Lakeview Hall of Fame - IT Bookman Community Center

IT Bookman Community Center
Lakeview
Hall of Fame
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Patio Espanol Restaurant
2850 Alemany Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94112
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
June 20, 2014
Proceeds benefit the IT Bookman Community Center
446 Randolph St, San Francisco, CA 94132
IT Bookman Community Center
Program
Welcome and Introduction of Mistress of Ceremony…….………………………………...Barbara Lee
Southwest Community Corporation Board Member
Mistress of Ceremony ……………………………………………………………………… Jackie Wright
Executive Director IT Bookman Center
Invocation & Blessing………………………………………................................Carl Barnes, President
Southwest Community Corporation
Dinner is served
Special Award Recipients:
The Diversity and Inclusion Award ………………………………..Sufi Service Committee
The Visionary Award……………………...Members of UCC Pilgrim Community Church
The Continuing Service Award…………………………………Top Notch Black Coalition
Induction of Honorees:
Cora McIntrye – Smith, Director at Adobe
Introduced by DeKari Smith-Russell
Donald Andrews, CEO and Founder of Dream Team
Cheyenne Bell, Posthumously, Attorney at Law
Ron Wiley, Posthumously, Deputy Fire Marshall
And
King Wiley, Retired Firefighter
Closing Remarks……………………………………………...Southwest Community Corporation
Board of Directors, Board Member
Dancing Begins
Music by Top Hat Productions
Jackie Wright- joined the I.T. Bookman Community Center Staff in October 2013. As she focuses to expand
support for the center, she has worked with Supervisor John Avalos and others to host such events as the
Communities United for Health and Justice Jobs Town Hall, SFMTA Transportation Town Hall and the first
of the I.T. Bookman Prosperity Series, The Foreclosure Prevention and Assistance Town Hall as recent as
May 24th.
Wright is the president of Wright Enterprises, a full service public relations firm serving the corporate, nonprofit and government sectors. A seasoned award winning media and public relations professional, Wright
has 20 years of media experience, including more than a decade of journalism experience in radio, television a
print and Internet communications. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism, home of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards.
Prior to launching her own business, Wright served as Public Affairs Manager for CBS 5/CW Bay Area TV,
where she was responsible for public and community relations instituting the stations ethnic heritage
celebrations. She also served as The Executive Director, Office of Public Engagement and Information, for
the San Francisco Unified School District; and as Executive Officer, San Francisco County, for the American
Red Cross Bay Area Chapter where she won the local Tiffany Award for Management, the highest award
presented to staff.
Media training, media and communication plan development; community outreach, government-relations,
social media and cause related marketing and fundraising provide the foundation of Wright’s expertise.
Wright’s career has been marked by her concern for social justice as a media and community activist in San
Francisco.
Wright says her greatest accomplishments are in service to her family when at 20 years old she began raising
two of her three siblings (ages 10 and 15) after the death of their father in Viet Nam in 1964 and their mother
in 1970. Working her way through the University of Georgia with her teenage sister and elementary age
daughter, Wright’s example resulted in both her sister and daughter being college graduates, successful wives,
mothers and businesswomen.
Southwest Community Corporation – Mission
“To maintain a multi-purpose center that will embrace the entire Oceanview, Merced Heights and Ingleside
community. To recognize and address the needs of all age groups and diversities by developing activities and
programs that will enrich their lives. To create a climate and atmosphere within the center that will
encourage the use of the facility for civic and private events.”
Southwest Community Corporation – History
Operated by the Southwest Community Corporation (SCC) Board of Directors since 1997, the I.T. Bookman
Center serves the entire Oceanview, Merced Heights, Ingleside (OMI) communities. The center is located at
the corner of Randolph and Arch streets in the Merced Heights neighborhood. Our programs and activities
include; a summer/afterschool program, youth empowerment group, youth clinic, family health services,
weekly adult zumba classes, a senior computer class, spiritual group, monthly luncheon and various other
senior activities. The center was conceptualized by local community activist I.T. Bookman, founder and the
first board of director’s president. He sought out and organized a group of individuals who agreed to be the
founding members of the Board of Directors for the center. The Board of Directors was incorporated in 1982.
Applications were submitted to the Mayor’s Office of Community Development (MOCD) for funds to build a
multi-purpose community center. After intense discussions with Mr. Jim Johnson, then director of MOCD,
Mayor Dianne Feinstein and numerous City officials, the group was successful in obtaining an initial grant of
$192,000 from MOCD to begin the process of turning the dream into a reality. No effort of this type could
have been attempted or achieved without the technical advice of the Board. Existing community institutions
played an essential part to the overall success of community center. Such was the support of the Pilgrim
Community Church and the Northern California Conference of the United Church of Christ.
