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APS Cheating Scandal On New Course

By Roz Edward Jan. 24 is D-day for former Atlanta Public School teachers and administrators involved in the largest alleged school cheating scandal in the nation’s history. Six more indicted Atlanta Public Schools educators have pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter’s courtroom to their involvement in the standardized test-cheating conspiracy, bringing the number of guilty pleas to 17. Thirty-five teachers and administrators were indicted last year.

The pleas have been entered under the First Offender Act, which allows the defendants to have their records exonerated if they successfully complete the terms and the conditions of their sentences. Each of the defendants pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor obstruction, which allows them to avoid a felony conviction.

Former Parks Middle School teacher Starlette Mitchell admitted to changing incorrect answers on tests between 2007 and 2009.

Former Venetian Hills Elementary principal Clarietta Davis pleaded guilty to making false statements.

Ex-Parks Middle School teacher Kimberly Oden pleaded guilty to obstruction.

Former Dobbs Elementary teacher Derrick Broadwater, ex-Kennedy Middle School secretary Carol Dennis and former Dunbar Elementary teacher Gloria Ivey have also pleaded guilty.

Most defendants have been sentenced to probation, community service and have been ordered to return any bonuses they were paid for Criterion Referenced Competency Test scores that indicated improved student achievement.

While parents of Atlanta’s school children, the most damaged victims in the school cheating scandal, are outraged by the light sentences and demand harsher punishments and stronger safeguards to ensure fairness in testing and restore the APS system’s integrity, some legal experts say compassion is a better course.

“I feel so bad for these poor teachers. They are out of work

and don’t have any money to fight these charges,” said Richard Deane Jr., attorney for whom many believe is the target of the investigation, Beverly Hall. Hall is the former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools.

“I am not sure what these people have pleaded to. The plea agreements drawn up by the state alleges facts to which they could not have possibly had any knowledge,” Deane argued.

To date only one defendant has received a not guilty verdict. Tamara Cotman, who had oversight for 21 Atlanta schools, was found innocent after being charged with intimidating a witness.

But as the nationally-publicized trial approaches, and the Jan. 24 deadline looms large, the enormous pressure the remaining defendants are experiencing is exacerbated by the public and legal scrutiny that accompanies it. This week Judge Baxter told APS cheating scandal defendants that if they did not accept a plea by the deadline, they “would be facing severe consequences.”

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FBI Honors National Community Hero, Orrin C. Hudson, for His Work with Inner City Kids

The Superior Court of Fulton County has elected Deputy Chief Judge Gail S. Tusan as the next chief judge. Judge Tusan, who joined the Superior Court Bench in 1995, will assume her new leadership post with the court Feb. 1. The chief judge is a two-year elected term, with a twoyear retention opportunity which allows a total of four years of office.

The chief judge is the lead judicial administrative officer of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. It is the responsibility of the chief judge to ensure that the third branch of government operates efficiently in Fulton County, while providing equal justice and fairness to those who come before the court. The chief judge also ensures that the administrative tasks of the court are carried out effectively to include, but are not limited to prompt disposition of cases, resource utilization, and issuance of Administrative Orders to properly direct the courts’ day-to-day affairs.

As a public servant, committed to the duty of administering justice, protecting the constitution of Georgia and the United States, and maintaining an independent judiciary, Judge Tusan’s priorities as chief judge will include increasing accessibility to the court, improving customer service within the

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Superior Court, instituting best practices for judicial administration, addressing courthouse infrastructure, and implementation of a mental health summit for the Fulton County Criminal Justice System. Tusan states, “all parties should receive timely resolution of their disputes, and judges earn the public’s trust and confidence by being accountable for and committed to equality and fairness for all citizens.”

She added, “For the past 18½ years, I have proudly served with my Superior Court colleagues and look forward to this new opportunity of service on our collective behalf.

“As Fulton County becomes increasingly more diverse and today’s economy forces growing numbers of citizens to prosecute their legal claims without legal representation, our judicial system must continue to improve in its accessibility for everyone. As chief judge, I commit to building on our court’s valuable community partnerships, but also to identify new ways to collaborate with Fulton County’s justice partners throughout the state with the goal of delivery of transparency, accountability and best practices. The Superior Court of Fulton County belongs to the citizens of this great state, and our courthouse doors are open to all.”

forcement officer with the State of Alabama, believes Acting Special that prevention Agent in Charge is better than (SAC) Ricky detention and, Maxwell, FBI since becoming Atlanta, recently involved, he presented the has helped over FBI Director’s 20,000 children Award for Comdevelop the munity Leaderpractical skills ship for 2013 to and techniques Orrin Hudson to overcome for his excepobstacles in life tional insight as illustrated and success in FBI Agent Ricky Maxwell presents Orrin C. Hudson with through the best reaching disadand most intellecthe FBI Director’s Award for Community Leadership. vantaged youth tual visual aid, the in the metropolitan Atlanta area through chessboard. the game of chess. On April 4, FBI Director After moving to the Atlanta area in 2001, James B. Comey will host all of the FBI’s Hudson launched Be Someone, a 501 (c) 3 56 selectees from around the country at a non-profit foundation that uses numerous national ceremony to be held at FBI Headtools, including the game of chess, to proquarters with Hudson present as the Atlanta mote self-esteem, responsibility and anaFBI’s honoree. lytical thinking to underprivileged youths.

