A. Peter Evans

But for East Palo Alto Council Member A. Peter Evans, it never ends.

While he plans to attend a 40th anniversary kickoff ceremony in Oakland Tuesday night, Evans won't be celebrating Kwanzaa this week - he will be living it as it was intended, all year long.
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The spirituality is my culture, and you can't be motivated by your culture," Evans said.
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Evans has had a hand in facilitating the spread through his store's kits.

"We've sent kits throughout the country," he said.

"After the incorporation, I began to oppose it," said A. Peter Evans, vice mayor of East Palo Alto, who in 1959 worked at the hazardous waste recycling plant, which began operations in 1956 under a different name.In 1963, the plant was purchased and renamed by Romic.

Before East Palo Alto became a city, it was part of unincorporated San Mateo County.Community leaders in East Palo Alto back then objected that they had little political sway as a result, and one consequence of their lack of influence was that the area became "the dumping ground for San Mateo County," Evans said, in that large areas were zoned for heavy industry by the county's Board of Supervisors.

It was developed to restore a sense of culture and history to African Americans, many of whom don't bear their real family names, but rather the names of the families that bought their ancestors as slaves to the country, pointed out A. Peter Evans, owner of Pan African City Alive in Palo Alto and an East Palo Alto city councilman.
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Evans and Keisha Evans, his wife, the owners of Pan African City Alive, echoed the view of many Kwanzaa practitioners by saying the principles are with them every day.
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Nor are these principles new, said A. Peter Evans."I've practiced Kwanzaa all my life, because I was raised in a conscientious family," he said.They've existed for a millennium under another name, he added.
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A. Peter Evans is adamant that Kwanzaa is exclusively a celebration for people of African descent.

"This is a cultural holiday for African people, it's not a multicultural holiday," he said.

"Multicultural people weren't killed in the Middle Passage," he emphasized, referring to the infamous routes used for centuries to carry Africans seized by slave traders from Africa to the Americas.

Page-Broughton has heard that position many times, and isn't comfortable with it.She invites over friends of all races to their celebrations.

"We're not just African, we're a mixture," she said.

A. Peter Evans, vice mayor of East Palo Alto, who in 1959 worked at the hazardous waste recycling plant, which began operations in 1956 under a different name.In 1963, the plant was purchased and renamed by Romic.

Before East Palo Alto became a city, it was part of unincorporated San Mateo County.Community leaders in East Palo Alto back then objected that they had little political sway as a result, and one consequence of their lack of influence was that the area became "the dumping ground for San Mateo County," Evans said.

The teens were joined by East Palo Alto Vice Mayor A. Peter Evans, who also serves as an advisor to the teen activist group.

"This reflects what's been happening all along," Evans said, referring to what he believes to be decades of negligence on Romic's part.
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Evans is upset because Romic, which is regulated by the state Department of Substances Control (DTSC), has been waiting more than a decade to have its operating permit renewed.Evans also cites a $849,500 fine levied by the DTSC as evidence that Romic is unsafe.

East Palo Alto City Councilman A. Peter Evans wants the construction of a new YMCA to be halted, citing several reasons in a Sept.2.7