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Injured GA Native Kevin Ware Gets to ‘Cut the Net’ for Louisville Compiled by ADW Staff The last of the Louisville players to get the scissors, Kevin Ware stood in front of the basket as it was lowered to him.

Grinning from ear to ear, he cut what remained of the net after the Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines, 82-76, to win the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship.

The showdown was one for the ages, with a dazzling array of airborne theatrics, jaw-dropping dunks and 3-pointers from well behind the line.

Junior Forward Luke Hancock, who was named Most Valuable Player, made four straight 3-pointers in the first half, and Peyton Siva and Chane Behanan had

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Injured Louisville guard Kevin Ware, a Conyer’s resident, holds the net after Louisville defeated Michigan 82-76 after the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game this week.

monster second halves to lead the top-seeded Cardinals to their third national title and first since 1986.

The Cardinals surged from a double-digit deficit in the first half to lead during much of the second half and finally clinch the victory.

Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino said his team was able to top the Wolverines' "absolutely incredible" performance "probably because I have the 13 toughest guys I've ever coached."

The Cardinals played without Ware, the sophomore guard who suffered one of the most grotesque injuries in college sports while playing Duke on March 31.

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Louisville forward Chane Behanan (21) reacts after defeating Michigan 82-76 in the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Atlanta.

SCLC Honors Leaders with Drum Major for Justice Awards Photo by Philip McCollum

Dr. Evelyn Gibson Lowery (left), sclc/WOMEN Inc. present Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom, with the Religious Freedom Award at sclc/WOMEN’s recent Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner. WXIATV's Karyn Greer (right) served as MC of the event.

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Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, U.S. AmbassadorAt-Large for International Religious Freedom, U.S. State Department, was visibly moved as she accepted her award at the SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now Inc.'s (sclc/WOMEN Inc.) 34th Annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner held in Atlanta last week.

"I could not miss this moment," Ambassador Cook said as she accepted the Religious Freedom Award. "It is such an honor to be here on this day with civil rights royalty -especially our queen, Mrs. Evelyn Lowery."

For the past 34 years Dr. Evelyn Gibson Lowery, founder of sclc/WOMEN Inc., observes April 4, the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, by celebrating leaders who exemplify the spirit of Dr. King. Lowery recruited an impressive, intergenerational group of leaders to participate in the program including: Dr. King's sister, Christine King Farris; former Atlanta Mayor, Shirley Franklin; Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall; and civil rights leader and King

confidant, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery.

"Having been a part of the Civil Rights Movement from the beginning, I am very proud to present Drum Major Awards to these accomplished leaders," said Mrs. Lowery. "Each of the honorees, in their own way and respective areas, are answering Dr. King's call to be a Drum Major for Justice."

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‘Hip Hop Cares’ Plans Festival Fund Raiser

By ERIKA BENtON-MARtIN ADW Staff

Over the years, the hip-hop music industry has earned a discreditable reputation for glorifying criminal street life and misogyny while boasting about the trivial -- expensive jewelry and designer clothing.

In Atlanta, hip-hop artists who believe in giving back to the communities that raised them are working to repair that image through a foundation called Hip Hop Cares established in January of this year.

Members of Hip Hop Collective Solo Grand will hold a Hip Hop Cares Festival in order to support its causes. The festival will take place Sunday, April 21, from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Space Atlanta. Tickets for the event can be purchased at HipHopCaresATL.com for $10.

Since most of the group members have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives, the Hip Hop Cares Festival is dedicated to raising awareness and support to end homelessness, according to festival organizer Jackie Murphy.

The Homelessness Task Force reports that Atlanta is the poorest city in the U.S. for children. More children in Atlanta live in poverty than in any other city and the average age of a homeless child in Atlanta is 6.

It has also been estimated that over 21,000 people are homeless in Georgia. A survey by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs concluded that 50 percent of homeless people in Georgia are African American.

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In conjunction with I Care Atlanta Inc., members from Solo Grand, BlackShades Music Group and TTM will host the festival. The festival will offer an artist showcase, Miss Hip Hop Cares Pageant, beat and freestyle battles judged by producer Mike Will and hip-hop trivia contests among other activities.

“We all come from similar struggles,” said rapper MH of BlackShades Music Group. “We all experienced some type of homelessness and we all do music, so we decided to bring awareness to this issue through the music.”

Music from the festival’s performers will be combined into a compilation mixtape and will be sold during the festival.

Proceeds from the festival and the mixtape will be donated to I Care Atlanta Inc. and its effort to end homelessness.

Featured artists for the festival include Colonel Stahl, Yunge Ace, Fasho, Forever Young Ent. and Don Cazz.

I Care Atlanta Inc., formerly known as My Brother's Keepers Reaching Out, provides resources such as mentor programs, job placement and food collection in order to help end homelessness.

“Our main objective is to build awareness,” said MH. “We want to get people regularly involved in giving back. It doesn’t always have to be monetary. It could be spiritual, or advice or just a kind gesture.”

Those interested in giving back for the cause are encouraged

to make donations at the festival’s website. Donations will also be collected on the day of the festival. The festival’s organizers are looking for sponsors and volunteers.

basis and in terms of total prison population. More than 500,000 of the 2.3 million people behind bars in the U.S. are incarcerated for nothing more than a nonviolent drug offense.

"It is critical that we change both the way we think about drug laws in this country and how we generate positive solutions that leave a lasting impact on rebuilding our communities," said Simmons. "We need to break the school to prison pipeline, support and educate our younger generations and provide them with a path that doesn't leave them disenfranchised with limited options."

Concerned activists, humanitarians and celebrities have endorsed the letter, including Sir Richard Branson, Will Smith, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Scarlett Johansson, Ron Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Demi Moore, Eva Longoria, Michael Moore, Mark Wahlberg, Harry Belafonte, Jada Pinkett Smith, Cameron Diaz, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Chris Rock, Russell Brand, John Legend, DJ Pauly D, Mike Tyson, Rick Ross, Jon Hamm, Natalie Maines, and Ludacris, to name a few.

The coalition suggests that the president continue to take a number of reformative actions, including extending the Fair Sentencing Act to all inmates who were sentenced under the 100-to-1 crack/powder disparity, supporting the principles of the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 (which allows judges to set aside mandatory minimum sentences when they deem appropriate), and

supporting the Youth PROMISE Act. "So-called 'tough on crime' policies have failed our nation and its families, while 'smart on crime' policies work," said NAACP President & CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. "When we know that drug treatment is seven times more effective than incarceration for drug addicts, basic human decency demands our nation makes the switch. The fate of hundreds of people and the children who need them home and sober hang in the balance. Great progress is being made in states from New York to Georgia with strong bipartisan support. The time has come for all of us to do all that we can. The future of our families, states, and nation demand it."

Misguided drug laws and draconian sentencing requirements have produced profoundly unequal outcomes for communities of color. Although rates of drug use and selling are comparable across racial and ethnic lines, Blacks and Latinos are far more likely to be criminalized for drug law violations than Whites.

More than 2.7 million children are growing up in U.S. households in which one or more parents are incarcerated.

Two-thirds of these parents are incarcerated for nonviolent offenses.

One in nine Black children has an incarcerated parent, compared to one in 28 Latino children and one in 57 White children.

To read the full letter to President Obama and to view the complete list of supporters, visit www.naacp.org/EndWarOnDrugs.

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Celebs and NAACP Call For Drug, Prison Reform Policy

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A coalition of more than 175 artists, actors, athletes, elected officials and advocates, brought together by hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons and author/economist Dr. Boyce Watkins, have joined with the NAACP to present an open letter to President Obama, urging him to double down on his efforts to change the United States' criminal justice policy.

According to Department of Justice data, the U.S. leads the world in the incarceration of its own citizens, both on a per capita

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New Stadium Could Be Impetus for King Street Improvements

By ERNIE SuGGS Special to the ADW from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“I don’t care where you live in America, if you’re on Martin Luther King Boulevard, there’s some violence going on.”— Chris Rock

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Pro Cuts barbershop owner Calrie Coleman talks about MLK Drive on Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

“It doesn’t mean that I am going to be able to change the economies of the communities along MLK corridor,” Reed said. “But it does mean that I am committed to this notion of our best self with regard to the corridor. I don’t want to create unrealistic expectations, but you will be able to drive down MLK with a sense of quiet dignity that this street is attractive, well-maintained and cared about by the city.”

Aside from an economic infusion a new stadium could bring to the area, it would take millions in private and public funds to restore King Drive. Businesses would have to follow Wal-Mart and invest. Young, vibrant home-owners would have to move in. Crime would have to drop and the dreadful financial condition of Morris Brown College, which is all but abandoned, would have to be addressed.

“If the neighborhoods that border MLK are revived, then they will revive MLK,” said Atlanta City Councilman Ivory Young, who represents the neighborhood where the dome is, as well as segments of King Drive. “The tragedy in all this is that it took a stadium to have a conversation about economic development in these core neighborhoods.”

What is now known as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive was established in 1976 when the city council voted to rename and connect the 10-mile stretch of Hunter Street, Mozley Drive and Gordon Road from the Oakland Cemetery in southeast Atlanta to the Fulton County Airport just shy of the Cobb County line.

It passes through Vine City, where King lived.

Further up the street is a condominium complex and the new Wal-Mart, part of the proposed $130 million Historic Westside Village, a mixed-use project that was expected to revitalize the corridor more than a decade ago, but has stalled at times. Keep going and you run into neighborhoods and commercial districts that at one time marked Black westward expansion, but now represents poverty and crime.

“It used to be a hub for African-American businesses before segregation, because there weren’t that many places where we could freely come and go,” Young said. “Every service you could image was provided here on old Hunter Street. So when you talk about reclaiming MLK, you are taking about the old economic development model that

With the new billion dollar stadium all but a done deal, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is hoping that the added attention and focus to the area will serve as a launching pad to spark growth and development along one of the city’s most important, yet ignored, avenues -- Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The street named after one of Atlanta’s most famous sons hosts the state capitol, some of the oldest churches in the city, a consortium of educational institutions, including some of the nation’s most prominent Black colleges, and sprinklings of new development. But miles of the street remain undeveloped, underdeveloped or dilapidated with boarded up stores and houses. Underemployed people walk the streets, while drug dealers ply their trade. One of the colleges along the street is crumbling at the seams.

“If you want to find a corridor that is neglected, then you ask someone to direct you to Martin Luther King Drive in a major American city,” Reed said. “But we have the capacity to change that in Atlanta. The ‘how’ certainly relates to the new stadium, because there is essential work that has to be done to a large part of the corridor that can give us the blueprint of what the rest of it should look like.”

Last Thursday — on the 45th anniversary of King’s death — Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development arm, approved a plan that would allow the city to use $200 million worth of hotel-motel taxes to help fund the new stadium, which the Falcons expect to move into in 2017.

Of the two sites under consideration, the one located on the south side of the to-be-demolished Georgia Dome appears to be the more favorable, because of the easy access to the surrounding neighborhoods, MARTA and King Drive, parts of which would have to be re-routed.

Reed said that within the next 18 months he plans to go the capital markets for a Busy Bee owner Tracy Gates is inside her restaurant on quarter-billion dollars in investment that would Wednesday, April 3. help fund much-needed repairs on roads, bridges and sidewalks and address the city’s $922 million previously existed.” infrastructure backlog. He said part of that bond money University of Tennessee geography professor Derek would be invested into King Drive and used to build new H. Alderman, the country’s leading authority on King streetscapes and sidewalks, install new light fixtures and street names, said Atlanta’s desire to redevelop the street repair roads – similar to work that has been done along follows a national trend, as similarly-named streets have Marietta Street and Five Points downtown, 14th Street in suffered for decades.

Midtown and Peachtree Road in Buckhead.

“This notion of improving or making these streets

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more livable or prosperous is something other cities are trying to do as well,” Alderman said.

Alderman, who wrote “Civil Rights Memorials and the Geography of Memory,” said there are currently more than 900 places in 40 states with streets named after King. Most (75 percent) are located in Southern states, with Georgia leading the way with 122.

But the common theme — like in Atlanta — for most of the streets is that they were put in Black neighborhoods, some of which have lagged behind their White counterparts creating a sometimes false impression that all King streets equate to crime, poverty and violence, Alderman said.

“Often when African-American communities bring proposals, they often ask for a prominent road, but the problem is they often run into public opposition,” Alderman said. “So they have to settle for a different street. White politicians say we don’t have a problem with the name, as long as it is confined to the Black community.

So King’s memory continues to be segregated.”

On the corner of King Drive and Paschal Street, in the

The old Paschal Center sits boarded up along MLK Drive.

heart of the commercial district, the street’s past looks directly into the future. At 11 a.m., Busy Bee, a local soul food restaurant that originally opened in 1947, is already packed.

Across the street, the parking lot of Wal-Mart, which opened in January as a needed source of quality merchandise and fresh food, is bustling.

“I think it is an excellent idea for the mayor to come in and redevelop it, instead of letting it continue to be another abandoned urban center,” said Busy Bee owner Tracy Gates.

The question now is: Does Busy Bee have time to wait for King Drive to change? With a 49-seat capacity in a building built in 1955, Busy Bee outgrew itself a long time ago. Long-time rival and next door neighbor, Pascal’s moved several years ago, leaving behind a boarded-up, dilapidated hotel.

“We have become a destination restaurant, so we don’t need to stay here to be successful,” Gates said.

Meanwhile, Quincy Springs, Wal-Mart’s 32-year-old general manager said up to 25,000 customers visit the 75,000-square foot supercenter weekly. Nearly 200 people – 60 percent from the community — work there, including students from all of the Atlanta University Center schools.

“The community has received us very well,” Springs said. “And the associates who work here built this store from scratch. This is history, because they never thought they would see a Wal-Mart on MLK. This is just the beginning.”

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African Diaspora World Expo Planned Here

By ADW Staff The online magazine AfricanDiasporaTourism.com (ADT) in association with the AD King Foundation will present the African Diaspora World Tourism Awards & Travel Show Expo in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday, April 26-27.

The two-day event will also include an Africana Culture Performances Extravaganza and a Hall of Fame Luncheon. The awards ceremony will take place at the Atlanta Airport Marriott.

The official gala awards ceremony, recognizing people who have made unique and significant contributions in the fields of Black culture and heritage tourism, will take place on Saturday, April 27 beginning with a reception at 6 pm. Noted broadcast journalist Monica Kaufman Pearson is the host for the awards gala.

The African Diaspora World Tourism Awards ceremony will recognize tour operators, travel planners, culture and heritage scholars, tourism ministers and CEO'S, and other professionals in travel. Tribute will be paid to politicians, government officials, and people of all races who have contributed to the development and promotion of culture and heritage tourism in the African Diaspora.

In addition to giving out awards at the ceremony, AfricanDiasporaTourism.com will honor 100 leaders in the Hall of Fame who

have made legendary contributions to the field of Black culture and heritage in such a way as to significantly influence tourism.

These include notables like Congressman John Lewis, Mr. And Ms. Muhammad Ali, Ms. Coretta King, Danny Glover, Dr. Julius Garvey, Dr. Asa Hilliard, Bob and Rita Marley, former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, former Ambassador Andy Young, Tavis Smiley, Dr. Maulana Karenga, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Dr. Jean Ping, and many others. The Hall of Fame luncheon honoring these legends will be Saturday at noon.

The Africana Extravaganza, consisting of cultural performances, artistic exhibits and Diasporic cuisines will happen on Friday at 7 p.m. The Travel Show Expo, which will take place on both Friday and Saturday, will allow tourism destinations, corporations and vendors of the hospitality industry to showcase and promote their products For registration and more information, visit www.ADWT-Awards.com. Discounted tables are available for special seating at the Awards Ceremony for organizations, associations and corporations. Travel Show Expo booths are available for businesses and vendors. Call 404-549-7215 or 404-784-4095 for further details.

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Local Jan-Pro Owner Charity Stephens Wins Top Award

By ADW Staff

Jan-Pro, a leader in the commercial cleaning industry, has announced that Charity Stephens, of the company’s Atlanta office, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Unit Franchisee of the Year award from over 10,000 franchisees around the world.

Brad Rush, president and CEO of Jan-Pro of Atlanta, nominated Charity Stephens for this national award.

“Charity epitomizes what an ideal business owner is all about. She develops and nurtures tremendous relationships with her clients,” says Rush. “The confidence and trust she is able to establish with her clients through her interactions is the model we try to get other franchise owners to emulate.”

In 2006 Stephens and her family moved to Atlanta from Philadelphia. “I always wanted to pursue business ownership, but I knew I needed the backing, support and brand of an established company,” she said.

She joined the Jan-Pro Atlanta office in 2007. She discovered that the Atlanta market was much different than her Northern roots and the opportunity for growth was tremendous.

Six years later, from a small part-time beginning, Stephens now has a thriving full-time business and has increased

Pictured at the Jan-Pro Awards Celebration are Charity Stephens and her husband Marc. monthly billing by 166 percent.

“My business has not only been a blessing to my household, but also to the families I am able to employ and the customers I serve,” she said.

With more than 90 offices worldwide, Jan-Pro was ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine 2013 as the #1 Commercial Cleaning Franchise and the Fastest-Growing in the world today.

Entrepreneurial Student to be Honored at New York Gala

By ADW Staff After starting her first business at the age of 14, an Atlanta high school student is about to be recognized for her business acumen under the bright lights of New York City.

Youth Entrepreneurs® Georgia student JuShawn Carter, a senior at Benjamin E. Mays High School, began her business, CakesbyFourteen, in 2009. It has grown over the years and in 2012 generated gross annual sales of more than $6,000 – no small feat for a teenager.

Carter offers decorated cakes from her home and provides a wide variety of tastes and styles. “Growing up, I tuned in constantly to the cake shows, and then my cake decorating

hobby became my passion,” says the young pastry chef.

“Working with pastries takes a lot of time and creativity. I plan to attend La Cordon Blue and extend my knowledge in the culinary field.”

On April 23, 2013, Carter and Franchesca L. Thompson, a Youth Entrepreneurs® Georgia teacher at North Atlanta High School, will be honored at the 25th Anniversary Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Gala at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.

Youth Entrepreneurs® Georgia is a high school business education program that helps create productive

members of society and improve communities by cultivating an entrepreneurial way of thinking.

For more information on Cakesbyfourteen visit cakesbyfourteen.webs.com.

SCLC Honors Leaders with Drum Injured GA Native Kevin Ware Gets Major for Justice Awards to ‘Cut the Net’ for Louisville Page 1 In addition to Ambassador Cook, 2013 Drum Major for Justice honorees are: • Dr. Henry Panion III, Ph.D. (Magnificent Maestro Award), University of Alabama professor and Grammy/Dove Award-winning producer, composer, and conductor • DeMaurice Fitzgerald Smith (Sports Award), executive director, NFL Players' Association • Rep. Stacy Y. Abrams (Government Award), GA House Minority Leader • Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (Government Award), U.S. House

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of Representatives • Minnie Morgan (Faithful Servant Award), Teamsters Local Union 528 • Seaborn Johnson (Auburn Avenue Entrepreneur Award), Barber • Lynard Thomas (Youth Award), Evelyn Gibson Lowery Heritage Tour talent contest winner Karyn Greer, WXIA-TV news anchor, served as mistress of ceremonies and stellar performances by Miles College Golden Voices of Fairfield, Ala., earned standing ovations.

Page 1 During a routine block attempt, Ware landed awkwardly and snapped his right shin, drawing gasps of horror as the bone protruded through his skin.

In the most touching moment of all, Ware hobbled onto the court for the final seconds of the game. He had urged his teammates to ``just go win'' and he made good on his promise to join them when they cut down the nets. ``Kevin Ware would do anything to be out there. We were just all locked in for him, and also for ourselves and our coaching staff,'' said Behanan, Ware's best friend on the team. ``Kevin was a big part

of this team, and to see him go down was devastating. It was a big motivator for us.''

"These are my brothers, you know,” Ware said. “They got the job done, and I'm so proud of them."

Naismith Trophy winner Trey Burke led a ferocious Michigan squad with 24 points, but it wasn't enough to top No. 1 seed Louisville.

Now, Pitino must live up to a promise he made to his players this season.

"They said, 'If you win the national championship, coach, you're getting a tattoo.' I said, 'Hell yes, I'm getting a tattoo.'"

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the Odd Fellows Building Celebrates 100 Years

By ADW Staff

Celebrities, dignitaries and community leaders will gather on “Sweet Auburn” on Sunday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. to celebrate 100 years of the historic Odd Fellows Building.

The event will feature an installation of photos and memorabilia, anecdotes from people who are especially familiar with the building, and a musical tribute, as well as

hors d’oeuvres.

The phenomenal growth of Black enterprise in the post-Civil War period was typified by the "Sweet Auburn Historic District." The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs and applies to Auburn Avenue, which was once called the "richest Negro street in the world."

The Odd Fellows Building is one of the most architecturally outstanding of the business structures along Auburn Avenue.

Constructed in 1912 and dedicated by Booker T. Washington, the building was local headquarters of the Atlanta Chapter of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization founded in 1843 for African-American members.

It was one of the major Black entrepreneurial centers in America, with office space for Black doctors, dentists, and craftsmen in the tower, a 1,296 seat auditorium and an exquisite roof garden. It was the site of most of Black Atlanta's elegant dances and social functions during the 1920s and 1930s.

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For example, the building once housed the Royal Peacock Club, one of the city’s premier African-American music venues early in the 20th century. Originally named The Top Hat Club, the Royal Peacock Club officially opened its doors in 1938, hosting both local talent and national acts, including Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, the Four Tops, Ray Charles, James Brown, Sam Cook, Jackie Wilson, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Joe Lewis, Jackie Robinson, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner and Atlanta’s own Gladys Knight.

It also housed the Yates and Milton Drugstore, where AfricanAmerican teens gathered to sip sodas and eat ice cream.

The Odd Fellows is presently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This six-story brick building is noted for the unique terra-cotta figureheads with their African features. These figures are located on opposite sides of the entrance and are clearly visible to the passerby or visitor.

A portion of all financial gifts for the invitation-only celebration will be donated to the Apex Museum for the continued preservation of the history and legacy of The Odd Fellows Buildings and Auburn Avenue. To learn more about their work, visit http://www.apexmuseum.org/.

‘teens talk Back’ Event Had Large turnout but Little Dialogue

By CAtHERINE WItHERSPOON ADW Staff Graduating senior Jan Anderson was grateful she was able to attend the “Teens Talk Back” event, which drew a full house last week at the Exchange Park Recreation Center in Decatur, Ga. And, though she noted that most of the teens did not have a lot to say, “I think it was great for the panelists to be here dispensing their knowledge. I’m really thankful that they came out to share with us what is going on in the community,” said Anderson, who attends Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Ga. A member of the “Preparing Innovative Leaders of Tomorrow” program, she was the moderator of the forum.

The “Teens Talk Back” program was created to give students, ages 14 to18, the chance to engage in amicable dialogue with lawyers about the realities of the criminal justice system.

Organizations and community leaders, such as NAACP President John Evans, former police officer and panelist Gregory Adams and his mentoring group DRRLL, Strategic Academic Planning, LLC and the Robert D. Champion Drum Major for Change Foundation, attended the event.

Dionne McGee, the 29th president of the DeKalb Lawyers Association Inc., created the event as a way for her organization to reach out to the youth in the community in which she grew up.

“This is an idea I brought to my organization.

I really wanted us, as an organization, to go out into the community and put our hands on the youth and impart some wisdom,” said McGee, who named the event “Teens Talk Back” from memories when she was a teen.

“My mother would always say ‘don’t talk back to me.’ And now I tell my girls, ‘don’t you talk back to me.’ Well, this is where you need to talk back,” said McGee. But, most of the teens weren’t ready to talk back. They were all ears but tight-lipped with the attorneys and guests who had plenty to say about a wide variety of challenges that teens often face.

Popular topics like using social media wisely and with discretion, the consequences of the thug life, being aware of the “company you keep” and heavy subjects about sex like sodomy, sexting and statutory rape were discussed.

“It’s so important when we give these kids the knowledge and help them understand the significance of some of their actions. I think we gave them information they need so they can make better decisions,” said Donna Stribling, who is the Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney for the Crimes Against Children Unit with DeKalb County.

“I think the students got a lot out of it.

There was a lot of very heavy information shared,” said McGee.

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On Education, Georgia Lawmakers Make Few Major Changes

By CHRIStINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press

State lawmakers made few major changes to education policy during this year's legislative session. Bills to empower parents and teachers to convert failing public schools into charter schools stalled in committee. So did a measure to change state curriculum standards.

Instead, lawmakers lowered the grade-point average requirements so more people would qualify for the popular HOPE grant program for technical college students. They also expanded a student scholarship program that has drawn some questions about transparency and effectiveness.

Perhaps the biggest change was the standardization of teacher evaluations based, in part, on student performance.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Randy Nix, R-LaGrange, calls for each local school district and all charter schools to implement an evaluation system to be defined by the state Board of Education. Nix said it was based on a state pilot program and included input from superintendents, principals and teachers.

Under the bill, student performance will comprise at least 50 percent of the evaluation for teachers who teach courses that are part of annual state tests. ``It not only fundamentally changes how the teachers and principals will be evaluated but how those evaluations will be used,'' said Angela Palm, director of policy and

legislative services for the Georgia School Boards Association.

The bill is under review by the governor.

Separately, the governor is expected to sign legislation restoring a lower GPA requirement for students seeking HOPE grants to attend the state's technical colleges. Two years ago, lawmakers raised the grade-point average to 3.0 because of a decline in lottery revenues that fund the HOPE program. In the years since, there was a notable decline in enrollment.

The plan returns the qualifying GPA to 2.0. Supporters say an increase in lottery revenues allows for the change and the move will benefit several thousand students at an estimated total cost of $5 million to $8 million annually.

The student scholarship program that was expanded helps children attend private schools. It is funded through donations from individuals and corporations who, in turn, are eligible for a tax break.

Among those bills that stalled in committee was the proposed ``Parent and Teacher Empowerment Act,'' which lets parents and teachers petition a local school board to convert a failing public school into a charter school. The so-called parent trigger bill would have also compelled a failing public school to implement certain measures, possibly removing all school personnel to improve performance.

‘Man of the Year’ Candidates Oppose Guns on Campus Legislation

By ADW Staff

Clark Atlanta University “Man of the Year� candidates have created a public service announcement opposing state legislation that would allow students with licenses to carry their guns on campus.

The bill, which stalled in committee this session, is considered likely to resurface next year.

The PSA can be viewed at http://youtu.be/mvbwstcqye0.

The “Man of the Year� scholarship competition and pageant showcases some of CAU’s top male students and role models. In light of recent campus

A bill that would have allowed students with a license to carry a gun to take their firearms onto parts of public colleges and universities also failed to come up for a final vote. The university system chancellor and the Board of Regents opposed the plan, although it's likely to resurface next year.

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shootings, the students have embraced The Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus.

The competition, which also shines a spotlight on the importance of Black male enrollment and retention at CAU, will be held April 29 at 7 p.m. in the Henderson Student Center. Tickets will be $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

For more information, email lcalhoun@cau.edu or call 404-880-6040.

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April 11 - 17, 2013

Atlanta Celebrates, Showcases Jazz throughout the Month of May Compiled by ADW Staff Throughout the month of May, the City of Atlanta will celebrate the 36th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival.

With the theme “Generation Next,” the festival will showcase some of the most innovative, up-and-coming artists like José James, Gretchen Parlato, Meshell Ndegeocello, Dominick Farinacci, Aaron Diehl, Tia Fuller, Jacob Deaton, Julie Dexter and Ambrose Akinsurire.

The festival is presented by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, a division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. The Atlanta Jazz Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural organization whose mission is to educate and entertain a diverse audience of jazz fans and to nurture the next generation of jazz

musicians.

The festival’s organizers are also excited to introduce new artists like Alexandra Jackson and give youth jazz bands their first big break.

The festival is slated to begin on May 1 and will conclude with three days of music over Memorial Day Weekend. Audiences will enjoy concerts in clubs, museums and parks throughout the city of Atlanta.

The festival will feature various types of jazz ranging from Latin jazz to swing to traditional straight-ahead and even Afro-Cuban jazz enlivened with neo-soul and R&B. Concerts and activities for this year’s festival include 31 Days of Jazz, Neighborhood Jazz Series, Concert at Chastain Park Amphitheatre with special guest Chrisette Michele, Late Night Jazz Concert featuring Dionne Farris with The Russell Gunn Quartet, Youth Jazz Band Competition, AJF36 at Piedmont Park starring Rudresh Mahanthappa, Uri Gurvich, Aruán Ortiz, Ginou, Rio Negro, Miguel Zenón and Cécile McLorin Salvant and Jazz Education Workshops.

For more information about the festival, visit www.atlantafestivals.com.

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ADW Showcases Photographers at ‘World of Pictures’ Event

The Atlanta Daily World recently hosted its third "World of Pictures" reception featuring Atlanta photographers. "We were thrilled to share the talents and stories of photographers who have graced the pages of our city’s newspapers and magazines for many years," said Atlanta Daily World Publisher M. Alexis Scott. Pictured here at the evening event held at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library, are, from left, photographers Bud Smith, Horace Henry, Scott, John Glenn, JiMi!, Rashidah Sudan, Sue Ross, Willie E. Tucker Jr. and Brenda J. Turner with Atlanta’s “Dean of Photography” J.D. Hudson (seated).

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Bracket town and Other NCAA Final Four Activities Light up Atlanta

SPORTS

By RutH MANuEL-LOGAN News One

Outfitted with face paint and wearing Powerade-logoed Final Four T-shirts, kids and their families dribbled basketballs through the heart of “the Madness” for a one-mile stretch of Andrew Young International Boulevard. NBA and NCAA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, pictured here with Mayor Kasim Reed and tiny dribblers, was Grand Marshall of the Double Dribble. Bracket Town at The Congress Center offered interactive games to the delight of thousands of NCAA fans.

Atlanta was brightened by NCAA fun activities in and around The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) campus which hosted the 75th NCAA Men’s Final Four Basketball Championship.

Fans got a chance to do more than watch at numerous activities over the course of this week. The Congress Center specifically hosted Bracket Town, an interactive sports fan fest, and many other events including private parties, the media hub for the Final Four, the National Association of Basketball Coaches Convention, the staff check-in area, a sports bar and the Dome Dribble on International Plaza, an opportunity for thousands of kids to dribble their way through Final Four activities.

Centennial Olympic Park hosted The Big Dance, a three-day concert series. DJs sounded off with music, karaoke, acoustic jam sessions and a conglomeration of food trucks set up to feed hungry fans.

Centennial Olympic Park also made the transformation to an outdoor amphitheater Friday, Saturday and Sunday leading up to the championship game. On Saturday, the Coke Zero Countdown Concert entertained thousands with live musical sensations scheduled throughout the day.

The Georgia Dome hosted the two

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semifinals and the championship game.

Saturday’s semifinal games broke the venue’s all-time basketball attendance record with 75,350 fans, which was previously set in 1998 when the Hawks hosted the Chicago Bulls during Michael Jordan’s final season.

Neighboring facility, Philips Arena hosted the Division II and III championship games this past weekend. All activities took place within a short three block area along Andrew Young International Blvd. in downtown Atlanta.

Bracket Town, the cornerstone event at the 3.9 million square-foot convention center, offered an affordable, family-friendly, indoor interactive event featuring 300,000 square feet of activities related to all NCAA sports, including basketball, hockey and lacrosse.

Fans had the opportunity to meet legendary coaches and former college stars at autograph sessions, to learn new skills during daily youth clinics and to participate in three on three basketball tournaments.

Bracket Town included a regulation-size basketball court with seating for 2,400, and appearances were made by the Harlem Globetrotters, Cody Simpson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

April 11 - 17, 2013

time has Changed the Color of NCAA Games

By JIM LItKE AP Sports Columnist

If you tuned into the start of the 1963 NCAA championship between little Loyola of Chicago and mighty Cincinnati, it looked like few, if any, of the college basketball games you'd ever watched before.

Seven of the 10 starters from the two teams were black.

Fifty years later, one of the more revolutionary contests in sports has largely faded from memory. Ask any player at this year's Final Four about the game that changed the color of college basketball and they'll likely cite the 1966 finale, when tiny Texas Western, with its five black starters, upset all-white Kentucky. That's because of the popularity of the book, ``Glory Road,'' and even moreso the movie released in 2006, which detailed the exploits of Texas Western and its coach, the late Don Haskins.

But if anything, the mood in the country was much more racially charged in 1963.

That atmosphere provides the backdrop for ``Ramblers,'' a new book in which author Michael Lenehan pulls together all the disparate threads that produced Loyola's serendipitous championship run. The previous fall, riots erupted at the University of Mississippi when a lone black man

enrolled there, and the unwritten rule among college coaches was you could play one black on the road, two at home and three if you were way behind. ``When I tell my kids those stories,'' said Ron Miller, who became Loyola's fourth black starter at the end of the 1962 season, ``they think I'm exaggerating. ``The night we played, none of us had a sense of what it meant. We'd run across some ugly scenes, playing in the South, but I grew up in New York City watching St. John's and NYU, so I'd seen black players before and never thought much about it. But not long after we won, I went home for Easter break and so many people came by to congratulate me, my mom just left the door open. Then I went over to my cousin's store. He said, `I'm really proud of you guys. I never thought I'd see so many black faces on a court all at the same time.' ``That was the first time I realized it was more than just another game, more even than a championship game. It's nice to be able to look back now, from a distance, and think we helped a little, maybe gave some people an opportunity that wasn't there prior to that.''

Atlanta Dream Partners With Final Four In Service Effort

By DEItRA JOHNSON ADW Staff

The Atlanta Dream recently partnered with the University of Louisville, the University of Michigan, Syracuse University and Wichita State University in a cooperative community service project in Atlanta during last week’s NCAA Men’s Final Four.

Representatives of the Dream and the four universities, aided Volunteers from univ. of louisville and Michigan univ., along with hands On Atlanta and the two

by Hands On Atlanta, worked other 2013 Final Four schools – Syracuse and with “Lift Up Atlanta” – an Wichita State – joined ranks with the WNBA Atorganization that helps the homeless and feeds the hungry. lanta Dream last week to help sort and package clothing and supplies to be distributed by “lift On Saturday, April 6, volunteers sorted and packaged up Atlanta” to homeless families in Atlanta. clothing and supplies that will t-shirts with McCoughtry’s name and later be distributed by “Lift Up Atlanta” to number at the event. Representatives from homeless families in Atlanta. Busses the other three schools were notified of the shuttled the volunteers to the job site at event, and were all quick to volunteer their Medlock Commons Self Storage in Norcross. services as well.

The project was conceived by More information on Hands On Atlanta representatives of the University of and “Lift Up Atlanta” can be found at Louisville, which is the alma mater of www.handsonatlanta.org and Dream star forward Angel McCoughtry. www.liftupatlanta.org, respectively.

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April 11 - 17, 2013

urban Entrepreneurs Learn How to StARt Digital Companies Special to ADW

START ATL, an interactive symposium that teaches urban entrepreneurs how to start and grow digital businesses, will hold its inaugural conference at the Spelman College Science Center NASA Auditorium on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Attendees will be able to pitch their digital business ideas and could win up to $5,000 in prizes. Early bird registration, ending April 12 is $49. To register, visit http://startatl.eventbrite.com or call 1-347-460-5115 for more information.

START is part of a nationwide series created by digitalundivided (DID). DID is a social enterprise that builds forward-thinking initiatives that change the digital space by increasing the number of Black and Latino women digital entrepreneurs.

Business experts such as Navarrow Wright, CTO of Interactive One, and Kendra Bracken Ferguson, founder of Digital Brand Architects, and leading investors Lauren Maillian Bias, managing director of Gen Y Capital, and Eghosa Omoigui, managing director of EchoVC, will be on hand to offer expert advice and information to those who attend and have an idea for the next big website, mobile app or blog.

Some of the panels include everything from “What You Need To Know Before Leaving Your Day Job” and “Everything You Need To Know To Build Your Site/Product” to “How to Ask for Money for Your Business” and “How to Market Your Company on the Cheap.”

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are owned by women, and people of color are among the fastest growing demographic of the population,” said Jane Smith, executive director of the Spelman College Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement. "It is this reality, along with the role of technology in our lives, that motivated Spelman to become the host sponsor of this event."

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sion around people of color in the digital space. DID (www.digitalundivided.com) was founded in 2012 by Kathryn Finney, a leader in the social media space, editorat-large at the global social media powerhouse BlogHer and one of the first style bloggers on the web. In less than six months DID has had a significant impact on increasing the number of successful digital entrepreneurs of color.

