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Vol. 10 Edition 10 Free Thursday August 13, 2015

On The Move

A “Leap Of Faith” Local Entrepreneur Opens Diner

Meet Tomorrows Leaders Today Page 6

“Let Me Be Black”

Enjoy Nadine Haralason’s Commentary As She Shares Her Frustrations

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Tickets Still Available Page 5

Symposium A Must For Minority Business Owners

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Thursday August 20, 2015 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM The Cunningham Center Columbus State University

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THURSDAY August 13, 2015

Justice Or Else According to the street committee in celebration of the 20th anniversary of “The Million Man March” plans are underway for “The Millions More March” scheduled for October 10, 2015.

“Minister Farrakhan boldly has issued a new call: Justice Or Else mobilization on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March on the National Mall. The minister asserted, “On 10.10.15, let’s show the world our unity.” Our demand for justice will be a united demand.

It will be an unequivocal demand for equal justice.”

The local effort is being spear headed by Student Minister Edgar Muhammed and Dr. J.A. Hud. There is a rally scheduled for Saturday August 15, 2015 1 PM at First African Baptist Church in Columbus.

For more information about the march visit the website: www.justiceforall.com Coming Soon!

Our 2 Part Series As We Examine A Double Standard:

Why Black Cops Are Expected To Handle White Suspects With “White Gloves”

The Street Committee PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE OPENING Patriot Pointe Apartments WAITING LIST

Patriot Pointe Apartments Will start accepting pre-applications for our new apartment complex which will consist of one and two bedroom apartments. Eligible applicants must be 55 years of age or older.

Community: Patriot Pointe 3725 Chapman Way Columbus, GA 31903

Pre-application period: Open Date: August 17, 2015 Close Date: Until further notice Pre-applications distributed Monday – Friday between 10:00AM – 2:00PM

Pre-application forms will be available to fill at: Cottages at Arbor Pointe 1454 Cupola Place Columbus, GA 31903 706-685-1685

Tenant Selection Office 1180 Martin Luther King Blvd Columbus, GA 31906 706-571-2873 ext. 2873

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TRUST GOD

THURSDAY August 13, 2015

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A VIEW FROM A PEW So You Think Your Cross Is Too Heavy To Bear? replied that his life was full of turmoil and that it had become too much to bear. He again asked for help stating that he just couldn't continue to go on.

little cross way back in the corner. It was the smallest cross in the room. After a bit of thought, he pointed to the cross and said, "That one, Lord. I want that one." Jesus asked, "Are you sure, my son?"

Jesus, feeling the man's anguish, decided help was in order. The man was so happy that his prayers were about to be answered that his burden already felt lighter.

Jesus took the man to a room and stopped in front of the door.

When he opened the door, what the man saw was amazing. The room was filled with crosses; little crosses, big crosses, giant crosses.

The man quickly replied, "Oh, yes Lord. Most definitely, yes."

The man, bewildered, looked at Jesus and asked how this would help him.

A troubled and burdened man prayed and prayed that God would lift his burden. Day after day he prayed that his life would be easier and he begged for God's intervention.

One day, Jesus came to the

Jesus explained to him that each cross-represented a burden that people carry; small burdens, big burdens, giant burdens -- and every burden in-between. man a n d asked, "My child, what troubles you?" The man

At this point, Jesus offered the man the opportunity to choose his burden. The man, so excited that he was finally able to have some control over his life, looked around the room for just the right cross. He saw a tiny

Jesus turned to the man and replied, "My child, you have chosen your own cross. It is the burden you already carry."

This story is a daily reminder to me that when my life seems overwhelming all I need do is look around and see what others are coping with.

When I start to complain about my feet hurting; I think of the soldier who has lost his feet.

When I am tired and don’t feel like going to work; I think of the millions of people who can’t find a job. When my car breaks down and I start complaining; I think about all the people, young and old waiting at the bus stop who wish they had their own transportation. When I start to complain about how my mother gets on my nerves sometimes; I think of all the children who wish their mothers were here with them today.

I don’t know about you, but when I stop and look at my life compared to others around me, I can’t help but thank him for his grace and mercy.

I will gladly stick with the Cross I got!

Wane A. Hailes

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Opinion/Editorial

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Correspondent

By Brother Love Special To The Courier Man - Up And Step - Up Verify then trust certainly applies to Mayor Teresa Pike Tomlinson. She apparently does not give the citizens credit for being intelligent enough to read and comprehend, or even think at all for that matter. Trust should be the very last thing on your list if you are dealing the mayor. Do not ever forget who we are talking about here.

This mayor, out of her vindictiveness and poor leadership, wanted to cut eight (8) deputies from the Sheriff's Office and six (6) deputies from the Marshal Office in the 2016 budget. We have lost twice a week garbage pickup under this mayor, and she wants to end the Property Tax Freeze for future homebuyers, meaning our children and grandchildren. If you continue to follow this mayor this city will end up in a big mess and the mayor will more than likely blame Columbus City Council, especially when she leaves office. You have to fact-check everything this mayor says, or whatever she dupes Columbus Council into telling us.

Here is Section 8-105: Sec. 8-105. - Budgets of County Officers and agencies.

All elective officers such as the sheriff, tax commissioner, Judge of Probate Court, coroner and other elective officers, and all agencies not under the direct control and jurisdiction of the Council such as the board of health and board of family and children services, which receive appropriations from the Council, shall prior to the commencement of each fiscal year prepare and submit to the City Manager annual operating and capital budget requests for the ensuing fiscal year. Such budget requests shall be incorporated into the overall consolidated government budget for submission by the Mayor to the Council. The Council shall grant a hearing to any such officer or agency on such proposed budgets.

Section 8-105 of the Charter makes it clear that "elective officers" are not under the direct control and jurisdiction of the Council. Furthermore, the Charter distinguishes between appointive offi-

cers and elective officers, which is exactly what the four (4) elected officials who filed the current lawsuits have been saying all along. These elected officials are not saying council should give them any outrageous thing they can come up with in their annual budget requests. They are simply saying that their budget requests should go forward the same as the mayor's does for consideration by city council.

The mayor knows what she needs to run her office as an elected official.

Why would any of the other elected officials in the CCG be any different?

Columbus City Council will still decide who gets what.

As stated, the problem is our mayor and certain council members are determined to treat elected officials as if they are appointed officials that work for the Columbus Consolidated Government, which they do not. All elected officials serve at the pleasure of the people. The people vote these officers in office and we vote them out of office at the polls on Election Day. The mayor and Council can terminate any appointed department manager they have a mind to at any time for whatever they feel is good reason, but elected officials are a totally different story.

With elected officials citizen voters have the say regarding who goes and who stays in office.

Mayor Tomlinson keeps on talking and talking and talking. In fact, if you notice, she does all the talking. She has used language regarding a county police force that appeared absolutely nowhere in the state law she cited. She fires at the sheriff in the news media. She fires at the marshal in the news media. She tried to punish both sheriff and marshal in the 2016 fiscal year budget.

She tells us over and over about how the city is winning defending against the lawsuits, but not one of the lawsuits have been dismissed. The law firm representing the city is paid by our taxpayer dollars. The attorneys assigned to the case by the firm told us in the beginning that the lawsuits were frivolous. Several hundred thousand dollars later those lawsuits the attorneys claimed were frivolous are

SEE Love Page 14

Ferguson – One Year Later It’s been one year since the murder of Michael Brown galvanized the Ferguson, Mo. community and forced the nation to face the horrors of police violence. And as the activist slogan asserts, the ensuing protests have become a movement, not just a moment.

“One of the most powerful things about the movement is how it started. It started with people coming out of their homes in mourning, and their state being aggressive. And those people…made a decision to stand up in the face of state terror, and not go home,” said DeRay McKesson, a wellknown Ferguson protester and organizer, whose website WeTheProtesters.org has served as a hub for Fergusonrelated information.

“And then more people joined, and more people joined, and it became a living movement without needing a committee to start it, without one charismatic leader to start it. The people started it. That is the enduring strength of the movement.”

On August 9, 2014, Cheeraz Gormon was in her hometown of St. Louis, just south of Ferguson, when people began texting her about the shooting.

“My baby brother was murdered on August 13, 2013. So right before the one-year anniversary of his transition, I’m getting all these text messages looking at Michael Brown laying on the ground all night,” she said. Her brother was 27, and was killed in the crossfire of a friend’s domestic violence troubles.

“I was already grieving, but basically this needed to be done. We needed to be out in the streets, we needed to organize. So my grieving actually got put on hold.”

The artist, activist, and award-winning writer took to the streets, like hundreds of other ordinary people in the Ferguson area. They first gathered that evening at the site where Brown’s blood still congealed on the asphalt. The following nights brought tear-gas and rubber-bullet police assaults on protesters,

33 arrests for looting, and the torching of a QuikTrip gas station at the protests’ ground zero.

The following week brought curfews, more military-like responses, media crackdowns, and mass arrests.

Successive nights of protest followed days of community cleanups and service. The first day of school in the Ferguson-Florissant district was delayed a week. A grand jury failed to indict Wilson, and the National Guard was called in even before the announcement.

The movement went national, with shutdowns of major roadways, commercial boycotts, activist disruptions of White communities, community service efforts, and celebrity benefit concerts across major cities. It went international with trip to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to charge the U.S. government with human rights violations for police violence and the militarized response in Ferguson.

Gormon was on that trip as part of the Ferguson to Geneva delegation, along with Brown’s parents and a team of human rights lawyers and activists of color.

“It was surreal…to see that the [United Nations Committee] delegates were actually saying Michael Brown’s name, and recognizing his parents being in the room. But the United States government [representatives] didn’t mention his name, didn’t mention his parents, none of that,” Gormon said. “The part that was jolting was to see how our government could lie. The lack of accountability is telling, and you could see why we’re in the predicament we’re in.”

Today, the Ferguson movement has changed the way the nation talks about police violence and the system that enables it.

Samuel Sinyangwe and his knack for statistics are helping fuel this change.

His first creation, MappingPoliceViolence.org, is a crowd-sourced database of all reported police killings since 2013.

Launched in December 2014 in collab-

SEE Hunt Page 14

C OVER S TORY

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August 13, 2015

Crème De La Crème Catering Has Grand Opening

By Wane A. Hailes The Courier

exclusive and dynamic energy, offering great taste that your guests will remember.

After years of being harassed by family and friends Ramona G. Horton finally embraced her cooking skills and started a catering service. Crème de la Crème, a unique and Independent Catering group began with its sole focus being the success of their clients event. When it comes to catering, creating and hosting special events, Horton’s mission is to produce unique results, using

Recently the local entrepreneur took a leap of faith expanding the business to offer more than just catering by opening a Diner located in the Flatrock Plaza Shopping Center at 6381 Milgen Road, Suite 5. Crème De La Crème Catering and Diner is a small restaurant featuring a variety of menu items that vary daily. The Diner’s menu is inspired from different specialties, from

Southern/Comfort Foods, Chef Specialties to Seafood that will appeal to a wide and varied clientele.

Horton says, “We chose our location in the Northeast area of Columbus, Georgia, because we would be surrounded by cozy southern charm with an elegant flair. As you can see the Diner has a nice and cozy atmosphere with warm colors, soft music and/or television.

The environment is one that we believe will attract a diverse clientele. The service will be relaxed, very friendly and professional. As we grow we will hire the best people available, training, motivating, encouraging, and thereby retaining the friendliest most efficient staff possible.

The Diner will open 5 days a week serving lunch from

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. It will be closed on specified holidays, but will be posted in advance. Ramona noted, “Although we will open on some holidays, we will close periodically for vacations, or to host special events such as office, retirement, engagement parties, baby and bridal showers or other requested parties.”

Catering and Event Planning will continue to be a part of the business. They can be reached at 706.587.8513 or you

can visit their website at www.cremedelacremecatering.weebly.com.

“We feel in today's hectic work schedule customers don't always have time to set up that special party or event that we all need and want. Now customers can leave it to us and get the finest, most memorable party ever. We will officially open the Diner August 17, 2015.

Look forward to seeing you there. Bon Appétit!”

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Who’s Got Next?...

Young Professionals On The Move Nadine Haralson, provides up close and personal interviews with young professionals who are making a difference in our community. Join us each issue as we introduce, recognize, and celebrate those individuals in Columbus, Phenix City and Ft. Benning who are… “On The Move”

Marquese “Skinny” Averett

Latasha Dees-Hicks shortly after enrolled at Columbus Technical College in the Medical Assisting program.

ice oriented activities. Under his leadership, five other chapters of Crown Entertainment were established (Valdosta, Macon, Fort Valley, Manchester and Warner Robins).

Upon graduation from Columbus Tech she spent 6 years working in the medical field, before finding her entrepreneurial spirit.

In February of 2010, Marquese joined the Mayoral campaign of Teresa Tomlinson serving as the Field Coordinator, helping Mayor Tomlinson to clinch 68% of the vote and become the first female Mayor of Columbus, Ga.

She became a licensed Realtor in 2007, serving both Georgia and Alabama believing that "if home ownership is your dream, it is her job to help make it your reality".

In February of 2012, he served as the Social Media Coordinator for Columbus native and former NBA Coach Sam Mitchell on his radio show, Time Out With Sam. It was also in 2012 that he attended and graduated from the Congressional Black Caucus Institute for Campaigns and Elections, a 9 day intensive boot camp in Washington D.C.

By Nadine Haralson The Courier Even in high school you could tell Marquese Averett, who is affectionately known as “Skinny”, was destined to lead and destined to serve his community.