In 1984, Mr. Bookman, Margaret Dorn, Larry Uka1l Johnson-Redd formed a grant-writing team and applied
to many foundations on behalf of the OMI-Pilgrim Community Center. Four foundations responded: the
Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Herbst Foundation, the S.D. Cowell Foundation, and the Walter & Elise
Haas Foundation.
The official Ground Breaking ceremony of the OMI-Pilgrim Community center was held in March of 1985.
Although there were many construction delays, the OMI community continued to demonstrate its support
through fundraising events such as a youth talent show that drew over 250 youth to the Balboa High School
auditorium in early 1986, and the more than 200 mainly community residents who paid $20 a plate at a
fundraising luncheon in June 1986 at Temple Methodist Church. Many community residents also responded
to a fundraising letter mailed to 3,000 local households that year.
In 1997, the management of the OMI-Pilgrim Community center was changed to the Southwest Community
Corporation. Although the management of the center has changed its commitment to the Oceanview, a
Merced Heights and Ingleside community remains the same.
What started as a dream of one man, the OMI-Pilgrim Community Center now has become a physical reality for the
benefit of our community. In 2005 the building was renamed the IT Bookman Center in honor of the first board
president. Today, the center continues to strive for excellence while meeting the needs of a community
growing in culture and diversity. Thank you for your support in keeping the dream alive.
Southwest Community Corporation – Board of Directors
Currently, the I.T. Bookman Center is governed by a four member Board of Directors, aggressively recruiting
for new members. Each board member volunteers under the name of the Southwest Community Corporation,
a 501c (iii) not-for-profit organization. These local residents make valuable contributions to developing and
sustaining the .T. Bookman Community Center and its programs for neighborhood seniors, children, youth
and their families. Through monthly meetings with the Executive Director, strategic program planning and
on-going initiatives to secure short and long term financing, the Board is attentive on growth and
sustainability. It is the mission of the Board to support the center with viable resources for the OMI
community.
Carl Barnes, President
Joyce Watson, Treasurer
Gale Rosboro, Secretary
Barbara Lee, Board of Directors
Dr. Sharon Pressley-Page, Board of Directors
IT Bookman Community Center
446 Randolph St. (At the corner of Arch St.)
San Francisco, CA. 94132
(415) 586-8020
Email: [email protected]
www.itbookmancenter.org
I.T. Bookman Center, Staff
Jackie Wright, Executive Director
Gilbert Brigham, Senior Program Coordinator
Gilbert, or Gil, as he is affectionately known in the community, is a valuable asset of I.T. Bookman
Community Center. He was first hired in 1998 as a Case Manager through the Catholic Charities office. Years
later, Gil re-joined the staff of the Catholic Charities when the office moved to its own facility. But in 2003 he
returned to I.T. Bookman to work independently at the facility. Since then, Gil has coordinated programs for
the OMI seniors and continues to develop activities that contribute to the quality of life for the senior
population. Gil assists senior residents with issues such as filing applications for benefits compensation and
health coverage with local and federal government agencies. Besides his Bachelor’s Degree in Political
Science and a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs, Gil also acquired valuable skills through his experience in
working in the political arena with public figures such as Mayors Willie Brown, George Moscone and Dianne
Feinstein.
Michael Perkins, Facility Manager
Michael oversees all of the maintenance necessities as it relates to the daily function of the Center. His
knowledge in the electrical, plumbing and mechanical trades is essential to the services provided by the
Center. His experience in landscape construction also benefits the exterior maintenance of the facility.
Michael is a versatile people person who enjoys engaging and assisting the clients of the I.T. Bookman
Center.
SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CORPORATION
446 Randolph Street ~ San Francisco, CA 94132
For more information call 415.506.8020or email [email protected]
www.itbookmancenter.org
HONOREES
The Lakeview Hall Of Fame was created to acknowledge individuals who lived or worked in the Oceanview,
Merced Heights Ingleside neighborhood, also known as “Lakeview” for their civic and professional
accomplishments and their positive impact to the greater Bay Area community. This year’s prestigious
honorees are:
Cora McIntrye
Donald Andrews
Cheyenne Bell
Ron and King Wiley
Special Award Recipients:
Diversity and Inclusion Award
Sufi Service Committee
Visionary Award
Members of UCC Pilgrim Community Church
Continuing Service
Top Notch Black Coalition
The Southwest Community Corporation wishes to congratulate each of you on your induction into the
Lakeview Hall of Fame. Your service and accomplishments are an inspiration to all of the residents of the
OMI community. The SCC Board of Directors extends our sincere appreciation for your participation and
helping us keep the dream alive.
