to be held.
Speaker 8 (24:55):
Accountable there are some that are here and they're doing
the great work.
Speaker 10 (24:59):
Here so when we get.
Speaker 8 (25:00):
M emergency funds for housing and of, sort, uh we
need to be able to bank on on nonprofits that
have been doing the work and we can stand by those.
Nonprofits TWICE i tried to do.
Speaker 4 (25:14):
That we.
Speaker 10 (25:15):
Failed.
Speaker 8 (25:15):
Uh, WELL i won't SAY i, failed but What i'll
say is that's two different city managers were able to
hear from the nonprofits in our city who are already
disseminating funds that they, receive like the Great Miss Patricia
nichols uh who has multiple for decades been Community service that's,
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Right Community Action, partnership who has been putting funds into
the hands of local nonprofits so that they can disseminate
uh uh to their const to their community members in their.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
Areas.
Speaker 8 (25:47):
Uh we can't rely on just one nonprofit to be
able to do. That it's T it's a lot of
two hundred and twenty seven thousand people live in the.
Speaker 10 (25:54):
City but we.
Speaker 8 (25:55):
Need to pay homage to those nonprofits as, well because
edge educating our scholars and providing for our, seniors providing
for our, veterans providing for our, disabled providing for our,
unsheltered providing for people that are food. Scarcity not one
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nonprofit can do all of that. Work and if the
city Of San bernardino wanted to truly take, evaluation and.
Speaker 10 (26:24):
They could then.
Speaker 8 (26:26):
See what the city would look like if we did
not have all of these wonderful nonprofits in the.
Speaker 4 (26:30):
City and there are people who say that the work
that you just described shouldn't be necessary and that those
folks should be doing it and handling their lives. THEMSELVES
i open the show with a statement about civilization and
how we are supposed to take care of those around
us who can't take care of. Themselves i'm also a
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person who understands that resistance is a powerful, thing and
if we can pay those people and situations that would
naturally resist be in the, way be not intentionally in the,
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way but in the way because they can't. Perform we
need to accommodate those people demonstrating that we are civilized
for one, thing and number, two it helps them helps
the people who are able to get things done get
them done without our friends and loved ones who are
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unable to take care of themselves being in the. Way
now we have homeless situation that not only affects people
who are mentally, ill but people who have, tried who've had,
jobs who've been working and who have been put out
of those, jobs veterans who have served their. Country but
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can we have people who, say, oh you, know that's their.
Fault we closed down institutions that took care of these.
People we have a federal government now that is cutting
back consistently and constantly on programs and people who are
doing the work that you're talking. About so the fact
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that these nonprofits are, here the benevolence that they, provide
will need to have a source of resources beyond what we've.
Got government's, like the government is stepping, away the federal
government is stepping. Away what can we, do what should we?
Do how should we do it?
Speaker 8 (28:39):
Right everything that you just said is absolutely, correct Brother,
Wallace and that is the million dollar question at the.
Moment and while many nonprofits THAT i have dear dear
friends that have for many decades work to serve the
community and those who are less. Fortunate they are right
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now at the, door at the rink of having.
Speaker 10 (29:04):
To totally.
Speaker 8 (29:08):
Reassess their programs on how they're going to.
Speaker 10 (29:11):
Continue to, serve AND.
Speaker 8 (29:14):
I pray for those establish those programs every single. Day,
FORTUNATELY i don't have to rely on a lot of
federal government, grants AND i try not to apply for
those for specific reasons like these that we're in right.
Now so when we get to a time like, this
and if your nonprofit is totally reliant upon federal, governments
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where we can find ourselves in some particular precarious, situations
what we have to do is stick together and continue
to support each other as, nonprofits which a lot of
the nonprofits THAT i work.
Speaker 10 (29:53):
With we do exactly.
Speaker 8 (29:55):
That so if there is something THAT i, have resources
THAT i have that a coma, has.
Speaker 10 (30:02):
We're able to.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
Share if there are resources That Arrowhead United way WITH
uh THE, Ceo Doctor Gwendolen Dally rogers, has she's able to.
