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Mt. Hermon AME Church Homecoming Celebrationluncheon honors Dillard Alumni 'Classes 1938-1952'

Dillard High School family, friends, and community members worship together at Mt.Hermon AME Church during Homecoming 2014 festivities.

(Photos by Barbara “Bab” Roberts)

By Charles Moseley

Fort Lauderdale’s MountHermon AME Church is thesecond oldest Black church inBroward County, so it was onlybefitting that it served as thesite for the 2014 Old DillardHomecoming Celebration.

Dillard alumni along with ahost of family and friends joinedin celebration of the school’srich history, during a luncheonon Saturday September 20,2014. The Honorable Judge Mi-chael A. Robinson was the key-note speaker at the luncheon,which was held at the Mt. Her-mon Family Life Center in FortLauderdale.

The week long series of eventshonored those who helped buildthe educational foundation forfuture generations of DillardHigh graduates which lives ontoday.

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CBC joins Black churches for 'Freedom Sunday' Campaign

Donna Brazile, announced a national partnership withBlack churches designed to rally Black voters and increasecivic engagement.

By Freddie AllenNNPA Senior WashingtonCorrespondent

WASHINGTON, D.C.(NNPA) – If the Democrats losethe United States Senate and

more seats in the House of Re-presentatives in the upcomingmidterm elections, MarciaFudge, chair of the Congres-sional Black Caucus, said thatthe Republicans would impeachPresident Barack Obama.

Even though he won’t be onthe ballot in November, the CBChopes to use the Republicanthreat of impeachment andother personal and political at-tacks on President Obama tofuel Black voter turnout for the2014 midterm elections.

Fudge said that if Republi-cans win the Senate they wouldcontinue to challenge PresidentObama’s legitimacy by threa-tening him with lawsuits, ques-tioning his birthplace and intel-ligence, and accusing him ofviolating the Constitution.

“We’re going to have twomore years of that foolishness,if they takeover the Senate andwin more seats in the House,”said Fudge. “They will makeour lives miserable for the nexttwo years.”

Lorenzo Morris, politicalscience professor at HowardUniversity in Washington,D.C., noted that the focus onthe threat to voters’ rightsthrough stricter ID require-ments, redistricting and plansto reduce early voting in somestates, motivated minority vo-

ters and saved President Obamaduring the 2012 election.

“African Americans, as wellas, Latino and even Asian voterswere mobilized by the sensethat the Republican Party wastrying to disenfranchise them,”said Morris.

Fudge said that Republicanswould not only continue attackson President Obama, but alsocontinue efforts to makechanges to entitlement pro-grams like Social Security,Medicaid and food stamps thatwould disproportionately hurtBlacks.

During a recent press con-ference at the Democratic Na-tional Committee (DNC) Head-quarters, Fudge, joined by Rep.James Clyburn (D-S.C.), Rep.Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Rep.Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) andDonna Brazile, vice chair ofVoter Registration and Parti-cipation for the DNC, an-nounced a national partnershipwith Black churches designedto rally Black voters and in-crease civic engagement.

Third party oversight for $800 millionbond to improve Broward County Schools

By Lawrence Knight

The Lauderhill CountyCommission held an openhearing to approve a list of keypolicy changes to be voted onby the general public in the up-coming November elections.Much of the hearing had abusiness as usual feel to it, asproposal after proposal passedwithout a single voice of opinionfrom the general public.

When the proposal regard-ing the $800 million bond toimprove Broward Countyschool facilities was open to thefloor Dr. Desmond Blackburn,a representative for theBroward County School Super-intendent, took the podium.

Broward County School Su-perintendent Robert Runciewas on the commission agenda

to seek support for the $800million bond referendum on theNovember ballot but sent Dr.Blackburn.

Superintendent Runcie isin the middle of one of the mostconcentrated battles that theBroward School Board has seenin current years.

His objective: To gain sup-port of the voters to agree to$800 million for school preser-vation.

Blackburn emphasized tothe commission how badly themoney was needed by pointingout facility issues facing schoolsacross Broward County.

“60 percent of the computersin the Broward County schoolsystem are outdated”, Black-burn stated to the commission.

Mayor Richard Kaplan ofLauderhill, a member of thecommission, advised Dr. Black-burn of “public mistrust” re-garding how the money wouldbe spent if the bond were ap-proved.

Superintendent Runcie is in the middle of one of the mostconcentrated battles that Broward School Board hascreated in current years.

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Southern states are now epicenterof HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

A scene from the documentary “Deep South” shows acandlelight vigil at an annual HIV retreat in ruralLouisiana. Many of the people living with HIV/AIDS inthe South are very poor. Fear of being ostracized keepssome away from the care they need.

(Lisa Biagiotti /DeepSouthFilm.com )

By Teresa Wiltz

New Yorker Deadra Malloywas diagnosed with HIV in1988, but she remained healthyfor so long that she wasn’t com-pletely convinced she was posi-tive. When she started gettingsick in 2006, she decided to em-brace her “ancestral roots” andaccepted a job down South,where her mother was from.

Malloy didn’t know that themove, first to North Carolinaand then to Columbia, S.C.,would make it much more dif-ficult to manage her disease.New York offers free healthcare, including HIV drugs, toHIV-positive state residentswho are uninsured or underin-sured, while assistance is harderto come by in North Carolinaand South Carolina. A singlemother of two at the time of hermove, Malloy couldn’t affordher medication, which cost up-ward of $2,500 a month. So shedid without it for nearly a year— and ended up in an emer-gency room with a raging caseof pneumonia.

“New York was already wayahead” with services for AIDSpatients, says Malloy, now 52,

who formed P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E.Voices, an advocacy group forwomen living with HIV/AIDSin South Carolina. “There weretimes I wanted to run back toNew York. But I didn’t want tosee anybody die [in South Caro-lina] who didn’t have to.”

The original face of AIDSwas that of a middle-class, oftenwhite, gay man living in NewYork or San Francisco. Thatpicture has changed over timeas people of color have becomedisproportionately affected bythe epidemic. Today, the face ofAIDS is Black or Latino, poor,often rural — and Southern.

Southern states now havethe highest rates of new HIVdiagnoses, the largest per-centage of people living withthe disease and the most peopledying from it, according toRainey Campbell, executive di-rector of the Southern AIDSCoalition, a nonprofit serving16 Southern states and the Dis-trict. Fifty percent of all newHIV cases are in the South. Insome Southern states, Blacksaccount for more than 80 per-cent of new HIV diagnoses a-mong women.

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Don’t be discouraged“Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That yemay be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, withoutrebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, amongwhom ye shine as lights in the world.”

— Philippians 2:14-15 (KJV)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

Life can be overwhelming at times,especially when calamities approach asconsistent as the ebb and flow of thetides.

If we were to go back in time to thebeginning of this year alone and start tomentally unravel the web of distressingevents that have found ink in the pages

of news print and gave voice to the talking heads of the TV,we would begin to look like Mr. Potato Head.

Even when it seems as though you are doing the rightthing for everybody, there are those who are there to remindyou that whatever you do, it’s not enough.

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Florida Department of Health in Broward County issues mosquito-borne illness advisoryDrain and cover — Stop mosquitoes from living and multiplying around your home or business.

BROWARD COUNTY, FL– The Florida Department ofHealth in Broward County(DOH-Broward) today issued amosquito-borne illness advisoryafter confirming a locally ac-quired case of ChikungunyaFever, a disease spread by bitesfrom infected mosquitoes. If aperson is infected and bitten bya mosquito, that mosquito maylater spread the infection by bi-ting another person.

“Avoiding mosquito bites isthe key to preventing infectionwith Chikungunya and othermosquito-borne diseases,” saidPaula Thaqi, MD, MPH, andDirector of the Florida Depart-ment of Health in BrowardCounty. “We encourage every-one to take precautionary mea-sures to help reduce the chanceof being bitten. Remember todrain and cover.” Recommended preventivemethods should include:

DRAIN standing water to stopmosquitoes from multiplying.

· Discard: Old tires,drums, bottles, cans, pots andpans, broken appliances andother items that aren’t being

used.· Empty and Clean:

Birdbaths, bird feeders, andpet’s water bowls at least onceor twice a week.

· Protect: Boats and vehiclesfrom rain with tarps that don’taccumulate water.

· Maintain: The waterbalance (pool chemistry) ofswimming pools. Empty plasticswimming pools when not inuse.

COVER your skin with clothingand use mosquito repellent.

· Clothing: If you must beoutside when mosquitoes areactive, cover up. Wear shoes,socks, long pants, and longsleeves.

· Repellent: Apply mosquitorepellent to bare skin and cloth-ing. Always use repellents a-ccording to the label. Repellentswith DEET, picaridin, oil oflemon eucalyptus, and IR3535are effective. Use mosquito nett-ing to protect children youngerthan 2 months.

COVER doors and windowswith screens to keep mosquitoesout.

· Keep mosquitoes out ofyour house. Repair brokenscreens on windows, doors,porches, and patios.

Symptoms of mosquito-borneillness may include: headache,fever, fatigue, dizziness, lightsensitivity and confusion.Symptoms may vary accordingto the age of the patient. Infantsand young children may havea fever with rash. Older chil-dren and adults may have

either a mild fever or a more se-vere case of the disease withsudden onset and high fever,severe headache, pain behindthe eyes, muscle and joint pains,and rash.

People with serious healthproblems, infants and the elder-ly are most at risk. Persons ex-periencing these symptomsshould seek medical attention. Physicians should contact theFlorida Department of Health

in Broward County, if they sus-pect an individual meets thecase definition for a mosquito-borne disease.

For more information and toview weekly reports containinginformation on mosquito-bornedisease surveillance in Florida,visit http://w w w . f l o r i d a h e a l t h . g o v /diseases-and-conditions/mos-q u i t o - b o r n e - d i s e a s e s /index.html.

The Department works toprotect, promote and improvethe health of all people inFlorida through integratedstate, county and communityefforts.

Follow us on Twitter at@HealthyFla and on Facebook. For more information about theFlorida Department of Health,visit www.floridahealth.gov.

Wages up for Black men, down for Black women

Valerie Wilson, director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity,and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute.

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By Freddie AllenNNPA Senior WashingtonCorrespondent

WASHINGTON ((NNPA)– The Black-White income gapnarrowed in 2013 with Blackmen who worked full-time,year-round experiencing thegreatest gain in earnings amongall adult workers, according tothe current population reportson income and poverty releasedby the Census Bureau.

The median income forBlacks rose $793, an increasesecond only to Hispanic house-holds ($1,391) in 2013. The me-dian income for White house-holds increased $433.

Valerie Wilson, director ofthe Program on Race, Ethnicity,and the Economy at the Econo-mic Policy Institute (EPI), aWashington, D.C.-based thinktank, said that from 2012 to2013, the Black-White incomegap narrowed from 58.4 centsto 59.4 cents for every dollar ofWhite median household in-come.

Despite the improvements,the median income for Blackhouseholds was only $34,598,a little more than half the me-dian income earned by Whitehouseholds ($58,270).

Even though Black men suf-fer with the highest unemploy-ment rates in the country, dur-ing the recovery period follow-ing the recession, Black menwho worked full-time, year-round experienced a 1.6 percentgain in median earnings, com-pared to White men whose earn-

ings fell 2.1 percent over thesame period.

From 2012-2013, earningsfor Black men who were em-ployed full-time, year-roundjumped 4.5 percent, while earn-ings for White men declined 1.8percent over that same period.

As wages for Black men in-creased, earnings for Black wo-men wilted. Since 2009, wagesare down 3.3 percent for Blackwomen and 0.2 percent forWhite women. Wilson said thatthe decline in wage growth forBlack women was extremelytroubling.

For the first time since 2006,the national poverty rate de-creased, but “the number ofpeople in poverty at the nationallevel was not statistically dif-ferent from the previous year’sestimate,” according to the re-port.

The report continued: “His-panics were the only group a-mong the major race and ethnicgroups to experience a statis-tically significant change intheir poverty rate and the num-ber of people in poverty. ForHispanics, the poverty rate fellfrom 25.6 percent in 2012 to23.5 percent in 2013, while the

number of Hispanics in povertyfell from 13.6 million to 12.7million.”

According to the report, 11million Blacks were living inpoverty in 2013.

The Census Bureau also re-ported that the poverty rate forBlacks was 27.2 percent com-pared to a 9.6 percent povertyrate for Whites in 2013. Wilsonsaid that the poverty rate forBlack children showed little im-provement last year.

Wilson said that the measureof child poverty is directly re-lated to the income and wagesof their parents.

During the recovery, Blackwomen have taken jobs in theleisure and hospitality sector,in restaurants and hotels, ashome health aides, and in retailwhere workers’ hours can beunpredictable, said Wilson.

“We know that a lot of AfricanAmerican children live in sin-gle-parent households headedby Black women, and if earn-ings for Black women are de-clining, it shouldn’t be much ofsurprise if poverty rates forBlack children didn’t go down,”said Wilson.

She said that economic re-forms such as increasing theminimum wage and extendingunemployment insurancebenefits would not only benefitworkers, but they would alsobenefit the children who live inthose households.

Josh Bivens, the researchand policy director at EPI, saidthat fiscal austerity and thefast decline in public spendinghave depressed wages and in-come growth.

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Southern states are now epicenter of HIV/AIDS in the U.S.(Cont'd from FP)

States in the South havethe least expansive Medicaidprograms and the strictest eligi-bility requirements to qualifyfor assistance, which preventspeople living with HIV/AIDSfrom getting care, according toa coalition report. In the South,Campbell said, people livingwith HIV have to reach disabi-lity status before they qualifyfor aid. This is significant, be-cause nationally the vast ma-jority of HIV/AIDS patients relyon Medicaid for their health in-surance, according to researchconducted by the MorehouseSchool of Medicine in Atlanta.

None of the nine Deep Southstates with the highest rates ofnew HIV/AIDS diagnoses —Alabama, Georgia, Florida,

Louisiana, Mississippi, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Ten-nessee and Texas — has optedto expand Medicaid under theAffordable Care Act. Thosestates also have the highest fa-tality rates from HIV in thecountry, according to the coali-tion.

People who don’t have Medi-caid or other health-care cover-age rarely visit primary-caredoctors and aren’t getting testedfor HIV, according to MichaelSaag, an HIV/AIDS researcherwith the University of Alabamaat Birmingham School ofMedicine. “That’s a large groupof people who have HIV anddon’t know it.” Saag said he re-cently treated a young man inMontgomery, Ala., who wasblinded by cryptococcal men-ingitis, a disease typically found

among HIV-positive peopleliving in sub-Saharan Africa.The young man had been HIV-positive for years but didn’tknow it. With earlier treatment,doctors might have preservedhis sight. “That’s a tragedy thatshouldn’t happen in our coun-try,” Saag said.

Federal spending policieshave added to the problem. Mostof the federal money for HIVtreatment is distributedthrough the Ryan White Com-prehensive AIDS Resources -(CARE) Act. The original legi-slation carved out money forheavily impacted large urbanareas. Now, however, smallerSouthern communities are inneed of help, and they are noteligible for those dollars,according to Saag.


Violence against women law needs strengthening

Biden continues to take center stage on violence againstwomen.

By Jazelle HuntNNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C.(NNPA) – In July, bystanderfootage of an unidentified Calif-ornia highway patrol officerpummeling a Black woman onthe side of the road hit the media.Last week, federal judge MarkFuller was arrested for beatinghis wife, and subsequently ac-cepted a plea deal for profes-sional leave, six months of coun-seling, no charges, and an ex-punged record.

And controversy continuesafter video surfaced of NFL Bal-timore Ravens running back,Ray Rice, knocking his wifeunconscious in an elevator lastValentine’s Day. The 2014 MissAmerica pageant stirred thatpot over the weekend, when ajudge asked a contestant aboutJanay Rice’s decision to remainin her marriage.

On the 20th anniversary ofthe Violence Against WomenAct (VAWA), it seems there isstill work to be done.

For this reason, Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden, who co-spon-sored the law in 1990 as a sena-tor from Delaware, will convenelegal scholars and professionals,and Department of Justice of-ficials for a Summit on CivilRights and Equal Protectionsfor Women. No date has beenset.

President Bill Clinton signedthe bill into law on September13, 1994.

Summit participants willbrainstorm solutions to end thegender bias in the justice systemthat affects the way cases are

handled. They will also examineways to allow survivors to suetheir assailants in federal court– a VAWA provision the Su-preme Court struck down in2000.

In addition to the summit,the Vice President’s Office re-leased a state-of-affairs reporton the issue of violence againstwomen.

“When VAWA was first pas-sed, almost every state crimeinvolving interstate elements(from gun crimes to cattle rust-ling) was covered by the federalcriminal code – but not sexualassault and domestic violence,”the report reads. “Althoughthere is still much to do, this an-niversary gives us a moment toreflect on the vital, often life-

saving work the Violence A-gainst Women Act has inspiredand supports. Since its passage20 years ago, help has come onall fronts.”

According to the report therehas been significant traction,both culturally and legally, onthe issue.

The national rate of intimatepartner violence againstwomen has fallen 64 percentbetween 1993 and 2012, or 61percent for Black Americansalone, according to the Bureauof Justice Statistics. VAWA-funded organizations havemade gains in prosecution, andmore services have becomeavailable for more survivors.

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson congratulatesrecipients of the 2014 Congressional Black CaucusFoundation (CBCF) Scholarship

MIAMI, FL -- Congress-woman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) congratulates the reci-pients of 2014 CongressionalBlack Caucus (CBC) SpousesEducation Scholarship. Esta-blished in 1998, the CBCFSpouses Education Scholarshipis the Foundation’s largest scho-larship program and is open tostudents of all academic fields. “I am so proud of the District24 recipients of the 2014 Con-gressional Black Caucus Foun-dation (CBCF) Spouses Edu-cation Scholarship.

As a former school principaland an advocate for education,I know the important rolescholarships play and how theycan positively impact the livesof students who need financialassistance to further their edu-cation,” said CongresswomanWilson. The recipients are KernishaAnthony, Florida State Uni-versity; Batche Fils-Aime, NovaSoutheastern University;Charze Hill, Florida A&M Uni-versity; Carl Hughes, Univer-

sity of Central Florida; MylesJohnson, Florida A&M Uni-versity, Asim Lynch, FloridaInternational University; Ras-had Revere Clark Atlanta Un-iversity and Richie Revere,Clark Atlanta University. The students were amonghundreds of high school seniorsand college students who livein or attend schools in the 24th

Congressional District who ap-plied for the annual CBCFSpouses Education Scholar-ship.


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We are looking for volunteers that candedicate one hour per week, for 25weeks to read to first grade studentsfor the 2014-2015 school year -- Noexperience is necessary; just a lovefor children. Volunteers must com-plete and pass a background check.ReadingPals takes place during schoolhours.ReadingPals runs from Septem-ber 2014 to June 2015.

Through the ReadingPals initiative vol-unteers read with children at 14 publicschools and 6 childcare centersthroughout Broward County. For moreinformation about volunteering, train-ing dates and volunteer requirementsfor the ReadingPals initiative pleasecontact Lola Jordan at (954) 453-3738.

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Celebration

Pat Casterlow and Friendspresent A Celebration of Life ‘5’with a fashion show celebratinglife of cancer survivors on Oct.18, 2014 from 5 to 9 p.m. at theNorthwest Federated Women’sClub (NFWC), 2161 N. W. 19St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Proceeds to benefit the NFWC,The ministry of MissionaryJanice Lewis and LakeishaDaniels Hamilton ScholarshipFund. For more info call (954)760-7519 or (954) 730-3442.

The 20th Annual Search UnderWay for Nation’s Top YouthVolunteers, Awards ProgramHonors Students in Grades five-12 for Outstanding VolunteerService. The search begins toidentify thousands more who havemade meaningful contributionsto their communities over thepast 12 months, as the awardsprogram kicks off its 20th year.These awards, sponsored byPrudential Financial, Inc. inpartnership with the NationalAssociation of Secondary SchoolPrincipals (NASSP), honoroutstanding community serviceby students in grades five through12 at the local, state and nationallevel. Young volunteers can applyonline at http://spirit.prudential.com or atw w w . n a s s p . o r g / s p i r i t .Applications must be completedby Nov. 4, 2014, and thensubmitted to a middle or highschool principal, Girl Scoutcouncil, county 4-H agent,American Red Cross chapter,YMCA or HandsOn Networkaffiliate. Paper versions of theapplication form are available bycalling (877) 525-8491.

The African-American Re-search Library and CulturalCenter is located at 2650 Sis-trunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale,Fla. Call the Welcome Desk at(954) 357-6210.

Meeting

Dear Members

Notice of September, Octo-ber Meetings and November,please note the following Gen-eral Membership meetings ofthe NAACP Fort Lauderdale/Broward Branch, for the pur-pose of election of officers andat-large members of the ex-ecutive committee.

2. On Oct. 23, 2014, at theMizell Cultural Center at7 p.m.,there will be a reporting of theNominating Committee, receiptof Nominations by Petition, andElection of the SupervisoryCommittee All members whosememberships are current as ofApril 1st may be nominated foroffice or as an at-large memberof the Executive Committee. Inorder to sign a nominating pe-tition, or be elected to the E-lection Supervisory Committee,a member must be current as of30 days prior to the Octobermeeting.

3. On Nov. 13, 2014 at theMizell Cultural Center at7 p.m.,the election of officers and at-large members of the ExecutiveCommittee will take place Pollswill open from 5 to 8 p.m. Inorder to vote in a Branch elec-tion, one must be a member ingood standing of the Branch 30days prior to the election. Aform of identification is requir-ed. Should a run-off election benecessary then election shalloccur on the following date attime certain (at least 1 hour) atthis location, Run-off electionsshall be conducted not less thanten days after the original elec-tion.

MuHannad Mosque No. 82presents Khal-ilah Camacho-Ali, enjoy a memo-rableafternoon with KhaliliahCamacho-Ali and a chance toget an autographed photographand a copy of the newdocumentary, Saturday, Sept.27, 2014 at 1 p.m. Seating islimited. For cost and ad-ditionalinfo call (954) 918-9240.

Seminar

Join us for a free three-partseminar to educate the BrowardCounty business community onhow to export:

· Wednesday, Sept. 24, from2 to 5 p.m., in Room 1110A

· Friday, Sept. 26, from 2-5p.m., in Room 1208, at 111Higher Education College, 111E. Las Olas Blvd. Fort Lauder-dale, Fla. Metered parking isavailable in the City of FortLauderdale. RSVP by Sept. 29,2014 to [email protected] Formore info call (954) 357-6400or visit Broward.org/EconDev.

Events

* Las Olas Sunday Market -Started Sunday, July 6, 2014 –Ends Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 333 E.Las Olas Blvd., 111 E. Las OlasBlvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Foradditional info contact RachelO’Neill.

* Five Dollar Youth Swim-ming Lessons at Carter ParkPool - Started Sept. 2, 2014 -Ends Monday, Oct. 27. Onceper week classes: Saturday mor-ning and Monday afternoonswimming lessons for ages 6month – 12 years, from 9 a.m.to 7 p.m., at Carter Park AquaticComplex.

* Youth and Adult Swim-ming Lessons at City of FortLauderdale Pools- Weekly@@Classes Started Sept. 2, 2014 –Ends Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.Once per week classes: Satur-day morning and Monday after-noon swimming lessons for ages6 months-adult, from 9 a.m. to7 p.m., at City of Fort Lauder-dale Pools. For more info contactMichael Braggiotti.

* Cardinal Gibbons HighSchool 5K Conference Meets –Started Tuesday, Sept. 9 – EndsTuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, from2 to 6 p.m., at Mills Pond Park2201 N.W. Ninth Ave., FortLauderdale, Fla. For additionalinfo contact Glen Lee at (954)914- 9669.

* Pine Crest Cross CountryMeets – Started Thursday,Sept. 11, 2014 – Ends Thurs-day, Oct. 20, 2014, from 3:30 to5:30 p.m., at Mills Ponds Park2201 N.W. Ninth Ave., FortLauderdale, Fla. For more ad-ditional info contact Paul Baurat (954) 776-2187.

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VoterRegistration Drive

Alpha Kappa Alpha So-rority, Incorporated, Chi PsiOmega Chapter’s ConnectionCommittee will sponsor a voterregistration drive Saturday,Oct. 4, 2014, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Wal-Mart Super Center, 3001N. St. Rd. 7, Lauderdale Lakes,Fla. For additional info, contactthe Connection Com-mittee at(954) 410-6673,visit thechapter’s website,[email protected] or onFace Book

Candidates’ Forum

The Boynton Beach Commu-nity High School will host aCandidates’ Forum in theschool’s state-of-the-art, 800-seat auditorium on Thursday,Oct. 16, 2014 from 4:30 to 6:30p.m., the school is located 4975Park Ridge Blvd., BoyntonBeach, Fla.

The forum will be monitoredby the League of Women Votersof Palm Beach County. Thefollowing candidates have beeninvited and are expected toattend:

* Lois Frankel (D) andPaul Spain (R) U.S. House ofRepresentatives District 22

* Alcee L. Hastings (D)and Jay Bonner (R) U.S. Houseof Representatives District 20

* Maria Sachs (D) andEllyn Bogdanoff (Rep) Flori-da State Senator District 34

* David Ryan Silvers(Dem) and Bill Hager (R)Florida State House of Repre-sentatives District 89

For more information on thecall (561) 306 5868; Email:[email protected].

Events

• Olympian Karate Tour-nament, Royal Palm Beach RecCenter, Mon., Sept. 27, 2014,registration at 9 a.m., at 100Sweet Bay Line, Royal PalmBeach, Fla.

• MAF Martial Arts Train-ing Seminar, Sat., Oct. 4. 2014,at 9 a.m., at 1500 W. SunriseBlvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,(Discount Online Regist-ration)

• The American BushidoOpen, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

• NKK, Savannah, Ga.,Sat., Oct. 25, 2014

• MAF Free Martial ArtsTournament, 1500 W. SunriseBlvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla

• Pan American GojuSeminar, Miramar, Fla., Friday,Nov. 14, 2014

• Black Belt Training (3-Day Camp), 204 Gause Street,Hinesville, Ga.For cost and additional infocontact Larry L. Mabson [email protected]

Presentation

Miami-Dade County PublicSchool presents How to preparea request for qualifications(RFQ) response for architect/engineers (A/E) and con-struction Management at-risk(CMR) solicitations, Monday,Sept. 29, 2014 at 9 a.m., at theSchool Board AdministrationAuditorium, 1450 N.E. SecondAve., Miami, Fl. For more infocontact the Office of A/ESelection & Negotiations at(305) 995-4500. Register at thelink provided below: https://www.eventbrite.com/ehow-to-p r e p a r e - r f q s - f o r - a e s -c o n s t r u c t i o n - a t - r i s k -s o l i c i t a t i o n s - t i c k e t s -13125922989

Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 from6:30 to 9:30 p.m. the librarywill host an evening of culturalactivities devoted to the tourist-friendly country of Ghana.Throughout the evening therewill be prizes and surprises, thebig giveaway for this event isan 8-day land package by aGhana tour operator withEbony Heritage Travel. Youcan order your ticket throughEvenbrite (http://destination-ghana.eventbrite.com) This isan after-hours event for ages21-plus.

Breakfast

The community is cordiallyinvited to Bethel MissionaryBaptist Church, Pastor JimmyEnglish in our annual SeniorCitizen Prayer Breakfast,Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 from 7a.m. to 11 a.m. and the Prayerprogram, from 8:30 a.m. to 10a.m., at 2211 N.W. Seventh St.,Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For costand additional info contactDeacon Kates at (954) 692-4458.

Luncheon

Sistah to Sistah Connectioncordially invites all ladies toattend our life-changing 9thAnnual Women’s OutreachLuncheon, Saturday, Oct. 11,2014 at 10:30 a.m., at theSignature Grand, 6900 W.State Rd., Davie, Fla. Wearyour favorite hat. Tickets canbe purchased online atwww.sistahosistahconnection.com

Event

An Afternoon of EleganceHat & Glove Vintage Style Teapresented by Occasions Un-limited, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014from 2 to 5 p.m., at RooseveltGardens Park, 2841 N.W. 11St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Ticketdeadline Sept. 20, 2014. Forcost and additional info callIverta Johnson at (954) 465-1253.

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This little girl goes to school six days a week and created a mobile appReported by Liku Zelleke

It seems every time we blink,the age of tech-savvy kids creat-ing one software or another getslower and lower. For example,right now, the record for theyoungest person to ever createa full-version mobile video gameapplication goes to Zora Ballwho is just 7 years old.

Ball, a Philadelphian, show-

cased her new app at the Un-iversity of Pennsylvania’s “Boot-strap Expo.” She is a first graderwho has, at this tender age,been able to learn Bootstrap, aprogramming language that isusually taught to students agedbetween 12 and 16, well enoughto create her own game.

For those that had anydoubts about the little whiz’sabilities, she successfully re-

configured her app when askedto do so. That put to rest anydoubts about whether her elderbrother – a STEM scholar ofthe year – was the actual pro-grammer of the software.

Her teachers and staff at theHarambee Institute of Scienceand Technology, where Ball at-tends first grade and an after-school program, have highhopes for the little wonder.

“I am proud of all my stu-dents. Their dedication to thisprogram is phenomenal, andthey come to class every Satur-day, including holiday breaks,”said Tariq Al-Nasir, head of theSTEMNASIUM LearningAcademy.

The Saturday-only courselasts 48 weeks (not includingan additional eight weeks inthe summer). The collaboration

between Harambee andSTEMNASIUM allows any stu-dent enrolled in a Philadelphiapublic school to participate inthe class, and more than 60students can partake in it atone time.

This year there were about50 of them enrolled in the pro-gram and they are all dedicated,according to Al-Nassir.

“The kids love it. As an ex-ample, over the Thanksgivingholiday break, with Black Fri-day and all, the kids were off

Eta Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. wins multipleawards at the Florida Statewide Organization meeting

ETA NU DISPLAYING AWARDS WON AT THE FLORIDA STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONMEETING IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA — L-r: Brothers Melvin Davis, Feirmon Johnson,James St. Louis, Daryl Johnson, Antonio Brihm, Lennox George, Willie Bouyie, HarryHarrell, Calvin Lamar, FSO First Vice State Representative Clifford Wimberly andWilliam Lyons.

By Sylvester “Nunnie”Robinson HN-’70

The Eta Nu Chapter of O-mega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.dominated the other 30 chap-ters from Key West to Pensacola,capturing multiple awards atthe Florida Statewide Organi-zation meeting which convenedin Panama City, Fla. on Sept.11-14- 2014 at the WyndhamBay Point Resort. A contingentof brothers led by three-termBasileus Antonio Brihm tra-veled by bus to Panama Citywith confident assurance andgreat expectations, completelycognizant of the tremendouswork that the brothers had in-

vested in the fraternity’s man-dated programs and the com-munity initiatives fundamentalto Eta Nu’s social action com-mittee. Of the eight major a-wards in the large chaptercategory (51 members or more),Eta Nu was awarded first placein seven: Chapter of the Year,Social Action Chapter of theYear, Artifacts and Memora-bilia, Scholarship, Talent Hunt,Citizen of the Year and TheFounders Award. And thoughwe didn’t win Omega Man ofthe Year, Brother Melvin Davis,HN’s Omega Man of the Yearand our unparalleled Social Ac-tion chair, was undoubtedly de-serving of this most auspicious

award.Davis states with great pride

“Working for Omega is an honorand privilege, knowing thateight thoroughly immersed willalways prevail.” For much ofthe new millennium, Eta Nu’ssuccess as one of the premierchapters in the Omega Psi PhiFraternity, Inc. has been pro-foundly evident, having wonthe state and district afore-mentioned awards on numer-ous occasions.

The significance of these ac-complishments cannot be over-stated since eligibility for districtawards is predicated on a chap-ter’s performance at the statelevel. Several HN brothers at-tended the FSO meeting alongwith Basileus Brihm and Social

Action Chairman BrotherDavis: Feirmon Johnson, JamesSt. Louis, Daryl Johnson,Lennox George, Willie Bouyie,Harry Harrell, Calvin Lamar,FSO First vice State Rep-resentative Clifford Wimberly,and William Lyons. Thefraternity’s mandated pro-grams, the political climate andcommunity needs will inspirethe brothers to greater heightsand excellence in all futureFraternal endeavors.

from school and could do what-ever it is that kids do when theyare home, but we had studentswho showed up. They dedicatedthemselves to showing up onthat Saturday. What we accom-plished on that Saturday wasdifferent than what we accom-plished on other Saturdays, butI was very impressed that theparents bought into the factthat we can’t take a vacation,not when we’re trying to reachpeople on a global level,” Al-Nassir said.

BCPS Zone Community Showcase eventsfor the 2014/15 school yearZone Community Showcases begin in October

Broward County PublicSchools (BCPS) presents ZoneCommunity Showcases throughoutthe month of October. The ZoneCommunity Showcases (Comm-unity Showcases) are platformsfor District schools and centersto promote educational pro-grams and resources availablefor families in each InnovationZone.

BCPS Innovation Zones(Zones) consist of a cluster ofschools that includes a highschool, middle school(s), ele-mentary schools and centers.The Zones break down “bar-riers” and divide the Districtinto 28 representatives, respon-sive and manageable geogra-phic areas, while maintainingthe importance and influence abig District demands.

The Community Showcaseswill include student perform-ances, exhibits, pep rallies andinformation breakout sessions.Representatives from eachschool will be on hand to provideinformation and answer ques-tions about their educationalprograms and opportunities.

The Community Showcasesalso provide an opportunity forparents and community mem-bers to learn more about the$800 million General Obli-gation Bond and the District’sSMART initiative, which fo-cuses on Safety, Music & Arts,Athletics, Renovations andTechnology for all schools. Be-low is a listing of CommunityShowcase dates, times and lo-cations.

The Community Showcases

begin on Wednesday, Octo 1,2014, and continue through-out the month. For the full Com-munity Showcase schedule, seethe attached timetable. If youhave questions about the Com-munity Showcases, contact theOffice of Service Quality at 754-321-3636. To view the scheduleonline, visit http://browardschools.com/zone-community-showcases. To findout more about Zones, visith t t p : / /www.broward.k12.fl.us/dsa/InnovationZones.shtml.

Don’t be discouraged(Cont'd from FP)

While exploring the vastness of outer space in search ofnew fuel, there are those that have imprisoned themselvesby selfish desires who will tell you of the mystical creaturesthat would be devastated by your exploration.

All too often we allow our actions to be dictated by others’perceptions when we extend ourselves to lend a helpinghand. A helping hand used to address the need of those whoare caught in the quagmire of bureaucracy. Giving a handto them that are used as doormats to brush the dirt from thefeet of those that claim to know what is best for them.

It is as if the world wants to keep some down and dirtywhile others are held in esteem by some perverted standards.

Nevertheless, we continue to forge on, a little beaten andbruised, wearing the scars proudly as badges of courage.Finding the strength and not realizing where until it’s done.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong andcourageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged,for the LORD your God will be with you wherever yougo.” (Joshua 1:9, KJV)

When we are in the heat of the fray there is no time toreconsider, readjust or rethink; we only have time toremember. Remember those promises that were made byGod like, “never leave nor forsake you”.

“And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong andof good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: forthe LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he willnot fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finishedall the work for the service of the house of the LORD.” (1 Chronicles 28:20, KJV)

When we take a stand to speak truth to power, to standon the side of right and not on the side of popularity, webecome like magnets attracting shards of metal. One can become easily discouraged when speaking truthto power or perceived power when the grounds of contentionare not in their favor; but right is right and wrong is wrong.

Where is the common ground for equality and justice forall?

We who have been in the struggle know how it feels to beat midnight, “cause strange things happen at midnight.”

“Be strong. Take courage. Don’t be intimidated.Don’t give them a second thought because God, yourGod, is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you.He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you.” Deuteronomy31:6, (The Message)

WHEN GOD IS FOR US,NO ONE CAN EVER LAST AGAINST US

(Cont'd from FP)

Fudge said that by colla-borating with thousands ofchurches across the country,the “Freedom Sunday”campaign hoped to reach 12million people before theNovember elections.

Morris said that the strategythat the CBC is undertaking isimportant because churcheshave the capacity to mobilizevoters independent of indi-vidual candidates.

“While we know that voterturnout significantly decreasesduring midterm elections wealso know that there is an op-portunity to ensure that AfricanAmerican voters and particu-larly those where we have high-ly-contested Senate races knowwhat is at stake in this election,”said Fudge.

During the 2010 midtermelections, Black voter turnoutwas 44 percent, compared towhite voter turnout which was49 percent, according to theU.S. 2010 Current PopulationSurvey. During the 2012elections, Black voter turnouteclipsed white voter turnout bymore than 2 percent.

The CBC also plans to target19 key district and House raceswhere they believe Black voterscan make a difference in Califor-nia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,Nevada, New York, Arkansas,Colorado, New Jersey, Nebras-ka and Virginia.

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Education reform is not to blame for nation’s segregated schoolBy Kevin Chavous

It is the great ironyof Brown v. Board ofEducation, the land-mark desegregationcase that celebrates its60th anniversary thisyear. The segregation

segregated as the urban area. But St.Louis is not alone, or even an outlier.

New York City, home of the nation’slargest school district, is the most se-gregated in the country. In the pastfew weeks, in a host of opinion articlesand media interviews, status quo de-fenders of America’s public school sys-tem sought to explain this troublingsituation by focusing on their usualvillains – those urging comprehensiveeducation reform.

They suggested that enduring racialdivides in our schools were to be blamedon charter schools and newly emergingeducational options, such as vouchers.Donna Brazile, for example, citedcharter schools as part of the se-gregation problem in American edu-

cation. As much affection as I have forDonna, it’s not a serious argumentwhen the fact is that charter schoolsmake up only 6 percent of the nation’spublic schools.

Worse still, top officials in the JusticeDepartment seem to believe in thismythological link between educationreforms and segregation. Last year,the Department filed for an injunctionto block the Louisiana school voucherprogram that was designed for low-in-come and predominantly minority kidswho were and remained trapped infailing schools.

Using the spurious argument thatthe program exacerbated segregation,the Justice Department asked theCourt to “permanently enjoin the Stateof Louisiana from awarding any

school vouchers.”Here are the facts. In Louisiana, 93

percent of the children benefiting fromthe Louisiana Scholarship Programare minorities, all of whom attend un-derperforming schools and are fromlow-income families. An independentanalysis of the Louisiana voucher pro-gram concluded it has “no negativeeffect on school desegregation.” Thosewho take part in the program over-whelmingly are moving from one se-gregated school to another. The newschool just happens to be a betterschool for them academically.

The bitter truth is that America’sschools have been segregated long be-fore the advent of education reform,charter schools, opportunity scholar-ships and virtual learning. How didthey become that way? America is asegregated country, both racially andsocio-economically. White and middleclass, Black and brown suburbanflight left our city schools with primarilylow income kids of color. Segregationis a fact of life in school systems in ur-ban cities across the country.

If our Justice Department is seriousabout attacking segregation in K-12education, wouldn’t it make moresense to sue New York than Louisiana?Or Missouri, especially since it wasone of the 17 states ordered to dese-gregate?

So how do we end segregation? Ifyou ask me, it all starts with education.And school choice isn’t its cause but itsantidote.

The education reform and edu-cational choice movements grew outof a desire to address our collectivefailure to give our least privilegedcitizens the education they deserve –not the education to which they’vebeen condemned. Blaming those of uswho believe in reform and choicedoesn’t do anything to help those kids.

It’s just a distraction. Getting ourkids in good schools is part of thesolution, not the problem. Let’scelebrate those outlying – but growing– educational choice programs thatare educating kids that otherwisewouldn’t be edu-cated.

Every student who receives a worth-while education becomes one morechild who can thrive in an integratedworld. And for goodness sake, let’sstop finding reasons to fight againstthe innovation, creativity and successwe are seeing in education that ourcitizens want and need.

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The 2014 Political Pimp MoveBy Lucius Gantt

With President Ba-rack Obama’s assis-tance, certain Demo-cratic candidates havemastered the “PoliticalPimp Move”! Now I know manyreaders of The GanttReport don’t like for me to write any-thing bad about the Commander inChief but those that truly know me

know that I try to write the truth andI don’t care if national, state or localpoliticians like it or not! With that said, if you desire, youcan skip this column and go straight tothe comics or funny pages. The word pimp first appeared inEnglish in 1607 in a play entitledYour Five Gallants. It is believed tohave stemmed from the French infini-tive pimper meaning to dress up el-egantly and from the present parti-ciple pimpant meaning alluring in se-ductive dress. Pimp used as a verb,meaning to act as a pimp, first ap-peared in 1636 in a book called TheBashful Lover. A pimp can alsomean “a despicable person”. Many people wrongfully describepimps as people that take money fromwomen but the truth of the matter isthat a pimp will take money, or any-thing of value, from whomever he orshe can. African Americans are the decid-ing factor in any close election be-cause Blacks usually vote in blocksand non-Black voters are pretty muchdivided and will vote for a variety ofcandidates. Instead of catering to their mostloyal supporters, instead of patroniz-ing businesses owned by your mostloyal supporters, instead of speakingout strongly on issues of interest toyour most loyal supporters and in-stead of giving your most loyal, votingsupporters opportunities to participatein political purchasing transactions,the political party that African Ameri-cans love the most chose to pimp Blackvoters! Can I prove it? Yes! No matter how much love Blackpeople show their political party ofchoice and the candidates that run foroffice under that party’s banner, Blackpeople get screwed just like a two dol-lar wh*re on the bad side of town. They take our endorsements, theytake our volunteerism, they take ourcampaign contributions, they take ourenthusiasm, they take our politicallove and what do we get forit…..absolutely nothing! Now is the time, late in the 2014campaign season, when politiciansstart showing up at Black churches.Politicians never go near a Blackchurch, or any other Black commu-nity institution, until election time. And when they get to church, theybring their lies, they bring the falsepromises and they bring their politicalcon game that suggests politicians fromone political party are different andare better than candidates from op-posing political parties. Malcolm X once suggested one partyis composed of political wolves and theother is full of political foxes. A fox anda wolf are both canines and eitherparty Black people choose to supportthey will still end up in the dog house! Today, many Black voters are likedogs in a sense of the word. A dogoftentimes rummages around garbagecans and he’ll find something thatlooks good and smells good but is alsonot good for him. When the dog eatsthings that are not best for him usu-ally he will throw the bad food up butsoon the dumb dog becomes so mes-merized and infatuated with whatlooked good he will try to eat his ownvomit.

Black voters are the same way. Nomatter how many times they havebeen lied to by politicians they love, nomatter how many times they havebeen ignored, rejected, neglected, used,abused and taken advantage of by thepolitical party that they love, just likethe dog, Black voters continue to casttheir ballots for candidates that liter-ally make them sick! In 2014, if Black people run to thepolls to vote for candidates that hateBlack people, that hate to spend moneywith Black people, hate to hire Blackpeople and hate to speak strongly aboutBlack issues, African American votersthat vote for devils just because theyare in a political party that you preferare not only political punks and tricks,those kinds of Black voters are traitorsto their race! Now, quickly, what does Barack O-bama have to do with all of this? Well,the President is supposed to be theleader of the Democratic Party. Inother words, if you control a politicalparty, that party should do nothingthat you don’t agree with. Not only does the President agreewith the way African Americans aretreated by the political party they lovethe most. President Barack Obama ishelping that party treat us with mal-content and disrespect! Can I prove that, too? Yes, again! If it is not party policy, why doesevery Democrat say President Obama’sname when courting Black voters.Someone told Democratic candidatesto spend all campaign money withnon-Blacks and someone told the can-didates, to get Black votes, all youhave to do is say “I support Obama”. I did what I could to help PresidentObama win two presidential elections.What did I get from President Obama?I get at least ten emails a day fromklansmen, neo-nazis and red-neckedcrackers begging me for money forwhite candidates to spend with whitepolitical vendors. President Barack Obama decided togive every piece of Black data to everypale faced candidate he could give itto. But he won’t give you data on howto reach Goldman-Sachs, LehmanBrothers of AIG insurers because theyare white people and you are dumbBlack voters. No, Black candidates can’t get dataabout white campaign contributors orwhite voters but anybody Black thatever gave a dime to President Obamahas his name, address, email, phonenumber and other information givento any sheet-wearer, swastika weareror modern day overseer that asksPresident Obama’s political party forBlack data. To me, unauthorized use of Blackpersonal data is like identity theft! I’ve gone much too far in this week’scolumn so I’ll just end by saying we’vebeen voting for the lesser of two evilsfor far too long. In 2014, we need to vote for candi-dates that will vote for us, spend withus, respect us and want us. The idea of pimps and politicsshould be discarded and trashed likethe people that suggest such ideas!(Buy Gantt’s book “Beast Too: DeadMan Writing” in digital or paperbackversions and contact Lucius atwww.allworldconsultants.net


Fla. NAACP pushing formedical potBy Clarence V. McKee

Surprise, Surprise.The Florida NAACP

has endorsed a Novem-ber ballot initiative,“Amendment 2” that

CALDWELL


Ninety-one percent of 8 million enrollees have paid their premiumsBy Roger Caldwell

It is now 2014, and Americans haveforgotten the success of the AffordableCare Act (ACA). Everyone is talkingabout President Obama’s dismal poll

numbers, where only 40to 39 percent think he isdoing a good job. Thesenumbers are the worsesince he has been in of-fice, and the Congressis talking about suinghis administration.

Everywhere you lookaround in the worldthere is war, and the hawks in thecountry are ready to spend billions totake the fight to America’s enemies.For the last few weeks, it appears thatthe only discussion in America is onthe President’s foreign policy. Themedia and our political leaders wantinstant solutions, but that will neverhappen.

JOY


Social issues and moral valuesconflict beyond equalityBy Derek Joy

And so, the war ison... Just like the lateMarvin Gaye recordeda landmark album -What’s Going On? - asthe Vietnam War ragedon. Curiously, media reports and somehistorians often credit the War onTerrorism as America’s longest war. Fact is, America got involved inVietnam in 1959 - earlier by covertefforts. It lasted until 1975. That’s 16years, much longer than the War onTerrorism has spanned. Just mentioned that as an appe-tizer. Set the table for a curveball.Now, get up on this! Here it is, a time when Jews markthe beginning of the solemn holy dayof Rosh Hashana, the Jewish NewYear. It’s year 5775 on the Hebrewcalendar. And, in America, Judaism standsas the equal of the world’s great (popu-lar) religions. Right there alongsideChristianity, Islam, Buddhism andHinduism. Even satanic followers canbe found in ample numbers. The United States Constitution leg-islated “Certain inalienable rights” forthe citizenry. Freedom of religion ismost definitely one of those rights.Quite different from other countriesthat demand the practice of one reli-gion.

Discovering longer wait time forAffordable Medical Health CareBy Phillip L. Wright, PhD.

Here is what I havediscovered about thenew legalized Afford-able Health Care Act,which is also known tosome of us as ObamaCare. Currently in WRIGHT2014, nearly all of my medical ap-pointments have an overload of pa-tients to be seen. The reason is thatpatients now have the new AffordableHealth care insurance and there areso many more people insured. How-ever, with so many more patients need-ing medical attention it caused a defi-ciency of accurate and complete dataprocessing of patients’ medical infor-mation.

This has become a medical dilemma,probably across the United States inthe Medical Facilities.

Report card on Black AmericaBy Lee A. DanielsNNPA Columnist

Some might think theannual report on income,poverty and health in-surance coverage theU.S. Census Bureau re-leased last week had adistinctly repetitive tone to it. Albeitwith a few exceptions, the words “notstatistically significant” aptly fit thevery small increases or decreases ofmost of the measurements that com-prise the year-to-year tally.

But that doesn’t make the docu-ment itself is insignificant. For thereport – a critical report card on thewell-being of American society as awhole – underscores long-term eco-nomic trends that represent a clearand present danger to the viability ofthe broader society and to Black Ameri-cans in particular.

DANIELS

The CBC – then and nowBy Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.NNPA Columnist

Too often peoplewho have experiencedand endured long termoppression and suffer-ing take for grantedsome of the socioeco-nomic and political in- CHAVISdicators of progress. In other words, itis important periodically to assess boththe setbacks and the gains that BlackAmerica has made during the past 50years.

I regularly attend various Blackconventions and conferences. Over thepast few years, I‘ve noticed the emer-gence an underlying pessimistic sub-theme that increasingly permeates thegatherings of Black Americans.


Talk is no substitute for actionBy Lauren Victoria BurkeNNPA Columnist

Have you ever seen aphoto of Dr. Martin Lut-her King, Jr. taking partin a panel discussion? It’slikely he didn’t have timeif he were asked. It’s alsolikely that in the 1950s and 1960s, hewasn’t asked much. The period Dr.King conquered was a time of action.The actions Dr. King took got resultsand won huge victories.

Last year, we commemorated the50th anniversary of the 1963 MarchOn Washington for Jobs and Free-dom. This year, we are commemorat-ing the 50th anniversary of the sign-ing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

BURKE


Clarence V. McKee is presidentof McKee Communications, Inc., agovernment, political, and mediarelations consulting firm inFlorida. He held several positionsin the Reagan Administration aswell as in the Reagan presidentialcampaigns and has appeared onmany national and local mediaoutlets. Read more reports fromClarence V. McKee



CHAVOUSin our schools has gotten even worse,not better. Back in 1954, 17 states stillhad segregated schools and with courtorder from the highest court in theland, they were forced to desegregate.How successful were they? Not very.Take Missouri, one of those 17 states.Its most populous city, St. Louis,still isone of the most segregated cities in thecountry and its schools are just as

MCKEEwould legalize so-called “medical mari-juana.”

Well, not really a big surprise.The National NAACP and affili-

ates in Colorado, Wyoming, Montanaand California have supported decrimi-nalization or outright legalization ofmarijuana for recreational or medicaluse. Although not mentioned by theFlorida NAACP as a basis for theirsupport of the amendment, thoseabove and many others cite the dis-proportionate marijuana arrest ratesof Blacks as a main reason for support-ing legalization.

To them, it is a civil rights issue.This is a silly argument and com-

pares apples to oranges.If the NAACP believes that the

problem of disproportionate marijuanaarrests is solved by legalization, wouldthey agree that any disproportionatearrests of Black males for domesticviolence or other crimes should re-quire criminalization of those offenses?

No way. In a July statement onthis issue, the White House Office ofNational Drug Control Policy said, “Weagree that the criminal justice systemis in need of reform and that dis-proportionally exists throughout thesystem.

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Kids Talk About GodKids Talk About GodKids Talk About GodKids Talk About GodKids Talk About GodWhat is the meaning of The FirstCommandment, “You Shall Have NoOther Gods Before Me”?By Carey Kinsolving and Friends

“It means to only have one God, which is God.When we find something, we don’t go gaga over it.We still pray to God and not to the new thing,” saysAshley, 11.

For a fuller understanding of “gaga,” let’s go toCory, 11: “When the commandment says to haveno other gods ‘before Me,’ it means to love some-thing more than God.”

Lee, 8, gets specific: “You should worship God instead of yourbike, Nintendo, computer or TV. You should read the Biblemore.”

The average American watches more than four hours oftelevision a day. Lee, do you mean I shouldn’t veg out in frontof the tube for 28 hours a week? After all, I don’t actuallyworship. I spend at least two hours a week in church on Sunday.Does God want more?

Yes, says Haley, 11: “The First Commandment means don’tspend more time on anything than God. God is more importantthan TV or radio.”

The First Commandment is starting to get too personal.Lynden, 9, illustrates: “It means like not to say, ‘Um, sorry,Jesus. My friends are coming over in about 10 minutes.’ I don’tspend time with him in those 10 minutes.”

Even in a fast-paced world, we always seem to make time forimportant relationships. For example, people who have goodmarriages order their lives so that they spend time with eachother. To put it simply, God wants to be our first love.

“God is kind of jealous and also the one and only true God,”says Amber, 12. When God is jealous, it’s a good kind of jealousy.We usually think of jealousy as being small and petty. God’sjealousy is big and benevolent. He wants our whole heartbecause only his love can bring us into a deeper, larger placewhere he is our all in all.

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Simplifying financial aidBy Pearl and Mel Shaw

Trying to receive financialaid for college? How do you feelwhen completing the ten pageFAFSA (Free Application forFinancial Student Aid) form?Could reducing it to two ques-tions improve the process?Senators Alexander (TN) andBennett (CO) believe more stu-dents could pursue a collegeeducation if the form were sim-plified.

They want to reduce FAFSAto a postcard that asks two ques-tions: What is your family size?And, what was your householdincome two years ago? Usingearlier tax data – and a simple“look up” table – would let stu-dents know how much finan-cial aid they are eligible forwhen they start looking at col-leges.


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BlackonomicsThe cost of not doing businessBy James Clingman NNPA Columnist

Over the past few decades Black people havebeen led to believe that we have “power” because weearn and spend so much money in the marketplace, now havingeclipsed the $1 trillion mark. As the most studied consumersegment in the world, Black Americans are touted by dozens ofstudies as the most brand loyal and the biggest spenders, espe-cially on specific goods and services such as fast foods, movies, cellphones, hair and skin care, and sweetened drinks, just to name afew. Is that power? Well, it is for those on the receiving end ofthose dollars, but not so for Black consumers. It’s more akin to aweakness.

You have heard the term, “The cost of doing business,” whichmeans that folks in business have certain costs that come with theterritory. Some characterize it by saying, “It takes money to makemoney.” Agreed, of course; but how much money does it take forbusinesses that Black consumers support to make more money?What is their cost of doing business within the Black consumersegment? The answer: little or nothing. They get our money withlittle effort or reciprocity.


Mt. Hermon AME Church Homecoming Celebration luncheon

Dillard Class of 1947 alumni and Trailblazer BeauregardCummings (l) brings back the good old days during the re-cent Old Dillard Homecoming celebration and SamuelMeredith Moseley III, the son of Dillard’s former principalS. Meredith Moseley, addresses the audience.

Homecoming 2014 Chair-person Elaine Stevens takesa swirl around the dancefloor with Dillard Class of1944 alumni AttorneyRaleigh Rawls.

The Larramore Family, recognized for their historical contributions, is joined byeducator Laura Martin, and Old Dillard Museum Curator Derek Davis.

(Cont'd from FP)

The week’s activities beganon Thursday, Sept. 18, with aVIP reception at the Old DillardMuseum. On Sept. 20, formerDillard graduates dating backto the Class of 1938-1952 werehonored during a luncheon atthe Mt. Hermon Family LifeCenter, and a Sunday morningworship service at Mt. HermonAME featuring keynote speakerthe Reverend Dr. Edison Jack-son, president of Bethune Cook-man University, concluded aweek of historical activities de-signed to showcase the legacyof Dillard High.

Dillard High School wasestablished in 1924 due to theefforts of Annie T. Reed, afounding member of Mt. Her-mon AME Church which beganin 1906. Reed worked as ahousekeeper for Frank Strana-han, who founded the City ofFort Lauderdale. She convincedthe Stranahan Family to donatethe land to provide the City’s

“Colored” students a school toattend. The late Dr. Joseph A.Ely, the principal of the school,petitioned local school boardmembers to change the school’sname from Colored School toDillard High School, afterJames H. Dillard in 1930. Dil-lard was a Caucasian educatorwho traveled the U. S. advocat-ing that Negroes have the rightto be educated. Dillard’s firsthigh school graduation for the“Class of 1938,” was held at Mt.Hermon AME Church.

Attorney Raleigh Rawls, 89was a graduate of Dillard’s“Class of 1944.” He recalled oneof the school’s first principals,Clarence C. Walker who was atDillard from 1930 until the timeof his death in 1942.

“One of the things I reallybelieved throughout my wholecareer was that Clarence C.Walker was one of the greatestpersons I had ever known. Hededicated his life so that littleBlack children would get an

education. He is the one whowas instrumental in us havinga Dillard High School. He con-vinced the Stranahans todonate the land that the schoolwas built on. He said, “If wedon’t get that land they’ll haveapartments built on it. The landshould belong to Dillard HighSchool. This man in my opinionwas one of the greatest highschool principals that I haveever seen in my lifetime.

Chairperson Elaine Stevenscoordinated the activities forHomecoming 2014 titled, “Feet2 UR FAITH-Taking ActionTrusting God” Hebrews 11:1.She said she undertook thisproject through her church.

“Reverend Henry Greenasked me and because I was aBlack History major way backduring the Civil Rights era. Ifought for Black Studies and Ilearned my history and under-stand how important it is forthose of us who know better toshare so we can keep the legacygoing. A people without know-

ledge of their history are like atree without roots.”

Stevens recognized thefamily of the late Mary Lara-more Smith, a long time edu-cator and community activistswho was instrumental inpreserving the Old DillardSchool which is now a museum.She presented them with aplaque that read the following:“She was a woman of actionwho put Feet 2 UR Faith.” MtHermon AME ChurchHomecoming Sept. 21, 2014.”

“This all came about throughElaine Stevens who learnedthat Mt. Hermon played an in-strumental part of the de-velopment of Old Dillard HighSchool. She found that the waythey got the building was be-cause of Annie Reed, who was amember of Mt. Hermon. Thefirst graduating class actuallyhad their graduation here atMt. Hermon.

Clarence Walker who wasthe principal of Dillard HighSchool was a member of Mt.Hermon. So there is a greatconnection between Mt. Her-mon and Dillard High SchoolShe felt that future generationsshould know how much theschool and the church got alongand that this should not be lost,”said Derek Davis, Curator forthe Old Dillard Museum.

Luncheon keynote speakerBroward County Circuit CourtJudge Michael A. Robinson is agraduate of Dillard’s Class of1972. He was a member of theHonor Society, the DebateTeam, and a letterman on ThePanther’s football team.

“You all laid the foundationfor generations that came beforeme and generations to come.You loved Dillard. You lovedyour community. You loved thechildren in your community.You looked after the children soobviously you loved them be-cause their parents had to work.My mom was a maid, my dadwasn’t home a lot of times. Hewas a construction worker.Some of ya’ll looked out for me.

You all also laid the foun-dation for excellence in theclassroom. So I salute you forwithout you there would be nome.”

Samuel Meredith Moseley IIIaddressed the audience bysharing how he felt his fatherthe late S. Meredith Moseleywould feel had he been inattendance at the luncheon.

“ I would like to thank youfor not letting the legacy go andif my father were here he’d bevery proud that you still cherishthe experience you had at Dil-lard because that’s what hereally wanted us to understand.Excellence is what it’s all about.”

Third party oversight for $800 million bond(Cont'd from FP)

Mayor Kaplan suggested toDr. Blackburn that the In-spector General be given au-thority to oversee the account-ing books to insure the moneyis used appropriately.

After the hearing, I was ableto speak with Dr. DesmondBlackburn to clarify what plansthe Superintendent had in re-gards to oversight if the $800million bond were approved

during the November elections.During our conversation Dr.

Blackburn stated to me that, “athird party oversight board con-sisting of faith based leadershipand local leadership would over-see how the money is spent”.When I asked who wouldchoose the board members Dr.Blackburn replied, “The Super-intendent”.

Nothing has been finalized,but all the talk of oversight is astep in the right direction.

PBS to present American after FergusonModerated by PBS Newshour’s Gwen Ifill, town hall meeting will explorethe complex issues surrounding the events in Ferguson, Missouri

Moderator Gwen Ifill (Photo credit: Robert Severi)

ARLINGTON, VA., — PBSrecently announced that GwenIfill, PBS Newshour co-anchorand managing editor, andmoderator and managing editorof Washington Week, willmoderate American After Fer-guson, a town hall meeting thatwill explore the many issuesthat have been brought intopublic discourse in the wake ofMichael Brown’s death in Fer-guson, Missouri. The program,produced by WGBH Boston inpartnership with the Nine Net-

work/KETC in St. Louis andWETA in Washington D.C., willair Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, 8 -9p.m. on PBS.

While the facts of the caseare still in dispute, for manythe story of Ferguson has be-come a symbol of the larger so-cial divides in America, expos-ing a persistent disconnect a-long lines of race, class andidentity. Through conver-sations and special reports, A-merican After Ferguson will ex-plore these complex questions

raised by the events in Fer-guson.

American After Ferguson willbe taped before an audience onSunday, Sept. 21, at the TouhillPerforming Arts Center on thecampus of the University of Mis-souri-St. Louis. Intended foraudiences in communities a-cross the country, AmericanAfter Ferguson will include na-tional leaders in the areas oflaw enforcement, race and civilrights, as well as governmentofficials, faith leaders and

youth.“The upheaval in Ferguson

stirred up an all too familiarstew of debate over race, justiceand citizenship,” Ifill said. “It’sa discussion fueled by commu-nity outrage and resentmenton all sides, but it is one thatshouldn’t end. Our town hallconversation will shed lightrather than heat on the topic,as we seek out the voices in-terested in digging deeper.”

“In light of the ongoingevents in Ferguson, we wantedto help convene a conversationto delve deeper into these com-plex cultural questions,” saidBeth Hoppe, Chief Program-ming Executive and GeneralManager, General AudienceProgramming, PBS. “By bring-ing together PBS’ trusted brandof news and public affairs an-alysis with the local expertise of

our St. Louis PBS memberstation KETC, we will deliver acompelling and informativeprogram that helps move theseimportant conversations for-ward.”

“This can be a town hallwhere a civil dialogue happensnot only in the auditorium andover the air, but also throughsocial media” said Marie Nelson,WGBH executive producer forthe program. “It’s a chance fora wide range of voices and ideasto be heard in a truly nationaldiscourse.”

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A Mind For Money

Marijuana business names bloomingBy Mike Vasilinda

With the potential legali-zation of medical marijuana byvoters this fall, more than ahundred corporations using thename marijuana have beenformed in Florida. More are like-ly to set up shop if the amend-ment is approved.

From one end of the state tothe other, more than 100 cor-porations using the name Marij-uana have been charted by thestate in at least 25 counties.They call themselves MarijuanaIndustries, Marijuana RX, orthe Medical Marijuana Busi-ness Association of Florida.

Jeff Shakey chartered theBusiness association. “For peo-ple trying to figure out whatthis virtual real estate on theinternet going to look like so, asyou know from your research,people went out and documentED and captured dozens of URLnames and corporate names to

try and get ahead of the curve”says the veteran lobbyist.

Sharkey has long repre-sented one of Florida’s favoritesons. Jimmy Buffet. The twowere recently seen at the exclu-sive Governor’s Club havinglunch in the shadow of the stateCapitol.

Sharkey is coy about whe-ther Buffet sees marijuana as apotential business.

Talk to me about JimmyBuffet” we asked. Sharkeylaughs.

You’ve got pictures of himon the wall…Yeah

Well, Jimmy Buffet’s an oldfriend of mine. WerepresentedMargritaville Holdings for anumber of years. They have avery diversified business.Jimmy has been watching na-tionally as medical marijuanahas been passed,” says Sharkey.

The cost of registering a cor-poration is cheap..just $70. Butprofits could be huge. As manyas four hundred thousand pa-tients could qualify if voterslegalize medical marijuana.

Meeting the demand formedical marijuana would re-quire growing hundreds ofthousands of pounds of pot eachyear.

By Dennis P. Kimbro, Ph.D.

To begin, distribute 2,500surveys hoping to peel back themindset and behaviors of a longforgotten and overlooked mar-ket segment. Next, coordinateand organize six cross-countryfocus groups from Washington,D.C., to Las Vegas, Nevada,and points in between.

Once this task has been com-pleted, coordinate and imple-ment more than 60 interviews,phoners and countless confer-ence calls over a never-endingseven year stretch. And whatis the end result? What haveyou uncovered? The most de-finitive picture of Black A-merica’s most affluent—inshort, the DNA to Blackwealth—a pragmatic blueprintfor lifelong financial securitythat dispels the myths and

rumors regarding the wealthbuilding habits of Black A-merica premier wage earners.For example, did you know theaverage Black mill-ionaire…

* Is a 52 year old male(nearly 12 percent, and grow-ing, female); born in the North-east and Midwest; the majorityraised in a home where bothparents were present; moreoften than not their mother wasa housewife.

* Average net worth: $4million; average income of pa-rents: $ 10,000 - $ 20,000 peryear.

* Married 15 - 20 years;children: two plus.

* College degree: approxi-mately 69 percent; SAT score:greater than 1000 (earlier ver-sion); college GPA: male: 2.9;

female: 3.4; 52 percent businessmajors; 20 percent MBA.

* Daily routine: rise 5:30am; retire by 11:00 pm; exercise:3.5 hours week; men golf,tennis; women golf, tennis,aerobics, yoga, gardening.

* Cars: four plus (Mer-cedes or Lexus; General Motorsor Ford)

* Church attendance:twice per week; women tithe;men give 10 to 15 percent oftheir earnings to charity;church size: less than 2,500members.

* How they made theirmoney? Ninety percent entre-preneurship; thirty percent realestate.

* Smartest money move?“Diversifying my portfolio,” 31percent; “Buying a home,” 26percent.

* Investment strategy:stocks, mutual funds; “Earn it,grow it, give it away!”

* Best way to get rich?“Start a business”; 30 percent.

* Savings plan: 10 - 20percent of income.

* Average credit carddebt: $2,500.

* Appraised value ofhome: $200,000 - $299,000.

* Average debt not in-cluding mortgage: Less than$10,000.

KIMBRO

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Chiefs RB McKnight finds the endzone with trailing LBJason Trunsik.

Chiefs RB Knile Davis ran 32 times for a career-high 132yards and a touchdown, contributing to the 174-yardrushing by the Chiefs in their 35-12 victory over the MiamiDolphins at SunLife Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014.

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By Dedrick D. Henry, Sr.

One team came in winless,with a struggling quarterbackand without running backKnowshon Moreno. The otherteam came in with one win, astruggling quarterback andwithout its star running back.While the Kansas City Chiefsfound solutions for all that ailedthem Sunday, the Miami Dol-phins walked away losers, look-ing nothing like the team I sawtwo weeks ago celebrating avictory over New England.

To be fair, the Dolphins didsome things right Sunday. Thedefense had five sacks, includ-ing a safety. Special teams,which has been mediocre to saythe least, provided a 74-yardkickoff return. The offensewithout Knowshon Moreno, outwith a dislocated elbow, got aspark from Lamar Miller whoresponded with a career-high108 yards on 15 carries (a 7.2-yard average).

With such run support, itwas a perfect time for Tannehillto jump-start his offense. Thisdidn’t happen. He completed21-of-43 passes for 205 yardsand one touchdown, sufferingfour sacks, including a back-breaker on third-and-1 in thefourth quarter that helped setup a Kansas City touchdownpossession for a 27-15 lead.Tannehill’s rating for Sunday:70.4. His season rating: 74.1.That’s lower than even his ca-reer 79.1 entering the season.

Smith entered the game thelowest-rated passer in the NFL,but completed 19-of-25 passesfor 186 yards and three touch-downs, a 136.0 rating thatdoubled his season total.

the 174-yard rushing by theChiefs.

They need to run and passconsistently. Over the past twoweeks, the Dolphins’ offensehas managed a total of onlytwo touchdowns. Sunday’s TD,a 1-yard pass from Tannehillto Brian Hartline, came after adrive of 19 yards following astrip/sack/fumble in the thirdquarter.

“You’ve got to do better thanthat on offense,” Dolphinscoach Joe Philbin said. “Youcan’t expect to win a lot of gamesif your longest touchdown driveis 19 yards.”

The result still hung in thebalance in the fourth quarterwhen, on third-and-1 from theKansas City 47, but Tannehillwas sacked. Philbin was think-ing that Miami might go for iton fourth down, but the 3-yardloss led him to punt.

Frankie Hammond, Jr. re-turned the punt 47 yards andwith an illegal substitution pen-alty tacked on, the Chiefs wereon the Miami 44, needing nineplays to find the end zone.

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While Smith was efficientthrough the air, the KansasCity running game didn’t suf-fer any too much despite theabsence of Jamal Charles, whosat out the game with an ankleinjury. Knile Davis ran 32 timesfor a career-high 132 yards anda touchdown, contributing to

Hip Hop Corner

My Dream for Hip HopBy Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist

It was all a dream. Salt nPepa and Heavy D in a limou-sine. Hanging pictures on mywall….. I share the late Notori-ous B.I.G’s sentiments as hedescribed his undying love forHip Hop in his multi-platinumhit ‘Juicy.’ What is your HipHop dream?

I went from "Lucious J" to"Kandi" with a K to Flygirl LadyJay, but my most important titleis president of the Hip HopUnion. My dream was to buildan organization that providesthe necessary tools, resourcesand services to activate andassist businesses and entrepre-neurs who are dedicated to pre-serving the legacy and expand-ing the reach of Hip Hop cul-ture. The grueling task of bring-ing a world of chaos to its fullestpotential has been both trouble-some and rewarding. Trouble-some because it is the body ofHip Hop that does not let itselfgrow.

That’s largely because HipHop was not united. How couldit be when Hip Hop was con-nected to the world by its soundsand lyrics? How do we find outwhat the body of Hip Hop isthinking when it comes to poli-

tics, education, police brutalityand social welfare?

We usually hear particularperspectives from artists whogarner attention because theyhave sold millions of recordsbut still have warped perspec-tives. The same can be said ofself-appointed leaders who usethe platform to increase theirreach and, in the end, slowdown the advancement of thecommunity. Their goal is to side-track what they perceive as com-petition, many of their ideasand perspectives are stolen fromthe citizens who tirelessly workto make change.

You never know what some-one has sacrificed for the love ofHip Hop. It’s a love so deep youcan’t shake it, it can break yourheart, it can fulfill your dreamsand sadly in the cases of ShakirStewart of Def Jam and Viola-tor Management founder ChrisLighty, it can be the stress anddeath of you.

Hip Hop has been a way outfor young Black and Brownfolks for more than four de-cades. It is the manifestation ofdesires and determination tosucceed at the highest levels byany means necessary. It en-tails constantly lobbying for po-sitions and begging to be heardby the outlets that refuse to

publish yourwork or music af-ter you havespent so muchtime creating it.

The time hascome for us to or-ganize and in-vest in the suc-cess of our people, stimulate e-conomic growth and force loveamong one another. On Sep-tember 19, 2009 the Hip HopUnion was born to fill that need.

A group of 22 individualsfrom different organizationsand affiliations across the coun-try sat down at Long IslandUniversity in Brooklyn, N.Y.for a meeting that would changethe world in the name of HipHop yet again. One of the manygoals proposed on that day wasto work for Hip Hop to be recog-nized and invited to sit amongworld leaders.

Understanding the dynam-ics of the Hip Hop industry, weinvested five years in research-ing and cultivating the servicesmembers of the Hip Hop Unionwill soon be able to enjoy. Wewanted to make sure that wewere representing the peopleand not only ourselves. Weknew that our selfless effortswould be scrutinized by every-body who considers themselvesan authority when it comes toHip Hop. It is natural for peopleto shun the work and stop for-ward progression of fellow con-stituents; we should not haveto manipulate each other tosucceed.

BUTLER



'Pardons of Innocence' film to debut at CBC Friday in D.C. E-RnB Scandalous show breaks thecycle giving voice to silent sufferers

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Special to the NNPA fromThe Wilmington Journal

The much acclaimed feature-length film, “Pardons of Inno-cence: The Wilmington Ten,”will have its national debut dur-ing the CBCF Annual Legis-lative Conference this Friday,Sept. 26 at the Renaissance Ho-tel across from the Walter E.Washington Convention Cen-

ter in downtown Washington,D.C.

Produced by the NationalNewspaper Publishers Asso-ciation (NNPA) and CashWorksHD Productions, the 119-minute documentary recountsthe turbulent history surround-ing the troubled desegregationof New Hanover County Publicschools in North Carolina dur-ing the late 1960s through 1971,

and the violent incidents, remi-niscent of what we saw in Fer-guson, Mo. this summer, thatled up to the false prosecutionof eight Black male students, awhite female community or-ganizer, and fiery civil rightsactivist, Rev. Benjamin Chavis,for protesting racial injustice.

The case of the WilmingtonTen made national and interna-tional headlines, resulting inthe Congressional Black Cau-cus, speaking out for justice.

Produced, written and di-rected by Wilmington Journalstaff writer Cash Michaels, thefilm also traces how the BlackPress, led initially by Wilming-ton Journal Publisher Tho-mas C. Jervay, Sr., and sub-sequently more than 40 yearslater by his daughter, pub-lisher-editor Mary Alice JervayThatch, through the NNPA,ultimately pushed for, andachieved the official anddramatic exoneration of the Wil-

mington Ten in 2012 by NorthCarolina Gov. Beverly Perdue.

Featured exclusive inter-views in the film include Gov.Beverly Perdue, who tells howpowerful people across the stateof North Carolina tried to stopher from granting pardons ofinnocence to the WilmingtonTen; Joseph McNeil, Wilming-ton, N.C. native and member ofthe legendary Greensboro Four,who tells why Black studentshad to stand up for freedomand against racism during the1960s and 70s; Benjamin F.Chavis, Jr., NNPA interim pre-sident and leader of the Wil-mington Ten, who relives theevents that led up to that ra-cially violent week in Wilming-ton in February 1971; Rev.Jeremiah Wright, pastoremeritus of Trinity UnitedChurch of Christ in Chicago,recalling how he and otherclergy from the United Churchof Christ came to Raleigh in1977 and met with then Gov.James Hunt to implore him topardon the Wilmington Ten,only to be rejected.

The film, to be screened aspart of the NNPA’s 2014 Lead-ership Conference in Washing-ton this week, will be shown at4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26 at theRenaissance Hotel, 999 NinthStreet N.W.

The film will be followed im-mediately by a panel discussionon issues impacting the African-American community, tenta-tively featuring members of theCongressional Black Caucus.Admission is free and open tothe public.


By Richard CameronMiracle Theatre Examiner

Break the Cycle by joiningRnB / Soul Scandalous DivasInc. events that are giving voiceto silent sufferers. Some fromBullying and others who sufferfrom suicidal thoughts. Onelittle girl Allison Cento chosenot to stay silent. She now per-forms at Scandalous Divas pre-mier show fondly known as“Scandalous Sundays”, a Bro-ward 100 event. Allison’s truelife story and heartfelt music isinspiring a nation! Her love formusic grew as she was anunfortunate victim of bullyingat the unbelievable age of four.She wrote her first song at theage of seven and named itRhythm Antibullying. Shewrote the song in English andSpanish as she wants all chil-dren and parents to hear hermessage. She supports a coupleof Anti-Bullying Campaigns,one in Spanish and anotherone called Stop Bullying NowFoundation founded by LowellLevine.

As quoted by George andLucy Cento - Allison’s parents,“we noticed a change in her be-havior as she suddenly did notwant to go to school anymore.Knowing Allison as she isalways happy and active; wefound it strange. Every timewe’d take her to school, she’dcome back home sad and wouldsay she doesn’t want to go backto school. Never once did wethink anything had to do withBullying especially in a privateschool. Rude awakening, it hap-pens in public and privateschools!

After a couple of weeks shesat down with us and told uswhat was happening. We wereshocked, but at the same timesad for her. The pulling of herhair, the name calling all at theage of four years old. We saidthis can’t be happening. After acouple of meetings with teachersthings started getting a littlebetter. But then it started hap-pening again and at that time,

we decided to pull Allison out ofschool. Luckily a job offer got usback to Miami. We support Al-lison 100 percent of what she isdoing. She has been able toturn a negative time in her lifeinto helping others and turningsomething positive through thegift of her music.

I believe she is a leader atschool. She stands up for thiscause and brings awareness tokids in her school. Allison nowhas finished her 3rd song called“Spanglish Girl”. She says thatit’s important to always speaktwo languages. Bottom lineAllison Cento was one of thelucky ones, others can’t or don’talways feel the same. We as herparents were able to help ourdaughter open up to us. Why?Basically because we insisted!Let your children know thatyou are here for them, throughgood and bad dealings in life.We know as parents of a childthat was bullied that everyFather and Mother out thereneeds to speak to their children.Get more involved, raise aware-ness by supporting those fund-ing education.” George Cento.

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Anthony Brunson establishes solo practiceAfter 30 years in partnership, renowned CPA creates own practiceFrom Bernadette Morris

Armed and equipped with e-xceptional skills, talent, and re-sources, Anthony “Tony” Brun-son,nationally renowned for hisno nonsense and robust lead-ership style as co-partner of adistinguished accounting firm,has announced a move to esta-blish his own footprint of leader-ship.

Brunson has branched outto open a solo practice, AnthonyBrunson P.A. His new cor-

porate headquarters is locatedat 333 Las Olas Way, CU 4, inFort Lauderdale. His is also lo-cated at 801Brickell Avenue,Suite 900 in Miami. Both loca-tions will offer comprehensiveCPA services to a host of busi-nesses and organizationsthroughout the south Floridacommunities.

“Change is good and enablesme to explore my entrepreneurdesires and achieve my full po-tential,” says Brunson. “I knowthis community and value the

relationships I have built andthe work I have delivered overthe past three decades. I amconfident that my new venturewill be a rewarding and satisfy-ing experience for everyone.”

Anthony Brunson P.A. aimsto provide expert public ac-counting services that are clientfocused and solution driven.Tony’s pledge is to continue tooffer his wealth of expertise to abroad range of industry sectorsincluding government, healthcare, housing, transportation,

and public service concerns.Anthony Brunson P.A. will re-present diverse clients rangingfrom governmental organiza-tions and health care agencies,to small and medium size busi-nesses.

“The leadership and staff ofSharpton, Brunson & Companyhas collectively built a solidfoundation for growth, helpingthe company to become the lar-gest African American full-ser-vice CPA firm in the southeastU.S., and a noted “Top 25 A-ccounting Firm” in South Flor-ida, with offices in Miami, FortLauderdale, and Tallahassee,”said Brunson. “As I embark up-on this new chapter in my life,I look forward to building up-

on that legacy with my ownfirm.”

The consummate profes-sional, Brunson is a graduateof Jackson State University,where he earned his bachelor’sdegree. He also attended Dart-mouth College, where he com-pleted his fellowship in the Mi-nority Business Enterprise Pro-gram.

Throughout his career,Brunson has flourished overthree decades of public account-ing experience. Prior to joiningSharpton, Brunson & Com-pany, as a partner in 1985,Brunson was an audit managerof the Big 4 accounting firm ofPrice Waterhouse, where he BRUNSON

‘HistoryMakers’ toshow students howto make history

HistoryMakers FounderJulianna Richardson.By Jazelle HuntNNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA) —As the nation’s youth settle intothe routine of a new school year,the best and brightest of BlackAmerica are gearing up to jointhem.

The Back to School with theHistoryMakers program invitesBlack American trailblazersfrom all professional fields andtrades to share their stories atschools around the nation. Thevisits are intended to boost aca-demic achievement by offeringstudents, particularly Black stu-dents, real life examples of thepossibilities education can af-ford.

“Our whole initiative is fo-cused on education. This is anattempt to be a day of servicefor our history makers to giveback and hopefully inspire somestudents,” says Julieanna Ri-chardson, HistoryMakers’founder and executive director.

The annual program comesat a time when public educationis in flux. Public schools, parti-cularly in Black and Latinocommunities, are closing withunprecedented frequency, leav-ing blight in place of a naturalneighborhood hub.

Though the Department ofEducation predicts that this willbe the first year children ofcolor become the majority inpublic schools, curricula re-mains Eurocentric. At the sametime, only 18 percent of thenation’s public school teachersare non-white – less than 7 per-cent are Black.

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was responsible for managingand conducting audits. Knownfor being very detail-oriented,Brunson has indepth know-ledge of the audit and reportingrequirements of varied indus-tries, including GAAS, GAAP,and OMB Circular A-133. This,together with his extensiveknowledge of federal and statecost methods, practices andtheories, along with his expertknowledge in matters involvingconstruction claims and costallocation methods, places hisnew company in prime positionto grow and thrive.

A native Miamian, Brunsonhas professional affiliationswith the American Institute ofCertified Public Accountants(AICPA), Florida Institute ofCertified Public Accountants(FICPA), and Florida Govern-ment Finance Officers Asso-ciation (FGOA). Because of hiscommitment to civic involve-ment, he has received numer-ous awards and accolades, in-cluding the Claude Pepper A-ward in the Volunteer cate-gorypresented by United Home CareServices, the Award of Excel-lence from the Louie BingScholarship Fund, Inc., and theGreater Miami Chamber ofCommerce’s “Up and Comers’Business Awards.”

For more information onAnthony Brunson, P.A.,contact the office at (954) 361-6571 in Fort Lauderdale, (305)789-6673 in Miami, or via emailat [email protected].


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