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Atlanta Archbishop Reacts Page 8

Passion, Politics and Painting Obama Visits Decatur early at the High Museum of Art Childhood Learning Center

Atlanta’s High Museum of Art is the sole U.S. venue for “Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting.” The exhibition features some of the best examples of Kahlo and Rivera’s art with more than 120 works, including iconic paintings from and photographs of both artists. Pictured here is Frida Kahlo’s Self Portrait with Monkeys, 1943, oil on canvas.

Daily World Staff Fresh off his invigorating State of the Union speech on Tuesday, President Obama visits metro Atlanta Thursday to amplify his strategies to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. "We have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and we can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is strong," Obama said in an hour-long address to a joint session of Congress and a television audience of millions. Education figured in Obama's plans to boost American competitiveness in the global economy. In his speech he proposed that the federal government should help states provide pre-school for all 4-year-olds. Officials did not provide a cost for the pre-school programs but said the government would provide financial incentives to help states. To underline this proposal, Obama visited the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur. College Heights offers early learning programs for infant, toddler, preschool, and pre-kindergarten students ``through a unique partnership with City Schools of Decatur, and Partners for Community Action Inc. (Head Start Program),'' according to its website. College Heights’ website says the school serves 326 children. A report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution notes that the state was considered far ahead of

Business League names Michael Thurmond to Mary Parker new Chair Helm Dekalb Schools By Renee J. TuRneR Special to the Daily World Mary Parker, president and CEO of All (n) 1 Security Services Inc., is new chairman of the board of the Atlanta Business League (ABL). As chair of the historic organization, Parker will work with other members of the ABL board and CEO Leona Barr Davenport to plot a course for its future. “The Atlanta Business League is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. It has provided an invaluable service to the African-American and ultimately the entire Atlanta community continuously since 1933,” Parker says. “The Atlanta Business League fosters the growth, creation and development of successful business enterprises owned, operated and managed by African Americans in metropolitan Atlanta,” she continued. Page 3

Daily World Staff The DeKalb County Board of Education has appointed former Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond to serve as the district’s interim superintendent. He replaces Dr. Cheryl Atkinson who left the job by “mutual agreement” with the board. Atkinson will get severance pay of $114,583 through June 30. Michael Thurmond officially took the interim superintendent position this week with a one year contract and a salary of $275,000. Thurmond, who is credited with outstanding leadership at both the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS), and the Georgia Department of Labor, said last week, "I'm here today because I'm interested in the future of public education in DeKalb County and I came and offered my support to help the DeKalb School Board Page 3

its time two decades ago when it used lottery funds to launch a statewide pre-kindergarten program. In recent years, though, flattening lottery revenues and increasing enrollment have forced the state to reduce PRESIDENT pre-kindergarten schedules BARACK and increase class sizes. OBAMA “Our pre-k program is still a national example. But certainly we can do more to increase quality and access,” said Mindy Binderman, the executive director of Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, an advocacy group. “We have to be sure we don’t rest on our laurels.” Steven Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, said the president’s expected proposal has the potential to offer “a remarkable boost” to efforts to provide educational and economic opportunities for all. “Well-designed preschool education programs could close the entire achievement gap between children from low- and high-income families at school entry and as much as half the gap permanently, Barnett said.

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Forum Examines Government Impact on Georgia’s Economy

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Special to the Daily World The Fiscal Cliff, the Savannah Port, and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s “Aerotropolis” are a few of the topics that will be examined during the 11th annual South Metro Development Outlook Conference. The event will be Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Georgia MAYOR KASIM REED DAVID SCOTT International Convention Center (GICC), located at 2000 Convention Center Concourse. Admission to South Metro During the Conference, U.S. Development Outlook is $40 (early Congressman David Scott and Atlanta registration); $50 (registration) and $55 Mayor Kasim Reed -- will discuss the (on-site registration). For more information impact of lawmaker’s decisions -- or lack of and to register for the conference, visit decision -- on the Southern Region’s ability www.smdoconference.com or contact to compete. 404-684-7031.

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overcome the challenges that were faced." The most pressing challenge facing DeKalb Schools now is the possible loss of its accreditation as the system has been placed on probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Next week, DeKalb School Board members go before the State Board of

Education for a hearing to decide whether or not to recommend to Gov. Nathan Deal to suspend the DeKalb Board under Georgia law 20-2-73(a). The law is put into effect when a school district finds itself on probation, or one step away from loss of system accreditation because of poor board governance.