Share if there are resources That Operation New hope. Has Russell,
deegan THE, ceo is able to share if if there
are resources That, Patria Patrica nichols has they're able to
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share during this time as we had to do have
had to do, before and that is really what's going
to have to get us through at this time until
we are on a more solid.
Speaker 10 (30:35):
Footing but what it's.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
Also organizations are are generating money from entrepreneurial activities or
AM i? Wrong so they are still depending at some
level on someone else's. Benevolence and how.
Speaker 8 (30:51):
Well all all of our grants come from someone else's,
benevolence another another nonprofits benevo, benevolence or a, philanthropist somebody
that has believes and has those type of resources to
share and will continue to do. That and so we're
very grateful for all those, organizations all those, companies and
all those individuals who believe in the work of nonprofits
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and particularly for, me believe in the work of nonprofits
that are serving. Scholars our nonprofits serves scholars from the
age of.
Speaker 10 (31:22):
Six up to twenty.
Speaker 8 (31:24):
Four it is important that we don't always you, know
consider that what a youth turns, eighteen that they are
self sufficient and. Independent when currently right, now if you
were to drive through the majority of the of the
fast food restaurants that we Frequent you're gonna see people
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in there that are thirty years old and above.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
Only twenty bucks an. Hour you, know you, Know i'm
about to go to my second.
Speaker 8 (31:51):
Job go go go to, yours me, too, Right and
and those are typical jobs that used to be of fast,
food used to be just set apart for high school
scholars and kids that were in, college young people that
are in. College and it's just not that way any.
Longer and for whatever reason that may, be and that
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is something that we must look at because if redevelopment
has made this great change on the programs that are
available to our use so that they can be provided technical,
training career training that can set their lives on a different,
trajectory those organizations are one that and those organizations that
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have those type of career and skis skills that's to
be taught and trained for our young, people we must
keep them. Going we saw earlier in the year That
Job corps was going to be taking a hit from
the federal, government AND i do believe that The Job
corps that is In muscoy is still operating and, starving
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maybe not on the same level with the amount of
scholars or youth that they were able to serve in the.
Speaker 10 (33:02):
Past but for those of us who do have.
Speaker 8 (33:06):
Funds we should support until they are out of the
situation that they're, in because those are those are youth
that are grown up in our, city and those are
youth who are looking for, direction and those are the
youth that we need to continue to make a pathway for.
Speaker 4 (33:27):
Now we constantly talk about. Entrepreneurialism we have programs for our.
Youth you have you have a school basically A Cooma
tew community it's a community, center but there's a it's
a learning.
Speaker 10 (33:42):
Center it is a learning center.
Speaker 8 (33:44):
Exactly and uh and we have just launched A Coma
learning center where we had to separate a coma community
center from the learning center because we had so many
organized had so many programs on the community center, side
like Our Golden Age Golden agers program like Our Community
garden that we needed to separate so that we could
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have two sets of, focus because the learning center is
teaching our youth and then the community center is being
open and providing resources to folks that are above the
age of which we are contracted to.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Serve is there any focus at any point with our
nonprofits to create. Income creating income is not creating profit.
Necessarily it is something that you can use for. Operations
it's something that can be used for stipends for our. Kids,
absolutely and as we talk about starting businesses with our young,
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people some type of umbrellash needs to be there to
support that aspect of. It have you seen anything of
that sort taking? Place is there any plan to go
into Direct there are.
Speaker 8 (35:00):
Multiple organizations that are focusing on, entrepreneurship and definitely Entrepreneur
High school in the city Of San bernardino where they Borderline,
highlands they're doing the same. Thing and at a coma
we have a podcast room where our scholars are learning
to be in front of the, mic behind the, mic
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operate the. Board and also our largest program now is
our automation And robotics program where those scholars right now
currently are being trained by a facilitary facilitator that works
For ebsen and has been working FOR epsen for nearly thirty,
years and we're grateful To ebsen two for their investment
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into our community where these scholars are learning to acquire
skill sets to enter into the workforce as, coders as,
programmers and in the work of. Automation as we, know
there are now multiple robots that are inside Of amazon
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and and now we're gonna need somebody to work those
to be able to repair those.
Speaker 10 (36:07):
Robots and so that's what our scholars at.