Diversity and Inclusion Award
Sufi Service Committee
Sufi Service Committee has volunteered to provide lunch for Seniors without any cost on the last Friday of
each month at the IT Bookman Center for over a year. They have prepared and served healthy portions of
nutritious full course meals. Their service has provided a lift for the center and our senior population.
"Spiritual practice means service to others"--Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
Sufi Service Committee’s mission is to alleviate suffering and promote the welfare of all people. This
mission is consistent with the teachings of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order, a centuries’ old school of spiritual
development that emphasizes that the best way to serve God is to serve people and that spiritual practice
means service to others.
The Sufi Service Committee is dedicated to actualizing human spiritual potential through service. We have
many centers throughout the U.S who follow the same principles and serve their communities providing food
for the homeless and others in need, beautifying neighborhoods, working in community gardens, as well as
joining forces with other charity organizations to serve in their communities.
We also support certain projects around the world that follow similar principles. Of those we can name Casa
Esperanza, a child care center supported by Sufi Service Committee to educate street children in San Miguel
de Allende, Mexico and Centre Sante Nourbakhsh, a Medical Clinic attending the medical needs of anyone in
need, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa.
We are staffed by volunteers, and welcome all who would like to make their ideals a reality through practice.
Sufi Service Committee is a newly formed charity organization and with the help and love of its volunteers
hopes to be able to help a wide range of people in many places in America and in the World.
Visionary Award
Members of Pilgrim Community Church, UCC
Ocean View Community Church began as a Sunday school of four (4) persons in a store on Plymouth Avenue
in 1890.
September 6, 1894, the church changed its name to "The Ocean View Congregational Church of San
Francisco." The first church building at 144-146 Broad Street was deeded to the church for one dollar, in
April of 1895 by Deacon S. Smith of the First Congregational Church of San Francisco. During the pastorate
of Rev. Eugene Still in 1942-1945, the idea of relocating was born.
Six lots were purchased at the present location of 400 Randolph Street. With the growth of this area, the
church became too small and the church decided to relocate in order to better serve the community.
Plans were made to build a larger church. Many fundraising activities were held to raise money and a large
portion of the labor was done by volunteer help.
The present church building was dedicated August 5, 1951.
Continuing Service Award
Top Notch Coalition
The Origin of
Black Coalition and Top Notch
After Reggie Mickel, a high school classmates’ return to the Bay Area in 2001, it was decided by his sister
Tracy Mickel to gather many of his friends together for a barbeque. The barbeque was held at Tracy’s house
who is also one of the original members of The Black Coalition.
The barbeque was such a blast that Tracy Mickel, Mark Burrell, Frank Allen, Duane Thompson and Paula
Jones decided that it would be a good idea to try another gathering on a larger scale. A meeting was held at
Frank Allen’s house in the City of Hayward. In attendance were Black Coalition’s leader and co-founder, the
late Mark Burrell, Duane Thompson, Frank Allen, Tracy Mickel, Tony Parker, Sydney Spencer and Paula
Jones. With the help of Frank Allen, Mark Burrell and Sydney Spencer donations were gathered to support
the event, and make it happen. Frank Allen reserved Kennedy Park in the City of Hayward for the first
“barbeque get-together”. Thus, The Coalition of Progressive Black Men and Women, named by Mark Burrell,
was founded.
The turnout for the first barbeque was amazing. Over 300 people in attendance. Everyone had a great time.
At the barbeque we passed around a note tablet to get everyone’s email address and/or phone numbers in case
we decided to do it again. The request for a repeat was so overwhelming we did it again on the same day the
following year, and again on the same day the year after that…….
Three years later some of us attended a similar event put on by Top Notch at Buchanan Park in the City of
Pittsburg, CA. The President, Robbie Crosley and Vice President, Michael Fontilla from Top Notch were
friends of ours from grade school. Subsequently, we combined forces with Top Notch becoming a combined
organization called Top Notch/Black Coalition. As a combined organization, we decided to bring all
communities together to show the younger people that we can have an event and get along without violence.
Our first picnic together gathered over 1,500 people.
