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Challenger Community News • January 14, 2015

Quad A for Kids Names Dr. Seanelle Tracy as Executive Director

uad A for Kids is proud to announce that Dr. Seanelle Tracy has been named as its new Executive Director. Dr. Tracy will fill the vacancy created by Adam McFadden’s recent resignation. “We are delighted to welcome Dr. Tracy as the new Executive Director,” said Lois Posner, wife of founder Joe U. Posner. “Dr. Tracy’s energy, knowledge, and experience in early child care and education are great assets for Quad A for Kids to use in continuing to make a difference for the children, families and community of Rochester. “As Quad A for Kids approaches its 21st year, Dr. Tracy is uniquely qualified Dr. Tracy to build on the close partnership with the Rochester City School District, current successes, and leverage opportunities to broaden our footprint,” said Bruce Forsyth, Quad A for Kids Board of Trustees Chair. As Executive Director, Dr. Tracy will oversee all Quad A’s organizational activities, which includes serving over 1,000 children daily. Quad A for Kids provides athletics and arts through educational enrichment activities to facilitate academic achievement in Rochester youth. In addition to supporting the Rochester City School District’s Expanded Learning Time Initiative (ELT) by providing learning and enrichment opportunities at Schools No. 10 and 34. She brings over 18 years’ experience working in the education field, as an executive leader, skilled in strategic planning. Dr. Tracy received a Master’s in Strategic Leadership from Roberts Wesleyan College and earned a Doctorate of Education in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher College. She has served in executive leadership positions for organizations serving early childhood and school-age programs, in addition to extensive experiences implementing high quality youth initiatives. “I am honored to join Quad A for Kids. Its mission is integral in supporting academic achievement for Rochester’s youth by providing engaging learning and enrichment programs,” Dr. Tracy said. “I am committed to broadening its reach to serve a greater number of youth, albeit funding cuts threaten the viability of programs like Quad A for Kids. It is critical that the community understands the invaluable benefits of Quad A’s enrichment programs, like the upcoming Soap Derby, a STEM initiative, and its positive impact on learning and career preparation. I am thrilled to take on this new role and lead the work of Quad A for Kids with the support of our talented staff, to engage our community, Rochester City School District leadership, moreover our children and families to fully realize our mission to serve all Rochester youth,” said Dr. Tracy. Founded by Joe U. Posner in 1994, Quad A for Kids is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming education enrichment opportunities for Rochester youth.

A scene from Project Baldwin.

Project Baldwin

he legacy and works of James Baldwin will be explored January 20, 2015 through January 24, 2015 at the MultiUse Community Cultural Center (MuCCC), 142 Atlantic Avenue. All performances are scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm.James Baldwin was an American author, whose literary work spanned multiple genres, including plays, novels, short stories and non-fiction. Baldwin’s essays as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955) explore palpable, yet unspoken, intricacies of racial, sexual and class distinctions in western societies, most notably in midtwentieth century America. His work inspired a generation of people who sought James Baldwin a voice, an analysis, and an articulation of their humanity and peoplehood. The relevance of his work and the truths that flowed from his pen still resonates in a profound and poignant way even today. His influence on other major writers is seen, most especially, in the literature of Toni Morrison and August Wilson. The work presented in the performances will include monologues, excerpts from letters and “The Next Morning.” Thoughts and reflections will be shared during an after performance Talk Back. Tickets are available at MuCCC website. For additional information, call David Shakes at 585-455-0380 or email dshakes@rochester.rr.com.

BLACK HERITAGE MONTH ACTIVITIES *Black Heritage Month Celebration: MLK Youth Day Summit: Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 – 8:30 p.m., Central Library, 115 South Ave. Ticketed event; advanced registration required; sponsored by the greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission; For more info call 311 or go to www. cityofrochester.gov/bhm *Black Heritage Month Celebration: 150 Ancestors Reception: Thursday, January 29, 5:30-7 pm, City Hall Atrium; For more info call 311 or go to www.cityofrochester.gov/bhm *Black Heritage Month Celebration: Black History Conference, Saturday, January 31, 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., REOC Campus, 161 Chestnut St., Tickets $10 general; For more info call 311 or go to www.cityofrochester.gov/ bhm

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AREA BRIEFS

Concerned Clergy Coalition Announces Training Session:

Calling All Youth! Learn How Not to be A Victim of Police Abuse!

Ndaba Mandela

Grandson of Nelson Mandela to Speak at Niagara U. Ndaba Mandela, grandson of the late South African president Nelson Mandela, will speak at Niagara University’s Castellani Art Museum at 6 p.m. Jan. 20 highlighting a week of campus activities to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The audience will be allowed to ask Mandela questions after his address “From Prisoner to President” The Mandela Legacy Lives On.” At Noon Jan. 23, retired Nicholas School teacher A. Reed Taylor will deliver an address. In 1958 as a student at Yale University, Taylor escorted King on a visit to Yale, and later became close to the King family, even running errands for King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, after the civil rights leader’s assassination in 1968.

Community Forum on Foster Care On Wednesday, January 21 from 5 to 7:45 pm, We Are Women Warriors is hosting a community forum on Foster Care at the Merriweather Library. If you are considering becoming a foster parent, have custody of a family member and would like to become a foster parent to them, or are a current foster parent and having difficulty in the foster care system, we invite you to come and meet the leaders in this area at our forum. Professionals have been invited from Erie County Foster Care, Sarah Minnie Badger Foster Care, Kinship Foster Care, and other local support service professionals. Please call Legislator Betty Jean Grant at 602-5877 or Karla Thomas at 8940914 if you have any questions

Allen-Medical Campus Metro Rail Station to be Temporarily Closed in February Beginning February 16, Metro Rail’s Allen-Medical Campus Station at Main and Allen Street will be closed for about a month due to construction which will integrate it into the new University at Buffalo Medial School $375 million complex.

Miss Buffalo Pageant Accepting Applications The Miss Buffalo Scholarship Pageant is accepting applications for contestants between the ages of 17 and 24 to compete in the March 15 competition. There is no entrance fee and entries must be submitted by February 15. Contestants must be single and able to sing, dance, play a musical instrument or give dramatic performances. For information email michaeljohnt@ hotmail.com

uring the December Rally for Peace and Justice hosted by the Concerned Clergy Coalition of WNY on the steps of City Hall, organizers laid out both immediate and long range plans aimed primarily at saving young, unarmed, Black men who are being killed and abused at an alarming rate by law enforcement both locally and nationally. Following up on that stated goal, the Coalition will host a training session for African American men to learn how to protect themselves when approached by law enforcement. The event will be held on Saturday, January 17 from 10 am to noon at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church, 641 Masten Avenue and facilitated by local Attorney John

The History of Martin Luther King Day Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January. In 2015, it falls on January 19.

“I can’t breathe!”: The last words of Eric Garner of Staten Island in deadly chockhold by police before he died.

Elmore, author of “Fighting For Your Life: the AfricanAmerican Criminal Justice Survival Guide.” A flyer distributed by the Clergy Coalition states: “We want to equip our people on how to make

sure that they do not lose their life when they encounter the police.” The session is free and open to the public. Young men are urged tp attend. Call 884-7664 for more information.

