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Reverend Gregory Seal Livingston, pastor at New Hope Baptist Church, recently led a large group of protestors on a march from Lake Shore Drive, near Briar Pl., to Wrigley Field.

PROTESTORS DISRUPTED LIFE ON THE NORTH SIDE DURING LAKE SHORE DRIVE SHUT DOWN Reverend Gregory Seal Livingston, the pastor at New Hope Baptist Church, recently led a large group of protestors on a march from Lake Shore Drive, near Briar Pl., to Wrigley Field. The purpose of their march was to disrupt everyday life on the north side, draw attention to the violence that south and west siders experience, and to call for the resignation of Chicago’s Mayor and Police Superintendent. See more on Page 2

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION

CPS TO HOST BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR Chicago Public Schools recently announced that the district will be hosting Back-to-School Bashes across the city this month for students, families and community members to come together to celebrate and prepare for a productive start to the school year. The events will allow all CPS students to receive school supplies, meet new classmates and reconnect with their school community for the year ahead. “Back-to-School Bashes are an opportunity for families to reengage with their schools and ensure their children have the helpful resources and supplies needed to hit the ground running on day one of the school year,” said CPS CEO Dr. Janice K. Jackson. “I know our families are motivated to kick off a new, successful school year, and we look forward to bringing them together in the coming weeks to celebrate the remarkable progress their schools have made.” For more information on the events and details on other resources to help families prepare for a successful year ahead, families can visit the Back-to-School website at www.cps.edu/b2s.

HEALTH

LAW PASSED TO PROTECT VETERANS AT STATE HOMES FROM EPIDEMICS A new Illinois state law sponsored by State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) will protect veterans at state homes from epidemics like the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy. Cullerton’s legislation, which was signed into law recently requires Illinois veterans homes to notify facility residents and their emergency contacts within 24 hours if two or more residents in the home have been diagnosed with an infectious disease in a period of one month or less. “This new law will put the health of our veterans ahead of government bureaucracy,” Cullerton said. “When your loved one is in harm’s way, you have a right to know. Now that right is the law.” House Bill 4278 was supported by the Better Government Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Illinois AMVETS. It goes into effect immediately.

LAW & POLITICS

SENATOR DURBIN ENDORSES DEMOCRAT LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN ILLINOIS’S 14TH U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) offered his formal endorsement of Lauren Underwood, a Democrat running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’s 14th District, during a July 28 event in Oswego, IL alongside members of the Kendall County Democrats. “Healthcare is the driving issue in this election, and we couldn’t have a better candidate,” Durbin said of Underwood, a registered nurse and health policy expert from Naperville, IL. “The incumbent congressman has voted in lockstep with the Republicans in Congress in favor of a health care system that would deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and dramatically increase the cost of health insurance for people over 50.” “As a nurse I know how critical it is for people to have access to medications and procedures when they need them, particularly if they have a chronic illness. I have a pre-existing condition myself, so this is deeply personal to me. I understand the plight of so many northern Illinois families who are struggling to afford their care,” said Underwood whose team marked 100 days to Election Day July 29 with an open house celebration at her new office in St. Charles with more than 100 local supporters.

Protestors Disrupted Life On The North Side During Lake Shore Drive Shut Down Continued from page 1 BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Reverend Gregory Seal Livingston, the pastor at New Hope Baptist Church, recently led a large group of protestors on a march from Lake Shore Drive, near Briar Pl., to Wrigley Field. The purpose of their march was to disrupt everyday life on the north side, draw attention to the violence that south and west siders experience, and to call for the resignation of Chicago’s Mayor and Police Superintendent. “We have some major objectives and demands. We want justice for police murder victims, economic investment for the south and west side, resources for black-led anti-violence initiatives, and we want to reopen and repurpose those 50 closed schools,” said Livingston. The Lake Shore Drive Shut Down was led by Livingston who used the biblical example of Pharaoh and Moses to describe why he was not going to be silenced on the matters of injustice, inequity, and an unfair distribution of resources that he sees and hopes to remedy in Chicago. “Moses did not negotiate with Pharaoh he made

The purpose of protestors’ march led by Reverend Gregory Seal Livingston, (pictured) pastor at New Hope Baptist Church, was to disrupt everyday life on the north side, draw attention to the violence that south and west siders experience, and to call for the resignation of Chicago’s Mayor and Police Superintendent. Photo Credit: Provided by Gregory Seal Livingston

demands you know, he said let my people go. We have a great example of it even back then in terms of Gods people pushing for the liberation of all people and we follow a strong tradition of that,” said Livingston. Livingston also said that part of the problem he is facing is simply related to human nature and that people don’t always do the right thing if they don’t have to,

which is why he brought his demonstration to the north side where it is easier for residents to ignore the pain that is felt on the south and west sides. “We have to be disruptive because biology teaches us that mutation requires irritation and change,” said Livingston. “We have to redistribute the pain caused by all the times that challenged and disadvan-

taged communities cries and complaints have been neglected while better off communities cries have been heard and attended to. We have to bring the suffering to where it can be heard.” Again, taking direction from past revolutionaries like Moses, Livingston looked back on Martin Luther King Jr.’s time in Chicago for guidance on how to get the city’s attention. On July 10, 1966, Dr. King gave a legendary speech at Soldier Field and following the speech, he marched to city hall and placed his list of demands on their front door. Livingston too marched to city hall the morning of his Lake Shore Drive shut down and taped his own list of demands to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office door on the fifth floor. He plans to continue to connect the dots between past present and future revolutionaries, city leaders, and victims of police violence. “We have to be unrelenting because we have to outlast the strategy of the oppressor and they tend to have more resources than the oppressed but we are going with some spiritual power,” said Livingston. “This is not the last event and we have a strategy.”

