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Black Leadership Under Siege?
Columnist Sabirah Muhammad takes a look at political attacks on Black electred officials from the White House to the Common Council; a not-so-new tactic that seems to have picked up speed with the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. Page 3
The Baylor Files:
Farrakhan Cautions President Obama in Saviours’ Day speech Page 4 Black Agenda Report:
Terrorism or Not?
There is another kind of threat in our midst and it is posed by the dangerous person whose violent and bizarre behaviors are ignored in deference to the color of their skin. Margaret Kimberley reports. Page 11
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Youth Charity Concert to Benefit Haiti
WNY Conference Young People’s Division Step to the Plate to raise funds to help the people of Haiti. Page 7
Salute to Black Firefighters
Hundreds turned out to the Tri-Main Center on Feb. 27 to honor local professional African American Firefighters. The special Black History Month event, sponsored by State Senator Antoine Thompson and the Buffalo African American Committee, honored 35 brave men and women for their decades of commitment, dedication and sacrifices to the residents of Buffalo. Among those honored were men like Theopholus Caldwell, who began his career as one of the first Black firefighters for the city in 1959, and Evelyn Peoples, the first African American female professional firefighter. The late Firefighter Jonathan Croom’s family was also on hand to receive the “Angel Award” in his honor. When the City of Buffalo Fire Department was officially formed in the early 1800’s there were mo people of color included in its ranks.
We Remember Biggie… Rap artist Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), popularly known as Biggie Smalls or simply Biggie and by his primary stage name The Notorious B.I.G., was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. “The thing about Biggie that many people appreciate was his lyrical flow. As a few of my friends would always say, ‘ Biggie never had a bad verse.’ And while I never bought into the hype that Biggie was the greatest rapper of all-time, he certainly was one of a handful of the greatest, with maybe, in my opinion, the tightest end-rhymes in Hip-Hop history.” -Cedric Muhammad
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INSIDE ROCHESTER The 411 By Marsha Jones
Sting Wins Third National Championship Title!
The Monroe County Sting won its third USA Bowl 1-AAA National Championship in Homestead, Florida, with a come-from-behind win over the Kings Comets of Cincinnati, Ohio, 21-20. They are the first semi-professional football team to accomplish this feat. Assistant General Manager and former player Elijah George described the win as surreal. “The team had only eight seconds left on the clock,” says George during a phone interview from his home in Atlanta, Georgia. “They stopped the opposing team from scoring on our two-yard line and drove the ball 98 yards down the field. We were down by six points, they could have given up MARSHA but they didn’t.” JONES The 400-plus spectators chanted intensely for a Sting win on the final drive. “This was the most emotional game that we ever played,” adds General Manager Nadlyn Kearney. “The players were determined to win this and bring another championship back to Rochester. When they three-peated, they all broke down and cried like babies.” “I’m leaving a great legacy,” explained tourney MVP and quarterback Adonnis Howard. “My body is sore. My muscles are aching, but this win was great.” The Sting will enjoy a short hiatus and get ready for their season which starts in June at East High School. During their nine-year history in the Rochester community, the team has won six championships. With another championship title under their belt, Sting management hopes the community will come out and really support the team. “The team has a loyal group of fans in Rochester. This team is a true community treasure. I would encourage those who have never heard of us and don’t know us to come and see who we are. If they like what they see, then keep coming out and support us.” For more information, visit www.monroecountysting.com.
Hampton University Choir At Mt. Olivet March 13th
The world reknowned Hampton Choir will be at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams Street, on Saturday, March 13th, at 6 p.m.. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at any Wegmans or the church.
HBCU College Fair at MCC
The Monroe Community College annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) college fair will be held Tuesday, March 16, 2010, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., in the Warshof Conference Center at the R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center (Located in the back of the college), Monroe A & B (Free Parking in Lot M) at 1000 East Henrietta Road. It is sponsored by the MCC Admissions Office. If you are a HBCU graduate in the area, please contact 292-2246 or e-mail jmoorehead@monroecc.edu or Clayton Jones at 292-2373 or cjones@monroecc.edu. They want to make sure your college is represented.
Diabetes Association Hosts Event March 20th
The American Diabetes Association is having a community diabetes event on Saturday March 20, 2010, at Sweet Home Middle School, located at 4150 Maple Road in Amherst, NY. There will be speakers on various topics related to diabetes, a vendor fair, with giveaways and the latest information on diabetes, an ADA Bookstore, food and exercise demonstrations. For more information, please call 458-3040 and ask for Arlene Wilson.
Blast From The Past 70s Party
Jack and Jill of Rochester is hosting a Blast From the Past 70’s Party on Saturday, March 13, at 7 p.m., at the Hyatt. Tickets are $30 dollars. Proceeds raised will go towards a scholarship fund for deserving graduating seniors who may not be able to afford the expenses of college.
Inner Faith Gospel Tabernacle Has a New Home !
Inner Faith Gospel Tabernacle has a new home. God has blessed us with the building at 32 York Street. We are excited and thankful for all that God does and is going to do.Apostle Warr & Inner Faith Gospel Tabernacle members invite the community and fellow congregations to attend the March 14 dedication of the building. Service will begin at 4 p.m. and the guest speaker will be Elder Jack Rice of Guiding Light Ministries. For more information call 585-342-8970
Beyond the Super Bowl
11th Annual NFL Gospel Fest was Outstanding By George Radney The NFL Players Association sponsored Gospel Fest was taken to the next level by Co-host BeBe & Cece Winans and Philadelphia Eagles Star quarterback Donovan McNabb. The NFL’s Players Choice performer, Canton Jones, opened up the show with “The Password,” a spiritually sound hip hop song that got the sold out audience energized. The Cleveland Browns tight end Michael Gaines and Chicago Bears defensive end Tommy Harris collaborated on an old school gospel song that took you back in time. They both have that deep down home sound that reminded me of legendary gospel singer James Cleveland. And they both have a very good future in the music industry. Karen Clark Sheard of the famous Clark sisters performed “Prayed Up.” Even though she has lost a lot of weight, her voice is still very strong and rich with flavor. Leonard Weaver of the Philadelphia Eagles gave a personal testimony on how much better his life is with God in it. Donovan McNabb introduced Bebe & Cece Winans, who performed their smash hit “Close To You.” This was the Winans first live performance
Pictured l-r,Bebe Winans and Pat Freeman of WUFO 1080 AM and CeCe Winans.
in over 15 years, and they seemed not to have missed a beat. The audience was very pleased with this reunion. Bryan Scott of the Buffalo Bills gave an excellent solo performance of his original song while playing keyboards. Even though a bit shy, Bryan also definitely has a future in the music industry. (He recently signed a new two year agreement with the Buffalo Bills).
DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director of NFL Players Association spoke about the importance of sponsoring this event, and said that the players will continue to become more active in their respective communities. The Players Association sold their own t-shirts at the event, and talked about more fundraising, which leads me to believe a players strike will take place after the 2010 season. The NFL choir Continued Page 12
Around Town: *March 13 - THE SHRINE -ADAMA CLAYTON POWEL 133/135TH ST NYC LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL WHITNEY MARCHELLE - Vocalist Featuring Pianist Bertha Hope on Fender Rhodes. *March 22- EASTMAN KILBOURNE HALL -”Woman In Jazz” 12 noon Whitney Marchelle - piano vocal, with bassit
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L-R: President Obama, State Sen. Antoine Thompson, Council Member Bonnie Russell, former Council Member Brian Davis, Gov. David Paterson, Councilmember Demone Smith and Rep. Charlie Rangel.
Sheehan: Towards Patient Centered Care
Dr. Grant
Dr. Ellen Grant Named Director Of Cornerstone Manor The Buffalo City Mission has named Ellen E. Grant, an author, educator, women and long-time health care professional, the new director of Cornerstone Manor, the Mission’s shelter for battered women. Dr. Grant will provide day-to-day management of the Women and Children’s Shelter and counsel to women in the facility’s long- and short-term recovery programs. She spent the last four years at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, where she worked as vice president of community affairs and vice president and corporate director of behavioral health services. She also served as vice president for behavioral health & wellness & health promotion. In addition to her work at BlueCross BlueShield, she served as Erie County commissioner of mental health from September 1988 to January 2000. Among other leadership positions in healthcare, Grant is also managing partner of Dr. First Advantage, a consulting firm in Buffalo that was organized in 1988 and seeks to help organizations to be more effective. In 1991, Partners Press published Grant’s book, Managing in Black and White, a Guide for the Professional Woman of Color. Her book was used in the “Empowerment Issues for Women of Color” course taught at the State University of Buffalo. Additionally,she wrote a chapter in the book Go Tell Michelle..African American Women’s Letters to the New First Lady about the importance of advocating for mental health and the current health care disparities issue. Dr. Grant received her Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo in Communications and Organizational Behavior. She received her master’s in Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the university. Grant has one son who recently received his master’s degree from Hawaii Pacific University. She and her husband William Miller currently reside in Grand Island. She is active in a host of community organizations.