Rebuild NY Now Initiative needs to shift focus to include homeowners and improving housing stock

f funding is secured through bank settlements due to the crimes committed by mortgage lenders, should that money be considered for homeowner relief or infrastructure improvements? The answer is both. Homeowner relief is equally important to the proposed infrastructure improvements. Throughout the state we know that infrastructure is a growing concern however, utilizing all of the funds from bank settlements without considering those directly affected is troubling. The Rebuild NY Now launched a new campaign that sheds light on the infrastructure shortcomings throughout the state. The funding for the Rebuild NY initiative directly taps into the roughly $5 billion surplus which comes in the form of bank settlements. A focus needs to be made on supporting homeowners in New York especially in upstate and in Buffalo where old housing stock in disrepair is a wide spread issue. Infrastructure improvements can create

new jobs needed to “Rebuild N e w Y o r k Now”, however a shifted Hon. Crystal focus in the form Peoples-Stokes of “Rebuild NY Homes Now” will provide low to moderate income homeowners the needed assistance that will greatly impact the housing stock throughout the state. The historic Bank of America settlement secured $300 million in cash for New Yorkers with an additional $500 million to go towards consumer relief efforts. Any surplus funds should be allocated to those who were directly impacted, through homeowner lending programs, homeowner repair programs and consumer credit repair. A percentage of funds need to be allocated to homeowners especially throughout regions of

the state that has poor quality of housing coupled with low income home-owners. There are programs in place that provide homeowners with the relief they need, in the form of federal, state, and local grants. However those programs are often underfunded which directly impacts cities that are composed of old housing stock and low income communities. A majority of Buffalo’s housing stock was built before World War II, which is directly related to the high numbers of potential cases of lead poisoning throughout the city. As a legislator serving the great city of Buffalo, I do not support allocating the housing settlement funds solely to infrastructure improvements. The Rebuild NY Now initiative needs to shift the focus to include homeowners and having a fair percentage of settlement funds aimed towards improving the housing stock throughout the state.

It took 15 years to create the federal Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Congressman John Conyers, Democrat from Michigan, first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated in 1968. After the bill became stalled, petitions endorsing the holiday containing six million names were submitted to Congress. Conyers and Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Democrat of New York, resubmitted King holiday legislation each subsequent legislative session. Public pressure for the holiday mounted during the 1982 and 1983 civil rights marches in Washington. Congress passed the holiday legislation in 1983, which was then signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. (Ronald Reagan originally opposed the holiday). A compromise moving the holiday from Jan. 15, King's birthday, which was considered too close to Christmas and New Year's, to the third Monday in January helped overcome opposition to the law. A number of states resisted celebrating the holiday. Some opponents said King did not deserve his own holiday. Several southern states include celebrations for various Confederate generals on that day. Arizona voters approved the holiday in 1992 after a tourist boycott. In 1999, New Hampshire changed the name of Civil Rights Day to Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

LOCAL + NATIONAL + WORLD

Thousands of Black Lives Mattered in Nigeria, but the World Didn’t Pay Attention As the world mourns for Paris, we must also decry Boko Haram’s violence. BY KIRSTEN WEST SAVALI

rom a bombed NAACP office in Colorado to the decimated town of Baga, Nigeria, acts of terrorism against black people and institutions have failed to generate much attention in the United States this past week. Most of the Western world and its political leaders have, instead, turned their eyes to No. 10 rue Nicolas-Appert, Paris, France—the location of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. As most of the world now knows, an al-Qaida-led terrorist attack left 12 people dead there last Wednesday. And in a separate, related terrorist attack on Friday in Paris, four hostages were killed by a gunman at a kosher supermarket. Following in the footsteps of civil rights marchers in the United States on Sunday, world leaders, such as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, linked arms in unity and led an estimated 3.7 million people in a march to show solidarity with Charlie—a magazine whose Islamophobic bent has been largely underplayed in a broader debate about free speech. The hypocrisy of certain world leaders attending the march, while maintaining a vise grip on free speech in their own countries, has been well-documented. But the relative silence surrounding the horrific, nearly contemporaneous attack that took place in Baga has been deafening. In Baga and the surrounding area, it’s estimated that 2,000 people were killed last week—mostly the elderly, women and children—when Boko Haram, the same terrorist organization responsible for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls last April, methodically massacred them and set the town on fire. And this weekend, Boko Haram also used three 10-year-old girls to blow up markets in the towns of Potiskum and Maiduguri, leaving more than 20 people dead. “This marks a disturbing and bloody escalation of Boko Haram’s ongoing onslaught,” said Amnesty International’s Daniel Eyre several days after the bloody attacks. Yet the silence continues. It’s almost willful at this point, this blatant disregard and unconcern for black lives, both here and throughout the Diaspora. After months of social and racial unrest sparked by the state-sanctioned killings of unarmed African Americans across the country, so-called liberal allies had a chance to proclaim that “Black Lives Matter” at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. Instead, Hollywood heavyweights from George Clooney to Kathy Bates proclaimed, “Je suis Charlie,” choosing instead to show solidarity with a wildly offensive satirical magazine halfway across the world. Hip-hop artist, actor and activist Common was the only person who even made mention of simmering protests around the country. But even still, his remarks were framed as “all lives matter,” when the loud silence on Black deaths both in America and abroad shows the very opposite to be true. At the same time that Black and brown victims around the world are made invisible, we simultaneously see a perpetuation of the myth of Black and brown criminality: Fox News correspondent Shannon Bream claimed after the Charlie Hebdo attacks that it’s difficult to tell who the “bad guys” are if you “can’t see what color they are.” Not surprisingly, Lassana Bathily, the Black Muslim who saved the lives of several shoppers when Amedy Coulibaly burst into Parisian kosher market Hyper Cacher, was not hailed as the hero he is; in fact, he was initially considered a suspect because of his skin color. “They told me, ‘Get down on the ground, hands over your head,’” he told BFMTV. “They cuffed me and held me for an hour and a half, as if I was with them.” Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? In describing Cherif Kouachi, who, along with his brother, Said Kouachi—both now dead—is accused of carrying out the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the Washington Post had this to say about him and his neighborhood: “ ... radical Islam simmered in the 19th arrondissement. Its skyline was crowded with the sort Continued Page 13

George Zimmerman arrested on assault charge Florida authorities say George Zimmerman, whose acquittal of murdering unarmed Black teen Trayvon Martin, sparked a national debate on race and self-defense laws, has been arrested for throwing a wine bottle at his girlfriend. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office says the 31-yearold Zimmerman was arrested for aggravated assault in Lake Mary about 10 p.m. Friday and is being held at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility. Zimmerman was released on a $5,000 bond Saturday afternoon. At a court appearance earlier Saturday, he was ordered to avoid contact with the woman, who was not identified. Zimmerman is scheduled to appear back in court on Feb. 17. Since his 2013 acquittal for murdering Trayvon Martin Zimmerman has had several brushes with the law.

18,000 Attend AntiImmigration Rallies Despite appeals from German institutions to stay away from anti-immigration rallies some 18,000 people took part in a protest last Monday parading against what they all the Islamization of Europe

Martin Luther King Jr.’s heirs fight in court over his Bible, Nobel Prize The Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc., which is controlled by Martin Luther King III and his younger brother, Dexter Scott King, asked a judge a year ago to order their sister Bernice to turn over their father’s Nobel medal and traveling Bible. The brothers want to sell them to a private buyer. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney could decide the case at a hearing Tuesday or let it go to trial. He said when he ordered Bernice to hand over the Bible and medal to the court’s custody that it appeared likely the estate will win the case. This is at least the fifth lawsuit between the siblings in the past decade,

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PEACE

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Health Matters

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New Year’s Weight Loss: 6 Tips

1. Lose weight with water. Water is essential for everybody - it is also the key to losing weight. If you haven’t been drinking enough water, your body has developed a pattern of storing water. This water retention equals extra unwanted weight.By drinking more water, you are not only flushing out toxins, you are also teaching your body that it no longer needs to store water. Drink at least 8 glasses a day. Boil water and sliced lemons, and drink this throughout the day to help with fluid retention. Water is a natural appetite suppressant. 2. Soup up your weight loss program. A simple dietary change will have you shedding pounds: eat a bowl of soup at least once a day. Nutritious, low-salt soups will nourish you as they flush waste from your body. Go for homemade soup whenever possible, as canned soups are loaded with salt and chemicals. 3. Eat early to keep weight off. Studies show that when you eat your daily protein and fat at breakfast you tend to lose weight and have more energy; however, eating the same things at dinner tend to increase tendencies toward weight gain. I suggest that you eat your last meal of the day by 7 p.m. 4. Eat smaller meals, more frequently. Follow an eating schedule with five little meals every day. Eating steadily through the day keeps you from becoming famished and overeating at your next meal. 5. Adopt a balanced approach to your diet. Your diet should consist of a balance of organic sources of lean protein, complex carbohydrates, whole grains, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Instead of white rice and pasta, opt for brown rice, bulgur, millet, or buckwheat. Eat more green, chlorophyll-rich foods such as broccoli, kale, spinach, and asparagus. Eliminate candy, sugar, soda, and all simple sugars from your diet. Also, keep dairy to a minimum . Avoid fatty foods, processed or fried foods. 6. Walk off the weight. Physical activity is the key to speeding up your metabolism and burning excess calories. The best way to be physically active is to walk as often and as long as you can.