Youth Baseball League Builds Trust Between Police And Communities BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Members of the Chicago Police Department recently acted as coaches for young baseball players, from Austin, Englewood, and North Lawndale neighborhoods, as they faced-off in Get IN Chicago’s Police/Youth Baseball League All-Star game. The All-Star game took place at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Curtis Granderson Stadium located on 901 W. Roosevelt Rd. Get IN Chicago is an organization that provides funding to community-based organizations that work to reduce youth violence and addresses the systemic issues that lead to youth violence. Get IN Chicago also studies and funds anti-violence initiatives focused on acutely high-risk youth that are at a heightened risk for becoming victims or perpetrators of violence. “One of our special programs is the baseball program that we fund in three communities and this is the fourth summer in a row that we’ve been funding it and the reason for it coming about is to try and improve

relations between the community and the police in these neighborhoods that have had difficulty in engagement with police over time,” said Dr. Toni Irving, Executive Director at Get IN Chicago. The Police/Youth Baseball League teams are made up of kids from 9 to 12 years old that live in Austin, Englewood, or North Lawndale. Each neighborhood has their own league that consists of six teams and each team is coached by a police officer who’s active or retired from the community. The unique program combines fun with trust building between the young people, their caregivers, and law enforcement. The baseball league is open to young boys and young girls and in addiction to teaching the fundamentals of baseball, sessions on leadership, interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, behavior regulation, sportsmanship, and restorative justice are also incorporated into practice time. “The program is not only about the game and the practices related to it, but then there is also programming related to it so on a weekly

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basis they might have a session on teamwork or a session on nutrition or a range of other things that help to develop a more positive individual,” said Irving. “The goal was to improve the relationships and then, in addition, we got all these extra benefits in terms of sports, and social activity and it’s really turned into a phenomenal community event.” The first Police/Youth Baseball League was organized four summers ago in Englewood and Irving noted that the idea came from the Police Superintendent at the time, Gary McCarthy. “When Gary McCarthy was superintendent, he recognized the difficulty that police officers were having in the communities. On one level, that was an issue and then on another level we also know that young people have a dearth of activities in the summer, especially when they are too young to work, so we looked at what kinds of things they could do that would be safe, social, and productive,” said Irving. To learn more about Get IN Chicago visit www.getinchicago.org.

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NEWS Late-Night Neighborhood Wrigleyville Bar Acquired by Last Call Tavern Group Trace, a Chicago neighborhood bar and late-night Wrigleyville staple since 2001, was acquired by Last Call Tavern Group on Thursday, July 19, 2018, and Trace remains open for business, despite reports of closing.

“Trace had such a great vibe and neighborhood feel to the place, much like our other establishments, it felt natural to add it to the Last Call Tavern Group when the opportunity arrived,” stated Alex Zupancic, Last Call

Tavern Group CEO and Partner. Last Call Tavern Group also owns The Full Shilling Public House, just a few doors north of Trace on Clark Street. Last Call will add events and entertainment

at Trace in the coming months, as well as a kitchen to serve lunch, dinner and late-night eats. Trace will also be the official home to the University of Tennessee Chicago alumni watch parties this fall.

COMMENTARY

A new look at racial disparities in police use of deadly force BY JOSEPH CESARIO One of the most important social issues of the last five years is fatal police shootings of black Americans. The concern that police fatally shoot blacks at higher rates than whites has given rise to a strong push for department-wide interventions for police officers. Such interventions, usually in the form of “implicit bias” training, rely on changing the beliefs that officers have about minorities as a means of reducing this racial disparity. But are the assumptions underlying these interventions reasonable? Is there strong evidence that faulty officer decision-making is responsible for the racial disparity in fatal police shootings? There is clear evidence of racial differences in fatal police shootings in terms of population proportions. Black Americans are only about 13 percent of the population, but make up over 30 percent of people fatally shot by police. It is from this evidence that many news outlets and activists conclude that police officers are racially-biased in their decisions to shoot. If this is true, then it makes good sense to target officer bias. But is comparing the percentages of blacks and whites shot to the percentages of blacks and whites in the population really the right comparison? Does it tell us what we need to know about how to reduce fatal police shootings? My colleagues and I have expertise in decision-making and police use of force. We tested whether these population-level comparisons provide us with the information we need to reduce police shootings. Our recent work, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, reveals a different view of police bias. IMPORTANCE OF BENCHMARKS Using population-level comparisons as a benchmark for evidence of officer racial bias relies on the