Mary Parker new Board Chair Page 1 Parker’s company offers personnel, technology, traffic control and aviation security services for event-oriented, government and corporate clients. The firm celebrated 12 years of service in 2013. With more than 30 years of experience in the security industry, Parker boasts an extensive list of awards and honors. Among them are: the Trumpet Award, City of Atlanta’s Female

Business Enterprise Phoenix Trailblazer Award, 100 Most Influential Black Woman of Atlanta, and U.S. Atlanta Region Business Firm of the Year. She has also received the Atlanta Business League’s Non-Traditional Business of the Year Award. The ABL provides empowerment programs, business-to-business networking, the dissemination of vital business information, business opportunity and training, along with a number of events that are hosted by sponsors of the private and Published weekly at public sectors. 3485 N. Desert Drive Suite 2109 ABL will commemorate its Atlanta, Georgia 30344-8125. 80th anniversary with a major Periodicals Postage Paid at Atlanta Mailing Offices. event in the fall. “Details about Publication Number 017255 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Atlanta Daily World, the plans are forthcoming,” 3485 N. Desert Drive Suite 2109 Atlanta, Georgia 30344-8125. Parker notes. Visit Subscriptions: http://www.atlantabusinessOne Year: $52 league.org/events/abl-calendarTwo Years: $85 of-events for a calendar of Forms of Payment: Check, Money Order, events.

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AuC Library Presents ‘An American Story’

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Archibald Hill (from left), market manager, community development for PNC Bank, and Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library CEO and Director Loretta Parham stand with photographer Teenie Harris’ daughter, Cheryl Harris, and grandson Taun Henderson at the opening reception for the exhibit featuring the work of the long-time Pittsburgh Courier newspaper photographer. The exhibit, “Teenie Harris, Photographer, An American Story,” runs through May 24 and is free and open to the public. For information about hours of operation, visit the library website at www.auctr.edu.

Attention Teenagers And Adults The Atlanta Daily World is partnering with New American Media (NAM) and other media outlets in Atlanta to promote an essay contest on teachers. Teens and adults are invited to write up to 500 words in English or in the writer's native language describing a teacher who changed their life or the life of their child. In-language submissions will be translated prior to final judging. Essays should be sent via email or regular mail, along with the entry form.

A panel of distinguished educators, journalists, scholars and advocates will select a winner from each category. Judges will look for evidence that the teacher opened up a new pathway of knowledge or opportunity for the student that he or she had previously not been aware of, or that the teacher inspired or fostered a love of learning. We are looking for real life examples and expect the entries will help us expand our definition of what a "great teacher" is. Winners in the "Teenager" and "Adult" categories will each receive a cash award of $500 and the teachers profiled will also receive an award of $500. Winner in "Teacher In Memory" will have the honor to pick a local public school in Atlanta or surrounding counties to donate a $500 check made by NAM. A special presentation of the awards will be held in Atlanta in March. Winning essays will be published by NAM and participating media outlets. Hurry! The deadline for entries to be postmarked is Feb. 18. E-mail your entry to contest@atlantadailyworld.com

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Benjamin e. Mays High Renovation Honored by engineers Special to the Daily World Benjamin E. Mays High School, renovated by Uzen & Case Engineers, LLC, is one of a number of local projects and engineers that are being honored by the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers during Engineer Week, Feb. 10-17. “Mays High School represents how an aged building can be transformed into a modern learning facility through creative engineering at a fraction of the economic and environmental cost of replacing the entire facility,” said engineer Jim Case. The completely renovated 340,000 square-foot facility includes a new media center, cafeteria, entry lobby, theater, practice gym and four new career-based academies. “A student sitting in the new media center at May's High School, looking out through its 60-foot-tall glass curtain wall into the courtyard, while bathed in natural light from the clearstory windows just below the roof; itself supported by elegant cable-stayed steel king post trusses, would find it

hard to imagine how this space was experienced by his or her older siblings only a few short years before,” notes Case. “Prior to the renovation this space had no view of the

courtyard or the sky above. The low ceiling consisted of drop in tiles and fluorescent lights. In short the space was dark, disorienting, devoid of natural light and not conducive to learning.” In order to accomplish the transformation Uzun & Case Engineers, working in close collaboration with Perkins + Will Architects, had to overcome a myriad of challenges associated with modifying and renovating a 30-year-old structure, Case noted. These challenges included devising a new lateral resisting system, reinforcing the existing floors with carbon fiber reinforced polymer wraps and external post tensioning and performing sophisticated fire analyses to meet the fire rating requirements of the current building code. For more information on the Benjamin E. Mays High School or Uzun & Case Engineers, contact Jim Case at 678-553-5200 or email jcase@uzuncase.com or visit www.uzuncase.com.