Hudson, a motivational speaker and He has touched numerous young lives and community activist, realized the need to has been relentless in his pursuit of reaching become involved in finding a solution to more young people and introducing them to curb teenage violence within his community. the game that changed his life. His teaching Hudson recounted that, much like today’s methods are designed to share something youth, he was destined for trouble until a positive to inner-city kids where the focus is teacher changed his life by introducing him discipline and patience required by the game to a chess board. of chess.

Hudson, who is also a former law en-

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Auburn Avenue Research Library to Close for Renovations & Expansion

By ADW Staff As temperatures around Atlanta and throughout Georgia hit record lows, Georgia Power worked to assure customers that the company was keeping an eye on the thermometer.

Temperatures dropped well past the freezing point and into the lowto-mid-20s across metro Atlanta on Monday and a number of school districts were closed Tuesday in Atlanta and surrounding communities.

And as temperatures continued to plummet on Tuesday, Georgia Power aggressively monitored weather conditions around the state to prepare for predicted record-low temperatures explained, Amy Fink of Georgia Power’s media relations. “In preparation for high demand, we’ve brought additional generation online to ensure adequate and reliable supplies of electricity. Our control centers will carefully monitor power loads on circuits, and crews and engineering teams are being kept on call in the event heavy loads cause isolated outages ...”

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The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History will be closed temporarily to facilitate upcoming renovations and expansion, effective Feb. 1 During this closure, reference service and a portion of the research collections will be made available at the Central Library, located at One Margaret Mitchell Square (corner of Forsyth Street and Carnegie Way in downtown Atlanta), Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2513. The telephone number is 404-730-1700.

Visit www.afpls.org/aarl or social media networks for further information and renovation/expansion project updates. The project is expected to be completed in late 2015.

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Just days after Christmas gifts have been opened and New Year’s champagne has been swilled, we got another sign of our desperate economic times. Darden Restaurants, the parent company of seafood chain Red Lobster, announced that they would sell off the seafood family dining chain this year due to low profits. Red Lobster isn’t going out of business yet, but the demise of another accessible integrated chain is another reminder of the struggles of the Black working and middle class during this never-ending Great Recession.

I have many warm memories of my parents taking the family out to Red Lobster in suburban St. Louis in the 1980’s. This might be a uniquely mid-western thing, but unlike growing up in coastal cities like D.C. or Baltimore, or even a great lakes state like Michigan or Ohio, getting access to seafood was a big deal when the only water nearby is the Mississippi River. Trips to Red Lobster were reserved for big after-church events, like good grades, a solo at the church Christmas pageant or graduations.

Red Lobster was a legitimate status symbol for the Midwestern Black community when I was a kid. However there is a larger issue with this chain heading down the drain that runs a bit deeper than my fading childhood nostalgia. Red Lobster restaurants are part of a fading avenue of highly accessible nationally integrated chains that provided crucial first job experiences and second incomes for working class families especially in the African American community.

For many working class kids whose parents or parent are living paycheck-to-paycheck, an after-school job is not about building up a college resume, it’s a family financial necessity. When you’re responsible for your own clothes, maybe school supplies and from time to time helping out with rent, there are certain jobs that are essential to filling in that gap of $200-$250 a month that pops up every once in awhile.

These are jobs that you can get to on the bus, or hitch a ride to because they are centrally located. These are jobs that are

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part of larger corporations or franchises, which means that when you have to move you can transfer from one store or restaurant to another and keep your seniority and probably pay level too. This was the value of places like Circuit City, Ms. Field’s cookies and yes, Red Lobster -- all franchises that are dead or dying in this economic collapse.

Usually a Red Lobster is located near a shopping mall, which means there are usually bus stops, which means when there’s one family car, a 16-year-old kid might be able to catch a few busses or hitch a ride and get to her 2-7 p.m.

Saturday shift. Red Lobster, used to be part of the larger Darden’s family restaurant chain which includes places like Olive Garden and Ruby Tuesdays. That means that if your family has to move across town you can usually switch restaurants and keep your job, or even better, if you go off to college, it’s much easier to find another Red Lobster to work at and keep making money for books rather than having to start off fresh. In other words, as Darden’s starts to sell off and get rid of the over 700 Red Lobster restaurants around the country, it gets that much harder for kids, or a parent struggling to find that accessible second job, to make ends meet.

I have no romanticized illusions about the quality of food or experience at Red Lobster. Once my family moved back east and we could get real crab cakes at the Baltimore Habor, or go to any of a million local seafood / soulfood places, Red Lobster fell out of the rotation for family event dining.

However the role that restaurant plays, both symbolically and financially in the lives of African-American families can’t be understated. If you’re looking for today’s post church crowd you’d be better off going to Golden Corral, where you can feed a family of 4 for $40, rather than Red Lobster. Perhaps with tighter paychecks and less job security, we don’t have as much time for eating out at high end seafood places like we used to. Which is a shame for families and the kids searching for work as well.

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Roberts Broadcasting, a Blackowned media company, just announced a deal to sell its three remaining full-power TV stations to ION Media Networks for nearly $8 million.

Once considered a phenomenal success story in an industry known for its stunning lack of diversity, Roberts Broadcasting was forced to declare bankruptcy in 2011.The decline stemmed primarily from Viacom’s decision to shutter the UPN network, which Roberts affiliated with due to UPN’s unique focus on programming featuring ordinary portrayals of African Americans.

Roberts Broadcasting’s exit from the market comes on the heels of the departures of two other prominent Black owners.

In late October, the Sinclair Broadcast Group continued its buying spree by acquiring a Fox affiliate in Portland, Me., from a company helmed by Charles Glover, a funk musician turned broadcaster. That same month, Access.1 Communications agreed to sell its Atlantic City NBC station to Locus Point Networks, which is expected to close the station and give up its license as the FCC takes broadcast stations off the air and auctions those airwaves to cellphone companies.

Public interest and civil rights groups have warned the FCC that its policies allowing for greater media consolidation were going to push out the few remaining people of color who owned broadcast stations.

At the end of 2011, the FCC reported that people of color owned 15 percent of all low-power TV stations, compared to just 3 percent of full-power TV outlets.

The FCC has a long and pitiful track record here, failing to promote or even preserve what little ownership diversity remains.

There’s hope this could change now that the agency has a new chairman, but leaders have to lead. In this case, that means the new FCC has to acknowledge that we’re well beyond a crisis point. Its own policies are responsible for the shameful state of minority ownership. The elimination of Black owners is a tragedy, but the FCC has to take action to address its own failures.

Joseph Torres is senior external affairs director and S. Derek Turner is research director for the Free Press.

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B.o.B Looks to Make Mark on Urban Radio B.o.B has made his mark in pop music with the hits “Nothin’ on You” and “Airplanes,” but it’s been hard for the rapper to be taken seriously by some urban radio stations and nightclubs — even in his hometown of Atlanta.

“I would be in the club and the DJ would be like, ‘We have B.o.B in the building,’” the 25-year-old recalled. “But as the night went on, I started thinking to myself, ‘Damn, we don’t have any club songs.’”

Now, B.o.B is hoping to change how he’s perceived with his new album, “Underground Luxury.” He produced a third of the album and wants to show that he’s more than a rapper who is known for making pop-sounding songs.

“I really didn’t have club songs that fit into that type of world that I was partying in. Coming from where I come from, I want to be a part of that,” he said. “This is in my blood. … You have to bring that funk to it if you want to hear yourself in the club. That’s why the production is done by me, because it’s done my way.”

B.o.B’s third album, which debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 albums chart last month, features thumping raps tracks like the 2 Chainz-assisted “HeadBand” and “We Still in This …” featuring T.I. and Juicy J. So far, the album isn’t as successful as last year’s pop-flavored “Strange Clouds,” which featured some hits and debuted at No. 5. B.o.B’s 2010 debut, “B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray,” earned five Grammy nominations, reached gold status and launched multiple hits that co-starred Bruno Mars, Hayley Williams of Paramore and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo.

But the performer said in an interview that he isn’t trying to abandon pop, though it’s time he focused his attention on creating songs that resonate with hardcore hip-hop listeners.

AP: How did you balance the worlds of hip-hop and pop?

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Top 10 Scholarships for African-American Students The new year is here, and it’s time for students to get back to work. This year, more than $50 billion will be given away in scholarships, and many of these programs have deadlines that are fast-approaching.

Scholarships are free monetary gifts that can be used to pay for college tuition, books, and boarding. Most scholarship programs require students to excel in academics, sports, or in an essay competition.

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blew up around the world, then I was looked at as a pop star.

Then I was like, ‘I wanted to be viewed as a musician.’ But then I was like, ‘I’m an emcee still.’ So I was going through this growing pain. Eventually, I kind of settled on the thought that I don’t have to be one particular artist. I don’t have to stick to one type of music.

Have your fans voiced their opinions about the new music you’re creating?

I remember when I was in the club and this girl walked up to me. She said, ‘I’m a blogger. What kind of music are you going to stick to making, because we as fans want to respect you as one type of sound?’ But I told her that I do everything. If you’re waiting, don’t hold your breath. Because Bobby Ray isn’t going to make one type of music. I’m about to do everything.

How do you feel when people say you’ve sold out in regard to hip-hop? It’s crazy when people say I’ve sold out.

Who Is Newest ‘SNL’ Cast Member Sasheer Zamata?

Sasheer Zamata is the newest cast member of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” She is the first Black female cast member the sketch comedy show has had since 2007, and one of four since the show’s inception.

Zamata, who trained with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, will make her debut on Jan. 18 with guest, Drake.

The show came under fire in the fall of 2013 when they were criticized for not having an African-American female in the cast.

The show’s creator and producer, Lorne Michaels, held casting calls to find a Black female comedienne to add to the show.

Zamata graduated from the University of Virginia in 2009, according to her website, and she moved to New York City shortly after.

She’s been featured in commercials for Apple, Target and Verizon Wireless, as well as the (now canceled) FX show, “Totally Biased with Kamau Bell.”

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Rap money is not pop money. If I was selling out, I would be making (only) pop records. … The people in Decatur, [Ga.], who saw me with ‘Haterz Everywhere’ and ‘I’ll Be in the Sky’ and follow me, know about that side. But at the same time, I’m growing simultaneously as I’m experiencing all of this success and the world. I’m becoming a new person. I’m new to myself.

What’s the difference between pop money and rap money?

A lot of hip-hop fans … just bought bootleg albums. In the ‘hood, we don’t really buy albums like that. It’s kind of a sad story, but we don’t. We’ll just bootleg and download it.

The fans who buy music are fans of pop music. Hip-hop fans buy music, too. I don’t want to narrow it down to one specific race or culture of people. But it is what it is. In the hip-hop world, it’s not the biggest selling music.

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#1 - The Tom Joyner Foundation “Full Ride” Scholarship awards a full scholarship to one student to attend a Historically Black College and University (HBCU).

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline.org/2013/12/tomjoyner-foundation-full-ride.html #2 - The Burger King Scholars program is designed to help high-school seniors who are looking to start college next year. Annually, the program awards more than $1.4 million in scholarships to more than 1,000 students.

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/03/burger-king-scholars-program.html #3 - The Gates Millennium Scholars Program (also known as the Bill Gates Scholarship) awards scholarships each year to African-American students who plan to enroll full-time in a two-year or four-year college or university program.

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/08/ the-gates-millennium-scholars-program.html #4 - The Ron Brown Scholar Program provides scholarship awards to African-American high school seniors who are excelling in their academics, exhibiting exceptional leadership potential, and actively serving in community service activities.

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline. org/2012/04/ron-brown-scholar-program.html #5 - The Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship Program is sponsored by Discover Financial Services. The program recognizes students in their junior year of high school who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in their communities.

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#6 - The National Black Law Student Association (NBLSA) provides four scholarships each year to African-American students currently in law school. Each applicant will be required to complete an essay on a topic that is related to the specific scholarship for which they are applying.

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline.org/2013/02/nblsa-national-black-law-student-association-scholarships.html #7 - Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarships (RMHC) for African American Future Achievers are awarded to eligible high school students with high academic performance and community service as well as financial need.

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/07/ronald-mcdonald-house-charities.html #8 - The Talbots Scholarship Program awards one-time scholarships to women who want to go back to school to earn their undergraduate degree after graduating from high school or receiving their GED at least 10 years ago. Applicants must demonstrate financial need.

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/11/the-talbots-scholarship-program.html #9 - The Ronald Reagan College Leaders Scholarship Program awards scholarships to college juniors and seniors who demonstrate leadership qualities in support of freedom, American values and constitutional principles.

Learn more at www.scholarshipsonline.org/2012/08/ronald-reagan-college-leaders.html #10 - The NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a career in the field of aeronautics. It is a renewable scholarship for U.S. citizens and nationals.

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2013: The Year of the Intern?

By Blair Hickman and Casey McDermott Special to the NNPA from ProPublica

Internships received more scrutiny than ever in 2013.

Here’s a look back at key developments from our ongoing investigation into unpaid internships.

The courts saw a slew of cases brought by current and former interns – and rulings were mixed. Former externs at billing companies were told their unpaid work satisfied federal guidelines, while a case brought by former interns at The Hearst Corporation was denied class-action status, due to a lack of “commonality.”

In the most high-profile ruling of the year, a federal judge ruled in June that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage laws by not paying its interns on the set of the movie “Black Swan.” But questions over intern wages are far from settled.

Since the June ruling, at least 17 other lawsuits have been filed. And Fox Searchlight is appealing its case, Attorney Rachel Bien, an attorney for the Fox interns, said she hopes the appeals court adopts a “bright-line test” to clarify exactly when an intern should be paid at least minimum wage.

In August, we reported on a little-known loophole that leaves unpaid interns without protection from sexual harassment.

While the federal law remains unchanged for now, lawmakers in New York and California have since introduced measures to extend civil rights protections to unpaid interns in those states (Washington, D.C., and Oregon were first to enact such protections).

And as public scrutiny toward unpaid internships increased, several high-profile media companies shifted away from the practice. The Nation Institute began paying its interns minimum wage for the first time this fall. Opting for a different approach, Condé Nast announced in October (in the midst of an ongoing lawsuit against the company, filed by former interns) it would end its internship program altogether.

Reactions were polarized, though many lamented the end of the program. Moving forward, Breaking News associate

editor Aaron Edwards (who has interned with several other media organizations, though not Condé Nast) said companies “need to find ways to let in those who have historically been shut out, or risk fostering underrepresentation.”

With the help of tips from hundreds of former interns, we also reported on how some colleges and universities — such as Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism — actively steer their students into low-wage or unpaid internships. Medill is reevaluating its internship program, including asking employers whether they would agree to pay students minimum wage.

Meanwhile, we found some colleges — notably at athletic departments — aren’t just sending students into unpaid internships in government, film or media. They’re also filling on-campus positions with unpaid interns of their own.

Finally, with help of the Knight Foundation and more than 700 Kickstarter backers, we were able to travel across the country to document dozens of internship stories — providing a closer look at how the intern economy has affected those who keep it running. The stories we gathered varied, including one from a student who said his unpaid internships did little to advance his career in the music industry (“At the recording studios, all of them for the most [part] just had me clean bathrooms, so I learned nothing from them,” he said.) and others who found their internships to be rewarding, but were still troubled by the idea that unpaid internships could exclude those who can’t afford to work without pay.

So what’s next for Project Intern? In 2014, we’ll continue our reporting around internships with a special focus on the role schools play in the intern economy.

To bring more transparency to unpaid internships for academic credit, we’re also asking college students to help us document the tuition cost and quality of internship programs across the country. We’ve already profiled journalism internships at 20 schools — and we plan to add more schools

and majors with your help.