We have now added more members to Top Notch/Black Coalition to include Eva Hilliard, Michele and
Rodell Langston, Doris Haley, and Rhonda Hutchings, with honorary members such as Anna Burrell and John
Patton. We have lost valuable members and friends like Ledra Jones, Ike Scott, Joe Stokes, Jeri Thompson
and co-founder Mark Burrell who we will always be in memory and missed.
Our last barbeque drew close to 3,000 people. We have been going 13 years strong. Our Mission remains the
same, “Bridging the Gap”, and “Bringing folks together for a day of reminiscing, food and fun.” We are also
working on becoming a Non-Profit organization in order to provide scholarships for under-privileged youth.
And with the Grace of God, Above All, Peace and Fellowship!
Coraetta Smith
As Director of IT at Adobe, Coraetta Smith led a team of 100+ technical engineers in seven countries. She has
over 30 years of business and high tech experience and before joining Adobe, she worked in leadership roles
for Fujitsu, Roche Bioscience, and Bank of America.
A recent graduate of the UC Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, she possesses significant strength in
coaching and mentoring employees and executives.
She has studied or worked in over 20 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
She served on the Board of Directors for three years for School of the Arts Foundation in San Francisco and
for two years as a mentor to high school seniors in the Young Scholars Program in San Francisco. Mrs. Smith
has made significant contributions to the national arts communities including the startup of St. Louis Elite
Dance and Ballet Noir in New York.
Coraetta possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She graduated with Summa Cum Laude
honors, a 4.0 GPA and was valedictorian. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke
University’s Fuqua School of Business. She graduated with a 3.5 GPA and was the first African American
woman to be accepted into Duke University’s Executive MBA program.
Coraetta was born and raised in San Francisco and was a proud member of the Lakeview Ingleside
community for over 20 years. She has been married for 35 years, ans is a mother of two successful daughters
and a grandmother of six.
Donald Andrews
To say that Donald Andrews, CEO and founder of Dream Team is a neighborhood icon at the young age of 25
is not an overstatement. First, consider his heritage as a third-generation resident of the neighborhood. Then
there are his music recordings as Paypa Boy -2010’s In Route and 2011’s Stack for the Future. And now, his
Dream Team Store at 101 Broad Street is Lakeview’s first new merchant in nearly ten years.
Inner City Youth offered Donald a positive, but narrow path when he was in 10th grade. Founder, Michael L.
Brown started ICY to help kids like Donald. Donald saw this opportunity and benefitted greatly from the
Inner City Youth (ICY) mentors. A couple of years later, Donald took advantage of ICY’s recording studio to
begin his music career, “painting pictures with my words,” as he reminisced. He partnered with long time
neighborhood friend Ronald Vernon to form the rap group, Dream Team. This partnership started a now
seven year-old and running artistic collaboration.
Donald wanted the Dream Team brand to have a “headquarters,” “a place where kids can go and feel special
and safe.” He wanted the headquarters to be a part of Lakeview and; perhaps, the start of a Broad Street
revitalization.
Drawing upon his interest and experience in apparel, Donald decided to take the Dream Team vision into
clothing. He started with small runs of clothing – simple stuff that you buy and wear – with Dream Teambranding. “High end look at low cost,” he explained. Successive orders quickly sold out. Donald knew he was
ready to build the headquarters.
Donald chose 101 Board Street as the base for the Dream Team. His new shop sits between longtime
businesses – his Mother’s beauty salon and Lacy’s barbershop.
Cheyenne Bell
Cheyenne was the first Director of Community Programs in San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall. One of the most
rewarding parts of her job was helping to develop programs for at-risk youth. Her responsibilities as director
involved program development, funding, coordination of services between non-profits and city departments
that serve children, families and youth, as well as ensuring that comprehensive services were developed in
high risk communities. Cheyenne particularly enjoyed providing culturally based and gender-specific
programs to the youth in juvenile hall.
Cheyenne earned her BA in Political Science from Howard University and graduated magna cum laude. She
returned home to San Francisco and received her Juris Doctor from UC Hastings College of Law. She
received a Regional Herber Community Law Fellowship with Legal Aid of Alameda and worked there for a
year. After her stint at legal aid, Cheyenne worked for Bayview Hunter’s Point Community Defender’s
Office for 10 years. She was a highly-motivated staff attorney and excelled to senior trial attorney then to
chief counsel before she changed careers and went to work in San Francisco Juvenile Hall.