In partnership with the National Apartment Association, Cortland Partners is presenting a Career Fair Feb. 27 in the Monarch Tower Conference level, located at 3424 Peachtree Road in Buckhead across from Lenox Square. The event is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. February is National Apartment Careers Month, an initiative launched by the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) to create awareness and promote the attractive and recession-resistant careers in the apartment industry and to encourage hiring personnel to

evaluate talent more effectively. “We have strategically partnered with the NAAEI to promote national careers month,” stated Ed Wolff, chief operating officer and NAAEI board member. “We are hosting a national career fair and offer job shadowing opportunities around the country to promote careers in our industry.” With a motto of Creating Value for a Better Life, Cortland Partners is one of the largest owner/operators of garden-style apartment communities in metro Atlanta. The

multi-family real estate firm is seeking to fill site-level positions including managers, assistant managers, leasing associates, maintenance supervisors, maintenance techs and more. Cortland is looking for experienced men and women to fill approximately 30 positions in the Atlanta area and across the Southern region. Qualified applicants need to bring a resume and proof of residency to the career fair. Cortland Partners provides training and benefits. Cortland Partners is an equal opportunity employer.

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Je’ Wesley Day is in the ADW’s Single’s Spotlight By DiOn RABOuin www.atlantadailyworld.com

Editor’s Note: The Atlanta Daily World (ADW) would like to regularly spotlight a Metro Atlanta bachelor or bachelorette in our feature section. We are looking for candidates from age 25 to 65. Please email us your suggestions with jpg photo(!), contact information, and a short paragraph about the nominee. Send to contest@atlantadailyworld.com and we will respond if your nominee is selected. Je’ Wesley Day has been in Atlanta a little more than two years, but he has already made his mark on the city. The Chicago native is an organic food aficionado and turned his love of healthy food and a healthy lifestyle into a new Atlanta hotspot. Day is the proud owner of OrganiX Food Lounge on Ponce de Leon Ave. Billed as a “healthy alternative for your cocktails,” his lounge has quickly become a well-known destination in the city. Even though he’s the owner and has an MBA and more educational and business certificates than one could shake a stick at, he can still be found at OrganiX almost every night of the week – it is open Tuesday through Saturday – bartending, washing dishes, bussing tables, cooking or taking care of any of the restaurant’s other needs. He was recently named the Single Man of the Month by Essence magazine and the exposure has been a bit more than the low-key, 35-year-old father of one had in mind. “Somehow people found my cell number, the business number, personal email,” Day says. “I had a woman drive up from Augusta, Ga., to meet me and I’ve received hundreds of emails from across the nation.

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“I’m definitely honored, but I didn’t want the extra attention that it would bring to me,” he added. Despite his reticence to embrace the spotlight, Day, who is a Virgo, sat down with the Atlanta Daily World to talk about who he is, what he’s looking for in a partner and how he’s managed to stay single this long.

Tell us a little about yourself. Originally from Chicago, born and raised West Side, low-economic neighborhood, single-parent home. Left there after college, went to New York, moved here from New York. It was the perfect time to complete my MBA degree and try a business of my own. It was now or never. What brought you to Atlanta? It’s more economical than Chicago or New York to live and to start a business. Plus the warm weather. I’ve always been a fan of Atlanta. What have your impressions been so far of the dating scene in Atlanta? It’s a man’s paradise, because there’s a ratio of men to

women that works in our favor. I think Atlanta has a population of quality single women, beautiful, educated, career oriented. It can make your choice very difficult. When do you think you’ll be able to put your focus on trying to find someone special? You know, you can’t put a time on love. Also, I don’t think you can go out and search for it. I think the most you can do in life is be open to it and be hopeful that love exists, and that I am. When love finds me or I find love, it’ll happen. Would you like to be with someone right now? I would love to have someone right now, because when I have successes there’s no one to share it with, when I have hard times, there’s no one to really console me to tell me it’s gonna be alright. And we’re human, so we all have desires, we have needs and beyond that there’s always kind of a longing for companionship, somebody to do something with or just to be next to you. What might some of the things that are keeping you single? The business is in its infancy phase. It’s almost like being a parent. You have to be there and nurse that child and when that child reaches a certain age then you can start dating or running the street a little. Organix is my baby. But just as if it’s a real life baby, if someone can be helpful and beneficial to the child then it can work. But anything that’s not beneficial to Organix is not beneficial to me right now.

