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Dr. Asa Yancey Sr. Passes Page 5

NBAF at Crossroads Page 7

World Tallest Player Page 8

Auto Show Rolls In Page 9

March 14 - 20, 2013

Deal Names New Members to the New Falcons Stadium Agreement DeKalb School Board Under Attack

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By ADW Staff Gov. Nathan Deal has announced the names of the six new DeKalb County school board members to replace those he ousted two weeks ago in the wake of threats to the district’s accreditation.

“I tasked the nominating panel with finding excellent board members who will put the school system back on track toward full accreditation, and the panel performed a Herculean task with a quick turnaround so that the board could get back to work on behalf of the county’s students as soon as possible,” Deal said.

About 400 people applied to fill the vacancies on the board and more than 60 were interviewed before the list

was narrowed to six finalists.

The new members of the DeKalb County school board, who were sworn in at 1 p.m. Wednesday are as follows: John Coleman, District 1, is a strategic planning manager at Invesco. Coleman has a master’s in Business Administration from Harvard and a master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Michael Erwin, District 3, is a U.S. Navy veteran who is a member of the faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College. He graduated from North Carolina Central University with a bachelor’s in Biology and a master’s in Biological Science.

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By ADW Staff The Atlanta Daily World will host its third “World of Pictures” reception on Thursday, March 28, and let guests bid on and take home the work of some of Atlanta’s most extraordinary photographers.

“We are thrilled to share the talents of these photographers who have graced the pages of our newspapers for many years,” said ADW Publisher M. Alexis Scott. “This is a chance of a lifetime to get a collector’s item to adorn your walls.”

The evening event at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library includes a silent auction of recent and historic pictures and a forum featuring the photographers themselves. Photographers John Glenn, Horace Henry, JiMi!, Sue Ross, Wendell S. Scott, Bud Smith, Rashidah Sudan, Willie E. Tucker Jr. and Brenda J. Turner will share stories and answer questions about some of their favorite

shots and thrilling moments.

"We are happy to partner with the Atlanta Daily World to present this exhibit of local photographers to complement our show on the work of the Pittsburgh Courier's renowned Teenie Harris here at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library,” said AUC Library CEO Loretta Parham.

The Teenie Harris exhibit of 80 images graces the walls of the library through May 24. It is also free to the public and open various hours throughout the week. Visit the library’s website at auctr.edu for specific times.

“Our ADW event is just one day,” Scott said, “so you really don’t want to miss this unique opportunity.”

The event begins with a reception at 6 p.m. and the forum begins at 7 p.m. The silent auction runs until 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but you must make a reservation at advertising@atlantadailyworld.com or by calling

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Watchdog group Common Cause Georgia is calling on the Atlanta City Council to hold a public referendum and allow the citizens of the City of Atlanta to vote on the public funding of the proposed billion dollar stadium for the Atlanta Falcons.

CCGA was joined by State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) and others who believe the public should be included in the public funding decision.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced that they had agreed to financing terms for a new $1 billion, retractable-roof stadium to replace the 20-year-old Georgia Dome and keep the team's home games in the city's downtown area last Thursday.

But CCGA says no way. They are fully opposed to public funding of the project and have told the Falcons to put the brakes on it and get the public more involved in what's going on.

Speaking during a news conference on the steps of City Hall, Fort called for a referendum saying there are “a number of questions surrounding the cost of infrastructure and other issues that only public debate surrounding a referendum can address.”

Common Cause believes that more public input is needed and claims that everything has been done behind closed doors.

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"You're left very clearly with the negotiating parties excluding the public while including the public's money," Common Cause board member Wyc Orr has said in earlier statements.

Reed said the city would provide $200 million of construction costs through bonds backed by the city's hotel-motel tax. The Falcons franchise, owned by Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank, would provide $800 million and be responsible for construction cost overruns.

The Falcons would pay for up to $50 million in infrastructure costs not included in the construction budget and help retire the last few years of debt on the Georgia Dome, which was publicly financed entirely using the hotel-motel tax.

Also, Blank's private foundation and the city each would spend $15 million on surrounding neighborhood development.

Blank -- who has built his football franchise into a perennial playoff contender -- still must negotiate a detailed lease and operating agreement with the Georgia World Congress Center. That's the state agency that owns the

existing dome and would own the replacement. Reed also must get the blessing of the Atlanta City Council, though several members attended the announcement in the mayor's office, as did Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.

Officials said the deal presumes the stadium would be built immediately south of the existing Georgia Dome, though that is contingent on securing adjacent property that is not yet publicly owned. A secondary site is available several blocks north of the current stadium.

The Georgia Dome would be demolished after the new stadium opens.

Last week’s announcement, which took on a celebratory tone at City Hall, comes after months of private negotiations -- and several years of planning and studies -involving the governor's office, the World Congress Center Authority and the mayor's office, among others.

Reed called the arrangement ``a great public-private partnership'' that will benefit the city and the state.

City Council President Ceasar C. Mitchell said he was encouraged by the mayor's announcement, and he promised public hearings in the near future.

Deal praised the agreement, as well. At one time, the governor was the focal point of negotiations, when Blank sought $300 million in state debt to $700 million from him.

Deal never publicly endorsed or rejected that split, but it became clear that the General Assembly was unwilling to raise the state's debt limit to accommodate the bond sale.

So now the city is left to sell the bonds using the tourism tax -- a move authorized by the legislature -- to pay back investors.

All but one of the appointees are African American, reflecting the make-up of their districts. The new board will have three White members and six Black.

Earlier this week, a closed-door meeting between Deal and leaders of several civil rights organizations, including local NAACP chapters, took a fiery turn after the governor reportedly encouraged the groups to try to find some “good Black people” to run for the school board.

The remarks came in response to whether Deal should be specifically seeking Black candidates to replace DeKalb County's ousted school board members. The groups said Deal was implying that finding qualified Black candidates would be difficult.

The AJC reports that Deal's spokesman, Brian Robinson, didn't dispute the remarks, but said they were part of a broader discussion over replacing the six suspended mem-

bers, five of whom are Black.

"The governor said to please get involved and make sure these Black candidates are good Black candidates so we can have a functioning board," Robinson told the AJC. "Gov. Deal wants to make sure every student graduates in schools that have kept their accreditation."

DeKalb is one of the nation's wealthiest majority-Black counties, but acrimony surrounding the racial split between the predominantly White northern suburbs and the rest of the county has long been an issue and has been brought to light more forcefully in recent weeks. Some north DeKalb residents are looking into creating a separate school district for their communities.

Last week DeKalb's NAACP President John Evans called the move "just another attempt by these people to get away from Black and poor folks."

CORRECTION A photograph of Karen Jordan was misidentified in the Features section of the ADW March 7 issue.

Pictured here is Ms Jordan, who attended Wellesley College and Stanford University.

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David Campbell, District 5, is a senior manager with Georgia Power with a degree in Business Administration from Albany State University. He is a former chair of Leadership DeKalb, a member of the DeKalb 100 Black Men and an active member of St. Phillips AME. He formerly served on the Stephenson High School Council.

Joyce Morley, District 7, is the CEO of Morley and Associates and is a nationally known public speaker and trainer. She has a doctorate in Counseling, Family and Worklife from the University of Rochester. A Stone Mountain resident, Morley has lived in DeKalb County for more than 22 years.

Karen Carter, District 8, serves on the faculty of Georgia Perimeter College, where she is chair of the Business and Social Science department. She received a bachelor’s degree in Speech Communications from Denison University and a law degree from Ohio State University. Carter has served as a classroom teacher and has held several senior administrative roles in the field of education.

Thaddeus Mayfield, District 9, is a senior partner with FOCOM Inc., a Georgia-based business development firm.

He holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Mercer University. He co-chaired the successful Friends of DeKalb Education SPLOST IV Campaign and is an active member of several business and civic organizations in the metropolitan area.

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COMMUNITY

March 14 - 20, 2013

Rep. David Scott Honors Student Artists Noted Surgeon Asa G. Yancey Sr. Dies at 96

Congressman David Scott stands with 2012’s first place student artist winner, Emmanuel Rivas.

Special to the ADW Congressman David Scott will host an awards ceremony to honor all participating students in his 11th Annual Congressional High School Art Competition.