Joseph Cesario

assumption that people of all races are equally involved in situations where officers are likely to use deadly force. We argue that this assumption has led to a misdiagnosis of the problem, and by extension, solutions that won’t work. Consider the following example: Imagine that you want to know if there is racial disparity in who receives cancer treatment. You find that among those receiving treatment, blacks make up 13 percent. Comparing this to the overall population of 13 percent, you would conclude that no racial disparity existed. Yet suppose you learn that blacks make up 75 percent of people with cancer. Surely you would conclude that there is racial disparity in receiving treatment. That’s because the relevant pool is those who need treatment, not the general population. More likely to be shot, compared to what? As with the cancer example above, it is crucial to choose the correct benchmark or pool of individuals to compare an outcome with. In the case of police shootings, the evidence is clear that fatal shootings are strongly tied to situations in which violent crime is being committed or suspected of being committed. A typical fatal police shooting occurs when there is the potential for imminent death to an officer or other citizen. Almost 85 percent of police fatal shootings involve armed citizens. Given this, we can ask, “Are

blacks shot more than whites given their presence in situations in which police shootings are likely to occur?” To answer the question, my colleagues and I analyzed the largest database of fatal police shootings to date, The Guardian’s database of police shootings, The Counted. It covers all known shootings from 2015 to 2016. We calculated the odds of being shot for blacks and whites given violent crime rates for each group, which we established by using 16 different measures of crime across four databases. We used these different crime rates as a means of estimating presence in deadly force situations. One might ask, “Isn’t using arrest data to assess crime rates wrong, given that police are more likely to police black communities and arrest black citizens?” If police are more likely to arrest black citizens than white citizens – without any actual racial differences in criminal behavior – this would inflate crime estimates for blacks and would skew our findings. To deal with this, we also looked at a different set of data to measure crime – death by assault records from the Centers for Disease Control. These data are derived from death certificates. Whether police are more likely to arrest one race or another for, say, homicide would have no impact on the CDC’s counts for how often members of each race die from assault. Thus, the data provide a way to estimate rates of violent crime that is not biased from police arrest decisions (although it is possible that this data could be subject to other kinds of errors). When we considered the rates at which people from different groups are likely to be present in these con texts, a different picture emerged. The differences in involvement in criminal situations between black and white citizens fully explains the population-level disparity in fatal police shootings. This suggests that officer bias www.thechicagocitizen.com

– in terms of officers making different shooting decisions for black and white citizens – is not necessarily the cause of black citizens being shot at higher rates. Even if officers were making the same decisions about whether to use deadly force for black and white citizens, population-level disparities would still emerge given these crime rate differences. What about shootings of unarmed citizens? The results were too uncertain to draw firm conclusions one way or another. This is because the number of fatal shootings in which a citizen is unarmed and not assaulting an officer is small – about 6 percent of all fatal shootings, or 45 people every year. To be clear, there is a population-level racial disparity in fatal police shootings. But our work suggests this disparity is explained by differences in rates of exposure to the police, rather than racial bias by officers making deadly force decisions. NOW WHAT? These results may help explain why department-wide implicit bias training has not been – and will not be – effective. It is not addressing the root of the problem. The notion that all officers across the profession are biased in this important decision is not supported by the data. Instead, our research suggests two paths for reducing fatal police shootings and reducing the population-level gap in these shootings. First, the most effective means of reducing police shootings would be to reduce violent crime, particularly crimes involving firearms. While this may seem obvious, the point has been lost in most public discussions. The decision to shoot usually happens in certain contexts – reducing the frequency of those events will directly reduce police shootings. At the same time, it would also reduce police shootings of innocent unarmed citizens who

live in neighborhoods with high rates of violent crime. One recent example is the case of Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man who was killed by police patrolling a public housing building in New York City with high rates of violent crime. Reducing violent crime rates would reduce the expectation that officers have of encountering armed individuals in such locations, likely reducing such mistakes. Second, researchers need to develop tools that accurately identify those few officers who do show robust evidence of racial bias and identify which psychological processes are responsible for such bias. Officers might treat black and white citizens differently due to implicit bias, explicit racism, or even something much more basic such as low skill at visually distinguishing harmless objects from guns. Targeted interventions, based on a scientific understanding of bias, are needed – not blanket, untested interventions based on faulty assumptions. Our lab has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to develop such interventions. All research has limitations, and ours is no exception. Our analyses look at national data and cannot speak to any individual case or police officer. Moreover, there is robust evidence of racial bias in other use-of-force behaviors, such as Taser use – just not the use of deadly force. Anti-bias training might be effective in stemming these racially-biased policing behaviors. Finally, the question of why crime rates are different across racial groups in the U.S. is a complicated question beyond the scope of this research, and thus we do not speak to this issue. Nonetheless, we believe that any research that can suggest new and innovative interventions to address this important problem should be encouraged. Joseph Cesario is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University.

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BUSINESS

Bank to adjust security following call from community, Collins

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Following vocal concerns from members of the Auburn Gresham community and a public hearing of the Illinois Senate Financial Institutions Committee convened by Sen. Jacqueline Collins, branches of Fifth Third Bank will remove obtrusive security measures. Collins praised the move as an example of how companies and communities can work together to foster mutual respect. The Rev. Michael Pfleger of the Faith Community of St. Sabina, who was active in bringing the

concerns of the community to the public, worked closely with Fifth Third and those who originally expressed their concerns to arrive at an agreement which will see highsecurity buzz-in doors removed. At a March meeting of the Financial Institutions Committee, patrons of Fifth Third bank branches in Auburn complained the high security was unnecessary, undignified, and potentially problematic or dangerous for individuals with small children, disabilities, or limited mobility.

