Thandisizwe Chimurenga speaks with Keshia Brunston, a member of the Los Angeles Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant (http://bit.ly/cbh9XS) who talks about her nephew, Deaundre Brunston, murdered by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies in August, 2003; Sharon L. Graine, founder of Playhouse Theatre Players, talks about the life of Mary Ellen “Nanny” Pleasant, once said to be the richest Black woman in California (and possibly the U.S.); and Sis. Noluthando Williams of the Many Hands Project talks about local efforts to help our sisters and brothers in Haiti. The oldest free Black republic in the western hemisphere, Haiti suffered a devastating 7.0 earthquake on January 12.





