Posts Tagged ‘barbara becnel’
Men and Women of Purpose draw Richmond leaders to open house event
More than 120 people crowded into the parking lot of the Neighborhood House of North Richmond around noon Friday for music and food. They also learned more about the Men and Women of Purpose, the new community-based nonprofit a that offers programs aimed at reducing violence, recidivism, homelessness, drug abuse and chronic unemployment. “The turnout,…
Read MoreGoodbye to you, Fred Jackson
Nearly 400 friends, family, dignitaries and well-wishers turned out for the midday service, which was a medley of love and music and anecdotes that all agreed would have induced Jackson’s trademark wide grin.
Read MorePart 7: North Richmond’s troubled environmental history
From the corner of Filbert Street and Chesley Avenue, the unofficial center of North Richmond, a person gets the full sensory onslaught that the community has endured for decades.
Read MoreRichmond icon steps into history at Oxford debate
Long time anti-death penalty advocate Barbara Becnel represented her point of view with a triumphal debate at Oxford Union.
Read MoreBecnel to headline anti-death penalty event in Richmond
With controversy over California’s use of capital punishment intensifying, anti-death penalty activists are looking to expand their outreach statewide – including into Richmond.
Read MoreA Richmond activist fights gangs and governors
It’s not hard to imagine how Barbara Becnel charmed her way into spending more than 12 hours a day with Los Angeles gangsters for a year and a half. Or befriended a former gangster on death row for murder. Or ran for governor of California.
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