Speaker 8 (36:08):
A coma are learning not to necessarily go inside of
anywherehouse and become the one who has to pick the,
materials but they are now being trained to program and.
Speaker 10 (36:22):
Create those robots that are actually to.
Speaker 8 (36:27):
Work WITH, ai to work with and to work with
the folks work with the robots that are now inside
of that inside of that. Sector and it's important that
they are learning. This and so while they can't be employed,
currently but we have some that are approaching the age of,
eighteen and a lot of scholars are finding that due
to household, dynamics aren't able to go directly to. College
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they may need to enter into a certificated program where
they are able to use that, certificate become, trained and
use that certificate to be immediately able to add to
the households. Income and we see that happening in a
lot of older adults as.
Speaker 10 (37:08):
Well needing those more.
Speaker 8 (37:10):
Certificate certifications are becoming just as important as a diploma in.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
Some cases more, important we find that many of the
young people who've gone to college graduating with and computer
science find themselves competing WITH ai and that the jobs
that they thought would be there are not. There and
that's a. Danger even now with the technical jobs that
probably you are helping our young people. Learn they're at
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THE Homa.
Speaker 8 (37:38):
Center and right now we do have a program where
our scholars are being trained to be Certified Team Mental
health First aid. Responders and in that, program our scholars
are receiving a, stipend and that's a wonderful. Thing and
WHATEVER i have to use in order to get them
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to come into the our building Every saturday and online Every,
thursday participate in our civic engagement, events put on events
that they have to be student. Led i'm willing to
do almost anything to make sure THAT i can have
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the use ear and their minds so that we can
definitely broaden those.
Speaker 10 (38:27):
And we see that.
Speaker 8 (38:28):
Happening just yesterday we had twenty, seven twenty, nine forgive
me twenty nine scholars throughout the entire city Of San
bernardino that are coming there not just to receive a,
stipend But Team Mental health is something that is definitely
what we need to be looking. At suicide has been
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on the, rise, depression. Anxiety these are ACTUALLY covid children
and now their approach there in their junior, year senior, year.
Speaker 10 (38:57):
Sophomore actually the program starts at. Twelve but WHAT i.
Speaker 8 (39:01):
Witnessed, yesterday WHAT i witnessed yesterday was whilst, sad it
was still wonderful because we were in a room with
scholars from all over the city who were willing to
open up about their emotional, stability their mental, health where
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they are currently with their mental.
Speaker 4 (39:25):
Health these are, students high school students.
Speaker 8 (39:28):
And some middle school students as, well their ages twelve to.
Speaker 10 (39:32):
Eighteen so we're.
Speaker 4 (39:34):
Able to see some of the things that are affecting
them or hear them talk about some of the things
that are affecting, them some things that we as adults probably, say,
well that should and that's no big. Thing you should
be able.
Speaker 10 (39:47):
To get passed that, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (39:49):
And understanding that we're standing next to folks who not
necessarily have gotten past those types of.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
Things they have.
Speaker 8 (39:57):
Not they have, not and they were so willing to
open up yesterday and share. Adults, well and what happens
is it triggers it triggers the, adults and it allows
the adults in the space who are co facilitating the
program to then deal with things that they have not
quite gotten over. Themselves and when children see adults become
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transparent and vulnerable in the same, space it gives them
more opportunities to open. Up and we're very fortunate to
Have Boreguard. Therapy Jonathan beauregard his. Company he has multiple
marriage and family counselors and youth counselors that are we.
Speaker 10 (40:37):
Have we have contracted with him and they're on the.
Speaker 8 (40:41):
Site they're on campus at a coma during the week
and Every thursday online and in the building On saturdays
with our with our. Scholars because we're Not i'm not
a trained professional in the area of mental, health SO
i need professionals in the room to be able to
assist our scholars when they hit a, trigger when something
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in conversation or in the lesson triggers them and they
need some. Assistance while looking at, it fased on was
it could be, Sad but WHAT i saw was healing
taking place.
Speaker 10 (41:14):
In the, room and then that made me very.
Speaker 4 (41:16):
Glad, yes, yeah that once they open, up once we open,
up ONCE i open. UP i find That i'm able
to listen to others with a different, attitude and regardless
of my, INTENTION i end up being helpful simply by
listening and paying attention to someone.