As director, Cheyenne’s biggest challenge was trying to find a reasonable balance between the needs and
demands of the community and the needs and demands of the department. After an arduous process, she
succeeded in getting the probation department to look at community based alternatives to detention and
incarceration. Cheyenne was the director for 11 years before she retired. When she came to the department,
there were only three funded community programs. When she left 11 years later, there were over 80 funded
community programs. In the words of Cheyenne, “I was challenged to the utmost, but I left with a sincere
feeling of accomplishment.”
Each year, The Center for Young Women’s Development honors the memory of Cheyenne by hosting The
Cheyenne Bell Leadership Awards. The recipients are individuals who advocate on behalf of those in the
juvenile and adult justice system. The Annual Cheyenne Bell Memorial Golf Tournament was established to
honor her legacy. And each year the funds raised are donated to The Center for Young Women’s
Development.
Cheyenne grew up in the Lakeview area of San Francisco. She attended Sheridan Elementary, San Miguel
Elementary, Aptos Junior High and graduated from Balboa High School. Cheyenne was also an active
member of Bell Chapel. Cheyenne has one child, Ayinde Tyehimba Bell-Stampp 24.
Ronald Yale Wiley
Ronald Yale Wiley was born on November 4, 1959 at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco, California to the
loving and supportive parents Charles and Gerlie Wiley. He graduated from Balboa high school in June of
1977.
It was while attending Balboa that he met the love of his life Covetter Leverett. They dated in the ensuing
years after graduation and married on February 27, 1982. To this union were born Dante Jajuan
and Kalesha Lynae in 1982 and 1984 respectively.
Ron was a dedicated family man and diligent worker gaining employment with the Richmond Fire
Department in July of 1991. Through his hard work and desire to provide the best for his family he rose
quickly through the ranks to the position of Deputy Fire Marshal by 2003.
King Charles Wiley
King Wiley retired after having a noble career, providing 30 years of dedicated service with the Oakland Fire
Department. He proudly served as President of the Oakland Black Firefighters Association, and 15 years as
an e-board member for IAFF Local 55. Well known for his tireless efforts and unselfish contributions,
sharing his knowledge, experience, mentoring, and aspiring hundreds of people both inside and outside of the
Fire Service.
Working in the community with seniors and youth has always been a high priority, with a goal of providing
the essential tools and information to assist and educate.
King has distinguished himself as a leader by spearheading the fundraiser for the Joint Haiti Relief efforts
with the Oakland Fire Department, Golden State Warriors and American Red Cross.
He was instrumental in raising awareness of prostate cancer in the Oakland Fire department through his
collaboration with the Prostrate Cancer Foundation and the Oakland Raiders. As a result Oakland City Hall
was illuminated in blue lights for one week in September.
Some of his other community services were the carbon monoxide detector campaign and the partnership with
First Alert, Alan Temple Annual Holistic Health Fair – free health screening, and the OBFFA Christmas
Basket giveaway.
King has been honored for his public service by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Deputy Mayor Sandre Swanson
and City Council Members, Alameda County Supervisors, and the Honorable Congresswoman Barbara Lee
9th District of California.
Born in Oakland and raised in San Francisco-Ingleside (Lakeview) participating in the grassroot programs
(Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers, Junior Achievement, 100 Bucks, OMI, and Sports) was very
instrumental to his life along with the support and love from family.
The Southwest Community Corporation Board of Directors and the 4th Annual Lakeview Hall of Fame
honorees would like to express our sincere thanks to the following corporate sponsors:
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A Special Thanks…….
…....to the following individuals and corporations for generously volunteering their time or for their financial
contribution in making this fundraiser a great success. Your kindness, dedication and generous support are
greatly appreciated.
U.C.C Pilgrim Community Church
Patio Espanol
Dr. Rhoss/Top Hat Productions
Warren Grayson, Action Litho
Marnitha Barnes
Celeste Jones
San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798
Staff & Volunteers at the I.T. Bookman Ctr.
THANKS!!!
Each and every one of you that attended the 4th Annual Lakeview Hall Of Fame Dinner & Dance.
IT Bookman Community Center
446 Randolph St. (at the corner of Arch St.)
San Francisco, CA. 94132
415 586 8020
Email: [email protected]
www.itbookmancenter.org
THANKS!!!
IT Bookman Community Center Activities 2013 - 2014
IT Bookman Community Center
Thank You for your continued support
IT Bookman
446 Randolph Street
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 586-8020
www.itbookmancenter.org
[email protected]
IT Bookman Community Center