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Newly re-elected Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus has hit the road to deliver a message that the GOP must find a way to attract more support from non-White voters. The question is how. During a stop in Atlanta to talk with Black voters last week, Priebus said the answer is more about framing than about substance. `Ì think freedom and liberty is a fresh idea,'' he said after a closed-door session with about two dozen Black business and civic leaders. `Ì think it's always a revolutionary idea. I don't think there's anything we need to fix as far as our principles and our policies.'' President Barack Obama won more than 90 percent of the Black vote in each of his elections, and he won about 71 percent of the Hispanic vote in November against Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Non-White voters are becoming an increasingly larger share of the electorate, meaning the GOP has to find a way to cut into Democratic advantages to reclaim the Oval Office. The priority, Priebus said, will be investing time in the African-American community. `Ì don't think you can show up a few months before the election,'' he said. `Ìt's not good enough to have a national spokesmen. You have to have people in communities, from the community, both hired and volunteer, but from the community speaking to the community.'' As an example of bad messaging, Priebus cited Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin of Missouri, who imploded last fall -- and damaged the national GOP brand -when he said women can't get pregnant after a ``legitimate

rape.'' The chairman said it was unfair to use Akin as the representative of the party because `ìt ends up falsely highlighting the position'' of one man. But, he added, `Ìf you don't make the sale, if you don't get to know people ... you are susceptible to being whoever the other side says you are.'' He said the same dynamic is true in ASHLEY BELL debates over voter ID laws that Republicans have pushed in states across the country. Democrats have strongly argued that the measures, along with limitations on early voting, negatively affect poor, minority and older voters. African-Americans have voted overwhelmingly Democratic since the civil rights era in the mid-20th century, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. `Ìf you don't show up to make the sale,'' he said, ``the caricature becomes true.'' Priebus was in Atlanta as part of a national ``listening tour'' that he said fits into the national party's development

of a strategy to broaden its base, which has become older, Whiter and more conservative in recent election cycles. Georgia, he said, offers a key opportunity to pick-up African Americans. It's also a necessity, as the state's demographic shifts suggest a long-term Democratic advantage if current voting patterns hold. Ashley Bell, an REINCE PRIEBUS Atlanta attorney and Black Republican, helped organize the meeting with Priebus. ``People want to be treated with respect,'' Bell said. ``They want to see candidates who respect their votes. They want to see you at the churches. They want to see you at the NAACP meetings. They want to see you where they expect their leaders.'' Bell was elected to the Hall County Commission as a Democrat and attended the 2004 Democratic National Convention where Obama, then a U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois, was the keynote speaker. Bell switched parties in 2010 and later lost his re-election bid under the GOP banner.

Atlanta businesswoman Stacey Key, president of GBK Enterprises Inc., was elected to the State Transportation Board last week, winning a seat from 20-year veteran board member Emory McClinton. Key, whose company owns and operates a local Brusterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Real Ice Cream restaurant, is also president and CEO of the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council Inc., which promotes opportunities for minority-owned businesses with state agencies and local governments. Key will represent Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5th Congressional District, which includes Atlanta, part of southern DeKalb County and northern Clayton County. Also elected to the DOT Board Thursday was former state Sen. Dan Moody of Johns

Creek, who will represent the suburban 6th Congressional District, which takes in North Fulton, North DeKalb and East Cobb counties. Moody will fill a vacancy left by Brandon Beach, who was elected to the state Senate last month. DOT Board member Dana Lemon of McDonough was re-elected recently to represent the 13th Congressional District, which stretches through parts of Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Fulton, Douglas and Cobb counties. State Transportation Board members are elected by members of the General Assembly, whose legislative districts falls within their congressional district.