Speaker 10 (41:37):
Else's, issue and that's what they're being trying to. Do
this is a.
Speaker 4 (41:40):
Song listening to other people's issue kind of strengthens my
position because in my, Case i'm able to, say, GOSH
i Guess i'm not as bad off AS i.
Speaker 8 (41:51):
Out, exactly and that's what we share with them that
that also.
Speaker 10 (41:55):
Get they got to hear they're not.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
Alone, yes they're not.
Speaker 8 (41:58):
Alone and this program is a national, only A claim
Program Team Mental Health, foundation and they are also.
Speaker 10 (42:05):
Our scholars will receive a.
Speaker 8 (42:06):
Certification this will allow them to go onto their campus
and be a peer.
Speaker 10 (42:10):
Leader, yes and this is what is.
Speaker 8 (42:12):
Important peers learn better from, peers they learn more from their,
peers and so once we are able to place several
of them on each middle school high school campus here
in the city of Sam, bernardino they will then become
the ones who are facilitating the healing that needs to
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take place with our youth so that we can have
more we can have, stronger more well, equipped more grounded
youth in our city to my hope to lead our.
Speaker 4 (42:45):
City, yeah because they're youths now and three four years
they're not as youthful as they. Were and those folks
like you AND i who have been helping are a
little older as. Well. Yep and we find that we
are really training our future, service our future. Help we
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have compassion, now we have to and if we show
our compassion, now they will be in a position to
show their compassion. Later but if we don't show them
how to have, compassion if we don't show them how
to have passionate, compassion then we're gonna be. Losing, well
this is we're caring about our status as, civilized as.
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Civilized group of people.
Speaker 10 (43:30):
Comes in AND i teach we teach the scholars to
also look.
Speaker 8 (43:34):
At their parents in this way because they don't often
get to hear the stories of which their parents have
come through and how their parents may still be dealing
with some childhood a young adulthood adulthood trauma as. Well
so we have to get them To we have to
train their ears to look to be able to hear
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that from their, parents their, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles to
be able to understand that the stigma around mental health
can be decreased and hopefully we can wipe it away
so that our youth will be able to understand that
mental health is a.
Speaker 10 (44:16):
Part of you and you need to Be.
Speaker 8 (44:18):
Yes helping people feel good and it's just a it's
an extra benefit that they end up getting paid for
being there at the.
Speaker 4 (44:24):
Program, well the other extra benefit of helping people feel
good is that you are not allowing them to feel
bad in your, presence which can trigger all types of
non civilized activity on their part if you see someone
who HAS i guess the whole point of we want
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to feed kids when they get to school because it
puts them in a better mood and attitude than if they're. Hungry,
yes because if you're, hungry you're not not only are
you not ready to, learn you are probably be a little,
angry and that anger leads into many other. Things there's
much benefit to accommodating other people's, feelings especially when we
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are trying to make.
Speaker 8 (45:13):
Progress you made a very good point about connecting hunger
with the inability to, learn and when working with children,
children it's not rocket, science it really it really is
just us taking an approach of how did you feel
when you were a? Youth did you ever feel? Misunderstood
(45:35):
did you ever feel that no one was? Listening did
you ever feel was there ever something going?
Speaker 4 (45:39):
On, yeah THAT i came, out, okay But i'm a little.
Crazy i'm a little crazy. Now and then THAT i came, out,
OKAY i might slap my wife around now and, then you,
know BUT i told her she should take those karate.
Lessons you, know.
Speaker 10 (45:51):
We all came.
Speaker 8 (45:52):
Out we pretty much came out. Okay, yeah but there are, odds,
Right but.
Speaker 4 (45:56):
The okay isn't necessarily that's? Right is it? Necessarily, well
it just means we can stand up and maybe go
through some of the Basic shenanigan that's required to survive.
Driving is what we are seeking to do if we
want to classify ourselves as, civilized and we. Do we
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want to be, civilized.
Speaker 10 (46:20):
And we want them to.
Speaker 8 (46:21):
Thrive and you, KNOW i WANT i want all, SCHOLARS
i want all the youth.
