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San Francisco Black Film Festival XXIII Fact Sheet

June 10-June 13, 2021

The San Francisco Black Film Festival is the brainchild of the late arts impresario Ave Montague.  It is a rare Black legacy organization in San Francisco as Kali O’Ray and Katerra Crossley, Montague’s son and daughter-in-law, became the directors in 2010. Due to the untimely demise of Kali O’Ray just three weeks before the entertainment industry lost Chadwick Boseman, the leadership now includes Cree Ray and Kali Ray, the children of Kali O’Ray who joins Katera Crossley to continue the legacy.  Annually more than 50 films are screened at various venues in San Francisco giving both the independent filmmaker and Hollywood actors and filmmakers an opportunity to interact and exchange ideas as the festival is a platform for thought provoking panels, parties and film showcases.

The Coronavirus Pandemic impacted the festival as all entertainment and most businesses were impacted.  Yet it did not stop the growth of the festival as Director Kali O’Ray gave blessings for publicist and community development director, Jackie Wright of Wright Enterprises to initiate international projects with the Durban International Film Festival and Durban Film Mart.  The projects continue in the current year of the festival as it expands its vision to engage the worldwide African Diaspora.

The San Francisco Black Film Festival that delivered in the virtual space at the height of the pandemic will continue to do so with plans underway to include live events as the City of San Francisco allows for socially-distanced events.   

A characteristic of the San Francisco Black Film Festival has always been the family-friendly prices. The family-friendly priced tickets will be on sale in early June.  They can be found at the festival website: www.sfbff.org.  The San Francisco Black Film Festival is open to everyone.  It’s an opportunity for all multicultural Bay Area residents and visitors to San Francisco see the worldwide African Diaspora from an affirming perspective. The San Francisco Film Festival films and venues can be found at www.sfbff.org.  Family friendly priced tickets are $10-$50 (All Acess Festival Pass).

Community involvement is a mainstay of the San Francisco Black Film Festival which has given job training opportunities in the areas of event planning, customer service, public relations, writing, photography, social media and other life skills training.  Working with the National Coalition of 100 Black Women San Francisco Chapter’s Doris Ward Workforce Employment and Training Program, The San Francisco Black Film Festival has not only made a difference in the lives of hundreds of filmmakers, it has trained youth and trainsitioning adults for a better path to employment for the past three years.  The San Francisco Black Film Festival “Walks the Talk” as it is the change it wants to see when it comes to social justice.

The establishment of the Jeff Adachi Social Justice Award for filmmakers who embark on equity and equality themes in their films is just another indication of the San Francisco Black Film Festival being true to its core value of “Healing the World One Film at A Time.”                         

HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST FESTIVALS

San Francisco Black Film Festival & Durban South Africa 2020

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/521952379/sf-black-film-festival-xxii-virtually-possible-thru-august-30th-via-atlanta-ga-san-diego-ca-durban-south-africa

 

San Francisco Black Film Festival Promoted Equal Standard @DIFF

https://www.prlog.org/12838487-black-lives-matter-takes-stage-at-durban-international-film-festival-with-equal-standard.html

 

San Francisco Black Film Festival Jeff Adachi Media Briefing @ Cinemark 2019

https://www.prlog.org/12777045-view-films-screened-at-tribute-to-late-sf-public-defender-jeff-adachi-san-francisco-black-film-festival-xxi.html

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Don Cheadle's "Miles Ahead" 2018

https://www.prlog.org/12713223-san-francisco-black-film-festival-xx-june-14-17-just-the-facts-at-glance.html

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Danny Glover Headlines San Francisco Black Film Festival 2017
https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Danny-Glover-in-person-to-kick-off-SF-Black-Film-11217951.php#photo-13055093

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“Lambadina” Opening Night San Francisco Black Film Festival @ SF State University 2016

https://lca.sfsu.edu/events/2016-06-17-010000-2016-06-17-040000/814791

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“Restored Me” San Francisco Black Film Festival at AMC  1000 2016

https://youtu.be/sJGVk4AVUjU

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KPIX Interview with Mayor Willie Brown & Kevin Epps 2015- “America’s Still the Place” based on San Franciscan Charlie Walker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDd9GUWhSU