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Pope Resigns: Atlanta Archbishop Calls Catholics to Pray

Daily World Staff The Most Rev. Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, responded to the announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI at a press conference Monday, Feb. 11, at the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. “This announcement has sparked widespread surprise but also a great outpouring of prayers and affection for the Holy Father. His stated reasons for resigning are his frailty as a result of age and his desire to make sure that the church has a pontiff with the energy and stamina to carry on the heavy burdens that come with the Office of Pope,” stated Archbishop Gregory. “Characteristic of the Holy Father was the humility of the statement and the pastoral

love expressed for the Church that has prompted his decision.” Calling for prayer, Archbishop Gregory said, “I ask all Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta to keep the Holy Father in prayer and the College of Cardinals who will be summoned to Rome to exercise their unique function in electing a new Pope according to a time-frame that will be announced.” The spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI, surprised the world Monday by saying he will resign at the end of the month "because of advanced age." It's the first time a pope has stepped down in nearly 600 years. Hours after Pope Benedict XVI's resignation announcement, speculation was surging over who might be his successor -- and from what part of the world would the

new pontiff come. The 118 cardinals who will pick the next pope are also in the running for the job. Those cardinals are from around the globe, but more than half of them hail from European nations, according to Vatican statistics. Worldwide, the demographic trends among the Roman Catholic Church's nearly 1.2 billion members show a different breakdown, with the church seeing only a trickle of new members in Europe while membership numbers have grown significantly in Africa, according to Vatican statistics. So this time around, could the pope be from Africa, where growth has surged significantly, or from Latin America, a longtime bastion for the church? Cardinals will meet to choose Benedict's successor sometime after his official resignation on Feb. 28, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, said at a news conference. "Before Easter, we will have the new pope," he said.

From Target Market News Cardiss H. Collins, former U.S. Congresswoman from Illinois, and the first African-American woman from the Midwest to serve in the House of Representatives, died recently in Alexandria, Va., 15 years after retiring from Congress. She was 81. Collins was elected to Congress in June 1973 in a special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 1972 United Airlines flight plane crash. After winning with 92 percent of the vote, Collins went on to serve in Congress for nearly 25 years. She is widely respected for her legislative successes in securing the rights of minorities and women. For many years Collins was the strongest advocate in Congress for African-Americans on media and marketing

issues, and she was the first to hold hearings challenging programming and ownership in broadcasting. "She was a shrewd and perceptive warrior who believed strongly in the rights Blacks and women," said Eddie Arnold, Collin's former director of communications and public information. "She had a major concern about the image of black people in the media, and she had a big impact on improving that image." "Those of us in NABOB [National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters] who knew her personally were deeply saddened by the recent passing of former Congresswoman Cardiss Collins," said Jim Winston, executive director and general counsel of NABOB. "Congresswoman Collins was one of NABOB's earliest allies in promoting minority

ownership of broadcast stations." As the only African-American member of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, in the mid-1980s, Collins held a Congressional hearing on "No Urban Dictates" when an ad agency sent out a written avail with the "no urban" language included. As a result, Collins introduced a bill in Congress proposing that any advertiser found to be engaging in advertising discrimination could not deduct the cost of such advertising as a business expense. Collins was the first to convene Congressional hearings on the millions spent by the federal government on advertising. She formed the Advertising Fairness Task Force and in 1989 Collins ordered a General Accounting Office study on ad expenditures. The results revealed that, contrary to mandatory provisions of federal law, the Dept. of Defense, which accounted for most of the $166 million spent in federal advertising, "did not use small disadvantaged advertising firms as prime contractors and made only minimal use of small disadvantaged firms as subcontractors," the GAO report said. A memorial service for Congresswoman Collins was held on Monday, Feb. 11 at Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va.