Speaker 10 (46:25):
In the city of Sam bernardino to.
Speaker 8 (46:27):
Thrive and being on the dais and now being you,
know back in my seat full time as A ceo
of a Coming unity.
Speaker 10 (46:38):
Center and, mother, grandmother.
Speaker 8 (46:41):
It's difficult for youth in the city of Sam bernardino to,
thrive we have we take scholars on a tour of
the city and we call it Our Photo Voice, tour
and we ask scholars to take pictures of what they
see throughout the city and then.
Speaker 10 (46:55):
Put their voice to the photo.
Speaker 8 (46:59):
Because we need for them to look Through we need
to be able to look through their lenses any, yes
to be able to assist. Them we can just continue
to project.
Speaker 4 (47:08):
To say what they see exactly to explain what they
anticipate their future to.
Speaker 8 (47:15):
Be and knowing that there are folks listening who value
what they say is also just as. Important they need
to know that you value what they, say which is
WHY i created while on the diets and was able
to get my colleagues to approve a youth. Council Sam
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Barrandino City Unified School district has a youth. Council Sam
Brandino city did, not so we.
Speaker 10 (47:43):
Did we had it for one.
Speaker 8 (47:45):
Year it is not running at the, moment which saddens
me BECAUSE i know for a fact that that they
are our future and they need to be able to
understand how their city government.
Speaker 10 (47:58):
Works they need to feel that the die is.
Speaker 8 (48:06):
Wants to hear how they feel while walking to school
and seeing unsheltered folks on the. Streets they need the
d ists to hear how they feel with living in their,
car with living in a.
Speaker 4 (48:21):
Park, well do you, KNOW i agree with you that
they need to have someone hear those things that has
power to make a, change and their, parents their, community
their listening, audience if they have a, platform is who
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they can talk.
Speaker 8 (48:43):
To and which is Why aakoma stands in that place
to be able to make sure that as many as
we can reach and listen to and to give that
verification that we are validation that we are listening and
that we do hear. You were going to continue to
do that work to make sure that the youth in
this city know we're, listening we hear, you we see,
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you and we are trying our best to make sure
that you are understood and have what you need in
order to have a successful.
Speaker 4 (49:12):
Feel, WELL i would love to have to make their
report From Empire talks. Back, OH i would at least
once a.
Speaker 10 (49:19):
Month there you. GO i can make that happen very.
Easily we actually.
Speaker 8 (49:23):
Do we've gone to the school, District we've gone to
the school board With Acoma scholars multiple. Times we're preparing
to go to the school board next month and then
city council the month after. That because we do we
train them to not only have something.
Speaker 10 (49:39):
To, say but be able to relate that.
Speaker 4 (49:41):
EFFECTIVELY i think THAT'S i think that's, critical AND i
think that when they find that sometimes the audience that
they want to have, here what they have to say
is best delivered not directly to, them but delivered to
an alliance of, people people who with their numbers changed
(50:03):
the whole attitude about the. Report so your report from
your ten kids has much more meaning when that report
is amplified by an audience of a thousand people who,
said OH i heard those kids and they're absolutely. Right
and a thousand people showing up at the dias there's
(50:23):
especially this is only room for maybe four hundred has
a big. Impression and our young people need to understand
that they don't have to necessarily do a rock album
or a rap album to be heard. Well AND i
know that you are there on, it And i'm simply offering.
Speaker 10 (50:46):
WHATEVER i would love to bring the.
Speaker 4 (50:48):
Platform that we have an audience that we have to.
Speaker 8 (50:52):
Be part of, that and we'd love for you to
come to a comb back to A coma and listen
to them on THEIR A Coma speaks podcast we launched In,
february and the reason why we titled it is really
clear and. SIMPLE A Coma speaks and A coma are
the scholars and every community member that comes through the,
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door and we're getting them prepared to be able to
do to come sit right here with, you because it's
important that they know that they have a voice in
whichever way we can amplify that at A Coma Unity.
Speaker 10 (51:24):
Center that is what we will.
Speaker 4 (51:26):
Continue, well we are happy to amplify their voices with
our microphone right here AT Kca. Radio Empire talks back
without a.