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Assemblywoman Peoples-Stokes was one of many who gathered for the unveiling of the new 18,400 square foot renovation and expansion of the Sheehan Hospital’s front entrance and first floor. The new entrance is part of the hospital’s plan to make the facility more convenient, comfortable and welcoming to patients and their families. Sheehan currently offers primary and preventive medical care, diagnostic services, in addition to specialty services that include inpatient and outpatient alcohol and substance addiction treatment and rehabilitation. Congratulatory remarks during the press conference were delivered by Assemblywoman Peoples-Stokes, Dr. Gregory Young on behalf of the Governor and the Department of Health; Deputy Mayor Donna M. Brown, Lavera M. Johnson, Sheehan Board Chairperson; Lucille K. Sheedy, Sheehan Interim CEO; Kenton E. Forte, M.D., Sheehan Corporate Medical Director; and Deputy County Executive Al Hammonds. Pictured from left: Dr. Gregory Young, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Dr. Kenton F. Forte, Lavera M. Johnson, Deputy County Executive Al Hammon, Deputy Mayor Donna M. Brown, David Von
Urban League Revolving Loan Trust Fund provided through Empire State Development Corp Grants $30,000 Loan The Buffalo Urban League Minority and Women’s Revolving Loan Trust Fund announces the award of a $30,000 loan to an Amherst business. Palace of Dosas; located on Millersport Highway, has received a loan for the purchase of equipment to enable the business to expand its services. The company is a South Indian cuisine restaurant owned by Nicholapillia Emmanuel and has been in business since 2007. The program enables minority and women owned businesses to participate more freely in the marketplace by providing them “access to capital”. Ms. Brenda W. McDuffie, President & CEO of the Buffalo Urban League said that “The success of small businesses is critical to our community because it creates and retains jobs.” Funding for the program comes from the state’s Empire State Development Corporation. The program provides low-interest loans to qualified businesses located in Erie County. Those businesses receiving loans must establish that they are in a position to repay it and have been or are being certified as minority or woman-owned by a recognized certification agency. In addition to working capital, the program provides management and technical assistance tools to assist the applicant to not only become a successful borrower, but also a successful entrepreneur as well. The Program is designed to provide qualified businesses with funds for working capital, inventory, machinery, and equipment. Those interested in learning more about the program should contact Michael E. McCarley, Sr., Community Loan Specialist at the Buffalo Urban League at 716-250-2453 or visit www.buffalourbanleague.org.
Buffalo Inner City Lions Club to Host “Oldies But Goodies Dance”
Update Juneteenth Parade Any organizations or groups that participated in last years Juneteenth Parade that has moved or changed phone number, please notify the parade committee with your updated information for our records. You may call (716) 891-8801 or (716) 400-4479 with your information.
-Youth Volunteers Needed-
The Juneteenth Parade Committee needs 10 people over the age of 14 years to volunteer to carry this years’s 2010 Juneteenth Parade Division Banners. For more information please call (716) 891-8801 or (716) 400-4479. Thank You. Nathelia Land is the Parade Chairperson; Cammie Carr-Torrence is Co-Chairperson/Secretary; and Beverly Newkirk is Co-Chairperson.
The Buffalo Inner City Lions Club will hold an “Oldies But Goodies” Dinner- Dance on Friday, March 19 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Avenue. Tickets are $25 per person. Music will be provided by DJ Snake. A contest will be held for the best outfit, male and female. Door prizes will also be awarded. For more information and/or tickets call Benjamin Dockery at 864-2118 or Donald McReynolds at 906-2268. The Buffalo Lions Club is an international organization which purchases eye glasses and hearing aids for low income individuals in Buffalo’s inner city. The organizations also collects old glasses and hearing aids, which can be donated to Buffalo Inner City Lions Club, P.O. Box 6405, Buffalo, NY 14240. The club is always looking for new members. Meetings are held every first and third Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Pratt Willert Center, 422 Pratt Street.
Black Leadership Under Siege ?
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hen New York State Governor David Paterson calls recent, scathing political attacks “orchestrated sabotage on his character,” believe him. When he says that a lot of energy is being devoted to false allegations and unsubstantiated rumors, don’t be so quick to dismiss him as just another politician caught with his hand in the cookie jar. From the National scene to the local front, Black elected officials are under siege. President Barack Obama, House Representative Charlie Rangel, Governor Paterson, our own Council members Brian Davis, Demone Smith, Bonnie Russell and most recently State Senator Antoine Thompson, are current victims of color coded political persecution. It does not matter if our officials have made missteps while in office; or have a record that’s squeaky clean. Occasions of misconduct only make the task of targeting them easier. The dogging of Black leadership seems to have picked up speed with Sabirah the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, but this is a practice that predates the “Obama” era by far. Our MUHAMMAD ability to survive and ultimately thrive as a community is dependent on our ability to select, support, and protect strong and competent leadership. If we are to grasp the profundity of what’s happening on the political landscape, we have to first possess a deeper, more spiritual understanding of the role of leadership within any community. Far from being the tyrannical tool of oppression that the masses of the earth have experienced, leadership is a gift from God, provided for the purpose of inspiring and motivating people toward the personal development necessary to enable them to meet their needs. Most people are like sheep, easily corralled and led off in the desired direction. Don’t believe it? How many women bow in obeisance to the unseen, unidentified monarch who declared that it isn’t proper to wear white after Labor Day? How is it that fast food restaurants sell billions of murder burgers each day? The very definition of a trend is a “general tendency or inclination.” In the book of St. John, Jesus says that “my sheep know my voice,” and declares himself “The Good Sheppard.” It’s a fortunate flock, then, that has the protection, charisma, organizational skills, commanding presence, enthusiasm, eloquence, and dynamic energy of a “good sheppard” to lead it to green pastures: decent housing, safe streets, cultivation of youth, the general pursuit of happiness, and the god given right to self determination. But the matrix of American society is as dependent upon the Black body today as it was when those bodies tended its cotton fields. How does one community attach itself as a host to another, siphoning off jobs, providing services that they could provide for themselves, corralling crime there while keeping its own streets safe? Buy off its leadership. Those who can’t be bought, must be eliminated. Then you perpetuate the cycle by wresting control of the minds of its children. Enter the public school system. The humiliating exposure that Bill Clinton experienced marked a radical shift in the way that political scandals involving White politicians are handled. Until the Monica Lewinsky scandal, such public floggings were so rare that you could actually count them on one hand. Watergate stands alone in the pre-Clinton era as a comparable scandal. It’s not that outlandish, immoral, illegal behavior didn’t exist in American politics, but the press covered it up. Unjust wars that took the lives of the poor, massive theft of government funds, ruthless covert operations abroad abounded then and now. Denials about John Kennedy’s sexual exploits in and out of the White house were laughable, but it was understood that a black eye on him was black eye on the nation. The press covered up the extramarital affairs of Dwight Eisenhower and Franklin Roosevelt, including the fact that Lucy Mercer, Roosevelt’s mistress was with him when he died. Now it’s popular to “out” politicians who falter, as modern day Babylon spirals into the abyss, and the walls of an unjust nation collapse upon themselves. Gary Hart, Barney Frank, Jim McGreevey, Elliot Spitzer, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, John Edwards and many others have taken body blows, but still not at a rate comparable to their Black counterparts, in proportion to their numbers. Succinctly, the all out war against Black leadership began with the first person who stood to oppose slavery. Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, and Harriet Tubman were marked leaders. Marcus Garvey, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington were marked leaders. The exposure of the CIA’s (COINTELPRO) counter intelligence program outlined the pursuit of Black leadership in Biblical terms. J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI had no qualms about characterizing its mischief making in Black organizations as a hunt for the “Black Messiah.” The more recent attacks on Congressman Alcee Continued Page 12
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WORLD NEWS ROUND-UP
The Baylor Files:
Farrakhan Cautions President Obama in Saviours’ Day speech By Leroy Baylor A survivor of the massacre. President Barak Obama was part of the focus of Minister Farrakhan’s Saviours’ Day address Sunday, February 28, at Chicago’s United Arena before an audience of 21,000 Muslims and non-Muslims. It was a nearly four-hour speech that covered The United States is calling on Nigeseveral areas and, upon examination, ria’s government to ensure the perpetrawas based largely on “Message To tors of Sunday’s massacre near the city The BlackMan in America” pubof Jos are brought to justice. Officials lished by Mr. Elijah Muhammad in supervised a mass burial of bodies late 1965. Monday in Dogo Nahawa, one of three Minister Farrakhan began his mainly Christian villages attacked by presentation by drawing attention Muslim herders. A Plateau state official, Solomon Zang, said about 380 bodies to Master Fard Muhammad whose were buried. However, the final death appearance in Detroit eighty years ago on July 4, 1930 marked the Iran” if he desired to save his presi- toll from the violence is not yet clear. beginning of the movement popu- dency. “If America goes to war with Other state officials have placed the toll high as 500. larized as ‘Black Muslims’ by the Iran, I can’t join you,” Farrakhan as In a statement, U.S. Secretary of State declared. “If Obama falls for the scholar C. Eric Lincoln and known Hillary Clinton says Nigerian authorities trap, he will take America down faster correctly as The Nation of Islam in should bring the perpetrators to justice America. Master Fard taught the than they’re now going.” while respecting human rights as order is The Muslim leader emphasized that Depression era Blacks of Detroit restored. Police say they have arrested that Black people of America are the President was in trouble and that about 95 people in connection with the those prophesied in Scriptures as he needed the audience’s prayers. He violence. Witnesses say ethnic Fulani herdsmen being lost in a strange land for four said that the white right was trying hundred years, oppressed, enslaved, to set Obama up for assassination, a attacked the mainly Christian villages 3 a.m. local