The reception will be held Saturday, March 16 at 10 a.m. at the Arts Clayton Gallery, located at 136 South Main Street, Jonesboro, GA 30236. The public is invited to support area students and view the extraordinary exhibit of 80 student entries.

To date, Scott has awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships to local student artists. This year’s top five winners will receive the following awards: • First Place - $10,000 or $3,000 per year scholarship and artwork will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year; • Second Place - $5,000 scholarship and artwork will hang in Congressman Scott’s Washington office for one year; • Third Place - $2,500 scholarship and artwork will hang in a prominent public gallery; • Fourth Place - $500 scholarship and artwork will hang in Scott’s Jonesboro office for one year; and • Fifth Place – artwork will hang in Scott’s Smyrna office for one year.

By ADW Staff Surgeon, professor, medical director, and contributor to community service, Asa G. Yancey Sr., M.D. passed away on Sunday, March 10 at age 96.

Born in Atlanta, Yancey received his B.S. degree from Morehouse College in 1937 and his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1941.

Yancey’s career reached the heights of service as medical director at Grady Hospital and professor of surgery at Emory University School of Medicine, where he established the first accredited general surgery training program for Black surgeons.

Yancey has contributed numerous articles to the academic surgical community, and he has been recognized with many awards.

His articles explored issues of medical care, health care, and poverty including "Medical Education in Atlanta and Health Care of Black Minority and Low Income People," and "The Challenge of Providing Health Care for the Poor: Public Hospital Perspective."

His book Portrayal of a Lifespan describes life as it was for him in the 21st Century.

The wake will be held Friday, March 15, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Murray Brothers Funeral Home, 1199 Utoy Springs Rd, S.W., in Atlanta. The telephone number is 404-349-3000. The funeral will be held Saturday, March 16, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, located at 437 Mitchell Street, SW., in Atlanta.

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ATL is in Fortune Magazine’s ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’ Issue

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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says he wakes up every morning thinking, “How do I make sure that the city of Atlanta is the most important city in the Southeast.” Well, his efforts are being rewarded.

Atlanta will be featured prominently in a special section of Fortune magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” issue, which hits newsstands this week.

The section details why Atlanta is a great place to do business for both Fortune 500 companies and innovative start-ups.

The Atlanta section focuses on companies and organizations with operations in metropolitan Atlanta, and includes interviews with business leaders such as Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola; Michael D. Casey, CEO of Carter’s; and Carol Tome, Chief Financial Officer of The Home Depot, as well as Mayor Reed and Brian McGowan, CEO of Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development agency.

These corporate and civic leaders discuss how the business climate and talent pool in Atlanta have helped them prosper and enhanced the quality of life in the city. The 22-page

section includes more than 13 pages of copy about Atlanta, including that the city is: • Ranked No. 3 in number of Fortune 500 companies • Considered among the best in the nation for the lowest cost of doing business • Among the nation’s top three distribution cities, with 40 percent of North American manufacturing and distribution centers within 500 miles of the city • Home to 57 colleges and universities, which enroll more than 250,000 students annually, and seven technical colleges, which enroll 60,000 students each year • Home to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, No. 1 in the world for passenger volume with 95 million passengers in 2012.

“When you look at what Atlanta is doing in terms of business attraction, I think we’re maintaining our position as the leading city in the Southeast,” said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.

“This special section in Fortune tells Atlanta’s business story well, and I appreciate the business leaders who continue to

Top Leaders: Financial Sector Needs More Diversity

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Both the financial services industry and the agencies that regulate it could benefit from greater diversity, agreed leaders from the business and regulatory worlds who recently attended an Opportunity Summit in Washington, D.C. The half-day event at the National Press Club was organized by The Greenlining Institute and featured Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who authored the language in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that created Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion in all of the federal financial regulatory agencies.

In addition to extensive discussion of how to bring diverse leadership into the staffs and executive suites of financial institutions and the agencies that regulate them, speakers also focused on contracting practices and how both banks and communities can benefit when minority-owned small businesses have a fair chance to compete for contracts with financial corporations.

“Diversity isn’t just a feel-good policy for communities of color, it’s necessary for a healthy economy,” said Greenlining Institute Executive Director Orson Aguilar. “During the housing bubble and subsequent crash, we saw what happens when regulators lose touch with what’s happening in diverse communities.

“Right now,” he continued, “for every dollar of wealth a White family owns, the median Asian family has 63 cents, the median

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Latino has seven cents, and the median African-American family has less than a nickel.

In a nation where ‘minorities’ will soon be the majority, that level of inequality is an invitation to disaster. And the financial sector is one of the keys to avoiding that disaster.”

Prof. Cheryl Nichols, who teaches business law at the Howard University School of Law, framed the issue succinctly, saying, “The economic empowerment of communities of color is one of the most important civil rights issues of our time.”

Several federal officials spoke of the need to ensure that their agency staffs represent a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, a process that is being facilitated by the newly-created Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI).

"We're building a new agency from the ground up,” said Stuart Ishimaru, OMWI Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was also created by the Dodd-Frank law. “Because our job is to serve a diverse public, we need to build in diversity and inclusion from the ground up as well."

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FEATURES

National Black Arts Festival at a Crossroads

By CHARLOTTe ROY ADW Managing Editor

Twenty-five years after its thrilling and historic opening, the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) is in a dark place, with its board members forced to consider closing it down for good.

In 1988 the Festival launched with more than 108 events in music, dance, visual arts, performance arts, film, theater and literary arts strewn across the city like jewels. Harry Belafonte and Cicely Tyson were spokespersons who touted the event from New York to Los Angeles. Arts aficionados came in from all over the U.S., filling airplanes and local hotels with excited fans.

That was then. Today the Festival is without a leader – the one year contract of its executive director, Dr. Michael Simanga, was not renewed. It is more than $500,000 in debt. And the public is questioning the Festival’s relevancy and structure.

“When the board gathered recently,” NBAF board chairman Evern Cooper Epps, former head of the UPS Foundation, told the Atlanta Daily World, “we asked ourselves, ‘Do we shut it down?

Or do we usher it in to a new era?’ Thank goodness the decision was overwhelming for the latter.

“Then, we all breathed a sigh of relief and began the difficult process of trying to determine how to proceed,” she continued.

The board realized that for the NBAF to continue, they would have to “break it down to build it up,” said Cooper Epps. “That meant reducing the budget and staffing right away.”

Not renewing Simanga’s contract was a painful step one.

“While Michael had the passion and extraordinary creativity, he could not help us turn the corner on a new business model that would sustain the Festival,” she said. “Artistic leadership cannot outtalk money.”

Simanga feels that he was in the same place that Obama was when the U.S. president was inaugurated. “I came in with a huge financial deficit not of my making and was asked to turn it around in one year,” he said.

“We need to re-establish credibility, adapt to new economic realities, and create a new generation of art-loving audiences,” he said. “That can’t be done in a year.”

He believed that the answer to the Festival’s challenges lay in developing partnerships with educational institutions and service organizations to expose young people to the arts. He also felt that there was a need for the Festival to demonstrate a relationship between the arts and humanities.

He noted, for example, that he created a “Millennial Task Force” made up of new generation young people who could have input into planning the Festival.

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“Ultimately,” he said, “you have to have a product that is saleable to a mosaic of audiences.”

Kathy Keeley of The Keeley Group agrees. Recently hired by the Festival board to help with restructuring, her organization has years of experience helping non-profits deal with the fallout of what she called “lingering economic challenges.”

“You have to remobilize, reinvent, restructure and pay attention to relevancy and – most important – to money,” she said.

The Festival is at a crossroads, Keeley noted, and needs to find a way to be financially viable. The steps are similar for most non-profit organizations struggling for survival, she said: • Set up a strong internal structure and process • Get your finances in order • Engage the community leaders • Get into a learning mode • Pilot test new products “We must ask: ‘What is the fabric of Atlanta? Is the community support for the Festival there? What should the Festival be offering 25 years later? What will the public spend money on?’”

Keeley said. “And in the meantime, we need to put in the fiscal controls that are needed to sustain the existing structure.”

“After 25 years, we believe the Festival still stands as one of the city’s cornerstones of artistic excellence and creativity,” said Cooper Epps. “It can transform and adapt to continue in this new age and we are prepared to do what needs to be done.”

