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48 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MARCH 2020 African American Cultural Club As part of our mission to support the Four Seasons Emergency Preparedness Program, the Amateur Radio Club operates on two different radio bands: the Family Radio Service (FRS) on Ultra High Frequency (UHF) channels and the 2-meter Amateur Radio Very High Frequency (VHF) band which requires an FCC license to use. FRS is a "no license required" service that anyone can use with radios that are relatively inexpensive and widely available commercially. If you are interested in helping your community in an emergency, but do not want to go through any of the requirements for licensing, then FRS and our club may be for you! Come to one of our meetings and see what we're all about--we'll help you to set up your radio and you'll be able to participate in our weekly network when we check in via radio with other members of the community. Our meetings are held the last Friday of every month at the RCN at 10 am and we'd be very happy to see you! ~ Pete Hersey pandvhersey@ verizon.net RADIO CLUB "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.'' ~ Alice Walker YOU'VE GOT THE POWER When Reconstruction ended in 1877, states across the south implemented new laws to restrict the voting rights of African- Americans. Many African-Americans who attempted to vote were threatened physically or feared losing their jobs. One of the major goals of the Civil Rights Movement was to register voters across the south in order for African-Americans to gain political power. Even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race, efforts by civil rights organizations to register black voters met with fierce resistance in many southern states, such as Alabama. On March 25, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led more than 2,000 nonviolent demonstrators (black and white) across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. It was a five-day, 54 mile march from Selma, where local African- Americans, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had been campaigning for voter rights. The long struggle for African-American voting rights was part of a centuries-old effort to ensure that the United States Constitution applied to all citizens, not just white male landowners. However, despite the passage of many constitutional amendments, federal and state laws, and Supreme Court cases, the full participation of every American citizen in elections is still an ideal that has never been reached. Tuesday, March 3, is Election Day in California... USE YOUR POWER AND VOTE! Upcoming Events: June 19 – Juneteenth Celebration Oct. 3 – Concert Under the Stars Dec. 12 – Christmas Gala The AACC meets the first Monday of every month in The Lodge Game Room at 6 pm. For more information, email infotoaacc@gmail.com. ~ Joyce Butler The ArtRage photography exhibit Selma to Montgomery March 1965 A group of 200 civil rights marchers walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge