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Louisiana jobless rate climbs in March for third straight month, but employer payrolls also up Louisiana’s unemployment rate rose in March for the third straight month, as fewer people reported having work.

The increase, reported Friday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, contrasts with a separate survey showing employer payrolls rose in Louisiana.

The jobless rate rose to 6.2 from 6 percent in February, though it remained below the 6.8 percent rate of March 2012.

The number of people in the labor force fell, but was outstripped by a larger decrease in the number of people who said they have jobs.

That drove up the number of unemployed Louisianans by almost 3,000 in March to above 129,000.

That’s below the nearly 143,000 in March 2012.

The national unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent in March from 7.7 percent in February. It was also below the 8.2 percent level of March 2012.

Nevada had the highest jobless rate among the states in March at 9.7 percent, while North Dakota again had the lowest rate at 3.3 percent.

The unemployment rate is calculated by a survey that asks how many people are looking for a job. A second survey each month asks employers how many people are on their payrolls, a measure many economists use as their top labor market indicator.

Louisiana nonfarm payrolls rose to 1.94 million in March, up by about 3,000 employees from February and almost 25,000 above March 2012 levels.

Adding workers were sectors including construction, manufacturing and trade, transportation and utilities. Payrolls dropped in the professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, financial activities and government sectors.

The state’s overall payrolls approached but did not quite reach the record level of last December.

Officials with the Louisiana Workforce Commission said that if the government sector was excluded, private nonfarm payrolls hit a new record.

“These numbers validate what we’ve been hearing from employers in many industries, See rate, on page 2

Azamat Tazhayakov (left) and Dias Kadyrbayev (middle) with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square in 2012.

Authorities have arrested three additional suspects in connection to the Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Police Department confirmed to Yahoo News. Two of the suspects are Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both Kazakh nationals who attended school with bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

One of their attorneys, Robert Stahl, said his clients will appear in federal court at 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday and that both plan to plead “not guilty.”

The U.S. attorney’s office identified the third suspect as Robel Phillipos, a U.S. citizen from Cambridge, Mass.

According to a statement issued by the U.S. attorney’s office, Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, both 19, are being charged with

“conspiracy to obstruct justice” for allegedly getting rid of a laptop computer and a backpack belonging to Tsarnaev. Phillipos, also 19, was charged with lying to federal investigators during the bombing investigation.

According to federal court documents, all three were classmates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and saw him after the bombings. When the FBI released photos of the bombing suspects on April 18, Phillipos texted Kadyrbayev to say that one of the suspects looked like Tsarnaev. According to the filing, Kadyrbayev saw the photo and then texted Tsarnaev to tell him the same thing.

“LOL,” Tsarnaev replied, according to the filing. The suspected bomber told his friend

to “come to my room and take whatever you want.”

Tazhayakov told investigators that upon seeing those texts, he believed he would never see Tsarnaev alive again.

Later that night, Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, who shared an apartment off campus, met Phillipos at Tsarnaev’s dorm room, where they spied a backpack containing fireworks that were “opened and emptied of powder” and other possible bomb-making components, according to court filings. Kadyrbayev allegedly told officials he knew at that moment that Tsarnaev was involved in the bombings, but instead of alerting police, he decided to remove the backpack and Tsarnaev’s laptop from the dorm to help his friend See suspects, on page 2

Earth Day 2013: Fun, Food, And Learning BATON ROUGE, LA –Louisiana celebrated Earth Day, an annual national event. SU Ag Center joined in the celebration which started on Sunday, April 21 from noon-8:30 pm in Downtown Baton Rouge. Booth 19 featured the SU Ag Center gardening and tobacco free-living information for participants. Participants learned about planting and harvesting crops for food as well as the side effects of using tobacco products. Southern University students volunteered to assist staff on educating the public about Ag Center gardening.

Educational materials and children’s activities took place from noon to 5 p.m. along North Boulevard while live entertainment featured from noon to 8:30 p.m.

This afternoon, Delmont Gardens Branch Library, on Lorraine Street, celebrated earth day with a program targeting surrounding community members of

Remembering Innocent Victims of Crime

Thousands of protestors participate in a May Day rally in Los Angeles.

Social media and text messaging have become indispensable organizing tools for advocates of a sweeping immigration overhaul, but street marches still have allure. Tens of thousands are expected to rally in dozens of cities from New York to Bozeman, Mont., part of an annual tradition on May 1.

Immigration Debate Gives Life to Annual Rallies LOS ANGELES - Demonstrators demanded an overhaul of immigration laws Wednesday in an annual, nationwide ritual that carried a special sense of urgency as Congress considers sweeping legislation that would bring many of the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows.

In New York, paper rats on sticks bobbed along Sixth Avenue as about 200 protesters set off from Bryant Park, chanting: “What do we want?

Justice! When do we want it?

Now!” The rats were intended to symbolize abused migrant workers.

May Day rallies were planned in dozens of other cities from Tampa, Fla., to Bozeman,

Mont. At a rally in Salem, Ore., Gov. John Kitzhaber planned to sign legislation to authorize drivers’ licenses for people living in the state without documentation.

“The invisible become visible on May 1,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, which organized what was expected to be the nation’s largest rally.

The crowds were not expected to approach the massive demonstrations of 2006 and 2007, during the last serious attempt to introduce major changes to the U.S. immigration system. Despite the large turnouts, many advocates of looser immigration laws felt they were See rallies, on page 2

May Is Air Quality Awareness Month In the State of Louisiana Ag Center staff Elwood and middle school student Wilson teach families how to grow seeds

all ages. Southern University Ag Center represented by Stephanie Elwood, Extension Associate for community gardens, taught attendees how to make and use recyclable flower pots. Visitors to the booth took home potted sunflower seeds to nurture and

enjoy. The Flower Lover’s Garden Guild also presented different types of flowers and plants alongside the Ag Center.

13-year old Reshay Wilson of Kenilworth Middle School asSee earth Day, on page 2

BATON ROUGE – Several organizations that work for cleaner air held a press conference at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality today to recognize Air Quality Awareness Month and to promote the Advance Program.

May is Air Quality Awareness month, both nationally and in Louisiana. While the air quality in Louisiana is better than it has been since the implementation of the Clean Air Act, May is also traditionally the start of

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ozone season. DEQ is encouraging citizens to become familiar with the Air Quality Index, to understand what causes ozone formation and to take voluntary steps to help prevent the formation, further improve air quality and meet or continue to meet the current national air quality standards.

Representatives from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Baton Rouge See air, on page 3

Religion News

The New Ark Baptist Church invites you to their “Spring Fest Extravaganza” Fashion Show & Taste Fest on Sunday May 19, 2013 at 3:00 pm and the church is located at 1344 Terrace Street...See Page 6

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SU Music Department The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office hosted its 3rd Annual Flowers on the Lake event at the BREC Park located at 3140 N. Sherwood Forest Drive in recognition of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. ...See Page 3

Southern University’s Department of Music will have a series of performances planned this week, culminating with a concert-fundraiser at Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church that will include the concert choir and concert bands..See Page 2

My Black is Beautiful

Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) awardwinning African-American consumer campaign My Black is Beautiful (MBIB) brought its message to the masses through film with the premiere of the Imagine a Future documentary...See Page 5

Alicia Keys In Washington, DC

Fourteen-time Grammy Awardwinning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys took part in a briefing at the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Washington, D.C. offices recently to introduce EMPOWERED..See Page 7

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SU Music Department Have Busy Week Of Performances BATON ROUGE, LA — Southern University’s Department of Music will have a series of performances planned next week, culminating with a concert-fundraiser at Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church on May 3 that will include the concert choir and concert bands.