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SPORTS

7-foot 8-inch Harlem Globetrotter Makes Atlanta Debut

March 14 - 20, 2013

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By ADW Staff The world’s tallest professional basketball player, Paul “Tiny” Sturgess, will add 7-feet 8-inches to the Atlanta skyline when he leads the Harlem Globetrotters for two games on Saturday, March 16. The famous team will play at Philips Arena (1 p.m.) and The Arena at Gwinnett Center (7:30 p.m.).

Here are some facts and figures about Sturgess: • He was officially recognized on Nov. 17, 2011, by Guinness World Records as the World's Tallest Professional Basketball Player • Born and raised in Loughborough, England • Wears a size 20 shoe • Grew a foot between the ages of 16 & 17 • Father is 6-9 and mother is only 5-5 • Excellent soccer player (or football as he would call it) • Loves to play golf with his custom-made clubs and crushes 360-yard drives • Played college basketball at Mountain State University in West Virginia (class of 2011) • Helped Mountain State to two regional championships • Made the dean’s list in college three times • Wants to be a physiotherapist after his basketball career Sturgess will team up with Jonte “Too Tall” Hall, the shortest Globetrotter ever at 5-2. Other stars scheduled to play in Atlanta include Flight Time Lang, Special K Daley, and female star T-Time Brawner.

Sponsored by Howard Johnson Hotels, Wonderful Pistachios, Greyhound Lines, Spalding, and Russell Athletic, the Original Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating their 87th consecutive year, continuing a world famous tradition of ball handling wizardry, basketball artistry, and family entertainment.

Proud inductees of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Globetrotters have entertained hundreds of millions of fans—among them popes, kings, queens, and presidents—over more than eight decades.

Tickets are on sale now at www.harlemglobetrotters.com, www.ticketmaster.com, each arena box office, or by phone at 800-745-3000. Information on group and scout tickets can be found by calling Philips Arena group sales at 866-715-1500, option 4 or The Arena at Gwinnett Center group sales at 770-813-7533.

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The Atlanta Hawks Foundation held its annual “Casino Night” fundraiser recently at the Opera nightclub. All proceeds benefited the Hawks Foundation for community programming and grant giving throughout the state of Georgia. Platinum Sponsors for the event included Philips, The Home Depot, Jim Ellis Audi and A Legendary Event. Pictured here is Hawks forward DeShawn Stevenson (right) trying his luck at the craps table, while guard John Jenkins looks on. Visit www.hawks.com for more photos and a recap of the evening.

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Auto Show Rolls Into Atlanta this Weekend Car shoppers and people who just love cars can see the newest and the best at The Atlanta Auto Show at the Georgia World Congress Center this weekend.

More than 400 new cars, trucks, SUVs and vans will be on display inside the "C" building.

Those in the market for a new vehicle can browse and compare hundreds of models in one place. There is no selling at the auto show, so it also offers a no-pressure environment to investigate the latest in automotive technology.

For those not currently in the market for a new vehicle, it offers a chance to check out the latest in the automotive industry, several special features and even see some vintage vehicles. The Atlanta Auto

Show includes 2014 models, a Justice League of America Kia, ride and drive events and several special guest appearances.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12. Kids ages 5 and under get in free.

The Metro Atlanta Automobile Dealer's Association is the organization behind the Auto Show.

More Than 150 Students Take Part in Blacks At Microsoft Day Sara Buchana (from left), president of Your Talent Bridge; Zulna Heriscar, Microsoft regional territory manager; Shawn Wilson, president of Usher’s New Look Foundation; Elle Duncan, reporter for 11Alive; and James Harris, Atlanta program director for Usher’s New Look Foundation, engaged with nearly 150 high school and college students from the Atlanta area who visited Microsoft’s Atlanta campus for a full day of creative games and projects, information sessions and product demonstrations from Microsoft at the company’s 22nd Annual Blacks at Microsoft (BAM) Minority Student Day earlier this month. The program is designed to spark interest in underrepresented minority students and propel them towards a career in the science, technology, engineer and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Black Consumers Most Likely to Shop on Mobile Devices

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It appears that the digital divide disappears when it comes to mobile shopping according to recent studies. In fact, research shows that African Americans aged 18 and older are more likely than the general market to reach for their smart phones or tablets to shop and look at online content.

