Promotion

Nov 15 2012

Sather honored in front of 250 Marines

LANCASTER, Calif.—Charles Sather, a community service officer assigned to the sheriff's Lancaster Station, learned Saturday that he received a promotion from the U.S. Marine Corps more than 40 years ago he hadn't been aware of, the department announced today.

Deputy Mike Ruiz, who works at the station, was picked to select a guest of honor for a formal ball honoring the United States Marine Corps on its 237th birthday.

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Dec 8 2011

Kwame Cooper, a 31-year veteran

Newly minted Assistant Chief Kwame Cooper had much to smile about at his 8 a.m. badge ceremony on Dec. 1 in the Fire Commission Room in City Hall East. He was making history of sorts, as one of three current assistant chiefs and only the seventh Black fireman so honored in the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Sep 16 2010

Becomes LAPD’s highest ranking Black woman

Growing up in inner city New Jersey, Regina Scott always saw police officers strolling into her community, but she never saw an African American female in uniform.

“Then I saw Christie Love, and knew I wanted to become a police officer,” recalls Scott, who chose that route even though people steadily told her it wouldn’t happen.

Undeterred, Scott began plotting a career course that would prepare her for that dream job.

Sep 10 2010

Captain III Regina Scott

LOS ANGELES - Police Chief Charlie Beck announced a reorganization of the Los Angeles Police Department, as well as the promotion of several officers -- including the first black woman to be given the rank of commander.

Captain III Regina Scott's promotion will become effective Oct. 10. She will then become the assistant commanding officer of the LAPD's Information Technology Bureau.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”