The events show the diversity of music taught in the department and the wide range of talent by the students and faculty, said Professor of Music Charles Lloyd.

The recent event was the Concert Choir’s Spring Concert in the DeBose Recital Hall on the Baton Rouge campus.

Music Professor Dr. Joao Paulo Casarotti performed a piano recital recently in the DeBose Recital Hall on the Baton Rouge campus. That

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performance was followed by a student-performed piano recital in the DeBose Recital Hall.

Southern’s Symphonic Band held its annual concert in the Isaac Greggs Band Hall the band performed classical, contemporary and traditional music under the direction of Assistant Director of Bands Nathan Haymer. The event was free and

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“This was a fun engagement for everyone.”

There were performances by faculty and students that included a tribute to jazz great Duke Ellington.

The money raised is to be used for scholarships, instrument repairs, and other improvements in the department.

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“avoid trouble.”

The three stayed up all night watching bombing coverage, and amid reports that Tsarnaev was on the run, they threw the backpack and laptop in a trash bin near the apartment Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov shared in New Bedford, according to the court filings.

Federal investigators interviewed Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev on April 19, and on April 20, they were detained on civil immigration violations. They have been in federal custody since then. The two appeared in immigration court Wednesday morning. Court filings suggest the two came clean early

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The department’s fundraising event, Potpourri: The Sounds of Spring” concert; was held at Mount Pilgrim, located at 9700 Scenic Hwy. It will feature Music Department ensembles including the choir and concert bands.

“Our Students were excited about these events,” Director of Bands Lawrence Jackson said.

on about their efforts to conceal evidence related to Tsarnaev’s alleged role in the bombings.

But federal officials have charged Phillipos with repeatedly lying to investigators about his role—insisting again and again that he didn’t remember going to Tsarnaev’s dorm room or removing possible evidence. But during his fourth interview on April 26, Phillipos allegedly admitted he had lied to federal agents and signed a confession detailing his role in the cover-up.

On April 26, federal investigators found Tzarnaev’s backpack at a nearby landfill, according to court documents. But it’s unclear if the his laptop has been recovered.

If convicted, the three could each face as much as $250,000 in fines. Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev also face a maximum sentence of five years in prison apiece, while

Phillipos faces as much as eight years in prison. Stahl and Harlan Protass, the other criminal defense attorney tapped to represent Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev on the new federal charges (it’s unclear who’s representing Phillipos), are expected to make a statement after Wednesday’s hearing.

Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old college student, is charged with killing three and injuring more than 200 in the two bombs last month. He is in custody at a federal prison medical facility at Fort Devens, 40 miles outside of Boston, where he is being treated for injuries incurred in a shootout with police before his arrest. His older brother and suspected co-bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed while fleeing arrest.

In a statement, the Police Department said there was no threat to public safety at this time.

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outmaneuvered by opponents who flooded congressional offices with phone calls and faxes at the behest of conservative talk-radio hosts.

Now, immigrant advocacy groups are focusing heavily on calling and writing members of Congress, using social media and other technology to target specific lawmakers. Reform Immigration for America, a network of groups, claims more than 1.2 million subscribers, including recipients of text messages and Facebook followers.

A phone blitz targeting Republican U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch produced 100 calls a day to the Utah lawmaker’s office last week, said Jeff Parcher, communications director for the Center for Community Change, which works on technology-driven advocacy for the network of groups. After Hatch was quoted Sunday in The Salt Lake Tribune saying immigration reform couldn’t wait, a message went out to call his office with thanks.

Gabriel Villalobos, a Spanish-language talk radio host in Phoenix, said many of his callers believe it is the wrong time for marches, fearful that that any unrest could sour public opinion on immigration reform. Those callers advocate instead for a low-key approach of calling members of Congress.

“The mood is much calmer,” said Villalobos, who thinks the marches are still an important

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show of political force.

Salas, whose group is known as CHIRLA, dates the May Day rallies to a labor dispute with a restaurant in the city’s Koreatown neighborhood that drew several hundred demonstrators in 2000. Crowds grew each year until the House of Representatives passed a tough bill against illegal immigration, sparking a wave of enormous, angry protests from coast to coast in 2006.

The rallies, which coincide with Labor Day in many countries outside the U.S., often have big showings from labor leaders and elected officials.

Demonstrators marched in countries around the world, with fury in Europe over austerity measures and rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months alone.

The New York crowd was a varied bunch of labor groups, immigrant activists and demonstrators unaffiliated with any specific cause. Among them was 26-year-old Becky Wartell, who was carrying a tall puppet of the Statue of Liberty.

“Every May Day, more groups that have historically considered themselves separate from one another come together,” she said.

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that business is really looking up,” Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Curt Eysink said in a statement.

The broadest measure of those who are unemployed averaged 11.9 percent in Louisiana during 2012, the most recent figures available. That number includes people who are looking

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for work only sporadically, have given up looking or are working part time because they can’t find a full-time job.

Nationwide, that broad measure averaged 14.7 percent during the same time.

Parish-level jobless rates will be released later.

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sisted Elwood. Reshay says she is learning and helping because she has done this before.

“Last year, Ms. Stephanie came by my house and asked my mom if she would like a garden by the house. Mom said yes. So she planted a garden with cucumbers, squash and some herbs.

Then I signed up for the 2012 Summer Garden ‘Program” at the Southern. Now I like showing other people how to grow things like sunflower.” Reshay is on spring break this week.

For more information, visit Louisiana Earth Day at http:// www.laearthday.org

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Baton Rouge Greek Festival Flowers on the Lake Event to Remember 2013 Festival Activities Innocent Victims of Crime in Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA - The festival begins at 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Town Square at 222 North Boulevard.

Live Greek Band “Alpha Omega Sound” from Atlanta, GA providing continuous Greek music.

Live stage performances by the Hellenic Greek Dancers from New Orleans and the Baton Rouge Belly Dancers Association with live audience participation: “Learn to Greek Dance.”

Greek Cuisine for sale in outdoor food tents: Sliced Gyros (lamb and beef) & Chicken Pita sandwiches Grilled, marinated Pork Souvlaki on skewers with pita bread Grilled Leg of Lamb and Lamb Chops prepared by George Economides, “The Lamb King” of Baton Rouge!

Dolmades: rolled stuffed grape leaves with spices, rice and lemon Greek Salad with Feta Cheese, peppers and ol-

ives; (small & large) Pastries: Greek Baklava and assorted Greek cookies, coffee for sale; water, soft drinks, beer, Greek wines and Ouzo by the glass; imported specialty Greek food items (olives, olive oil, candies), arts, crafts, jewelry, apparel and icon vendors, and Official 2013 festival posters for sale, signed by artist Alla Baltas; original painting to be auctioned for charity.

Grecian-style hair braiding and chair massages by employees of Garrett Neal Studio for donations to charity Contact LATAN 225-9259500 for registration details or register online at www.latan. org; Early Bird registration by April 15, 2013 includes T-shirt, festival drink and food vouchers. Produced by Baton Rouge Greek Festival, Inc. For more information call 225-767-7163

Black Dragon Wins Big At Battle Of The Belts Tournament BATON ROUGE -- On Saturday, April 20, Black Dragon Martial Arts, LLC, of Prairieville, attended the Battle of the Belts Martial Arts tournament hosted by Grandmaster Larry Billingslea at the Highland Road BREC Park. The tournament was held to support the Baton Rouge Food Bank.