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“America's Still the Place” Directed by Patrick Giles

http://sfbayview.com/2015/06/the-san-francisco-black-film-festival-enriched-thousands-of-moviegoers-left-them-eager-for-more/

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SF Black Film Festival at Dolby Laboratories 2014

Life of a King with Cuba Gooding Jr. & Dennis Haysbert
https://www.prlog.org/12333880

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NFL's Desean Jackson's Film/Media Briefing at Dolby Laboratories 2013

https://www.prlog.org/12154613

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Robert Townsend 2012
http://sfbayview.com/2012/06/champion-karim-mayfield-and-director-robert-townsend-bring-knockout-power-and-star-power-to-san-francisco-black-film-festival/

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Mario Van Peebles 2011
https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/strong-second-act/Content?oid=2181850

About San Francisco Black Film Festival

Ave Montague (1945-2009), arts impresario, fashion industry executive, publicist, founded the San Francisco Black Film Festival in 1998.   Montague created the San Francisco Black Film Festival, a 501c3 nonprofit, with the artistic vision to provide a platform for Black filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors to present their art. As a competitive film festival, SFBFF identifies filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors that are emerging as talents and established artists who are contributing to the cinematic legacy of African Americans. SFBFF conscientiously expands the notions of “Black film-making” to a global perspective. The organization is multicultural and inclusive of all in the expression of the African Diaspora experience.   The San Francisco Black Film Festival has screened more than 10,000 films from around the world.  Kali O’Ray (son of Ave Montague) and his wife Katera Crossley, both formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, co-directed The San Francisco Black Film Festival until O’Ray’s untimely death in August 2020.  Now the festival is directed with O’Ray’s children Cree Ray and Kali Ray.  

The Mission of the San Francisco Black Film Festival is to celebrate African American cinema and the African Cultural Diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films – from emerging and established filmmakers. This is accomplished by presenting Black films, which reinforce positive images and dispel negative stereotypes, and providing film artists from the Bay Area in particular and around the world in general, a forum for their work to be viewed and discussed.  The San Francisco Black Film Festival believes film can lead to a better understanding of and communication between, peoples of diverse cultures, races, and lifestyles, while simultaneously serving as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.  For more information about the San Francisco Black Film Festival visit www.sfbff.org.

 

 

CISA Announces Transfer of the .gov Top-Level Domain from U.S. General Services Administration

 

CISA Announces Transfer of the .gov Top-Level Domain from U.S. General Services Administration
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is announced that starting April 27, CISA has taken over management of the .gov top-level domain, a milestone required within 120 days of enactment of the DOTGOV Act of 2020.

.gov is moving to CISA

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.gov exists so that the online services of bona fide U.S.-based government organizations are easy to identify on the internet. Increasing and normalizing its use helps the public know where to find official government information – and where not to.

For those that use it, .gov is critical infrastructure: it’s central to the availability and integrity of thousands of online services relied upon by millions of users. Since it underpins communication with and within these institutions, all aspects of .gov’s administration have cybersecurity significance.

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Because of this, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will be the new policy and management authority for the .gov top-level domain (TLD), assuming governance from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). This is happening under the DOTGOV Act of 2020, legislation that was part of the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. For more than 20 years, GSA has supported government organizations and worked to make .gov a trusted space. CISA is committed to that aim, too. We’ll be good stewards of the program GSA created and .gov’s shared infrastructure, and we thank the dedicated public servants at GSA for their work.

For current .gov registrants, the transfer won’t impact use of the .gov registrar, which is where domains are managed, renewed, and where new domains can be requested. GSA and CISA are working together to ensure a seamless transition in day-to-day operations, which will be finalized by late April.

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In the coming months and years, CISA intends to provide a user-centered platform for DNS management, help government organizations maintain better awareness of the security threats their .gov systems are exposed to, and offer additional services to support the privacy, reliability, accessibility, and speed of .gov domains.