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Killing Black Teens – Literally The death of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student at King College Prep High School on Chicago’s South Side, is finally receiving the national attention that it deserves. An honor student and majorette in her school’s marching band, Hadiya had recently participated in President Obama’s inaugural parade in the nation’s capital. After leaving school on Jan. 29, Hadiya was shot and killed in a park after she and friends sought shelter under a canopy when it began raining. She was killed about a mile from Obama’s Chicago home. Hadiya’s father, Nathaniel Pendleton, summed up his loss this way: “They took the light of my life…She was destined for great things and you stripped that from her.” First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett attended Hadiya’s funeral on Saturday. Her mother, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, was a guest of the Obamas at Tuesday’s State of the Union address. The president is scheduled to visit Chicago on Friday where he will deliver a major address on gun violence that is certain to contain a mention of Hadiya. It’s fitting that Obama return to his adopted home town to make his case against deadly violence. According to statistics analyzed by the Chicago Reporter, more young people are killed in Chicago than any other city in the nation. More than 530 people under 21 years old have been killed since 2008 – most of them in Black and Brown neighborhoods – while hundreds of others have been injured. According to the newspaper, nearly 80 percent of youth homicides occur in 22 Black or Latino neighborhoods on the city’s South, Southwest and West sides, even though those communities represent only one-third of Chicago’s population.” Young people are not only the victims of gun violence – they are usually the ones who pull the trigger. “From 2008 through 2012, nearly half of Chicago’s 2,389 homicide victims were killed before their 25th birthday. In 2011, the most recent year for which the data were available, more than 56 percent of individuals who committed murder were also under 25. One-third of Chicago residents are under 25, according to 2011 Census estimates,” the Chicago Reporter states. “And despite various police strategies and community efforts, things are getting worse. Last year, 243 people under 25 were killed in Chicago. That’s an 11 percent increase over 2011 and a 26 percent jump from 2010.” Chicago homicides are not limited to the youth. The Reporter also noted, “In 2012, not only did Chicago lead the nation in homicides, it witnessed nearly 100 more murders than New York City, even though the Big Apple has three times as many residents. And Chicago witnessed 215 more murders than Los Angeles – home to more than a million more people.” Because of highly-publicized mass murders – including shooting deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.; a movie theater in Aurora, Colo.; Fort Hood, Texas and Virginia Tech – much of the gun debate has centered on reducing or eliminating access to assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. While those are laudable goals, some police chiefs have pointed out that handguns kill far more people than assault weapons. In its latest report titled, “Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2010 Homicide Data,” the Violence Policy Center reported: “For homicides in which the weapon used could be identified, 83 percent of black victims (5,073 out of 6,149) were shot and killed with guns. Of these, 72 percent (3,658 victims) were killed with handguns. There were 617 victims killed with knives or other cutting instruments, 219 victims killed by bodily force, and 162 victims killed by a blunt object.” Overall, Blacks are more than six times more likely to be homicide victims than Whites. Citing FBI crime reports, the Violence Policy Center observed, “…In 2010 there were 6,469 black homicide victims in the United States. The homicide rate among black victims in the United States was 16.32 per 100,000. For that year, the overall national homicide rate was 4.42 per 100,000. For whites, the national homicide rate was 2.66 per 100,000.” More often than not, the victim knew or had a relationship with the person who killed them. “For homicides in which the victim to offender relationship could be identified, 70 percent of black victims (2,146 out of 3,058) were murdered by someone they knew. Nine hundred twelve victims were killed by strangers,” the Violence Policy Center report stated. If this country is serious about curbing murders, it must also deal with handguns and the murder of people who have or have had a relationship with their killer. Otherwise, all the tough talk on reducing violence is empty rhetoric. George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Contact George Curry at www.georgecurry.com. Follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.