According to Prosper Insights & Analytics, Black consumers have a mobile aptitude score of 127.3, indicating that they have a higher mobile capacity (+27 percent) than all adults 18 or older. In addition to mobile ownership, usage, influence to purchase, and frequency of mobile Internet access, this newly

updated study includes various mobile shopping behaviors to provide marketers with a better

understanding of shoppers and their propensity towards mobile media.

Blacks are more likely to use the "mobile mall" at their fingertips to get a discount, request a price match, comparative shop and get more information on a product.

Additionally, they are more likely to treat a brick-and-mortar store as a "showroom" to evaluate products and then go buy online.

The study also noted that Blacks are more likely than the general population to view TV, sports and news on their mobile devices.

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Senior Software Engineer is needed in Atlanta, GA to architect, design, develop software systems; analyze user requirements, convert business requirements into objected-oriented design (OOD); research technology strategy; lead estimation efforts based on SDLC. Require Master Degree or its foreign equivalent in CS, CE or IT related fields. Proficiency in MFC, STL, OCI, COM & ASP.NET. Send resume to Business Computer Applications, Inc. 2951 Flowers Rd. South, Suite 227, Atlanta GA 30341 _______________________________________________ Master Teacher – Sci&Tech: Fernbank Elementary Foundation in Atlanta, GA: Dev. & lead schoolwide sci&tech instr prog for K5 science curriculum. Req Master’s or foreign equ.in Edu/Sci/Pol, Soc, or Cult Studies /rel & 2 yrs elem sch teaching exp. In lieu of Master’s or foreign equ.in Edu/Sci/Pol, Soc, or Cult Studies /rel & 2 yrs elem sch teaching exp will acc Bach or foreign equ in Edu/Sci/Pol, Soc, or Cult Studies /rel & 5 yrs prog post-bacc elem sch teaching exp. Also req 1 yr exp integrating Promethean Int Whiteboard technology AND following skills through edu or work exp: coord/manage after-school sci activities/clubs; grant writing AND GA certification. All exp may or may not be acq concurrently. To apply, cont Drew Schuler, schuleram@bellsouth.net or 157 Heaton Park Dr. Atlanta, GA, 30307.

EMPLOYMENT

March 14 - 20, 2013

Staff Accountant Job Purpose: Provides management with financial information by researching and analyzing accounts; preparing financial statements.

Staff Accountant Job Duties: Prepares financial statements by gathering and analyzing information from the general ledger system and from departments.

• Maintains and balances the Peachtree system by inputting data, verifying data.

• Analyzes information and options by developing spreadsheet reports; verifying information.

• Prepares general ledger entries by maintaining records and files; reconciling accounts.

• Develops and implements accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures; recommending changes.

• Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.

• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.

• Handles Accounts Receivable • Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed .

Skills/Qualifications: Accounting, SFAS Rules, Reporting Skills, Deadline-Oriented, Time Management, Attention to Detail, Confidentiality, PC Proficiency, Productivity, Verbal Communication Computer/Program: Delphi, Peachtree, Excel Please email resume, cover letter and salary requirements to Alaina Williams at awilliams@gicc.com •

BIDS AND PROPOSALS MARCH 19, 2013

SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROCUREMENT, CITY OF ATLANTA, 55 TRINITY AVENUE, S. W., SUITE 1790, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303, TELEPHONE NUMBER (404) 330-6204, NO LATER THAN 1:59 P.M., (AS VERIFIED

BY THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL STANDARDS), OPENING DATE: TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 FOR BID NO. 6491-AT, PAVEMENT MARKING STRIPPING AND REMOVAL KASIM REED MAYOR CITY OF ATLANTA ADAM L. SMITH, ESQ., CPPO, CPPB, CPPM, CPP CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER DEPARTMENT OF PROCUREMENT _____________________________________________ ADVERTISEMENT for HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION and REMOVAL The City of College Park is accepting Sealed Quotes from qualified vendors for Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Removal. Sealed quotes will be received no later than 3:00pm, Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the City of College Park Purchasing Department, 3667 Main Street, College Park Georgia, 30337 at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Bids received after the above date and time, or in any other location other than the Purchasing Department will not be considered.