Marquese, a 2008 graduate of Kendrick High School in Columbus, Georgia was voted both Homecoming and Prom King. He continued his education at Fort Valley State University and later transferred to Columbus State University studied Political Science. While at Columbus State Marquese was an SGA Senator, Secretary of the Collegiate 100, and 2nd VP of the NAACP. While still in high school “Skinny” helped found and develop Crown Entertainment, a marketing and promotions powerhouse. As an entrepreneur he took Crown Entertainment to heights unseen in Georgia and was deemed by many to be the #1 coordinator in events and community serv-

Averett had the opportunity serve as a Field Organizer for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign in Tacoma, Washington. And in July 2014, Marquese became the Regional Field Director for the League of Conservation Voters in Davenport, Iowa.

The current President of the Young Minority Leaders, Marquese is the recipient of many awards including the Rainbow/PUSH Trailblazer Award, Omega Psi Phi Citizen of the Year 2013, and the Firm Grip Grammy's 2013 Achievement Award. At the age of 22, Marquese was selected as one of the 50 Most Influential African Americans in Columbus, Phenix City and Fort Benning by the Courier Eco Latino newspaper. Adding to his list of accomplishments he is a 2014 Graduate of Leadership Columbus.

With all that he has accomplished in such a short period there is no mistaking that this young man is on the move and one to look out for in the future.

As her family, and their business life started to expand she became a mother to 2 beautiful girls and the wife of Brandon Hicks, owner of "The Nappy Root Barber Shop".

By Nadine Haralson The Courier Latasha Hicks was born May 13, 1983 in Fort Carson Colorado but has been a native of many grounds due to her father serving active duty in the United States Army..

In an effort to be able to compete in the business world she returned to Columbus Tech in 2011 earning a degree in Business Management. From 2012 -2014 she served on the Board of Reach 4 Your Dreamz Inc believing that no dream was to big.

She spent most of her childhood learning to cope and adjust to traveling the world based on the southern values that her parents installed in her. At an early age she was introduced to the idea of volunteer service and became an active volunteer for The Y.A.C in Fort Polk, Louisiana, completing over 1000 hours in service which included writing a weekly article for kids in the local news paper called the "Kool Corner".

Currently she works for Solid Source Premier Realty and serves as a member of Friends of Claflin where members are working for the restoration and preservation of the historical Clafin School (first school for blacks in Columbus, GA). She is also a member of the L.O.C - Local organizing committee a group that has come together to help mobilize and unify families in the community for the upcoming "20th anniversary of the Million Man March and create positive change in the community.

In 2000 her life started to settle as her family made Columbus, GA there home. She graduated from William Henry Shaw high school in 2001 and

For Latasha Hicks and her family divide and conquer is never an option. They believe that "Team work, makes the dream work".

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Sealed responses must be received and time/date stamped by the due date shown above, by the Finance Department/Purchasing Division of Columbus Consolidated Government, 100 Tenth Street, Columbus, GA 31901. To obtain specifications, visit the City's website at www.columbusga.org, notify the Buyer via email schandler@columbusga.org, fax 706.653.4109 or telephone 706.653.4105.

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Purchasing Division Manager

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C OMMENTARY

August 13, 2015

Nadine Haralson..Let Me Be Black Ignorance is not bliss okay, there are no slaves on the cotton field, reading is legal and pronouncing each letter and word correctly will not get you hung.

And why is it that, whatever is naturally ours, meaning ‘something that happens or exists by itself without being controlled or changed’, just can’t be, without others thinking it’s okay to make it their’s.

One thing I’m tired of is having to always feel like being black is not something that I can be or do for free, (like breathing), without always having to explain or justify, get permission, feel guilty about, have to make someone, particularly other folks comfortable with. Like there’s some kind of black credit approval process that I need to be approved for.

It’s just ridiculous, either you aren’t black enough for the blacks, who I personally feel don’t even know about their own selves well enough as a “colored” person, to try to check

me on my melanin or too black for white folks.

With all the chaos going on in the world, where do I even start? It’s, you want me here or you don’t, you like me, but… you can be you, but can you take a little bit of you out of you, and equality for everyone with the acceptation of….

First, yes, I am a black women (yeah, roar, applause), and yes I speak perfect English, (minus a few aint’s and finna’s). Where, however, do black people get off thinking it’s okay to tell me I sound like a white girl?

