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I write, therefore I am. A-1 From Day 1.

[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

As a journalist, I am always amazed when people share their stories/truths with me. I try to handle them with care and respect.
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[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

I'm not a sports writer, but as a journalist who is a proud child of Oakland, Ca, I know what today is. It's the anniversary of Rickey Henderson (RIP) breaking fellow legend Lou Brock's (RIP) base-stealing record. May 1, 1991. My poetry tribute to RH coming soon in 7X7 Vol. 2.

[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

@landofthe80s It was reform school!

[NAACP @NAACP]

#RestinPower to NAACP Image Award winning actor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Your talent and spirit touched many lives, and your legacy will continue to inspire.

Thank you for the memories and the impact you made in the world of entertainment

[Word In Black @WordInBlack]

Lawmakers and celebs like Lupita Nyong’o are raising awareness about fibroids, which affect up to 80% of Black women. Learn more: https://t.co/AlMFgFF04L

[Tyrese Gibson @Tyrese]

The Gentle Giant
A poem and tribute to our beloved brother Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Today, we lost a gentle giant.
A man who won our hearts not by force, but by quiet grace.
From the very beginning, Malcolm-Jamal Warner reminded us that being calm, classy, sophisticated, and soulful could carry you far in life.

He was the soft-spoken strength behind a generation’s most beloved show.
We watched The Cosby Show and saw, for the first time, a world many of us had never known.
A Black family made up of doctors, lawyers, artists, and thinkers.
A household rooted in love, education, laughter, and dignity.

As children, we weren’t sure that kind of family even existed.
We didn’t think people could speak to each other that gently.
That siblings could disagree with love.
That fathers could discipline with warmth.
That young Black men like Theo Huxtable could grow into manhood with vulnerability and joy.

But Malcolm showed us it was possible.
And then he lived it—beyond the show.
In his poetry, in his music, in his commitment to excellence and privacy,
He never wavered from who he was.

Everything about him on screen felt real,
Because it was.
And everything he became after felt like a continuation of that truth.
He never chased noise. He stayed grounded.
He showed us that fame doesn’t have to strip away your soul.

Today, we mourn what feels unimaginable.
A loss that cuts through nostalgia, through childhood, through what we thought would always be.
My sincere prayers go out to his wife,
To his children,
To his family,
To everyone who loved him, worked beside him, and walked life with him.

This tragedy hit us hard.
Not just because of who he was on screen,
But because of who he remained when the cameras turned off.

We lost more than an actor.
We lost a presence.
A gentle, regal, beautiful soul who walked with dignity and reminded us
especially as Black boys and men
that you could be powerful without being loud, important without being arrogant,
respected without ever demanding it

Today, we sit in that grief
And we say goodbye
to a man who gave us more than entertainment
He gave us hope
He gave us another way to exist

Rest well, Malcolm.
You were everything we needed.

[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

Started the morning off with an excellent session hosted by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism titled, Reporting on the Health Equity Backlash. Knew it would be good when guest speaker Dr. Monica Peek brought James Baldwin into the room/Zoom. #ReportingHealthWebinars

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Show them you're Black without saying it. That's me when I called my story on trailblazing Black astronaut and STEM champion Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. "Space and Opportunity." IYKYK. https://t.co/xEDYHYkSpz

[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

@TonyRayHarvey Learned about this from Rolanda Wilkins. We have to keep learning and sharing.

[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

Closing out Black History Month celebrating Black seniors and elders in the community. Special section is my vision come to life. Love it. And I just got called divine by local artist/genealogist Kanika Marshall who is featured!

[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

@sal_castaneda He did the Bay Area and future generations of journalists like myself, proud. RIP to a legend.

[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

@AsmLoriDWilson Thank you for having Pretty In Pink at your office today. You're Pretty Powerful and you do us proud!

[Sacramento OBSERVER @SacObserver]

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[Sacramento OBSERVER @SacObserver]

@DrLukeWood, President of @sacstate, is The OBSERVER Person of the Year.

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[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

About last night. Thanks SPJ NorCal and Board member Victor Patton for the Silver Heart Award for my series on Black men and mental health. Thanks Sacramento Observer for the space and grace to do this work.

[Larry Lee @LarryLee916]

I absolutely loved this interview @wkamaubell gave @Williamena_K for @SacObserver. He will be at the @MondaviCenter at @ucdavis tonight! Check it out!

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[Sickle Cell Consortium @SCCConsortium]

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[GBUnlimited @GbUnlimited]

People keep finding me.

[Sickle Cell Consortium @SCCConsortium]

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