Black Dragon was well represented by Master Ken Ducote, owner of the school, nine of the students, their families and supporters of the school. Team Black Dragon won the following awards: Chelsey Leblanc-1st place in forms (times 2) and 3rd place in sparring. Chelsey is a red belt and had to compete against two black belts in the sparring match.

Jame’ Hood-1st place in sparring, 2nd place in forms and 2nd place in weapons (Sai) Bryan Coppola-1st place in sparring, 3rd place in forms

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and 1st place in weapons (sword) Thomas Andrews Black Dragon Martial Arts thanks Grandmaster Billingslea for inviting them to be a part of such a worthy cause.

Black Dragon Martial Arts is known for its social involvement in the community, for sport Taekwondo, Tactical Hapkido (non-sport self defense) and women’s self defense known as Conflict Continuum. Black Dragon is also known for its warm, friendly, family atmosphere.

Master Ken Ducote is the Louisiana State Director for the Tactical Hapkido/ Universal Taekwondo Alliance under Grandmaster Barry Rodemaker.

For more information about Black Dragon Martial Arts, call (225) 571-2405 or check their website at www. blackdragonmartialartsllc.com.

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Clean Cities Coalition, Capital Region Planning Commission and Greater Baton Rouge Clean Cities Coalition participated.

When conditions are right, the air pollutant known as ozone is formed. It is formed by a chemical reaction on hot days when the pollutants, known as nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, cook under a hot sun. Ozone formation is most prevalent between May 1 and Sept. 30, but it can occur at other times. When people limit the formation of ozone-causing pollutants, there is a chance the ozone formation may decrease or not form at all.

Many areas of that state, including Shreveport, Lake Charles, Houma/Thibodaux and New Orleans, have joined the Ozone Advance Program set up by the U S Environmental Protection Agency to plan and put in measures to

prevent their area from becoming a nonattainment area for ozone and PM2.5, fine particulate matter.

Some steps the public can take include: walking, biking, carpooling, using mass transit and ride sharing. Use gasolinepowered engines after 6 p.m. and fuel your car when it’s cool.

When running errands, plan and combine them for less driving.

Conserve energy in your home and buy energy efficient appliances. Good air quality is every ones responsibility.

Information on air quality can be sent to the public, automatically, by email or text, by subscribing to EnviroFlash. This free system, provided by DEQ in conjunction with the EPA, allows citizens to receive daily or on demand air quality information and ensures that the public receives Ozone Action Day alerts and other pertinent air quality information.

Meet Your Neighbor Day in Baton Rouge

Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle

Criminal Justice leadership that participated was EBR Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, EBR District Attorney Hillar Moore, and U.S. Attorney Don Cazayoux.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office hosted its 3rd Annual Flowers on the Lake event at the BREC Park located at 3140 N. Sherwood Forest Drive in recognition of National Crime Victims’ Rights

Week. During this ceremony victims and those affected by crime placed flowers on the lake in remembrance and recognition of victims of crime.

Criminal Justice leadership that participated was EBR Sheriff

Sid Gautreaux, EBR District Attorney Hillar Moore, and U.S. Attorney Don Cazayoux.

For additional information, please contact Casey Rayborn Hicks CRHicks@EBRSO. ORG.

BATON ROUGE, LA Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle, along with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, BREC, BRAVE and CATS are sponsoring a “Meet Your Neighbor Day” on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Howell Park. Area residents are invited to come out and enjoy a funfilled day, including a Bar-BQue Cook-off Competition. If you are interested in entering the competition, contact Cheryl Ford, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center Director at 389-8698 by May 1, 2013.

This event will also include a health fair, free food, face painting, educational seminars, prizes, and much more!

Louisiana Motorcycle Deaths Level Off BATON ROUGE — Helmet use, operator training and motorist awareness are factors that could be contributing to a three-year leveling off of motorcycle deaths in Louisiana, according to highway safety officials.

Gov. Bobby Jindal has proclaimed May as Motorcyclist Awareness and Safety Month in Louisiana. In recognition of the designation, the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission on Sunday helped sponsor the annual Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Rally in front of the state Capitol. “ Louisiana citizens recognize the fact that all licensed vehicle operators have the same rights and privileges on our state roads and highways; and all motorists should be aware of their surroundings while driving,” the governor said in the proclamation.

Lt. Col. John LeBlanc, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, said motorcycle safety involves operators of both motorcycles and other vehicles sharing the road.

“Operator training, proper use of safety equipment and keeping sober are key factors in motorcycle safety,” LeBlanc said. “Also very important is that drivers of other vehicles be aware and respectful of motorcycles that are sharing the road.”

Preliminary data for 2012 shows that 75 people were killed in motorcycle crashes that year, down moderately from 79 in 2011.

Motorcycle fatalities in Louisiana spiked in 2009 when 104 people died in crashes. In 2011, the most recent year for which statistics are final, motorcycle fatalities represented almost 12 percent of all highway deaths in Louisiana.

One-third of 2011 motorcycle fatalities involved alcohol and 44

percent of the deaths involved a single vehicle.

Observational surveys have shown near 100 percent compliance with Louisiana ‘s law that requires all motorcycle riders to wear approved helmets.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety sponsors motorcycle operator training courses that, when completed success-

fully, facilitate the process for obtaining the required endorsement on a motorcycle operator’s driver’s license. In order to obtain a motorcycle endorsement on their driver’s license, state law requires motorcycle operators to pass tests specifically designed for operating a two-wheel motorized vehicle.

However, persons who successfully complete an approved motor-

cycle safety-training course, such as those offered by the Department of Public Safety can obtain the necessary license endorsement without taking additional tests.

Information about the DPS courses is available at www.lahighwaysafety.org.

Contact Elaine Rougeau at 225-925-6846 for additional information.

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Racial Wealth Divide Is 3 Times Wider Than Income Gap, Threatening Economic Opportunity Why have middle-income blacks and Hispanics seen little, if any, improvement in their economic status relative to whites?

New research from the Urban Institute’s Opportunity and Ownership Project points to an ever-widening wealth chasm.

In 2010, white families averaged six times the wealth of black and Hispanic households ($632,000 versus $98,000 and $110,000, respectively), up from a 5-to-1 ratio in 1983. Wealth is total assets, such as bank and retirement accounts and home value, minus debts, including mortgages, student loans, and credit card balances.

The income gap, by comparison, is much smaller. In 2010, the average household income for whites was $89,000, about twice the $46,000 average for black and Hispanic families and roughly the same ratio as in 1983.

As whites, blacks, and Hispanics age, their wealth trajectories -- in absolute and relative terms -- diverge sharply. Early in their wealth-building years (ages 32– 40), white families in 1983 had an average net worth of $184,000.

In 2010, near their peak wealthbuilding period (ages 59–67), their net worth was up to $1.1 million.

In contrast, average black wealth rose from $54,000 to $161,000, while Hispanic wealth increased from $46,000 to $226,000.

Propelling this growing wealth wedge is the lower likelihood that blacks and Hispanics own homes and retirement accounts.

For instance, in 2010, fewer than half of black and Hispanic families owned homes, while three-quarters of white families did.

Between 2007 and 2010, Hispanic families’ wealth plummeted 44 percent, due largely to falling home prices. Black wealth dropped 31 percent, a product of hits to their retirement assets and

high rates of unemployment during the Great Recession (2007–09).

White wealth skidded 11 percent.

“Wealth isn’t just money in the bank, it’s insurance against tough times, tuition to get a better education and a better job, savings to retire on, and a springboard into the middle class. In short, wealth translates into opportunity,” SigneMary McKernan, Caroline Ratcliffe, Eugene Steuerle, and Sisi Zhang wrote in “Less than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation.”

Because Hispanics and blacks are disproportionately low income, the researchers said, their wealth prospects are strongly affected by safety net policies aimed at low-income families. These policies emphasize consumption, such as having enough food to eat, and often discourage saving by making families ineligible if they have a few thousand dollars socked away.

At the same time, most wealthbuilding policies are of limited benefit to families of color, who are less likely to tap into tax subsidies for home mortgages and retirement accounts.

“Reforming policies like the mortgage interest tax deduction so it benefits all families, and helping families enroll in automatic savings vehicles, will help improve wealth inequality and promote saving opportunities for all Americans,” the researchers concluded.

“Less than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation” was funded by the Ford Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The researchers used the 1983 to 2010 editions of the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances.

Please contact Stu Kantor at (202) 261-5283 or by e-mail skantor@urban.org for more information.

Like Cholesterol, Some Discrimination is Good

By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I was on “Washington Watch with Roland Martin” last week.

This is a weekly TV show that deals with Black political issues, among other things. The roundtable discussion was very lively, but I was amazed at my fellow panelists’ response to something I said.

Americans somehow have this strange notion that all discrimination is bad. But it isn’t.

We discriminate every day. You choose one restaurant over another; you watch one TV show versus another; you date skinny girls and not heavy girls.

As a matter of fact, some discrimination is quite healthy. If you know drug dealers sell their drugs in certain neighborhoods, why would you go there if you have no interest in buying drugs?

If you are allergic to smoke, why would you go to a bar that allows smoking? If certain countries are more likely to kidnap an American tourist, why would you go there if you are an American?

I think most reasonable people would agree that this type of discrimination is good and healthy.

Similarly, our immigration policy should have a certain level of discrimination built into the policy. I was totally surprised that my fellow panelists disagreed. They seemed to be in favor of an open borders approach to immigration. The open borders crowd basically believes that anyone who wants to come to America has a right to come here if they follow the rules.

I find this view very idiotic.

If you are not an American citizen, then you have absolutely no basis for the assertion of any right. Post 911, at a minimum, our immigration policy should discriminate based on country of origin. We

know that certain countries are a hotbed for producing terrorist: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Chechnya, etc. So, why would our immigration policy even allow people from those countries to come to the U.S. for any reason, let alone to get a green card or citizenship?

Is this discrimination? You betcha —it’s the good kind of discrimination. Just as you can have good and bad cholesterol, the same applies to discrimination. What we call affirmative action is called “positive discrimination” in France.

You don’t see terrorists being trained in Australia, the Seychelles, or Trinidad & Tobago, so therefore there should be less concern about immigrants from these countries.

Is this not reasonable?

American visas, green cards and citizenship are not enshrined rights, but are privileges. No one has a right to enter into our country and we don’t need to justify our requirements for admittance into the U.S. I am sure my fellow panelists would agree that an 80-year old-woman should not have to go through secondary screening at the airport before she gets on an airplane. Why? Because she is very unlikely to have a bomb or other weapon on her body. Is this not profiling? How many 80 year old female terrorists have you read about? Exactly my point.

But these same panelists took issue with me for saying that America should deny entry and student visas for people from certain countries. Is it discriminatory? Yes. Is it appropriate and reasonable? Yes. Does that mean every person from a country known to produce terrorists is a terrorist themselves?

Of course not, but that is not the See good, on page 5

Remembering How Black South Africans Won their Freedom

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A trip to South Africa provides painful reminders of the protracted struggle to establish democracy, how the United States propped up the White minorityrule government and the courage Black South Africans demonstrated to win their freedom.

A key aspect of the struggle is vividly captured in the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in the heart of Soweto, not far from the homes of Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. The name of the museum itself is steeped in unforgettable history. The most compelling image of the Soweto student protest of 1976 is a photo taken by Sam Nzima.

In the foreground of a crowd of Black student protesters is a tearful Mbuyisa Makhuba, a high school student, running with the small, limp body of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson and his screaming sister, Antoinette, running beside them.

The teenager’s story is told inside the museum under the heading, “An individual life can change society.” It begins: “Hector Pieterson lost his life under police fire on June 16, 1976 during a student march protesting Afrikaans as the language of instruction in African schools. He was thirteen years old. News of his death and the violence that subsequently erupted in most African townships in South Africa spread rap-

idly across the world. In his death Hector Pieterson became a symbol of the plight of the black South African youth under the yoke of Apartheid.”

It continued, “His public funeral commemorated, as does this museum, all those who died as a result of the tragic events of June 16, 1976 – a turning point in the struggle towards a true South African democracy.”

Hector Pieterson became one of many martyrs of the fight against apartheid, a rigid system of racial segregation designed to keep the White minority in control of the country’s political, economic and social system.

In fact, Pieterson’s last protest march was prompted by the ruling National Party’s decision to force Black schools to use Afrikaans – which Bishop Desmond Tutu called “the language of oppression” – and English in equal measure.

On April 20, 1976, students at Orlando West Junior High School went on strike, refusing to go to school. The protest quickly spread to other schools in Soweto. On the morning of June 16, an estimated 20,000 students started walking from the junior high school to Orlando Stadium, where they had planned to hold a mass rally before continuing to the regional office of the Department of Bantu Education.

Instead of allowing the students to walk peacefully, police barricaded the march route and unleashed dogs on the crowd. Ac-

cording to some news accounts, students stoned the dogs and police soon began opening fire on the students, killing 13-year-old Pieterson and 22 others that day, all but two of whom were Black.

At the end of a series of protests, called the Soweto uprising, estimates of those killed ranged from 176 to more than 600.

The violent attack on the children thrust the African National Congress (ANC) to the forefront of Black political protest and ignited international protests. But that did not curb the all-White police force’s appetite for violence.

A quote from Steve Lebelo, a student at Madibane High School, describes the violence that was inflicted on the community in the immediate aftermath of Pieterson’s death. The quote, which also hangs in the museum, recalls: “It was on the 17th and 18th, when police went out and systematically were killing people. I do know that suddenly there was the infamous green car. It was a 3800 Chev, it was a green car, and at the time they were used mostly by the police. We suspected that they had a sniper in there who picked up people at random and shot and killed them. I do know a friend of mine who was killed on the 19th of June, under the same circumstances. He had gone to the shop, and as he came back from the shop carrying a litre of milk, he was shot by a sniper and killed.”

Above the quote is a photo of a green Chevrolet, loaded with White men, with rifles sticking

out of the windows.

There are other reminders throughout the museum. There is a picture of a small, naked child being drenched in a bottle of water to soothe her pain in tears. Another photograph contains student protesters, with one holding up a sign reading, “To hell with Afrikaans.”

Erected in 2002, the museum honors the memory of the students who died in the uprising. A brick bearing each name is built into the ground just steps from the entrance of the museum, which is only two blocks away from where Pieterson was killed.

The inscription about Hector Pieterson in the museum ends by noting, “When National Youth Day is celebrated each year on June 16 at the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum, it becomes a national site of commemoration, also reflecting current changes in the articulation of the South African democracy.”

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter. com/currygeorge.

Gun Vote Revives Civil Rights Memories

By William Reed NNPA Columnist Ask anyone you know and you’ll find most Americans don’t see the validity of the issue of reparations for Blacks and don’t connect the dots to see how the injustice of the past shapes everyday life in America. The father of America’s contemporary reparations movement was Ray Jenkins, who died in 2009.

In the 1950s, Jenkins earned the name “Reparations Ray” for speaking around Detroit about “the debt” America owed Blacks “for enslavement of their ancestors.”

Jenkins found attentive audiences, but reparations never really has taken hold and has been ridiculed as loud in the ghettos as they are among Whites in suburbia.

Since “Reparations Ray” died, octogenarian Robert L. Brock, an attorney and president of the “Self Determination Committee” has become the face of the movement.

A legend among reparations activists, Brock first filed a reparations class action suit in 1956. His Ashton vs. Lynn Park case went to the Supreme Court. Brock says, “The wealth of America is our legal property. But we must make our

legal claims to get money.”

By 1965, Brock was demanding $500,000 for “each descendant of a slave of African ancestry.”

“Claim What’s Yours!!! Find Out How to Make Your Legal Claim” was a banner headline across the pages of Black newspapers during the 1980s and 1990s. The ads were placed and paid for by Brock.

Many of the ads procalimed: “Black People in United States have been wondering what they need to do to get paid for the ‘forty (40) Acres’ and ‘a mule’ they never received. Well, it is easier than you think. You must: (1) File a Claim for it (2) To do this, send your name and address, along with $50.00.”

Primarily through Black media and networks, Brock’s campaign produced more than 500,000 filed claims. His activities garnered him the ire of the government and majority media innuendos that he was advocating “tax rebates” for slave descendants.

According to Brock, his procedure required slave descendants to 1) get a claim form, 2) fill it out, 3) get it notarized, 4) return it to Brock with $50 for processing and filing with the United Nations and 5) wait to hear back.

Undeterred, Brock worked

with the late Johnnie L. Cochran and his reparations for slavery lawsuit against the United States as well as with Randall Robinson on his pursuit of “The Debt.” Brock says “a debt is owed Blacks for the centuries of unpaid slave labor that built America’s early economy and money from discriminatory wage and employment patterns Blacks have been subjected to since emancipation.” He chides Blacks in America for “damping down discussions about reparations during the presidency of a Black man.”

Before being confined by health problems, Brock was holding meetings across America supporting Congressman John Conyers’ H.R. 40 Bill “to form a Commission to Study Reparations for African-Americans.” For almost two decades Brock spoke at forums with Conyers endorsing the concept of a study of reparations for Blacks.

Since becoming House Judiciary Committee chair in 1989 and its ranking member since Republicans gained control of the chamber, Conyers was celebrated as he made a yearly ritual of “submitting” bill H.R. 40 in Congress. Detroit Congressman Conyers perpetrated a

25-year political charade when he asserted that he was submitting reparations legislation every year, but he “couldn’t get it out of committee.” Surprisingly, Conyers now says reparations are “too controversial to pursue at this time.”

Are all Black Americans of the same mindset as Conyers?

Have conversations regarding rectifying economic injustices done to Blacks completely died? The vestiges of slavery and segregation continue for Blacks. Yet, the first Black to head the House Judiciary Committee now says reparations are “too controversial to pursue.”

What’s going on when Blacks hold high positions and offices that the level of discussion about the absence of wealth, work, educational, and economic equity among them is still muted?

Brock says, “The time is ripe to move the reparations movement to the top of the American agenda.”

What say you?

William Reed is head of the Business Exchange Network and available for speaking/seminar projects through the Bailey Group.org.

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Large Majority Of Small Businesses Favor Minimum Wage Increase In New National Poll Employers Across Political Spectrum Say Raise Would Boost Business and Help Economy Washington, DC – In contrast to their conventional portrayal, small business owners overwhelmingly favor increasing the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour, according to a scientific national poll released today. The minimum wage was last increased in 2009.

Two out of three small business owners (67%) support increasing the federal minimum wage and adjusting it yearly to keep up with the cost of living.

The strong support for a minimum wage raise is particularly striking since the small business owners are all employers and predominately Republican.

Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research on behalf of Small Business Majority conducted the poll March 4-10, 2013.

“This new national poll confirms what we’ve been saying all along – increasing the minimum wage will help small businesses, not hurt us,” said Lew Prince, Co-Owner of Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis and a leader in Business for a Fair Minimum Wage. “As I recently testified before Congress, workers will spend their minimum wage increase at local businesses buying the basics they can’t afford now. And adjust-

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ing the minimum wage annually for inflation would make it easier for businesses to predict labor costs and consumer demand.”

The poll shows 65% of small business owners agree that “increasing the minimum wage will help the economy because the people with the lowest incomes are the most likely to spend any pay increases buying necessities they could not afford before, which will boost sales at businesses. This will increase the customer demand that businesses need to retain or hire more employees.”

Greater New York Chamber of Commerce CEO Mark Jaffe said, “I’m not surprised the poll indicates strong business support for increasing the minimum wage. That’s what our members have told us. It makes good economic sense. A minimum wage increase will boost the consumer demand that spurs businesses to hire and grow.”

Other key poll findings include: 85% of small business owners pay all of their employees more than the minimum wage.

65% of small business owners agree “It is not right that people working full time earn just $15,080 a year at the minimum wage, which is significantly lower than it was in the 1960s, adjusting for inflation. Increasing the minimum wage would allow people to afford basic necessities and decrease the pressure on taxpayer-financed government See poll, on page 7

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overriding issue in my decision to deny them entry into the U.S. I am sure there are many good people from countries that are known for producing terrorists; but I am not willing to take a chance, just for the sake of making Americans feel good.

If you are the parent of a young boy, would you leave him alone with a Catholic priest? I wouldn’t. And most of you wouldn’t, either. I would venture to think that most Catholic priests are good people, but I am not willing to sacrifice my son’s safety to prove a point.

The two brothers from Chechnya who committed the bombings in Boston should have never been allowed in the U.S.

Is this an indictment of all people from Chechnya? No. It simply means that the U.S. is exercising its sovereignty to determine who is admitted to its shores. This is a very reasonable and smart approach to our immigration policy.

To do anything else is a reckless disregard for the future and safety of our country.

Raynard Jackson is president & CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC., a Washington, D.C.-based public relations/ government affairs firm. He can be reached through his Web site, www.raynardjackson.com. You can also follow him on Twitter at raynard1223.

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Procter & Gamble’s My Black is Beautiful Debuts Imagine a Future Documentary in New York CINCINNATI -- Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) award-winning African-American consumer campaign My Black is Beautiful (MBIB) brought its message to the masses through film with the premiere of the Imagine a Future documentary in association with Tribeca Film Institute this past Sunday, April 21st in New York City. In partnership with UNCF and BLACK GIRLS ROCK!, MBIB hosted an intimate screening of the Imagine a Future documentary for prominent film industry influencers and distinguished guests, offering them a first look at the film that examines beauty and self-esteem issues that challenge black women and girls. Imagine a Future marks MBIB’s inaugural foray into the film space and serves as a tangible tool aimed at inciting a dialogue around beauty amongst AfricanAmerican women and driving them to action.

The seven-year MBIB campaign was launched with the goal of fueling a national conversation about black beauty while encouraging women to become catalysts for change in their local communities.

Since its inception, My Black is Beautiful has developed a successful and engaging online and offline community and has celebrated, empowered and connected generations of black women everywhere by championing their desire to express their best and most beautiful selves. In 2012 MBIB took its mission a step further by enlisting the support of community organizations BLACK GIRLS ROCK! And UNCF to launch an initiative aimed at positively impacting the lives of one million black girls over three years. The initiative, entitled “Imagine a Future,” documents the current state of black beauty, provides an in-depth look at the influences of young black girls, and equips the community with tools and solutions such as scholarships, leadership camps for teen girls, online consumer interactive tools, and the Imagine a Future documentary.

“As a natural evolution of the MBIB mission, we were happy to work with UNCF and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! To launch the “Imagine a Future” initiative last year and we are excited to

Attached is the accompanying photograph. The caption reads: From left, Director Shola Lynch, actress and director Jodie Foster, actress Gabourey Sidibe, documentary lead Janet Goldsboro, director and producer Lisa Cortes, and executive producer Beverly Bond at the premiere of the “Imagine a Future” documentary presented by P&G’s My Black is Beautiful on Sunday, April 21, 2013, in New York City, NY. (Brian Ach /AP Images for Procter & Gamble)

take our work a step further by providing the community with a documentary that is both powerful and informative,” said Associate Marketing Director, NA Media and Multicultural Marketing, Lauren Hoenig. “Our hope is that this documentary will aid in altering the current perceptions, conversations and societal implications that come with negative self-image and low self-esteem of young black girls.

Through the “Imagine a Future” initiative and partnership with organizations UNCF and BLACK GIRLS ROCK!, P&G continues to reinforce its long-standing commitment within the multicultural space and desire to facilitate a community wherein black women everywhere can change the conversation and help us create a beautiful future for young black girls.”

Directed and produced by Lisa Cortés, Academy-Award nominated for Precious, directed

by Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners director, Shola Lynch, and executive produced by BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Founder and NAACPAward winner Beverly Bond, Imagine a Future follows the story of Delaware teen Janet Goldsboro as she travels to South Africa to examine the historical and present beauty and self-esteem issues that challenge black women and

girls. Infused with the perspectives of renowned media personalities such as Mikki Taylor, Gabourey Sidibe, Michaela Angela Davis, Tatyana Ali, Gabrielle Douglas and Melissa Harris-Perry, their stories compliment Janet’s journey of selfdiscovery by focusing on black beauty insecurities and examining the images of black women in the media.

“Janet’s story is one that is prevalent in our community, and many young black girls can relate to her beauty and self-image issues,” said Lisa Cortés, Director and Producer. “It was an amazing experience capturing her journey as she traveled to South Africa to explore depictions of black beauty throughout history. My hope is that through sharing the stories of the individuals in this film, we are

able to impact the lives of black women and girls and help change their perceptions of black beauty.”

The Imagine a Future documentary will air on BET on July 5, 2013 at 10 PM ET/9 PM CT and on Centric on July 6th at 9 PM ET/8 PM CT. The film will also be available for online viewing on the My Black is Beautiful YouTube channel.

Viewers are encouraged to learn more about the “Imagine a Future” initiative and join MBIB in changing the conversation by visiting myblackisbeautiful.com and facebook.com/MBIB. There, the community will be able to download an informative Imagine a Future discussion guide that will provide insightful informaSee debuts, on page 7

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Promotion Comes From The Lord

By Donald Lee James 4:10 says, Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up. And Proverbs 21:1 complements this scripture by adding, The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it withersoever He will.

I don’t know about you, but I take great delight in these scriptures. For they reassure me that my heavenly Father’s got me covered.

In other words, if I’m in a situation where I’m being dealt with unfairly or unjustly by someone else in authority (like a mean supervisor, an unjust judge in the judicial system or any other example that comes to mind), my Father, God, steps in and gives me favor with the very one (in authority) who’s intention was to put me down.

What the Lord wants you to know, child of God, is if you’ve believed Him for a promotion on your job, do a reassessment of your own character. Make certain that there isn’t anything in you, such as a bitter heart --- a heart of unforgiveness or strife --- that would hinder God’s move in your life regarding the area of promotion.

So, you seek to be promoted on the job? You desire to be a supervisor, someone in upper management? Are you a good follower? In other words, can your supervisor depend on you? When your supervisor makes a move that you don’t particularly agree with, how do you respond to that move?

The way you answer these questions is a reflection of what’s See lord, on page 7

Why Can’t We Just Have Fun? Dr. James L. Snyder The great pastime of America throughout the years has been sports. Americans have been ingenious in turning something simple into a sport for everyone to enjoy. I must say I have enjoyed my share of sports.

When younger, I was a baseball fan. I went to as many games as possible. The Stadium in Baltimore Maryland was just a few minutes from my house so I could visit it often, and I often did. I did not really care who won the game as long as it was a good game played, not to mention the hotdogs.

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage accused me of going to ball games just to eat hotdogs. Whenever I would return from a ballgame the first question would be, not who won the game but, “How many hotdogs did you eat?”

If the truth was known, and you will not get it from me, many a hotdog sacrificed itself at a ballgame. After all, when you are watching a ballgame, who has time to keep track of how many hotdogs, you are eating?

I did have a moment of anxiety once when my wife threatened to weigh me before the game and then weigh me after the game to see if I had eaten too many hotdogs. When she first mentioned it I laughed, but I noticed she was not laughing, which caused me some deep concern.

Fortunately, for me it never got to that but came perilously close.

Nothing is more relaxing on a Saturday afternoon than sitting in a ballpark watching a ballgame in progress. Somehow, all the cares of the world seem to flutter away while watching the game.

It all ended for me one summer.

I had come into the house from some chore and my wife greeted me by saying, “Do you know your ball team is on strike?”

I looked at her, laughed and said, “I know. They get three strikes and then they’re out. That’s the way they play the game.” I winked at her and

Rev. James L. Snyder laughed good-naturedly. “Finally,” I said to her, “you’re coming to understand what the game is all about.”

“No, you don’t understand.

Your team is on strike.”

“I get you, and this Saturday I’m going to go and watch them strike again.”

It took me a while but finally my wife got through the thickness of my skull and got me to understand the strike she was talking about was not the strike I was talking about. It is always nice when people are on the same page.

In a marriage situation, the biggest challenge a couple has is staying on the same page.

Even though the husband and wife might be reading the same book, for some reason wives have the ability to read three or four chapters ahead. When a husband tries to correct her she impatiently says, “We were on that page last week. Try to keep up.”

Try as we might, it is a rare husband who can keep up. But we try.

When I got up to the same page as my wife about the baseball team on strike, I was feeling rather low. “What do you think about your baseball game now,” she taunted.

As it turned out, the baseball team was actually out on strike and if I remember correctly, we missed the whole season that year. They were on strike for, you will never guess, more money.

Up to that point, I thought the players played because they

loved the game. Boy was I on the wrong page with that. I went to games because I love the game and it did not matter to me who won or lost as long as it was a good game.

Now, to find out that my heroes, if you can call them such, were primarily interested in money was disheartening. I have never been able to watch a game since with the same excitement I did before.

Why can’t we just have fun? Why does life have to be such a battle? Why can’t we have a baseball game just for the fun of it?

Recently, I attended a baseball game at the local high school. I thought I would just go and enjoy the game. I did not know any of the players; I just wanted to enjoy the game.

Then I met an unfamiliar phenomenon of high school baseball. Parents of baseball players!

The game started as normal but soon the air exploded with shouting and yelling in the stands. I did not quite understand what all the noise was about at the time. Two women, imagine that, got in a fistfight over the ballgame! They were mothers of two of the players on opposite teams.

That was just the beginning of the shouting and the yelling that afternoon. As I walked away, I sadly shook my head and said to myself, “Why can’t we just have fun?”

I believe the Preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes explains it well. “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit” (Ecclesiastes 1:14 KJV).

Some are so caught up in the vanity and vexations of life that they never know what it is like to just enjoy life. Why can’t we just have a little bit of fun?

Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313, Ocala, FL 34483. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores.

Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net.

His web site is www.jamessnyderministries.com.

New Ark Baptist Church to Host “Spring Fest Extravaganza” Fashion Show, Taste Fair

BATON ROUGE, LA - The New Ark Baptist Church invites you to their “Spring Fest Extravaganza” Fashion Show & Taste Fest on Sunday May 19, 2013 at 3:00 pm and the church is located at 1344 Terrace Street.

You can call the church at 225-344-0858 or by e-mail at www.

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For Ticket information call Sister Pamela Hall at 225-907-9701 Everyone is invited to attend.

Revival at Hope Christian Center BATON ROUGE, LA – The Hope Christian Center located at 5013 Windfall Court will be hosting a revival from Monday, May 20 through May 24, 2013 with service starts daily at 12 noon.

On the following dates the following person will be delivering the sermon for that day: On Monday, May 20, 2013 Bishop Ivory J. Payne will be delivering the sermon.

On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Reverend Ernest Jenkins will be delivering the sermon.

On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Bishop Printos Taylor from Los Angeles will be the speaker.

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 Reverend Leo Le Fleur from Las Vegas will be the speaker.

On Friday, May 24, 2013 Archbishop Jackie Roberts from Chicago will be delivering the sermon for the day.

The service starts daily at 12 noon at Hope Christian Center and for more information, please contact Reverend Henry Martin, at (225) 355-8194.

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Louisiana Ranks 17th Nationally In Infant Immunizations As part of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is encouraging parents to make sure their children’s immunizations are up to date.

National Infant Immunization Week, which is April 20-27, 2013, is an annual nationwide observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants, birth to 24 months of age, from 14 vaccine-preventable diseases and to celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities throughout the United States.

The Louisiana Shots for Tots Coalition is a statewide public and private partnership working to increase vaccination rates through public education and outreach, and is helping to promote NIIW 2013 by sending out reminder cards to pediatricians and day care providers.

“A substantial number of infants in the United States still aren’t adequately protected from vaccine-preventable diseases,” said Interim DHH Secretary Kathy Kliebert. “The suffering or death of even one child from a disease that could be prevented from a vaccine is an unnecessary human tragedy. Let us renew our efforts to ensure that no child, adolescent, or adult will have to needlessly suffer from a disease that a vaccine could prevent.”

“Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools available for preventing disease and death,” said J.T. Lane, Assistant Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health. “They help protect not only vaccinated individuals, but entire communities by preventing and reducing the spread of infectious diseases.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Immunization Survey, in 2011, Louisiana ranked 17th nationally for vaccination of young children. By two years of age, 74.6 percent of Louisiana’s children were up-to-date on immunizations, beating the national average of 73.3 percent. The United States

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in your heart.

That’s what the Lord, Himself, is looking at. Matthew 12:34 says, “ ... for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”

When God has examined your heart and found Himself reflected in it, no one can deny you that promotion.

Again, this principle of humility, when worked in any area of your life, produces in your life favor with God and with man.

I pray that this column has blessed you today.

Donald Lee is founder and pastor of Kingdom Living Chris-

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Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 immunization goal is to have 90 percent of children up to date with all recommended vaccines. Louisiana is dedicated to obtaining that goal.

Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could have been prevented by childhood immunizations. Countless more miss time from daycare and school because they are not immunized as recommended.

Children in the United States can - and do - still get some of these diseases.

For example, in 2012, more than 50 people were reported to have measles across the country. In addition, in 2012, preliminary data from CDC reports more than 41,000 cases of whooping cough (pertussis) in the United States, including 18 deaths. Most of these deaths were in children younger than 1 year of age. This was the highest number of pertussis cases in any one year in the country since 1955.

Vaccines have drastically reduced infant death and disability caused by preventable diseases in the United States.

Giving babies the recommended immunizations by age two is the best way to protect them from 14 serious childhood diseases, including whooping cough and measles.

In the 1950s, nearly every child developed measles and some even died from this serious disease. Today, few physicians just out of medical school will ever see a case of measles during their careers. Parents are encouraged to talk to their child’s doctor to ensure that their infant is up-to-date on immunizations.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals strives to protect and promote health statewide and to ensure access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all state citizens. To learn more about DHH, visit http://www. dhh.louisiana.gov. For up-todate health information, news and emergency updates, follow DHH’s blog, Twitter account and Facebook.

tian Center, a nondenominational church in Dallas that holds service at 10 a.m. each Sunday via teleconference at (218) 862-4590 (conference code 279498#) and at 3:30 p.m. at Millbrook Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 1950 W. Pleasant Run Road, in Lancaster, Texas.

Donations to support the work of the ministry may be sent to Kingdom Living Christian Center at P.O. Box 211186, Dallas, TX 75211-4303. Pastor Lee can also be reached by calling (225) 7732248 or e-mailing pastordonjlee@ yahoo.com.

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assistance to make up for the low wages paid by some employers.”

46% of small business owners surveyed identified themselves as Republican, 35% identified as Democrat and 11% identified as independent.

Holly Sklar, Director of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, said, “Today’s minimum wage undermines our economy.

As this poll makes crystal clear, the oft-heard claims that most small business owners oppose a minimum wage increase are wrong. Most small business owners like the general public, want to raise the minimum wage. The minimum wage would be over $10 if it had kept up with the rising cost of living since the 1960s

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instead of falling behind.”

Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is launching a new petition for business owners and executives supporting a federal minimum wage increase.

To view the Small Business Majority report of poll findings and methodology visit http://www.smallbusinessmajority.org/small-business-research/ minimum-wage/ To view the new Business for a Fair Minimum Wage petition visit http://www.businessforafairminimumwage.org/ Federal-Sign-On-Statement * Business owners across the country available for interview in addition to those quoted.

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tion to fuel conversations and engagement and aid MBIB in achieving its goal of positively impacting the lives of one million black girls over the next two years. You can also change

the conversation on Twitter, @ MBIBMovement. Please contact Procter & Gamble Crystal Harrell at 513-983-4606 or by e-mail at harrell.cw@pg.com for additional information.

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healt Alicia Keys In Washington, DC With Kaiser Family Foundation To Introduce

apart. You must continue to hold therefore, humble yourselves on to your faith and stay before under the mighty hands of God, the Lord. But, it may be that the that he may exalt you in due time, time has come when you may “casting all your cares upon him, need to take some quality time for he cares for you,”(1st Peter for yourself and spend some of 5:6-7). that time with God. After you finished having your Get on your knees before God tantrum. You may have a stopped and tell him of how you are feel- up nose and swollen eyes and (NAPSM)-A survey commissioned ing inside. And maybe the words mucus running down your lip by two leading health organizations wont come out exactly as you and dried tears on your face, but found that although two out of three wish but you can have a good you’ll feel better after emptying African Americans (61 percent) exweeping, wailing crying falling, yourself of those things which pressed concern about developing out tantrum and give all those had been heavy on your heart. heart disease and two out of five (40 problems to him.

Sometimes we go for weeks percent) expressed concern about While you are praying, you or months trying to take matters developing Alzheimer’s, only about might forget some of the things into our hands and try to solve our one in 20 are aware that heart health that vexed you but God knows own problems. We are not super is linked to brain health. what you are going through. he humans; we can’t handle everythe Alzheimer’s Association is can read the pain, which flows thing alone. We need God’s help. joining forces with the American through your tears. even though We have to let go of those situheart Association to educate African he knows what’s troubling you, ations and let God handle them.

Americans that by managing their he still wants to tell him about there are some things we can’t cardiovascular risk, they may also it and bring your problems and humanly do anything about. strengthen their cognitive health. burdens to him.

“What’s good for your heart is WASHINGTON, DC — Fourgood for your brain,” says Jennifer teen-time Grammy Award-winning Manly, Ph.D., Alzheimer’s Associaartist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys tion spokesperson. “every healthy took part in a briefing at the Kaiser heartbeat pumps about one-fifth of hildRen from page 4 Family Foundation’s Washington, your blood to your brain to carry on D.C. offices on recently to introduce the daily processes of thinking, probEMPOWERED, ering all children.a new campaign the citizens of the nation must lem solving and remembering.” to reach women in Council, the U.S.buildabout demand that our leaders free our the CDF Action “By the year 2030, the number of HIV —the developed in partnership ing on best practices in states children from the false ideological African Americans age 65 or older is with the Foundation as part of the and political tugs of war among and lessons learned about children expected to more than double to 6.9 Greater AIDS Ms. those who put excess profits ahead falling Than through the initiative. bureaucratic million,” said emil Matarese, M.D., Keys leads campaign is fea- of children’s lives. cracks of the Medicaid andand SChiP, American heart Association spokestured in conversations withtowomen strongly urged Congress enact how well did Congress protect person. “Although Alzheimer’s is living with HIV. Children Act, children in 2007? Not well enough: the All healthy not part of normal aging, age is the Of the more 1.1 mil- 276 Members of Congress had S. 1564/h.r.

1688,than introduced greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s by representative Bobby lion people living with HIVScott in the good CDF Action Council Condisease. So it is important that Af(D-VA) in the rican Americans take steps now to U.S. today, onehouse in fourand is aSenator woman. gressional Scorecard scores of 80 Berniewomen Sanders (i-Vt) the Sen- percent or higher, and 198 of those decrease their risk of heart disease, Black have beenindisproporate. the measure provide which research has shown could tionately affected, would accounting for had stellar scores of 100 percent. comprehensive including also decrease the risk of cognitive Research shows a link between heart and brain heal majority of newbenefits infections among But 231 members scored 60 percent heart function could lead to impaired brain functio dental and mental health, simpli- or lower—a failing grade from our decline.” women. fied bureaucracy, and national school days.

Ms. Keys, who hasa dedicated eligibility plan fortofamilies up toof Whether Members of Congress her advocacy work the urgency 300 percent of the federal poverty are liberal, conservative or modHIV/AIDS and has long spoken of level.

Weof thank the 62 house co- erate; Democrat, republican or the power women said: “Women Fourteen-time Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys. sponsors for been their affected support.by howand girls have HIV independent, children need all of ever, the we regret that that neither a single since start, but impact has them to vote, lobby, speak for and house republican nor any other them.from Adults to listen assistance theneed Kaiser Family versation between Ms Keys and we are all empowered in this fight. not been recognized. And as the protect (NAPSi)-here’s an alert worth ness of diabetes, particularly when increased p Senatormothers, joined them to push for to what candidates say five HIV positive women from Tina Hoff, Senior Vice PresiFoundation.

Grants will be awarded sisters, daughters, and carefully paying attention to: According to it is left undiagnosed and untreated. delay or pr coverage for children. do for children and famiparts of the country and dent and Director of the Health via will a competitive process steered different caregivers, weallare the backbones they the American Diabetes Association the day is held on the fourth tuesday diabetes. the CDF Action Council strongly and, once they are incomprised office, walks of life. Among them are: Communication and Media Partby an advisory council of families, communities and en- lies (ADA), learning your risk for type 2 of every March.

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17 Track Athletes Medal At 2013 SWAC Outdoor Meet Courtesy Southern U. Athletic Media Relations The Southern University track and field team closed out the 2013 SWAC Outdoor Track Championships at Tad Gormley Stadium with a balanced finish as men and women each posted fourth place finishes.

The championships not only showed a solid demonstration of athleticism and camaraderie among the athletes but also showed a bright light on the growth within the team, specifically, consistency in major meet performances.

A total of 17 medals were awarded to the Southern Jaguars with D’Wayne Houston, a Northside High product and Lafayette native, leading the charge with gold in the hammer throw (50.45m) and shot put (15.86m) while adding a third place finish in Discus (46.14m).

Houston’s stellar performance earned the title of 2013 Top Male Field Performer Former SU quarterback and Ville Platte native Hasoni Alfred won javelin (50.18m) and Reginald Redding took home silver in shot put (15.73m).

In the jumping events, freshman Akil Bennet nearly made the qualifying regional mark while winning the long jump with a leap of 7.17m. Sophomore De’Andre Woodland finished third in the triple jump with a 14.43m performance.

Finally, the men’s 4x100 relay team of Harld Fluellen, Mike Jones, Victor Nichols, Devin Jenkins were in a close battle for the crown but finished third with a chance to try for Regional competition.

On the women’s side, assistant coach Teremine White’s throwers were the foundation of success with Kashmia Weary (1st Shot Put 13.48m), LaShae Blunt (3rd Shot

Put 12.29m), Georgeanna Felder (2nd Discus 41.88m) and Katelyn Roth (1st Hammer Throw 48.41m) among other solid efforts creating a base as there other events took place on the track and in the field.

Among the exciting showings were Sophomore Tershauna Broadnax who, although the last qualifier, finished the finals in 2nd with a time of 13.98. The final event of the day was a remarkable one with contributing team members (Maya Anderson, May Dozier, Alyssa Harris, Darian Garlic) coming together to race to a 4th place finish.

As the team prepares to conclude their academic semesters and transition for cross country training

later this summer, preparations have begun to welcome the new additions to the Jaguar Nation. Please check back for the official list of the 2013 signing class.

SU 2013 SWAC OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD MEDALISTS Women 1st - Kashmia Weary | Shot Put (13.48m) 1st - Katelyn Roth | Hammer (48.41m) 2nd - Tershauna Broadnax | 100h 13.98 2nd - Georgeanna Felder Discus 41.88m 3rd LaShae Blunt Shot Put 12.29m

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MEN 1st Akil Bennet Long Jump 7.17m 1st D’Wayne Houston Shot Put 15.86m 1st D’Wayne Houston Hammer 50.45m 1st Hasoni Alfred Javelin 50.18m 2nd Reginald Redding Shot Put 15.73m 3rd D’Wayne Houston Discus 46.14m 3rd Joshua Albert Pole Vault 3.95m 3rd 4x100m (Harold Fluellen, Michael Jones, Victor Nichols, Devin Jenkins) 40.84