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WPUL-AM 1590, ‘No. 2’ return to the airwaves Station on the air; Cherry II to restart program BY THE DAYTONA TIMES STAFF
After testing and stabilizing its broadcast signal, WPUL-AM 1590, Volusia County’s only Black-owned commercial radio station, went back on the air full-time last week with a musical variety format featuring Latino, Top 40, hip-hop, and reggaeton music. As a part of the station’s return, Daytona Times and Florida Courier Publisher Charles W. Cherry II’s popular commentary, “Free Your Mind,” will air again for the first time in four years on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at noon. The show will be regularly rebroadcast the following Thursdays at 5p.m. and the following Sundays at 2 p.m. Cherry’s show previously aired on WPUL-AM for more than 14 years, beginning in 2000 and ending when the station went off the air in 2014. He also served as the station’s general manager.
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Lots to discuss “I’m excited about getting back in front of a microphone regularly,” Cherry II said. “There’s plenty to talk about locally, statewide and nationally – the Bethune-Cookman University fiasco, the continuing lack of Black economic development in Daytona Beach, the local churches, the move to reinstate the civil rights of ex-felons in Florida, Donald Trump, the upcoming 2018 state and national elections. See WPUL, Page 6
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Engineer and diver shares history with ERAU students BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) got a rare treat on Monday. Erik Denson, a NASA electric engineer, accomplished underwater researcher and scuba diver, was the guest for the university’s SpeakER Series presented by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Denson has been working at NASA for 27 years. He is the chief electronic engineer in the Engineering Directorate at the Kennedy Space Center. Currently, Denson is working on the electrical systems for rockets that will take man to Mars and back the moon. “I love air and space, but I al-
so love the water. NASA is my day job and I dive on my spare time with the diving programs, which is my passion and love outside of work,” Denson told ERAU students.
Educational outreach Denson and an underwater team were chosen to survey the 332nd Fighter Group 2nd Lt. Frank Moody’s aircraft that crashed in Lake Huron in 1944. Along with that 2015 experience, he was on the team that years earlier discovered artifacts considered to be from the slave ship Guerrero, which crashed and sunk off the reefs near Florida in 1827. Denson expressed, “It means See ERAU, Page 2
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Erik Denson speaks to Embry-Riddle students on Monday.
Business district part of DeLand’s rich Black heritage BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Thirty-two years ago in 1986, the Daytona Times reported on Delta Sigma Theta Sorority National President Hortense Canady speaking at Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church, and longtime entrepreneur George W. Engram receiving an award at the Volusia County NAACP Branch’s annual Freedom Fund and Awards Banquet.
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Here are some of the Black History Month events coming up in Volusia and Flagler counties. The West Volusia Historical Society will present a discussion titled “Yamassee Business,” which details the development, prosperity and demise of a prominent African-American business community called Yamassee that thrived in DeLand from the
1920s to 1950s. The 7:30 p.m. discussion will take place on Feb. 20 at Greater Union First Baptist Church 240 S. Clara Ave. “It’s going to be very informal. We don’t have very much information, but we want people to come to this dialogue and bring their memories of this community as well as any photographs they may have so we can all share our stories and begin to build an archive,” said Jackie Kersch, chair of the West Volusia Historical Society Community Outreach Committee.
Local panelists The event also will focus on why the business district developed separate from the town’s main center, who were the lead See HERITAGE, Page 6
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Most rewarding dive It was reported that a member of the local sheriff’s office found a door that was thought to belong to a car but actually belonged to an aircraft, which sparked a need for the search. Denson told the Times, “That Tuskegee Airmen project was one of my most awarding and interesting recovery dives ever. The Tuskegee Airmen were heroes. They were my heroes. To see the artifacts, especially finding the plane was just phenomenal.”
so much to be able to pass down this information. That is part of the mission, which is educational outreach. What good is it to have these artifacts stored in someone’s museum, basement or office? “You have to expose these artifacts to the public for education and enlightenment. Maybe today we got someone interested in something they normally wouldn’t be interested in.’’
STEM push Denson did both dives with Diving With a Purpose Maritime Archeology Program. Another goal of having speakers like Denson is to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education. Denson noted, “We definitely want to push and enlighten youngsters, especially more African-Americans. One of the reasons I’m here is for STEM education. We want to get kids involved and letting the kids see someone like me, who might look like them and could let them know that they can do this as well.” During Monday at Embry-Riddle, Denson shared his experiences during four time periods.
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A Monday lecture at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University includes information on the Tuskegee Airmen. na Times, “It was a good lecture. I learned something new and it sparked my interest in diving. “I may try diving sometime. I learned some history too, especially about the Tuskegee Airmen and their service to this country during World War II,’’ Pinder added.
Sparked interest He spoke at a 9 a.m. class, 1 p.m. class, during a luncheon, and at the Willie Miller IC in the Lemerand Auditorium that night to a group of ROTC students. Students not only enjoyed his lecture and presentation but they also learned some history. Freshman Ukueyvia Beckwith is studying aerospace occupational safety and runs both track and cross-country. “It was very interesting. I don’t follow a lot of history, but this definitely sparked my interest in learning about some of these things that he talked about today,” commented Beckwith.
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Erik Denson, right, is interviewed by radio personality Mark Bernier during ERAU’s SpeakER series. student from South Korea, who is majoring in aerospace science. He said, “I didn’t know much about these two events. I also didn’t know that they go underwater to find things of this sort. It was interesting and pretty cool.”
Some students even found new interests after hearing Denson. Freshman Nacassian Pinder, who is majoring in air traffic management, told the Dayto-
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black fighter and bomber pilots in the U.S. military. They fought valiantly in World War II and were known for not having lost a fighter to combat. They also did advance training in Michigan because the terrain was similar to that of Europe. On April 11, 1944, Lt. Moody was killed in a crash in his P39 Air Cobra fighter. Back then, the fighters saw a lot of realistic wartime simulations. At least seven pilots died that day in live fire exercises. His plane was found in 30 feet of water in Lake Heron 70 years later.
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The Guerrero was a Spanish slave ship that sunk and resulted in the death of 561 slaves on board on Dec. 19, 1827. The ship was in the hands of pirates with a cargo of 700 slaves headed to Cuba at the time. It was an illegal ship since the Great Brittan had outlawed the slave trade. The Nimble, a British ship, chased it but during a storm the two collided. Rescued were 121 slaves who stayed in Key Largo, Florida for a while before going back to Liberia.
More on Denson Denson is from Long Island, New York. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Howard University and his master’s in electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytech. Denson has been scuba diving for the past 25 years and is a member of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS) and Diving With Purpose (DWP). DWP is a non-profit program dedicated to the conservation and protection of submerged heritage resources by providing education, training, certification and field experience to adults and youth in maritime archaeology and ocean conservation. The program also is dedicated to the preservation of African slave trade shipwrecks and the maritime history and culture of African-Americans.