MONEY MATTERS

How to Help Prepare Young People for the Workforce

Photo Credit: Daniel X. O’Neil

Study: U.S. Firms Accumulated Cash in 2Q18 At A Slower Pace Than The Previous Quarter

Mark C. Perna, workforce development consultant, education strategist and author of the new book, “Answering Why: Unleashing Passion, Purpose, and Performance in Younger Generations,” lays out a road map for better preparing young people for the opportunities ahead, while also closing the skills gap currently dogging the economy.

tudent loan debt is on the rise and, unfortunately, the high cost of tuition doesn’t mean that graduates are guaranteed to find high-paying, meaningful work after earning a degree. “Our education and workforce development systems are broken right now, and as a result, the country is facing a crisis,” says Mark C. Perna, workforce development consultant, education strategist and author of the new book, “Answering Why: Unleashing Passion, Purpose, and Performance in Younger Generations.” “Millions of jobs in sectors crucially important to our economy and society are open and we have no one with the right skills -- or even the desire -- to fill them,” he says. In “Answering Why” (markcperna.com/book) Perna lays out a road map for better preparing young people for the opportunities ahead, while also closing the skills gap currently dogging the economy.

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Here he offers some of his top insights and recommendations: • Biases and misconceptions about younger generations continue to persist and there’s an intergenerational struggle to connect effectively. Perna refers to Generations Y and Z collectively as the “Why Generation,” because its members want to understand the “why” behind everything they are asked to do. We need to get to know and understand their traits and abilities if we expect them to perform beyond expectations. • Non-college career paths have become stigmatized in this country. Experts like Perna believe that teachers and parents need to move away from the belief that everyone has to go to a four-year university to be a successful and productive citizen. Fulfilling, highdemand, high-wage careers can be attained by postsecondary training pathways beyond the traditional college route. • We should prioritize career development

exploration and education as part of the K–12 system, Perna stresses. Even many teachers, counselors and school administrators are themselves unaware of the robust opportunities available to today’s youth and have tended to devalue career exploration for the sake of sending everyone through one pathway -- college. • The Why Generation needs to better understand the relationship between selfmotivation and outside motivation when it comes to achieving goals, and parents and teachers can help. To succeed today, young people must develop the ‘want-to’ that fosters passion, achievement and positive self-esteem. “As young people prepare for and enter the world of work, we need to coach them to do three things: focus, plan and take action,” says Perna. “This generation is tenacious and talented, but they need to be motivated to reach their peak performance. They can do it, but we have to help.”

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U.S. companies continued to accumulate cash during the second quarter of 2018, but at a slower pace than they did in the previous quarter. Strong domestic employment numbers may have instilled some confidence among business leaders during the spring of 2018, but not enough to encourage them to reduce their cash holdings, according to the latest AFP Corporate Cash Indicators® (CCI). In the latest CCI, a quarterly survey of corporate treasury and finance executives conducted by the Association for Financial Professionals, U.S. businesses increased their cash and shortterm investment holdings in 2Q18 at a slower pace than the previous quarter, as the quarter-over-quarter index reading decreased 13 points to +5. The year-over-year indicator decreased only one point to +16, signaling organizations had continued to build their cash holdings in the past year. Treasury and finance professionals anticipate that they will continue to hold their cash reserves through the summer. The forward-looking indicator, measuring expectations for changes in cash holdings in the third quarter, increased 4 points from their predictions last quarter to a reading of +3. AFP began collecting quarterly data in January 2011 and has now collected 31 data sets. See the AFP website for more data on the CCI. The results of the July 2018 CCI are based on 144 responses from senior treasury and finance professionals. The next set will be published October 29, 2018.

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CALENDAR Patients Receive Over $1 Million in Much-Needed Dental Care at Mission of Mercy Event

West Suburban Humane Society Celebrates Everything Dog

or 25 years, the West Suburban Humane Society has celebrated everything dog at their annual Barkapalooza. This half-day, family-friendly fest for dogs and their people, will return to Lisle Community Park located at 1825 Short Street in Lisle, Illinois, on Sunday, September 30, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This extremely dog-friendly event allows pet owners, prospective pet adopters, and allaround pet lovers to raise money for homeless dogs and cats through a Dog Walkathon and Pet Expo full of pet-related vendors. Participants are encouraged to collect pledges for the walkathon, and all proceeds will support the West Suburban Humane Society, at their signature annual fundraiser. Animal lovers can explore the Pet Expo at Barkapalooza, for a $20 donation fee, where a wide variety of pet-focused vendors such as The Happy Dog Barkery, Bow Wow Tique, Pampered Pooch Couture, and more will be featured along with breed specific rescue groups of all sorts from Shih Tzus to Shar Peis and many others. Pet owners may have their pets microchipped for $35, a fee which