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Calvary united Methodist Church Mother, Daughter and Friends luncheon “Tea for Life and Living” I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm 139:14a

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hOuRly/NON-TeChNICAl (POULTRY PROCESSING POSITIONS) Koch Foods, LLC has employment opportunities in poultry processing (deboning) at their Gainesville and Cumming, Georgia deboning facilities. Positions are full time/shift work. Experience preferred but not required. Competitive pay/benefit programs, including health, dental, 401-k. Apply in person for Gainesville positions at 950 Industrial Blvd., Gainesville, GA 30501, Wednesdays only, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM or for Cumming positions at 221 Meadow Dr., Cumming, GA 30040, Wednesdays only, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. EEO M/V/F/D. _______________________________________________ Attorney, Korean Practice Team, Atlanta, GA: JD Degree and GA license req’d; must have 1 yr. exp. in int’l business transactions at Asia-based multinational corporations. Send resume to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, 201 17th St., Ste. 1700, Atlanta, GA 30363. _______________________________________________ Master Teacher – Sci&Tech: Fernbank Elementary Foundation in Atlanta, GA: Dev. & lead schoolwide sci&tech instr prog for K-5 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. _______________________________________________ RFP/Part-time Grants Administrator Go to www.afcra.com _______________________________________________ TIBCO Software Inc. has an opening in Atlanta, GA for a Principal Consultant (Software Engineer) to deliver system architecture & hardware/software specification consulting project activities. Must have unrestricted U.S. work authorization. Mail resumes to Att: D. Dzapo, HR, Ref#AGA3, 3307 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304.

BIDS AND PROPOSAlS

ReQueST FOR SeAleD BID ReC-051613-Ple ADVeRTISeMeNT for PARkING lOT eXPANSION DeSIGN for BIll BADGeTT STADIuM The City of College Park is accepting Sealed Bids from qualified vendors for PARKING LOT EXPANSION DESIGN for BILL BADGETT STADIUM. Sealed proposals will be received no later than 10:00am, Thursday, May 16, 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.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00am, Monday, April 22, 2013 at the City of College Park City Hall. Questions arising AFTER the PreBid Meeting will be accepted via email ONLY to bgregory@collegeparkga.com until COB April 26. An Addendum with all Q&A will be posted to the City’s website on or about COB Wednesday, May 1. It is always the vendor’s responsibility to check the City’s website for any/all addenda.

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. _______________________________________________ Notice of Incorporation Notice is given that Articles of Incorporation which will incorporate “DENIM GARAGE, Incorporated, INCORPORATED,” will be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Code (O.C.G.A. $14-3-202).

The initial registered office of the corporation will be located at 2916 Brookfield Lane SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30331 and its initial reigstered agent at such address is JOSHUA C. LEWIS

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ReQueST FOR SeAleD BID ReC-050913-GCO ADVeRTISeMeNT for GOlF COuRSe OPeRATOR

The City of College Park is accepting Sealed Bids from qualified vendors for COLLEGE PARK GOLF COURSE OPERATOR. Sealed proposals will be received no later than 10:00am, Thursday, May 9, 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.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00am, April 18, 2013 at the City of College Park City Hall. Questions arising AFTER the Pre-Bid Meeting will be accepted via email ONLY to bgregory@collegeparkga.com until COB April 23. An Addendum with all Q&A will be posted to the City’s website on or about COB Friday, April 26. It is always the vendor’s responsibility to check the City’s website for any/all addenda.

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.

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Calvary United Methodist Church Mother, Daughter and Friends Luncheon “Tea for Life and Living” I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm 139:14a Saturday, April 27, 2013 2-4pm 6226 Providence Club Drive Mableton. GA 30126 Ticket: $25 (16 & over) $15 (15 & under) Attire: Accessories Hats and Gloves Contact: Latina Carhee 678-480-8185 or slcarhee@aol.com _______________________________________________ NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION Nicole Bethea v. Nyshonda Kinder and Tavon Coley 13-CVD-5639(CB) Attention “Tavon Coley” Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Permanent custody of the minor child born to Nyshonda kinder and Tavon Coley in Mecklenburg County, NC on February 28, 2010. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than May 21, 2013 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This, the 11th day of April, 2013 Valerie G. Quick, Attorney Family Law Facilitator P.O. Box 35 Thomasville, NC 27361 _______________________________________________

ReQueST FOR SeAleD BID #ST-050213-lMIG ADVeRTISeMeNT for 2013 lOCAl MAINTeNANCe AND IMPROVeMeNT GRANT STReeT ReSuRFACING PROJeCT

The City of College Park is accepting Sealed Bids from qualified vendors for STREET RESURFACING PROJECT - 2013 LOCAL MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT GRANT. Sealed proposals will be received no later than 10:00am, Thursday, May 2, 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.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00am, April 11, 2013 at the City of College Park City Hall. Questions arising AFTER the Pre-Bid Meeting will be accepted via email ONLY to bgregory@collegeparkga.com until COB April 17. An Addendum with all Q&A will be posted to the City’s website on or about COB Friday, April 19. It is always the vendor’s responsibility to check the City’s website for any/all addenda.

A ten percent (10%) Bid Bond is required to be submitted with bid.

Prospective bidders should also be aware that a Performance and Payment Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of contract amount will be required of the successful bidder.

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

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BIDS AND PROPOSAlS

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) wishes to advance design engineering work for the 5.9-mile Atlanta BeltLine East corridor and Atlanta Streetcar extensions and is seeking proposals from qualified firms, teams or consultants with demonstrated experience in planning, civil design and engineering, electric rail and overhead electrification systems, costing, traffic operations and engineering, parking analysis, tunnel engineering, and intermodal freight and rail yard planning and engineering to provide design engineering services to support the NEPA environmental documentation, New Starts analysis and other FTA Project Development phase services for the Atlanta BeltLine East corridor. Proposals are due April 29, 2013 at 3 pm EST.

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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) 3306204, NO LATER THAN 1:59 P.M., (AS VERIFIED BY THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL STANDARDS), OPENING DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013 FOR BID NO. 6561-AP, 2013 HEAVY DUTY SLOPE MOWERS

Kasim Reed Mayor City of A tlanta Adam L. Smith, Esq., CPPO, CPPB, CPPM, CPP Chief Procurement Officer Department of Procurement ADVeRTISeMeNT FOR BIDS ThAT OPeN ON TueSDAy, April 23, 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) 3306204, NO LATER THAN 1:59 P.M., (AS VERIFIED BY THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL STANDARDS), OPENING DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013 FOR BID NO. 6572-AP, 15 PASSENGER WINDOW VAN Kasim Reed Mayor City of A tlanta Adam L. Smith, Esq., CPPO, CPPB, CPPM, CPP Chief Procurement Officer Department of Procurement ADVeRTISeMeNT FOR BIDS ThAT OPeN ON TueSDAy, April 23, 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) 3306204, NO LATER THAN 1:59 P.M., (AS VERIFIED BY THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL STANDARDS), OPENING DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013 FOR BID NO. 6533-AT, ELECTRIC ROLL UP DOORS REPAIR & SERVICE, A PRE-BID CONFERENCE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 AT 1:00 P.M. LOCATED AT ATLANTA FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT, 165 16TH STREET NW , ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30363