Are you a former intern? Please check out the app and tell us how your experience matched up with your school’s internship policies. And if you have a tip about a particular school or employer, you can always share it privately with us here.

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Dramatic Texas A&M Win Ends Historic Chik-fil-A Bowl Format

Dave Martin/AP Photographer Dave Martin managed to capture Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin being doused with water in celebration of the Aggies victory shortly before he collapsed on the Georgia Dome field following the Chik-fil-A Bowl. Martin later died at Emory Hospital in Midtown.

By Diane Larche’ Special to ADW The annual Chick-fil-A Bowl as we know it is no more.

Back on April 24, 2013, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference commissioners selected the Chick-fil-A Bowl as one of an elite group of six bowl games to host the new College Football Playoffs. It joins the Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls – appropriately named “The New Year’s Six” – as hosts of the new playoff structure that will begin following this year’s college bowl season.

But that didn’t stop the Bowl’s 46th matchup between Texas A&M and Duke University on Dec. 31 at the Georgia Dome from being any less thrilling.

Led by 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel’s four touchdowns, the Aggies staged a rousing 52-48 come-frombehind win over the Blue Devils to usher in the New Year.

For many years the game, founded in 1968, was originally called the Peach Bowl, and featured showdowns between Atlanta

Coast Conference (ACC) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) teams since 1992. It was renamed the Chick-Fil-A Bowl in 2006. Texas A&M’s victory for the SEC tied the all-time series against the ACC at 11 apiece.

According to the BCS reports, as one of the new “Host Bowls,” the Chick-fil-A Bowl will present a national semifinal game (No. 1 vs. No. 4; or No. 2 vs. No. 3) four times over the next 12 years. In the other eight years, the Bowl will host top-ranked teams from around the country as assigned by a BCS selection committee. All games will be played either on Dec. 31 or Jan. 1.

Prior to bowl selections, “Team Atlanta”, consisting of representatives from Chickfil-A, the Governor’s office, Mayor’s office, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, the Georgia Dome, the Atlanta Sports Council and the Atlanta Falcons, worked to assemble the playoff bid. The group worked together to present a compelling proposal that was ultimately approved by conference commissioners. The goal is to eventually host a national championship game in Atlanta.

“We’ve had a good recipe with the SEC and ACC”, Chick-fil-A Bowl president and

CEO Gary Stokan said. “Now you’re talking about the potential of getting the top 12-, and top15-ranked teams playing against each other and hosting four semifinal games over 12 years and really elevating our bowl to be one of the top six in the country.”

Following this year’s game, which aired on ESPN, Bowl officials reported it was the most viewed non-BCS Bowl game in ESPN history, where an average of 8.69 viewers tuned in to see the No. 21-ranked Aggies of Texas A & M battle No. 24 Duke. Viewers this year surpassed last season’s LSU (No. 8) and Clemson (No. 14) matchup which had 8.56 million viewers. This was also the Bowl’s 17th consecutive sellout, giving it the second-longest sellout streak in the nation, trailing only the Rose Bowl.

“When we selected Texas A&M and Duke, we knew we had one of the most compelling matchups of the season,” said Stoken. “The dramatic game of record-setting offense was equally as exciting for fans attending as it was for the fans at home, thanks to our unopposed time slot in primetime on ESPN.” This year the Chick-fil-A Bowl distributed a record total team payout of $7.4 million, bringing the all-time payout to a total of $125.2 million. In addition, the Chick-fil-A Bowl continued its reign as College Football’s most charitable Bowl game contributing a record $1.6 million in scholarship and charity this year for a historical total of $17.3 million since 2002.

Deitra P. Johnson contributed to this report.

Photo by Paul Abell/Chick-fil-A Bowl As part of their Chick-fil-A Bowl experience, the Duke Blue Devils applaud Dr. C. T. Vivian, civil rights icon and 2013 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, as assistant Don Rivers looks on. Both Duke and their opponents, the Texas A&M Aggies, visited the M.L. King Center and Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Aggies won 52-48.

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Wheat Street Baptist Church Earns High Praises With National Trust For Historic Preservation

By Henrietta Spearman Special To ADW

A 1.5 mile stretch of Auburn Avenue recently earned the distinction of becoming a National Historic Treasure. This honor was bestowed

by The National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wheat Street Baptist Church’s eclectic mix of commercial, residential, and civic entities earned high praises among the historic preservation assessment team.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting iconic landmarks and preserving landscapes that anchor historic buildings and neighborhoods. The mere size of Wheat Street Baptist Church has always been an imposing landmark in the community. Both the church and its Christian Education Building were completed in 1939.

At the time of completion it was the largest African-American church in Atlanta with a seating capacity in the sanctuary for approximately 1,500 parishioners.

“We are very proud of this recognition. It is indeed an honor, the timing of this coincides with our preparations to refurbish our properties to accommodate more high-to-moderate commercial services; as well as low-income families,” said Rhonda Brown, president of Wheat Street Charitable Foundation Inc. Our church history reflects that we have always served as a spiritual and social beacon for this community since the 1940’s,” she added.

The NTHP is part of a collaborative campaign effort committed to crafting and implementing a plan to revitalize Auburn’s Historic Commercial District. Wheat Street Baptist Church garnered specific recognition for the following three categories: their historic civic leadership role within the city; ownership of several commercial and residential properties,

and its iconic Gothic Revival architectural edifice.

The trailblazing legacy of Wheat Street Baptist Church is credited to the savvy business acumen of the late pastor emeritus, Dr. William Holmes Borders Sr. In 1969, under Dr. Borders’ tutelage, Wheat Street was the first church in this community to initiate both commercial and residential redevelopment by building two shopping plazas, the first churchowned credit union in the nation, a 14-story senior high rise; and a 500unit low-income apartment complex.

Wheat Street’s endeavor was the first in the country to be partially funded by the federal government’s Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program. Some 44 years later, the church is now mortgage free, and ready to embark on phase two of its redevelopment plan.

According to the NTHP as recent as 2012, Auburn Avenue was listed as one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the nation. The neighborhood demographics changed drastically over the last two decades. Some pockets of the community became inundated with an overwhelming number of abandoned houses, apartment buildings and closed businesses, as well as numerous empty lots overrun with weeds and debris.

Today revitalization of new homes and businesses within the area are rapidly coming into fruition; thus vitality and progress are now evident throughout several of the high traffic corridors around Auburn Avenue.

“We are committed to sustaining Dr. Borders’ dream; our church continues to have a vested interest in this community, and we will remain deeply rooted here. Phase two of our redevelopment plans will incorporate a place to live, work, worship, and play,” Brown said.

Ballethnic Schedules Auditions for its ‘Flyin’ West’ Production In preparation for staging its major spring production, “Flyin’ West,” Ballethnic Dance Company will conduct auditions for all dance roles Saturday, Jan. from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., at its East Point studio, located at 2587 Cheney Street.

Ballethnic will perform the ballet version of “Flyin’ West” March 20-23, at the Rialto Center for the Arts. The full ballet is an adaptation of famed writer Pearl Cleage’s play, “Flyin’ West.” The ballet version is by Waverly T. Lucas II, Ballethnic’s co-founder and co-artistic director.

Set in the 1890s, “Flyin’ West” illuminates the lives of six newly-freed slaves (four women and two men) as they give their personal accounts of life after transitioning from slavery to freedom. They settled in Nicodemus, Kansas, which is heralded as the very first town settled by African Americans. The play represents the African-American women and the diverse population which settled the West. In an effort to gain the keenest insight on their stories of tragedy and triumph, Lucas traveled to Nicodemus and interviewed four generations of the original ancestors.

Ballethnic invites amateur and professional dancers – from 6-year-olds and teens to young adults and seniors – to audition by age and training level for the “Flyin’ West” production.

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Mayor Reed Lays Out Agenda for Second Term

By Dion Rabouin ADW Digital Editor

Mayor Kasim Reed made a number of pledges to Atlanta citizens this week, as he laid out the agenda for his next four years as mayor.

Reed was sworn into office Monday to begin his second term as the 59th Mayor of the City of Atlanta. At the ceremony, Reed emphasized his commitment to public safety, infrastructure improvements and a comprehensive plan to support Atlanta’s youth.

“I am honored to have the privilege of serving the people of Atlanta for a second term,” said Reed. “People have always believed in Atlanta as a place where anything is possible, and our challenge is to continue to create a place where families and innovators and entrepreneurs actually come to make those dreams a reality. With the help of our partners on the Atlanta City Council, we will continue to move our city forward.”

The inauguration ceremony at The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center was attended by more than 500 residents, community representatives, dignitaries, and elected officials, according to the mayor’s office, and followed a series of events to celebrate the reelection victory.

On Saturday, Reed hosted a day of community service with Councilmember Ivory Young at Washington Park. The volunteer project included cutting overgrowth, planting flowers, and an intersection clean-up. The mayor followed that with an interfaith worship service at Cascade United Methodist Church on Sunday where Episcopal Bishop Robert C. Wright delivered the address.

“What a wonderful and happy occasion this is, Mr. Mayor, my Howard University brother and classmate. I am not sure that we dreamed [in] those years that you would be here, and I sure didn’t believe that I would be here. But that is another sermon, and let me tell you the subject of that sermon would be ‘if not for His grace’,” Wright said with a laugh.

During his inaugural address on Monday, Reed pledged to work with the new-look Atlanta School Board and soon-tobe-chosen APS Superintendent, and announced his goal to retain 75 percent of the region’s tech graduates in order to invest in Atlanta’s reputation as the technology hub of the southeast.

Reed also issued the “Atlanta Challenge,” at the event, saying “we should make it our goal that in this decade that any child who graduates from an Atlanta Public School with the grades to go to college should not be denied the opportunity to go because they can’t afford it.”

In addition to his focus on education, the mayor laid out in greater detail his plans to pursue a bond referendum worth up to $250 million to combat a $900 million backlog in infrastructure needs, as well as his efforts to “double down” on reducing crime in the city.

The mayor went on to highlight some of the major accomplishments of his first four years in office, which included growing city reserves from $7.4 million to more than $127 million, balancing four consecutive budgets without raising property taxes, reducing the crime rate by 18 percent, bringing the current Atlanta police force to 2,000 officers and re-opening the city’s 33 recreation centers and 10 Centers of Hope.

“Over the next four years, I believe we have the opportunity to address some of our city’s most pressing issues,” said Reed. “The challenges we need to solve are no less complex than the requirements of our past, but overcoming them is required to achieve our success as a city and a region.”

Visiting dignitaries noted by Reed at the inauguration ceremony included Willie Brown, the famed California politician who served 30 years in the legislature, and became the first African-American mayor of San Francisco; and Glendon Harris, the mayor of Montego Bay, Jamaica, which is one of Atlanta’s sister cities.

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Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Birmingham, AL NOW HIRING Internal Medicine/Family Practice Physician Excellent opportunity to work in a developing multi-speciality medical practice located in the city’s expanding medical and research community. The successful candidate will be joining an organization that is supported by one of the most outstanding clinical sub-speciality groups in America. This position is a part-time contract position for physician services for an out-patient clinic, no hospital coverage, no on-call, no weekends, no site rotation, no evenings and no holidays.

Must have M.D. or D.O., completion of U.S. Residency Program and Board Certified or Board eligible. Three years practicing medicine preferred. If interested, e-mail resume to jccjobs@jccal.org and include on the subject line, “Physician Resume”.

RFQ - Program Management Services for Atlanta BeltLine Transportation Program and Atlanta Sreetcar Extensions Environmental Assessments/Design Engineering Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. Request for Qualifications (RFQ) of experienced Program Management firm to provide staff resources to comprehensively manage, coordinate, and control work efforts of consultant teams associated with the Atlanta BeltLine Transportation Program.

The FULL text of the RFQ is found at: http://beltline.org/about/work-with-us/rfps-and-rfgs/ Inquiries should be directed to: Kwadwo A. Atta Senior Transit Project Manager Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. 86 Pryor Street SW, Suite 300Atlanta, GA 30303 E-Mail: Katta@atlbeltline.org Facsimile: 404/477-3606 Seeking for a very kindly and honest House Keeper Nice and clean person that can take care of kids. Work for only 4 Days and Drive my kids to school.

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Senior Java Developer (Atlanta, GA): Participate in formal development lifecycle and release control process. Interpret written application requirements and apply sound programming practices to develop applications for large volume online services. Develop robust and secure web-based tools, products, processes, and web services. Develop Java core applications on UNIX operating systems with LDAP & Relational Database connectivity. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering and 5 years of experience required. Must be proficient in Java, UNIX operating systems and relational databases (Oracle, MySQL), Spring framework, JSP or JSF Servlets, Java applications on a Glassfish or WebLogic platform, Eclipse or Netbeans IDE, Selenium suite, and XML markup and data structures. Must have detailed understanding of SDLC. Mail resume to: Cedar Document Technologies, Inc., Attn: HR, 1 Ravinia Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30346 Mechanical Engineer in Duluth, GA is needed to design & optimize mechanical components for automotive powertrain systems including shafts, couplings, flanges, housings; to read & interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics & computer-generated reports; to analyze the mechanical systems, including finite element analysis of structural, fatigue, thermal & vibration. Proficiency in Pro-Engineer, AutoCAD and GD& T. Req. BS deg. or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering w/ 5 yrs of progressive experience in job offered or Design Engineer.

40hr/wk, 9-5. Send resume to Soft Source, Inc., 3883 Rogers Bridge Rd., Ste. 404B, Duluth, GA 30097.

Business Operations Manager Responsible for data entry, accounts payable, payroll, grant report entry, managing the organizations HR, helping and creating organizational and program budgets in collaboration with the ED and Program Direct, and other misc. tasks.

Reporting to the ED and serving as a member of the Management Team along with the ED, Program Director and Development Director, this position’s primary responsibility is ensuring organizational effectiveness by providing leadership for the organization’s financial functions. Send Resume to :(herry.tony0@gmail.com)

Notice of Incorporation

RFP – SW – 020614 - SSI ADVERTISEMENT for STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS at MERCER AVENUE & WALKER AVENUE The City of College Park is accepting Sealed Proposals from qualified vendors for STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS at MERCER AVENUE & WALKER AVENUE. Sealed proposals will be received no later than _3:00pm on Thursday, February 6, 2014 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.pA Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting, with Site Visit to follow, will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the City of College Park City Hall. Questions arising after the Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be accepted via email ONLY at bgregory@collegeparkga.com until COB Thursday, January 16, 2014. An Addendum listing all Q&A, clarifications, etc. will be posted on the City’s website on or about COB Thursday, January 23, 2014. It is always the vendor’s responsibility to check the City’s website for any/all addenda.

A Bid Bond of ten percent (10%) shall be required with the submitted proposal. A Performance and Payment Bond of one hundred percent (100%) will be due prior to 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

Notice is given that article of incorporation, which incorporates Martinez Contractors, Inc. has been delivered to the Secretary of State for filiing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code.

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I WANT JOBS, JOBS, JOBS FOR BLACK PEOPLE. With the last reported official unemployment rate for African Americans at 12.5 percent, and the unofficial rate exceeding 25 percent, I’d really like to see some more jobs in the African-American community.

Joblessness leads to poverty, which leads to all kinds of maladies. While the stock market is soaring, is it too much to ask for a little job creation? Don’t Republicans, also, represent unemployed people? Help me, somebody. By the way, I’d like more jobs for everyone, but first things first.

And while we’re at it, why not fairer (and more equal) wages. There is talk of raising the minimum wage to $10 or more by 2015, and some states are already moving to wage levels even higher. More than half of those now earning the minimum wage are raising children. If their employers don’t pay enough for them to live on, the government will end up subsidizing their employers’ (and them) with programs such as SNAP (food stamps) and Section 8. Ooops! Those programs are being cut as well. What is a poor person to do in a nation that is both hostile to poor people and also absolutely needs them?