benefits the West Suburban Humane Society. A blessing for the animals will be given at 10:00 a.m. to kick off the event, and the Skydogz Frisbee Team and the West Suburban Humane Society Alumni Agility Dogs will also perform. For the kids, there will be clowns, face painting, balloon sculptures, a “Kids and Kindness Zone,” scavenger hunt, and other games. Food trucks and food vendors will be onsite throughout the event with human food, dog treats, and refreshments for all. Barkapalooza will occur rain or shine, and there is no entry fee to attend plus parking is free and plentiful. The adult event fee for the walkathon is $20, while children 12 and under may walk for free and all receive a free goody bag for registering in the walk. Walkers with $100 or more in collected pledges will have their registration fee waived and walk for free. Participants may set up fundraising websites by visiting www.firstgiving.com/wshs. Fundraising for the walkathon is not necessary to attend Barkapalooza, but it is highly encouraged.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 30, 2018: 9:30 a.m. – Early registration 10:00 a.m. – Blessing of the animals 10:15 a.m. – Walk begins 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – B-Noz the Clown: face painting, balloon sculpture, and games 12:00 p.m. – WSHS Alumni Agility Dog demonstration team 2:00 p.m. – Raffle winner announced EVENT DETAILS What: 25th Annual Barkapalooza When: Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. – rain or shine! Where: Lisle Community Park 1825 Short Street, Lisle, Ill. Why: Benefitting the West Suburban Humane Society

On July 20-21, the Bank of Springfield Center was transformed into a huge, two-day free dental clinic with the goal of treating underserved patients with serious dental needs. More than 1,100 volunteer dentists, hygienists, assistants, dental students, lab technicians, pharmacists, and lay volunteers treated more than 1,300 children and adults during the Illinois State Dental Society Foundation’s Fifth Mission of Mercy event. “Throughout the course of this giant, free dental clinic, our volunteers provided 1,180 exams and oral cancer screenings; 683 cleanings; 1,321 extractions; 1,240 restorative treatments, including fillings, root canals, and crowns; 894 X-rays; and 152 partial dentures,” said Dr. Brandon Maddox, a general dentist from Springfield who co-chairs the Mission of Mercy. “This weekend, we have witnessed many extraordinary circumstances in which people have lost their jobs or are dealing with really difficult circumstances. We’ve had the opportunity to touch the lives of many in desperate need,” said Dr. Phillip Jensen, a Springfield oral surgeon who also co-chairs this year’s MOM event. “What you see at the Mission of Mercy is simply a larger example of the charitable care that dentists provide every day in their offices,” said Dr. Susan Bishop, President of the Illinois State Dental Society Foundation. “We are thrilled to have provided $1,014,000 in free care to patients in need.” Certainly, the large number of patients treated for fillings and extractions is a testament to the lack of preventive dental care available to the uninsured and Medicaid populations, but charity is not the foundation for a properly working healthcare system. The legislature’s recent passage of a state budget that includes funding for adult dental prevention services for Medicaid recipients will hopefully, over time, result in a fewer number of patients needing fillings and extractions in the future. “When everyone gives a little, we can do great things,” adds Dr. Barbara Mousel, President of the Illinois State Dental Society. “The overwhelming sense of gratitude from our patients was so rewarding to our tireless volunteers. Many patients commented that they had never been treated with such kindness and dignity.” Learn more about the 2018 Mission of Mercy at www.ISDSFoundation.org.

100 high school students to be selected for all-expenses-paid mentoring experience of a lifetime Applications are being accepted now through Oct. 31, 2018, for the Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and Essence magazine. This annual outside-the-classroom mentoring program is scheduled for March 21-24, 2019, at the Walt Disney Resort in Florida. The program helps 100 select high school students, ages 13-19, from across the United States jump-start their life goals and pursue their dreams. Disney Dreamers Academy turns the entire magical setting of Walt Disney World into a vibrant classroom.

Students participate in a series of sessions and workshops designed to help them imagine bright futures, make exciting discoveries and learn how to put their goals into action. Disney Dreamers engage in a wide variety of experiences at Walt Disney World while working side by side with celebrities, community and industry leaders and Disney cast members. For more than a decade, Disney Dreamers Academy has inspired young people from across the country by fueling their dreams and showing them

a world of possibilities as they prepare for the future. Each year, students participate in hands-on, immersive career seminars in a wide range of disciplines found at Walt Disney World. Participants learn how to improve their communication skills, what it means to be a leader and networking strategies, among other skills. They are also inspired by celebrity speakers and other special guests who share their stories and provide insights on how to achieve their life goals. The second decade of Disney www.thechicagocitizen.com

Dreamers Academy is focused on challenging young people to relentlessly pursue their dreams through the “Be 100” campaign. This promotional push is inspired by the powerful impact Disney Dreamers Academy has made on graduates, who have gone on to become doctors, nurses, engineers, pilots, journalists and more. Some have started their own public relations firms, while others have worked with national political leaders. Applicants must answer essay questions about their personal

journeys and dreams for the future. Students are selected based on a combination of attributes, including strong character, positive attitude and determination to achieve their dreams. A parent or guardian accompanies each student on the trip. This four-day, all-expenses-paid experience at Walt Disney World will continue to help change the lives of young people in 2019. For more information or to apply, visit DisneyDreamersAcademy.com. SOURCE Walt Disney World Resort

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NEWS Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Tells Authentic Stories from the Movement BY FREDDIE ALLEN