time Sunday, setting robbed of their names, who would charge that appears to be supported around homes on fire and hacking people with be redeemed by a savior. Mr. Fard by the rapid growth of white militias knives and machetes. Some residents selected Elijah Poole, a poor, ex- since his election, people openly car- are asking why the villages were left tenant farmer from Georgia, whom rying guns at the President’s public unprotected. The area has been under he gave the name Muhammad, to appearances and the inflammatory a dusk-to-dawn curfew since January, lead the organization and whose task rhetoric of right wing media figures. when another outburst of Muslimwas to teach Blacks the principles of Farrakhan continues his prepared Christian violence in Jos killed about Islam, their true identity, history and text Sunday, March 7. The details 325 people. Jos has a history of such their future place in world leader- for web cast access are available at sectarian violence. Previous clashes in www.noi.org, from a local mosque, the city killed about 200 people in 2008, ship. 700 people in 2004 and 1,000 people in Minister Farrakhan took up that study group or Nation of Islam rep- 2001. The city sits on the dividing line resentative. assignment in 1977 and in his speech between Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north spoke directly to the popular theme and predominantly Christian south. In Leroy Baylor is a co-host on “The of the election campaign that brought a statement Monday, U.N. SecretaryAmerica President Obama to office. Communicators” talk show heard General Ban Ki-moon called the killings “We are in the midst of universal on Harlem Community Radio, www. near Jos “appalling.” He urged Nigeria’s change,” he declared, “the world whcr.org, Sundays 1PM-3PM. He political and religious leaders to work wants change but this change cannot can be contacted at leroybtm@msn. together to address the underlying causes of the violence in the area. be brought about by any politician”. com Some information for this report was Ad size 4” x 5” B&W Pub Challenger He said that before President Obama give peace a chance provided by AFP and Reuters. was elected he was “selected by a tiny group of people who study you”. These forces, he said, seek to corrupt leadership so that their bidding is done and the people suffer. Farrakhan referred to Senator Harry Reid’s statements reported on page 37 of the book, “Game Change”, that portrayed Obama as “safe” because of he is “light- skinned” and “with no Negro dialect”. “White people like to see themselves”, Farrakhan stated and made a comparison to Haiti’s ruling class whose leadership was cultivated by the French. He later pointed to Colin Powell as an John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History example of how the ruling elite in the University of South Florida America uses a Black person as the face to “fit” a policy. He listed Powell’s role in the invasions of Panama, The “Freedom Riders” Grenada and the forced expulsion of Haiti’s President Jean-Bertrand Friday, March 19 Aristede in 2004 7:00 p.m. “When they don’t like you, they lie Richard E. Winter ’42 to you”, Farrakhan said while reflecting on a conversation with Winnie Student Center, Mandela who told him how the West Regis Room had promised Nelson Mandela the building of thousands of homes for Free and open to the public the poor. “They lie to you and then you base your promise to the people Sponsored by Peter Canisius Professorship in the African on their lies, then they renege. When American Experience and NAACP (Buffalo Chapter) they build a Black man up into power For more information, contact Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, professor it’s for deception.” of history and director of the All-College Honors program at Referring to Iran, he pointed to dierenfb@canisius.edu or 888-2683 neocon Daniel Pipes’ advice to Presi2001 Main Street | Buffalo, NY 14208 | www.canisius.edu dent Obama in February to “bomb
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HEALTH MATTERS
Spring: Season of the Liver By Dr. Maoshing Ni Each season of the year corresponds to a particular organ. It is important to eat foods that support the organ of the season and help the body cope with that season’s weather conditions. Spring is the season of the liver. During this time, it is important to eat foods that will cleanse and improve the function of the liver, as well as prepare the body for summer’s heat. -A Detox Tune-UNow is the season of awakening. In the flowering trees and noisy birds, we feel spring all around us. Why not feel it inside, too, with a detoxification program — a cleansing for your body and mind. Your body is not unlike your car — an efficient machine that performs consistently only when it is given proper care. And just like a car needs a regular change of oil and various filters to eliminate the waste products that degrade its performance, the body needs to be cleared of the chemicals and toxins that clog its system. Many of these toxins are the destructive side effects of our chemical inventions, from the preservatives and additives found in foods or the contaminants in the water supply to the formaldehyde in carpets and furniture. Your body can process and eliminate some of the hordes of chemicals that enter, but the overflow gets stored in the liver, lungs, kidneys, fat cells, intestines, blood stream, and skin — which can result in chronic illnesses down the road. Feel Fresh with a Daily Detox Here is a full day of practices to gently detoxify your body: 1. Begin your day with gentle stretches that warm up your body and awaken your mind. 2. Make yourself some cleansing lemon tea. Simply heat up filtered water and squeeze half of a lemon in it. This will cleanse your digestive system. 3. For your detox diet, choose high fiber and organic foods, and eat more beans, brown rice, oat bran, vegetables, fruits, and chicken or turkey. This Super Cleanse Broth will spring you into good health. To make, simply prepare a broth from: collards, Swiss chard, kale, mustard greens, cabbage, dandelion, Brussels sprouts, daikon radish, watercress, seaweed, shitake mushrooms, cilantro, garlic, leeks, fennel, anise,
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ginger, and turmeric. 4. Drink your veggies in juice form! Try a terrific detox juice made with Aloe vera juice, apples, asparagus, beet greens, cabbage, carrot greens, celery, cucumbers, and parsley. 5. Soak for 20 minutes in a revitalizing herbal bath. To help draw out toxins, infuse your bath water with eucalyptus, wintergreen, peppermint, fennel, cinnamon, and epsom salts. Herbal Therapy Whether steeped into tea or added to your cooking, you can use these potent cleansing herbs to remove toxic build up and wastes from your body: • Chrysanthemum flower: Traditionally used to cleanse the liver, brighten vision, and neutralize toxins - and studies show that chrysanthemum lowers blood pressure and cholesterol and balances blood sugar. • Dandelion: Research shows that dandelion root enhances the flow of bile, improving liver conditions such as hepatitis, gallstones, and jaundice. • Milk thistle: Extensive research has found that the major component of milk thistle extract, silymarin, has a protective and a restorative effect on the liver, stimulating the growth of new liver cells to replace old damaged cells. • Hawthorn berry: A famous cardiovascular tonic that is chock full of antioxidants, hawthorn is used to cleanse the blood of plaque and other toxins; according to studies, it helps the body maintain healthy cholesterol and blood pressure. • Turmeric: A common spice, turmeric speeds up the detoxification process in the whole body by increasing bile production and release, eliminating toxins like heavy metals and other chemicals. • Seaweed: The algin in seaweed absorbs toxins from the digestive system and has been thought to absorb and remove drugs, chemicals, heavy metals, and radioactive strontium from the body. Some experts claim that seaweed’s active ingredient, sodium alginate, binds these toxins in the gastrointestinal tract, preventing their absorption into the body. I hope you find the ways to detoxify your whole being! May you stay healthy, live long, and live happy!
World Kidney Day Recognized In Western New York The National Kidney Foundation Serving Western New York (NKF) will recognize World Kidney Day on Thursday, March 11. World Kidney Day is commemorated around the world to bring awareness to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which affects 26 million Americans. Most are completely unaware of their condition. Local activities include a news conference, a free kidney health screening, and kidney-friendly cooking classes at the Tops Cooking School. Western New York Statistics: 170,000 Western New Yorkers suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease. *At least 1 out of 8 Western New Yorkers suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease *Another 1 out of 8 are at risk and don’t even know it *More than 1,600 people in WNY receive dialysis treatments as often as three times a week *500 Western New Yorkers are waiting for a kidney transplant
U.S. Blacks, Hispanics Losing More Sleep Over Worries
NEW YORK – Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than Whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found. The National Sleep Foundation telephone poll of more than 1,000 people from the four ethnic groups also showed that more Black Americans are likely to do job related work before bed. Black Americans are also more likely to pray and have sex before going to bed and need the least amount of sleep to function. the survey found.
To Parents of 8th Grade Students: Beginning August 18, 2010 with a class of incoming 9th graders, a new charter school will open with an emphasis on preparing students for careers in the health sciences. Health Sciences Charter School will offer a college-prep education with NYS Regents or Advanced Regents diplomas, and AP courses. Backed by the hands-on commitment of our health care industry partners, HSCS will expose students to career opportunities through a specialized classroom curriculum, laboratory-based research, mentoring programs, and internships. We invite you to come and learn more at
Community Presentation: March 16, 6:00-7:30PM Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library - 1324 Jefferson Ave
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New Hope Baptist That’s What Friends Are For.. to Celebrate 75th That’s what Friends Are For Enter In Ministries guest will be Anniversary Elder Larry Jackson and Guest
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Kingdom Dimension Ministries Building Fund Drive The Honorable Diocesan Bishop William Todd Sr, D.D Senior Pastor of Christ Haven Pentecostal Church of Darby Pennsylvania, will be the guest morning speaker at Kingdom Dimension Ministries, Pastor’s James and Phyllis Foye March 14, to kick off their Building Fund Drive. Bishop Todd is the Diocesan Bishop of World Assemblies of Restoration, Bishop James Nelson Sr, Presiding Prelate. Bishop Todd oversees the 3rd District states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvanian and Connecticut. Bishop Todd founded two learning institutes to prepare the next generation - the Christ Haven Christian Academy for pre-kindergarten through six grade students, and the Christ Haven Bible Institute for adult students to continue their education in the ministry. Bishop Todd is happily married to his bride of 42 years First Lady, Mother Thomasina Todd. Kingdom Dimension Ministries current home is the Harlem Rd. Community Center Auditorium, 4255 Harlem Rd,. Morning worship begins at 11:30 am, all are welcome. For more information call 716691-8824 or contact us on the web www.kd-ministries.org or Face book.
The New Hope Baptist Church, 1122 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY will celebrate 73rd Church Anniversary on Sunday, March 21, at 10:15 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Pastor Harvey L. Kelley will be the morning worship speaker and Rev. James Blackburn of Greater Hope Baptist Church of Buffalo, NY will be the 3:30 p.m. guest speaker; music by the Greater Hope Choir. The Theme for the celebration is “The Church Renewed and Recommitted to the Work of Christ” - Roman 12:2. Honorees for the 73rd Church Anniversary will be Sister Mary Richmond and Minister Cozell Ferrell, Angela Marie Samuel and Mercy Cox-Hicks for the youth. Deacon Richard Lee, Church Anniversary Committee Chairman
Group Ketta Young & “Jesus Freaks”Sunday March 14 at 7 p.m. 1761 Genesee St. Come and hang out with us for about 1 hr and 30 minutes. It doesn’t take long to enjoy friends. See you there You are invited to be my friend. Rosetta Swain is Servant/Pastor
St. Martin de Porres 1st Annual Basket & Silent Auction
Teens Use Bible to Set Church Bus on Fire
St. Martin de Porres first annual Basket & Silent Auction at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center will be held at 6 p.m. Tickets for the event are $50 per person. Donation of auction items are currently being accepted now through March 21. This after five affair will include hors d’oeuvres, live music by The Love Supreme Jazz Ensemble, and a cash bar. Ticket price includes a chance at the door prize and 25 chances at basket auction items. Additional tickets for basket auction items may be purchased at the event. For more information, donation forms, and tickets, please contact (716) 883-7729, (716) 573-5252 or email at SMDPAuction@yahoo. com.Proceeds to benefit St. Martin de Porres Church and the Daniel S. Workman, Jr. Community Center.
Annual Male Chorus Musical
The Male Chorus of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church will presented the Annual Male Chorus Musical on Saturday, March 13 at 6 p.m. at the church, 402 Clinton Street. Rev. Daris Dixon-Clark is pastor. For more information call 847-1020. All proceeds from this service will be donated to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort.
Investigators said arsonists in Rutherford County, Tenn used an unthinkable item to add fuel to their fire, the Bible. Authorities said a group of teens used the pages to set fire to a church bus. Fire officials believe this is the work of some teens trying to have fun, but investigators and church members are not amused one bit. “The disrespect to God’s property is how we see it,” said Assistant Pastor Joel Young. Charred corners of the Bible are still scattered on the Middle Tennessee Baptist Church parking lot, now part of an arson investigation scene. On Thursday evening, authorities believe two teens set pages of the holy book on fire then threw it inside one of the church’s buses.
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The AME Church WNY Conference Young People’s Division will host their charity concert to benefit Haiti on Sunday March 14 beginning at 4 p.m. at Bethel AME Church 1525 Michigan Ave. “We have some extraordinary young people coming out,” said Young People’s Division president La’Mone Gibson. Jamel ‘The Entertainer’ Henderson from NYC and Rasheen Powell will serve as Masters of Ceremony for the evening. There will Special guest performances by J-Spence, ChoSon, Kyria, Kyle McKinzie, Keith Santiago, Danielle Richardson, and more. Special guest choirs include Buff State ‘Spirit’, Canisius Gospel Ensemble, Buffalo District Youth, and Holy Temple in addition to praise dancing from “Chosen Movement, “ Spoken word from Terrell J. Robinson, Amber Villacrusis and more. Yanick Jenkins, Director of EOP at Buffalo State College, will give a few words of encouragement and share her Haitian background. This is a charity concert. Even though admission is free, an offering for Haiti will be taken up. COME AS YOU ARE.... DON’T FUSS OVER AN OUTFIT, THERE’S NO LIMITS.... For more information or to RSVP please contact Lamone at 716-5076441.
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Lewiston Jazz Fest Langston Hughes Epic On Stage
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The Jazz Example and Lady Lita so excited to have been chosen to be a part of Western New York’s most unforgettable jazz festival, the 2010 Lewison Jazz Festival on August 27 where they will be performing from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Hair School:
Marty Markowitz, Tina Knowles, Beyonce Knowles, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo attend the unveiling of the Beyonce Cosmetology Center in New York City on March 5, 2010
Keyshia Cole Has Baby Boy Singer Keyshia Cole and her fiancé, Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Daniel Gibson, have just become the parents of a bouncing new baby boy. Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr. was born Tuesday evening weighing in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces.Sanders says “mother and baby are doing great” and Cole would especially like to thank her fans. Gibson, 24, was drafted by Cleveland in 2006. He missed the Cavaliers’ game in New Jersey against the Nets last Wednesday night. Coach Mike Brown said Gibson’s status is being listed as day to day.
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ubversive Theatre presentsHARVEST Langston Hughes’ epicscale protest play -- a gritty tale of the struggle to unionize Black, white, and Mexican migrant farm workers during the Great Depression featuring recitations of many of Hughes’ most radical poems and live performances of militant union songs of the Great Depression now thru March 20 Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 6 p.m. at the Manny Fried Playhouse (255 Great Arrow Avenue, third floor of North Buffalo’s Great Arrow Building) Sponsored by the Arts Council of Buffalo and Erie County and the Western New York Area Labor Federation . Admission $15 or $10 for Students, Seniors, and Subversive Theatre Members All Sunday Performances pay-what-youcan admission. For more information call 716-408-0499 or visit www. subversivetheatre.org.
Allen Iverson’s Wife Files for Divorce Turns out Allen Iverson was handed two big breakups this week – one from, his NBA team, the other from his wife. According to reports, Tawanna Iverson filed papers last week in Atlanta’s Fulton County Superior Court saying their 8½-year marriage is “irretrievably broken.” On the same day, the Philadelphia 76ers announced he would not return for the rest of the season. According to news reports Iverson has a serious drinking and gambling problem. Tawanna is asking for full custody of the couple’s five children, child support and alimony.
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*Thursday Night Comedy: The New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Ave. 8 p.m.; tickets $15. Open Mic & Jam Session every Friday and Saturday New Musician’s Big “6” Club, 600 East North @ Fox; 896-6660. *Buffalo Blues Festival 2010, Bobby Bland, Clarence Carter, Marvn Sease, Bobby Rush, Floyd Taylor, Blackfoot, Shirley Brown, Saturday, March 20, Shea’s; tickets at Shea’s Box Office, Doris Records, Ticketmaster outlets. *MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, Starring Tyler Perry, HSBC Arena, Tuesday, April 27, 730 pm; Tickets on sale now at HSBC Arena Box office; all tickets.com locations including Tops Markets, Doris Records or charge by phone @ 1-888-223-6000.
*The Temptations, 8:30 p.m.April 15, Avalon Theatre, Niagara Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada), tickets $25 and up; box office, Ticketmaster 888-8368118.
*The Jazz Example with Larry Owens on drums; Greg Piontek on bass; Trigger Gaston on Piano, Bilal Abdullah on Sax; featuring vocalist Lady Lita;9PM,Each Friday at The Anchor Bar. *BELLE, on stage at Ujima Theatre’s TheaterLoft, 545 Elmwood Avenue, March 5-28, Thurs., Fri, Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 6 p.m.; tickets $25 general, $20 seniors, $15 students; Reservations call 883-0380; group rates 883-4232. ujimacoinc@ mac.com • www.ujimatheatre.org Purchase tickets online at: http:// www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/96672
*Alemaedae Theater Productions Presents comedy production of “So Fierce,” Wed. March 17, Five Fifty Banquet Hall, 550 Genesee St.; 6:45 p.m.; Tickets $20 @ Doris Records. No door admission; 602-6253. *Readings at the Screening Room, Northtown Business Center, 1313 Sheridan (Bailey entrance); $2; 7139340 for info. EXHIBIT *Permanent Exhibit at the Langston Hughes Institute, 35 High Street, includes “Black Woman as Warrior” exterior murals by renowned artist William Cooper and “The Whole Story.” For more information call 881-326 On Stage Listings are Free.
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Mo’Nique’s win is one of Oscar night’s ‘Precious’ moments By Clarence Haynes/The Grio.com
The 82nd Academy Awards was an okay display of Hollywood’s biggest night, with co-hosts Alex Baldwin and Steve Martin doing an amiable, charming job. Yet the night didn’t take the leap forward that many would envision for a program battling the specter of dwindling ratings in an increasingly fragmented media age. Little in the aesthetics of the show’s production felt forward thinking, or that it acknowledged the tastes of a new generation of moviegoers. Still, winners of the award reminded us that those moments onstage accepting their trophies were often bigger than they were. Mo’Nique epitomized this idea, as she closed her eyes and made her way onstage after being announced as best supporting actress for Precious. “I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all that she had to so that I would not have to,” Mo’Nique said, referring to the first Black woman who won an Oscar for a role in a film that’s often been highlighted as a stalwart of appalling African-American stereotypes. She also thanked Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey for promoting Precious and her husband Sidney for encouraging her to “forgoe doing what’s popular in order to do what’s right.” In a few lines, a raunchy, off-the-cuff come-
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dian showed reverence, gratitude, tenacity and historical awareness, much in the same way that she turned audience assumptions about her film character completely around in concluding scenes. Precious took home another award during the evening for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) by Geoffrey Fletcher, who was shocked and ended up at a loss for words. Yet he still managed to call out to the “Precious boys and girls” who inspired him and who he is, in turn, inspiring. And Sandra Bullock, who won best actress for The Blind Side, stepped around the controversy surrounding the race and class politics of the film by thanking “the moms that take care of the babies and the children no matter where they come from....” She then remembered her own mother, an opera singer, who taught her that, regardless of race, sexual orientation or social status, everyone deserves to be loved. She also managed to do that rare feat of moving the audience to tears while getting us to laugh seconds later. It’s an irony then that an awards show not invested in moving forward stylistically still had moments that took us forward, i.e. with a deeply moved Katheryn Bigelow being the first woman to win a directing award for the male-ensemble war film The Hurt Locker.
Mo’Nique joins only a few Black actresses to get an Oscar. Hattie McDaniel claimed best supporting actress in 1939’s “Gone with the Wind,” Whoopi Goldberg won best supporting actress for 1990’s “Ghost,” Halle Berry took best actress for 2001’s “Monster’s Ball” and Jennifer Hudson got best supporting actress for 2006’s “Dreamgirls.”
The most captivating presenter on the show was Oprah Winfrey, who is simply living walking presence. During her speech for best actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe, she spoke of the young performer’s go-getter abilities off-screen and bravery as an artist onscreen. Winfrey’s charisma and ability to pay it forward again and again while honoring herself can serve as a reminder to a longin-the-tooth Hollywood institution of how to play the game when the time comes next year to roll out the red carpet.
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EDITORIAL The Challenger Remembering Sunday, March 7, 1965:
How ‘Bloody Sunday’ Changed America By Kristen Clarke
Selma, Alabama has long occupied a central place in the story of our nation’s struggle to extend voting rights to AfricanAmericans. In 1965, the town, located in the heart of the Black Belt, became the launching pad for the Alabama Project - a campaign led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that sought to expose the then-existing national crisis of black voter disenfranchisement and compel desperately needed federal intervention. In 1961, only 156 of 15,000 voting-age African-Americans in Dallas County (where Selma sits) were registered to vote and resistance to black voter mobilization efforts was at its height. Election officials imposed complex literacy tests subjecting eligible citizens to be quizzed on arcane provisions of the state constitution, and the period for voter registration was limited to just two days a month. Litigation under then-existing federal statutes proved wholly ineffective in eliminating the barriers. Registrars defied court orders, resorted to gamesmanship to sidestep rulings and used trickery to prevent courts from imposing injunctive relief. Dallas County officials were certainly not alone in their resistance to the mandates of the 15th Amendment. All throughout the South, officials employed tests and devices, and resorted to violence to deny blacks access to the ballot box. After Bloody Sunday, it became clear that the federal government had an important role to play in our nation’s civil rights movement and in efforts to fully enforce the equality principles enshrined within the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Shortly after the attack launched on law-abiding citizens, the Voting Rights Act was drafted, vigorously debated by Congress and signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson in August 1965. Today’s Alabama, like many parts of the country, reflects signs of progress. Much of that progress is directly attributable to - and the consequence of - vigorous enforcement of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Department of Justice, civil rights organizations and other private litigants. Today, black and white Alabamians are registered at encouragingly comparable rates and African-Americans represent 25% of Alabama’s state legislature. Despite this progress, there certainly remain significant and ongoing challenges. For example, blacks in Alabama are significantly under-represented throughout the state judiciary. And racially polarized voting patterns remain stark in many areas, making it unlikely that minority candidates can prevail in state-wide contests. Congressman John Lewis, who was clubbed on the head during the Bloody Sunday attack 45 years ago, aptly observed that “President Johnson signed that act, but it was written by the people of Selma.” Congressman Lewis’s words remind us of the important role that the public has long played and must continue to play in safeguarding voting rights. Indeed, we must remain vigilant of the obstacles that still stand in the way of many voters seeking to access the ballot box all throughout the country, particularly during this mid-term election year. Many would-be voters are finding their registration applications rejected for ministerial errors; reports of schemes that aim to intimidate and suppress turnout continue to surface and attempts to adopt restrictive measures such as mandatory photo identification requirements continue to emerge in several states. These modern-day efforts to limit the ability of minority voters seeking to fully participate in the political process make clear that we still need the strong medicine of federal voting rights law and federal oversight. Laws such as the Voting Rights Act, and all of its comprehensive measures, accompanied by more aggressive federal enforcement will continue to help block and deter much, though not all, voting discrimination in places where it rears its ugly head. The Section 5 preclearance provision of the Act, which requires states such as Alabama and others with a long history of discrimination to submit their voting changes for federal review remains particularly critical. The Supreme Court issued a ruling just last year in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, that leaves Section 5’s important protections in place and its effectiveness in both blocking and deterring discrimination remains undeniable. Other important provisions of the Voting Rights Act include Section 2 which prohibits acts that dilute or deny minority voting strength. This law will undoubtedly play an important role in safeguarding minority voting rights during the upcoming redistricting cycle. Section 203, which provides protections for minority language groups and the Act’s federal observer provision, allows the Justice Department to deploy observers to the places where there are reports of potential Election Day problems - a provision that will most certainly be used during the upcoming mid-term election cycle. Other federal laws that continue to play a key role include the National Voter Registration Act (also referred to as the “Motor Voter” law) which requires departments of motor vehicles and social service agencies to make registration opportunities available to the public. But too many states are falling short on their obligations under the Motor Voter Law leaving many Americans unregistered and on the margins. The Help America Vote Act, adopted in the wake of the 2000 presidential election, has helped modernize the kinds of voting machines used in many communities. But there is still much work that remains to be done. (Griot.com) The 45th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday should serve as a wake up call for all Americans. While this most certainly provides an opportunity to reflect upon and observe the progress that has been made, more attention needs to be given to the problems that continue to beleaguer our political process. Although many Americans appreciate the significance of the principle that every vote counts, the reality is that every problem further erodes the system. Almost 13 percent of all eligible voters in our country are not registered at present. If we are to be regarded as the world’s leading democracy, we must work to fix the breaks in the system and ensure that we reach the millions of eligible but not yet registered voters who are locked out of the system. We must also push for more aggressive enforcement of federal voting rights laws, and available state laws, to ensure that we are using every tool in our arsenal to address ongoing voting discrimination and other problems that threaten the integrity of our democracy. In so doing, we appropriately honor the legacy and work of those who marched and endured violence in Selma 45 years ago today. Page 10
Black Agenda Report:
Good Riddance Harold Ford… By Glen Ford Harold Ford, Jr. rises periodically like muck from a sewer to pollute the national political conversation with corporate obscenities posing as public policy. After a brief but nauseating bid for the Democratic senatorial nomination in New York, the former five-term Tennessee congressman has thankfully flushed himself back to his Wall Street cesspool. Ford backed out of the race last week, claiming he wants to save the Democratic Party from a bruising battle between himself and incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand, who was the most right-wing Democrat on the New York delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives before being appointed to the Senate last year. Harold Ford made Gillibrand look like Angela Davis. Ford is truly a prince among corporate political prostitutes. That’s why the Merrill Lynch investment house, which is owned by Bank of America, pays him the princely sum of $2 million dollars a year – a guaranteed salary to a lawyer who has never passed the bar and has no history or visible talent in the field of investment banking. But his racial background is what has always made Harold Ford special in the eyes of the financial oligarchy. Before Wall Street and Barack Obama discovered each other, Harold Ford was the Great Black Hope of the super-rich – the upand-coming young politician who would make corporate predation palatable to African Americans atlarge. Ford was an instant darling of the DLC, the Democratic Leadership Council, the mechanism for distributing corporate money within the Democratic Party. In return for Harold Ford’s worthless soul, the DLC anointed him keynote speaker at the 2000 Democratic National Convention – the same prize they would bestow on Barack Obama, four years later. “Harold Ford made Gillibrand look like Angela Davis.” Thirty-year-old Harold was catapulted to national prominence, his reward for having created a small right-wing faction within what had previously been an almost uniformly progressive-leaning Congressional Black Caucus. Ford became one of only two Black Blue Dog Democrats, and one of only four Black members to support the invasion of Iraq. But Ford’s faction in the Caucus grew, nurtured by corporate contributions. By 2005, the Congressional Black Caucus had been rendered all but useless to progressive politics – Harold Ford’s great service to the right wing. Ford became George Bush’s favorite Black politician, an ally in the Republican assault on Social Security. In his unsuccessful U.S. Senate bid in 2006, Ford flirted openly with the racist Tennessee redneck vote. Harold Ford may be a whore with no shame – but he is Wall Street’s whore. He’s still pulling down $2 million a year as a Black front for white capital. He’s still chairman of the DLC, the corporate headquarters of the Democratic Party. And he’s still filling the air with flatulence on MSNBC. Harold Ford will never have to pass the bar or sell a toxic security to make a living. He’s a made man for the corporate mob, and loving it. (www.BlackAgendaReport.com.)
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Muhammad School of Music Thanks, Challenger, Community
Dear Editor: On behalf of the students, families, faculty, and staff of Muhammad School of Music (MSOM) we would like to extend our deepest and heart felt thank you to, the Challenger Newspaper,and our community for your wonderful support. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we are now more committed to our mission to cultivate and refine the creative essence that each of our young people is given by God, through the gift of music. This mission however, goes much farther than just learning to play the violin. I am growing to see that in truth, it is a mission for the salvation of our young people. In the words of my maestro and teacher, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Black youth are in peril. There is a tremendous crisis among youth of all communities, and Black youth in particular are suffering the most of any people. All of us must now work harder with our gifts, skills, and talents to direct our children on the road to success because the future of our people depends on it. MSOM has faced many challenges and obstacles in our 10 years, but we have also been blessed with many great rewards and achievements. I am thankful for each student of MSOM and the brilliance they reflect. It is this brilliance that is hope for a brighter tomorrow. We are also thankful to our community and the tremendous support we have received over the years. It is this support that encourages, re-energizes, and enables us to continue doing our part to make our young people pleasing in the Sight of God. In the coming year, MSOM will be working with even greater zeal to serve our community. In whatever way we can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to call upon us. Thank you once again and may God bless you, the Challenger Newspaper, and our Beloved Community. Henri L. Muhammad Maestro Muhammad School of Music
Open Letter to Pat Robertson Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished. Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth -- glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen “Crossroads”? Or “Damn Yankees”? If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox -- that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it -- I’m just saying: Not how I roll. You’re doing great work, Pat, and I don’t want to clip your wings -- just, come on, you’re making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That’s working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract. -Best, Satan
The Hua Hu Ching Four Every departure from the Tao contaminates one’s spirit. Anger is a departure, resistance a departure, self- absorption a departure. Over many lifetimes the burden of contaminations can become great. There is only one way to cleanse oneself of these contaminations, and that is to practice virtue. What is meant by this? To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one’s time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without prejudice concerning the identity of those in need. If your willingness to give blessings is limited, so also is your ability to receive them. This is the subtle operation of the Tao. The Meaning of The above image/logo, part of the Challenger flag, corresponds to one of the 81 chapters in Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching. This particular tetragram corresponds to number 27, defined as “The Skillful Exchange of Information.” (From R.L Wing’s book, The Tao of Power.) “The truth, always the truth--at all costs”
“What is planted cannot be uprooted.What is well embraced cannot slip away.” I CHING
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Fade to White : How “Precious” Is It? By ISHMAEL REED
Oakland, Calif. JUDGING from the mail I’ve received, the conversations I’ve had and all that I’ve read, the responses to “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” fall largely along racial lines. Among black men and women, there is widespread revulsion and anger over the Oscar-nominated film about an illiterate, obese black teenager who has two children by her father. The author Jill Nelson wrote: “I don’t eat at the table of self-hatred, inferiority or victimization. I haven’t bought into notions of rampant black pathology or embraced the overwrought, dishonest and black-people-hating pseudo-analysis too often passing as post-racial cold hard truths.” One black radio broadcaster said that he felt under psychological assault for two hours. So did I. The blacks who are enraged by “Precious” have probably figured out that this film wasn’t meant for them. It was the enthusiastic response from white audiences and critics that culminated in the film being nominated for six Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an outfit whose 43 governors are all white and whose membership in terms of diversity is about 40 years behind Mississippi. In fact, the director, Lee Daniels, said that the honor would bring even more “middle-class white Americans” to his film. Is the enthusiasm of such white audiences and awards committees based on their being comfortable with the stereotypes shown? Barbara Bush, the former first lady, not only hosted a screening of “Precious” but also wrote about it in Newsweek, saying: “There are kids like Precious everywhere. Each day we walk by them: young boys and girls whose home lives are dark secrets.” Oprah Winfrey, whose endorsement assisted the movie’s distribution and its acceptance among her white fanbase, said, “None of us who sees the movie can now walk through the world and allow the Preciouses of the world to be invisible.” Are Mrs. Bush and Ms. Winfrey suggesting, on the basis of a fictional film, that incest is widespread among black families? Statistics tell us that it’s certainly no more prevalent among blacks than whites. The National Center for Victims of Crime notes: “Incest does not discriminate. It happens in families that are financially privileged, as well as those of low socio-economic status. It happens to those of all racial and ethnic descent, and to those of all religious traditions.” Given the news media’s tendency to use scandals involving black men, both fictional and real, to create “teaching tools” about the treatment of women, it was inevitable that a black male character associated with incest would be used to begin some national discussion about the state of black families. This use of movies and books to cast collective shame upon an entire community doesn’t happen with works about white dysfunctional families. It wasn’t done, for instance, with “Requiem for a Dream,” starring the great Ellen Burstyn, about a white family dealing with drug addiction, or with “The Kiss,” a memoir about incest — in that case, a relationship between a white father and his adult daughter. Such stereotyping has led to calamities being visited on minority communities. I’ve suggested that the Newseum in Washington create a Hall of Shame, which would include the front pages of newspapers whose inflammatory coverage led to explosions of racial hatred. I’m thinking, among many others, of 1921’s Tulsa riot, which started with a rumor that a black man had assaulted a white woman, and resulted in the murder of 300 blacks. Black films looking to attract white audiences flatter them with another kind of stereotype: the merciful slave master. In guilt-free bits of merchandise like “Precious,” white characters are always portrayed as caring. There to help. Never shown as contributing to the oppression of African-Americans. Problems that members of the black underclass encounter are a result of their culture, their lack of personal responsibility. It’s no surprise either that white critics — eight out of the nine comments used on the publicity Web site for “Precious” were from white men and women — maintain that the movie is worthwhile because, through the efforts of a teacher, this girl begins her first awkward efforts at writing. Redemption through learning the ways of white culture is an old Hollywood theme. D. W. Griffith produced a series of movies in which Chinese, Indians and blacks were lifted from savagery through assimilation. A more recent example of climbing out of the ghetto through assimilation is “Dangerous Minds,” where black and Latino students are rescued by a curriculum that doesn’t include a single black or Latino writer. By the movie’s end, Precious may be pushing toward literacy. But she is jobless, saddled with two children, one of whom has Down syndrome, and she’s learned that she has AIDS. Some redemption. Ishmael Reed, originally from Buffalo, is the author of the forthcoming “Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media.”
Quotable Quotes “How far have you come, really, as a Black man (and NYC police officer) in New York, when, despite having a Black governor, a Black attorney general in Washington, a Black president of the United States and a shiny badge in your pocket, you can still get shot down in the street because a White cop thinks you’re a criminal?” -Leonard Green, a New York Post newspaper columnist commenting on the tragic killing of a Black off-duty NYC cop by a White cop who mistook him for a criminal in Harlem.
MARCH 10, 2010
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White American Terrorists by Margaret Kimberley
White people can commit terrorist acts without having the terror label applied to them in any way. Joseph Stack and Amy Bishop are the two most recent examples of this phenomenon. The benefits of white skin privilege are never ending and extremely dangerous to humanity. Stack deliberately flew his small plane into an Austin, Texas building after posting an anti-government rant online. He, like millions of other people, didn’t like paying taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, which was housed in the building he sought to destroy. The incident was of course covered by the 24 hour per day cable news channels, whose usual incompetence in conveying useful information was on full display. The question on the lips of every anchor person was, “Terrorism or not?” When it became clear that a white man who blamed the IRS for all his problems was the culprit, that question was incredibly answered with a resounding “No.” An individual intentionally crashing a plane into a building meets any possible definition of a terrorist. Fortunately, Stack killed only one other person, but that fact is inconsequential. His goal was to kill many more. Yet the perpetrator’s whiteness trumped common sense, and the evidence left in plain sight. He wasn’t a Muslim or a person of color, so there was no need to think him of him as another bin Laden. “Yet the perpetrator’s whiteness trumped common sense.” Not only was the “T” word not applied to Stack, but his anti-government screed has even been called “populist” by pundits and bloggers who ought to know better. The tea party crowd immediately produced Facebook pages extolling the virtues of his violent act. Like Stack, they don’t dare call themselves what they are, white nationalists. Instead they hide behind seemingly bizarre obsessions and illogic ravings, and denial about them makes them more emboldened. Stack claimed the right to take lives because he was angry about his personal problems with the IRS. “… violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer.” That ideology is the point of commonality for every group or person labeled as terrorist. Individuals who are angry with the United States government’s foreign policy and who choose to kill Americans because of that anger, are always called terrorists if they are foreigners and not white. Not only that, but the United States government reserves the right to assassinate them. Those rules don’t apply to the Stacks of the world, even when they leave behind written proof of their intentions. There is another kind of threat in our midst and it is posed by the dangerous person whose violent and bizarre behaviors are ignored in deference to their whiteness. The killer scientist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville is but the latest example. Amy Bishop, like Joseph Stack, felt highly aggrieved when she experienced a situation shared by many others. She was denied tenure, which meant she would have to look for another job. Instead she embarked on a quixotic effort to have the decision overturned and her anger culminated in the shooting deaths of three colleagues, two African Americans and one Indian national. “Another kind of threat is posed by
the dangerous person whose violent and bizarre behaviors are ignored in deference to their whiteness.” Shortly after the killings, it was revealed that Bishop shot her own brother to death more than 20 years ago. She then held two individuals at gunpoint in a failed escape attempt and even pointed her gun at police (without being shot herself). Inexplicably, that same police force never even charged her with a crime. The killing was ruled accidental without Bishop ever having to explain her actions to the criminal justice system. The state police in Massachusetts were never informed that she threatened two people after killing her brother. Perhaps it isn’t so inexplicable that a “nice” white girl would be sprung from jail without charges being filed because her “nice” white mother showed up and asked for her release. Bishop’s mother served on the Braintree, Massachusetts town council, which probably led to some of the favorable treatment. More than likely, the mere presence of the right kind of white family pleading her case was enough reason for Bishop’s brother and her other would be victims to be ignored and forgotten. Before the university shootings, Bishop had assaulted a patron in a restaurant, and most disturbingly, was suspected of mailing a pipe bomb to a professor she believed had given her a bad evaluation. After the University of Alabama shootings, Bishop’s surviving colleagues quickly pointed out to police that they feared she may have booby trapped their laboratory with deadly germs. Their fears about her behavior were apparently insufficient for her to have been dealt with in a way that might
have saved lives. “A white face does work wonders.” A killing, assaults, and fears of chemical weapons use were not enough to stop this clearly unstable woman and put her under the supervision of law enforcement where she obviously should have been. She literally couldn’t get arrested no matter what she did. Stack lived in a large home, which he burned down before his flight, and of course he owned the plane he used as a weapon. Yet he considered himself oppressed to such an extent that he called for violence. Bishop has a Ph.D. from a prestigious university who instead of looking for work, chose to kill. Both Stack and Bishop felt entitled. They felt entitled to get what they wanted and to do what they wanted. White folks grievances are indeed an awesome force, and so is denial about them. A white face does work wonders. It will keep police and prosecutors from investigating killings and it will keep a terrorist from being called just that. There are millions of silent, angry people in this country. Many of them will not act out their sick fantasies, but others will. They won’t be called terrorists or they get away with one murder and go on to commit more. As long as the assumptions about white people are positive, the Stacks and Bishops and their murderous acts, will always be with us. Margaret Kimberley’s Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BARwhere she serves as editor and senior columnist. Ms. Kimberley lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at Margaret.Kimberley(at) BlackAgandaReport.com.
The March for America : Communities of Color March on WashingtonTo Put America Back to Work Washington –A broad coalition of local and national civil rights and economic justice organizations are organizing a massive mobilization to bring tens of thousands of people to Washington on Sunday, March 21 for a dramatic demonstration of support for inclusive economic polices and citizenship for all of America’s families. The March for America is an opportunity for communities of color to show their power and demand answers to our most pressing issues— the need for jobs and the need to fix the broken immigration system that has created a second class citizenry among us, hurting families, wages and working conditions for everyone. This historic march, that will take place on the National Mall, is reminiscent of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 in which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. NAACP President, Ben Jealous, is scheduled to speak along with several other prominent African American and Black immigrant leaders about the need to address the job crisis. “Blacks and Latinos as well as other racial and ethnic minorities are facing unprecedented unemployment rates,” said Jealous. “The status quo solutions of Washington aren’t addressing the problem in a way that both meet the needs of our constituencies and also solves the nation’s economic crisis in a real way. We need a new paradigm that not only restores our unemployment rates to pre-economic crisis, but addresses the systemic long-standing unemployment disparities our country has faced for generations.” Page 11
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Stop The Violence Coalition Annual Banquet to Honor Outstanding Citizens The Violence Coalition Inc. will celebrate their 2nd Annual Banquet Dear Eve: On my way into a well known restaurant, I happened to see my best friend’s husband seated with another girlfriend of hers. I never did go in. I turned around and left. I don’t believe they recognized me though. I haven’t said a word about it to my best friend yet. Should I tell her or not? I was shocked. Signed, Anna (A Lifetime Friend)
entitled “Pressing On To Save A Generation” Saturday, March 27 from 6 to10 p.m. at Harry’s Harbor & Grille. The theme is “Pressing On To Save A Generation.” Individuals will be honored for their impact on the lives of youth in our community. Participants from STVC programmatic services that press forward to answer the call of our youth will also be honored. The celebration will include food, silent auction, basket raffles and musical performances by Miss Barbara School of Dance, Muhammad’s School of Music and United House of God Krump Warriors. The Keynote speaker is Detra Trueheart, founder of Young Miss Buffalo Scholarship Inc. and Trueheart Speaks. Chairman Marc L. Fuller will also address the audience. Tickets are $50 per person or $500 per table, Call 882-7882 for more information. To place a journal ad call 444-1991.
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Dear Lifetime Friend: There is an old saying: “ A Heap See – But a Few Know.” You didn’t say how many times you saw this…so I assume it was only once. If I were you, Id’ say nothing to anyone about this. That time, it may have been perfectly innocent. Even so, keep silent because your best friend may not believe you, which could cause you to lose her friendship. Should your best friend find something amiss, she would probably tell you anyhow. And one day she might need a shoulder to cry on. What are best friends for? Meanwhile open your Bible. In it you will find the quote: “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Matthew 1&2
Hastings, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry, are all a part of the vast conspiracy to unseat Black elected officials, or to delegitimize our leadership. The net spans far and wide, engulfing hip hop artists and actors, anyone who can present a positive image to Black folk. The assassination of former Crips founder Stanley “Tookie” Williams was a public lynching of the dreaded big black buck. As a natural leader, now a reformed, god loving man, he was more dangerous to this society than any weapon toting thug. Other key individuals have met with suspicious deaths, Final Call News editor Wali Muhammad, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, and the late, great attorNeed advice about your love life? Write: ney Johnnie Cochran. The formula “Ask Eve,” c/o The Challenger Comis simple: Target the sheppard, and munity News, P.O. Box 474, Buffalo, scatter the flock, depriving the comNY 14209. munity of the divine magnetism of its anointed ones. Our beleaguered local elected officials should view their current Annual Carter G. Woodson Essay circumstances in the wider context Contest Winners Announced of our general persecution. Even The winners of the 32nd Annual in cases of possible wrongdoing Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest on the part of our elected officials, received certificates and cash prizes the charge on the table is never the at the Awards Program held on Sat- reason for the attack. Please. This urday, February 20, at the Frank E. is America. How do a few missing Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library, campaign finance dollars compare to 1324 Jefferson Avenue. The theme the crimes of the people who went of this year’s program was “THE into Africa and stole us! How do MOST IMPORTANT AFRICAN they compare to the hundreds of AMERICAN EVENT IN WEST- millions of dollars in HUD funds ERN NEW YORK FROM 1974- earmarked for Black Buffalo that 2009”. have gone missing for over 30 years? Grades 10-12: How about the stimulus funds that First Place – Shawnja Pratt, grade our poor and locked out will never 11, Amherst Central High School see? Second Place – Tiona Campbell, DC residents frustrated the true grade 12, McKinley High School criminals to no end when they sent Third Place – Teante Smith, grade Marion Barry back to the Mayor’s 11, McKinley High School office – in spite of the FBI surveilGrades 7-9: lance tapes showing him smoking First Place – Jackie Jordan-Collins, crack. They knew that Barry had grade 9, Emerson High School fought for them, making construcGrades 4-6: tion contracts and other opportuniFirst Place – Destiny Overton, grade ties available, and they knew that 4, Buffalo United Charter School had he been just another politician Second Place – Chauncey Overton, keeping a chair warm, he could have grade 5, Buffalo United Charter School smoked himself crazy for as long as Third Place – Timothy Payne, grade he was useful. 5, Buffalo United Charter School How should we as a community Also on the program was a Welcome by respond to the attack on Black leadMrs. Sandra Bush, Manager of the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library, reading by ership? What can we do to stop the Nia Hawkins and Presentation of Awards malicious, methodical unraveling by Mrs. Sharon Amos, PhD., and Mrs. of the will of the electorate? Most Sharon Holley, Board Members of the importantly, how can we acquire Afro-American Historical Association of a cadre of bold, uncompromising the Niagara Frontier. Additional sponsors politicians with the courage, will were: The Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. and integrity to actually work for Library, the Lit-Mus Study Club, Buffalo the best interests of those who send Public Schools – Dept. of Social Studies them to office? and Buffalo Branch NAACP-ACT-SO Next time: One Community, Program . Mrs. Sharon Holley serves One Voice. as Chairperson of the contest and is a Board Member of the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara
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BPS Elementary Lotteries Scheduled For March 15th – 19th Public Invited To Attend During the week of March 15-19, the Buffalo Public School District will hold lotteries to fill vacant seats in the elementary grades for the 20102011 school term. All applications submitted to the Central Registration Center prior to the School Choice application deadline date (December 4, 2009) are eligible to participate in the lotteries. The lotteries, which are open to the public, will be held 9:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m. daily at the Central Registration Center located at 33 Ash Street (between Sycamore and Broadway Street). Parents/guardians of children born in 2006 may still submit a School Choice application for the pre-kindergarten grade level. These late applications may be considered for placement at those schools having vacancies after all lotteries have been held.