A bid packet may be obtained from the City of College Park Purchasing Department, 3667 Main Street, College Park, Georgia 30337, or from www.collegeparkga.com.

As a requirement of this RFQ, a five percent (5%) Bid Bond shall be submitted with quote. The successful bidder shall be required to provide a Performance and Payment Bond for total cost before execution of contract .

The City of College Park reserves the right to reject any or all bids based on past performance and to waive technicalities and informalities and re-advertise. All Minority, Woman and Small Businesses are strongly encouraged to apply. Only responsive proposals that are determined to meet the requirements and criteria set forth by the City of College Park will be considered. _______________________________________________

FOR RENT

Apt for Rent Southwest near Marta. 1 Bdrm; 1 1/2 Baths; Den; furnished Kitchen and Sunroom. $450 @ month + deposit.

Call 404-691-5656 .

Property For Sale – 1921 Cummings Dr. S.W., Atlanta 30311 Contact trustee 404-353-6222. Best Offer/Highest Bidder Contact: Barbara Cullings P.O. Box 5043 Atlanta, GA 30302 (404) 353-6222

VIEWPOINTS March 14 - 20, 2013 MY PART OF THE WORLD UNFINISHED BUSINESS www.ADWnews.com

BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX

BY M.ALEXIS SCOTT

When unemployment numbers were released recently, commentators reacted joyfully.

Alan Krueger, who heads the White House Council of Economic Advisors, described the creation of 247,000 jobs as a victory, because the predictions were that the economy would only generate 170,000 jobs. Unemployment rates went down to 7.7 percent, while predictions were that they would drop to 7.8 percent. Some might call this good news, but many might wonder who is affected by this good news.

A deeper examination of the unemployment data shows the disappointing reality that African-American unemployment rates remained level, at 13.8 percent. Meanwhile, White unemployment rates fell to 6.8 percent and the rate for White men dropped to 6.3 percent.

The racial disparities in unemployment rates are not new, but it is hypocritical to celebrate a drop in White unemployment rates, without noticing or mentioning the stagnation in Black unemployment rates.

Whose employment situation has improved?

The number of long-term unemployed remained level at 4.8 million people who have been unemployed for 37 weeks or more. To be sure, this is a drop from the 39 weeks of a year or so ago. Still, the situation for some of the unemployed has simply not improved.

One of the reasons that the unemployment rate dropped is because 130,000 people dropped out of the labor force because they could not find jobs.

Eight million people work part-time for economic reasons. They would take full-time work if only they could find it. The number of “marginally attached” workers stands at 2.4 million. If underutilized workers are included, the unemployment rate is 14.3 percent for everyone. If the relationship between underutilization and reported unemployment is the same for African Americans as for Whites, then the real unemployment rate is 25.5 percent, or almost a fourth, for African Americans. That’s alarming, yet as I watch televised reports on Black unemployment rates, this is unmentioned.

Black unemployment rates are at more than Depression levels, which ought to be completely unacceptable. It is not. Yet few are paying attention to the plight of the unemployed, underemployed, or out of the labor force Black worker. The White House and others love to talk about all of us being in the same boat. Yet some are hanging onto the boat by their fingernails, and others are drowning. And some are struggling to row. Others are riding relatively smoothly through this recession, watching their situation improve.

Too many African-American leaders are asleep at the wheel when it comes to the employment situation. Unemployment rates become a line in their speeches, not a lode for their leadership. High unemployment rates explain why so many African Americans, at the economic margins, don’t support civil rights organizations. They are asking what’s in it for me.

What if huge numbers of unemployed people were mobilized? What if, in their economic misery, some rose up and demanded that Congress and others pay attention to their situation? To watch the situation of Whites improve, while Black unemployment rates remain the same, suggests that the vision of a post-racial society is extremely unrealistic.

African-American people are bearing a disproportionate amount of pain in the current employment situation. Black people are starving, and it seems that no one, not even civil rights advocates, will act on their behalf.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is president emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

Just so you know, I’m a child of the segregated South. I grew up in Atlanta in the 1950s and 1960s.