Speaker 10 (51:34):
DOUBT i appreciate the invitation.
Speaker 4 (51:36):
AND i Volunteer eric in there to help out a little.
Speaker 10 (51:38):
Bit all, Right, eric you got.
Speaker 8 (51:39):
It i'm gonna they're ready To our youngest scholars right
now that are behind the mic are, eight nine and
ten year. Olds and so they were yesterday preparing for
a podcast that they're going to be launching in two
weeks and it Was Good Snacks Versus Bad snacks out
of two love that with Good Snacks Versus Bad. Snacks
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they've also done one on A TikTok band and so
there are issues of which they, are you, know that
are relatable to them that they can speak, on and
we're happy to come.
Speaker 4 (52:14):
On let's talk about your garden real. Quick, yes how
much are you growing with the? Garden how many people
are participating with the. Garden what do you do with
the food that you? Grow is there extra food that you?
Speaker 10 (52:26):
Grow so thank you for that.
Speaker 8 (52:27):
Question we've had our garden now about five years and.
Speaker 10 (52:32):
We're growing in the two.
Speaker 8 (52:33):
LOCATIONS i don't have the number of how many pounds
we're putting out every. WEEK i apologize for, that but
we have a two wonderful master, gardeners Mister Kevin head
And Lynn summers who is also helping. Us we have
we began to raise, food to grow food with our
hydroponic towers inside our building several years ago before we
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started putting seeds in the ground and now we are growing, pumpkins, cantalopes,
watermelons all types of, onions all types of, chilis collar, greens.
KALOE i don't think we've ever done.
Speaker 10 (53:11):
SPINACH i haven't seen, spinach but we have done, carrots sweet,
potatoes all types of. Herbs so, basil rosemary. Mint so we've.
Speaker 8 (53:27):
Got all of that. Growing Every tuesday is harvest. Day
we do that for Our Golden Age Agers club that's.
There they meet Every tuesday at ten o'clock for those
who wanted to would like to, join and they get
to go home with a bundle of fresh fruits and.
Vegetables we do have fruit trees as, well and then
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Every saturday we harvest and we give away food to our.
Speaker 10 (53:53):
Parents that come in with their.
Speaker 8 (53:55):
Scholars so every TIME i have a guest at a,
coma try to give something away because it's very important
that folks know we are growing food here at a.
Coma we ask for anybody who wants to put in
a little sweat. Equity, okay they're welcome to come and
put their hands into the earth on any day of the.
Speaker 10 (54:14):
Week Mister kevin is there?
Speaker 4 (54:16):
Now say Master.
Speaker 10 (54:17):
Gardeners, yeah we have two master.
Speaker 8 (54:19):
Gardeners Miss Lynn summers.
Speaker 4 (54:21):
There Master Gardening.
Speaker 8 (54:22):
Experience, well that is an eighteen week PROGRAM i believe
that THE uc system puts on and they're able to
go through that. Program and then we have garden. Interns right,
now multiple garden interns and some are receiving a stipend
because we did receive a grant last year and a
half ago FROM. I. E. R. C. D and that's
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our job mainly is to grow, food and that is
that we were really blessed to be able to receive
that sixty thousand dollars. Grant right, now we're getting ready to.
Speaker 4 (54:54):
Do are they expecting you guys at some point to
try to become self?
Speaker 8 (54:57):
Sustaining, oooh that would BE i will take a lot
of food to be able to, grow and maybe even
more land than WHAT i have as, well but not, sure.
Speaker 10 (55:06):
But it always.
Speaker 8 (55:07):
Is the end goal is to make sure so we're
grateful that we're able to go outside on any given.
DAY i don't have to buy squash or ZUCCHINI i
left that, out or. TOMATOES i can go into the
garden every single day IF i choose to make a
salad to eat there at, work or to take home
and make some great, salsa you, know all types of.
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Things and so that's one of the. Benefits and so
our scholars we have a nature based learning. Program those
scholars meet Every saturday as. Well they meet outside right
now with the weather being, nice in front of the,
garden and they are planting their own seeds and their
young little people are smallest of, folks our six.
Speaker 10 (55:45):
And seven year, old.