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, NNPA

In the early morning hours of January 10, 1966, civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr. was jolted from his sleep, as members of the Ku Klux Klan surrounded his house just north of Hattiesburg, Miss. Dahmer, a Black land-owner, had been actively working to register Blacks to vote and, in some cases, he even paid their “poll” taxes. It was enough to earn a Black man a death sentence in the South. The Klansmen bullets ripped through the darkness splintering wood and shattering glass as they fired on Dahmer’s house; one of them hurled a Molotov cocktail through the window; the Klan wanted to burn Dahmer and his family alive. As smoke and flames engulfed his home, Dahmer grabbed his shotgun and blasted his way out, creating a diversion as the rest of his family fled into the woods. Later that day, Dahmer died from smoke inhalation at an area hospital. A few days later, Dahmer’s voter registration card arrived in the mail. “These are the kinds of stories we talk about in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum,” said Pamela Junior, the museum’s director. “We tell people all the time: Museums are living and breathing places.” Junior lamented that, oftentimes, the history

of the Civil Rights Movement is told through the narrow lens of a few key figures, like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. She said that it was important that people know that Mississippi was ground zero for the Movement; the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum helps to tell the stories of the people that were there. “What we want to do is make sure that the stories are told authentically,” Junior said. “We have our own native son, Medgar Wiley Evers. We have Fannie Lou Hamer, June Johnson, Owen Brooks…local people who made up the Movement.” Junior said that it was also important to show that civil rights leaders were ordinary people, yet they still managed to have a significant impact on the course of American history. Junior continued: “So, to see something so powerful that these regular, poor people did to make things happen in the state of Mississippi is awesome.” The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opened on December 9, 2017. The Clarion Ledger reported that the Dahmer family donated a truck that had been shot during the 1966 attack to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The museum promotes a greater understanding of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi and shares the stories of the movement that changed the world. A press release that described the museum

said that visitors can witness the freedom struggle in eight interactive galleries that show the systematic oppression of Black Mississippians and their fight for equality that transformed the state and nation. The press release continued: “Seven of the galleries encircle a central space called ‘This Little Light of Mine.’ There, a dramatic sculpture glows brighter and the music of the Movement swells as visitors gather.” Each museum gallery highlights a specific sub-topic or period. Gallery 1 defines civil and human rights; Gallery 2 focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction; Gallery 3 highlights civil rights activists and shares the stories of a Mississippi movement that changed the world; Gallery 4 peels back the layers of a segregated society; Gallery 5 showcases the sacrifices and the successes of the 1960s; Gallery 6 takes a deep dive into the Freedom Summer and local movements in Mississippi (1963-1964); and Gallery 7 tells the story of Black Empowerment from 1965 to the early 1970s. Junior said that, through the civil rights museum, the ills of Mississippi are finally on the wall. “We’re taking the bandage off of the sore,” Junior said. “We don’t allow it to fester anymore. We let it breathe, so that healing can continue.” The last gallery, Junior said, was designed to spark conversations about how all races can

move forward together. “Martin is gone. Medgar is gone. All of these people are gone that were at the center of the movement, at the forefront. We believed in them and trusted in them. These people are gone,” Junior said. “So, what we want to do is teach people that they are the movement.” Junior continued: “We are the movement; it’s up to us to do the work.” Gallery 8 is titled “Where do we go from here?” and features mirrors with quotes from Mississippians who made incredible sacrifices to improve the lives of others. One of the last quotes that visitors see as they walk out of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is by Oseola McCarty, a Black seamstress and domestic worker who lived in Hattiesburg, Miss. McCarty, who “quit school in the sixth grade to go to work, never married, never had children and never learned to drive,” according to The New York Times, eventually donated nearly her entire life savings—$150,000—to the University of Southern Mississippi to fund scholarships for Black students. “[McCarty] said that, ‘if you want to be proud of yourself, you have got to do things you can be proud of,’” Junior said. “So, I want people to live by that mantra.” For more information about the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, please visit http://www. mcrm.mdah.ms.gov/.

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FASHION

Privé Revaux Eyewear Launches With Krys In France Privé Revaux, the affordable celebrity eyewear brand recently announced its expansion into France with French distributor Ikspan, through a retail partnership with KRYS GROUP, the largest eyewear distributor in the country. “Privé Revaux has been tremendously successful in the United States,” says KRYS GROUP CEO, Jean-Pierre Champion. “The brand

is disrupting the eyewear market by combining quality, style and affordability, a position fully in tune with the Krys chain. The exclusive launch of Privé Revaux in France kicks off an ambitious strategy to win back the market of low-price sunglasses, which too often escapes

optical stores. This partnership lets us broaden our range by being the first to offer this trendsetting brand without compromising on eyesight health or our high-quality standards.” French shoppers will find an impressive assortment of Privé Revaux’s handcrafted frames from their core collection, Icon collection, as well as the recently launched Places We Love summer sunglasses

and Philosopher optical collection– featuring anti-blue light technology. Each Privé Revaux style is made with high-end materials including acetate, polarized lenses and a proprietary lightweight, yet durable metal alloy that will retail for €34.95 per pair at KRYS. “We are very excited to bring our affordable, on-trend eyewear to the French market,” said David

