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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: The piercing cry of child poverty in the United States SEE PAGE 4
RESEARCHER AIMING TO INTERVIEW ALL PIONEER BLACK BASEBALL PLAYERS SEE PAGE 7
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National business challenge open to local women BY PENNY DICKERSON DAYTONA TIMES
Bethune-Cookman University has been selected as one of several host sites for the semifinal rounds of a women’s business challenge competition titled “The Innovate HER Challenge.” The national competition allows individuals and small businesses to compete at the national level for cash prizes totaling over $70,000. The Small Business Administration’s Office of Women’s Business Owner and sponsor Microsoft piloted and launched the inaugural InnovateHER challenge in 2015 to provide a platform and funding for women to produce their savvy ideas. Under the auspices of B-CU’s College of Business and Entrepreneurship and the Center for the Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED), the 2016 competition marks the second year the university will participate.
Women and workforce Women currently comprise nearly half of the labor force, which is significantly different than 50 years ago. Additionally, women play a critical role in our nation’s economic prosperity. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 74 percent of employed women work full time and 70 percent have children under 18 years of age. Most children live in households where all parents work and as demands on women and families increase, so does the need for innovative products and services. DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
Pastor Monzell Ford leads the God Belongs in My City prayer walk and spiritual movement on Oct. 3.
‘God Belongs in My City’ movement demonstrates diversity and unity through prayer walks BY PENNY DICKERSON DAYTONA TIMES
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n the aftermath of another deadly shooting massacre that fixated the nation on the state of Oregon and the many prayers and vigils for the victims, local residents demonstrated a show of unity through a prayer walk and spiritual move-
ment held Saturday, Oct. 3. “God Belongs in My City” united more than 400 area residents representing varied races and ethnicities. Clad in signature T-shirts and carrying symbolic signage, they convened on Daytona Beach City Hall, marched through town, and played host to a spiritual movement that united the masses. “God Belongs in Our City” (GBIC) is a worldwide movement led locally by Pastor Monzell Ford of Kingdom Minded Worldwide Ministries in Daytona Beach. He was joined on the City Hall platform by Mayor Derrick Henry.
In 80 cities “God Belongs in My City” is not only a worldwide ‘movement,’ it’s our declaration of faith,” said Ford. “As Christ came and changed the world, we as Christians ought to impact our city now. There is a call to fearlessly rise up as one and not collapse under the waves of this world. We are commissioned to carry forth the gospel of salvation,” he added. Currently, the national movement has 80 host cities. Ford launched his Daytona initiative in 2014 as an extension of his ongoing work in street ministry and urban evanPlease see FAITH, Page 2
Oct. 24 deadline The InnovateHER Challenge is aimed at unearthing products and services that impact and empower the lives of women and families through local business competitions that culminate in a live pitch Final Round. Local individuals and groups (maximum of three) are invited to submit a maximum, 20-page business plan along with an entry form by Oct. 24. Participants must address the issue of empowering the lives of women and families. A panel of judges will select the top entrants to participate in the local pitch competition as semifinalists. Among those choPlease see WOMEN, Page 2
Julie Patton is a master artistin-residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach.
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Internationally known poet Julie Patton to share words, artistry at Daytona library BY PENNY DICKERSON DAYTONA TIMES
New York-based poet Julie Patton owns a lyrical brand of artistry that cannot be described in a vacuum. She is improvisational and both performer and permaculturist. An award-winning author, Patton also is a seasoned instructor of international acclaim. Fans, followers and poetry enthusiasts can experience her particular brand of poetry in a “sitespecific” reading at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Daytona Beach
Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave.’ “My recital, more like a ‘writing out loud,’ will involve improvising off found matters – books, sounds, words, thoughts, the weather, how I feel, what I see hear, feel, sense – at the library and anything I may have come in contact with in and around the grounds of the Atlantic Center for the Arts,” Patton explained.
Master artist Patton is currently a master artist-in-residence at the Atlantic
Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach. The innovative nonprofit launched the three-week residency program in 1982 to provide a collegial environment for artists of all disciplines where they can engage in meaningful interaction and stimulating discussions, while pursuing individual or group projects. Artists across a wide spectrum of disciplines including visual, literary and performing arts work with “master artists” like Patton, who joins the ranks of over 3,500 global artists who have structured their own residency. Additionally, they select eight “associate artists” to participate in the three-week program.
Language out loud “I improvise site-specific performances and installations usPlease see POET, Page 2
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