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Nabeehah Shakir, Culture Intervention Specialist for Middle and High School with over three decades of experience in Oakland, California as an educator: teacher, professional development designer, coordinator,presenter, and principal. She now serves as an Educational Consultant providing classroom instructional and presenting professional development, Culture Intervention in collaboration with the Oakland Alliance of Black Educators (OABE). There is a State of Oakland Schools forum scheduled for Tuesday, SEPT. 14, 2010, 4-6 PM, at Castlemont High School hosted by OABE, now a part of the Superintendent's Strategic plan. Ms. Sabree Shakir serves as an OABE Executive. Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste is a Haitian American soprano who is one of the newest residents at Opera San Jose. She opens the season in the title role: ANNA KARENINA, in the West Coast premiere of a new American Opera, Sept. 12, the opera is up Sept. 11-26, (408) 437-4450 or online at www.operasj.org. We close with an interview with artist Sellassie,