SHISEIDO Relaunches New Makeup Collection Centered Around Four Innovative Textures

Fashrash app seeks to improve the ‘just browsing’ experience when shopping

he relaunch of SHISEIDO Makeup is the latest nnovative chapter in the brands extensive history. A pioneer in the beauty industry since 1872, SHISEIDO is disrupting the beauty space yet again by ‘Gifting Japan to the World’ with a cosmetics collection that is modern, minimalistic, visionary, expressive and creative. “The focal point of the range isn’t simply the extraordinary colors or its incredible performance, but the unique, sensorial textures,” says Jill Scalamandre, President, bareMinerals, BUXOM and Global Development Shiseido Makeup. The brand’s new mantra — “Beauty Reimagined. Beauty Made With Soul.” — is reflected in the entire collection. The result is a weightless range of 21 products and 125 shades that are classified into four sensorial textures comprising of Inks, Gels, Powders and Dews. Inks redefine the collection with products that provide graphic precision and extreme intensity, while Gels rediscover products that juxtapose a durable, high-impact finish with a featherweight feel, according to a press release. Powders reinvent traditional pigments of the past via breathable, buildable, and bendable formulas, while Dews, a new category, recreates light to transform the surface of the skin. The collection also includes five handcrafted brushes reminiscent of ancient Japanese calligraphy. To bring the SHISEIDO makeup collection to life, the brand enlisted

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Schottenstein, founder of Privé Revaux. “Our goal is to provide the absolute best quality, service and price for the global eyewear market. France is an important step towards this, and KRYS is the perfect retail partner.” The brand launched in June 2017 via e-commerce and direct-toconsumer with affordable, high quality and on-trend eyewear retailing for only $29.95/pair in the United States.

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emerging artists to feature in the campaign with each artist representing a different texture category. Renowned makeup artist Kara YoshimotoBua is the face of Dews; International multimedia artist YiZhou embodies Gels; Ballet dancer Sonoya Mizuno personifies Powders; and singer/songwriter Banks represents Inks. “This collection changes how we experience beauty, so we sought out artists whose work has reshaped the creative boundaries of their industry,” says Scalamandre. “A key priority from the start was to work with artists who have a genuine connection to the SHISEIDO brand, as well as the company’s Japanese heritage, either through their origin or their art.” In addition to these unique faces, SHISEIDO Makeup established the Global Artist Collective, an esteemed group of beauty authorities brought together to present the new collection to the world. The collective includes Global Color Artist Patrick Ta; APAC Ambassador Pony; Japan Color Artist Hiro Odagiri; North America Color Artists Vincent Oquendo and Lottie; and EMEA Color Artist Gregoris Pyrpylis. While each artist hails from a different culture or country, a special tie to Japan is what unites every member of

Kajal InkArtist (Sumi Sky) the international collective. “We chose this diverse group of artists not only because they are masters of their craft, but also because they are representative of what SHISEIDO has always stood for: artistic expression, creativity and innovation,” says Scalamandre. By choosing to develop the range in New York City, SHISEIDO has taken a unique global approach to the makeup relaunch of this iconic brand. Working in tandem with the company’s headquarters in Tokyo as well as tapping into SHISEIDO’s vast team around the world, this collection is the result of an ongoing international collaboration that defies languages, time zones and borders.

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Shopping for clothes online can sometimes be a frustrating experience. Not only are there a ton of retailers, but also many just try to “spray and pray” with thousands of items in their catalog. Adding insult to injury, it seems like none really understand the simple fact that more often than not, shoppers don’t really know what they’re looking for. At least not exactly. Between FOMO and the common “just browsing”, who’s really ticking the dozens of filter boxes that are usually available? When it comes to fashion, consumers just seem to “know it when they see it.” Fashrash is a new free app that aims at providing a better “just browsing” experience. It lets shoppers swipe through different garments to quickly sift the likes from the dislikes. The experience is very intuitive, especially for those who are familiar with the likes of Tinder, BarkBuddy, and other “swipey” apps. Even for anyone else, it will be perfectly analogous to browsing through a rack of clothes in a physical store, except that Fashrash actually uses sophisticated artificial intelligence to learn each shopper’s unique style, by analyzing the images of the garments they liked. The more you swipe, the better Fashrash is able to find clothes that match your style. “My wife is an avid casual shopper,” explains Ron Shalit, the CEO of Fashrash. “The problem is that she is locked into always going back to the same online store, because it just takes too long to find new ones that sell more of what she likes. She also finds it hard to articulate her preferences, so searching is hardly an option. That specific retailer actually displays upwards of 10,000 items in its catalog, so her shopping is usually done by continually scrolling through a seemingly endless feed of garments, tapping into the ones that she likes. But this experience is far from ideal for her, as she usually has to plow through hundreds of clothes until she strikes anything close to gold. Fashrash is precisely designed to improve this experience by a 10x factor.” Fashrash aggregates clothes from the leading retailers in the US, and is quickly adding more on a daily basis. It is now available to download for free on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. SOURCE Fashrash

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NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITIES AWARD

Ald Leslie Hairston, (5) and Jeffery recipient of the Neighborhood Opportunities Fund presented at Fernwood Park The Neighborhood Opportunity Fund generates revenue from downtown developments to finance commercial and culture projects in our neighborhoods lacking private investment.

Masqua Myers, exc dir. South side Community Center states their award will renovate the interior of the center.

Jerome Simmons

Edward Callahan, and Shirley Callahan owners of Callahan Funeral Home with Ald Carrie Austin, (34).

Tsadakeeyah and Nasya,recipients of the Neighborhood Opportunities Fund, with Ald Greg Mitchell

8TH WARD WOMENS AUXIILIARY NIGHT AT THE RACES

State Representative Marcus Evans, (33) Kareem Musawwie, Keith (Kip) Caldwell, Dee Dee President Women’s Auxiliary and Rev. Stanley Watkins

Mayor Gene Williams, Lynwood IL Ald Michelle Harris (8)

L - R Frank Banes, Darlene Hill formerly of Fox 32, Jones Richmond, union rep and Willie McGee, Department of Buildings

Regina Gibson,winner of Hat Contest unidentified, Chura Evans, Davina Anderson, Harriet Manual,

CORRECTION: Ald Michelle Harris (8) Sharon Byrd and Alice Rivers celebrate Laura Nickerson’s100th Birthday

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EDUCATION

Large-Scale Efforts Helping Pre-K Teachers Receive Resources; You Can, Too

(StatePoint) Studies have shown that high-quality pre-K education better prepares children to achieve in school and makes them more likely to strive for higher vocational aspirations. It also has a positive impact on society. For every dollar spent on high-quality early education, society gains as much as $13 in long-term savings, according to a 2016 study by Nobel Laureate, James Heckman. “Too many teachers struggle to access essential classroom resources,”� says Sally McCrady, chair and president of PNC Foundation. “Luckily, it’s easier than ever to get involved in supporting local efforts to help pre-K teachers and their classrooms and students.”� Large-scale efforts are being made to help more teachers, classrooms and children get the resources they need, such as science kits, books, art supplies and field trips. One example of this is a $5 million alliance between the PNC Foundation and DonorsChoose.org, a crowdfunding platform whereby teachers request the materials and experiences they need most for their classrooms, and donors can give to the vetted projects that inspire them. Any person interested in helping pre-K teachers can access DonorsChoose.org and donate to a project. “Though teachers often spend their own money on classroom supplies, they still need many more resources to provide a well-rounded, high-quality learning experience,”� says Yasmina S. Vinci, executive director, National Head Start Association (NHSA), a not-for-profit

for his or her efforts and involvement in the alliance. All honorees received a $2,000 gift card to fund a project in their classrooms and a second $2,000 gift card to help seed other pre-K projects listed on DonorsChoose.org. * PNC Volunteer Gift Cards: All PNC employees who volunteered for the early education initiative Grow Up Great in 2017 will receive a $50 electronic gift card to support pre-K project requests on DonorsChoose.org. These resources are already having real-world impacts. Last year’s campaign enabled nearly 244,000 preschool children across 21 states and the District of Columbia to receive new classroom materials and educational opportunities. More than 7,500 pre-K classroom projects benefited from the grant, which was made in support of PNC Grow Up Great, its $350 million early childhood education initiative. Teachers and donors can visit PNCGrowUpGreat.com/donorschoose for more information. “Because of these efforts, we can introduce our children to more activities and opportunities to learn more skills,” says Chicago pre-K teacher, Denise Lopez-Gill. “The supplies that I have received have transformed our advocacy organization dedicated to supporting the Head 2017 received a $100 electronic gift card to be used on classroom environment.”� DonorsChoose.org. More than 3,700 public pre-K and Start community. Head Start teachers received the cards to support new projects. Major initiatives of this alliance include: * Spotlight: One outstanding early education teacher in * Teacher Gift Cards: Every teacher who submitted a pre-K project request in the PNC footprint since April 4, most PNC markets has been honored as a Teacher Hero

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THEME: BACK TO SCHOOL ACROSS 1. Téa Leoni as ____ Secretary 6. Lending letters 9. Cat-headed Egyptian goddess 13. Round openings in architecture 14. Pilot’s estimate 15. Short tale 16. Deprived of a limb, e.g. 17. Popular pickup 18. Revolving mechanism 19. *L in LMC 21. Peninsula with Portugal 23. Not a win nor a loss 24. Lou of The Velvet Underground 25. The ____ Four 28. Unpleasant road display 30. Authoritative declaration 35. The 15th of March 37. Rubik’s puzzle 39. *Sorority letter 40. Pinocchio’s lie detector 41. Do-re-do-re-do-re-do-re, e.g. 43. Same as alighted 44. Perpendicular to the keel 46. Major in the sky 47. Condoleezza ____ 48. *Varsity award 50. *Multiple choice challenge 52. *Where Driver’s Ed occurs 53. Richie ____ 55. *Standard aptitude assessment 57. *”Sideways Stories from ____ School” 61. *Hall order keeper 65. George Clooney’s recurring character 66. Shakespearean “fuss” 68. Heating outlet cover 69. Muse of love poetry 70. Confession subject 71. All the words in a language 72. Withered 73. Id’s partner 74. Same as #30 Across DOWN 1. Gangster’s gal

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