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Local actress has supporting role in ‘Intimate Apparel’ “Intimate Apparel” depicts an exquisite, emotional story of longing, love, and betrayal, and what’s more, a timeless story of a woman’s strength and courage. The backstory takes place in 1905, detailing an illiterate Black seamstress living in a New York City women’s boarding house, and sewing intimate apparel for women of different backgrounds. Lonely, longing for a husband and a future, the seamstress saves a large sum of money. And, there’s correspondence that unfolds between the lonely seamstress and a lonely man who works on the Panama Canal. However, a strong attraction erupts with a Jewish man who sells the seamstress the fabric that she uses to sew. What to do? What can be done?
St. Augustine production That’s what’s happening in “Intimate Apparel,” winner of the 2004 New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award, written by Lynn Nottage. Patric Robinson is directing the St. Augustine drama. A Classic Theatre’s “Intimate Apparel” will be staged at The Pioneer Barn at Fort Menendez, 259 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine. The timetable has been set for Feb. 16, 17, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23, 24, 7:30 p.m.; and Feb. 18, 25, 2 p.m. “Intimate Apparel” stars Lisa Lockhart as Esther, our own Melinda J. Morais as Mrs. Dickson, Elizabeth Myers, Mrs. Van Buren; Meredith Wolfe, Mayme; John Grayauskie, Mr. Marks; and Ben Douse as George. Melinda The play’s off-BroadMorais way production opened in 2004, premiering in New York City, and starring veteran actress Viola Davis.
Honored for role The Brooklyn-born Nottage has what it takes to write “Intimate Apparel,” as well as “The Notorious Mr. Bout,” “First to Fall,” “Remote Control,” and plays that are content on dealing with the lives of AfricanAmerican women. She is successfully an associate professor of theater at Columbia University and a lecturer in playwriting at
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the Yale School of Drama. Morais added, “I was introduced to ACT (A Classic Theater, a notable theater company) at the Lincolnville Museum with the performance of ‘Zora and Marjorie’ which was outstanding - and I wanted to know what they had in store for the future. “When I received the announcement of the auditions for Lynn Nottage’s ‘Intimate Apparel,’” Morais continued, “I was so excited that ACT was bringing her play here, I auditioned, and to my surprise was cast as Mrs. Dickson. “I am honored to play this role with a wonderful cast and director. I hope I perform up to the quality that ACT is known for,” said Morais.
Actor, director, producer Morais, a native New Yorker, has performed as coordinator, model, dancer, mistress of ceremonies, motivational speaker, and actress. She, along with her ex-husband, William Shea Douglas, now deceased, produced jazz concerts with legendary musicians Freddy Hubbard, Art Blakey, Nancy Wilson and Admad Jamal at Lincoln Center. She has produced and directed “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” She has written and directed “What God Has Done for Me, He can Do For You,” which was staged several times and based on the life of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
Local involvements Morais attends the National Black Theater Festival (NBTF) biennially in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and has directed several readings for the festival’s reading series. She is second vice president of the African American Cultural Society and has served on the Executive Committee of the Flagler County NAACP, in addition to the Women’s Advisory Board and Humanities Advisory Council of Bethune-Cookman University.
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Harold Durbin and Cynthia George were married on Jan. 3 at First Church.
In 1988, Morais was recognized and published in “Outstanding Young Women in America.” Tickets are $20 per person and available online at http://www.aclassictheatre.org/ tickets. They will be held at the box office for the performance of your choice. Moreover, tickets purchased after 5 p.m. on the evening’s performance, or afternoon on the matinee’s performance, may not show up on the reservation sheet. Only cash or a check will be accepted at the door. For further details, call 904-501-5093.
on Hopewell Full Gospel Family Worship Center, Gilbert, South Carolina. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly has signed on to be the special guest. That’s Feb. 23, 7 p.m. The donation is $50 per couple. For further details, call 850-774-3028.
Mayhews to host marriage conference Pastor Mark Mayhew and First Lady Sylvia Mayhew of United Evangelical & Missionary Outreach Church (UEMOC) have announced a marriage conference with the theme, ‘Marriage Is All About Teamwork.’’ The Mayhews say that Marriage Conference 2018 will provide an exciting time for couples and singles as well to glean from the informative event. It will take place at United Evangelical & Missionary Outreach Church, 99 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast. “Come see how we delve into this most interesting topic to gain a winning relationship in the Kingdom...Marriage = Team + Work,” refrained the Mayhews. You will delve in, led by presenters: Pastor Rick and Margie Carrillo of New Life Bible Church, Orange City; Minister Enrique and Keia Davis, New Hope Christian Ministries, Stockbridge, Georgia; and Bishop Theotis and Elder Vernether White, Zi-
Daytona State College to host job fairs Business officers from a variety of industries will be on hand seeking to fill positions on Friday, Feb. 23, and Wednesday, Feb. 28, when Daytona State College’s Flagler/Palm Coast and DeLand campuses host spring job fairs. “These job fairs are excellent opportunities for our students, graduates and the general public to connect with area employers who are hiring,” said Dean Howe, head of Daytona State’s Career Services Department, located in the Wetherell Building, Rm. 205, on the Daytona Beach campus.
Palm Coast fair The Feb. 23 job fair at Flagler/Palm Coast Campus, 3000 Palm Coast Pkwy. SE, is slated from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Employers include the city of Palm Coast, Hammock Beach Resort, Palm Coast Data, Flagler County Sheriff’s Department, Flagler County Schools and Sea Ray Boats.
DeLand event The Feb. 28 job fair is set for 9 a.m. to noon at the DeLand campus, 1155 County Road 4139. Participating employers include Concierge Care, Florida Health Care Plans, Halifax Health, Pall Corporation, Sherwin-Williams, U.S. Foods, Sykes, Walgreens and others representing a range of industries. Current DSC students and alumni are welcome to visit the college’s Career Services Department prior to the job fairs for assistance with resume and cover letter writing, interview preparation and other
Exchange of vows for Durbin, George Because the month of February somewhat is rooted in “love,” I’m privy to announce that Harold Durbin and Cynthia George have created happy memories together. The couple leaped into marital bliss on Jan. 3, officiated by the Rev. Gillard S. Glover at First Church. Family and friends joined the duo for dinner and dancing at Town Center at the Hilton Garden Inn. The bride is the daughter of Roy and Gloria Benjamin. The bride and groom have made their home in New York, where the bride is a systems analyst and the groom is a veterans counselor. ••• As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted, the prodigal son, or daughter, and the bereaved.
Celebrations Birthday wishes to William “BJ” Jones, Lileth Vaz, Feb. 18; Mamie Cauley, Feb. 19; and the Rev. Gillard S. Glover, Feb. 20. Happy anniversary to James and Ruby Sims, Feb. 20. free services. For additional information regarding the job fairs or DSC’s Career Services, contact Howe at 386-506-3379 or Dean. Howe@DaytonaState.edu.
Free tax help available at Flagler library Need tax forms or income tax preparation assistance? Help is available at the Flagler County Government Services Building in Bunnell, and at the Flagler County Public Library in Palm Coast. Instruction booklets and the 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ are available at the Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway NW. Free tax preparation is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays through midApril through the United Way, 386-2530564, and AARP, 386-313-4048. Advance appointments must be made by calling either agency at the number provided. Flagler County provides AARP with office space and a phone line at the Government Services Building during tax season between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Taxes are prepared through AARP IRScertified Tax-Aide volunteers for low to moderate income individuals and families within Flagler County on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. Advance appointments are required. Call 386-313-4048. For more information, visit www.taxprepfree.net.
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Here’s my case for outrage Those of my generation have always known the threat of nuclear war. We were Cold War Babies. We were born while this nation was on constant alert. We as citizens practiced Civil Defense drills. Some built bunkers under their homes. We were sure that the former Soviet Union was bent on our destruction. The word “hate” is a hard one, but there was certainly no love between the Soviets and us. Only a determined U.S. government, dedicated to outspend and out-deploy weapons at every corner of this world ended decades of staging for Mutually Assured Destruction.
Just miles away If you were like me, you served in the military during the final years of the Cold War. You were stationed in places like Germany, Turkey or Japan or Korea. Places only miles away from armies poised to blow you to bits! The two great protagonists of this game of global chess were the United States of America and the former Soviet Union. Technically, they were “Soviets,” but it was popular to call them “Russians.” It had a better ring to it. You could say with disgust and ire – and we did. To be American was to hate the Russians and what they stood for. We sent troops to Southeast Asia, to South America, to Europe to stop communist expansion. Our military advisers vs. their military advisers. Our weapons vs. their weapons. Our money vs. their money. We lost lives; they lost lives. This was about what we stood for and about what they stood for. In our eyes, communism was the great scourge that had to be blocked at all costs. Time after time, those who we voted into office, no matter if they were Democrat or Republican, communism was the one thing we all agreed on. We would stop it. It became the cornerstone of being American. Your husband, brother, sister, cousin, friend may be on a memorial somewhere due to that com-
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mitment. Men walk with scars today due to Vietnam. The hundreds of thousands of dedicated American military personnel who kept us safe are a testimony to that commitment. Our determination ultimately outlasted the world’s biggest communist economy and in 1991, the Cold War ended.
Make no mistake This was the most incredible moment in modern history, but not because of its military implications. Instead, the world was now about to go through profound changes that reverberate to this very day. The Soviet Union disbanded. It became a splinter of free states allowed to pursue democracy. Russia itself also decided to not only have elections but it became a capitalist state. Vladimir Putin was a former Russian KGB puppet master during the Cold War. Well-versed in propaganda and government manipulation, he parlayed those skills to ultimately become Russia’s president. Then he decided to consolidate power by attempting to annex those former Soviet nations that the Kremlin no longer governed. To do that, he needed to control the wealth in the region and in the process, he became the world’s richest man. His friends became oligarchs or business magnates, running some of the nation’s most profitable companies. Russia changed and the man who changed it decided that Russian consolidation was no longer about military domination, but economic dominance.
Dollars vs. guns Today, Russia is about economic power – power that Barack Obama met with sanctions with members of the European Union
What’s next after Trump’s parade? Our 45th president wants a parade in November, probably before the midterm elections, as a way of mobilizing his base and glorifying himself more than celebrating the military. He wants the parade because he saw a parade in Paris on Bastille Day. If he went to the zoo, would he next want zebras and tigers roaming the lawn behind 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
Previous parade cost The last parade we had in Washington was in 1991, when we ‘won’ the Gulf War. That parade cost $14 million ($21 million in today’s dollars), and drew 800,000 people. Given No. 45’s propensity for wanting the biggest and the huuuugest, he’d probably want to spend twice what George H.W. Bush spent in 1991. I am among the many who
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will look askance at the cost of a parade. There are lots of things we could do with $42 million – job creation, small Pell grant increases, or even more amenities for our armed forces. But in the scheme of things, some will argue that $42 million is “not that much money.” They might suggest that a parade is more about symbolism than anything else. What does a show of military might signal in these times? There has been no significant military victory, nothing to celebrate except No. 45’s already-inflated ego.
Dems oppose parade, but not the ‘Warfare State’ Donald Trump wants a giant military parade. Predictably a chorus of Democrats panned the idea. Their reasons are all sensible enough. But most of all, Democrats practically whine, domestic displays of U.S. military might are un-American. The same Democrats who think a military parade is bad form vot-
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ed to give Trump’s Pentagon even more than the obscene amount of
in 2014. Russia’s attempt to annex the former Soviet state of Ukraine after a propped-up “uprising” saw the deployment of Russian forces there. The actions by the U.S. and its allies came with severe economic sanctions that Russia wants lifted. This issue is at the heart U.S.-Russian relations today, just as it was a little over a year ago when Obama was still president of the United States. For Russia, the Cold War has been “renaissanced.” The attack is now at free elections both here and abroad. The U.S. has sixteen intelligence services, the greatest of which are the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. These agencies and a dozen more have confirmed that the Russians interfered in our last national election, the election of the 45th president of the United States of America. I may not be giving you any news here, but I want you to think for a moment, and ask yourself, where’s the outrage?
Why? Why in a world where you now have a Republican-controlled Senate, House and executive branch, are we not totally putting the considerable resources of the U.S. government to find those who may have aided in this attack on our democracy? A scant few decades ago, the U.S. would not have stood for any such attack. So why now? Perhaps those in power no longer worry about nuclear attack. They realize that Putin loves being a rich man. They realize that perhaps world domination is all about economic dominance. China is an economic power, upset that North Korea is the only Asian nation threatening nuclear war. The world has changed and the American Republican Party has changed with it. They serve at the pleasure of the American oligarchs who want their tax breaks and deregulation.
All about profit I submit that our government
Might and unity France’s Bastille Day parade is a response to the fact that France has been invaded twice, most devastatingly by the Germans in World War II. Their parade is as much a show of military might as it is of European unity. These days troops from several countries, including Germany and the United States, participate in the parade. Some carry the flag of the European Union, even though the EU has no military. Would No. 45’s parade include others? Or is this just about us? Instead of a unity-type Bastille Day parade, No. 45’s parade is likely a reflection of his braggadocio. His button is bigger, so is his parade, and so is the U.S. military.
Why show off? No. 45’s parade sounds like a show of muscle, but to what end? Even the inhabitant of the world’s smallest country must know that the U.S. has the world’s “greatest” military. So why do we need to show off? Because No. 45
money he asked for. The same Democrats who wore kente cloth to or boycotted the State of the Union don’t object to America’s bombings, military provocations, or blockades.
Boosting his base Since Vietnam, the Pentagon’s long-term strategy has been to make the nation’s gargantuan military machine and its wars as distant from the public as possible. But Trump doesn’t make long-
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under Republican Party domination is hell-bent on corporate profit, and Russia sits in the wings awaiting to be a full partner in it. They too, stand to profit from it and that is why they backed Donald J. Trump. The New World Order has become one of absolute greed, with one of the word’s greediest sitting in the Oval Office. This complicated game allows men who used to curse the Soviet Union to now support a man who just may be brought and paid-for by one of the smartest Soviets of all time – a man who the U.S. president actually has praised on many occasion; a man who has various Russian business interests that the Senate and Congress has not forced him to divest from. The son of Donald Trump once said that much of the Trump business portfolio is built upon Russian business partnerships. Trump has found it hard to find American banks to finance his business interests since the 1990s, but various Russian-influenced banks have no problem with it. I find it incredible that conservatives with decades of service in Washington – men and women who have worked so hard to fight the Soviet threat – now turn a blind eye to what the CIA and FBI has thrown on their desks for the last year.
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is a showoff, a blowhard, and an Electoral College-selected buffoon. Meanwhile, consider the impact a parade might have on the District of Columbia, the usedto-be majority Black city that is mostly occupied by Democrats. How will the streets survive huge tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue, and who will pay for repairs? How extensive will this parade be, and will it happen on the weekend or a weekday? What will it mean for workers, transportation, and the District’s infrastructure? No. 45 probably neither knows nor cares. He passed the hot potato of the parade to the secretary of Defense, and now General Jim Mattis and his team are stuck with the task. Both Democrats and Republicans have verbalized opposition to the parade, and they are likely to be labeled “treasonous” by No 45, since anyone who disagrees with him, or fails to clap (or bow) when he speaks is obviously a traitor. He is behaving like a despot like his rival, North Korea’s
“Supreme Leader” Kim Jong-un.
term plans. He seems to want a giant chest-thumping military spectacle to boost his own popularity among the base that elected him – disaffected White Americans who blame Blacks, Mexicans, women, queers and foreigners for their own economic insecurity. A parade will also draw attention to the fact that America’s massive war expenditures are starving schools and libraries, housing and transit infrastructure, warping what teachers teach and what students learn. At $900 million-plus apiece, ev-
ery F-35 fighter is worth a small hospital. At $13 billion apiece, an aircraft carrier without the aircraft is worth a dozen bus factories or half a dozen water and sewer and sewer systems for a city of 200,000. Unless there’s a Republican in the White House, Democrats rarely if ever protest against any U.S. wars. Let’s see how many Democrats show up to protest Trump’s military parade, if he has it.
Charles W. Cherry II, Esq., Publisher
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I can only conclude that the greatest threat to American democracy has never been bombs and bullets. They have given way to the traitors within their own party, who now will do anything to keep an American president in office who never wanted the job. A man who ran as a monument to his own ego, now has a band of phonies standing at the ready to sell out the entire history of the United States of America. There is no bunker for this. The traitors collude, partners in the conspiracy. Everybody has their marching orders: “CHANGE the U.S. government to ensure the profitability of American corporations for decades to come.” Should Putin get his way, he too will see profits rise from Russian oil flowing after sanctions are lifted. The Russians for decades wanted this. They worked hard for this. In the end, they did not conquer us by attacking us by land, sea or air. The did it with Facebook, FOX News and our hate for the very democracy we claimed we were devoted to. I am now officially disgusted.
Mark E. Lewis is a worldclass artist and liberal activist. Follow him on Twitter at @ MLewis Creative.
Ducked his duty While No. 45 finds it convenient to idolize the military and insist that the rest of us do so as well, he didn’t find it convenient to serve in the military. He was excused from military service during the Vietnam era because he had flat feet or bone spurs or something like that. More likely, he was excused from military service because his family had money. No. 45 wants a parade to celebrate the military and glorify our country’s military might. Next, he will want to have someone crown him as king. Yes, it is a good thing he doesn’t go to the zoo, because we might end up with a menagerie in the backyard at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. Her latest book, “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy,” is available at www.juliannemalveaux.com.
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“I was either gonna end up dead somewhere or end up in prison for the rest of my life,” he said.
Still getting threats God first called to Bednarsky to change his ways in 2005, he said, but it didn’t stick and he went back to the Klan, becoming one of its highest-ranking members. It was hard, he said, to give up the power, to realize he had used hate to inflate his ego, when the truth was that he didn’t like himself very much. “You get on this power trip and this hatred inside you grows and grows,” he said. When Bednarsky resigned for good in 2007, he burned most of his KKK gear and sold his purple robe and hood. “I donated the money to a church,” he said. He has been harassed by other White supremacy groups and has received threats, both to him and the church, after speaking publicly about his change of heart. He says he’s not scared.
Tough to forgive PHOTOS BY MICHAEL BRYANT/PHILADELPHIA/INQUIRER/TNS
A former leader of the KKK in South Jersey, Joseph Bednarsky is now a bodyguard, chaplain and volunteer at the Bethel A.M.E. Church, an all-Black church in Millville, New Jersey
Former Klansman finds forgiveness at Black church BY JASON NARK PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS
A giant of a man sat quietly on a folding chair by the door of a soup kitchen, trying to go unnoticed, rubbing a small tattoo on his hand. People filed into the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Millville with a “Hey, Joe” before heading off to the spaghetti and meatballs, and Joe Bednarsky Jr. smiled and said hello with a mastiff’s timbre he couldn’t hide. Mostly, his blue eyes followed the pastor serving food, but when Bednarsky stood to hug a man struggling with depression, his 6-foot-6-inch, 330-pound frame made him look like a marble pillar. “I love you, brother,” he told the man, who clung to him.
Hurt Blacks Bednarsky, 49, didn’t hug Black people when he was younger. He hurt them. He burned crosses on their lawns and referred to them with a racial slur. It took him a long time, some of it in jail, to figure out what made him do it. “I was incapable of loving others because I didn’t love myself,” Bednarsky said. “So many people today are unhappy with them-
selves and don’t love themselves. I had that anger in me. I told people that I’d shoot you, your kids, your wife and think nothing of it. That’s how bad it was.” The simple, crude tattoo on Bednarsky’s hand is just three small letters in a circle: KKK.
Head of security Today, Bednarsky has an unlikely job for a man who once was a leader in New Jersey’s Ku Klux Klan. He’s the head of security at Bethel A.M.E, a predominantly Black church where he’s known by parishioners as “Chaplain Joe,” and his closest friend is the church’s leader, the Rev. Charles E. Wilkins Sr. “I was sent here by God to protect Pastor Wilkins,” Bednarsky said as he sat beside him. “I would take a bullet for him.” When Bednarsky started showing up at the church’s soup kitchen for meals in 2009, everyone noticed. “Oh yeah, you know, he was eating alone,” Wilkins said. “The first thing is that he stuck out, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh God, what is this big White boy up to?’ I definitely noticed him, and everyone was telling me who he was, but I was thinking, ‘He’s here, so something’s going on.’”
Change of heart Wilkins, 63, said he was no saint growing up in Chicago, so he talked to Bednarsky and sized him up when most of the others just wanted him gone. “We started talking, and I think the first time I really took note and realized something was different was when he said, ‘Brother, where there’s God’s grace, there is no race.’ And I’m thinking, ‘OK, that sounds good,’” Wilkins said. “He told me God changed his heart and if I don’t believe that, I need to get another job. I had to take him for his word, until I saw differently.” Wilkins had a backup plan in case Bednarsky hadn’t fully shaken the hate. “I guarantee I would have hit him with a chair before he got to me,” Wilkins said. Both men laughed. “We’re brothers,” they said in unison.
Early brainwashing Bednarsky said he grew up in the Wade East apartments in Millville, about 45 miles south of Philadelphia, fighting with Black teenagers on and off the bus. An interest in photography led him to take pictures of a Confederate flag on a neighbor’s porch.
That man was in the Klan, and Bednarsky, who wasn’t close to his father, was slowly pulled in. “He had children that were my age and I spent a lot of time there and I tell people that’s when the brainwashing starts,” Bednarsky said. “They tried to sell the Klan as a patriotic thing, as people who were proud of their race that did things for the White community.”
Klansman at 18 The hate came later, he said, after he became a full Klansmen at 18. He worked as a general contractor and traveled to rallies all over the country, donning the white hoods, then later, more colorful ones that marked his higher rank. He said he stood in circles in dark fields with other Klansmen and their families, the forest behind them illuminated by a massive burning cross.
Assault charge Bednarsky had seen the light long before that, but it didn’t come from above. It was a flash of pain when a brick thrown through a truck window fractured his skull. He spent months in the hospital, but the attack, in Millville, just made him angrier and left him with short-term memory loss. One night in 1996, he shot a Black woman in the leg with a slingshot. She was holding a baby. He was later charged with assault. He served just under a year in the Cumberland County prison.
NNPA Foundation chair touts virtues of Black Press BY STACY M. BROWN NNPA NEWSWIRE
The irony of a recent San Francisco Board of Supervisors decision to appoint Mark Farrell, a White venture capitalist, as acting mayor, and how it played out, still rubs Amelia Ashley-Ward the wrong way. The board’s decision resulted in the removal of London Breed from that position, who was the first African-American woman to serve in that post. “Here we are in a city that’s supposed to be so progressive and then you watch about 50 White progressives tell this young, Black woman that they don’t want her, because she’d have too much power and she’d have the advantage of running for mayor; that’s B.S.,” said Ashley-Ward, the new NNPA Foundation chair and publisher and owner of the San Francisco SunReporter. “When did a Black woman raised in public housing get an advantage over anyone? London Breed isn’t begging for hand-medowns, but this is another reason that the Black Press will live forever, because of injustices like this and my newspaper will keep this on the front page and we are going to call it like we see and no one else will do that.”
Determined single mom A single mother, Ashley-Ward has raised her son, Evan, alone since he was 7 years old. His father died when Evan was 15, but Ashley-Ward’s relentless
push to keep her son from being just another statistic has helped him to become an Emmy Awardwinning television news writer. Born in Magnolia, Mississippi, Ashley-Ward and her family moved to San Francisco, where her mother encouraged her to apply for a job at the San Francisco Sun-Reporter. That’s where she met the legendary Dr. Carlton Goodlett, who owned the newspaper. “At that time, we were about bringing something back to the community and my mother used to always read the Sun-Reporter, so she said told me to go and I went,” Ashley-Ward said.
Move up to publisher Goodlett promised her a permanent job once she obtained a college degree. In 1979, she graduated with a degree in journalism from San Jose State University, where she also studied photojournalism at San Jose State University. Goodlett hired Ashley-Ward full-time after she graduated. “I had a flair for writing and I was a photographer, who basically wrote with a camera,” said Ashley-Ward. “I was sort of a two-forone deal in that I could write and take pictures.” In just five years and after many achievements and accolades, Ward earned a promotion to the post of managing editor. A decade later, after Goodlett left the newspaper, Ward was promoted to publisher. Her awards included the 1980 Photojournalism Award from
Bednarsky is a third-degree black belt in tae kwan do. He claims he fought, bare-knuckle, in a meatpacking warehouse in South Philadelphia, bouts that ended “when the other guy didn’t get up.” Although he’s permanently disabled by a bad back, the skull fractures and several surgeries, his frame would be the first thing a gunman storming Bethel would encounter. “I can still hold my own, I think,” he said. Wilkins said Bednarsky is a living testament to everything he tries to teach his 185 congregants. It’s been tough for them, he admitted, but if they can forgive a former Klansmen, they can forgive anyone. “I have people in my church who don’t trust him. I’ve got White people in the community who don’t trust him. He’s got it on both sides. I’ve got ministers in the community who preach the gospel of forgiveness but haven’t been able to get past his past,” Wilkins said. “Joe’s heart is real. He comes to my home. He eats at my table.”
‘Always apologizing’ Bednarsky said he has apologized to many people he hurt, though he never again saw the woman he shot with a slingshot. He knows that many in Millville may never trust him, that each day he has to prove himself. “I know inside that God has forgiven me, but I’m always apologizing,” he said. “People want to see a change, though. They want to see the change in action, and I live the same way at home, seven days a week, that I do in church. I’m not a Sunday saint and a Monday ain’t.”
chairman of the non-profit NNPA Foundation. “I took on the job as chair of the NNPA Foundation, because I’m good at event planning and fundraising and, with this being a 501(c3), I see it as a tool, where you can reach out to get the donations that are necessary to keep the foundation running,” she said. “I see the NNPA Foundation, as a critical tool in our struggle for Black America. To keep the doors open for up and coming Black journalists, which is one of the main goals of the foundation.”
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Amelia Ashley-Ward, the chair of the NNPA Foundation, says that the Black Press tells the stories that don’t get told anywhere else. the NNPA; the 1981 NNPA Feature Writing Award; and later, the 1998 NNPA Publisher of the Year.
Awards, accomplishments After taking over as owner and publisher in 1997, Ward received the Woman of the Year award from the San Francisco Black Chamber of Commerce. In 1998, Ashley-Ward won NNPA Publisher of the Year. In 2004, she received the Alumnus of the Year award from San Jose State University, and was the commencement speaker for the university’s journalism department that same year. In 2005, she was selected as Woman of the Year by California State Senator Carole Migden
and, in 2008, she was named one of the 49 Most Influential People in San Francisco by “7x7” magazine. “My work was also published in magazines like People, Jet and Sepia,” Ashley-Ward said.
‘Critical tool’ Her belief in the Black Press led to ultimately owning the SunReporter, where Ward prioritizes community news of interest. She also started organizations like the Sun-Reporter Foundation and was founding president of the Young Adult Christian Movement. Ashley-Ward served on the boards of the NNPA and the San Francisco branch of the NAACP. That background made for an easy segue into her latest role as
Ashley-Ward sees the Black Press as vital to African Americans and the NNPA will also be necessary “as long as we have racism and sexism in our country,” she said. “We tell the stories that don’t get told anywhere else. The proud grandmother can always count on us to show that talented grandson who is awardwinning athlete or the granddaughter who’s the track star.” Ashley-Ward continued, “You can read in our papers about who won the school’s essay contest and you won’t get that in the daily papers.” While newspapers continue to adjust to the Web, Ashley-Ward said it’s important that publishers don’t lose sight of their bread and butter. “I’m adapting to the Web and I feel that we are still a few years away from being totally profitable with digital,” she said. “But, we must understand that we have an obligation to let our advertisers know that we are newspapers. We print newspapers and we can’t afford to shut down what we’ve been doing that’s kept the business going.”
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Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church has scheduled an appreciation celebration for the Rev. Dr. Jeffery D. Robinson Sr. and First Lady Valencia Robinson on Sunday, Feb. 25 during the 10 a.m. service. This marks the 15th year that Dr. Robinson has served the church. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Robert A. Miller of Bethlehem Bible Church in Sarasota. Mount Carmel is located at 703 George W Engram Blvd., Daytona Beach. For more information, call 386255-4219.
ers, and why it didn’t last. Responses will be shared by current community leaders. Panelists will include Mary Allen, executive director of the DeLand African American Museum of the Arts; Clarence “Bo” Davenport, former DeLand Public Works director; Sidney Johnston, grants and contracts manager at Stetson University.
Prosperous district Yamassee encompassed what today includes Adelle, Clara, Euclid and Voorhis avenues. The district was created by James Washington Wright, a prominent Black businessman who started with nothing. He bought an orange grove in the area which he and his brother, Tony Wright, made profitable. Wright saw the need for retail businesses in the Spring Hill area, which was an African-American community in DeLand.
Working together Spring Hill is located rough-
WPUL from Page 1 “It’s an abundance of riches for a radio commentator. And it’s about time somebody spoke about all this from an unabashedly unapologetic Black perspective. “Folks who’ve listened to me for a long time can determine for themselves if I’ve lost a step,” he grinned. “I think I can still go hard, but they will have to listen to find out.”
Gone four years The station’s resumption of operations comes almost four years to the day in February 2014 that the station terminated its fulltime operation due to technical challenges. Prior to the 2014 shutdown, WPUL-AM had been in continuous operation for more than 25 years after being purchased by Psi Communications, Inc., an investment group of Morehouse College graduates led by the Daytona Times’ late founder, Charles W.
Cherry, Sr. All of the initial investors were members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., who joined the fraternity while they were students at Morehouse, located in Atlanta.
Covered for 20 years For almost 20 years, WPUL-AM’s broadcast signal covered Ormond Beach to the north to New Smyrna to the southeast. But in 2008, the station began to operate at reduced power after its longtime landlord refused to renew the lease of its broadcast tower off Nova Road in South Daytona. The station searched for other broadcast sites, but other local radio station owners couldn’t – or wouldn’t – allow WPUL-AM to ‘share’ broadcast sites. Because of its reduced broadcasting area, WPUL began to lose local listeners – though it had more than 50,000 online listeners at the time it was shut down in 2014.
Since 1988 WPUL’s first day on local airwaves was Sept. 1,
FEBRUARY 15 – FEBRUARY 21, 2018 ly south of W. Beresford Avenue, west of South Woodland Boulevard and to the north and east of State Road 15A. It extends further beyond on the southwestern side of the city and lies inside the the city and in unincorporated Volusia County today. Wright also got help from Whites like Francis Whitehair. They created what would today be a chamber of commerce. “We really must celebrate this history. If you don’t know where you came from, you really don’t know where you are going,” Kerch said. “DeLand has always been known as a city where people work together to solve problems and this is an example of where that worked across racial and economic boundaries and we would like to know more about it.’’
More history She further stated, “DeLand definitely does have that rich history in African-American heritage like the other major municipalities around the county. “We at the historical society are trying to reinterpret the Black hospital at the Old DeLand Memorial Hospital Museum, which was built through a cooperate effort of Tony Wright and a White woman who
1988. It was then known as WZIP-AM and was a country-western music station. The all-Black investment team put up the initial capital to purchase the station from D&H Radio in 1988. Sunday gospel was a staple at WPUL from the beginning with a variety of local gospel DJs, including Mary Rhymes, Elder Robert Brewer, the Rev. Harry Austin, and Joyceline Poole-Dudley. For years, live Sunday worship services were broadcast from local churches, including the Church of Christ, Mount Bethel Baptist, and Greater Friendship Baptist. For almost 20 years, local gospel DJ and concert promoter Mattie was the backbone of the station. From WPUL-AM’s first day on the air in 1988, she played gospel music every weekday morning starting at 6 a.m., until leaving for health reasons in 2003. When was occasionally absent – which wasn’t often, according to Cherry II – her youthful replacement, Jarvis Smith, would fill in for her. Smith, a musician, was introduced to the inner workings of the radio in-
was a winter visitor, Elizabeth Burgess. Maybe today we can still learn from these examples,” Kerch noted. One of the main features that stand in the area is the historic White building, which is on the corner of West Voorhis Avenue and Clara Avenue. For more information call 386734-5904 or email jkersh@stetson. edu
Black History Day at Daytona State Daytona State College has designated Wednesday, Feb. 21, as Black History Day, which will include performances by BethuneCookman University’s Divine Nine and Daniel “Saxman” Fuqua. The event will be held on the main campus at the student landing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Food will be provided by Daytona State alumni and alumna Deborah Reshard, owner of Lil’ Mama’s Kitchen. For more information, call 386506-3402 or email Marcellas.Preston@DaytonaState.edu.
Orange City Festival and gospel showcase The City of Orange City is host-
dustry while working at WPUL-AM. He went on to establish WAIG-FM, a local low-power FM station known as Joy 106.3 FM, which began broadcasting in January 2015. Smith died unexpectedly in April 2015 at age 34; Howard died in April 2016 at age 73.
Only Black music station For years, WPUL-AM was the only full-time Black music radio station in Central Florida. The station tried to stay on the technological cutting edge to stay competitive. It was one of the first local stations to air broadcasts via satellite, and aired the Tom Joyner Morning Show in the early 1990s. The Joyner show then moved from WPUL-AM to WCFBFM (Star 94.5) in Orlando, where it has remained. The station has also broadcast a number of formats, including urban adult contemporary music, gospel music, and progressive talk. Various programs have aired over the years, including jazz, health and medical, a show selling
ing its sixth annual African-American Heritage Festival on Saturday, Feb. 24 beginning at 9 a.m. at Mill Lake Park, 207 E. Blue Springs Ave. The event will include food, crafts, STEM projects, a Brain Bowl tournament, sweet potato pie contest, as well as other educational and health events. There also will be a Gospel Talent Ensemble on Friday, Feb. 23 at Orange City’s United Methodist Church, 96 E. University Ave. The event starts at 9 p.m. For more information, call 386314-1033 or 386-456-0610.
‘Mother and Child’ presentation The African American Museum of the Arts in DeLand is hosting a “Mother and Child” sculpture presentation at 11 a.m. Feb. 23 at the Noble “Thin Man’’ Watts Amphitheater, 322 S. Clara Ave., DeLand. The sculpture, of a Black mother and child was carved in sandstone by John Merchant. It was donated to the museum by John Wilton and Ray Johnson. The ceremony is free and open to the public. For more informaiton, call 386736-4004.
discount items, and local talk, Christian ministry, politics, and sports. Radio station technology evolved at WPUL-AM from eight-track cartridge machines, reel-to-reel tape and vinyl records to cassettes, then to mini-disks and CDs, then to computer files. Programs were tracked first by handwritten records, then by computer. The station went from broadcasting over a transmitter with vacuum tubes literally held together by duct tape and chicken wire to its current transmitter
that has run 24-7 for more than 10 years with minor maintenance and without a major hiccup. In 1999, WPUL-AM established a secondary studio at the Daytona Times building on South Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Daytona Beach to reduce costs and move closer to the center of the Black community. That site will now become the station’s broadcasting site.
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B-CU’s Lady Wildcats clawing out wins BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
The Bethune-Cookman University Lady Wildcats have put together another great season under the radar. “That’s even better for us. We don’t do a lot of talking .We just want to show up and play. Every big game that is on our schedule is just the next game. We don’t look forward to it or past any. We have a goal and a mission. We take it one step at a time to reach them,” said Head Coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis. B-CU is off to a 19-4 start including unbeaten (11-0) in MidEastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Not to mention that the coach is eight months pregnant. Blair said, “Wherever I go, he goes with me. We’re on this train ride together. He’ll come out when he’s ready. My allegiance as well as my heart is with these ladies and for us to finish off with a perfect season.”
Right players, chemistry It’s her 10th year heading the program. For the last two and a half seasons, Blair has had the Lady Wildcats playing like a top – going 48-18 overall, 38-5 in the MEAC with two regular season conference titles (15-16, 16-17) and two WNIT appearances (1516, 16-17). She said, “It just took some time. It took the right people and the right players, the right chemistry and the right coaching staff. We really got this thing rolling now but all the credit goes to the young ladies. They come in and they really work extremely hard. They listen. They are great people on the court and they are even better people off the court.”
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B-CU’s Lindsey Edwards (22) battles for position with North Central’s Jayla Calhoun (15).
Trio of seniors The Lady Wildcats are led by a trio of seniors in point guard Emily Williams (6.3 ppg, 3.6 apg) who is a leader; guard Angel Golden (15.4 ppg, 41-percent 3 FGA, 3.4 rpg, 1.7spg) who is a scorer and shooter; along with forward Lindsey Edwards (2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.3 bpg), the defensive specialist and hustle player. “If I’m open, I am going to shoot it. They know that. Sometimes, I get carried away but I’m always confident. This team has great chemistry and we go out there and play hard together,” Golden remarked. Williams added, “We have a team of players that can do it on any given night. We just don’t rely on one or two players. As the point guard, I absolutely see myself as a leader. We actually have three leaders that make sure that everyone is doing what they need too on and off the court.”
Team of contributors They also have another scorer in junior guard, Ashanti Hunt (9.5 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.6 spg, 1 bpg), who can also de-
Bethune-Cookman’s leading scorer and sharp shooter Angel Golden (24) looks for a way around North Carolina Central’s Paulina Afriyie (4). fend while junior forward/center, Chasimmie Brown (10.7 ppg, 7 rpg, 1.5 bpg) is a post presence. Freshman guard Brianna Battle (6.6 ppg); redshirt sophomore guard, Briana Hardee (5.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg); freshman forward, Amya Scott (5 ppg, 3.5 ppg) and sophomore guard, Kanesha Bat-
tle (3.8 ppg) are some other key contributors. The team has players who can come in and make their mark in any game. “We don’t like to say that we have a star. We just have players that can score 20 points and grab 15 rebounds on any given night. That’s what makes this team spe-
cial and not just one or two players that you’re keying on,” added Blair.
Strong on defense The Lady Wildcats are a defensive-minded team that plays with heart.
Female tire changer makes history at Speedway “It’s pretty warm,” Daniels said.
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When Brehanna Daniels walked onto pit road at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday afternoon she was also taking another step into NASCAR history. “You don’t usually see people that look like me here,” Daniels, 24, said. Daniels is thought to be the first African-American female tire changer ever in the sport. “It’s still crazy to think about,” Daniels said. The 5-foot-5 former Norfolk University point guard is slowly transitioning from life on the court to life on the track. “I feel like the more I do it the more it’s growing on me,” Daniels said. Daniels career as a rear tire changer started when she joined NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity Pit Crew Development Program that is a training program for aspiring minority and female pit crew members. Daniels checks both boxes.
Help from Horton She credits the program’s pit crew coach Phil Horton for helping her prepare for the incredibly important role she plays during races. “He told me to never get frustrated because you know there are times when I want to be hard
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Brehanna Daniels, a Norfolk University graduate, became a tire changer after joining NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity Pit Crew Development Program. on myself and get down but you have to be patient,” Daniels said. Daniels was in town for the Lucas Oil 200 Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race in Daytona for the number 34 car driven by Jesse Iwuji of Carrollton, Texas. “Cool dude,” Daniels said with a laugh.
‘Lot of athleticism’ Not all pit crews work together all the time and Daniels said people are usually surprised when she introduces herself before a race.
“They really don’t know who I am until I tell them. They think I’m just like a person walking around here,” Daniels said. Daniels never watched NASCAR much before trying out for the program that puts participants through physical conditioning and mechanics training. “It requires a lot of athleticism. That’s why having an athletic background is very helpful,” Daniels said. An hour before the race started, Daniels put on her uniform which includes a fire suit, gloves and helmet.
As crews pushed their cars onto the track, Daniels’ team prepped their equipment. As soon as the national anthem ended, they were ready. The cars took off and the sounds of fans cheering were barely audible over the engines. About 10 minutes into the race, Iwuji gives the signal that he’s making a pit stop. Daniels and her teammates jump over the wall separating the track and their equipment and inspect the racecar. No need to change the tires just yet.
Going well A man holding a large Sunoco gas can filled the car with fuel. Seconds later the number 34 car was skidding away to join the others back on the track. The team started to watch the race on the large TV screen behind them. Several more minutes went by and everything seemed to be going well. Iwuji headed back to the pit for some more gas and another inspection. Daniels jumped over the wall and checked the tires a second time. They still looked good. But this time the man holding
“I pride myself on my defense. I don’t mind my role. If we play defense well as a team, we’re doing well,” said Edwards. Blair echoed, “Defense is our thing. We pride ourselves on defense. We take away what you want to do and not letting you to play the game that you want to play. When we play, we’re not giving up 70 to 80 points. You have to earn every single point. ‘Keep pushing’ Blair also sees something special in this year’s squad. “We started the year looking for consistent scoring after losing a lot from last year, but we’ve figured things out. We have a lot of players who can have a big night on any given night. I’ve always thought this team was better than last year’s. It’s a whole lot more pieces that can contribute.” The goal is to finally get over the hump by winning the MEAC tournament title and advance to the big dance, which is better known as the NCAA tournament. “It’s just one game at a time. We have to show up and be ready to play every single game every single night knowing that we will take everybody’s best shot,” noted Blair. Edwards agrees. “As a team, we just can’t get comfortable, complacent or satisfied with where we ware. We have to keep pushing.”
the gas can ran into trouble. Gas spilled out of the long spout and onto the road. He readjusted but it was no help. The driver headed out again.
No tire change Nearly everyone’s face turned from calm to concerned. Another few laps and Iwuji was back in the pit. This time Daniels and four other team members were looking under the hood. There was a problem with the engine and they couldn’t fix it in time. Daniels didn’t have a chance to change the tires. As the race continued on, Iwuji got out of the car and jumped over the wall. Daniels and the crew push the car back to the garage. “Some things we can’t control during the race,” Daniels said. “You can only learn.”
Coming back Despite this disappointing showing, Daniels said she’s hopeful for her future in the sport and wants to inspire young girls to achieve their dreams. “I am that example for them that they can do anything that they put their mind to,” Daniels said. Daniels was returning to Daytona this weekend to work again but didn’t know which driver she is working with yet.
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FEBRUARY 15 – FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Tips for breaking into oil and natural gas industry on “Tier 1” direct-to-client business relationships, especially, when they can gain more experience and credibility as a subcontractor. As the external mobilization manager for API, Metoyer said that she knows that the work she does every single day makes a difference as she connects women, African-Americans, Hispanics, young professionals and other diverse communities to opportunities in the oil and natural gas industry whether that’s for a job or a business. API plans to work with its member companies to develop an industry specific supplier diversity education program that will include an “oil and gas 101” that will help participants understand the supply chain better and learn additional steps of identifying goods and services that might fit within industry.
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As industry insiders tout the growing opportunities for Blacks and other minorities in the oil and natural gas sector, breaking into the industry can still present challenges. From access to capital and understanding the industry jargon to knowing how and when to pursue business opportunities, the learning curve can be steep. The industry’s impact on the U.S. labor force is undeniable. The natural gas industry supported more than 4 million jobs across the U.S. in 2015, from production to end uses such as manufacturing, according to the State of American Energy 2018 report. That number is expected to rise to 6 million jobs by 2040.
Hourly salaries When it comes to hourly wages, Black workers also fare better in the oil and natural gas (ONG) industry. Blacks in non-ONG industries make $20.18 in hourly wages compared to Blacks that work in the ONG industry that earn $24.87 in hourly wages. Whites in non-ONG industries make about $27.77 in hourly wages compared to $32.58 in hourly wages inside the industry. Blacks with STEM degrees earn about $17 more in hourly wages in the oil and natural gas industry than they earn outside of the industry, according to a recent RAND report. Whether you’re looking for a career or business opportunities, it pays to be prepared.
Learn the business Tyra Metoyer, the external mobilization manager for the American Petroleum Institute (API), said that it’s essential for business owners looking to break into the oil and natural gas industry, to learn as much as they can about the industry, before they start going after contracts. Being knowledgeable about the supply chain, payment cycles
Innovation matters
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Tyra Metoyer, the external mobilization manager for the American Petroleum Institute, touts the growing opportunities for Blacks and other minorities in the oil and natural gas sector. and staying up-to-date about industry-related innovation can really separate new business owners from their competition. She said that companies also need to think about how they can supply ancillary services to the oil and natural gas industry like financial services, transportation, catering and custodial services.
Networking is important Metoyer said that job seekers and small business owners have
to network at conferences, at trade shows and online. “Keep talking to people and asking questions,” said Metoyer. “You’ve got to find your champions in the industry. Sometimes your champion isn’t necessarily the one that opens the door; your champion might be the one that explains something to you— that is the key to finding the right opportunity or connecting to the right person.” Metoyer continued, “The relationships are critically impor-
tant; so, network, network, network.”
Avoid the pitfalls One of the worse things that can happen is for a business to land a big contract, then fail to deliver the goods. To avoid that mistake, Metoyer recommended that minority and women business owners partner with other companies to go after the more complex contracts. Metoyer also warned against business owners focusing only
Partnering with community groups like the local urban league affiliate or the local chambers of commerce, officials with API said that they also want to establish relationships with community stakeholders to provide training about the ins-and-outs of the oil and natural gas industry and to address some of the challenges that minority and womenowned businesses face. “In addition to the work that we do every day, we spend millions of dollars on research, because we want to make energy cleaner and more efficient,” Metoyer said. “We’re also looking to be safer.” Metoyer said that the ONG industry thrives on innovation. “There are tremendous opportunities especially, when you can bring innovation to us. That’s the challenge,” said Metoyer. “If you can learn the business and bring innovation to the industry, you can find your place and really make a difference.”
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