Speaker 8 (55:48):
And they're measuring their plant every single week to see
how tall it's, growing and then putting it back into
putting into the. Ground growing it first into a cup
and then putting it into the. Ground that's the way
of which these scholars will understand sustainability at its best well.
Speaker 4 (56:02):
Being that growing food is not only a way to
eat regular it is the way that as a nation
we grew into our, economy and selling food is a
legitimate thing to. DO i think that we are going
to be able to help your entrepreneurial concept over there
(56:27):
with the. Garden. Absolutely when you say more, Land i've
been begging for land for, years not so much That
i'm going to use, it but that they accommodate people's
needs for food in our. Backyards we can grow food
in our, backyards but most of us are not master.
(56:50):
Gardeners most of us are not really able to go
out and do the. Work but we've got the. LAND
i don't know if you've thought about it or considering
using other people's, yards but as you look at the
potentials here that might be something that, well.
Speaker 8 (57:06):
We're trying to grow more master gardeners as. Well so
two of our interns are going to be taking the
master gardening class and so that way we can create
more master gardeners BECAUSE.
Speaker 10 (57:18):
I believe IN ucr okay, mistake and.
Speaker 8 (57:22):
This way we have folks who are continuously reinvesting Into
Mother earth and willing to teach our youth and others
on how to grow.
Speaker 4 (57:32):
FOOD i WOULD i don't know if that's a program
for young energetic people or if.
Speaker 8 (57:40):
We, say, well, LOOK i go out, THERE i go
out there for a minute And i'm just gonna check on,
everything and, uh every now and THEN i CAN i
can put a tool to the. Soil but that's probably
About that's that's About that's about my.
Speaker 10 (57:52):
Limit but we do have.
Speaker 8 (57:54):
Folks so anybody that's interested in becoming a master, gardener
please call a community center at nine zero nine two
one seven seven ninety five. Six our master gardeners can
put you in connection with where you would need to
get signed up for the.
Speaker 4 (58:06):
Classes, yeah we'd like to know the qualifications, there because.
Speaker 8 (58:10):
If you qualifications are just you wanting to, EDUCATE.
Speaker 4 (58:13):
I don't have to be able to go out there
and dig up WITH i don't know.
Speaker 8 (58:18):
About an, acre but you might have to do a little.
Digging and SO i won't say that you won't have
to do any but the knowledge is going to be all.
Here and then we do have to put toil toil
the land a little.
Speaker 4 (58:28):
Bit we do have To we do have to put
that shovel in.
Speaker 10 (58:31):
There, yeah you do gotta put the gotta toil the
land a Little.
Speaker 4 (58:34):
Well, See I'm I'm i'm agreeing with all of that.
Part i'm just, saying can we do it in a
five gallon?
Speaker 10 (58:38):
Bucket, yes, sir you.
Speaker 8 (58:39):
Can and we do have scholars and who grow food in,
buckets and we've given away those buckets. Too on Our Earth,
day we have a pretty Huge Earth day at a.
Coma every single. Year we're in our maybe our Seventh
aniel Earth, day and so we give away. Trees we
partner with any organizations that are the tree people that
give away, trees and our community can come in come
(59:00):
and get fruit. Trees matter of, FACT i want to
send us a picture about two weeks ago of their
tree that they got from Our Earth day three.
Speaker 10 (59:05):
Years ago that is bearing.
Speaker 8 (59:06):
Fruit so we're excited about things like that our investment
into the.
Speaker 4 (59:09):
Community to understand that we have nurseries that do what
you're doing for, money and if you don't charge, something
you're competing with those nurseries in the capitalistic. System and
you don't have to charge. Money maybe you can charge some.
(59:33):
Volunteerism but we're going to continue to talk about. That
this is quick as our on, radio it's. Camerally we
appreciate you so much for the work that you. Do
we appreciate that you came in today to share. It
and we are anticipating Our Youth report on a regular,
basis And i'll have to get over there and do my,
parts get to get that. Going this Is Empower talks
(59:56):
back on all, This, ALLEN i want to thank you
for hanging out with us, today Mood. Master as, USUAL
i forget you're there Because i'm leaning on your music
so i can
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My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. My Favorite Murder is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.
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