GET HELP PAYING YOUR HEATING BILLS. If you need help paying your heating bills, or know someone who does, the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can help. Applications are now being accepted. However, funds are very limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Don’t delay, apply now. A little help can make a big difference. For more information, or to see if you qualify, visit HEAPhelps.com, call 1-877-443-2743 or apply online at mybenefits.ny.gov.

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Metropolitan UMC Free Community Breakfast The Metropolitan United Methodist Church located at 657 Best (corner Herman Street), Buffalo invites you to join us for our Monthly Community “Breakfast at Metro”. Our next free breakfast will be on Saturday, January 24, 2015 from 9:00 am – 11:00 am. This event will be held every 4th Saturday of the month and all ages are welcome to attend. There is no charge but a free will offering will be accepted. Come join us for a meal with family, friends and community neighbors. For more information please contact the church office at (716) 891-5652.

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Bishop Malone to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Mass: Rev. Bro. Henry Fuller Guest Homilist On Sunday, January 18, Bishop Richard J. Malone will be the main celebrant at the annual diocesan Mass honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Brother Henry Fulmer, OFM, from the diocese of Charleston, S.C., will be the guest homilist. The Mass will be held at Blessed Trinity Church, 317 Leroy Ave., at 10:30 a.m. Brother Henry, who is a permanent deacon in the Holy Name Province of Franciscan Friars, professed his solemn vows in 1993 at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City. He ministered in North Carolina, Delaware and Maryland before moving to South Carolina in 2003. A collection will be taken up at Sunday’s Mass for the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund. Following the Mass, there will be a reception and theme basket raffle in the church hall. For more information contact the diocesan Office of Cultural Diversity at 847-2217.

“A Call for Justice” to Honor Dr. King

Rev. Alan Core of First Centennial Baptist Church of Buffalo will be the guest speaker at the 24th annual “A Call For Justice” ceremony honoring the memory of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The annual event will be held in the second-floor Ceremonial Courtroom at Old Erie County Hall at 92 Franklin St. from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Friday, January 16. Free and open to the public, it is sponsored by the Western New York Coalition of Blacks in the Courts.

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GOSPEL PREACHING Bishop Bronner to Minister Gregory J Brice Associate Minister Keynote Zion Missionary Baptist Church Romans 10:15 & Acts 16:25 King Bringing The Good News! Celebration Preaching is the spoken communication of divine truth with a view to persuasion. For those of us who were trained by a Bible preaching, Bible believing pastor, this definition of preaching was effectively taught to us, even if the language or definition was different. How can we call ourselves preachers or preaching to a body of believers and we don’t even know what the definition of preaching is? Preaching is the spoken (the verbal), communication (relaying a message), of divine truth (Holy Bible), with a view (outlook), to persuasion (conversion), and the Good News, the Bible, the Gospel is the Word of God. Min. Brice As preachers and teachers it is our task, it is our job, it is our duty, it is our calling, it is our commitment before God to preach, spoken communication, God’s Word, divine truth to the saved in order to edify, as well as the unsaved to bring those that are lost into the knowledge of our wonderful Counselor, our hope, our glory, our salvation, our Lord and Savior, Jesus THE Christ. How we get here to preach God’s Word to God’s people is predicated on the calling that we receive from God to edify His people; by studying His Word, by preaching His Word and not ours, by living like Him, by having faith everlasting in the living God. The text says; And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” In order for the preacher to preach, he has to have someone to preach to. Verse 14 tells us; How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? These verses tell us that God’s election of His people is of His own will and not based on human merit or what we have done. Again, it’s not because we’ve been good but because God has been good to us. God choose Isaac, not Ishmael, and Jacob, not Esau. He can use the alcoholic on the corner, the patient at the mental hospital, the professor at the university, you and me or even our enemies to do His will; it doesn’t matter because He will get the GLORY. God chooses and uses whom He wants to use. That’s why it’s wise for us to be careful of what we say and do to just anyone we come across because that person just may be an angel of the Lord. Scripture says to us, Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the Word of Christ. Our oral testimony, our spoken communication, our preaching of Christ is based on the Bible. That’s why we stand before congregations every Sunday and say we are Bible or biblical preachers, because the message is based on the Bible, it’s based on Christ crucified and risen. My prayer today, my brothers and my sisters, is not just for you to see Christ in me, in my writing, or in my walk, in my talk, in my preaching, in my teaching, and in my actions but to see Him in such a way that someone may proclaim “I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.” So someone can say what must I do to be saved?

New Hope to Host Annual MLK Breakfast Pastor Herschel Chapman, Jr. and the Christian Education Scholarship Committee of New Hope Baptist Church are pleased to announce the upcoming celebration of the 25th - Silver Anniversary of the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast. The breakfast will be held on Monday, January 19, at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin Street. This year’s keynote speaker, Nicole C. Lee, Esq., a native of Buffalo. Ms. Lee is the immediate past president of TransAfrica, which is a foreign policy organization. Tickets are $35 per person or $325 for a table of ten. For more information please contact New Hope Baptist Church at (716) 883-0821 or the Program Chair, Retta Billingslea at (716) 835-4737.

The Martin Luther King Celebration Program will take place on Sunday January 18, at 6pm at Kleinhans Music Hall. The theme is THE COLOR OF UNITY : FOLLOWING THE DREAM. Bishop T. Anthony Bronner, Senior Pastor of Elim Christian Fellowship Ministry will be the keynote speaker. Kleinhans will come alive as we honor Dr. King’s work and his legacy in song, dance, performing arts and word. Various pioneers and trailblazers of the Buffalo/ Niagara area will be honored, namely, Dr. Stan Bratton, Sheila Brown, Miguel Santos, Alnisa Banks, Cariol J. Horne, Frank Merriweather, Barbara Nevergold and Dr. Frances Ilozue. Students from area schools will receive an MLK Certificate for their volunteering service at the Celebration, and to encourage them to stay in school and pursue a higher education. Participants will include the Hutch-Tech Band, Miss Barbara’s School of Dance, The Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, The African Cultural Center Dancers, The Varsons Community Choir and special guests, THE RISE UP WNY CHOIR. Admission is free and is sponsored in part by M&T Bank, Wegmans Food and N.Y. State of Health. Bessie Patterson is the Coordinator.

Home Coming Sunday The St. John’s AME Steward Board presents “Home Coming Sunday” Sunday, January 25 at 9:30am Sunday school and 11:00am worship service at St. John AME Church 917 Garden Ave, Niagara Falls New York . Rev. Dion Greer is Pastor.

GOD IS GOOD!

FAITH & FAMILY

Buffalo Public Schools

College, Career and Scholarship Expo Saturday, February 7, 2015 9:00 am - 1:00 pm BPS #301 Burgard High School 400 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo

What To Expect! Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion Assistance! Free Income Tax Preparation! Workshops for Grades 9 - 12 and Parents! College, Career and Scholarship Organizations will be present! For more information and to pre-register, go to www.buffaloschools.org ** ** NE W S WI LL UCK E! R T D T FOO E ON SI B

ENTERTAINMENT

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Talk Back Theatre Presents Readings Of “The Benefit” Verneice Turner’s Talk Back Theatre will sponsor two public readings of “The Benefit,” a play by Anna Kay France, on Sunday, January 18,at 4 pm, at 1412 Main St., and Monday, January 19, 7pm, at 1243 Delaware Ave. (Unity Church). Admission is free. Talk Back Theatre presents plays dealing with issues facing the community, followed by discussion afterwards. “The Benefit” deals with the conflicting attitudes people have toward gambling, and the concerns and problems with gambling they often ignore, or hide from view. The play grew out of interviews and conversations France and Jim Anderson had with a wide range of people during 2010-11, when they co-hosted the program “Conversations about Gambling” on WUFO. The play has been presented over WUFO radio, and features performers Pat Armstrong, Sandra Gilliam, Marsha McWilson, Joy Scime, Verneice Turner, and Candace Whitfield. In addition to the readings on January 18 and 19, Talk Back Theatre is offering to take the play to church and community groups, to initiate discussion of the effects of gambling on the community.

ON STAGE

“THE WIZARD OF WATTS”: In the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown, Amir Rice, Eric Gardner and countless other unarmed Black men at the hands of police, a new animated musical, “The Wizard of Watts,” which made its debut on Cartoon Network’s after hours Adult Swim last Saturday, tackles police brutality. The primary villain in the Magical Land of Oz-Watts, where the story takes place, is a vicious pig clad in riot gear. Water does not neutralize this Oz villain; instead this baddie gets melted with a camcorder “Oh, no! Not an irrefutable visual record of my illegal actions!” the anthropomorphized pig wails as he turns to mush at the racially charged musical’s climax. Even Carl Jones, the African American director of The Wizard of Watts and one of its writers, said he is surprised at hitting such a cultural bulls-eye…

SEE YOU AT THE EVENTS!

Common Dedicates Golden Globes Speech To Mike Brown, Slain NYPD Officers: Sunday night at the Golden Globes, Chicago-bred rapper Common (pictured) delivered a moving speech about how what happened in Selma during the Civil Rights Movement is mirroring what’s happening in our local communities today. After receiving the Award for Best Original Song, for his song “Glory” that was featured on the Selma soundtrack, Common dedicated his acceptance speech to Michael Brown as well as fallen NYPD cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. “The first day I stepped on the set of ‘Selma,’ I began to think this was bigger than a movie,” he said. “As I got to know people of the Civil Rights Movement, I realized I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote; I am the caring White supporter killed on the front lines of freedom; I am the unarmed Black kid who maybe needed a hand but was instead given a bullet; I am the two fallen police officers murdered in the line of duty. Selma has awakened my humanity.”

*First Funk Tribute Show of 2015, Oscar’s Band will play a tribute to the music of Bootsy Collins, War and Chaka Khan. Sunday, January 18, 8pm @ The Groove Lounge 1210 Broadway @ Lathrop Tickets $10, VIP $20 Doris Records - Groove Lounge Official after show jam session at - Mikes Lounge, 1343 Jefferson Ave.Info 222-2939. *An Evening With Friday Night Laughs featuring Faizon Love With Capone Hosted By Rob Stapleton, Friday, Feb. 6, TWO SHOWS! 7:30pm & 9:30pm 21+ Admitted.General Admission. Ticketmaster.com / Walmart / Doris Records / The Oakkroom / Tralf Box Office 716-852-2860.

*Comedian Katt Williams “Born Again…Again” Tour, Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, March 14; tickers @ Arena box office, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets; charge by phone 1-800-745-3000. *Charlie Wilson with Kem and Joe, First Niagara Center, 1 Seymour H. Knox III Plaza downtown Buffalo, Friday, Feb. 13, 7 *Motown The Musical @ Sheas Performing Arts Center January 20-25. Tickets on sale now. For tickets (from $33-$78) call 1-800-7353000, go to www.ticketmaster.com or the Shea’s Ticket Office, 650 Main Street. For groups of 15 or more, call 829-1154. For more information go to www.sheas.org.

*Valentines Day Show, An Evening With Will Holton's Love Cadenza Sat. Feb. 14 Tralf Music Hall With Performances by Jetaun Louie, Carl Smith, Tifani & Carrington Gaines. 8pm 21+ Admitted General Admission Event $20 Advance / $25 Day Of Show.

M O N D AY S P E C I A L S B y A ppointment O nly !

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-SCHEDULE OF KING CELEBRATION EVENTSAMMA to Host Dr. MLK, Jr. Worship Service

University District Councilmember Rasheed N.C. Wyatt Salutes

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The African Methodist Minister’s Alliance (AMMA) will host their annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Worship Services on Thursday, January 15, 7pm at St. Luke AME Zion Church, 314 East Ferry St. The Guest Preacher will be the Reverend Vanessa Stephens Lee, Sr., Pastor of the Metropolitan-Zion UM Church Ministries in Denton, Maryland . Original Freedom Riders To Attend King Celebration

Dr. King Speaking Contest Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking Contest on Saturday, January 17 from 2 - 5 p.m. at the Merriweather Library located at 1324 Jefferson Avenue. For information 847-6010 507-5280.

MLK Dollar Bowling Day Kerns Bowling will honor Dr. King With Dollar day Bowlig Jan. 18 from 1-7 p.m., 163 Kerns Avenue. 892-3331. City-Wide King Celebration

Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration, January 15, 6 pm at Niagara Falls High School, 4455 Porter Road.

The Martin Luther King Celebration Program will take place on Sunday January 18, at 6pm at Kleinhans Music Free Admission

In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Mass

First Community Interfaith Institute Inc. presents an open discussion in honor of Dr. King]. January 15th at 5:30pm 219 Hamilton Street in Rochester . More Info go to http://fcllrochester.org or call 585 461-0379 “A Call for Justice” The 24th Annual “A Call For Justice” ceremony honoring the memory of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held on the second-floor Ceremonial Courtroom at Old Erie County Hall at 92 Franklin St. from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Friday, January 16.

Annual Diocesan Mass honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Sunday, January 18, at Blessed Trinity Church, 317 Leroy Ave., at 10:30 a.m. MLK Winter Fun Fest The annual Martin Luther King Winter Fun Fest will be held at Como Park, on Monday, January 19 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hosted by the Buffalo United Front Inc., events are free for all ages 818-3410. Luther King Day Buffalo African American Museum Committee, in collaboration with the Buffalo Museum of Science, presents an exhibit of the history of the Y on January 19 from 9 am to 4 pm. at the Museum. MLK Scholarship Breakfast 25th - Silver Anniversary of the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, Monday, January 19, at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin Street. T883-0821, 835-4737. YMCA Celebrates King The William-Emslie YMCA will celebrate Dr. King aJanuary 19 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm at 585 William Street. This event is FREE and is open to those ages five years old and up. 845-5440.

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Generations Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Scholarship Awards Available Each year the ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Kappa Upsilon Zeta chapter honor local minority women who are committed to furthering their education. It is our purpose to provide financial assistance to minority female college students in pursuit of self-improvement through education. During the 20142015 academic year, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Kappa Upsilon Zeta chapter will award the Grace Shallowhorn “ Silver Belle” Graduate Scholarship, the Willie Carney Hardin Undergraduate Scholarship and the Connie C. Bowman Book Scholarship to deserving women studying at a local collegiate institution.

Holiday Cheer: Students, parents,teachers and administrators gathered at Buffalo’s School #53 to celebrate the recent holidays. Those joining the celebration included June Clark, Principal of School #53, Buffalo School Board Member Sharon Belton-Cottman and Phil Rumore, of the Buffalo Teacher’s Federation. Featured were performances by the Pre-K through 8th grade students. Mrs. Kim Boswell-Keaton presented her finest and most varied entertaining student holiday performance in her 15 year tenure at Community School #53!

Minority women who are interested in applying for the 2014-2105 scholarship must be matriculating at a full time status (graduate students: at least 9 credit hours/ undergraduate students: at least 12 credit hours) and have a minimum 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Applicants must submit a completed application, required essay, two letters of recommendation and a sealed official transcript by February 6, 2015. Applications may be requested by emailing the scholarship chair at kyzscholarship@ gmail.com. Scholarships will be awarded on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Community members who would like to make a donation to this worthy cause or sponsor a scholarship may mail contributions to Kappa Upsilon Zeta Chapter: Scholarship Committee 170 Manhattan Avenue #54 Buffalo NY 14215. Questions may be forwarded to the scholarship chair at kyzscholarship@ gmail.com.