Kasim Reed Mayor City of A tlanta Adam L. Smith, Esq., CPPO, CPPB, CPPM, CPP Chief Procurement Officer Department of Procurement ADVeRTISeMeNT FOR BIDS ThAT OPeN ON TueSDAy, April 30, 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) 3306204, NO LATER THAN 1:59 P.M., (AS VERIFIED BY THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL STANDARDS), OPENING DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013 FOR BID NO. 6512-PL, AIRPORT SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM TACTICAL BODY ARMOR

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the Atlanta Public School indictments Break my Heart

the Burden of unemployment Unemployment rates were “little changed” in March 2013 – they were either holding steady or dropping by a tenth of a percentage point or so. The unemployment rate dropped from 7.7 to 7.6 percent representing a steady, if painstakingly slow, decrease. This declining unemployment rate was reported with some circumspection because even as the rate dropped, nearly half a million people left the labor market, presumably because they could not find work. Further, in March, the economy generated a scant 88,000 jobs, fewer than in any of the prior nine months. An economy that many enjoy, describing as “recovering,” has not yet recovered enough to generate enough jobs to keep up with population increases.

Of course, there are variations in the unemployment rate, which is 6.7 percent for Whites, but 13.3 percent for African Americans. Hidden unemployment pushes the actual White rate up to 13.8 percent and the Black rate to 24.2 percent. More than 4.6 million Americans have been out of work for more than 27 weeks.

I parse these numbers on the first Friday of each month and note the vacillations in these rates. In the past four years, we have seen a downward drift in rates, but it neither been as rapid or as inclusive as we might like. We know that, in spite of talk of economic recovery, job creation is stagnant, not keeping up with increases in the population. In no month have we created the 300,000 jobs we need to “catch up” and push unemployment rates down.

We should pay attention to unemployment vacillations, but we might also consider the human cost of unemployment. Those who are unemployed experience malaise, displacement, and often depression.

This malaise, or worse, affects dynamics in families, workplaces, and communities.

Some workers exhale when they dodge the bullet of a layoff. Next, they inhale when they realize that, thanks to layoffs, their workload will increase. In families and communities, the unemployment of just one person has a series of unintended costs for those close to them.

Speaking to the National Association of Black Social Workers conference last week, I reminded them that social workers are among those who bear the burden of unemployment. These committed public servants work with the threat of layoffs in their worksites, given sequestration and state budget cuts. Yet they are also challenged to advise those who have experienced the fate they may have to grapple with themselves. As employment is cut among social workers, others are forced to take on larger caseloads.

Unless some of these social workers are superhuman, there will be clients who will slip between the cracks.

Heretofore, we have mostly looked at unemployment data as a reflection of the number of jobs our economy generates. We’ve also looked at those who hold them, those who lose them, and what this means in terms of poverty, education, and community health. We could expand our understanding of the employment situation if we looked at those who bear its burden.

There are politicians who rail that people are unemployed because they are lazy. The fact is people are unemployed because the economy is not generating enough jobs. The French philosopher, Albert Camus, mused, “Without work all life is rotten.” Everybody wants to be useful; and until “use” is defined as something other than paid employment, many will feel marginalized because of their vocation situation.

When unemployed, people hear about our “recovering” economy. They wonder what is wrong with them. We all need to wonder what is wrong with an economy that generates such unemployment. We need to wonder about an economy that has soaring stock prices and robust corporate profits, while so many individuals are struggling financially. We need to do more to include those at the margins into the vitality of our “recovering” economy. And we need to understand that if one in four African Americans and one is six of the overall population, experiences unemployment, this is not a personal problem, but a societal one. Will our society fix it, or let it roll? And who pays?

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

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By JulIANNe MAlVeAuX

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I’ll begin by saying I’m heartbroken about the arrests and “perp walks” of 35 Atlanta educators last week, including former Superintendent Beverly Hall.

This has to be the saddest thing that’s happened to our school system since it was officially “separate but equal.”

I must also say that the charges of criminal racketeering that have been leveled against these educators is beyond horrible. I do not believe that Supt. Hall was intentionally leading a criminal enterprise of school test cheating for money.

This is nonsense.

I do agree that changing test scores was a total disservice to the children in the Atlanta Public Schools. I also agree that using the results of a single test to determine the fate of a teacher’s or principal’s job makes a mockery of education.

The combination of the pressure brought on by “no child left behind” with testing being the standard for evaluating student and teacher performance, with the use of money as a reward and firing as a punishment was a witch’s brew that brought the APS system to its knees.

Dr. Hall’s salary and pay bonuses were tied directly to student achievement, and she used that same standard with her principals and teachers. Not only did they get bonuses for improved student performance on tests, but they also risked losing their jobs if students did not improve their (test) performance.

Here’s the big problem with this. APS students are not widgets on an assembly line, waiting to be stacked into a thing-a-ma-jing. As if teachers could get 10 more dollars for every 10 more students they stacked.

And here’s another thing. Most of the educators accused of cheating had either quit, retired or lost their teaching licenses after hearings before the Professional Standards Commission, the body designated to oversee such things as bad professional behavior by teachers. Plus, Dr. Hall had quit and left town. This was the appropriate way to handle these cases. Why are we spending tax payers’ money to criminally prosecute people who’ve already been removed from the system?

And finally, I have long objected to a single standardized test being used to determine the fate of students, much less teachers. This whole sordid business is a wake-up call for modern education. Students need to be taught how to think, analyze and discern, not how to memorize. With technology, students can find any fact at their fingertips. It’s now time for some real reform. Teachers can help students most by serving as coaches, advisers and synthesizers of information. They can offer feedback on their thinking and guide them in exploration of new ideas. They can work with their parents to figure out the best path for them to take, using instruments that measure their interests along with their aptitude.

We’ve got to figure this out. We’ve got to provide support for children in poverty who don’t have the financial and other support they need at home to help them learn how to learn. Everyone’s quality of life in the future depends on it.

M. Alexis Scott is publisher of Atlanta Daily World.

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