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Annual Black nurses conference heading to San Francisco in 2024
Annual Black nurses conference heading to San Francisco in 2024
The National Black Nurses Association announced it would be moving its annual conference from Florida to right here in the Bay Area; officials with the organization say it’s a result of anti-Black legislation that has recently been passed in Florida.
SAN FRANCISCO – The National Black Nurses Association announced it would be moving its annual conference from Florida to right here in the Bay Area; officials with the organization say it’s a result of anti-Black legislation that has recently been passed in Florida.
“We had to go with what the majority of the members clearly articulated to us was their concern about us holding our conference in an environment that feels hostile toward us,” Sheldon Fields, president of the National Black Nurses Association told KTVU.
In May, the NAACP put out a travel advisory for Black people who may consider heading to Florida; that advisory cited anti-Black legislation as a key concern for Black travelers.
The National Black Nurses Association put out a survey to its members this year to learn more about their feelings on the conference’s host state. The responses echoed what the group’s leadership had been hearing anecdotally over the past year:
“The overwhelming majority, 84%, said that we should move the conference,” Fields said.
Fields says a racially-motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida at a Dollar General in August that left three people dead also led to more members speaking out.
“This decision ultimately was made out of the utmost safety for our members. We really could not take the risk of anybody being hurt,” Fields told KTVU.
The NBNA stands to lose a big chunk of cash due to the conference’s relocation: the association will likely pay nearly half a million dollars to cancel its reservation at the Florida hotel. Fields says the change is still more than worth it.
“The life of an NBNA member is absolutely invaluable,” he said.
KTVU reached out to San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s office, which said she welcomes any opportunity to bring conferences to the city.
“As we do with every conference, we will work with our hospitality partners to welcome the attendees and ensure resources are in place to make the event safe, welcoming, and vibrant,” Breed’s office said.
SF Travel tells us that visitors are a “powerful economic driver” for the city, bringing money into hotels, restaurants and retailers. Many small business owners could stand to benefit more from a conference like this than they did during APEC because of the stark differences in security protocols.
APEC was designated a National Special Security Event, and it was the first time an event of its kind took place in the city.
NBNA conference isn’t the only one coming to San Francisco. SF Travel says more than 20 conferences are scheduled to come through the city over the next year.
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San Francisco Takes Down Flag Found at Justice Alito’s House and Called a ‘Jan. 6 Symbol’ by the NYT — After Flying It for the Last 60 Years
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The city of San Francisco has taken down an “Appeal to Heaven” flag that’s flown in its Civic Central Plaza for 60 years after the The New York Times described it as a “January 6 symbol” in a piece noting that it flew at a beach home owned by Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito and his wife.
The white flag, which depicts a pine tree in the center of it with the words “An Appeal to Heaven” emblazoned above it, was taken down by the city on Saturday, around three and a half years after the January 6 Capitol riot took place and just a few days after the Times piece castigating Alito for flying it came out.
It was first raised by the city in 1964 as part of a project to highlight various flags of historical significance to the country. The Appeal to Heaven flag was designed by George Washington’s private secretary and flown by the commanding general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Pine trees were a symbol of resistance in revolutionary-era New England and the quote comes from John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government.
Nevertheless, the Times insinuated — and Alito’s left-wing critics insisted — that it constituted proof of the Justice’s allegiance to 2020 election conspiracy theories. “Justice Alito’s Beach House Displayed ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag, a Jan. 6 Symbol,” read one of the headlines affixed to the article.
In a letter rejecting calls for his recusal from January 6-related cases on Wednesday, Alito wrote that he “had no involvement in the decision to fly that flag” and noted that his “wife is fond of flying flags.”
He continued:
I was not familiar with the “Appeal to Heaven” flag when my wife flew it. She may have mentioned that it dates back to the American Revolution, and I assumed she was flying it to express a religious and patriotic message. I was not aware of any connection between this historic flag and the “Stop the Steal Movement,” and neither was my wife. She did not fly it to associate herself with that or any other group, and the use of an old historic flag by a new group does not necessarily drain that flag of all other meanings.
“A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude that this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal,” added Alito. “I am therefore duty-bound to reject your recusal request.”
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Hunters Point Tennis Courts, originally dedicated by Arthur Ashe, reopened in San Francisco
The project was a joint collaboration between Youth Tennis Advantage (YTA), the San Francisco Housing Authority, and San Franciscans for Sports and Recreation (SFFSR). The upgrade cost $271,000—$223,000 contributed by the SFFSR, and the additional $48,000 coming from the USTA Foundation.
“Congratulations to YTA for getting the Hunters Point courts back up and running,” said Gilbert. “It’s exactly what the community needs. There’s nothing better than tennis courts and helping kids. It’s a pillar of the community with education.”
“Having these beautiful four tennis courts where YTA has been running this program for all these years, it’s just going to revitalize everything that they’re doing,” said Seth Socolow, volunteer executive director for SFFSR.
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Fentanyl laced with animal tranquilizer leading to overdoses across US; supervisor urges SF to test
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A new drug could be on the streets in San Francisco. A city supervisor is sounding the alarm, asking the city to test for the new opioid that is leading to hundreds of overdoses in multiple cities across the county.
Fentanyl took the lives of more than 600 people in San Francisco in 2023.
Now, experts say Fentanyl is being laced with a new drug that could lead to an even greater toll.
“The city of Chicago, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and also Toronto and Vancouver are seen Medetomidine adulterating the fentanyl drug supply. This is a very potent and dangerous animal tranquilizer,” said Matt Dorsey, SF Supervisor.
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San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey sent a letter to the city’s health department and the medical examiner’s office asking that the potent animal tranquilizer be added to the hundreds of drugs tested every year giving San Francisco a chance to respond.
“I want to make sure that San Francisco is ready for this. I know that in Philadelphia just in the last month in 3-4 days there were more than 600 people hospitalized from Medetomidine because it was laced with fentanyl drug supply,” said Supervisor Dorsey.
UCSF’s Dr. Daniel Ciccarone has been studying drugs for decades.
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The effects of fentanyl continue to linger on as a person continues with their daily life, in most cases awake but not able to stand up straight.
“The concern is that because its sedating that could go in the wrong direction when you’re already on sedating opioid like fentanyl now you have two sedating drugs. A double downer and that will increase the risk for overdose,” said Ciccarone.
We got a rare look inside the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s toxicology lab. More than 200 substances are tested for every case.
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Dr. Luke Rodda, San Francisco’s Chief Forensic toxicologist said they are constantly detecting different types of drugs
“The last several years we have noticed drugs such as Xylazine but also Bromazolam. Both designer or drugs that were previously used in other areas of our industries such as veterinary drugs. Also been found in decedents of an accidental overdose,” said Dr. Rodda.
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Now they have Medetomidine to add to the list.
“We periodically update our test regime when feasible and that certainly a substance that we would add to our list testing regime,” said Dr. Rodda.
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