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legal SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Index No. 11966/09. STATE OF NEW YORK. SUPREME COURT. COUNTY OF ERIE. KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF CONNIE M. SHARP, DECEASED, and all persons who are wives, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; PRISCILLA SHARP, CONNELL SHARP, OLLIE F. SHARP AND TANYA D. HUNTER, AS HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF CONNIE M. SHARP, DECEASED; NEW YORK CENTRAL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY A/S/O HARRY O. FLOWERS JR. AND STELLA FLOWERS; CITIMORTGAGE INC.; THE CITY OF BUFFALO; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 232 FLORIDA STREET, BUFFALO, N.Y. 14208. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that there is a deficiency in the sale proceeds, a deficiency judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. ERIE County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: December 21, 2009. FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Office and P.O. Address, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, N.Y. 14614, Telephone No. (585) 325-6202. (DISTRICT: SECTION: 89.82, BLOCK: 5, LOT: 43). NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION. The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of ERIE, State of New York on September 21, 2001, in Liber 12948 of Mortgages, at page 6946. TO THE DEFENDANT, except CONNIE M. SHARP, DECEASED, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Russell P. Buscaglia, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated February 2, 2010 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Erie County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: Beginning at a point in the northerly line of Florida Street One Hundred Fifty (150) feet westerly from the westerly line of Pleasant Place, being a plot Thirty-One (31) feet by One Hundred Six (106) feet by Thirty-One (31) feet by One Hundred Six (106) feet. Premises known as 232 Florida Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 14208.
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On-Going Events WEEKLY MEETINGS
*Stop The Violence Coalition Meeting: 5:30 p.m. 742 Delaware Ave. 882-7882. Fridays. *Buffalo Local Action Committee Meeting (BLAC): 6:30 p.m. Pratt Willert Center, 422 Pratt St. Thursdays *TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly): 6 p.m.; Edward Saunders Community Center, 2777 Bailey Ave.; 834-6095. Mondays *African Consciousness Workshop: 6-8 p.m.; Frank E. Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue. Mondays *The Israel of God Bible Study Class: 6 p.m.; 372 Feugeron Ave.; 897-2270. Wednesdays *Health and Healing Circles: 3:30-5 p.m.; CAO, 70 Harvard Pl.; 903-3290, Wednesdays *Moot Senior Center “Best Breakfast in Town”: 9-10:30 a.m. 292 High St., Wednesdays *Men and Women Support Groups: 5:30-7 p.m.; 1333 Jefferson Avenue; hosted by Group Ministries, Inc. Thursdays *Alcoholics Anonymous First Step Group: 8-9 p.m.; Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, 621 10th St. Niagara Falls. Fridays *Narcotics Anonymous: 5-7 p.m.; Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, 621 10t St. Sundays *Senior Bridge Club/Poker Club: 1-4 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021.
ENTERTAINMENT
*The Café at Masten & Eaton Presents “Friday Evening Jazz”: 8 p.m.; 230 Masten Avenue; 883-2311. Fridays *Swinging Sundays: 8:00 p.m.-12 p.m.; Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broadway; 855-9383. *“Classic Soul Mixer”: 7-10 p.m.; Pandora’s Restaurant & Bar, 2261 Fillmore Ave. Fridays. *Dinner & Live Jazz at Hot Stuff Southern Cafe, 829 Main St., Niagara Falls; featuring Diana M. Reeves Fridays 6-9 p.m. and “Gumbo, Grits & Gospel on Sundays 2-6 p.m.; (716)282-7883.
DINNERS
*Muhammad Study Group Lunches & Dinners: 579 Jefferson Ave. (corner of Jefferson & Frost); $10; 436-1460. Saturdays. *St. John’s Lodge #16 Free and Accepted Masons Charity Fish Dinner Fundraiser: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; 17 Kingsley Street; $7; 885-5009 or 200-9129. Fridays
MARCH 10, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY MARCH 10 Harriet Tubman Awards Ceremony: 6-9 p.m., Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts School, 450 Masten Ave; free. 536-7323. Board of Education Meeting: 5:30 p.m., 801 City Hall. Public Meeting: Board Of The Westminster Community Charter School, 3 p.m., M&T Bank, One M&T Plaza Downtown, 19th Floor. THURSDAY MARCH 11 Zumba Fitness Class: 5:30-6:30, The 2nd Cup, 36 Broadway, 8644592. FRIDAY MARCH 12 Urban Christian Ministries Spring Health Fair: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., 967 Jefferson Ave.; 882-9472 for more info. SATURDAY MARCH 13 Zumba Fitness Class: 9-10 a.m., Delavan Library, 1187 E. Delavan; 864-4592. Christ First Productions Praise Party: 6:30 p.m., St. John Baptist Church Family Life Center, 184 Goodell St.; Free.
On-Going Events DANCE
Dance Lessons with Smooth Steppers: Urban Line Dance, smooth style Ballroom, Steppin’ and Swing; CRUCIAL Center, 230 Moselle St., Saturdays at noon; Tuesdays at 6 p.m. $3; 633-7813. *Line Dancing With Pearl Harris: 6-7 p.m. Pratt Willert Community Center, 422 Pratt St. donation $2. Wednesdays *Community Dance and African Drumming Classes: African American Cultural Center, 350 Masten Avenue, 3 p.m. Saturdays and 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; $15 monthly; visit www.africancultural.org more information *Line Dancing Lessons, First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine St., 6:30 p.m. Fridays. 847-6555. Free. *Line Dance Lessons: 10 a.m.-Noon; Martha Mitchell Center, 175 Oakmont St.; 444-2046 or 833-1038, Tuesdays Wednesdays *Line Dance by George Patterson: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 896-7021, Mondays & Thursdays. *June-Teenth Afrikan Family Time Drum Dance and Song: 6-8:30 p.m.; GatewayLongview Family Resource Center, 347 Ferry Street. Fridays * Argentine Tango Every Monday with Travis Widrick 7 - 10 p.m. 1st hour beginners lesson,The Gallery @ Chow Chocolat, 731 Main St. *Salsa Night Every Wednesday with Calvin and Fanny 7 - 10 p.m .1st hour beginners lesson The Gallery @ Chow Chocolat 731 Main St. *Latin Night 1st/3rd Friday with Chun Poh, Salsa, Merengue, ChaCha, Bachata 8 p.m.- midnight, Chow Chocolat 731 Main St.
Pictured: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter Celebrates Founder’s Day
On March 21 Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will celebrate their annual Founder’s Day. This year’s Founder’s Day will honor community leaders who exemplify our platforms. The event will be held at The Fairdale Banquet Center on Wherle Dr. at 1 p.m.The following community leaders will be awarded: Economic Keys To Success, Kevin Donovan; Health Resource Management, Michelle Boyd; Economic Growth of The Black Family, F.A.T.H.E.R.S. Organization; Non Traditional Entrepreneur, Kathy Tyler, owner of 2nd Cup Café; Soror Of The Year, Dr. Barbara Nevergold. For ticket information contact Chairperson: Andrea Boyd @ 314-973-3505. Linda Seay is president. SATURDAY MARCH 13 American Association of University Women Tech Savvy Conference: 8:30 a.m., UB Student Union, North Campus.
SUNDAY MARCH 14 Haitian Benefit Concert: Hosted by WNY Conference Young People’s Division, 4 P.M., Bethel AME Church, 1525 Michigan Ave; 5076441 For more info.
poration and the chapter’s scholarship fund; 348-1034, 830-1024, 812-3246 or 310-9936.
TUESDAY MARCH 16 HEAP Outreach Site: Gloria Parks Community Center, 3242 Main St., 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Leg. Betty Grant at 894-0914 or 536-7323 for more info. SATURDAY MARCH 20 Blue Note Jazz Affair: Buffalo Convention Center, 6 p.m., featuring “Evolution” Sponsored by Ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Kappa Upsilon Zeta Chapter, to benefit the Michigan Street Preservation Cor-
POETRY
*Open Mic Poetry: 6:30-9 p.m.; EM Tea Coffee Cup Café, 80 Oakgrove St.
YOUTH
*Girl Scouts of America: 5-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 8967021. Wednesdays
EXERCISE
*Senior Fitness Class: 9:45-10:45 a.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021; Wednesdays *Exercise for Health: 9:30-10:30; Edward A. Saunders Center, 2777 Bailey Avenue; 332-4381 Thursdays *Open Gym: 5-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Fridays *Tae-Kwan-do: 6-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Mondays & Fridays *Senior Fitness Class: 9:45-10:30 a.m.: Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Mondays
RADIO/TV PROGRAMMING
*Sen. Antoine Thompson Radio Show, Thursdays 1-2 p.m.; WUFO Radio 1080AM. *Pro-Ject Access To A-Free-Ka Radio Show: 3-6 p.m. 1080 AM WUFO; hosted by Ras Jomo; call in 837-111,, Mondays. *Khametic Ascendants Buffalo: 9 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. (nite); Buffalo Channel 20 Video showings; live speakers. Wednesdays *My Time To Be Blessed! Channel 20, Cable TV, Evangelist Gloria Caver-Robinson Gill; Mondays and Fridays 2 to 2:28 p.m. Sundays. *Umoja Presents: 10:30 p.m.; Channel 20. *Jazz Favorites: 9-10 p.m. WBFO Radio 88.7 AM with host/producer Macy Favor and guest. *What’s Happening Buffalo and WNY: 8:30 a.m. MYTV Buffalo; host Esther Smothers.Sundays. *WHLD 1270 AM Real Distinguished Speakers Series: 3-4 p.m.; hosted by Marc L. Fuller, with guest speaker. Saturdays. *Affordable Homes Presents “Mo’ Money “Mo’ Money: 8-8:30 p.m.; WHLD 1270 AM Radio Ministry. Saturdays. MARCH 10-+, 2010
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Start Early! Start Strong! KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL Celebrating a decade of education excellence!
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