I want President Obama to say “Black” or “African American” sometime other than Black History Month.

And I’d like him to say it enthusiastically, not reluctant-A ly. His Dec. 4 speech on poverty issues in Washington, D.C. went a long way toward addressing the concerns (education, housing, poverty) of the least and the left out, but his lips won’t be permanently puckered in a putrid position if he managed to give his most loyal constituency a shout out. I guess I’ve been wishing for this for the past five years; I guess I’ll be wishing for the next few. (And don’t tell me that President Obama is president of everyone. He doesn’t cringe when saying Latino, women, or LGBT).

I want our Congress to think long-term and provide more dollars for education, and for HBCUs, especially, because they need more resources; most colleges that enroll fewer than 1,500 students with small endowments can use help. Many of these institutions are tuition-driven, which means that cuts in financial aid, in Pell grants or Parent-Plus loans cut these colleges hard. Cutting education while suggesting the labor force should be more skills based is like eating your

seed corn while hearing that food must be saved for less plentiful times.

I WANT CONGRESS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. As soon as another program is mentioned, recalcitrant Republicans and blue dog Democrats start worrying about cost. Here’s a thought – cut everything related to military spending except pensions. Or, how about getting rid of some of the hundreds of millions dollars spent on pork. What would happen if colleges such as Harvard and Yale (really, I’m not hating) got smaller grants or were required to partner with smaller schools when they get research grants, channeling a few dollars to those schools who really need them, and to the students who need more research opportunities.

I want Obamacare to work well. If affordable health care is part of the Obama legacy, then I want it to work, really work. It will take time for the president to live down the computer debacle, and heads should have rolled in response to the faulty rollout of the program.

By the end of the first quarter of 2014, Obamacare should be working seamlessly, and people should really be able to see a difference because Obamacare exists.

Bottom line – I’d like joy, peace, and economic justice by whatever means necessary. Happy New Year!

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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Middle school youngsters can make for a tough audience, especially on a mid-afternoon in December after they’ve put in a full day at school, and community volunteers show up bearing their best pearls of wisdom.

The combustible collision of intergenerational energy isn’t necessarily the most desirable village mosaic for the “Young People, I’m here to help you” spiel.

Experience tells us, we adults not only must be in sync with what’s on the minds of today’s young people, but we also need to communicate in mediums with which they are familiar. Being cool and succinct enough to hold the 60 seconds of attention today’s latch key crowd might begrudgingly afford us is a challenge we must meet. A verbal adaptation of the 140 character Twitter format might be just long enough to make your point with today’s adolescents.

On the same afternoon that the world received the shocking news of President Nelson Mandela’s passing, Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell and Health and Human Services facet members of the Buckhead/Cascade City Chapter of the Links Inc. gathered in the gymnasium of the W.W. Woolfolk Boys and Girls Club in Southwest Atlanta for an afterschool program assembly. The elementary school students were a captive audience – all anxious to be called on in response to Mitchell’s well prepared and engaging Q & A about healthy habits and the utility of community/ urban gardening. In sharp contrast were the eye rolling and not at all discrete bored yawns emanating from the older students. No doubt, they felt trapped by the seemingly impromptu gathering, and felt completely unconnected to the one-sided conversation on the virtues of growing and eating one’s own vegetables. Their blank expressions conveyed the sentiment: “You mean we’re supposed to like kale and get excited about raising it up out of our own urban dirt?”

Undaunted and determined to build the village literally from the ground up, we pressed forward in our message about important goal of self-sufficiency and the natural high brought about through healthy living. The assembly ended, and my Link Sisters and I headed to the garden with mulch, gloves, seedlings, gardening tools and a few newly converted pre-teen green thumbs. The afternoon ended successfully, and several of the young people committed to tending the vegetable garden in the New Year. A dedication of the green space to President Nelson Mandela and his quest for world peace is in the works.

Maybe this is just a small start with a few young people, but even if the vegetables they grow aren’t Whole Foods quality, I believe we will have planted an important seed for their life long development. I always leave the Woolfolk Boys and Girls Club confident that I’ve just spent a couple of hours mentoring a future councilman or judge or business owner. It’s a great way to end my workday. If you aren’t presently volunteering at a local school or community center, I urge you to

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Radio personality and Atlanta restaurant owner Frank Ski enjoys the 30th annual UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on Dec. 21, 2013, with his wife Tanya Parker-Rodriguez.

WXIA-TV anchors Karyn Greer and Brenda Wood pose for the camera with Kiss 104 radio personality Sasha the Diva and V-103 radio personality Tanya Parker-Rodriguez before serving as announcers for the Mayor’s Masked Ball.

Valerie Jackson, host of WABE’s “Between the Lines,” and widow of former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, stands with U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn, former CEO of Points of Light Foundation and daughter of former Georgia U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn.

Bahamas Consul General The Hon. Randy Rolle (from left) stands with Georgia Pacific Community Affairs Executive Charmaine Ward and Keith Millner.

High Museum of Art CFO Rhonda Matheison (right) and her husband Chris were among the nearly 1,200 guests at the ball that raised $900,000 for the UNCF.

Georgia Power External Affairs Manager John Kelley (right) enjoys the ball with his wife Verla.

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