The Gibbs's Columnists
writes the column, The Stokes Report. She appears on local talk shows, she is an educator, a mentor; she has successfully raised children to adulthood.
is a student at SF State University. He is a trained drug counselor, working with young people who are having problems with drugs and adjustment. He is completing his degree in Social Work.
is a photographer who has captured a number of celebrities and others in his lens, and he has been published in a number of periodicals and newspapers throughout the country. He also writes articles for Gibbs from time to time.
David Palmer
P.O.Box 71842
Oakland, CA 94612
is a disbled person who is a disability advocate. He is a history major and a keen social observer. He lloves sports and is a profilic writer and poet. He writes The Gray Line.
is a Broadcast-Journalism major at a local college. She writes about family matters in the column called, Family Matters. She is the proud mother of twin sons.
Susan
Robinson
is a student atUC Berkeley
in the Spring of 2002. Her major is English. She is a writer, interviewer,
and editor for Gibbs and Mirror-Gibbs Publications; she
writes the column, A Day in Black History,
Just A Guy
A young Black professional who works in the San Francisco
Financial District. His views are strong and he desires to write with
anonymity.
Chairman of the Gibbs Board. He is often a contributing editor to Gibbs magazine. He focuses on education.
Tony Jackson, Ph.D.
is a contributing editor to Gibbs. He is a Psychology
Professor at a local community college. He writes on issues of a psychological
interest.
Tracy Baker
A poet and an observer of life and events, she tries to make sense out
of them. She has a daughter and writes while in class and in between
college classes.
Lucia Sanchez
is a poet and a writer. She is
Oakland born and is a college student.
She is the Poetry Editor for Gibbs
Dianna
Miller
A student at
Mills College in Oakland, she is an intern and volunteer who writes, does
research on various articles, and helps Gibbs and Mirror-Gibbs Publications
function smoothly
Anna
Libet
A native
of California, currently residing in Oakland, she is a student at Laney
College, and is planning to major in English Literature or Philosophy.
She aspires to become a journalist and novelist. She began writing a year
ago as an exploration into emotional and psychological issues affecting
her life. She is passionate about poetry in particular because as she
states, "It is the language of epiphanies - it is a means of discovering
and confronting the truth."
Simond
Griote
was raised in San Francisco as the only child. He went to SF Bay Area
schools and worked for PG&E for many years. He writes poetry, essays,
and has just completed a novel--Sore In The Soul--published by Mirror-Gibbs
Teresa Sublett
is a student at University of SF. She writes on a
number of issues, ranging from history to local personalities and scholars.
Lovemore
Mataire
A senior
political reporter for The Herald--a national daily newspaper
based in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. I started working for this
newspaper in 1997 after graduating from the Harare Polytechnic with
a National Diploma in Mass Communication and Journalism. I started as
a cadet, junior reporter, rising to a senior reporter, and I am now
working on the political desk, covering Africa and the international
arena.
Frank A. Jones,
CEO/Publisher
Gibbs Community Foundation, Gibbs Magazine, Mirror-Gibbs
Publications, and Gibbs Technical.