The DOTGOV Act reports Congress’ finding that “the .gov internet domain should be available at no cost or a negligible cost” to U.S.-based government organizations. CISA is working on this – and we ask for your patience. The way .gov domains are priced is tied closely with the service contract to operate the TLD, and change in the price of a domain is not expected until next year. The Act also contemplates the use of Homeland Security Grants for “migrating any online service” to .gov, a process we will work out with FEMA.

.gov holds a unique place in internet history, and we couldn’t be more excited to honor and build on that legacy. If you’re from the government, we’re here to help:

• To obtain a .gov domain, check out dotgov.gov.
• If you’re a U.S.-based government organization, we want to hear what you’d like to see in .gov and what challenges we can help resolve: email us at dotgov@cisa.dhs.gov.

Pathways Internship Temporary Experience Program (ITEP) Now Accepting Applications May 2021

 

 

	Pathways Internship Temporary Experience Program (ITEP) Now Accepting Applications
	The U.S. Department of State is currently accepting applications for the Pathways Internship Temporary Experience Program (ITEP). Visit USAJOBS to start the online application process and view the following vacancy announcement numbers. These vacancy announcements will be open from May 12 to May 17, 2021 or when the application cutoff limit has been reached for each position. Each vacancy will close on whichever day the first of these conditions is met. If the application limit is reached on the same day the announcement opens, the open and close date will be the same. Candidates are encouraged to read the entire announcement before submitting their application packages. Veterans’ preference regulations apply.
	Title Series USAJOBS No. Location Cutoff Student Trainee (General Mathematics and Statistics) 01599 GS-07:HRSC/PATH-2021-0027 Washington, DC 50 Student Trainee (General Mathematics and Statistics) 01599 GS-09:HRSC/PATH-2021-0028 Washington, DC 50
	Student Trainees work closely with the U.S. diplomats and Civil Service professionals who carry out America’s foreign policy initiatives. To witness and participate in U.S. foreign policy formulation and implementation, consider the Pathways Internship Temporary Experience Program (ITEP) with the U.S. Department of State. ITEP participants are on temporary appointments that allow for seasonal employment (during summers and holiday breaks from academic program) as well as year-round employment should their academic programs allow.  These appointments are limited to a year or less with possibility for extensions in one-year increments. This will be determined at the time of selection. If you have any questions or would like to search for topics of interest, please contact Pathways@state.gov or visit our forums or FAQs at careers.state.gov.
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An Open Letter from 72 Pastors. Washington, D.C. May 2021

 

Read the full letter here!

Deficiencies Related to Multiple Homicides at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia 05/10/2021

Care and Oversight Deficiencies Related to Multiple Homicides at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia 05/10/2021 08:00 PM EDT   The VA Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Office of Investigations was contacted by the Facility Director in June 2018 who reported concerns related to the suspicious deaths of nine patients from profound hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). A criminal investigation was initiated. The OIG Office of Healthcare Inspections immediately commenced a parallel healthcare inspection. Healthcare inspectors finalized their evaluation after OIG investigators completed the criminal case. On July 14, 2020, Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant, pled guilty to seven counts of second degree murder and one count of assault with the intent to commit murder by deliberately administering insulin to eight patients. The OIG found that the facility had serious clinical and administrative failures, including hiring and medication security practices, communication of clinical information, and patient safety deficiencies that contributed to Ms. Mays’s criminal actions not being identified and stopped earlier. The OIG made three recommendations to the Under Secretary for Health related to adjudicator follow-up of unreturned background investigation documentation, rescue medication security and management, and mortality data analyses. Two recommendations were made to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Director to conduct management reviews of the care of patients discussed in this report and a broader evaluation of patients who may have been harmed in other ways by Ms. Mays’s actions. Ten recommendations were made to the Facility Director related to the Pharmacy Service’s inventory accountability, endocrinology consults, clinical communication expectations, clinical documentation reviews, clinical care-related reporting expectations, patient safety event training, interdisciplinary mortality workgroup activities, oversight and reporting, and a culture of safety. This service is provided to you at no charge by Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG).