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The Importance OnProtecting Our Right ToVote: Reflecting On The

Voting Rights Act of 1965PAGE 6

Black men show little signs of progress in 40 years

By Freddie AllenNNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C.(NNPA) –Black men are no bet-ter off than they were morethan 40 years ago, due to massincarceration and job losses suf-fered during the Great Re-cession, according to a new re-port by researchers at the Uni-versity of Chicago.

Derek Neal and Armin Rick,the co-authors of the study,found that reforms in the crimi-

nal justice system at the state-level largely contributed to dis-parities in arrests and incarce-ration rates that ultimately sti-fled educational and economicprogress for Black men.

“The growth of incarcerationrates among Black men in re-cent decades combined with thesharp drop in Black employmentrates during the Great Re-cession have left most Blackmen in a position relative towhite men that is really no bet-ter than the position they oc-

cupied only a few years afterthe Civil Rights Act of 1965,”the co-authors wrote.

The report cites research con-ducted by James Smith andFinis Welch published in 1989that showed, “the Black-whitegap in completed years of school-ing among males’ ages 26-35fell from 3.9 years of schoolingin 1940 to 1.4 years in 1980.”

Blacks also experienced“dramatic economic and socialprogress” during that time per-iod. That progress slowed forBlack men during the 1990s,and in some cases, reversedcourse entirely.

“Today, Black-white gaps inmath and reading scores amongyouth and Black-white gaps inoverall educational attainmentamong young adults are quitesimilar to the correspondinggaps observed around 1990,”stated the report which alsosuggested that “relative towhites, labor market outcomesamong Black men are no betternow and possibly worse thanthey were in 1970.”

Neal, an economics professor,said that he was surprised thatthe rise in our nation’s prisonpopulation, which correlatedwith the fall in employment

rates for Black men, really wasa policy choice and that the waron drugs was just a small partof a much bigger story.

Beginning in the 1980s, inan effort to get tough on crime,states eliminated discretionaryparole, established indepen-dent sentencing commissions,and crafted “Three Strikes andYou’re Out” enhanced sen-tencing guidelines for repeatoffenders.

Truth-in-Sentencing (TIS)Incentive Grants Program gavestates money to build prisonsand indirectly encouraged stateofficials to adopt policies “re-quiring sentenced offenders toserve large portions of their sen-tences.”

Neal said that it wasn’t oneor two types of crimes that wegot tougher on, it was acrossthe board.

“We started to lock people upfor a really long time relative towhat we had done in the past,”said Neal.

The report said that changesin criminal justice policiesaccounted for more than 70percent of the growth in theprison population between1986 and 2006.

UP-PAC hosts forum for judicial candidates

From l to r: Fla State Rep. Sharon Pritchett, Mavel Ruiz, Judge Fleur Lobree, MartinZilber, Oscar Rodriguez Fonts, Veronica Diaz and Renier Diaz De La Portilla.

By Derek Joy

The usually sedate at-mosphere surrounding judicialcandidates took a unique turnat the UP-PAC (UnrepresentedPeople’s Political Action Council)breakfast. Founded in 1987 by formerMiami Dade County Commis-sioner Betty Ferguson, UP-Pacholds a weekly Saturday morn-ing breakfast at Greater NewBethel Baptist Church to give

people access to information andthe political process.

“We don’t endorse any candi-date,” Ferguson told the six can-didates who appeared at theforum. “People here are mem-bers of other organizations whomay endorse candidates.”

Judicial candidates inGroups 58, 67 and 70 were onhand. They are: Oscar Rodri-guez Fonts and Martin Zilber,Circuit Judge Fleur J. Lobreeand Mavel Ruiz, along with Ve-

ronica Diaz and Renier DiazDe La Portilla, respectively.

Lobree was the lone incum-bent present. De La Portilla isone of the few candidates tohold political prior to runningfor a judicial seat. And Diaz isseeking to be the first ColombianAmerican to win a judicial seat.

Diaz questioned De La Por-tilla on being a former electedofficial now seeking a judicialseat.

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‘Power grab’ in Campaign against three Tennesseejudges could have national implicationsBy Hazel Trice Edney

TriceEdneyWire.com -- Anattempt to unseat three judgesin an upcoming Nashville,Tenn. election is nothing lessthan a “raw power grab” byright wing special interests us-ing big money to buy control ofthe courts, says the head of anon-partisan organization oflawyers this week.

“It is a raw power grab iswhat it is. Their campaign a-gainst these justices is based ona series of lies, half-truths, mis-statements and material omis-sions,” says Charles Grant,

president of the bi-partisanNashville Bar Association(NBA), which has endorsed theretention of the judges. “It hashuge implications nationallybecause if they can do it here,they can do it anywhere.”

The situation involves threeTennessee Supreme Court Jus-tices Cornelia A. Clark, SharonGail Lee and Gary R. Wade, allup for retention on the court bythe vote on Aug. 7. They wereoriginally appointed by Demo-cratic Gov. Phil Bredesen.

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Avis Proctor appointed president of BrowardCollege’s North Campus

faculty member and subse-quently served as associatedean of the North Campusmathematics department.

There, she provided lead-ership for faculty to redesigncurricula and develop a scala-ble mathematics success model.Proctor was then named as-sociate vice president for aca-demic affairs, where she wasresponsible for acceleratedlearning programs, K-20 arti-culation, curriculum services,academic policy and baccalau-reate program development.Proctor strengthened the cur-riculum development process,and strategically partneredwith academic and student af-fairs colleagues to expand arti-culation and internship oppor-tunities.

Proctor has more than 20years of experience as an edu-cator and academic admini-strator. She received her doc-toral degree in higher educa-tion from Florida InternationalUniversity, her master’s degreein teaching mathematics fromFlorida Atlantic University andher bachelor’s degree inmathematics education fromFlorida A&M University. Bornin St. Croix, U.S.V.I., she andher husband are the proud pa-rents of their son, Cosey Proctor,III.

Avis Proctor, Ed.D. was for-mally appointed president ofBroward College’s North Cam-pus, located in Coconut Creek.She has been serving as interimpresident since 2013. As thecampus’ chief executive officer,Proctor is primarily responsi-bility for campus operations,including academics, studentand business affairs, healthsciences, learning resources, in-formation technology and fa-cilities.

“It is an honor to serve theNorth Campus, and I am eagerto continue my work with stu-dents, faculty, staff and thecommunity to meet local needs,and contribute to the nationaldiscourse on student success ata community college,” said Proc-tor. “Broward College is strate-gically moving forward withmany successful initiatives, andit is an exciting time to serve inthis capacity.”

Proctor joined Broward Col-lege in 2000 as a mathematics

FAMU president seeks FCCwaiver to help ensure news forunderserved communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Florida Agricultural andMechanical University (FAMU)President Elmira Mangum,Ph.D. traveled to the Capitolthis week to help seek a waiverfrom the Federal Communi-cations Commission (FCC) for

the new Black Television NewsChannel, which will be housedin the School of Journalism &Graphic Communication(SJGC).

“Our partnership with theBlack Television News Channelis an exciting opportunity tobring more diverse stories toour community,” said Mangum.“We’re seeking the help of Con-gress to support our start-up ef-forts by providing a waiver.”

The FCC regulates inter-state and international com-munication by radio, television,wire, satellite and cable in all50 states, the District of Colum-bia and U.S. territories. An in-dependent U.S. government a-gency overseen by Congress,the commission is the UnitedStates’ primary authority forcommunications law, regula-tion and technological inno-vation. The FCC collects regu-latory fees and processing fees.Congress authorizes its au-thority to impose and collectsuch fees.

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Politics, Poli-tricks and restorationThere is an appointed time for everything. And thereis a time for every event under heaven

— Ecclesiastes 3:1(NASB)

Bobby R. Henry, Sr.

As a second generation publisher of aBlack newspaper, I’ve seen and been awitness to how much of an emotionalroller coaster ride it is in the fight for yourreaders; especially during the electionperiods.

I’m mindful of most of the tricks andthe games that are played to entice youwith mirages of fancies of political advertising gold pots.

A lot of the times these images are conjured up by thepolitical consultants who represent the different candidates.They are manifested by scheming speculators and still someof your close business professionals seize this opportunity toinvite you to a Skins game and in the end you wind up witha skinned behind.

It gets so bad that whatever trust level you thought youhad with your political forces, you are now left to make senseof the fertilizers or play in the dung pile.

It is enough to make you sick and tired of the stuff createdby these politicians, poli-trickians and the parasites that suckblood from honest people.

I must admit it can be hilarious and humiliating when youget all of these phone calls purporting that “they” havearranged meetings with candidates in high places, that onlywant to meet with certain media people of influence. Now,you might as well tell me that you have invented an ice creamthat will not melt on a red hot iron stove!

Foundation ContinuesThe Legacy Of The Late

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Foundation continues the legacy of the Carlton B. MooreInaugural Fundraising Reception and Bid Whist Tournament

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL– Friends and family of the lateCarlton B. Moore are forming afoundation in honor of theformer Fort Lauderdale citycommissioner, who passed awayon April 2 at the age of 60 after

suffering a severe stroke onChristmas Day 2013.

The Carlton B. Moore Free-dom Foundation is dedicated togenerating resources and mo-bilizing volunteers to help in-mates who have been treatedunfairly in the criminal justicesystem through mandatoryminimum sentencing. Thegroup also seeks to raise fundsin support of charitable andeducational programs and to a-ward scholarships to deservingstudents.

“We want to honor Carlton’smemory in a way that best re-presents who he was in the com-munity,” said Rebecca Jones,president of the Carlton B.Moore Freedom Foundation.“We are inviting everyone tojoin us in paying tribute to Carl-ton and building upon the le-gacy of all that he was able to

accomplish while he was herewith us.”

The foundation will host aninaugural weekend of fund-raising events, starting with areception from 5 to 9 p.m. onFriday, Aug. 22, 2014 at theFort Lauderdale Women’s Club,20 S. Andrews Ave. A Bid WhistTournament will be held at theElks Lodge, 712 N.W. SecondSt., from 1 to 4 p.m. There willbe games and line dancing from4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug.23, Moore’s birthday.

“We hope to make this anannual weekend celebrationthat focuses on two of Carlton’sgreatest passions,” Jones said.“The reception will spotlight his

contribution to the communitythrough his activism in theNAACP and as a longtime mem-ber of the city commission. Thetournament pays homage to hislove of playing bid whist duringthose rare times when he couldshed his public persona and bethe person we all knew whenwe were growing up togetherin Fort Lauderdale.”

Jones credits the Rev. SimonOsunlana, of St. John UnitedMethodist Church, with provi-ding the impetus for esta-blishing the foundation. DuringMoore’s eulogy, Rev. Osunlananoted that Moore was unable toaccomplish one of his mostheartfelt goals: Securing the

freedom of his son, Martin, whoremains in prison serving a lifesentence on drug charges.Moore had vowed that he wouldnever stop fighting for his son’srelease, and he continued thatfight until his death.

“As Rev. Osunlana said inhis eulogy, Carlton ran out oftime, but he did not run out ofpeople to continue the fight forMartin’s release,” said Jones,who is Martin Moore’s aunt.“Our Foundation will continuethe work to secure Martin’s free-dom, and we will help otherswho suffer the same fate byfighting to overturn mandatoryminimum sentences. And, in re-cognition of Carlton’s longtime

involvement in community ser-vice, we will support charitableand educational programs inour community.”

To learn more about the foun-dation and its upcoming events,go to www.eventbrite.com/carltonbmoorefreedomfoundation;F a c e b o o k :carltonbmoorefreedomfoundationo remail:[email protected].

About the Carlton B.Moore Freedom Foundation:The Carlton B. Moore FreedomFoundation is dedicated togenerating resources andmobilizing volunteers to helpinmates who have been treatedunfairly in the criminal justicesystem through mandatoryminimum sentencing. Thegroup also seeks to raise fundsin support of support charitableand educational programs andto award scholarships todeserving students.

MOORE

HIV-Positive for 20-plus years and ‘One of the lucky ones’

By Linda VillarosaSpecial to NNPA fromThe Black AIDS Institute

MELBOURNE, Australia– Steven Watiti was diagnosedwith HIV in 1993. His wife waspregnant with their second childwhen she died of the disease,along with their baby. “Thatleft me with my daughter whowas four,” said Watiti, a Ugan-dan physician. He spoke on apanel at the International AIDSConference here last week a-bout people who have lived withHIV for 20 years or more. “Ithought I’d be dead by the year

2000, and my daughter wouldjoin a long list of orphans in U-ganda,” he said.

Overcoming meningitis, TBand Kaposi sarcoma, Watiti heldon until anti-retroviral medi-cation saved his life. He wentback to work and now talksopenly about his HIV statuswith his colleagues and patients.“I am 61,” he said to loud ap-plause. “I have lived half of mylife with HIV.”

Several other so-called 20-plus positives joined Watiti, in-cluding the moderator SuzetteMoses-Burton, executive di-rector of the Global Network of

People Living with HIV. Shewas diagnosed with the virusin 1992, and was told she hadtwo years to live. Twenty-twoyears later, she says, “I nowface a whole host of new pro-blems, and that’s what we’rehere to talk about today.”

Long-term survival is a hottopic here, and over the week, anumber of panels examinedissues related to aging with HIV.

Lwendo Mbulo has beenliving with the virus all 23 yearsof her life, though she didn’tfind out until age 14 when herparents shared the news. “Theytold me ‘you got it from us,’”said Mbulo, a member of a peo-ple with AIDS group in Zambia.

Though at first she felt likeher dreams had been shattered,now medication, support andmotherhood have turned herlife around. “I can now standup for my fellow youth to be avoice for them,” she says.

The experiences of the 20-plus positives differ from thoseof the newly infected, explainedJohn Rock, a treatment advo-cate based in Australia. He wasdiagnosed with HIV 34 yearsago.

“Many of us feel like we lostwhat could or should have beenthe best years of our life,” hesaid. “We missed our 30s, ourmajor earning power. We do

have good treatments but Ihave to see a lot of doctors – sixspecialists.

“For people who were diag-nosed in 2000 or after, it’s avery different situation,” Rocksuggested, referring to anti-HIV medications, or ARVs.“They are more likely to havestarted ARVs before there wasdamage to the immune system.We don’t know the long-termconsequences of ARVs, but theywork and lead a pretty normallife.”

Still, he added, “I just turned70. It hasn’t always been easy,but I’m one of the lucky ones.”

The panel also included re-presentatives from The GlobalFund to Fight AIDS, Tubercu-losis and Malaria, PEPFAR andUNAIDS responding to thecomments of the long-time posi-tives and discussing policies andsolutions. But when it was theirturn to comment, the tempera-ture went from simmer to boilwhen one of the officials urgedthe longtime positives to be lessquiet and ask for more. That’swhen Burton exercised her mo-derator’s prerogative and letloose a string of blunt, unvar-nished remarks.

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Broward Health North CEO named one of50 Most Powerful Black Professionals inBusiness for 2104

Pauline Grant, CEO ofBroward Health North (BHN),was named one of South Flori-da’s 50 Most Powerful BlackProfessionals in Business andIndustry for 2014 by LegacyMagazine.

Grant has more than 35years of healthcare experience,recently celebrating 11 yearsas chief executive officer ofBHN. The 409-bed award-winning community hospitaland Adult Level II Trauma Cen-ter.

Grant is an avid sports fan.She regularly attends profes-sional tennis tournaments andthe Miami Dolphin games. Shehas two daughters and twograndchildren.

The honorees were nomi-nated by the community at

Attorney Dotie Joseph,Deputy City Attorney,City of North MiamiBeach named Miami-Dade County's 40 Under40 Black Leaders of To-morrow for 2014.

large, then vetted and selectedby a committee comprised offormer honorees as well as busi-ness and civic leaders fromSouth Florida.

For more information, visitBrowardHealth.org.

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Black men show little signsof progress in 40 years

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The United States leads theworld when it comes to lockingpeople up “with 2.2 million peo-ple currently in the nation’sprisons or jails – a 500 percentincrease over the past 30 years”according to The SentencingProject.

The report said that “on anygiven day in 2010, almost onein 10 Black men ages 20-39were institutionalized” and “be-cause turnover among prisonpopulations is quite high, theseresults suggest that far morethan 10 percent of prime ageBlack men will serve some timein prison or jail during a givencalendar year.”

Neal explained that thechange in how we punish peoplein the state criminal justice sy-stem and adopted harsher pe-nalties for all types of crimeswas across the board that af-fected people that were arrestedin roughly the same ways re-gardless of whether you wereBlack or white.

“However, as a fraction ofthe population, Blacks have al-ways been more likely to be ar-rested than whites, which isnot surprising given the his-torical patterns of discrimina-tion, lower earnings and labormarket opportunities,” saidNeal.


‘Power grab’ in Campaign against three Tennessee judges


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Opposing the judges isnamely Republican Lt. Gov.Ron Ramsey and other Re-publicans backed by wealthypolitical operatives, some fromoutside the state, including thebillionaire Koch brothers ofWichita, Kans., according towidespread media reports.Among Ramsey’s tools is a 30-page Power Point that attemptsto scare voters by claiming - inpart - that the three judges aresoft on the death penalty and“anti-business”.

Grant says the claims in thePower Point are blatantly falseand undermines the integrityof the process.

“It is chock full of mis-statements, it’s misleading, ithas substantial omissions,sometimes it attributes to thesejudges opinions that werewritten by the Court of Appealsfor example. And when con-fronted with all of this misl-eading information that he isputting out to the public aboutthe quality of these justices’work, he will come right out

and say, ‘It’s not my job to telltheir side of the story,’” saysGrant, the NBA’s first Blackpresident. “What is it that theyhope to accomplish? They hopeto control the court. That’s whatthey hope to accomplish. Theydon’t want independence. Theywant control.”

In Tennessee media reports,Ramsey has defended hisconduct by saying, “I’m tellingmy side of the story and they’llget to tell their side of the story.Every campaign tells half ofthe story...They tell their side ofthe story and the people decide.”

Adding to the difficulty ofclarifying their records is thefact that judges can’t speak outto defend themselves in thesame manner as someone run-ning for a political office. Be-cause of codes of conduct, theymust appear impartial at alltimes and avoid public confron-tations that could warrant aconflict of interest later. Theycan’t speak publicly on specificcases. Neither can they ask forfinancial contributions.

Upcoming changes to PLUS loans may help Blacks

Jim Shelton, the deputy secretary of education andexecutive director of the task force for My Brother’sKeeper, talks to reporters about increasing academicopportunities for students of color as Marco Davis, thedeputy director of the White House Initiative onEducational Excellence for Hispanics, looks on.

(Freddie Allen/NNPA)

By Freddie AllenNNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C.(NNPA) – This fall, the De-partment of Education plans toannounce changes to PLUSloans that officials say will makeit easier for parents to qualifyfor the financial aid programthat thousands of Black collegestudents rely on every semester.

In an effort to combat a ris-ing number of parent loan de-faults in 2011, the departmentbegan to enforce more strict bor-rowing guidelines, a move thatdisproportionately affectedBlack parents, especially onesthat lost homes and jobs andwere burdened by high levelsof debt incurred during theGreat Recession.

“Since the change, we’vebeen working directly with theschools to try and re-enroll asmany students as possible. Ourdata basically says that, evenin those first cohorts, we wereable to get 76 percent of stu-dents enrolled into the collegesthat they applied to originally,”said Jim Shelton, the secretaryof education and executive di-rector of the task force for MyBrother’s Keeper.

“Additionally, we just fin-ished the rule-making processthat allows us to adjust the flex-ibility around the PLUS loanprogram and that will come outmore formally in the fall.”

Shelton said that teams fromthe federal student aid organi-zation are working with collegeadmissions officials at Histori-cally Black Colleges andUniversities (HBCU) to helpstudents apply for aid.

In private conversations,some HBCU presidents say thedamage to Black enrollment ismore severe than the WhiteHouse describes.

The policy revisions willmake credit requirements forthe PLUS program more flexi-ble, according to Shelton. He

said the updated eligibility stan-dards that the Department ofEducation is going to put intoeffect will allow close to 300,000students who may have beendenied under the old rules toqualify for PLUS loans withouthaving to go through the recon-sideration process.

Department of Education of-ficials discussed the PLUS loanprogram, the My Brother’sKeeper initiative and other to-pics related to improving edu-cational outcomes for studentsof color, during a recent meetingwith reporters.

Officials with the depart-ment said that for the first timein the nation’s history, publicschools from kindergartenthrough the 12th grade willenroll more minority studentsthan white pupils.

“Urban school districts acrossthe nation are already 80 per-cent African American, His-panic, and Asian American,”said Michael Casserly, the exe-cutive director of the Council ofthe Great City Schools (CGCS),a national network of urban

public school systems. “We arethe future.”

Casserly said that 40 percentof Black and Hispanic studentsthat live below the poverty lineand 32 percent of the nation’sAfrican American males attendin CGCS schools.

The CGCS network, workingin conjunction with the presi-dent’s My Brother’s Keeper ini-tiative, pledged to increase thepipeline of high achieving stu-dents of color by expanding ac-cess to preschool, advancedplacement and gifted classesand decreasing the dispro-portionate rates of suspensionsand expulsions.

“What’s nice about what’shappened so far is that we’restarting to gather the best prac-tices from cities that have beenworking on suspensions issues,that have been working ongrowing their [advanced place-ment], gifted and talented pro-grams districts that have beentrying to grow the number ofAfrican Americans and His-panics in their preschoolclasses,” said Casserly.

Education Secretary ArneDuncan said that by any mea-sure, our young men of colorare not where they need to be.

According to the SchottFoundation for Public Edu-cation the national Black-whitemale graduation gap was morethan 25 percent in 2009-2010.

Black male students also en-dure higher rates of suspen-sions, expulsions and referralsto law enforcement than theirwhite peers. Black children;some as young as three-years-old; account for roughly half ofpreschoolers suspended morethan once.

Duncan said that he wasstunned to learn that schoolswere suspending students thatyoung.

The education chief said thatin a lot of ways the research forMy Brother’s Keeper came rightout of Civil Rights Data Col-lection project, which talked a-bout the lack of access to ad-vanced placement classes, thelack of access to early childhood

education, disparate labelingfor special education and theschool to prison pipeline.

“Academically, [boys andyoung men of color] don’t havethe tools they need to be suc-cessful and, to really challengethat status quo in a really pro-found way, we think this is ab-solutely the right thing to do,”said Duncan.

Duncan said that the De-partment of Education willchallenge states to not only takea very open and honest look atthe mix of their teachers work-ing in disadvantaged commu-nities, but to also develop plansto address any disparities theyfind.

A Center for American Pro-gress report on improving ac-cess to effective teachers inpublic schools highlighted TheSystem for Teacher and Stu-dent Advancement (TAP), an“approach that provides op-portunities for career ad-vancement, professionalgrowth, instructionally focusedaccountability, and competitivecompensation for educators.”

TAP currently supports200,000 students and 20,000teachers.

The report also showcasedNorth Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ strategicstaffing initiative designed toassist low-performing studentsthat staffed poor schools withtalented teachers and “priorityaccess to district resources.”

The CAP report also recom-mended cultivating talentedteachers and school admini-strators, developing better datacollection and evaluation tools,and compensating highly ef-fective teachers when theymove to poor schools wherethey’re needed the most.

“If we all believe that greatteachers make a difference instudents’ lives, if we all believethat great principals make ahuge difference in students’lives, we have to be much morecreative in how we attract, sup-port, and retain that greattalent in underserved commu-nities,” said Duncan.

Duncan said that the De-partment of Education wantsto take pockets of creativity andinnovation to scale.

“Anyone who has historicallysaid that providing a highquality education for Black kidsand Brown kids was just im-portant for that community,that’s simply not the case,” saidDuncan. “This is the right thingto do for our nation.”

Duncan continued: “If wedon’t have great educationalopportunities, [advanced place-ment] classes, reduced dropoutrates, and [more] kids college, ifwe’re not making that the normfor our students of color, ournation is going to suffer our,economic competitiveness is go-ing to suffer our ability to haveupward mobility our ability tohave more families entering themiddle class and to reduce in-equities is going to suffer.”

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Lauderdale Lakes Libararypresents "Selecting YourJudicial Candidates" on Mon-day, Aug. 11, 2014 at 6 p.m. atthe Lauderdale Lakes BranchLibrary and Cultural Center,3580 W. Okld Pk. Blvd. Comeand learn how to get in-formation on the judicialcandidate.

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The annual Back to SchoolFamily Health Fair will be heldSaturday, Aug. 2, 2014 from 9a.m. 12 noon at LauderdaleManor Early Learning andResource Center, 1400 N.W. 14Ct., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Children will be provided withfree immunizations, physicals,dental and vision screening,backpacks, school supplies andlunch (while supplies last).Adults will have access tomedical screening for diabetesand high blood pressure.

United Way of Browardis looking for volunteers:

Forum

The Broward County DeltaSigma Theta Sorority, Inc. willhost a Community CandidatesFourm on Wednesday, Aug. 6,2014 beginning at 5 p.m. (Ju-dicial Reception) and 6 p.m.Candidates Forum at the UrbanLeague, 560 N.W. 27 Ave., FortLauderdale, Fla. For more infocall (954) 722-0836 or [email protected]

BROWARD MEGA REUNION

CLASS OF 73' THRU 77'

Piper Alumni is hosting a BrowardMega Reunion Class of 73" thru 77"Schools, Dillard, Boyd Anderson,

Park Blvd., Lauderdale Lakes Fla., DEADLINE FORMONEY - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2014. Otherclasses are welcome to participate.To receiveRegistration Forms you can email me [email protected] or send a SelfAddress Stamped Envelope to c/o CeceliaArmstrong Edwards- P.O. Box 120242 LauderhillFl., 33312.

Plantation, South Plantation, Ely, Fort Lauderdale,Stranahan, Nova, and Piper on Friday Night Friday,October 17, 2014: Meet and Greet cost $20;Saturday Night, October 18: Formal Banquet cost$60 and Sunday, October 19: Church Service -First Baptist Church Piney Grove, 4699 W. Oakland

BROWARD COUNTYWIDE CLASS OF ‘74BROWARD COUNTYWIDE CLASS OF ‘74BROWARD COUNTYWIDE CLASS OF ‘74BROWARD COUNTYWIDE CLASS OF ‘74BROWARD COUNTYWIDE CLASS OF ‘74 Invites you to join us for our 40 Y Invites you to join us for our 40 Y Invites you to join us for our 40 Y Invites you to join us for our 40 Y Invites you to join us for our 40 Year Anniversarear Anniversarear Anniversarear Anniversarear Anniversaryyyyy

August 8 – 10, 2014August 8 – 10, 2014August 8 – 10, 2014August 8 – 10, 2014August 8 – 10, 2014 For more information contact: Linda Bush (754) 244-3178For more information contact: Linda Bush (754) 244-3178For more information contact: Linda Bush (754) 244-3178For more information contact: Linda Bush (754) 244-3178For more information contact: Linda Bush (754) 244-3178

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Single Parents Check UsOut! Parents without partnersis an international organi-zation dedicated to the interestsof single parents and theirchildren. We offer family andadult activities such as, bowling,skating, picnics, museums,movies, etc. You are eligible ifyou are separated, divorced,widowed or never married.Custody is not a factor. PWPhas been recommended by AnnLanders in her column for manyyears. We have an orientationfor perspective members on thefirst Wednesday of the month.

For further info call Marie at(954) 456-5527.

Meeting

The Fort Lauderdale Chapterof Tennessee State UniversityNational Alumni Associationmeets the second Tuesday ofeach month at the King’s SuperBuffet, 7101 W. Oakland ParkBlvd., Lauderhill, Fla. Interest-ed alumni should contact us at(954) 401-5976 for more info.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescueinvites you to join them duringtheir fourth annual Back toSchool Drive to benefit Kids inDistress (KID), donations arebeing accepted at every FortLauderdale Fire-Rescue Sta-tion from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., sevendays a week until Aug. 11,2014. You can help ease thestress of returning to school andgive our local children a healthyboost of confidence and the toolsthey need for a successful startto this new school year.

Suggested donations forages 5-17: Financial assis-tance, gift cards,new clothing,new sneakers, backpacks andschool supplies. For more infocontact Lieutenant/ParamedicJoshua Wells at (945) 868-2240.

Events

Events at Mitchell MoorePark Recreation Center, 901N.W. Tenth St., PompanoBeach, Fla. For additional infocontact Laverne Troutman.

* Chicago Style Steppingclasses every second and fourthFriday, from 7 to 10 p.m., learnhow to do Urban Ballroom Chic-ago Style Steeping Dancing nowthrough Sept. 26, 2014.

* Brunch-Bingo andBoards free fun and gamesand refreshments for adultsevery first and third Saturdaymorning, from 10 a.m. to noon.

* Teen Scene Chat &Chew, free event for teenagersages 14-17 every Wednesday,from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

* Parents Night Out,every fourth Friday, from 6 to10 p.m., children will besupervised by Creative staffmembers. You must pick upyour children by 10 p.m.

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 childrern. 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.

MeetingLauderhill Women's Club,

meets the first Thursday of eachmonth, at 7 p.m., at the SadkinCenter, 1176 N.W. 42nd Way,Lauderhill,Fla. For more infocall (954) 739-6941.

Program

YOUNG GIRLS WANT-ED!!! God’s Gift, Inc. still hasspaces avaiable for their Men-toring Program. This men-toring program focuses on self-esteem, etiquette, college/ca-reer prep, and leadership skillsfor African American girls 7-17. For more info and/or torecieve a registration packet,email [email protected] orcall (954) 907-9101.

Fair

The City of Lauderdale Lakeswill host a free, two-day Com-munity Resource Fair, Friday,Aug. 8, and Saturday, Aug. 9,2014 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., atLauderdale Lakes Multi-purpose Center, 4340 N.W. 36St., Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. Formore info call (954) 535-2800.


BrightStar Credit Union’s auto loans over twice aslow as the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro average

SUNRISE, FL – In a newlyreleased survey from Datatrac,an independent research firmthat has monitored deposit andloan rates, fees and product fea-tures for over 25 years, Bright-Star Credit Union, one of thelargest credit unions in SouthFlorida with more than 54,000members, offered auto loanstwice as low as the Miami-FortLauderdale metro average.

“As a nonprofit member coop-erative, our mission is to pro-vide members in the communitywith the best financial productsand services available,” saidSam Chesser, vice president ofMarketing. “We serve all seg-ments of the community atlarge, including Broward tea-chers and all income levels in-cluding the low-end of thesocioeconomic scale.

Datatrac analyzed 159 len-

ders in 1,904 banking locationsin Miami-Fort Lauderdale for44 consecutive weeks endingJune 2014. BrightStar CreditUnion’s 48-month used car loanrate is 1.8 percent, more thantwice as low as the Miami-FortLauderdale metro market aver-age of 4.24 percent. A 72-monthnew car loan at 1.8 percentwould save $1,453 in interestpayments over the life of a$25,000 loan when comparedto the Miami-Fort Lauderdalemetro average for the sameproduct. BrightStar outper-formed the Miami-Fort Lau-derdale metro average duringthis time period.

BrightStar Credit Union haseight products that outper-formed the Miami-Fort Lau-derdale metro average, in-clud-ing a 36-month used car loanand a 60-month new car loan,

which beat the market by 56percent and 53 percent res-pectively. The 68-year-old creditunion became certified with aDatatrac Great Rate Award®based upon their ex-ceptionalrates for auto loans. For moreinformation visitwww.datatrac.net andwww.GreatRateAwards.com.

BrightStar Credit Union is afull-service, not-for-profit, mem-ber-owned cooperative and oneof the largest credit unions inSouth Florida with more than54,000 members. With a totalof seven branch locations inBroward County, BrightStaroffers a variety of financialservices including checking andsavings accounts, personal,home equity and mortgageloans and investments and in-surance. For more information,visit www.bscu.org.

UP-PAC hosts forum for judicial candidates(Cont'd from FP)

“The only way to be a goodjudge is to be a good lawyer. Tobe a good lawyer you have topractice law,” Diaz said, notingthe lengthy public office careerof De La Portilla. De La Portilla responded:“Judge Steve Leifmann madeto unsuccessful runs for politicaloffice before he finally won ajudicial seat. CongressmanHastings (Alcee Hastings,Dem., Miramar) was a federaljudge before he was elected toCongress.” Each candidate was askedand answered questions re-garding temperament, publicservice, commitment, commu-nity service, justice and fairnessfor minorities who appear inCourt, among other issues re-levant in the judicial process.

Forum Moderator FloridaState Representative SharonPritchett, when advised thatsomeone was recording the pro-ceedings, cautioned the au-dience not to do so because of le-gal ramifications.

Another unique twist sur-faced when Ruiz attacked Lo-bree for being appointed to aCounty Court seat that she lost,and was subsequently ap-pointed to the Circuit Court.

Lobree became emotionalwhile explaining the loss. “My mother was ill. I put myenergy in helping her insteadof campaigning. She died,” saida tearful Lobree, who is a cancersurvivor that battle the diseaseduring that campaign. Diversity was an issue thatdrew passionate responses fromeach candidate.

“We need diversity in theCourts. My colleague JudgeSmith (County Court JudgeRodney Smith is the only Afri-can American running. Of themore than 100 judges on the11th Judicial Circuit, only sixare African American,” Lobreesaid.

Fonts and Zilber offered in-teresting emphasis on com-mitment. “It’s my commitmentto God and commitment to thecommunity, said Fonts. For Zilber, who has servedas a traffic magistrate and amember of the Public HealthTrust’s Board of Directors, it is“A commitment to the commu-nity, about giving back to acommunity that’s been good tome and my family. “Often people forget aboutthe judges in Aug., at electiontime. Judges affect the lives ofso many people in the com-munity.”

FAMU president seeks FCC waiver(Cont' from FP)

Mangum met with SenatorsMarco Rubio (R-FL) and BillNelson (D-FL) to discuss thechannel and the need for awaiver. Other members of theFAMU leadership, includingAnn Wead Kimbrough, dean ofthe FAMU School of Journalism& Graphic Communication, alsomet with Rep. Steve Souther-land (R-FL), FCC Commis-sioners and their staffs.

In May, BTNC asked theFCC for a temporary waiver ofthe commission’s requirementthat programmers using its di-rect broadcast satellite (DBS)on the “noncommercial educa-tion” channel be prohibited fromselling advertising. BTNC plans

to reduce by half its commer-cials and also include two mi-nutes per hour to promote His-torically Black Colleges and Uni-versities (HBCUs).

“The university’s collabora-tion with BTNC is integral tothe sustained success of SJGC’sstellar record in providing re-levant, state-of-the-art trainingto rising multimedia journalistsand visual communicators,” saidKimbrough. “The BTNC initia-tive with FAMU will help to im-prove sorely needed informa-tion and educational program-ming to a targeted audience.”

The Center for EconomicForecasting and Analysis atFlorida State University con-ducted an in-depth study onthe economic impact that BTNC

will have on FAMU’s campusand the Tallahassee com-munity. The study determinedthat BTNC would generate$33.6 million annually in eco-nomic stimulus for the region.BTNC will also create 109 newjobs in Tallahassee, paying 150percent greater than the Capi-tal cities’ average.

Over the last two decades 18Black-owned and operated full-power television networks thathave ceased to exist. BTNC aimsto fill that void as the only cabletelevision network in the U.S.fully-dedicated to broadcastingnews that will be culturally spe-cific to the African Americancommunity. The mission ofBTNC is to produce program-ming that is informative, edu-cational, entertaining, inspiringand empowering to the Blackviewing audience.

Another mother arrested for givingbirth while addicted to drugsEven though research studies show that the best way to curb addiction is throughtreatment, some states are passing laws which criminalize drug addiction.

In the latest arrest, a Memp-his, Tenn. mother was takeninto custody after she and hernewborn daughter tested posi-tive for heroin, opiates, andmarijuana.

Jamillah Washington wastaken to jail recently after in-vestigators learned that thewoman had used heroin onlydays before giving birth.

Evidence also shows thatWashington has been pregnantfive other times but her daugh-ter Messiah is her only sur-viving child.

As BreakingBrown previ-ously reported, Regina Mc-Night, an African-Americanmother in South Carolina,ended up behind bars for thehomicide of her child, after itwas stillborn.

Because McNight had used

cocaine during her pregnancy,she was sentenced to 12 yearsbehind bars in 2008, a sentencethat was eventually overturnedbecause McNight had inef-fective counsel.

McNight served eight yearsin prison for giving birth withdrugs in her system.

As The New Republic re-ported, hospitals tend to targetBlack and poor women fortesting:

In one study, Black womenwere 10 times more likely thanwhite women to be reported togovernmental authorities forsubstance use, despite similarrates of addiction. In anothersurvey of New York hospitals,those serving low-income wo-men were much more likely thanthose serving wealthier patientsto test new mothers for drugs,and to turn positive results overto child protection authorities.

So although Washingtonmay very well be a repeat druguser, the question becomeswhether putting her in prisonhelps her or her newborn child.

Does the child benefit fromhaving a mother who is in pri-son and unable to care forthem? Or would treatment be abetter option? What do youthink?

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The importance on protecting our right tovote: Reflecting on the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Ignore the attacks, judge me by my deeds

Is blood on Americanhands in the PalestineIsraeli conflict?

By Congressman Alcee L. Hastings

Half a century ago, the Civil RightsAct of 1964 brought an end to the eraof Jim Crow by prohibiting dis-crimination on the basis of race, color,religion, sex, or national origin. Oneyear later, the landmark legislationwas strengthened and expanded whenthe Voting Rights Act of 1965 wassigned into law on Aug. 6, 1965. TheVoting Rights Act prohibiteddiscrimination in voting, and togetherwith the Civil Rights Act enshrinesthe principles upon which our nationwas founded. These laws serve as atestament to all who sacrificed to worktowards ending segregation anddiscrimination.

For nearly half a century, theVoting Rights Act has stood as a centralpillar in the protection of fair voting

practices. Our nation now faces thegreatest threat to voting rights sinceReconstruction.

Last year, the Supreme Court issuedits decision in Shelby County v. Holder.The decision severely undermines theeffectiveness of the Voting Rights Act.Although legislation has been intro-duced in the House of Representativesto address this flawed decision, Con-gress has yet to take action. ShelbyCounty has allowed more than a dozenstates with histories of voter discrim-ination to implement new restrictionson voting.

When it comes time for voting, votersuppression is far too prevalentthroughout our country. We need notlook further than our own state ofFlorida, where Governor Rick Scotthas made repeated attempts to purgeFlorida’s voter database despite the

fact that his attempt to do so in 2011was suspended by the U.S. Departmentof Justice. The 11th U.S. Circuit Courtof Appeals in Atlanta ruled just lastmonth that Gov. Scott’s administrationviolated federal law when he tried topurge non-citizens from the voter rollsimmediately prior to the 2012presidential election.

Today, we face an unsettling reality.Shelby County, one of many recentdecisions by the Supreme Court thathas disenfranchised American voters,made it easier for minorities to bediscriminated against at the polls.Republicans in Congress, as well asstates across the country, have goneout of their way to make it moredifficult for minorities, the elderly, andyoung people to vote. This isoutrageous and should serve as awake-up call to voters everywhere.

Our nation hasthe obligation tomake it easier forall American tovote, not more dif-ficult. Instead ofcreating burden-some photo ID re-quirements forvoting, we should

Charlie Crist, the People’s Governor

I’m Charlie Crist. The real CharlieCrist – not the one you may haveheard about in some shady ad on theradio. Ads that flat out lie about meand my record. No one knows who’spaying for the ads, and while I’m not

a gambler, I’ll bet its Rick Scott’s cronies.These commercials are not designed toconvince you to vote for someone –they are designed to convince you notto vote at all.

Who has an interest in that?Rick Scott has a record of making it

harder for folks to vote. I believe votingis a civil right. Period.

When I was Governor and I sawpeople standing for hours to vote in2008, I extended early voting hours. Ialso brought back the paper ballot, sothat every voter can be confident theirvote will count.

On the other hand, Rick Scott hasdone everything in his power to makeit harder to vote. He signed a lawmaking it harder to register to vote,restricted early voting days, and triedto purge nearly 200,000 lawful citizensfrom the voting rolls – 87 percent ofwhich were people of color. He evensupported the recent Supreme Courtdecision gutting the Voting Rights Act. And, Scott even changed the law tomake it harder for those who had paidtheir debt to society to get their right tovote restored; something that asGovernor I reformed by bringingRepublicans and Democrats together.

In fairness, Rick Scott is not a dumbman. He knows from the 2008 and2012 elections that when AfricanAmerican, Haitian American andCaribbean American voters go to thepolls, his party simply cannot win. Themore people that stay home, the betterthe chance he and his buddies will getre-elected. And trust me he hopes youwill stay home.

Why? Because he doesn’t want youto know about his decision to try to cuteducation by more than four billiondollars, even as he gave tax breaks tobig corporations and the wealthy. Nordoes he want you to know that herefused to lift a finger to expandhealthcare coverage to nearly onemillion Floridians – funding that wouldhave created nearly 64,000 jobs – orthat the idea of raising the minimumwage makes him “cringe.”

The African-A m e r i c a ncommunity has beenhit the hardest byRick Scott’s top-

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be expanding access to the pollsthrough early voting and same-dayregistration. Instead of finding newways to limit voting, we should beworking day and night to ensure thatevery American has the opportunityto vote in person or through absenteeballot.

Voter discrimination has notdisappeared, and Congress must actto put in place greater voter protectionsto ensure that all Americans can havetheir voices heard. I am proud to be aco-sponsor of the Voting RightsAmendment Act of 2014, which willtake the necessary steps to addressthe flawed decision in Shelby County.I hope that Congress takes up thislegislation very soon, because wecannot afford to let this issue slip fromfocus. Countless individuals havefought long and hard for the chance tovote on Election Day and we must notallow the clock to turn back on decadesof progress.

Congressman Alcee L. Hastingsrepresents Florida’s 20th Congressionaldistrict, serves as Senior Member ofthe House Rules Committee, RankingDemocratic Member of the U.S.Helsinki Commission, and Co-Chairman of the Florida Delegation.CRIST

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Which lie will Floridians believe in thegovernor’s race?By Roger Caldwell

There is an honesty problem inFlorida politics, and the lines areblurred between the Democratic Partyand the Republican Party. Ex-Gov-ernor Crist has had an epiphany, afterbeing a Republican all his life, andnow we are supposed to believe he is agood Democrat. Governor Scott hashad a spiritual awakening and he nolonger is a Tea Party advocate.

Crist will probably become the De-mocratic candidate for governor inFlorida, because he is able to raise themost money. He has always been amoderate Republican, who redirectspublic money to private schools, andgutted environmental laws. As a teamplayer, he always supported partyprinciples, until he started to hug Presi-dent Barack Obama.

As Scott and Crist beat each otherup, their records many times willappear identical. Crist will argue thatScott cut education by $1.3 billion,and Scott will argue that Crist cuteducation by $2.3 billion. Crist signedoff on a measure that increased tuitionin 2009, by 14 percent and the tuitionhikes were maintained during the firsthalf of Scott’s term. The Geo Grouphas given Scott $365,000, but it hasalso supported Crist when he wasrunning for governor.

The lynching of Eric GarnerBy Walter Fields NNPA Columnist

It was one of the most difficultscenes in Spike Lee’s classic movie Dothe Right Thing, the brutal strang-ulation of peace-loving Radio Raheemby New York City police in a Brooklynpizza shop. That scene touched a rawnerve as it recalled the 1983 death of25-year-old graffiti artist MichaelStewart, another choke hold victim ofthe New York City Police Department.Now, we find ourselves enraged overthe police killing of Eric Garner inStaten Island, which was captured oncell phone video as a police officer putshim in a chokehold, with the manpleading that he can’t breathe. Garnerwas taken away unconscious and laterpronounced dead. Another day inAmerica.

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The politics of perceptionis a political maelstrom

By Roger Caldwell

The conflict in Gazahas lasted 19 days, andIsraeli propagandawould have the worldbelieve that Hamas wasthe aggressor. This isthe third time in fiveyears that Israel has decimated theresidents in Gaza, and very few fromIsrael have died. Gaza is a defenselesscountry, where one of the world’smightiest military powers in 19 dayshas killed over 1,000 people andinjured 6,000 Palestinians.

Many humanitarians around theworld believe this conflict is out rightmurder, and the United States iscomplicit in this carnage in Gaza. Forthe last 20 years the United States hassupported Israel with military weaponsand fighter jets, and Israel hasinitiated major air campaigns againstthe Palestine people. Americans hasalso supplied financial support forIsrael and never questioned theirmurderous strategy.

CALDWELL

The politics of federal judges


By Derek Joy

Interesting how per-ception takes differenttwists across the spec-trum of human endea-vors.

It hit me with a flashas I watched Congress-man Alcee L. Hastings(Dem., District20, Miramar) engage in a politicalsparring match with Michael Putney,host of WPLG/Local 10’s This Week InSouth Florida.

“The world is on fire, there're serialcrises,” Hastings said, when askedabout the military strikes between Is-rael and Hamas fighters in the Gaza.“It’s not just there. Look at Afgha-nistan, Iran, Libya.

JOY

CURRY


By George E. CurryNNPA Columnist

The two conflictingappeals court rulings lastweek on the legality of akey provision of theAffordable Care Act(ACA) – one supportingit and the other rejecting the healthlaw – underscore the nexus betweenpolitics and the judiciary. All of thejudges voting to uphold the ACA wereappointed by Democrats. All of thejudges voting to strike down the lawwere appointed by Republicans.



Tony Dungy unfairly attacked


BlackonomicsCan reparations make us free?

By Raynard JacksonNNPA Columnist

The homosexual ma-fia has struck again.This time, however, theyhave picked the wrongtarget. Beloved formerTampa Bay and In-dianapolis Colts headcoach Tony Dungy has been under avicious assault for honestly answeringa reporter’s question.

In an interview with the TampaTribune, Dungy was asked if hewould have drafted Michael Sam, theUniversity of Missouri football playerwho has come out of the closet as ahomosexual. Dungy’s replied, “Iwouldn’t have taken him, not becauseI don’t believe Michael Sam shouldhave a chance to play, but I wouldn’twant to deal with all of it [the mediacircus]… It’s not going to be totallysmooth … things will happen.”

JACKSON

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.NNPA Columnist

(Last of Five Parts)

Our voice for thecause of freedom, jus-tice, equality, and em-powerment is the con-sistent voice of struggleand self-determinationrepresenting the inter-ests of 45 million BlackAmericans and otherswho yearn for a better quality of life.The Black Press of America, primarilythrough local and regional newspapersprinted weekly across the nation,continues the long tradition of beingthe effective voice of social change. Itis with both a sense of pride and hu-mility that we serve the cause ofliberation and the quest for economicprosperity not only for Black Americansbut also for all who believe in equalityand the oneness of humanity.

We all should never forget that theonly reason we have basic knowledgeabout our long struggle for freedom isbecause of the continued existenceand persistence of the Black Press ofAmerica. Thus, this is not the time forus to start taking for granted the valueand importance of having and sup-porting our own newspapers, maga-zines, radio, television, and other formsof media.

In addition to personally telling methat “The pen is mightier than thesword,” James Baldwin also empha-sized, “Our Black-owned newspapersare at the vanguard of our struggle forfreedom because they dare to print thetruth about our situation in Americaand in the world. And that is the newsthat we need to first read!”

The eloquent and penetrating wordsof James Baldwin are still true today.Take for example the recent case ofbrutal police brutality on a defenselessBlack grandmother, Marlene Pinnock,on the streets of Los Angeles that wasonce again captured on video tape.This whole violent drama is a direct re-minder of the Rodney King brutalitycase that was also recorded by a witnessvideographer in Los Angeles.

If it were not for the persistence ofthe Black Press of America, this casewould have an ended as just anotheranonymous case of an alleged un-provoked assault on a police office inthe performance of duty under thelaw. Thanks to The Final Call and theLos Angeles Sentinel, millions ofpeople will now know the truth aboutthat tragic racially-motivated, viciousassault on Marlene Pinnock by a bulkywhite California Highway Patrolman.

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By James ClingmanNNPA Columnist

A caller on the Carl Nelson Show(WOL 1450AM – Washington, D.C.),at least each time I have heard him,talks about reparations and freedom.He called again when I was Carl’sguest on July 16, 2014. The caller’spassion, concern, anger, urgency, andfrustration were all woven into hiscomments. I could not help butempathize with his position, nor couldI refute what he was saying, despitehis angry tone. He did apologize forthe way he spoke, but both Carl and Itold him there was no need to apologize.We definitely understood the reasonsfor his tone.

That brother’s comments stayed onmy mind throughout that night, and Ikept thinking about the true meaningof freedom for Black people in thiscountry. Notwithstanding the ac-claimed piece on reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates in the Atlantic, it is timeonce again to write something onreparations, as I have done manytimes over the 21 years I have writtenthis column.

down approach. The unemploymentrate is higher in the African-Americancommunity than it is statewide – infact, the unemployment rate amongAfrican American males is double thestate average.

We need a governor who under-stands we need to build from the middleclass out – to invest in our middle classfamilies and those trying to liftthemselves up, not simply those at thetop.

But this is not only about how wereduce unemployment, or how weimprove our schools, or address gunviolence and mass incarceration inour communities. All of those issuesare crucial – but they all come down toa fundamental question of respect.The Governor should respect everycommunity in the state, not just thosethat vote for him. And if you respect acommunity, you don’t actively try toprevent them from participating inthe democratic process.

Sadly this lack of respect is not new– the companies he ran had a historyof discriminating against African-American and Hispanic employees andcustomers too.

Look, the Lord knows I am not per-fect and I do not have all the answers– no one does. That’s why we arestrongest as a state when we all cometogether to solve the problems we face.That’s why, when President BarackObama offered stimulus funding tosave 20,000 teachers’ jobs at the heightof the great recession, I took it. That’swhy, when he came to Florida offeringhelp, I stood with him – and got thrownout of the Republican Party for doingso.

So I ask of you: ignore the lying,race baiting ads from Rick Scott’scronies, ignore the distortions of myrecord, and judge me by my deeds.

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Pompano Beach, Florida 33060Church Telephone: (954) 943-2422

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SUNDAY New Member Orientation ........................... 9:30 a.m. Sunday School ................................................ 9:30 a.m. Worship Service ........................................ 11:00 a.m.WEDNESDAY Prayer Meeting ...............................................6:00 p.m. Bible Study .....................................................7:00 p.m.

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Bishop Victor T. Curry,M.Min., D.Div.

Senior Pastor/Teacher2300 N.W. 135th Street

Miami, Florida 33167

ORDER OF SERVICESSunday Worship ........................................................ 7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.Sunday School ....................................................................................................... 9:30 a.m.Tuesday (Bible Study) ......................................................................................... 6:45 p.m.Wednesday (Bible Study) ............................................................................... 10:45 a.m.

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St. Ruth MissionaryBaptist Church

145 NW 5th AvenueDania Beach, FL 33004Office: (954) 922-2529

WORSHIP SERVICESBible Study (Wednesday Night) ...................................................... 6:45 p.m.Sunday School .............................................................................. 8:45 a.m.Sunday Morning Service ............................................................. 10:00 a.m.

Bishop Victor T. CurrySenior Pastor/Teacher

Williams Memorial CME

644-646 NW 13th TerraceFort Lauderdale, Florida 33311(954) 462-5711(Ministry Office Line)(954) 462-8222(Pastor’s Direct Line)Email: [email protected] (Church}[email protected] (Pastor)

The WITNESS of “The WILL”Sunday Worship Experiences ................................................................ 7:45 and 11:00 a.m.Sunday School ................................................................................................................. 9:30 a.m.Tuesday Night Triumph {Prayer, Praise and Power}Prayer Meeting ................................................................................................................ 7:00 p.m.Bible Study ........................................................................................................................ 7:30 p.m.

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First Baptist Church Piney Grove, Inc.

SUNDAY SERVICESWorship Services .......................................................... 7:30 & 10:45 a.m.Children's Church ........................................................ 7:30 & 10:45 a.m.Communion (First Sunday) ......................................... 7:30 & 10:45 a.m.New Members' Class ....................................................................9:30 a.m.Church School ..............................................................................9:30 a.m.Baptist Training Union (BTU) .................................................... 1:00 p.m.Wednesday (Bible Study) ...................................... 11:15 a.m.. & 7:00 p.m.

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WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDYSunday .................................................... 7:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.Sunday School ............................................................................ 10:00 a.m.Wednesday Noonday Service .................................. 12:00-12:30 p.m.Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ............................................ 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................... 7:00 p.m.

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SERVICESSunday Worship ................................................. 7:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.Sunday School .............................................................................. 9:00 a.m.Wednesday (Bible Study) ........................................... 11a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Rev. Juana Jordan, M.Div

2351 N.W. 26th StreetOakland Park, Florida 33311

Church Telephone: (954) 731-0520Church Fax: (954) 731-6290

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Bethel MissionaryBaptist Church

2211 N.W. 7th Street,Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33061

Church: (954) 583-9368Email: [email protected]

WORSHIP SERVICESSunday Worship ............................................................. 8 a.m. & 11 a.m.Sunday School ........................................................................... 9:30 a.m.Wednesday (Prayer Service & Bible Study) ............................... 7:30 a.m.Saturday (Women Bible Study) ............................................................ 8 a.m.

"Baptized Believers working together to do the will of God"

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Mt. Zion MissionaryBaptist Church

1161 NW 29th Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33311(954) 581-0455 ●●●●● Fax: (954) 581-4350

WORSHIP SERVICESSunday Worship Service .............................................................................. 8:00 & 11:00 a.m.Sunday School ............................................................................................................... 10:00 a.m.Communion Service (1st Sunday) ......................................................................... 11:00 a.m.Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ........................................................................... 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................................................... 7:00 p.m.Saturday (2nd & 4th) Growth & Orientation ........................................................... 9 a.m.

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ANDERSONFuneral services for the late

Joseph Anderson.BLAISE

Funeral services for the lateElvire Blaise.EDMOND

Funeral services for the lateJoseph Edmond.GEORGE

Funeral services for the lateLillian George.KEELER

Funeral services for the lateKathleen Keeler.TRAVIS

Funeral service for the lateNorman Travis, Jr.

HARRISFuneral ser-

vices for the lateBishop Me-shach Benja-min Harris, Sr.- 57 were heldJuly 26 at James C. Boyd’s Memo-rial Chapel with Apostle John L.Mohorn, Jr officiating.

JONESFuneral ser-

vices for the lateJurtha Joneswere held July 23at Peaceful ZionMissionary Bap-tist Church with Rev. M.K.Copeland officiating. Interment:South Florida National Cemetery,Lake Worth, FL.

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vices for the lateLeacroft AbeM o n t r o s eBlack - 52were held July

Miami educator and entrepreneurVeronica Timpson dies at 64By Dedrick D. Henry, Sr.

Co-founder, Veronica Timp-son, of Timpson Limousine andCharter Bus Service in Miamidied on July 15 at the age of64. Timpson, a Miami nativeand educator, having taughthistory at Miami Jackson HighSchool and social studies atNorland Middle School, retiredafter 36 years of service andthen became the activities di-rector at Miami Jackson.

Veronica and twin sister,Venita, first opted to be law-yers, but they both chose teach-ing instead once they reachedTuskegee University.

The Timpsons established acharter business which grewrapidly and was made avail-able to all of Dade and BrowardCounty and the surroundingcommunities and businesses inneed of a charter bus or limou-sine. They rented to funeralhomes and the buses were usedfor trips to Disney World, fam-ily reunions and church events.

Timpson worked both jobsas a teacher and as presidentof their charter business. Thecompany grew to three busesand seven limousines, with two

full-time employees and eightpart-time.

Timpson was also the super-intendent of Sunday School atMount Sinai Missionary Bap-tist Church in Liberty City,scholarship committee chair forthe Baptist Women’s Councilof Greater Miami, and Vicinityand a treasurer for the Miami-Dade Council of the NationalPan Hellenic Council. Timpsonis survived by her twin sister,Venita, her mother, BeatriceFerguson and her brothers An-tonio and Anthony Johnson.

Edward Duffie, Sr. dies at 77

By Dedrick D. Henry, Sr.

Edward Duffie, Sr. believedthat hard work and dedicationwere the key elements in be-ing successful, having himselfstarted as a bank securityguard and then later becom-ing the bank’s vice presidentat then Capital Bank branchin Liberty City. With no col-lege education or experience,Duffie worked his way up the


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employment ladder where hewent from standing outside tositting behind a desk. As vicepresident, Duffie helped manybusinesses in Northwest Mi-ami start with some $25 mil-lion in loans.

Duffie was born in HoustonCounty in Perry, Ga., theyoungest of five children. As achild he found time after schoolto clean the Perry Loan andSavings Bank. This is wherehe first dreamed of maybe oneday working in a bank, butback then Black childrenweren't permitted to dream.Duffie joined the Army in 1955and toured Korea and returnedto Miami in 1958 where heworked many jobs before land-ing his vice presidency at Capi-tal Bank.

27 at McWhite’s Funeral HomeChapel with Pastor Steve Rich-ards officiating. Interment: BlackFamily Plot, St. Anne, Jamaica.

BURNEYFuneral ser-

vices for the lateLarry Burney -61 were heldJuly 26 Mc-White’s FuneralHome Chapel with Willie Chanceofficiating. Interment: NationalCemetery of South Florida, LakeWorth, FL.

FRANCISFuneral ser-

vices for the lateLileth AlricaFrancis - 64were held July26 at Church ofGod of Proph-ecy.

JEANFuneral services for the late

Roseline Alexis Jean –47 wereheld July 26 at Philadelphia Haitian A Family That Prays Together, Stays Together

Roy Mizell & KurtzFuneral Home

AUSTINFuneral ser-

vices for the lateEunice Min-erva Rolle –Wilson Austin- 93 were heldJuly 26 at Mt.

Clark & NorrisHome of Funerals

Casey MyersFuneral Services

BARRETTFuneral services for t he late

Marie Barrett.BRYANT

Funeral services for the lateRonald Bryant.ESTELLE

Funeral services for the latePaul Estelle.FORD

Funeral services for the lateLinda Ford.GLOVER

Funeral services for the lateFaye Glover.HOLLAND

Funeral services for the lateAnn Holland.JONES

Funeral services for the lateAlma Jones.MERRITT

Funeral services for the NeroMerritt.SHUTERLY

Funeral services for the lateBetty Shutterly.

BASSFuneral ser-

vices for the lateHattie Bass –92 were heldJuly 26 at Churchof God Christian

Hermon A.M.E. with Rev. HenryE. Green, Jr officiating. Interment:Sunset Memorial Gardens.

DANIELSFuneral ser-

vices for the lateCynthia JeanDaniels - 58were held July26at ApostolicChristian Faith Center with BishopRussell C. Bostick officiating. In-terment: Forest Lawn MemorialGardens Central.

FORDFuneral ser-

vices for the lateElder GeorgeFord, Sr. – 64were held July26 at New LifeMinistries with

MORGANFuneral ser-

vices for the lateLonnie CharlesMorgan, Sr. -56 were heldJuly 26 Mizell &Kurtz Funeral Home Chapel withRev. James D. Darling officiating.Interment: Sunset Memorial Gar-dens.

Baptist Churchwith Pastor Isre-al Joseph offici-ating. Inter-ment: SunsetMemorial Gar-dens.

KOHNFuneral ser-

vices for the lateRev. John C.Kohn -74 wereheld July 26 atKoinonia Wor-ship Center with Rev. Eric H.Jones, Jr officiating. Interment: For-est Lawn Cemetery.

MATHURINFuneral ser-

vices for the latePierre Mat-hurin – 78were held July24 at McWhite’sFuneral Home Chapel with Rev.Timothy Jackson officiating.

MOOREFuneral ser-

vices for the lateAmos JuliusMoore - 86were held July 26at Mt. Zion AME

Church with Rev. George A. Hardyofficiating. Interment: Sunset Me-morial Gardens.

Rev. Curtis T. Miller officiating.Interment: Lauderdale MemorialPark.

Center with Apostle Dr. JefferiseJackson officiating.

ESTEFuneral services for the late

Evette Joycelyn Este – 54 wereheld July 11 at Antioch MissionaryBaptist Church with Pastor C.E.Coleman officiating.

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HIV/AIDS cure a step closer with anti-cancerdrugs ‘kicking’ virus out of infected cells

A recent breakthroughin AIDS research has found away to “kick out” HIV from thebody’scells. According to re-ports, a Danish study discoveredthat anti-cancer drugs can eli-minate HIV from infected cells.The latest development hasbeen described as the “first step”in finally finding a cure forHIV. Dr Ole Schmeltz Sogaardfrom the Aarhus University an-nounced the discovery at the20th International AIDS Conferencein Melbourne, Australia.

In the company of other lead-ing scientists in HIV/AIDS re-search, Sogaard had previously

released the findings of thestudy in a press conference lastJuly 21.

Reports said the press con-ference aimed to lift the heavymood as six delegates headingto the AIDS Conference wereamong those who perished onboard the downed Malay-sia Airlines Flight MH17.

Lead researcher Sogaardand his colleagues tested theeffects of the anti-cancer drugromidepsin on six individualswith HIV from April 2014. Theyfound the drug was able to in-crease the “hibernated” virusin a cell, making HIV easier todetect in the blood.

AIDS conference co-chair DrSharon Lewin said the HIVwas “kicked out of hiding” whenthe anti-cancer drug was ad-ministered in five out of the sixHIV patients.

Sogaard reported that cells can be activated and induced torelease the HIV into the blood.AIDS researchers regard thenew development as “the new

hope” for an HIV/AIDS cure.The findings show that the“kicked out” virus leaves trailsin the blood for the T-cells inthe human body to attack.

Dr. Steven Deeks, a professorof Medicine at the Universityof California, was excited aboutthe findings. He said it was thefirst time the virus was“shocked” out of its hiding place.

According to reports, the Da-nish researchers are planningto expand the clinical trials anduse other vaccines to boost aperson’s ability to fight the HIVwhen it comes out of its hidingplace in the cells.

At the press conference,scientists were asked how longit would take for them to find acure. Scientists would rathernot give an estimated periodbut appealed for more focus on“permanent remission." How-ever, scientists and researcherssay they remain hopeful to-wards finding a cure for HIV/AIDS no matter how long ittakes.

By Dedrick D. Henry, Sr.

Along with the hot days andscattered showers here in SouthFlorida; the rain brings prettyflowers and fresh mangoes wehave to be aware of much more.With the rain comes the usualaggravations: flooded streets,frizzy hair, wet shoes and socks.And plenty of mosquitoes.

Florida mosquitoes are onthe prowl for red-blooded vic-tims. Be aware they leave be-hind more than an itchingwelt: chikungunya. The virusis spread only by mosquitoes,which can bite an infected per-son and spread it to the next

person on whom they feed.There is no vaccine for chi-

kungunya because the diseaseis viral. Medications only treatthe symptoms, meaning infectedpeople must allow the diseaseto run its course. Chikungunyais rarely fatal but takes its tollon a person and can last up to amonth. Symptoms includeheadaches, rashes, vomiting,exhaustion and muscle andjoint pain.

The virus emerged in Africaand over the past few years hasspread across the Caribbeanand has made its incursion intothe continental United States.The Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention said there were497 cases reported in the coun-try as of this week.

Tampa Bay Rays reliefpitcher Joel Peralta is believedto have contracted the viruswhile visiting the DominicanRepublic over the All-Star breakearlier this month. Peralta wasplaced on the 15-day disabledlist because of the symptoms.

Two reported cases, bothfrom South Florida, caught theillness in the United States.Neither had visited an infectedarea, and this is what worrieshealth officials. Previously, allof the chikungunya cases inFlorida were contracted outsideof the United States, typicallyin the Caribbean.

South Florida is the gatewayto the Caribbean. In 2013, morethan seven million tourists camefrom countries in Latin Americaand the Caribbean, accordingto the Florida Department ofHealth and in 2011, 13.5 mill-ion cruise-ship passengers re-turned to ports in Florida, in-cluding Tampa, after makingstops in the Caribbean.

The best option is to avoidbeing bitten by a mosquito andreduce breeding grounds a-round the house.

Eliminate places wherestanding water collects like birdbaths, clogged gutters andplant pots; even some plantscan trap water and be a placewhere mosquitoes breed. Don’tgo outside at dusk and wearlong sleeve shirts if you’re work-ing in the yard. Proper mosquitorepellent is a must.

PPPPPrrrrre-existing condition banse-existing condition banse-existing condition banse-existing condition banse-existing condition bans– Are they really gone?– Are they really gone?– Are they really gone?– Are they really gone?– Are they really gone?By Julie Rovner

“Welcome to Cigna,” said the letter, dated May16, on behalf of my new employer, the KaiserFamily Foundation (KFF). They were placingme on a one-year waiting period for any pre-existing conditions.

Seriously? Wasn’t the health law supposed to end that?“We have reviewed the evidence of prior creditable coverage

provided by you and/or your prior carrier and have determinedthat you have 0 days of creditable coverage,” the letter said.

Which was really odd, since it came the same day as anotherletter, also dated May 16, also from Cigna, but on behalf of mynow former employer, NPR. It was a “Certificate of Group HealthPlan Coverage,” noting that I had been covered continuously forat least the past 18 months. (It’s more like 10 years, but who’scounting.)

“This letter will serve as your certification of prior coveragewith CIGNA HealthCare,” the letter said. “If you have justchanged coverage to another CIGNA HealthCare product, youmay disregard this certificate.”

Now, as a health reporter, I knew the first letter was a mistake.The 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act(HIPAA) provides that if you’ve had continuous coverage, meaningcoverage without a break of more than 63 days, your new insurermay not impose a pre-existing condition waiting period. ObviouslyI hadn’t had a break of more than 63 days. I hadn’t had a breakof even one day. I did that quite purposefully.

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DIVISION: 42-91STANEITA HOLMES Petitioner,

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TO: RONALD D. HOLMES(Respondent’s Last Known Address)3517 S.W. 16 CourtFort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a action for dissolutionof marriage has been filed against you and that youare required to serve a copy of your written defense,if any, to it on STANEITA HOLMES, whose addressis 5321 S. W. Sixth Street, Plantation, Florida 33317on or before September 8, 2014, and file the originalwith the Clerk of this Court at 201 Southeast SixthStreet, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 before serviceon Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you failto do so, a default may be entered against youfor the relief demanded in the petition.

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Exodus Inspirational Concert, starring Tamela Mann, gospel superstar, andspecial guest VaShawn Mitchell performing live in Miami

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,FL – BET’s Best Gospel Artistof the year and star of Meet TheBrown’s Tamela Mann, liveat “Exodus” Inspirational Con-cert, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014at the James L. Knight Center,400 S.E. Second St., Miami, Fla.,doors will open at 6 p.m.Showtime 7 p.m. Ticket pricesrange from $45 - $72 and maybe purchased onlinewww.Ticketmaster.com and atJames L. Knight Center BoxOffice. Phone: (305) 416-5978.

Tamela’s explosive voicecomes from a true love for whatshe does and that love takesover in the Exodus InspirationalConcert where you will hearGospel songs from her new CDBest Days and her chart top-ping new single I Can OnlyImagine which she performedat the Stellar Award’s winningBest Female Gospel Artist ofthe year in 2014, and on theBET Awards where she won2014 Best Gospel Artist.

Starting her solo career in2009, Mann’s second studio al-bum The Master Plan peakedat number 2 on the BillboardGospel Chart, as well as peak-ing at number 97 on the Bill-board 200. Mann’s third studioalbum Best Days was releasedon Aug. 14, 2012. It debuted at#1 on Billboard Top Gospelchart, as well as #14 on theBillboard 200. Mann has es-tablished herself as a true“trend-setter and leader” in the

world of Christian/Gospel Mu-sic. Her incredible voice, up-beat attitude, and positive en-ergy combine to make her oneof the most sought after per-formers in the business today.Beginning her career withKirk Franklin and the Familyshe was featured as a soloiston several of Franklin’s tracks,including Don’t Take Your JoyAway, Now Behold the Lamb,and Lean on ME which alsoincluded Mary J. Blige, Crys-tal Lewis, R. Kelly, and Bono.BET 2014 awards quote— "In-spiring us all, Tamela Mannsoars performing I Can OnlyImagine."

The Exodus Concert alsofeatures gospel recording art-ist VaShawn Mitchell withover 18 years in the industryhe will take the stage as aspecial guest. VaShawn is aremarkable worship leader,songwriter, and producer. He

will be performing songs such asNobody Greater from his albumTriumphant and TurningAround For Me from his albumentitled Created4This. Va-Shawn recently finished his newlive music project Unstoppableand I am sure it lives up to itstitle.

When Mann is not touringwith her solo career, you cancatch her performing with herhusband, David Mann Sr., starof Meet the Browns who is also agifted singer. They are workingon their new television projectMeet the Mann’s scheduled toair on BET in 2015. Married 25years, the couple also tours asinspirational speakers and lifecoaches for family and marriage.For updates visit her at:www.tillymannmusic.com

Among her many accomplish-ments, Mann has debuted inTyler Perry’s stage play I CanDo Bad All By Myself and ap-

peared in the plays Meet theBrowns, Madea’s Family Re-union, Madea’s Class Reunion,Diary of a Mad Black Womanand What’s Done in the Dark.

Mann has appeared on tele-vision shows including: TheView, The Tonight Show withJay Leno, BET Sound-stage,Grammy Awards, Dove Awards,Stellar Awards, NAACPAwards, the United States ofAmerica World Olympics andTyler Perry’s “House of Payne”,as well as Tyler Perry’s “Meetthe Browns”, where she por-trays Mr. Brown’s (DavidMann) daughter.

The Exodus InspirationalConcert will support Susan G.Komen Breast Cancer Founda-tion, the “Worship in Pink” Ini-tiative. Worship in Pink is aprogram designed to unitefaith, community and aware-ness to help in the fight againstbreast cancer. A portion of theproceeds from this event will bedonated to the Susan G. KomenBreast Cancer Foundation af-

filiate in Miami/ Fort Lauder-dale.

Tickets can be purchased atJames L. Knight Center Box of-fice [email protected] additional information, groupsales 20 or more, Media inquirycontact JEBA Media,[email protected], call (305)401-8113.

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Crockett Foundation to host Sixth Annual Family and Health Community FestivalEmpowering today’s youth with healthy lifestyle choices

Written by Durée Ross,Durée & Company, Inc.

The Crockett Foundationand Alpha Kappa AlphaSorority’s Zeta Rho OmegaChapter invites locals to theirannual Community Health Fes-tival for a day of family fun andhealth education on Saturday,Aug. 9, 2014, from 10 a.m. to2:30 p.m. at Pompano Citi Cen-ter, 1955 N. Fed. Hwy., Pom-pano Beach, Fla. the event is inpartnership with Alpha KappaAlpha Sorority, Zeta RhoOmega Chapter.

With a commitment to im-proving quality of life and build-ing strong communities locallyand internationally whereverneeded, the Crockett Founda-tion is led by Henri Crockett, anative of Pompano Beach, Fla.and former NFL player withthe Atlanta Falcons and Min-nesota Vikings; and his brotherZach Crockett, a retired NFLplayer and current scout forthe Oakland Raiders.

Broward Health will be asponsor and the CommunityHealth Festival will include freehealth screenings, free immu-

nizations, and free physicalexams. Equal parts health andfun, the festival will also in-clude family-friendly activitiesincluding games, workouts, abounce house, a face painterand live entertainment withlocal talented performers. Inpreparation for back-to-school,the Crockett Foundation willalso be giving away backpacks.

The Crockett Foundation isa South Florida-based non-profit organization committedto improving quality of life andbuilding strong communitieslocally and internationally,

wherever there is a need. Itsmission is to provide educationalopportunities, increase healthand awareness, and inspire andequip today’s youth that theymay overcome social limitationsand realize their full potential,growing to become productiveand contributing members oftomorrow’s global community.For more information, visitwww.crockettfoundation.org,e m a i [email protected],or call (954) 200-1924.

Pictured: Retired NFL players Zach and Henri Crockett (back row) pose with healthcare providers who give back tocommunity at Fifth Annual Health Festival. Front Row L to R- Linda Kowalczyk, NP; Mayra Lima NP; Yolanta Booker,NP; Deborah Ingram, MD; Maria Hernadez, RN and Novelete Smith; Yolanta Booker, Nurse Practitioner and memberof Zeta Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority assist with back to school physicals; Crocketts pose withJoe Ann Fletcher, president of Zeta Tho Omega Chapter as they prepare to handout backpacks and school supplies;Dr. Margareta Kearson, co-chairman of Health Committee for Zeta Rho Omega Chapter assist with glucose testing;Henri Crockett pose with children attending health festival and Henri Crockett (c) looks on as participants wait inlong lines.Last year over 500 children were served.

Toward a cure for HIV: The promise of the ‘Mississippi baby’

Politics, Poli-tricks and restoration(Cont'd from FP)

I know I shouldn’t get angry, but most of us do not havethe money to replace the embarrassment that comes whenwe get bamboozled into more trickery.

You can’t pay money for everything-especially restorationwhen you have placed your confidence in another human.

“26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sungo down on your anger, 27 and do not give the devil anopportunity.” -- Ephesians 4:26-27(NASB)

Yep, in this season of Politics, Poli-tricks and restoration,it would be advisable that you visit your neighborhoodsporting store and buy the best kneepads you can, becauseyou will need them.

Those politicians who adhere to the policies of gettingelected by: hook or crook, any means necessary or “whatever”it takes, will cling to their promises like holding air in thepalm of your hands-mission impossible.

“It reminds me of the prodigal son. After his righteouslivin. All the evil he had done. Yet when he returned hisfather received him home. Gave him a ring of gold put himon a robe. Killed the fatted calf gave him somethin he neverever had- Restoration.” Restoration Lyrics - Winans

Elections are only for a season, but your word lives longafter you are gone.

“Bearing with one another, and forgiving eachother, whoever has a complaint against anyone; justas the Lord forgave you, so also should you.”

-- Colossians 3:13 (NASB)

JESUS IS THE ONLY TRUE POLITICIAN; MAN ISTHE TRUE POLI-TRICKIAN

By Linda VillarosaSpecial to the NNPA fromThe Black AIDS Institute

M E L B O U R N E ,AUSTRALIA – Is the glasshalf empty – or half full? Thatwas the framework for thinkingabout the so-called Mississippibaby case last week at the In-ternational AIDS conferencehere.

The glass was decidedly halfempty earlier this month withthe news that the baby, thoughtto have been cured of HIV, hadrebounded with detectablelevels of the virus in her blood.Quick as a heartbeat, cure wasdowngraded to remission.

But today in the conventionhall, the glass was much morefull – or at least the spin wasclearly positive. At a special

Suzette Moses Burton, executive director of the GlobalNetwork of People Living With HIV, she was alsodiagnosed with the virus in 1992 and was told she had twoyears to live. Twenty years later she says "I now face awhole host of new problem, and that what we're here totalk about today."

press event, “Toward an HIVCure,” a group of scientists in-sisted that the case of the baby,now a little girl, was less a set-back than a way forward. Thegathering at the media eventalso pointed to several new stu-dies that offered informationthat might lead to hope for acure.

“There is plenty of data thatare telling us that we can makeprogress,” said Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the research. She isa Nobel-prize winning scientistand co-chair of the conference.“There is no reason not to be op-timistic.”

Even the virologist involvedwith the Mississippi baby, Dr.Deborah Persaud, associateprofessor of pediatrics and in-fectious diseases at JohnsHopkins Children’s Center,

called her case “a major stepforward.” After all, the time thebaby’s virus stayed under con-trol without treatment wassignificantly longer than everwitnessed before. The Miss-issippi infant remained virus-free for 27 months.

“I want to emphasize whilewe are very disappointed forthis child that now requires anti-retroviral treatment to controlher virus, this is really un-precedented for the field,” Dr.Persaud said.

The baby was born prema-turely in a Mississippi clinic toan HIV-positive mother in2010. Her mother didn’t receiveanti-HIV medication duringpregnancy and didn’t know shehad contracted the virus untildelivery. Right after birth, theinfant was treated aggressivelyand continued on medicationuntil 18 months of age, whendoctors lost contact with motherand child. But when the childwas again seen by medical stafffive months later, they couldfind no trace of HIV – and sheremained virtually free of thevirus for more than two years.

But by the time the childturned four, the HIV had re-turned and the preschooler isnow back on medication. Dr.Steven Deeks sees the value inher case. “As a scientist, failuresare often more important thansuccesses,” explained Dr. Deeks,an HIV/AIDS researcher andprofessor of medicine at the Uni-versity of California, San Fran-cisco. “So I actually perceivethe Mississippi baby scienti-fically as a great success.”

The three new studies out-lined at the press event pro-duced mixed results, though theglass-half-full scientists in Mel-bourne focused on the “theteaching moments.” All of thestudies, including the Miss-issippi case, point to a latentreservoir of HIV that makesthe devious virus hard to com-bat.

One study, conducted on

monkeys, found that HIV re-servoirs form even before thevirus can be detected in theblood. There, according to in-vestigators at Beth Israel Dea-coness Medical Center(BIDMC), HIV can lie dormantand avoid being killed off byanti-AIDS medication. Thestudy was published on July 20in the science journal Nature.

The second study examinedthe size of the reservoir using anovel measure. And the third,looked at a drug to kick or shockthe virus out of the reservoirwhere it can hide. This study,released last week and con-ducted at Aarhus UniversityHospital in Denmark, excitedthe audience – though the leadresearcher Ole SchmeltzSogaard called his work “a smallstep.” At this point no one issure how to kill the virus onceit’s kicked out into the open.

Dr. Deeks disagreed. “Ole’sdata is the first clear evidencethat we can truly indentify thelatent reservoir, the hidden vi-rus, and shock it out of itslatency,” he said. “That is thesingle most important advance-ment at this meeting and willhave a huge impact for the fu-ture.”

Earlier in the day, at themorning plenary, titled “WhereAre We Now,” Dr. JintanatAnanworanich offered anothermodest nod toward the promiseof a cure. “There are many no-vel therapies being studied nowto help eliminate cells that arecapable of producing virus,” saidDr. Ananworanich, an HIV re-searcher who works out ofBangkok. “They will help pavethe way for what the futurewill look like. Although thereare many challenges, the fieldis energized.”

Ultimately, as the race for acure continues, prevention re-mains the best hope. Alsospeaking at the morning event,Dr. Salim Abdool Karimstressed that we must controlthe epidemic in the absence of a

cure. “Look at the tools wehave today for prevention, wecan make a huge impact.” Hethen ticked them off:

The scale up of anti-re-troviral treatment;

The further roll out of cir-cumcision;

The provision of anti-AIDSmedication very early inevery-body who is identifiedwith HIV and The use of anti-retroviral for PreP.

“We can make a huge im-pact,” continued Dr. Karim, aprofessor of clinical epidemio-logy at Columbia UniversityMailman School of PublicHealth, “if we are willing to dowhat it takes to implementthe technologies and tools thatwe have available today.”

Lost among the science isthe Mississippi baby herself,

an African-American child?Though we don’t know hername, she may be one of thetrue heroes of the story –whenever it ends. Down theroad she may prove to be amore transparent version ofHenrietta Lacks, the African-American woman whose cancertissue was used for researchand resulted in a number ofmedical breakthroughs. SaidDr. Deeks about theMississippi baby: “Hopefullyone day she will know howimportant she was.”

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CONGRATULATIONS 3STRIKES -- Dr. San-quaneice Sakuria Hanker-son. She graduated fromthe illustrious DillardHigh School in 2006. Shewent on to attend FloridaA&M University where shereceived her B.S. degreein Political Science 2010.On her road to success shecontinued her educationat FAMU, where she re-ceived her M.P.A. in Ap-plied Social SciencesPublic Administration in2011. Nothing was stop-ping this Phenomenonalyoung lady. In 2011 shematriculated to theCollege of Law in Orlando,Fla., where she receivedher Juris DoctorateDegree in 2014. At the tender age of 25 while attendinglaw school, she went over the burning sands of DeltaSigma Theta. Sanquaneice, you are a real testamentthat dreams do come true when God is your Pilot.Sanquaneice is the daughter of proud parents Kennethand Lori Hankerson. She is the granddaughter ofMazie, the late John Willie Clay, Tommie Lee and thelate Dr. Gwendolyn Hankerson. Special thanks toSoror Delores Sallette and Pastor Mr. Johnny & JackieGains.

NNPA Reporter Jazelle Hunt awarded National Health FellowshipW A S H I N T O N , D . C .

(NNPA) – Jazelle Hunt, aWashington correspondent forthe National Newspaper Pub-lishers Association News Ser-vice, recently completed week-long training at the Universityof Southern California as oneof 14 journalists awarded a2014 National Health Fel-lowship.

Hunt, a Howard Universitygraduate who has been em-ployed by the NNPA News Ser-

NNPA Washington Corres-pondent Jazelle Hunt.

vice since last year, was a-warded a $2,000 grant to reporton and write a series of storieson rape in the African Ameri-can community. The grant wasawarded to cover travel costsfor Hunt’s national reporting.

“I will spend the next sixmonths on a project around rapein the Black community andhow culture plays a role the af-termath of an assault,” Huntexplained. “With the help of a$2,000 grant, the series will ex-

plore this topic through the ex-periences of survivors, their fa-milies, community institutions,service organizations, and ad-vocates.”

George E. Curry, editor-in-chief of the NNPA News Ser-vice, said, “We are honored thatJazelle was selected as a one ofonly a handful of journalists toreceive a National HealthFellowship. Although rape inthe Black community is often apainful subject to discuss, it is adiscussion we must engage innonetheless. I am looking for-ward to editing Jazelle’s series.”

In her project proposal, Huntnoted: “For Black Americans,such cultural lines affect theway rape is viewed and treated.For example, the historical (andpresent) commodification and

fetishization of the Black wo-man’s body has created thestereotype that Black womenand girls are oversexed. Blackgirls are often socialized to avoidthis stereotype so seriously, thateven a healthy sex-positive out-look can be shameful. For Blackwomen and girls, the fear of be-ing labeled with this stereotypecan magnify the guilt and self-blaming that so many rape sur-vivors experience. The result issilence.”

Hunt continued, “Anotherexample of a cultural consi-deration is the tenuous re-lationship between Black peo-ple, and law enforcement andthe medical community. Past(and sometimes current) mis-treatment festers into present-day distrust; because of this,some Black rape survivors andtheir loved ones decline to reportassaults to law enforcement, or

to go to a hospital for an examand rape kit. This is especiallytrue when the victim and as-sailant are part of the samecommunity – there’s the urgeto ‘keep it in the house’ to protectthem both from systems thatare all too often unjust.”

Each year since 2005, theNational Health JournalismFellowship has invited jour-nalists from all over the countryto submit proposals for ambi-tious health reporting projectsthey would like to tackle. TheUniversity of Southern Califor-nia Annenberg School for Com-munications and Journalism,which sponsors the fellowship,awards the most newsworthyand timely applicants with pro-fessional training, and a grantfrom The California Endow-ment to pursue their projects.


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