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February 14 - 20, 2013

GUEST COMMENTARY BY DANITA V. KNIGHT

A new Look at Generational Poverty: A Report from The Atlanta Women’s Foundation

Atlanta’s legacy includes generations of successful African-American entrepreneurs, educators, artists, politicians, entertainers and other professionals. In fact, many people call our community a Mecca for African Americans who have embraced or desire to embrace a bright future. Unfortunately, this same community includes a legacy in which one in four African-American women and girls faces generational poverty. Recently, The Atlanta Women’ s Foundation (AWF) commissioned The Schapiro Group to research the causes of generational poverty in the five-county metro Atlanta area. The resulting report shines a spotlight on this issue, its contributing factors, and ways our community can collaborate more effectively to make a difference -- ways to build the capacity of women and girls facing poverty in this community so they can sustain themselves and enjoy their lives, rather than “just getting by” from day to day. As a result of this research, AWF is strengthening its focus areas to include early intervention: focusing on and funding the multi-layered needs of women while they are still girls. Ninety percent of brain development occurs before age 5. Children learn lifetime habits for health, nutrition and exercise before they ever begin school. By focusing more of our resources on “younger women” (girls), we hope to also ensure long-term success for adult women. To cite just a few of the highlights from our recent research: 1. Formal Education is a foundational issue, yet high school graduation rates were just 52 percent in Atlanta Public Schools in 2011. By intervening early – supporting organizations which provide enhanced resources for girls and by setting high, yet realistic expectations for success -- we can help more young women move from elementary school to college or technical programs. This, in turn, will make it more likely that they will have careers where they earn a viable salary. Part of this success formula includes supporting early childhood education programs that also provide childcare for working women beginning in infancy. Studies by Hart and Risley show that when a girl in poverty hears 30 million fewer words by age 3 than a girl from a more affluent home, the child in poverty will likely continue to operate at a deficit throughout her educational lifetime. 2. Informal education is equally important. Too many girls and women living in poverty do not have a “tool kit” of basic life skills to be successful. This tool kit has to be focused on early intervention and on enhancing strong reading and spelling skills, financial management acumen, and support to effectively manage stress and family relationships. The women interviewed for our research said they would also like to learn more about parenting skills, career planning, etiquette and “dressing for success.” They talked about the benefits of relationships with successful role models and mentors to help them see new possibilities in life and to receive advice and support. The women in poverty we interviewed want more for their children and their lives -- but often are at a loss about how to even begin the process. 3. Healthy living, including teen pregnancy prevention and avoiding risky, impulsive behavior must also be addressed early. Long before girls become teenagers, they need information and support to build self-confidence. They need to be able to say, “yes” to options that break legacies of generational poverty. Many girls also need support to effectively address mental and emotional challenges that put them at risk for substance abuse and violence. Healthy living also impacts girls’ success economically and socially, and ideally can extend to the rest of their families. The Atlanta Women’s Foundation is focusing on these and other issues highlighted in our research report by enhancing its grant criteria and collaboration with other community partners. We are The Atlanta Women’s Foundation, but more money alone will not eradicate poverty for girls and women in this community. We need to enhance our partnerships with those of you who work on the front lines to eradicate poverty in Atlanta. We encourage you to support our efforts by: 1. Obtaining a copy of our research report to read it in its entirety 2. Supporting the foundation’s work by determining how to best collaborate with us, including contributing to our efforts, and 3. Logging on to www.atlantawomen.org for more information. We look forward to working more closely with you to move Atlanta’s women and girls who live in poverty from struggle to success. Please join us! Danita V. Knight is the chairperson of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation. The Foundation has invested more than $12 million in Atlanta nonprofit organizations working to end the generational cycle of poverty for women and girls. For more information or a copy of the research, visit www.atlantawomen.org.

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February 14 - 20, 2013

GUEST COMMENTARY BY SUSAN L. TAYLOR

ADWnews MY PART OF THE WORLD BY M. ALEXIS SCOTT

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is Living His Dream

What We Can Do to Reclaim Black Children Six years after I first heard them, the statistics still haunt me: Eighty-six percent of Black children in the fourth grade read and do math below their grade level. Black girls between the ages of 15 and 24 represent the greatest number of new HIV infections. Homicide is the leading cause of death for our boys. The village is on fire! And it’s happening on our watch. We are a remarkable species, living at an extraordinary time in history, a marvel of creation, human and divine. Love is the divine aspect of our being. It is restorative and healing and elevates everything it touches. That’s the promise. Love, God, Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah—call It what you will. Originating Spirit gave birth to all existence. It’s the energy that governs and balances all in creation, every cell in every living thing. Among my baby-boomer peers are real-world exemplars of the good that is possible when a generation cares and acts out of love: We build schools and cultural institutions, develop businesses, write great books, compose great music and create dances that elevate the spirit. The generation that inspired me––that inspired the creation of Essence and the building of other Black institutions––stopped a war, moved young people out of gangs and into breakfast programs that often gave school children the only nutritious meal they had each day. We didn’t pull a trigger to settle a beef or join gangs to make family. While there are no people on earth more kind, caring and creative than us Black folks, a certain world-weariness has crept into our days. As a group, we able African Americans have half-stepped around our moral responsibility to care for “the least of these.” We can reclaim and secure the young lives we abandoned and rebuild the village. And we can do it well by mentoring. Mentoring—a low-cost, high-returns solution—works miracles. In the tradition of our ancestors, whether we are rich or poor, formally educated or not, and though none of our lives is perfect, we can provide a protective shield for the children. Done well and consistently, mentoring changes even the most challenged young lives. But when the call goes out for mentors, White women and men are the first respondents. Black women and men too often are not in the mix, while the wait lists at youth-serving organizations continue to swell with Black children, the vast majority of them our beautiful boys, waiting…. The National CARES Mentoring Movement, founded as Essence CARES in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is committed to changing this in the now time! Before we began our work, there was no national infrastructure in place to engage desperately needed Black men and women volunteers. Operating in nearly 60 U.S. cities under the leadership of devoted volunteer community leaders, CARES is determined to ensure that all Black children needing guidance and role models are surrounded by a circle of caring, supportive adults who are committed to volunteering just one hour a week of their time as mentors. To date, CARES has recruited more than 125,000 mentors for upwards of 135,000 children. But it’s not enough. So I’m asking that you stand in the gap and volunteer an hour a week to help guide our young who need more caring adults in their lives. Our children losing ground need your congregation, your block association, your friends and family, they need our fraternities and sororities to take action. You can email me at taylor@caresmentoring.org or visit our website, www.caresmentoring.org, to get connected with a local CARES Affiliate. You can also start a mentor-recruitment movement in your area. Susan L. Taylor is the founder and CEO of National CARES Mentoring Movement. For 27 years she served as the chief editor of Essence magazine. Learn more about the programs of National CARES at www.caresmentoring.org.

