Bill Cobbs and Friends 
host fundraiser for
Cheryl R. Brown
Candidate for 47^th Assembly District

Cheryl Brown: A Respected Community Voice for over 30 Years

For more than three decades, Cheryl Brown has served her community. With her BA from Cal State San Bernardino, Cheryl went to work for the San Bernardino County Planning Department. She later served on the County and City Planning Commissions for 17 years. During her tenure as a commissioner, she was elected president of the California County Commissioners’ Association.

In 1980, Cheryl and her husband Hardy founded Brown Publishing Company to produce a local paper, Black Voice News, focusing on community events and points of view, which has kept its presses running for 31 years. Cheryl and Hardy, married for 48 years, have been recognized as the only living publishers to be included in the 175^th anniversary of the Black Press in America. Their names were added to such historic publishers as Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Carlotta Bass – all of whom overcame great obstacles to publish the truth and to give voice to stories that had gone untold.

Cheryl’s years of experience in the California legislature extends from her posting as district representative for State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod to her current work for Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter.

In addition to her newspaper publishing credentials, Cheryl’s experience as a journalist includes serving as a television talk-show host for 12 years on local access television, KCSB Channel 3, and appearing as a guest on Burden of Proof, MSNBC, the Brian Williams’ Show and Channel 11 Fox News.

As an active community member, Cheryl has worked with such groups as the Inland Empire Urban League, Arrowhead United Way, YWCA, San Gorgonio Girl Scout Council and her church, the San Bernardino St. Paul A.M.E. where she serves as trustee. Cheryl also helps spearhead local events including: Take a Cop to Lunch, Bill Pickett Rodeo, Charles Dickens’ Festival and Footsteps to Freedom, the Underground Railroad Field Study Program.

With her 30 years of service to her state and community, Cheryl Brown is now running for the California Assembly to represent her district. She has a very personal stake in the future of her district with four children, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

“What I want for my family, I want for ALL families: a safe community that provides good jobs, innovative business opportunities, excellent schools and quality, affordable healthcare.”

Bill Cobbs Mini Biography

Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician for eight years; he also worked in office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland. In 1970, at the age of 36, he left for New York to seek work as an actor. There he turned down a job in the NBC sales department in order to have time for auditions. He supported himself by driving a cab, repairing office equipment, selling toys, and performing odd jobs. His first professional acting role was in "Ride a Black Horse" at the Negro Ensemble Company. From there he appeared in small theater productions, street theater, regional theater and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. His first television credit was in "Vegetable Soup" (1976), a New York public television educational series, and he made his feature film debut in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) in 1974. In his free time Cobbs enjoys music, reading, and playing his drums.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Get Low 

Bill Cobbs as Charlie Jackson

Director: Aaron Schneider 

Storyline

Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) is a hermit who has no regard for anybody in the town or anyone who wants to get to know him. But one day, after a fellow old hermit as died and he hears people in the town telling stories about him, he decides that he needs to get these stories out in the public. He recruits Frank (Bill Murray) the local funeral home director to host his own funeral. This way he can hear what everyone is saying about him, and get the truth to his past out in the open. But will he be able to get anybody to come? And will he be able to reveal his secrets?

The Ultimate Gift

Bill Cobbs as Mr. Theophilus Hamilton

Director: Michael O. Sajbel

Storyline

Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: "What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?" Jason had a very simple relationship with his impossibly wealthy Grandfather, Howard "Red" Stevens. He hated him. No heart-to-heart talks, no warm fuzzies, just cold hard cash. So of course he figured that when Red died, the whole "reading of the will" thing would be another simple cash transaction, that his Grandfather's money would allow him to continue living in the lifestyle to which he had become accustomed. But what Red left him was anything but simple. Red instead devised a plan for Jason to experience a crash course on life...

The Bodyguard

Bill Cobbs as Devaney

Director: Mick Jackson

Storyline

A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's secret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home.

Night at the Museum

Bill Cobbs as Reginald

Director: Shawn Levy

Storyline

In New York, unemployed and divorced Larry Daley is a complete loser. His son Nick is very disappointed with his father who is going to be evicted. Larry accepts the job of night watchman in the Museum of Natural History and takes the place of three old security guards that have just retired in order to raise some money and pay his bills. On his first shift, Larry soon realizes that everything at the museum is not as it seems as the statues begin to come to life after the sun sets. The Museum transforms into complete chaos with the inexperienced Larry in charge as he learns that an old Egyptian stone that came to the Museum in 1950 brings these statues to life until dawn. When Larry brings his son to spend a night with him, the three old guards break into the Museum to try to steal the magical stone. Larry organizes all the historic characters to help him stop the criminals and save the museum.