West Side Rowing Club, Willie Hutch Jones, and The Belle Center Celebrate Graduating Swimmers: In December the West Side Rowing Club of Buffalo (WSRC), Willie Hutch Jones Sports and Educational Programs (WHJSC), and The Belle Center celebrated the commencement of their collaborative free swim lessons program. Nearly twenty swimmers, parents, and community partners, out of 39 participants, braved the snow and chilly temperatures to attend the celebration held in the Rowing Club’s historic “Trophy Board Room.” The program is designed to teach Buffalo Public School/Erie County youth how to swim, preparing them to partake in rowing and other are water sports, by giving them the opportunity to receive their swim test certification.

Reclaiming the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. he 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday should have a different impact on the collective consciousness of Black America. Why? Because once again there are millions of Black Americans who are more determined than ever to keep pushing forward to achieve full freedom, justice, equality and empowerment. The historic methodology, style and substance of Dr. King’s leadership needs to be reclaimed by those with the heavy responsibility to lead. By re-embracing Dr. King’s prophetic activism and mobilization genius, I believe Black American leaders of national organizations will be effective in countering the backward drift of voter suppression, racism, violence and hopelessness. The tone set in the King Holiday ceremonies this year should focus on achieving equality and economic empowerment for all.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a strong, visionary, mesmerizing leader. He used nonviolent civil disobedience as an effective strategy. He challenged injustice everywhere while generating enough political capital that led to the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Shortly before King’s assassination in April 1968, he was clear about the need to secure economic justice en route to becoming what he called the “Beloved Community.” Over the past year, there have been numerous demonstrations across the nation demanding racial justice in the wake of police killing of Michael Brown (“Hands Up Don’t Shot”), Eric Garner (“I Can’t Breathe!”), 12-yearold Tamir Rice, and Rumain Brisbon. It was a positive sign of progress to witness street protests that, in the spirit of Dr. King, transcended race and class. All forms of injustice must be opposed. It was Dr. King who reminded us that “an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” As was the case in the past, young people today are only less prejudiced than their parents and preceding generations. Even so, emerging

A CHILLING REMINDER: The events in Ferguson and Staten Island show that the racial inequality that King fought to eradicate endures to this day, especially with regards to the disproportionate number of Black men who are the victims of police violence. The caption for the above photo of King simply states, “21st September 1963: Black American civil rights leader and Baptist minister Dr Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) raising his hands in a restaurant.” However, in the context of the situation in Ferguson, Staten Island and beyond, the photo has become a chilling reminder of the institutional racism faced by Black Americans since the dawn of the United States.

young leaders are not relenting – they are pushing forward with renewed energy, conviction and vigor. In fact, we should not forget that Martin Luther King was only 26 years old in 1955 when he became the primary spokesman for the Montgomery Bus Boycott Movement.

our struggle is for genuine equality, which means economic equality……. For we know now that it isn’t enough to integrate lunch counters. What does it profit a man to be able to eat at an integrated lunch counter if he doesn’t have enough money to buy a hamburger?”

Many campaigning for public office are looking beyond MLK Day to the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Our challenges if to make sure the quest for equality and justice does not get placated by the politics of expediency. In other words, the momentum to transform America evident in 2014 should not be allowed to dissipate over the next year.

Dr. King was on point.

Now that the U.S. economy continues to rebound, efforts to end poverty in our communities should be significantly increased. Interestingly, those who opposed President Barack Obama blamed him for things that were already bad when he assumed office. And now that the economy has improved, they refuse to give him credit for the recovery. As we prepare to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we should remember that he concluded that economic justice was also a key civil rights issue. Two weeks before Dr. King was murdered, he addressed a rally in Memphis of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). King stated, “Now

Today, the struggle is not just about having more money to buy something. It is about knowing how to more effectively invest and spend the $1.1 trillion that Black Americans are expected to spend annually by 2015. It is about owning more businesses in our communities. In the tradition of Dr. King, we have to wisely leverage our huge consumer power. We are grateful that the legacy of Dr. King’s leadership continues to be vibrant and relevant to the advancement of the cause of freedom and justice. We, therefore, face the future with a stronger confidence that we still shall overcome, largely by reclaiming Dr. King’s legacy. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is the President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and can be reached for national advertisement sales and partnership proposals at:dr.bchavis@ nnpa.org; and for lectures and other professional consultations at:http://drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix.com/drbfc

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have been writing this column since the election of the new Board Majority majority and if you’ve been following it, you’ve seen the unfolding of a carefully orchestrated plan to push forward that group’s agenda, including “dis-assembling” the District and turning over our school buildings to charter schools. But the truth of the matter is that the Board’s majority aren’t the only ones who have an agenda when it comes to the Buffalo Public School District, its assets and its resources. At the end of last year, Chancellor Merryl Tisch of the NYS Board of Regents wrote a letter to the Governor about educational problems in the State. She opined as to how State Ed had done “everything humanly possible against a lot of odds” to help Districts such as Buffalo. She specifically cited reasons why Buffalo is a prime example of a District needing drastic intervention and called on the Governor and the Legislature to craft legislation to allow the State to take over “failing” Districts. As Buffalo has come into the spotlight, or should I say crosshairs, of so-called Barbara Seals “reformers” who seek the take-over, takeNevergold down and/or turn-over of our District, the chorus of “dis-assemblers” is getting louder and adding more influential voices. Enter the New York Times Editorial staff. Never mind that New York State, mind you, the State’s school system, has been identified as “the most segregated in the nation”. The Times( 1/10/2015) linked that report to Dr. Tisch’s letter noting that “minority children are disproportionately trapped in schools that lack the teaching talent, course offerings and resources needed to prepare them for college and success in the new economy.” Buffalo again rose to the top as a district most urgently in need of a fix, in part due to the current Civil Rights complaint. Furthermore, the editorial writer pointed to the history of better days when Buffalo was a model leader in the school desegregation movement. Touching briefly on changes that negatively impacted this model program, the article ended predictably by enumerating some stereotypic accusations for Buffalo’s problems: the “teacher’s contract”, the district’s “inept leadership”, failure to submit “acceptable, legally required plans” to the State. But they threw in a new problem, thanks to the Buffalo News; “troubling questions about the accounting for funds…for rebuilding…crumbling schools.” No questions were posed about the accountability of the State Education Department; for imposing unfunded mandates, for a disastrous roll-out of the un-validated Common CORE, for the expanded reliance on standardized tests as the primary measure of student proficiency and thus school failure. Funny thing, there was also no mention of the problem of segregated neighborhoods in our urban and suburban communities, for example, that just might contribute to the schools’ segregation problem. But I guess that’s for another editorial. I know I’ve taken what seems to be a detour from the subject of this article. But there is a connection between the recent escalation of attacks on our District and the move to bring in charter schools to take over our school buildings. The case is being made for charter schools as the remedy for our “failing” schools. Last week, three area charter schools submitted requests to take over Bennett High School and School #39 (outof- time schools). East High is the target of a proposed charter that has yet to be approved by the State. As the Board begins Continued Page 12

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he chronic actions of these bad apples are the realties that no doubt spurred celebrated local attorney, John Elmore to write his book, “Fighting For Your Life: The African American Criminal Justice Survival Guide”. Think hard about this for a minute - an experienced, highly-qualified, highly regarded lawyer believes it is such an imperative for African Americans to have a “Survival Guide,” when comes to dealing with the people who are allegedly in business to serve and protect us, that he wrote an entire book about it! We are engaged in social warfare, warfare that has been, and is escalating by the day. This is a great war.) Last paragraph from Part I. Great wars have only halted when the acts of violence were so horrific the world trembled, as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or on our own land in the case of the American Civil War when the death toll has been recalculated to be 750,000, the most devastating loss of American lives in all of war and all of our history combined – the consequences of which we still live with today. The death toll in the American Civil War was so high the war simply could not go on. The first man to die in the American Revolution, was a Black man, a sailor and an American Patriot, Crispus Attucks, on March 5, 1770 in The Boston Massacre. Black folk have been instrumental in the fight for freedom and democracy in this country since before it was born. We have earned the rights to all of its benefits. Our society cannot withstand this current approach, this quest to achieve “normalcy” or “safety” by controlling populations and peddling fear. Nothing could exemplify this more than the efforts to control terrorism – we’re operating on a platform of containment, not from eradication. The only thing I can say to the perpetrators is something many would consider “soft

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p e d dling” justice. I say it, because at its core it’s true, and that is to Celeste consider Lawson how you want issues in your own life resolved. Do you respond better when you are approached from a position that acknowledges your right to your opinion, that recognizes you have experienced pain, from a perspective that understands you feel an injustice has befallen you? All people everywhere want those rights, and to not to feel as if they are being treated as inferior or lesser than who ever else they are dealing with. Officers: Do you believe in our system of justice, that everyone is INNOCENT until proven guilty? If so, that means lethal shooting of people on the streets starts from the OPPOSITE point of view: this person is guilty (of something), they may or may not hurt me, either way, in my opinion society is better off without out them, so I’m going to kill them, not wound them, not stop them, kill them. It doesn’t matter that I am especially trained to deal with and deflate hot situations. I’m going to shoot to kill, period. Either that, or like many people believe that, police who just shoot to kill are cowards and racists. I have not witnessed any riots in the streets because cops gunned down an unarmed white male. What would happen if Black police officers shot and killed young White males because they had shaved heads and swastika tattoos, or thick black eye liner and nose rings looking like young white supremacists or Gothics like the Columbine shooter . . . I dare say it would not include a retirement package. Or what if a movement began (or may have already begun) to seek

gangland justice on cops because young men are sick of being afraid of being unarmed and gunned down, and are rebelling against the notion that it’s open season on them. REALITY: police DO NOT HAVE TO SHOOT TO KILL. A bullet to the hand, shoulder, and knee from any type of law enforcement weapon, including rubber bullets and Tasers, can stop anyone in their tracks, including big guys, big like Shaq O’Neil or Magic Johnson. Why aren’t these tactics being used as they are in other countries? Is it because some cops just want to kill people of color – African Americans, Latinos, Middle Eastern, and African people – because that’s what the stats look like. I am an advocate of bodcams for the police. I’ve got a real problem with any officer who says wearing one interferes with the way they do their jobs. I’ve got a real problem with any elected official who says body cams cost too much. What is the price of saving a life or the career or possible life of a police officer? Kudos to the city of Niagara Falls, one of the poorest cities in the State, with a local government that made the commitment and purchased body cams for some of their police officers. We’ve got nowhere good or safe to go with these situations other than to stop. Just stop. Stop by any means necessary. It’s as simple as that Nancy Regan button “Just Say No” that at the time seemed completely outrageous and ridiculous to me. But that is the bottom line – regardless of upbringing, regardless of preconceived notions, regardless of economic status, regardless of whether or not you’re wearing a badge, there’s a split second in the decision-making process where you can stand down and stop killing. If you feel you must shoot, then shoot, but you don’t have to kill. To civilians, do yourselves a favor, don’t run, just stop, and pray a decent officer

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Dear Editor: The moral crisis in New York education is that a quarter million students are trapped in persistently failing schools. New York State spends the most per student on education in the country and only gets mediocre results. Rather than just throwing money at the problem, we need fundamental reforms that improve the quality of school choices and classroom instruction. Jenny Sedlis StudentsFirstNY Executive Director is holding on you; otherwise, you will be chased by cars, helicopters, and men with dogs; you will be out-manned, out gunned, and killed. The sad part here is that being taken into custody is unto itself dangerous, but at least you may get out with your life. If you don’t have one, get a copy of John Elmore’s book. Sad to say, it may be as important to you as your bible. Our leadership now needs to prove itself. Prove that it’s worthy of the title “leader.” Prove it has the political will, and courage to bring about change and needed resolution, without which we will be a nation even more out of control than we are now, and fueling potential anarchy. I’m not exaggerating. My wish for the New Year is that each one of us makes a pledge to respond to all people as equals. When trying to address a concern, lets be cognizant of our actions, and the impact they are having on the situation, and hence our own lives. We are nation of innovators and artists, teachers and athletes, explorers and farmers. We are people of faith, vision, and compassion. We must stop forgetting who we are, and stop acting like something we are not. A great nation thrives on the unification of its people and the values of mutual respect . . . otherwise, America, we will find ourselves going the way of Rome. Advertising /News/ Information/Inquiries adver tising@thechallengernews.com or alnisa33@yahoo.com

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Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: It was Antoine Thompson Who Spearheaded the Pushback Against Fracking! Dear Editor: In December a long-awaited study released by the Cuomo administration determined that hydraulic fracturing could pose “significant public health risks.” The result is that fracking would not be allowed anywhere in New York State for at least several more years.

At this incredibly happy moment, I want to congratulate Rita Yelda, Drilling Defense, Food & Water Watch, the Sierra Club, and so many others for their wonderful work in the face of the powerful fossil fuel industry. This is truly an incredible grass roots victory where millions of courageous

bid Buffalo City School District Advertisement for Bids Sealed proposals for the following project will be received at the Office of Plant Services, 403 City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202. On February 5, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud for: Project #0050-008 BPS #99 Stanley A. Makowski Early Childhood Center Phase 2 Interior Renovations 1095 Jefferson Avenue Buffalo, NY Bids will be opened for a single General Prime Contract. Beginning Monday, January 12, 2015, bidding document packages may be reviewed and purchased through Avalon Document Services online Planroom website at www.avalonbuff-planroom.com, under “Pubic Jobs,” or ordered by phone at 716-995-7777. Owner can assume no responsibility for errors, omissions or other misinformation obtained via other bid document distribution resources. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at the school on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.; please assemble at the main entrance. The Architect will be present. Eligible bidders are required to attend this walkthrough or another previously arranged and documented site visit with Architect and District personnel. Please note that required bid bond is 10%. The work will be subject to the equal employment opportunity requirements. For any questions regarding this project, please contact Kideney Architects, PC at 716-636-9700. Paul McDonnell, AIA Director of Facilities Planning Buffalo City School District Advertisement for Bids Sealed proposals for the following project will be received at the Office of Plant Services, 403 City Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14202. On January 28, 2015 at 1:00 p.m., proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud for: BPS #95 - Waterfront Elementary School Mechanical Systems Reconstruction SED#: 14060001-0095-016 Bids will be opened for the following four (4) prime contracts: General; Electrical; HVAC; and Plumbing. Beginning Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., bidding document packages may be viewed and purchased through Avalon Document Services online Planroom website at www.avalonbuff-planroom.com, under “Public Jobs”, or ordered by phone at 716-995-7777. Owner can assume no responsibility for errors, omissions, or other misinformation obtained via other bid document distribution resources. Any questions on this project should be referred to Rich Polak at Wendel by email: rpolak@wendelcompanies.com. Final request for information shall be submitted in writing by January 21, 2015 by 1:00 p.m. Final addendum shall be issued on January 22, 2015 by 5:00 p.m. Please note that required bid bond is 10%. The work will be subject to the equal employment opportunity requirements. Paul McDonnell, AIA Director of Facilities Planning

individual sacrifices have added up to a momentous victory. I also hope people take a moment to remember that it was Antoine Thompson who spearheaded the pushback against fracking within the NYS legislature as Chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee! It was Antoine Thompson who was the first NY legislator to drive to Dimock, PA, to talk with courageous residents there who continue to fight back against the destruction caused by fracking. It was Antoine Thompson who filed 64 pages of comments criticizing the DEC’s Generic Environmental Impact Statement in December 2009, when approval of hydrofracking appeared to be sailing through state government. It was Antoine Thompson who first brought “Gasland” film maker Josh Fox to Albany to speak and show the film to state legislators, as well as to Buffalo to spread awareness of the issue here. It was Antoine Thompson who took a 2nd trip to Dimock, PA, and brought sever-

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al fellow NY State Legislators with him to witness first-hand the destruction caused byfracking. It was Antoine Thompson who helped lead the charge for a moratorium on hydrofracking in 2010 at the highest levels of NYS government, when many saw it as a political impossibility. It was Antoine Thompson who withstood enormous pressure from fossil fuel interests and stood up for New York’s environment. This is the same Antoine Thompson that our local media has taken every opportunity to villainize, and who lost the 2010 Senate election by about 500 votes. He could have remained silent or passive on hydrofracking and saved himself of a bunch of trouble, but didn’t. I am proud to consider Antoine Thompson a friend and congratulate him, as well as so many others, on this great day. I called the Governor’s office to thank and congratulate him on this fantastic decision and hope you will too - 1-518474-8390. They give you the option of leaving a message or talking with an aide. -Bill Nowak

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liberations on the plans for the out-of-time schools, listen for the promotion of these charter schools: Tapestry, Charter School for Applied Technology and the Health Sciences Charter. Like everything else, language plays an important role in the campaign to privatize public education. The designation of “high performing” will specifically be used to describe these schools. This descriptor serves to differentiate these charters from other charters as the reality is that many charters are no higher performing than their counterparts in the public sector. What will these charters provide to the students, who are currently attending the outof- time schools? That should be a critical question. Keep in mind, however, that their requests are for the buildings and contents, not to serve the current students. Make a special note that there was no request to take over Lafayette, the only school of the four that was not renovated as part of the Joint Schools Construction Project. More about the charter school requests in the next article.

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music.” The suggestion that, apparently, rap music is somehow partly to blame for the Charlie Hebdo attacks has been floating throughout the mainstream media narrative, with video surfacing on You-

BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS for BLACK ROCK CANAL PARK – PHASE 2 (REBID) for General and Electrical Contracts Project No. A.21016 & A.12012 Sealed separate bids for the Black Rock Canal Park Project: Contract A: General Construction Work and Contract B: Electrical Construction Work will be received by the Commissioner of Department of Environment & Planning at 10th Floor Rath Building, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York, 14202, until 2:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The bidding documents, drawings, and specifications may be examined at the following offices: Erie County Department of Environment & Planning Dodge Reports Rath County Office Building 5500 Main Street 95 Franklin Street, 10th Floor Williamsville, NY 14221 Buffalo NY 14202 Nussbaumer & Clarke, Inc. Construction Exchange 3556 Lake Shore Road of Buffalo & WNY Suite 500 2660 William Street Buffalo, NY 14219 Buffalo, NY 14227 A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 16, 2015 in Erie County Department of Environment & Planning Conference Room on the 10th Floor of the Rath Building, 95 Franklin Street to review the scope of the project, detail the locations for signage installations and respond to questions by the bidders. Copies of the proposed Contract Documents, Specifications and Instructions to Bidders may be purchased from the office of Nussbaumer & Clarke, Inc., Gateway Executive Park, Suite 500, 3556 Lake Shore Road, Buffalo, NY 14219 (716-827-8000). There will be a $100.00 charge in the form of two $50.00 checks made payable to Erie County Department of Environment & Planning for each set of bid documents requested. This deposit is refundable upon return of the Documents in good condition within 30 days following the bid opening. Non-bidders returning the documents in good condition within the same 30 day time frame will receive ½ of the deposit. Information for Bidders gives information for obtaining additional copies of Documents. Each proposal must be accompanied by a Bid Bond of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid payable unconditionally to the County of Erie. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Labor and Material Bond each for 100% of the amount of the Contract. Contractors are hereby alerted that there are provisions in the General Conditions establishing a requirement for a Worker Training Program for both Prime Contractors and Sub-contractors on this project. Contractors should read and be familiar with Section 10 of the General Conditions prior to submitting a bid. The Contractor’s attention is drawn to the provisions in the General Conditions establishing a Minority Business Utilization requirement for this project. Contractors are advised that by submitting a signed and sealed bid proposal they are agreeing and committing to the WBE/MBE requirements contained in this project. This project is being funded in part by a grant from the State of New York (NYS). It is the policy of NYS to encourage the greatest possible participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises in State funded projects. The Contractors, by bidding on the contract, acknowledges his/her understanding and support for this policy and pledges to fully cooperate with the Erie County Department of Environment & Planning in meeting NYS requirements as set forth in the Bidding and Contract Documents. Funding Sources include: County of Erie, NYS Department of State (Environmental Protection Fund), NYS Department of Transportation, NYS Canal Corporation, New York State Power Authority (Niagara River Greenway Commission). The Erie County Department of Environment & Planning has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity organization. All qualified Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) suppliers, contractors and/or businesses will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual preference or Vietnam Era Veterans Status. The County of Erie reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any informality. Maria Whyte, Commissioner Commissioner of Department of Environment & Planning 10th Floor, Rath County Office Building, Room 1040 95 Franklin Street Buffalo, NY 14202 DATED: January 6, 2015

Tube of Kouachi rapping. It’s ludicrous. There has been an almost instinctive need to contextualize these crimes through a white supremacist lens, raising the specter of blackness as a terroristic threat to society. Meanwhile, the brutal killing of thousands of Nigerians largely goes ignored. Whatever else is said, this I know for sure: While the world holds its arms out in sympathy for Charlie Hebdo, we who believe in freedom must seek justice for Black people around the world— including for the victims of Boko Haram. We must continue to say that all Black lives matter, even when the world refuses to see it. Kirsten West Savali is a cultural critic and senior writer for The Root, where she explores the intersections of race, gender, politics and pop culture. Follow her on Twitter

Black Unemployment Although there has been a drop in the overall unemployment rate, African Americans are still having a harder time finding jobs than Whites. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report for December 2014, the unemployment rate for African Americans almost doubles the unemployment rate for Whites. BIDS COUNTY OF ERIE NOTICE TO BIDDERS BRIDGE DECK SEALING FA-SEALING-14 BRIDGE JOINT REPLACEMENT FA-JOINTREPLACE-14

The Department of Public Works (DPW), Highways Division, seeking sealed bids for two bridge life enhancement projects. Sealed proposals due at DPW Room 1419A, 95 Franklin St, Buffalo, NY, 10 am, Thursday, January 29, 2015. Bid deposit of $10,000 required for each proposal. Apprenticeship required. Plans available for purchase at $100/set Thursday, January 8, 2015 through bid date. Pre-let meeting Thursday, January 15, 2015 starting at 10 am, DPW Room 1419A, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY. Bid submittal details are on the Erie County website at:http://www2.erie.gov/ dpw

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re q uest for proposals NOTICE OF INVITATION TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR PRETREATMENT LOCAL LIMITS FOR SOUTHTOWNS STP- ECSD No. 3 AND EAST AURORA STP – ECSD No. 8 Proposals are requested by the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Sewerage Management (DEP) to amend the Local Limits for the Southtowns STP – ECSD No. 3 and the development of the Local Limits for East Aurora STP – ECSD No. 8. In accordance with Local Law No. 6, proposals are hereby invited for the subject project. Proposals are to be submitted in the exact format of submittal available from Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Sewerage Management, Room 1034, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202, Telephone (716) 858-8383. Proposals will be due February 18, 2015. A pre-proposal conference will be held at the above address in Room 1004, at 2:00 P.M. on February 4, 2015 for the purpose of discussing the project with interested respondents. The DEP/DSM emphasizes that declining to respond at any step of the procurement process prior to selection will not hinder firms from being solicited for future jobs. To obtain a copy of the RFP guidelines, please visit the following website on or after January 15, 2015: http:// www2.erie.gov/environment/index.php?q=DEP_RFP. Alternatively, you may call (716) 858-8383 or email beth.pfalzer@erie.gov if you would like to request a hardcopy. This invitation does not commit Erie County Sewer District Nos. 3 and 8, Erie County, or its Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Sewerage Management, to accept any priced proposal, nor does it obligate Erie County for any costs associated with preparing or submitting proposals. BY: Joseph L. Fiegl, P.E. Deputy Commissioner Erie County Department of Environment & Planning Division of Sewerage Management

Challenger Community News • January 14, 2015

RADNEY’S SPORTS UPDATE

NEW YORK STATE LOTTERY NUMBERS

3-WAY

MON 1/5

TUES 1/6

WED 1/7 THURS 1/8 FRI 1/9 SAT 1/10

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WIN 4

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MID- 6266 EVE- 3470

MID- 2211 EVE- 9594

MID - 8952 EVE- 2124

MID-155 EVE-729

MID-1417 EVE-1092

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3-Way Winning Numbers Last Year

02/23/2014 Evening 02/23/2014 Midday 02/22/2014 Evening 02/22/2014 Midday 02/21/2014 Evening 02/21/2014 Midday 01/20/2014 Evening 01/20/2014 Midday 01/19/2014 Evening 01/19/2014 Midday 01/18/2014 Evening 01/18/2014 Midday 01/17/2014 Evening 01/17/2014 Midday 01/16/2014 Evening 01/16/2014 Midday 01/15/2014 Evening 01/15/2014 Midday 01/14/2014 Evening 01/14/2014 Midday

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5-4-6 0-4-9 8-3-7 6-2-4 5-3-0 4-2-1 2-5-8 6-0-0 4-4-9 4-1-5 1-5-1 9-8-5 2-1-8 8-9-6 0-1-3 4-8-5 6-4-4 1-5-5 7-0-5 2-2-8

Ardell Brown: Selected to play in All American Bowl.

Rochester’s Ardell Brown Selected to Play in the 2015 Blue Grey All American Bowl Game!

rdell S. Brown, a student and athlete who attends Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester, was selected to participate in the “2015 Blue Grey All American Bowl Game” on Saturday, January 10, in Tampa Bay Florida! This special invitation is extend to only a select few High School Seniors. “The Big Game” was played at the Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, site of Super Bowl games XXXV and XLIII. The contest between the North and South was streamed live and tape delayed by Fox Sports Florida “Prep Zone” across the entire country. Ardell was selected 1 of 90 senior recruits out of 6,750 possible student athletes who competed at the Blue-Grey Regional Combines 2014. Those selected to the All American Bowl Squad banded together as one unit to By GEORGE RADNEY display our skills and talent to the Nation. Ardell is the son of Samuel and Andrea Brown. He is a member of the Aenon Baptist Church and a musician at In Christ New Hope Ministries, Inc. Congratulations Ardell! Bills finish 9 – 7 for first winning record in over a Decade! Doug Marrone decided to quit his Head Coaching job with The Buffalo Bills. The Bills front office made another blunder by allowing Marrone an opt out clause in his contract with the team. Marrone left Buffalo spitting in face of the organization by allegdly telling former Bills GM Bill Polian that front office team is in disarray. WOW!! What a guy Doug Marrone is and by undermining current Bills General Manager Doug Whaley by not playing guys drafted or brought in by Whaley. Marrone did not play Mike Williams, Ross Cockrell, Chris Gragg, Cyrus Kouandjio (he started four years at Alabama for Nick Saban but could not play one game for Bills at Offensive guard position?), Bryce Brown, and lastly E.J. Manuel. I don’t think g Marrone will get another NFL coaching position due to how poorly and disrespectful he left the Buffalo Bills organization. He’s a mediocre coach at best and good riddance to him! The Buffalo Bills are in in good hands with Doug Whaley at the helm and hopefully will be allowed to pick the next Head Coach. This would be the right move along with a new Head Coach reporting directly to Whaley instead of Russ Brandon and the owner. You also must remember that the 9 – 7 record is watered down with the Patriots not playing veteran players in the season finale. The Bills need a Head Coach that will bring with him a high quality Offensive Coordinator running an offense that fits the personnel. E.J. Manuel could easily run the read option along with being able to throw on the run, which are his best assets, and not pretending to be a pocket passer. The creativity of the new hopefully well experienced NFL offensive coordinator will be the key to making the playoffs next season. The Bills schedContinued Page 15

Challenger Community News • January 14, 2015

Senior Citizen Center Fundraiser A Senior Citizen Center Fundraiser will be held on January 16, from 1 to 7p.m. at the Richmond Summer Senior Center, 337 Summer. The nenue includes a Spaghetti and Meatballs- Lunch or Dinner. We will Deliver three plates or more. For more information or to order call 885-3290.

Image & Identity VI Image & Identity VI: “Acknowledging Our Ethnic Roots” Art & Hair Exhibition is seeking vendors for this annual 2 day event Friday Feb 6th and Saturday Feb 7. Call 948-3583 for vendor fees.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Wednesday January 14

Saturday January 17

Health and Healing Circle: 2-4 pm 70 Harvard Place; for info: myhealthyadvantage@ yahoo.com or call 218-0373.

Tom Grace will share his experience of being shot by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 while protesting the Vietnam war, and will screen the new documentary on the incident, Fire in the Heartland. 7pm, Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street. https://www.facebook.com/ events/1407668339524142/

Workers’ Compensation Information Seminar Series 12:30p.m. – 2:30p.m. Delavan-Grider Community Center 877 E. Delavan Ave. Info call 716 897-9714.

The Durham Central City Baby Café: every Wednesday and Thursday 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 E. Eagle in the Durham Outreach Center. Dinner is free! Doris Gayles 8856348. Khametic Ascendants: 9-10 a.m. & 12:30 am (after midnight), public Access Channel 20. Board of Education Meeting: 5:30 pm, Waterfront School, 95 Fourth Street; open to public. See You At The EVENTS!

Thursday January 15 The Durham Central City Baby Café: every Wednesday and Thursday 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 E. Eagle in the Durham Outreach Center. Dinner is free! Doris Gayles 885-6348. Friday January 16 Dr. Martin Luther Tribute 12 noon Downtown central Lafayette square. open to the public. 8900.

King, Jr. – 1p.m., library 1 free and info 858-

Saturday January 17 The Concerned Clergy Coalition of Western NY invites you to Fighting For Your Life 10am -12pm at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church 641 Masten Ave info 884-7664. Dr. Catherie Fisher Collins Women’s Health Radio Program AM 1400 from 8 – 830am !st & 3rd Saturday Mornings Sat 17th topic Nutritional Needs in Women. “ I Have A Dream: GLOVES UP GUNS DOWN”: St. John International Boxing Program Saturday at the fights, Rev. Dr. Bennett W. Smith Sr. Family Life Center, 833 Michigan Ave; for ticket info contact (716)480-3668.

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City of Buffalo After The Holidays Recycling Event: Buffalo Engineering Garage, 1120 Seneca Street from 9 a.m. to 12 noon; disposal of electronics Christmas trees and Christmas tree lights. Call 311 or 851-4890 for more info. Monday January 19 African Consciousness Workshop: 6-7:45 p.m., Merriweather Library; Jefferson @ Utica; every Monday. Public invited. MLK Winter Fun Fest: Como Park, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – 8183410; hosted by Buffalo United Front. Tuesday January 20 Sam Herbert “The Truth, Nothing But The Truth So Help Us God” Talk Show: Every Tuesday on 1080AM WUFO Radio from 1:30 to 1:45 p.m. Tune in! Wednesday January 21 Board of Westminster Community Charter School Meeting 3pm at M&T Bank One M&T Plaza 19th floor Khametic Ascendants: 9-10 a.m. & 12:30 am (after midnight), public Access Channel 20. Community Forum on Foster Care: 5-7:45 p.m., Merriweather Library, Jefferson @ E. Utica; hosted by We Are Women Warriors; for info. Legislator Grant @ 602-5877 or Karla Thomas @ 894-0914.

BUFFALO BILLS ule for next season is a playoff makeable one and can be achieved with offense and defense being on the same page. The Coaches on the defensive side of the ball should all be kept along with Jim Schwartz being given consideration for Head Coach Position. I would like to see a veteran offensive minded Head Coach come in with a talented offensive coordinator. There are plenty of quality offensive coordinators available and it will be up to Doug Whaley and rest of Bills brain trust to pick the right one. It’s going to be a very interesting off season at One Bills drive!

Challenger Community News • January 14, 2015

IMAGES OF US: KWANZAA FIRST NIGHT!

The first night of Kwanzaa opened at the Buffalo Performing Arts Academy. It was a vibrant, spirited success beautifully hosted by Gail Wells and Modell Gault. The evening featured drumming, dancing, singing, poetry, the history of Kwanzaa, African traditions and storytelling. This year a special presentation honored the strength and beauty of Black women as Cariol Horne, Legislators Betty Jean Grant and Barbara Miller Williams, City Court Judge Barbara Johnson-Lee, State Supreme Court Judge T:10.25”The African market place was filled with local vendors carrying a variety of African Jeannette Ogden and State Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes were honored. textiles, apparel, jewelry items, books, oils and more! Harambee!

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