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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed had some fun this morning at his annual “State of the City Business Breakfast” because he had good news to tell. “For the first time (since I’ve been mayor) I can state proudly and confidently that the state of the city is strong,” Mayor Reed told a room of nearly 1,000 business and civic leaders on Wednesday morning at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. He smiled, teased and glowed as he listed the many accomplishments of his administration, particularly the financial health of the city compared to where it was when he first took office in January 2010. Blessed with one of the most beautiful smiles on the planet, it was a pleasure to watch him enjoy himself as he ticked off the list of “promises made and promises kept.” In the area of public safety, the mayor reported that the city has nearly reached its goal of 2,000 police officers, a longstanding aim of several mayors. He noted that felony crime is the lowest it’s been since 1969. He’s proud of his efforts to transform the city’s recreation centers into “Centers of Hope.” He gave a shout out to Wells Fargo for its donation of $1.5 million for the recently upgraded Center of Hope in Thomasville. He said next on the list for Centers are Pittman and Ben Hill. Besides Wells Fargo, strong corporate partners in this effort include The Coca-Cola Company and Turner Broadcasting who all together have contributed more than $4 million to this initiative. Besides the business community, the mayor acknowledged the Atlanta City Council members who were also present. “None of these things would be possible without a strong partnership with the Atlanta City Council.” The city’s financial health has been revived, he declared. He said cash reserves have gone from $7 million in 2010 to more than $126 million. Unemployment has gone from 10.2 percent to 8 percent. He also thinks the plunge in property values may have finally ended. He said his first year, the property tax digest dropped $15 million, then $10 million the following year and then $5 million this year. He pointed to the new Maynard Jackson International Terminal at the airport. He’s excited about the development of the Atlanta Beltline. He’s proud of the groundbreaking for the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and the College Football Hall of Fame being connected by the planned street car leading to the city’s other big attraction: The King Center on Auburn Avenue. “We have to move out of this posture of merely surviving,” he said. And he’s got big plans. He wants to tackle some $900 million in infrastructure needs. After his trip to China last year, he plans a trade mission to Brazil this year. And without naming it outright he kept up his drumbeat to help the Atlanta Falcons build a new stadium. Saying that he follows a proud tradition of Atlanta mayors doing big things, he added, “I want to always be in the posture of choosing the future…. I want to make the right decisions at the right time.” And he couldn’t resist having some political fun, too. He gave a slow build up to the visit of President Obama to Atlanta this week, suggesting that this prompted him to make a major announcement. As the room waited with bated breath, he said, “I’m here to announce … I am … running for re-election.” He let out a big “whew!” I’m glad we got that straight. And just in case it wasn’t clear, he reminded the crowd, “I am living my dream.” Congratulations, Mr. Mayor. You’re the right person for the right time in the right job for our dear city. M. Alexis Scott is publisher of Atlanta Daily World.

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February 14 - 20, 2013

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is flanked by TBS CEO Phil Kent (left) and Muhtar Kent, CEO The Coca-Cola Company at the State of the City Business Breakfast on Feb. 13 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Former Mayors Andrew Young (left) and Sam Massell were among the several hundred business and community leaders at the breakfast, where Mayor Reed said the “state of the city is strong.”

Former Clayton Commission Chair Eldrin Bell (from left) joins DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, Atlanta Housing Authority CEO Renee Glover and MARTA CEO Keith Parker for the address by Mayor Reed.

Candy Moore (left), vice president of Wells Fargo, and Lori Billingsley, vice president of community relations for The Coca-Cola Company, enjoy the networking before the mayor’s address.

Atlanta City Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms (left) joins Publix Super Markets Community Relations Manager Brenda Reid at the breakfast.

Bernice King, CEO of The King Center, stands with Danita Knight, chair of the board of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation before the mayor’s remarks.