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Local Black pastors call for peace in the wake of nationalprotests against police killings of unarmed BlacksThe New Mount Olive Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale played host to a Holiday PeaceCommunity Forum which included a wide range of participants representing the faith basedcommunity, politicians, law enforcement, legal experts, educators, and students.

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City Commission decision on Sistrunk zoning changes likely January 21

By Audrey Peterman

It felt like déjà vu all overagain, walking into City Halllast Wednesday night to speak

Miss Gwen Shaw, pictured with Treasure Henry and MalikLee from Miss LaShondra's class, performed the welcome.

Red School House’s 46th AnnualChristmas Program exceeded allexpectation

By Starla Vaughns Cherin

Red School House’s 46th

Annual Christmas Programplayed to a packed audience atthe African American ResearchLibrary and Cultural Center(AARLCC).

Opening with its traditionalCandlelight Procession to theTemptations' Silent Nightparents and family werewelcomed by Treasure Henryand Malike Lee..

Produced and emceed byRed School House Director Ms.Gwendolyn Shaw who, alongwith Red School House alumniRev. Eddie Harmon, prayedover the group. “You know wealways open with prayer,” saidMs. Gwen. “They took prayerout of school but not out of RedSchool. We have devotion everymorning at 8:30 a.m. You pa-rents get there early to get inon the prayer.”

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on behalf of Sistrunk. In thelate ‘90s and early into the 21st

Century, Frank and I were a-mong community members en-couraging local governments to

consider the impact that pro-posed new development wouldhave on the historically Blackneighborhoods of Fort Lauder-dale. Laying mainly betweenthe Florida East Coast Railroadtracks on the East and the CSXtracks to the west, neighbor-hoods such as Sistrunk containthe churches, schools, museumand artifacts of the Black pre-sence in the area since the early1900s. We cautioned that it wasimportant for the urban dev-elopment plan billed as “East-ward Ho!” to take this heritageinto consideration so as not todisplace this community.

Following a 10-year hiatusto Atlanta, we returned hometo find Sistrunk Boulevardwidened, “street scaped” withtraffic calming medians andlooking considerably more pros-perous. A new shopping center,including a Bank of America,graced the neighborhood andmultiple bright office and

Former Milwaukee officer not charged in fatal shooting of mentally ill man

Former Commissioner Bobby Dubose brings clarificationto conflicting statements made in reference to those in fullsupport of the City's recommendations.

Christopher Manney, left, and Dontre Hamilton.

From http://www.cbsnews.com/

MILWAUKEE, WI — Awhite Milwaukee police officerwho was fired after he fatallyshot a mentally ill Black man ina downtown park in April won’tface criminal charges, the coun-ty’s top prosecutor said Monday.

Milwaukee County DistrictAttorney John Chisholm saidin an emailed press release thatChristopher Manney won’t becharged because he shot DontreHamilton in self-defense.

“This was a tragic incidentfor the Hamilton family and forthe community,” Chisholm saidin a statement. “But, based onall the evidence and analysispresented in this report, I cometo the conclusion that OfficerManney’s use of force in this in-

cident was justified self-defenseand that defense cannot be rea-sonably overcome to establish abasis to charge Officer Manneywith a crime.”

Manney is at least the thirdwhite police officer to not becharged in the past month aftera confrontation that led to aBlack man’s death.

Manney shot 31-year-oldHamilton on April 30 after re-sponding to a call for a welfarecheck on a man sleeping in thepark. Manney said Hamiltonresisted when he tried to friskhim. The two exchanged pun-ches before Hamilton got a holdof Manney’s baton and hit himon the neck with it, the formerofficer has said. Manney thenopened fire, hitting Hamilton14 times.

CBS affiliate WDJT reportedearlier this month that Hamil-ton’s family released a copy ofthe Milwaukee County autopsyreport, which details all the gun-shot wounds found on Hamil-ton’s body after the incident.

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commercial buildings bear thenames of prominent Black FortLauderdale families. We won-dered about the impact on thosefamilies whose properties hadbeen bought up to enable thechange. Still, it’s clear that theneighborhood is now muchmore attractive and consistentwith its prosperous downtownFort Lauderdale location.

So when my friends at theWestside Gazette (in whichwe’d written copiously on theissue) told me that the zoningplan determining the future ofthe Sistrunk Corridor was onthe agenda at the City Commis-sion meeting Wednesday night,I felt obliged and privileged tohave the opportunity to offerpublic comment. I thought Imight even be able to add along term perspective basedupon our previous involvement.

Bishop C.E. Glover, Rev. Dr. Henry Green and Dr. Marcus Davidson.

By Charles Moseley

Dr. Marcus D. Davidsonevoked the memory of “The1965 March from Selma toMontgomery,” as he addresseda captive audience recently at a“Holiday Peace Community Fo-rum.”

Forty eight years ago, theEdmund Pettus Bridge was thesite of a horrific attack on some600 civil rights demonstrators,traveling from Selma to Mont-gomery. Former Alabama Gov-ernor George Wallace orderedstate and local police to stop themarch on grounds of public safe-ty. The group was confrontedby authorities armed with billyclubs and tear gas in whatinfamously became known as“Bloody Sunday.”

“Selma, Ala., the site of TheEdmund Pettus Bridge wherepeople walked to Montgomery,Alabama because they didn’thave the right to vote. Wealways complain about racismbut we are absent at the polls. Ibelieve this with all of my heart,if we as African Americans learnhow to leverage our power inthe voting booth, learn how toleverage our economic power,we can turn this nation in anydirection we want to turn it.”

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A Christmas gift to youTherefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothingmove you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of theLord, because you know that your labor in the Lord isnot in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr

The Christmas gift that I would like togive to you will not be found underanybody’s Christmas tree. It cannot bepurchased at any of the fine jewelry ordepartment stores nor can you buy online from eBay or Amazon.com. Craigand EMILY’s list won’t direct you to iteither.

This gift will answer the age old ques-tion of, “What Do The Lonely Do AtChristmas”? It’s better than the Christmas Song with chest-nuts roasting on an open fire and it created Joy To TheWorld.

The Silent Night was awakened not because Hark TheHerald Angels Sing but because of this gift I wish to give toyou.

Yes indeed this gift is not just for The Twelve Days ofChristmas and it will make Santa Claus, Go Straight To TheGhetto.

You might think that All I want for Christmas is My twoFront Teeth; this gift will fill that void and after receiving thisgift you accept that maybe Santa Claus Is A Black Man.

You just may say Let it Snow and it may be a WhiteChristmas in a Winter Wonderland. With the warmth thatthis gift brings you may bring on the Jingle Bells causeJingle Bells Rock!

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Local Black pastors call for peace in the wake of national protests against police killings of unarmed Blacks

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South Florida has not beenimmune nor escaped from beingincluded in such protests. Publicoutcry has yielded more ques-tions than answers throughoutBlack America. Recent policekillings have generated callsfor justice from the White Houseto street corners, promptingserious conversations on thepolarizing subject of racism inAmerica.

Recently, several pastors re-presenting Broward County’sfaith based community calledfor an open dialogue to discussthe issues on the minds of manyBlack Americans.

Dr. Marcus D. Davidson,Senior Pastor of New MountOlive Baptist Church, BishopClarence Glover, Senior Pastorof Mount Bethel Ministries,Rev. Dr. Derrick Hughes, Sen-ior Pastor of First Baptist PineyGrove, and Rev. Dr. HenryGreen, Senior Pastor of MountHermon AME Church, spear-headed, “A Holiday Peace Fo-rum” Dec. 17 at New MountOlive Baptist Church in FortLauderdale.

Charles Morton, FormerBroward County Chief Assist-ant Prosecuting Attorneyhaving tried thousands offelony cases over his 36 yearcareer, many of them murdercases, began the panel discus-sion by outlining why he feltthe process was flawed as tohow we determine whethersomeone should be indicted ornot in these types of cases.

Morton concluded that theinvestigative aspects, not thelegal aspects, were most im-portant regarding how casesare brought before a grand jury.

Morton called for changes inthe judicial procedure in mur-der cases, citing the recent de-velopments in the State of Wis-consin where laws were en-acted mandating that such in-vestiations be conducted by anindependent party.

“There needs to be indepen-dence of investigation regard-ing the manner in which a de-cision to prosecute or not. I hopethis is the direction we takehere in Florida.”

Tracy Martin, the father ofslain teenager Trayvon Martin,set the tone for the eveningwith an impassioned messagebefore a nearly capacity crowdat New Mount Olive BaptistChurch.

“My son’s death was atraumatic ordeal. There is nocompensation that can makeup for the loss of a child. Some-one has to go to sleep everynight wondering how theycould prevent the death of theirchild. I’ve come to believe thatit was God’s will. It was a veryuntimely death but I couldn’tprevent it.”

“What do I do to try to preventothers from having to bury their

Not since the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s has this country seen such widespread protest concerning thesocial issue of race relations in America. From Sanford, Fla. from Ferguson, Mo. to Staten Island, N.Y., the names of slainBlack men and boys including Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner at the hands of white male police officersor vigilantes has seen a resurgence in the social conscious of Americans from all walks of life, races, and religions.Whether it be a posting of the entire Miami Heat wearing hoodies, cries by young protesters in Ferguson shouting, Handsup Don’t Shoot, or still others in N.Y.C. with “I Can’t Breath T-Shirts on; one fact is certain throughout the land andthat is, BLACK LIVES MATTER. Recently, a contingent of Black clergy held a Community Peace Forum to allow thecommunity to not only hear from community leaders but also voice their opinions on important issues affecting peopleof color nationwide. The following quotes by those who participated in the panel discussion shed light on some of theissues of concern. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS! By Charles Moseley

MEMBERS OF THE PANEL – L-r: Chief Anthony Williams, Broward County PublicSchools; Howard Finklestein, Broward Chief Public Defender; Saif Ishoof, ExecutiveDirector, City Year Miami; Robert Runcie, Superintendent, Broward County PublicSchools; State Senator Christopher Smith(District 31); Alton Bolden, Principal, PineyGrove Boys Academy and Bobby R. Henry, Sr., Publisher Westside Gazette Newspaper.

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child? I have to educate othernationalities on how they viewour children,” Martin added.

Verna Williams is a singlemother with two sons ages 15and 25. She spoke about herstruggles in raising her sons intoday’s society.

“We had Tracy Martin speakand not one time did he say hischild was shot down because hewas Black. I have good boysbut tell me how I tell my son notto be scared to walk the streetsbecause he’s Black? That is theproblem.”

Tracy Martin, the father ofslain teenager TrayvonMartin set the tone for theevening with an impas-sioned message before anearly capacity crowd.

Howard Finklestein,Broward County PublicDefender — “Unfortunately ittakes tragedy of losing our chil-dren before we’re willing to openour eyes, ears, and our hearts.This has been going on. I’vebeen doing public defender’swork for almost four decades. Iam not surprised at the incidentin Staten Island. It’s just thateverybody has woken up. Peoplehave been killing young Blackmen in this country whetherthey be law enforcement orvigilantes and there’s been noaccountability. Even in our owncounty there hasn’t been awrongful shooting charge filedin over 30 years. It’s impossibleto believe that every Blackperson ever shot in BrowardCounty deserved to die. If youlook at what’s happening thisis what I would call a tippingpoint, a paradigm shift-for thefirst time we can have a con-versation that’s open and bru-tally honest because there aretwo standards of justice in thiscountry, in this county and inthis city and enough is enough.What you’re seeing across thecountry is people emotionallyviscerally acting because thiscould be there kid. A 17-year-old kid shouldn’t go to the storefor some skittles and come backdead. A guy shouldn’t be sellingcigarettes on a street corner andend up dead. It’s got to end andthis is a good first step.”

State Senator ChrisSmith (District 31) — “I thinkwhenever you have conversationand dialogue it’s a positive. Toomany of these conversations areheld in a silo where people havetheir own notions and theydon’t learn anything. When youhave a diverse group from citi-zens to elected officials to pas-tors, it’s a chance to dialogueand learn from each other andpeople walk away knowing alittle more of what’s going on

Bishop C. E. Glover —"I’mhere tonight to show my supportfor the activities that have beengoing on across the nation, asyoung people have becomereally active in trying to combatsocial injustice, as well as to tryto come up with some solutionsthat will add to their protests.We need to protest but we needto protest with a pur-pose.I seepastors now becoming moresocially aware and preachingmore of a social justice gospel. Ithink that what we need to dofrom a community perspectiveis not only to become sociallyintelligent but economically so.When I say we need to protestwith a purpose - we need toprotest with our votes. We can’tjust vote for our president; weneed to be just as passionate inevery election because these localelections determine whathappens in our community. Wealso need to protest with ourpocketbooks. I think it’s ex-tremely important that we onceagain recycle dollars in our owncommunity. We need to really

Bobby R. Henry, Sr.,Publisher Westside Gazette—"Does the rest of Americanunderstand the frustrations ofBlack Americans? When youcombine inadequate employ-ment opportunities, public edu-cation systems that have futileexpectations for them, beingfaced with meager healthcaredecisions now add insults toinjuries the authorization ofendorsed murders, what shouldAmerica really look forward to?As we try to find some under-standing and healing to gapingholes in our hearts and soulsfrom the loss of lives we havevital work to be done. What arethe factual alternatives? We needto successfully put into effectour political power. That processtakes time and we don’t haveenough lives to be taken by thepolice or anybody else for thetime required. Agitators willdistract by asking who’s guiltyof the most horrible behavior —killer cops or angry Black folk.America is a capitalist societyand one thing that America un-derstands very well is a loss ofMONEY, which leaves us withimpacting the economy as ourone reliable approach for Piece(PEACE). The Montgomery BusBoycott lasted for one year and19 days(1955-1956) Black folkstopped their financial supportto the transportation system andshut down Montgomery. Eventhe U.S. Supreme Court con-ceded! America today NEEDSthe trillion dollars spendingpower of Black Americans. Whatwould happen if those dollarswent missing?"

Rev. Dr. Derrick Hughes-- “It is time for us to movebeyond the “blame game” andtake responsibility for what wecan do to stop the violenceamongst ourselves. Sure we areoutraged at anyone who takesthe life of another without dueprocess. How do we move aheadas a community regardless ofwhat anyone does, is thequestion that needs to beaddressed? Sure the acts ofviolence from some policeofficers, both Black and whitehave been egregious; but, wemust be smart in the entireprocess of seeking justice. Ourreal problem is not a skinproblem; our real problem is asin problem".

develop businesses and supportour own businesses. We need tostop these dollars from rollingout of our community as fast aswe get them.”

Gordon Weeks, AssistantPublic Defender JuvenileDivision — “Unfortunatelythere hasn’t been any progressmade on “Stand Your Ground”it’s still a law that need’s con-siderable attention to addressthe problem with the law whichsuggest that folks should betaking the law into their ownhands as opposed to trying toget themselves out of those typesof situations. I think that parti-cular law encourages people toshoot first and ask questionslater from a state attorney standpoint, from a legal standpointthere may be some benefits -from a societal standpoint Idon’t think it’s the right mes-sage we should be sending outto our kids. We have to be vocaland vigilant to make sure thatwe continue to stress the impor-tance of changing that law.That is an National Rifle As-sociation (NRA), lobby sup-ported measure that encouragesfolks to carry arms and to shootand to determine what hap-pened later. We need to makesure that our community voiceis also heard in opposition tothe NRA. We don’t want ouryoung men to be the victims ofthe shootings. Because folkshave a particular tendency tobe afraid of a Black male andits going to be the Black malethat’s going to be the one, so weneed to make sure our voices areheard as well, not only those ofthe NRA and those in favor ofhaving more guns on the street.”

Dr. Rosalind Osgood,President/CEO Mount OliveDevelopment Corporation(MODCO, Vice-Chair Brow-ard County School Board)— “As a community leader I’mvery disturbed by the recentviolence; to see the magnitudeof the times that we live inwhere human lives are notvalued. I think we have to standup as a community of faith andbegin to speak out about peacelike Pastor Davidson andBishop Glover, Pastor Greenand Pastor Hughes are doingbecause we have to understandthat if we don’t act now we’regoing to lose the next genera-tion. So as I look at the violencethat is going on around theworld I think about when I wasgetting my doctorate degree. Ihad the opportunity of going toWashington, D. C. and follow-ing a bill in Congress that Con-gressman Alcee Hastings filedto study the glorification of

violence in America and ofcourse the bill never made it tothe floor. So I’m excited aboutDr. Davidson’s initiative. Rightafter the Trayvon Martinverdict he began to make a Cla-rion call for peace in our com-munity and now he’s connectedwith Bishop Glover, PastorHughes, and Pastor Greenwhere we are beginning to havea series of community conversa-tions about peace that we haveengaged young people becauseit’s a dialogue that we musthave. As people of faith wemust take a posture of faithand that posture is peace.”

“It’s a race issue. My son isBlack and he could be shot deadjust because he is Black. Howdo I teach him not to be Black?He’s Black! I feel we just haveto be honest, and say this is arace issue," added Williams.

Panelist Saif Ishoof is theExecutive Director, City YearMiami, an affiliate of Ameri-Corps, a job training and socialdevelopment organization. Hemade several observations.

“If we really want to have abreakthrough as a nation, notonly do we need to expose ouryoung people in African Ameri-

can communities to the tragicrealities of social injustice butwe need to be taking childrenwho come from privileged back-grounds and provide them anopportunity, exposing them tothe grosser side of things likewhite privilege and havingthem open their eyes through atrue servant leadership model,not a colonial model of what ishappening in our communitiesaround our country. “

The panel raised questionson race, class, and the culturaldifferences in America. PanelistRobert Runcie, Superintendentof Broward County PublicSchools outlined how these fac-tors play a role in how peopleperceive and interact with eachother.

“Part of the challenge thatwe have today is beyond race, alot of it becomes about class be-comes about where we live andhow fragmented we’ve become.And we need to think how wedefine our communities so nomatter where we are geogra-phically that spiritually goalwise we’re connected the sameway. We can’t just be lookingout for ourselves. We should belooking out for the entirecommunity.”

Alton Bolden, principal,Piney Grove Boys Academy alsoweighed in on the importanceof the family structure by givinghis take on raising Black boys.

“Now these days most pa-rents cradle their daughters butlet our boys raise themselves.But when we get down to it weneed to treat our boys like wetreat our daughters. We needto know who they're talking to.The man should be the foun-dation of the home. The way weget to our kids is to meet themwhere they are.”

Senator Chris Smith putthings in perspective by ad-monishing the community tomove forward by taking severalsteps in finding some solutionsto the issues and concerns ex-pressed by the community.

“We love a rah, rah speech.It should be all about discussingsolutions right now. One thingwe need to do is start reportingwhen things happen to you.The worse thing is when youcomplain about an officer andsay,” this officer did this” butthere is not one complaint.When they look in his file allthey see are commendations.

"They will say, he did this,he did that but nobody files acomplaint. Go down there andfile a complaint. Go to a city hallcommission meeting sometime.I get so, so lonely in meetingssometimes. I’m the only one wholooks like me bringing up issues,when nobody bothers to cometo the meeting. Go to city com-mission and county commissionmeetings. Get involved. Lastly,continue to vote.”

Minister Eddie A. Ro-binson, Minister of Musicand Celebrative Arts at NewMount Olive BaptistChurch — “The Holiday PeaceCommunity Forum was a muchneeded event to discuss the feel-ings of the community in re-gards to the death of the threeBlack males at the hands oflaw enforcement. The forumraised questions and offered an-swers. While the event was wellattended and much was said,there is yet much work to bedone. While we are hundreds ofyears past slavery and decadespast the Civil Rights Movement,the heart of the matter, racism,is alive and well. There is muchto be done in government, ourchurches and in our commu-nities to address this societalill. Education and dialogue isthe key. Last night’s forum wasa step in the right direction. Ihope and pray that from thisevent we can see some realchange and strategies to changethe climate of suspicion that ex-ists from citizen to law enforce-ment and vice versa.”

Adam Jenkins 21, addressesthe panel discussion, shed-ding light on being a youngBlack male in America. “Asyoung Black males you try notto fit the description so much.Based on being Black alone wefit the description. When wehave dreads we fit the de-scription. So even when I go outand have on a hoodie some-times I wonder whether to putmy hands in my pockets.”

and what can we do to help it.I’m here to talk about thelegislative end, to talk abouthaving some indepen-dentinvestigations when cer-tainconduct comes up, differentthings like that. I think this isgreat when the church reachesout into the community andactually deals with real lifeissues, it’s always a good thing.All you have to do is look atFerguson, Missouri which is amajority Black city, but onlyone African American is on thecity commission; that’s Blackvoting. The city commissionhires the city manager and thepolice chief. That sets the tone.The sheriff in the county iselected, voting elects the sheriffwho sets the tone. The StateAttorney who kicked it to theGrand Jury who basically didnot want it done is elected.Ferguson, Missouri is a perfectexample of why we need to voteand what’s most disturbing isin November in Ferguson, Mis-souri only four out of 10 AfricanAmericans voted who were ableto vote.”

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Former Milwaukeeofficer not chargedin fatal shooting ofmentally ill man

City Commission decision on Sistrunk zoning changes likely January 21, 2015

Retiring Director for the City of Fort Lauderdale Depart-ment of Sustainable Development, Gregory Brewton andwife Angela, receives proclamation declaring Dec. 19,2014 as Greg Brewton Day in honor of over 35 years ofservice with the city from District 3 Commissioner RobertMcKinzie.

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Hamilton’s family said hesuffered from schizophreniaand had recently stopped takinghis medication.

Police Chief Edward Flynnfired Manney in October, say-ing Manney instigated the fightwith an inappropriate pat-down. The chief said Manneycorrectly identified Hamilton asmentally ill but ignored histraining and department policy,and treated him as a criminal.

“You don’t go hands-on andstart frisking somebody onlybecause they appear to bementally ill,” Flynn said whenhe announced Manney hadbeen dismissed.

Protests respond to Fergusondecision around the country

Hamilton’s death precededthose of Michael Brown in Fer-guson, Missouri, and Eric Gar-ner in New York City, but thecase hasn’t attracted as muchattention despite frequent,mostly peaceful protests. Hamil-ton’s family has used the pro-tests to try to raise awarenessabout mental illness. Otherssaid his death underlined raceconcerns, chanting “people ofcolor are people, too,” and carry-ing signs that read “Black livesmatter.”

The Milwaukee Police Asso-ciation condemned Manney’sfiring as a political move, andmembers voted no confidencein Flynn soon after the firing.

Manney has appealed hisfiring and applied for disability,saying the shootings in Mil-waukee and Ferguson have costhim sleep and made it difficultfor him to think clearly. He alsohas said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Raymond Dall’Osto, aformer Milwaukee public de-fender and former legal directorof the ACLU’s Wisconsin chap-ter, said before Chisholm’s an-nouncement that it was a dif-ficult case. He said some peopleare employed in professionsthat run a greater risk of per-sonal injury or death, “but thatdoesn’t give you a greater rightto take someone else’s life.”

Milwaukee police announc-ed in December they wouldaccelerate training that equipsofficers for dealing with crises,including encounters with thementally ill. Only about 20 per-cent of the force’s roughly 1,800officers have had the training.

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From the moment I enteredthe Commission chambers, Icould see and feel that thingshad changed. As I expected,the chamber was packed withmembers of the Sistrunk com-munity, longtime residents andadvocates I recognized as wellas many younger people. Onthe dais where our (deceased)commissioner Carlton Moorehad been the only Black repre-sentative, District 3 Commis-sioner Robert McKinzie is nowthe sole Black member. But thegreatest change appears to havetaken place among the staffwhich is much more diverse.Where the mood between thecommission and members of theBlack public used to be com-

Hinton; Ms. Sonya Burrowswhose family has owned Bur-rows Electrical Company on Sis-trunk Blvd. for more than fivedecades; Ms. Jana Gray-Williams and NBA star KeyonDooling who talked about hisroots in the area and his driveto help retain it.

The political leadership, in-cluding Commissioner Mc-Kinzie and State Senator ChrisSmith are also fully onboard.

Of approximately 10 peoplewho spoke before I left the meet-ing near midnight, only one –Burnadette Norris-Weeks whoidentified herself as an attorneywith offices in the area – spokeagainst adopting the changes.

The Commission appearsfavorably disposed to accept thezoning board’s recommen-dation, with minor tweaks tosatisfy the interests of adjacentcommunities such as the Pro-gresso neighborhoods, whowant to be able to exceed thefive-story height limit as theneed arises. Developers inter-ested in building east of North-

west Seventh Avenue alsoasked staff to think about rais-ing height restrictions to makethe area along the railroadtracks more attractive for de-velopment.

The discussion is taking placein an environment that is onceagain poised for explosivegrowth, particularly with thecoming All Aboard Florida trainservice which will provide rapidtransit from Orlando to Miami.The Fort Lauderdale station willbe erected at Northwest SecondAvenue, just southeast of Sis-trunk and Northwest SeventhAvenue. Its website promisesthat the rail will “stimulate acurrently underutilized area,

bative, it now appears far morecollegial.

The change was evidentwhen the mayor called uponthe Director of the Departmentof Sustainable Development,Greg Brewton who was retiringafter more than 30 years withthe City, and gave him theopportunity to lead the Pledgeof Allegiance. Mr. Brewton andhis colleague, 10-year Commu-nity Redevelopment Agency(CRA) Director Alfred Battle,Jr. who is also African Ameri-can, led the presentation of theproposed zoning changes.

The presentation centeredupon zoning changes developedby the CRA in consultation withmembers of the Sistrunk com-munity that would hold theheight of new development on

Sistrunk west of Seventh Ave-nue around 45-foot or five-sto-ries. The changes to the North-west Regional Activity Center(NWRAC) as the area is de-scribed were previously ap-proved by the City’s Planningand Zoning Board Nov. 19.

At the public comment periodIt quickly became clear that theSistrunk community is fully infavor of the changes, as con-veyed passionately by speakersincluding Mickey and Mrs.

Carolyn Davis still making it happen through her love of teaching music

Photo features Davis and young student, five-year-oldYvens Adisson, who is playing Rudolph the RednosedReindeer.

This past Saturday, thechildren of Carolyn Davis’ Mak-ing It Happen School of Musicand Technology, showcasedtheir talents to friends andfamily at Merrell United Met-hodist Church.

Children as young as fiveyears old played classic Christ-mas songs including Jolly OldSaint Nicholas and Rudolphthe Rednosed Reindeer, on key-boards, acoustic and electricguitar, piano, saxophone andviolin.

The Making It HappenSchool also featured voice ta-lents, including 11 year old,

Taiga Clescar, who sang CarRide, a song self-written byDavis and Clescar and pro-duced through Davis’ produc-tion company, Corbros Music.

Car Ride is a contemporaryR&B song about taking a funride with friends and is current-ly available for purchase oniTunes, Amazon, &CDBaby.com.

The Making It HappenSchool was founded in 2006due to Davis’ passion of spread-ing music throughout the Blackcommunity showcasing thechildren. “They have to dressup, like really dress up so they

can know what it feels like toperform for an audience, theycan learn that feeling and beproud,” Davis said.

And proud they were andthey should’ve been. Some stu-dents like, 13-year-old Na-thaniel Noel who plays electricguitar amongst other instru-ments, Noesha Noel, 14, andbabysister Nyla Noel, six, whoboth play keyboard, have onlybeen playing for three monthsbut, you couldn’t tell it.

Through her music school,Carolyn Davis is enriching thecommunities of Broward as shealways had. We laughed as we

talked about how almost everystudent who has come throughBroward Estates Elementary,Parkway Middle and DillardHigh School in the last 15 yearshave been touched by Davis’music in one way or another, Iwould know, I was one of them.

The Making It HappenSchool of Music and Technologytakes students aged 5 to adul-thood and the winter session ofmusic training begins January5, 2015. Please visitMakingIt06Happen.com or call954)733-1760 for more infor-mation.

A Christmas gift to you(Cont'd from FP)

The Little Drummer Boy pounded his drum to it, Frostythe Snowman came alive because of it and Rudolf the RedNosed Reindeer was different from all the others when hewas touched by it.

This Christmas when you get it you’ll shout Merry Christ-mas Baby you sure did treat me right.

This gift will make you Have Yourself A Merry LittleChristmas and Give Love On Christmas Day.

The gift caused mama’s prayers to be answered when shesaid, “Please Come Home For Christmas”, she got up and saidGo tell it to the Mountain All through the Night WhatChristmas Means to Me and it is the reason that you said, “ISaw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”.

Do You Hear What I Hear?O Come All Ye Faithful to those who believe, This gift,

that Someday At Christmas there will be not only in O LittleTown of Bethlehem but Joy To The World!

O Holy Night even if “Twas the night before Christmas”go ahead enjoy this gift and it will never be said to you that,“You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch”

My gift to you would be the gift of a servant’s one that isstayed on God and willing to do His will because without HimChristmas Ain’t Christmas New Year’s Ain’t New Year’sWithout The One You Love but most important the One wholoves you.

IN MANY LANGUAGES: We wish you a Merry Christ-mas, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël!, Zalig Kerstfeest!, BuonNatale!, Mo’adim Lesimkha!, Gëzuar Krishlindjet!, KrismasNjema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpya, Kung His Hsin Nien bingChu Shen Tan, La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le TausagaFou, Wilujeng Natal, Noheli Nziza, Jwaye Nwel

“for there is born to you this day in the city of Davida Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.” — Luke 2:11 (ASV)SERVING FOR THE LORD IS NOT HARD; IT'S HARDNOT TO SERVE FOR HIM

driving new visitors intodowntown and the surroundingcultural, economic and shop-ping destinations.”

This being the first readingof the proposed change, theCommission will hear the issueagain at its Jan. 21 meetingand is likely to vote on it then.The meeting begins at 6 p.m.but the discussion and decisionmay come as late as midnightor beyond.

(Audrey Peterman is anational award winningenvironmentalist and writerliving in Fort [email protected])

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The Sistrunk HistoricalOrganization is nowaccepting applicationsfor its parade and UrbanMusic Festival which willbe held February 28, 2015.Be a part of thisphenomenal and festiveevent by visitingwww.sistrunkfestival.organd completing yourapplication. It is going tobe awesome!!

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African A-merican Re-search Libraryand CulturalCenter(AARLCC)is hosting its annual Kwanzaaevent, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Localtalented artist, Nzingah –Sankofa’s Child. For more infocall (954) 357-6210.

Celebration

Diaspora Arts Coalition, an-nual Kwanzaa celebration, “AKwanzaa Experience”, Friday,Dec. 26, 2014 from 6:30 to 9:30p.m., at African Heritage Cul-tural Arts Center, 6161 N.W.22 Ave., Miami, Fla. For moreinfo call (786) 237-5079.

United Way of Broward islooking for volunteers:

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

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

Event ProgramAuditions

Seminole Middle School isoffering free tutoring for theirstudents at the Jim Ward Cen-ter, Monday and Wednesdayfrom 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. You musthave your own transportationand the child must be a currentstudent at Seminole. ContactMs. Curry at (754) 323 4200,ext. 2012 for more info.

God’s Gift, Inc. MentoringProgram is now acceptingapplications for girls 7-17. Thismentoring program focuses onself-esteem, etiquette, college/career prep, and leadershipskills for African American girls7-17. For more information and/or to receive a registrationpacket, [email protected] or call(954) 907-9101. Registrationpackets can also be picked up atRoosevelt Gardens Park.

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Christmas reflects more than the politics of political spiritBy Derek Joy

Oh, yes. It is the holiday season. Christmas. A time when Christiansreflect on the birth of Christ and Hisinfluence on religion in the cycle of lifeon earth and beyond. So, for the moment, let’s take a littlejourney to paint a picture to reflectthat 360 degree circle of life. And, presto, just like that LucieTondreau was knocked off her throneas the first Haitian American femalemayor of the City of North Miami. Notfor malfeasance or misfeasance in of-fice. Tondreau met her waterloo whenFederal Prosecutors Gera Peoples andLois Foster-Steers won convictions in

a trial. The prosecution’s case unrav-eled the sordid details of a lover’s trian-gle and bank fraud. What a Christmas present! As ifthat isn’t a humdinger, try this for acut above. As Republicans enjoy the fruits oftheir labor at Christmas, You see JebBush milking the publicity clock, toy-ing around with making a concertedrun for the 2016 Republican Presiden-tial Nominee. So, too, is Mitt Romney,who was defeated by President BarackObama in 2012. Bush, the son of Bush 41 (PresidentGeorge Herbert Walker Bush - 1988-1992) and brother of Bush 43 (GeorgeH. Bush - 2000-2008), was the firstRepublican elected to two consecutive

terms as Florida’s governor. Gov. RickScott became the second two-termFlorida governor.

Interesting thing about Bush andRomney. Bush is of the Catholic faith,having converted from the EpiscopalChurch. Romney is a practicing mem-ber of the Church of the Latter DaySaints (Mormons).

No member of the Catholic Churchhas been elected President since JohnF. Kennedy in 1960. And no Mormonhas ever been elected President. Well,now. . .

Could it be the reasoning of whyeither Bush or Romney wins or losessupport of the American voters?Should both lose, would that begrounds for either to sue the American

public like Republicanscontinuously threatento sue President BarackObama?

Hence, the questionbegging an answer is:What will Republicansdo now that PresidentObama has taken stepsto normalize relationswith Cuba? The President engineeredthat diplomatic agenda in the processof getting Americans imprisoned inCuba, while releasing Cuban spies/terrorists imprisoned in America. Sure, Republicans can holler aboutRaul Castro, like his ailing brother,Fidel, before him, are cruel dictatorswho perpetrate injustice against itsdissenting citizenry. True. The pot can’t talk about thekettle. Both are Black. Look at institu-tional racism and discrimination inAmerican government. Republicansand Democrats are both culpable.

White cops routinely kill Black A-mericans - many unarmed, most areyoung - with impunity.It was madeeasier in Florida for police and peoplein general to kill with impunity whenJeb Bush ramrodded legislation grant-ing a license to kill in the “Stand YourGround Law.” There they are. Living in a glasshouse and throwing stones. And that’sjust one of the many lessons that Christtaught the faithful to live by. Consider it all while you and yoursenjoy a very Merry Christmas!!!

A wealth of unfair criticism for Obama

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FLETCHER

By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Columnist

I had an interesting, though brief,discussion with a rich friend aboutPresident Obama. He is quite conser-vative, politically. He made the pointthat this has been the longest eco-nomic recovery since World War II.His point was that this was PresidentObama’s fault.

I have many criticisms of PresidentObama, as you know. But what un-settles me about conservative criti-

cisms of President Oba-ma revolves around is-sues of context and facts.Anyone who has beenwatching the price of oildrop over the last weeksmay have guessed thatthe global economy ishaving a great deal of difficulty recov-ering from the Great Recession. Infact, some parts of the world remain inrecession or have returned to reces-sion. Japan, for instance, has beeneconomically stagnant. The U.S. hasedged out of the recession.

The problem in the U.S. goes be-yond any one presidential adminis-tration. Since 1975, the living stan-dard for the average working personhas been stagnant or dropping. This isa documented fact. It relates to severalfactors, including the changes in theglobal capitalist economy (specificallywhat we refer to as globalization);changes in economic policies, e.g., pri-vatization; and de-unionization, i.e.,the attacks on workers and their rightto organize. The combination of thesefactors has led to an economic malaise.

As you will probably remember,when President Obama came into of-fice in 2009, the economy was in freefall. He, successfully, helped to stopthat. But, because of excessive cau-tion on the part of his administrationplus his allies on Wall Street, his ad-ministration was not prepared to carryout the sorts of profound economicinitiatives necessary to lead to a fullrecovery, e.g., a greater commitmentto investment in infrastructure re-building. By “full recovery” I meanputting people back to work on thescale that is necessary. Thus, WallStreet recovered; all of the economicfigures have been up; but for mostworking people, there remain on-go-ing challenges due to home foreclo-sures and the failure of our incomes torise. My rich friend does not believe inanything approaching wealth redis-tribution, but that is precisely whatwe need.

As the Occupy Movement pointedout, the wealthiest 1 percent are seiz-ing a vastly disproportionate share ofthe wealth of the country. That hap-pens when workers don’t have unions.That happens when politicians areelected based on whoever can paythem the most for their campaigns.That happens when people despairand, instead of struggling collectively,struggle against one another, such asfalling prey to the race card.

Blacks should supportnormalizing relationswith Cuba

CHAVIS

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.NNPA Columnist

President Obama’shistoric announcementthat the U.S. is restoringdiplomatic relations withCuba, after more than five decades ofstrategic political and military opposi-tion, is today resonating positivelythroughout Black America. It is in theeconomic, cultural and political inter-ests of 42.7 million Black Americansacross the United States to focus onthe new emerging opportunities tostrengthen relationships with thepeople and government of the Repub-lic of Cuba.

President Obama stated, “In themost significant changes in our policyin more than 50 years, we will end anoutdated approach that, for decades,has failed to advance our interests,and instead we will begin to normalizerelations between our two countries.Through these changes, we intend tocreate more opportunities for the A-merican and Cuban people, and begina new chapter among the nations ofthe Americas.”

A key question that needs to beasked is: How will the changes thatPresident Obama highlighted aboutCuba will afford Black Americans inparticular more opportunities to es-tablish joint ventures and other busi-ness relationships with the people ofCuba?

Too often some of us limit ourselvesto lengthy debates about our chang-ing world, but miss out on a chance toparticipate in helping to actually shapeand build new world realities.

Our worldview about has alwaysincluded international perspectives.Our consciousness is informed not justby what might be popular domesti-cally at any given moment in time, butalso how we see the international strug-gle for freedom, justice and equality.

In Black American education, liter-ature, music, sports, business, religionand other cultural realms we havewitnessed the benefits of defining andsecuring the interests of African peoplethroughout the world.


GANTT

Future of The Gantt ReportBy Lucius Gantt

Happy Holidays toall of the fans, read-ers and followers ofThe Gantt Report.

Even though TheGantt Report ismerely one man’sopinion, I take pridein writing a column that has been un-adulterated and imitated but neverduplicated!

I think it is time for some youngcolumnists to take the torch, rise upand write the columns that the peopleneed to and want to hear.

It’s not that older, more experi-enced writers like me are out of touch.We’re more out of energy.

My international business oppor-tunities appear to be better than everbefore and I expect to be traveling awhole lot more than usual.

No, I’m not going to say the “R”word (retire) but I will say I feel likeI’ve earned the right to write someother things than columns before mycandle has expired. I want to write more poetry. I wantto try my hand at stage plays and whoknows, I may even be able to write ascreen play for a future movie.

If there are young people readingthis week’s column I want you to knowthat whatever media field you chooseto enter, writing will be necessary andcritical to your success. Whatever I am, or more precisely,whatever people think I am, TheGantt Report helped make me thisway!


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After Cuba, hope rises inPalestine and the WesternSaharaBy George E. Curry,NNPA Columnist

The loudest shoutingafter the announcementof a thaw in the U.S.-Cuba icy relationshipmay not have been in Havana orWashington, but in Ramallah, the defacto capital of the Palestinians in theWest Bank about 10 miles north ofJerusalem and among the Sahrawisexiled in Morocco, Mauritania andfive refugee camps near the city ofTindouf in southwestern Algeria.

Of the two struggles, the Palestin-ian plight is the better known.

Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, writ-ing for the Middle East Research andInformation Project, observed: “Jew-ish claims to this land are based on thebiblical promise to Abraham and hisdescendants, on the fact that the landwas the historical site of the ancientJewish kingdoms of Israel and Judea,and on Jews’ need for a haven fromEuropean anti-Semitism.

“Palestinian Arab claims to the landare based on their continuous resi-dence in the country for hundreds ofyears and the fact that they repre-sented the demographic majority un-til 1948. They reject the notion that abiblical-era kingdom constitutes thebasis for a valid modern claim. If Ar-abs engage the biblical argument atall, they maintain that since Abraham’sson Ishmael is the forefather of theArabs, then God’s promise of the landto the children of Abraham includesArabs as well.

To Be EqualThis is why we march


MORIAL

By Marc H. Morial,NNPA Columnist

“It’s just so over-whelming to see all whohave come to standwith us. Look at themasses – Black, white,all races, all religions….We need to stand likethis at all times.” – Gwen Carr, themother of Eric Garner, at the “Justicefor All” March in Washington, D.C. onDec. 13.

Few times in a nation’s history isthe conscience of its citizens shockedand awakened – across racial, econo-mic, generational and even ideologi-cal – lines. Times when the collectiveconsciousness of a people screams –and demands without apology – thatit’s time for a change, that things mustbe different and that it must start to-day.

So, when people ask, “Why do wemarch?,” I tell them we march becauseof the views expressed, concernsshared, and pain felt by all the peoplewho took to the stage to speak and thetens of thousands who marched andchanted for “Justice for All” in Wash-ington, D.C.

We march for the millions moreacross America who know that whatDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shared inhis Letter from a Birmingham Jailmore than 50 years ago is still true to-day: “Injustice anywhere is a threat tojustice everywhere.”

In this catalytic moment driven bycataclysmic circumstances, what wehave witnessed across America sincethe non-indictments of officers in thekillings of Michael Brown and EricGarner may be new to a generation,but it is not new to a nation.

Time to reform the ‘Thug’ image of Hip HopBy Jineea Butler, NNPA Columnist

One of my mentors asked me why Iwas so quiet and not making my voiceheard in the streets protesting for jus-tice. First, because, I Can’t Breathe. Iam still in mourning over all thesebabies being gunned down by thepeople who are supposed to protect us.It goes back to what I have beensaying all along is the Hip Hop’s Di-lemma – the common distasteful physi-cal, emotional and/or mental traumapeople are experiencing when comingin contact with members of the HipHop community.

I am beginning to think that theHip Hop Dilemma may need to beclassified as a psychological disorder.This is a testament to the power of HipHop and its ability to generate trans-formative energy through the music

BUTLER


and lifestyle so much sopeople could kill us.

The common factor inmost of these situationsis the victims are allyoung Black males whoresemble a stereotype.In most cases, a Hip Hopstereotype. Hip Hop isnot the cause but it’s thestimulus that is triggering these reac-tions. The images that are createdaround who and what a ‘thug” in theBlack community looks like is drawnfrom the images usually associatedwith Hip Hop.

The old expression that “We all lookalike” still applies today. How cansomeone who is ill- informed about theculture differentiate between some-one who is doing crime and someonewho is just dressing to make a state-ment? Let’s admit we both need tomake some changes in how we roll.

We can clearly see when someonein our community is up to no good vs.someone who is getting jiggy with it.But can everybody else? If no one wasdoing any crime, and no one lookedlike and carried out criminal activities,then we couldn’t lose. But I think thepart we don’t want to acknowledge isthe element in our community that isgiving these people the impression thattheir lives are in danger.

Add economic justiceto the Black agendaBy Charlene CrowellNNPA Columnist

The groundswell forcriminal justice reformhas become nearlydaily headline news.Demonstrations span-ning the nation andmany parts of the globe


CROWELL

have demanded justice for those livestaken by questionable and fatal policebehavior.

Yet, Black America also suffers fromanother kind of injustice that is eco-nomic in nature and as pervasive as itis cruel. According to a new analysis ofthe Federal Reserve’s Survey of Con-sumer Finances, white householdwealth stands at 13 times that of Blackhouseholds. Similarly, when Whitewealth was compared to that of Latinohouseholds, the wealth gap was morethan 10 times.

After accounting for total house-hold financial assets such as savings,investments, and business equity, thePew Research Center then subtractedall indebtedness, including mortgages,installment loans, credit cards stu-dent loans and more.

Old guard marginalizesFerguson youth leadersBy Lauren Victoria BurkeNNPA Columnist

Remember thesenames: Ashley Yates,Johnetta Elzie, andDeray McKesson.They could get an in-vite to meet President BURKEObama in the Whites House, but forsome odd reason, there was confusionabout whether the young Fergusonactivists could speak at the#JusticeForAll march called primarilyby Al Sharpton’s National Action Net-work on December 13.

There should not have been confu-sion. If history is a guide, it likely hadto do with the well-known fact thatSharpton is finicky – to put it mildly –about who speaks at events he’s con-nected with. .

In the case of the Ferguson activ-ists, they kicked off a round of unprec-edented global attention on the issueof police brutality. So, an invite fromSharpton should have been automatic.Why wouldn’t it be? The reason isobvious: Certain leaders will neverever exit the stage on their own voli-tion.


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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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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.

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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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“I think husbands can love their wives by show-ing affection, by saying, ‘I love you,’ helping withthe dishes, cleaning the house and picking up the kids fromschool,” says Karen, age 11. “Or husbands can pay a lot of at-tention once in a while or maybe cook breakfast in bed.”

Cook breakfast in bed? That reminds me of a refrigeratormagnet that read, “If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kit-chen.”

“Husbands should love their wives because it is very sweet,”says Blake, 8. “You can have a wife that is pregnant or a wifethat is not pregnant. But if you have a wife that is pregnant, youwill have a little girl or a little boy.”

Blake, you are most observant. I’ll let your parents fill in thedetails.

“A husband should tell other people he loves his wife. Thehusband should also be honest,” says Anissa, 7.

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Zachary, this may seem likea great injustice, but I predictthat your view will changewhen you have kids.

Brandon, 9, has a differentview: “My wife is not going tocook. I am. I am going to helpclean. I’m going to have threechildren and a dog.”

Brandon, you’ll also need afat wallet if you marry Lindy,7: “Husbands should take theirwives to Rome and to a verynice restaurant. They shouldkiss their wives a lot and notsin.”

“Husbands should pay com-pliments, be kind, have goodmanners and be polite,” saysSara, 10. “These are all thatmy dad does to my mom everyday. Sometimes, it’s just a littlesomething that makes a wifelove her husband.”

All marriage experts agreethat every man must learn thelanguage that communicateslove to his wife. Husbands wholook for creative ways to ex-press their love will find theirwives responsive to their needs.A guy may not feel like a knightin shining armor, but if hestarts acting like one, he’ll prob-ably find that his wife will actlike a beautiful princess.

Take some communicationtips from Josh, 10: “If you don’tagree on something, I wouldjust talk very nice and figureout what you are going to do.


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Will Blacks participate in Florida’s$1 billion budget surplus?By Roger Caldwell

It appears that under Governor Scott in Florida,things are good and there is a one billion budgetsurplus in the treasury. It does not matter if youare a Republican or Democrat, there is more

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money to get projects financed, and everyone is happy. This yearthe budget will be around $80 billion, and good times are back inFlorida.

Everyone remembers back in 2009, when lawmakers and thegovernor faced a seven billion dollars shortfall in the budget, andno one was smiling. There was a catastrophic recession in thecountry, and Wall Street, and other industries were close to beingbankrupted. But the federal government stepped in with TARP,and become business partners with many of the industries andsaved the economy from crashing.

Governor Scott was elected in 2010 and revenues have steadilyincreased on his watch. State economists and estimators arepredicting in 2015, that revenues for the fiscal year ending inJune will grow by 5 percent. This is fantastic for the RepublicanParty, because there will be money left over from the budget thatwas approved in 2014.

In 2015, the state economist and estimators are forecastingthat revenues will grow by 4 percent. As the state legislators andthe governor prepare for the budget for 2015/2016, the Republi-cans are completely in control of both Houses. They control thepurse strings, and they decide which organizations and petprojects are financed.

Since 2014 was an election year in Florida, it is time for thebusinesses, friends and organization that supported the governorand Republican legislators are thanked. Appreciation takes manydifferent forms, but most businesses are thanked by receiving acontract or a favor.“We will continue our commitment to fiscal responsibility withevery dollar as we prioritize funding initiatives and seek ways tocontinue tax relief for Florida’s families,” says House SpeakerSteve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island.

With the present state of the Black community in Florida, Iwonder what percentage of funding has been set aside for us.Everyone knows that in the 2014 election, only a small percent-age of Blacks voted for Governor Scott and the Republicanlegislators, therefore it would appear that our state leaders do notowe the African American community anything.

FUNdraising Good Times

Nonprofit dating game

Pearl and Mel Shaw

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The holiday mistletoe, lovesongs, and New Year’s Eve par-ties conjure up the allure – andthe drama – of dating. Who areyou dating? Who do you wantto be dating? Who will you bedating in 2015? And, if you’remarried, how will you reaffirmyour marriage in 2015?

What does all this have to dowith nonprofits and fund-raising? Well, we want you tohave a happy love life, and wewant you to enjoy your non-profit relationships, especiallyyour partnerships and collabo-rations. While there is a lot ofpressure this time of year to bein a relationship, that isn’t al-ways the right thing for every-body. Healthy relationships arecharacterized by love andmutual respect. There’s alsopressure for nonprofits to part-ner and collaborate, but as withpeople, it has to be a right fit.

The end of the year is a goodtime to reassess, recommit orplan for a mutually agreeabledissolution. Consider the follow-ing as you make your assess-ment: what were the objectivesof the relationship when it be-gan? Have the initial expect-ations been met? Did therelationship help your non-profit increase revenue? Did ithelp reduce costs through jointpurchasing or shared resourcessuch as facilities, personnel, ser-vices, or joint fundraising? Wereyou able to allocate the timeand personnel required for thecollaboration to thrive, or didthese relationships tax your or-ganization in terms of time andmoney? Were they more of a

distraction than a benefit? Werethese relationships like a plann-ed marriage, begun with theencouragement of a foundationor funder? Has a love grown?Or did mutual attraction igniteboth parties from the beginn-ing?

While mutually beneficial,well-managed partnershipsand collaborations can put yournonprofit at the head of theclass, those that are a burdenor take your nonprofit offcourse should be reevaluated.You may not have formed theright relationship. Related tothis, it is okay if you are not apart of a partnership or colla-boration, especially if such a re-lationship isn’t in line with yourvision or if a prospective partnerjust isn’t a match. MerryChristmas! Happy New Year!

Copyright 2014 – Mel and PearlShaw

Mel and Pearl Shaw positionnonprofits, colleges and univer-sities for fundraising success.For help with your fundraisingvisit www.saadandshaw.com orcall (901) 522-8727.



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MuHammad Ali hospitalized with pneumoniaFrom YourBlackWorld

Everyone loves MuhammadAli, and he was one of the great-est athletes of all-time, if notthe greatest. But he’s been ashadow of himself for the last30 years, suffering from a de-bilitating ailment that has kepthim from being the flashy, sharpman that he once was.

Now, it’s being reported bySI.com that Al is in the hospitalwith mild pneumonia. The 72-year old former superstar hasbeen battling Parkinson’s dis-ease for quite some time. Hisbrother, Rahman, says that Aliis now too sick to speak, accord-ing to the Courier-Journal. But the family spokesperson

seems to be saying somethingdifferent on Twitter, claimingthat the champ is fine.

Bob Gunnell, the familyspokesperson, said “His speak-ing style is lower in tone, and asthe day goes on, he doesn’tspeak as well as he does in themorning. But Muhammad’s astrong person for his age andfor the disease he has.”

BOSSes, do you ever thinkwe’ll have another MuhammadAli? If you’ll recall, Ali lost theability to box during the peakyears of his career because hechose to fight the federal gov-ernment on the Vietnam War.His view was that with Blackmen fighting so much racism inAmerica, there was no reasonfor them to go overseas andfight against an enemy thatthey don’t even know.

President Obama recentlycompared LeBron James toMuhammad Ali for wearing at-shirt with the words “I Can’tBreathe” on them. Do you thinkthat LeBron’s actions should becompared with Ali?

Would LeBron give up thechance to play basketball tostand up for an important is-sue? But of course, Ali set thebar so high that it would betough for any athlete to com-pete. That’s why he’s alwaysbeen known as “The Greatest.”

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Red School House’s 46th Annual Christmas Program exceeded all expedition(Cont'd from FP)

Miss LaShondra’s ClassA fully costumed show, Miss

LaShondra Williams' Pre-school class recited an acrosticpoem spelling the word Christ-mas. “H” by Camille Griffin and“T” by Te’a Connor went wellbut when Kasai Jackson’s stagefright overwhelmed him hebegan to cry and instead of hisletter “I” he hollered “Jesus!”Zacari Fatwa’s letter “S” wasvery clear as he recited, “S is forthe shepherd who watches overhis sheep.”

Kha’ Maya Kelly’s “Isn’t ThisTrue” conveyed every child’ssentiment. “I like to give pre-sents and I like to get them, too.Isn’t This True?” she said. Thepre-school class finale “ThisChristmas” by Chris Brown wasplayed by Mr. Fashaw with backup dancers Kha’Maya Kelly,Treasure Henry, Camille Grif-fin, Jada Henry and Te’a Con-nor wearing a grey and silvertiered dress with a dainty bowat the side of the neckline overchic silver stockings.Miss Shana’s Class

Santa Clause is Coming toTown by the Jackson Five per-formed by Markice Wither-spoon Jr., Xavier Henry, Jr.,Quincent Lewis and KhalilPetit-Frere was one of the high-lighted songs from teacher Sha-na Wright’s pre-school class.The guys were all dressed inblack with each wearing sparkl-ing matching red, green orwhite suspenders and ties butthe crowd went wild when Pre-ston Lipsey with dark shadeswas escorted out to his piano asStevie Wonder in the classfinale when they performedWhat Christmas Means to Me.

Ziyonnah Alexandre reciteda portion of Mahalia Jackson’sWhat Can I Give in her ren-dition of “The Gift” “What can Igive Him?” she asks. “I’ll givemy heart.” Ms. Shana’s girlswere costumed in a red empirewaist princess dress with redsparkles adorning the hem.Miss Diane’s Class

Diane McLeod who hasworked with director Shaw for33 years at the Red SchoolHouse group of four year oldseach had poems they recited in-cluding Kaveon Abner whileholding a Westside Gazettenewspaper recited his “GoodNews” “Good News, Good News.Tell everyone Christ is born.”Ms. Diane’s boys wore whiteshirts, red silk ties and top hatswhile her girls shimmered inskirts of red or cream and ruffledjackets over star burst shirts.

Aryanna Harris gave theclass welcome, Shawn Liberal“Tis The Season”; Jocilyn Reyes“Have a Blessed Holiday”;Cameron Justice So Happy;Kenneth Lee Dear Friends;Khaleb Grace "It Doesn’t Mat-ter"; Ariyanna Stehen Do You;Remy Francois Joyful; JaydenMills Happy Birthday; MakailaJackson “Gift from God” andKhristiana Howe-Jones “Timeof Happiness.”Miss LaTia’s Class

Performing as the Cast ofGlee, teacher LaTia Hines’ classrecited holiday poems in be-tween dance skits “Up On TheRooftop,” “All I Want For Christ-mas,” and “Beautiful Christ-mas” performed perfectly likeGlee by Christian Sanders,Ethan Corridon, Toren Conner,DeAndre Hall, Demere Fruster,Azana Amin, Jania Jackson,Lyric Lallemand, ChristianaNelson, and Chaniya Stone.The girls costumed in Christmasplaid three ruffled skirts withsilver tights and the boys inaccented red and white polkadot suspenders, matching bow-ties with red hats.

The Class welcome by Ga-briella Conner. Poems “Seasonto Profess” Love, Peace andHappiness by Chaniya Stone;“Holiday Paradise” by KevinGaston and Mi’Khaiyah Gary;“Love on Christmas Day” byKyenne Jackson and KhristianClark; “Year-Round Joy” byEdrein Stenord and Ka’MariaBell; “Christmas Joy” byChristiana Nelson and “It’sChristmas” by twins Tenilleusand Tranilleus Oliphant.

When Lyric Lallemand,whose being raised by her fa-ther, was asked how she re-members all her dance moves

and her closing speech shepointed to her forehead andsaid, “I remember with mymind.”

The children began prac-ticing in October. Teacher La-Shondra Williams says he as-signed the parts according toher student’s personality.Grandparent Carma LynnHenry who has a three-year-old and five-year-old grand-children whom she worked withto help them learn their parts.“I would ask them randomlywhile they were doing somet-hing else to recite their parts forme. I would do it about five orseven times a day. During thelast two weeks I increased it.”Ms. Shaw’s vision

Red School House wasfounded by Ms. Shaw’s motherJulia Shaw when she was 11

years old. The family moved toa new home and renovated theirold home into a school house.Caring for children from new-borns to five year olds duringschool and the after school pro-gram for children of any age.

Operating from her mother’svision, “We care about yourchildren.” Shaw takes pride herschools educational thrust. “Inany community someone has towatch your children,” shesays.”Parents have to work, es-pecially in our community andwe want to be there helpingthem and providing a safe, nur-turing, cultural and academicatmosphere for their children.

“Consistency gives security.We have teachers who havebeen with us for 30 years. Wedon’t have a high turnover ofteachers. We do the same drill

every day and it shows. We liketo say the children have twopersonalities, the ones theyhave with their parents andthe ones they have at school.They are pure and innocentand they feed off whatever spiritis present. When they are withus they are well behaved andthey listen.”

Back stage after the showspeaking with a group of RedSchool House students weasked what kinds of stars theywould be. Kha’ Maya Kelly said“I’m a big girl star.”, CamilleGriffin said “I’m a MinnieMouse star., Juanita Reese whowants to be a “Frozen star” askedIf I liked her dress and shoes,yes they were beautiful. Al’leahJohnson was more specific. “Iwant to be an Elsa star.”

(Photos by Ron Lyons)

Parent abuse: The new face of domestic violence

Civil Rights Icons, known as the Friendship 9, areset to have their convictions vacated, 53 years later

Thanks to local South Carolina author’s influenceby Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and The King Center

From l to r: David Boone, Clarence Graham, Willie Mc-Cleod, Kimberly P. Johnson (Author), and William “Dub”Massey. Front: James Wells. (Photo credit: T. Ortega Gaines-The Charlotte Observer)

ATLANTA GA. —Surviving members of the“Friendship 9,” a group of stu-dents who attended FriendshipJunior College in Rock Hill,S.C., during the high tide of themodern Civil Rights Movement,were recently notified by theirlawyer that his intentions areto file a motion in South Caro-lina’s 16th Circuit Court to va-

cate their trespassing convictionthat resulted from their arreston Jan. 31, 1961. The youngactivists were detained afterthey nonviolently protested the“separate but equal” legal prece-dent relative to public accom-modations by sitting at an all-white lunch counter at Mc-Crory’s Variety Store in RockHill’s downtown district.

As part of the “Friendship9,” David Williamson, Jr.,James Wells, Willie McCleod,W.T. “Dub” Massey, ClarenceHenry Graham, John Gaines,Thomas Gaither, Mack Work-man and Robert McCulloughwere relentless in their fightfor equality. Their activism inthe state known for legendarystatesmen and strict construc-tionists, particularly, John C.Calhoun and Strom Thur-mond, helped implement thepractice of “Jail, No Bail”—astrategy of civil disobediencethat is as old as the HebrewScriptures that called for theaccused to accept punishmentbased on principles.

Their rallying cry, “Jail, NoBail,” came from their deeply-held belief that they should notwillfully bow to a corrupt sy-stem. Their tactic was crucialin shifting the financial burdenof the civil rights movementfrom the oppressed to the op-pressor. Though the sit-inmovement started a year beforein Greensboro, N.C., the“Friendship 9” were among thefirst students to refuse to paybail after being sentenced to 30days of hard labor.

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ORLANDO FL — AsFloridians enjoy the festive ho-liday season, there are manychildren as young as 11 yearsold who are physically and men-tally abusing their parent(s)and other siblings. This is a re-latively new paradigm, whichmost families refuse to talkabout; a problematic child, andexperiencing domestic violencein their home.

Rosemary Slaughter-Pate, a30-year Lockheed Martinmanager, and well respectedmember in the community, wasstabbed and strangled to deathJuly 15, 2013 by her 19-year-old son, Everett Pate, Jr.

The violent behavior beganapproximately 10 years ago,and there were no local or statelaws and resources to addressthese issues. “Parent Abuse” re-fers to the continued use of a-busive tactics towards a parentwhich enable children andyoung people under 18 yearsold to exercise power over theirparent(s). The abuse may bephysical (e.g. punching,kicking), emotional (threats, at-tempts to humiliate andundermine), and/or economic(theft, damage to property), etc.

As a result of this tragic andtraumatic experience, AliceFlowers (sister of RosemaryPate) and her family are work-ing to add Parent Abuse as a

category under Domestic Vio-lence in the Florida Legislature.Two non-profit 501©3 organi-zations have been established:the Parent Abuse Action Coali-tion (PAAC), and the MorningAfter Center for Hope andHealing (TMAC). The primarygoal of PAAC is political; to getlegislation passed in the Floridagovernment.

The goal of TMAC is toprovide support to parents thatare being abused througheducation, raising awareness,providing support, and throughthe development of critical lifeskills.

The University of CentralFlorida (UCF) [a result of thedirect efforts of PAAC] has a-greed to conduct a study of 10families experiencing this type

of violence. The purpose of thestudy is to put forth effectivemeasures to promote healingthrough education and men-toring with supportive services.There will also be a final reportwhich will provide innovativerecommendations in an areawhere there have been limitedstudies.

The family would like tothank former Orange CountyFL Commissioner, HomerHartage, Florida Senator,Geraldine Thompson, OrangeCounty FL Sherriff, JerryDemings, and many more fortheir support in helping theParent Abuse bill pass in aFlorida Legislative sub-committee.

Finally, please join AliceFlowers, her family and su-pporters by being an advocatefor Parent Abuse prevention aswe cannot discount the manyparents living in secret and fearof their children. Parent Abuseprevention is everyone’s job, solet’s help spread the word aboutthe Parent Abuse Act by makinga donation:www.parentabuse.org. Formore information, pleasecontact Alice Flowers(Rosemary’s sister) at (321) 229-7688, by email:[email protected], or byv i s i t i n gwww.themorningaftercenter.org.

Alice Flowers and RosemarySlaughter-Pate.

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