Jim Crow was old and set in his ugly ways. I had to sit in the back of the bus. I had to sit in the “crow’s nest” above the balcony at the Fox Theatre to see a movie (by way of the side steps outside). And, if I wanted a drink of water in a public place, I was relegated to the “colored” water fountain, which was usually nasty.

That’s why it was so moving on Monday to hear Doug Shipman talk about the plans and progress at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights at the Rotary Club of Atlanta.

Doug, CEO of the Center, noted to the mostly White businessmen in the audience that it’s been nearly 50 years since the historic 1963 March on Washington, which was made famous by the turnout of the crowd and by Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. And with that passage of time, Doug said, we can move from memorializing a historic moment like this to looking at “what it means today.”

And that’s his goal for the new Center. In his talk titled: Atlanta's Destiny as the Cradle of Human and Civil Rights for the 21st Century,” praised the business community in Atlanta for “always being on the right side of history.

“You’re not afraid to rebuild and embrace the future,” he told the business leaders. And now he sees the Center as the place that connects the history of the Civil Rights Movement to human rights movements around the world today and in the future.

He took his listeners through the features and exhibits that will be in the space when it opens downtown next to the World of Coke and the Georgia Aquarium on Pemberton Place in May 2014.

Among interactive technology, it will include exhibits of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers, owned by Morehouse College, which will be rotated every three months.

It will have interactive displays that will be “engaging and dazzling,” he said.

He said the Center will be a catalyst and partner for others to discuss vital issues confronting communities around the world. “We have a legacy that we have not yet fully embraced,” he added.

I like what he said about the two other important centers in Atlanta that also have a civil and human rights focus. The (Jimmy) Carter (Presidential Library and) Center is a wholesaler, speaking directly to practitioners on the world stage, and the (Martin Luther) King Center has a focus on training, and “we are the retailer,” with a focus on tourists and community outreach.

And while the Center may focus on issues that some may think controversial, Doug said he’s not worried about it being “ground zero” for protests and demonstrations. “We want to be a place for civil discourse with a variety of viewpoints,” he said. “Our one legacy is nonviolence. And that we will maintain.”

Doug also reported that the Center will be self-sustaining once opened. It won’t have to raise operating funds each year. He also announced several new contributions that have enabled them to begin construction in earnest. The Arthur Blank family foundation has donated an additional $1.5 million on top of the $1 million they had pledged before. The Coca-Cola Company has donated $500,000 in cash to go with the land it donated on which the Center will stand.

And, he told the Rotary group that PNC Bank and Invest Atlanta (the city’s development authority) closed on $24 million in federal New Market Tax Credits at the end of February, which provides a key financial instrument critical to getting the project out of the ground.

So I am really looking forward to be among the crowd when it opens next year. I’ll be proud to see the story of the role that the Atlanta Daily World played, along with many others, to bring about the vibrant city of diversity that we see today. And I am so gratified that we continued to look to the future for what we can do next to make the world a better place for everyone. For more information about the Center, check out its website at www.civilandhumanrights.org.

M. Alexis Scott is publisher of Atlanta Daily World.

Black Unemployment Has Not Improved

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ADW WORLD OF PICTURES

Meet in person: Photographers at ADW event on March 28

John Glenn has a background in location and studio photography, newsroom management, editorial leadership and online production. His career spans 25 years.

Wendell S. Scott has been taking pictures for ADW for some 40 years, specializing in sports and entertainment.

Bud Smith has worked in Atlanta for more than 40 years. He has been the official photographer for the King Family and other city elites.

M. Alexis Scott is publisher of ADW and takes photos “around town” and in her travels to share with ADW readers.

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March 14 - 20, 2013

Horace Henry has been a photojournalist since 1969 while a student at Clark Atlanta University.

JiMi! has been photographing under the moniker JiMiFLiX! Photography for 11 years.

Susan J. “Sue” Ross is a “photo-griot” who documents the comings and goings of the community.

Willie E. Tucker Jr. is documenting year-long events leading to the 50th anniversary of the "March on Washington.”

Rashidah Sudan is currently pursuing a diploma in Digital Image Management at The Art Institute of Atlanta.

Brenda J. Turner is a photojournalist whohas been shooting news, entertainment and sports for 15 years.