Chef Mouton

Chef Jude T. Mouton "Chef" is a master chef who was first taught how to cook by his father in Lafayette /New Orleans, Louisiana at the tender age of 13. He was so enamored with cooking that his fellow teammates on his high school football team would tease him because he was enrolled in the typically "girlie" Home Economics course, which allowed him to cook. Chef received his culinary education and training from the American Culinary Federation, New Orleans, Louisiana. While there, Chef completed his executive and sous chef training, learned the art of pastries, garnishing and ice sculpturing. Chef later created "Chef Mouton's Catering", which quickly became well-known throughout Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire. His company has strived to maintain the highest quality food flavor, presentation and service. Today, Chef Mouton's Catering is one of the most recognized names in the catering industry around the U.S. While he toured the U.S. Virgin Islands, Chef also trained several executive chefs for resorts and restaurants. 

Chef Mouton's Catering provides full service catering, party planning and event management to meet any catering need, from awards shows, celebrity events, major motion picture feedings, festivals, fairs, corporate receptions, to weddings, fundraisers, backyard barbecues and private chef for hire services for small intimate affairs. Every affair, however, begins with an experienced and attentive event consultant who custom designs each menu and coordinates food, decor, presentation and service to ensure a spectacular event. All menu items are prepared from the freshest ingredients, which are procured from specialty food growers and purveyors from around the country.

Master Chef Jude T. Mouton works in concert with a talented team to create an exceptional array of mouth watering entrees, sides and desserts, which are attuned to the constantly evolving tastes and trends in food flavor, presentation and service. Moreover, our staff regularly updates Chef Mouton's offerings to appeal to the market.

Synthia Saint James Bio

Synthia SAINT JAMES is a world renowned multicultural visual artist, award winning author and or illustrator of 17 children’s books, authored an autobiographical art marketing book, 3 poetry books, a book of affirmations, and a cookbook. She is also popular keynote speaker and architectural designer who has garnered numerous awards over her forty plus year career, including the prestigious Trumpet Award, an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Saint Augustine’s College, NAWBO-L.A.’s Hall of Fame Inductee Award, Women Who Dared Award, and her book Living My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing has been nominated for the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work-Instructional. She is most celebrated for designing the first Kwanzaa Stamp for the United States Postal Service in 1997, for which she received a History Maker Award, and for the international cover art for Terry McMillan’s book Waiting to Exhale. In 2010 she was commissioned to paint two new awards. The first was created for the “Mosaic Woman Award”, one of which was presented to Dr. Maya Angelou on October 28, 2010 in National Harbor, MD.  The second was created for His Excellency Nelson Mandela’s for a Lifetime Achievement Award from Africare, which was accepted for him by his daughter and grandson on November 5, 2010 in Washington, DC.

She is the recipient of The 2008 Woman of the Year Award for the 26th Senate District, and she has garnered numerous other awards including the a Parent’s Choice Silver Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor, and an Oppenheim Gold Award all for her books. On January 30, 2010 she received the prestigious Trumpet Award for “The Arts” in Atlanta, Georgia.  She is the first painter to be so honored.  This year she was also inducted into the National Organization of Women Business Owners - Los Angeles, Hall of Fame in March. Her paintings grace the covers of over 70 books, including books by Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker, New York Times bestselling author IyanlaVanzant, and books by Terry McMillan, also a New York Times bestselling author whose books have been published worldwide in several different languages.

Charles Bibbs Bio

 Charles Bibbs has always believed that we are the keepers of our culture, and as such, has spent much of his time working towards developing a cohesive, energized African American community. He is a committed activist on behalf of economic development and empowerment in the community, spending much of his free time holding seminars and workshops with young people. In his quest to preserve and develop the visual arts, Charles Bibbs has founded Art 2000, a non-profit visual art association that informs and inspires artists and art patrons alike. Out of this association has grown Images Magazine, the first national publication dedicated to ethnic art. Another one of Charles’ passions is jazz music; and by founding the Inland Empire Music and Arts Foundation, another non-profit organization, he has been able to bring an annual world class jazz and art festival to Southern California, while providing much needed funding for a number of art and music programs.

Charles Bibbs’ artwork manages to fuse African, African American and Native American cultural themes, to make powerful cross cultural statements. His work is thought provoking and capable of arousing strong emotions regardless of ethnic, gender and generational affiliation. Although he may have an idea or vision in mind when painting a particular piece, Charles prefers each individual who views his work to gain a personal vision from his artwork. Across the board, his renderings convey a deep sense of spirituality, majesty, dignity, strength and grace. It is sufficient to say, however his works are viewed, whatever individual emotions they may evoke, they remain characteristically and recognizably Bibbs.