For example, the new tutorial in Allure Magazine for white women on how to achieve an Afro. An Afro, really? Okay, so it’s not appropriate for the black woman to wear an afro or natural hair styles in some professional settings because it makes people uncomfortable, or it’s to black but when a white lady wears it it’s high fashion and edgy. Bye Felicia, better yet, bye Becky! Not that I have a problem with any race sporting an Afro, cause my people will always do it better, NATUARLLY! It’s just praise and approval should not just be when a white person does it, last. Why can’t what’s mine be mine? #BLACKLIVESMATTER, All lives matter! How utterly disrespectful is it when a race of humans are expressing an outcry against themselves and

their people, who have been oppressed, murdered and misrepresented for generations, to be told that black voices are not important unless the white voices are part of it. That black death is irrelevant, unless we talk about white death also. I mean obviously, we can’t escape white, it’s everywhere.

It’s like back in the day when a white person would die, and they would murder 100 blacks for it. But that didn’t matter because one white person was dead. Today police are the new field overseers, and the jail cells are the new hanging trees.

I mean I could literally go on for days, about Rachel Dolezal the black face character, how I’m offended by the American Flag more than I am about the Confederate Flag. How I hate the fact that some blacks don’t feel comfortable doing things that represent their true selves, because they’re worried how white society would feel. So in essence they change their ideas and projects to accommodate them. I’m tired of hearing things like; “yall have your own colleges and churches”. As if 3 out of a million levels the playing field. How I always have to explain to some white person my feelings on black issues. “Because I don’t like something”, is that not good enough an answer for you? Or

do I have to be granted authority to have black feelings? This is my favorite; “everyone should be able to, why can’t we all, why do you guys always have to make it a race issue”.

Because we so said, it’s called Karma, and we want it NOW!!

The problem here is we as black/African Americans are always justifying and seeking an imaginary approval, when really, is it needed? Some will say they don’t. I feel most of us either do or have. It’s like a second nature type thing that happens unconsciously. I just want to be what I am, BLACK, without everyone getting in my black business, disapproving and having issues about it, while I suffer the consequences for it.

So I decided it’s not going to happen anymore, my black doesn’t need a definition. From now on it speaks for itself. My issues don’t need to be described, they’ve been here for 500 years, even Stevie Wonder can see them. Starting today I will no longer bother to explain if one can’t comprehend what they have set into place to privilege themselves. And if you honestly need me to help make it clear, we have serious problems, and my plans to help my people will not be run thru you first.

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Tickets are Still Available

By Wane A. Hailes The Courier The inaugural Bob Wright Symposium On Business Empowerment is scheduled for Thursday, August 20, 2015, from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm, at the Cunningham Center, Columbus State University (CSU). Dr. Linda Hadley, Dean of the Turner College of Business at CSU, is assisting with the coordination and support of this symposium.

Dr. Robert L. Wright Host

Byron Pitts

Dr. William Pickard

ABC News Anchor, Reporter

Global Automotive Alliance, LLC

Earl Stafford

Sen. Emanuel Jones

The conference will feature world class business leaders and executives sharing invaluable business insight, knowledge and experience, in addition to networking opportunities for attendees.

“The symposium is designed to expose members of our community to successful entrepreneurs who are industry trailblazers and respected thought-leaders within their fields,” said Bob Wright. “This is also the first event of its kind to take place in my hometown of Columbus, Georgia, the proud home of several influential minority business and community leaders.”

Deryl McKissack McKissack & McKissack Construction

Wentworth Group, LLC

Legacy Automotive Group

The conference will be moderated by ABC News Anchor/Reporter, Byron Pitts, and Nationally acclaimed business leaders.

Sylvester Hester In addition to the above speakers, Dan Amos, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aflac, will be the symposiums lunch keynote speaker.

Global Automotive Alliance, LLC

Russell Wright

SENTEL Corporation

Gale Hill

McDonald’s, Columbus, Ohio

Individual registration for the full conference is $150.00. The event is sponsored by the Delta Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and the Alpha Georgia Education Foundation.

For additional sponsorship opportunities, contact Douglas Bryant, 706-5665875, or douglasbryant@ml.com.

Khary Lewis

Infinate Services & Solutions, Inc.

Tommy W. Dortch, Jr.

Chairman & CEO of TWD, Inc.

Veranda Dickens

Seaway Bank and Trust Company.

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PAGE 14 Love From Page 4 still holding up in court, and the city's legal fees are probably a whole lot closer to a million dollars by now or over that point. None of this seems to be looking good for Mayor Tomlinson, but the law firm, for obvious reasons, is no doubt very appreciative that Columbus City Council is allowing the mayor to run the show.

What we have is a mayor hellbent on proving a point. It should be perfectly clear to most of you by now that Mayor Tomlinson will run this city into the ground and destroy the Reserve Fund trying to prove that she is right when she is wrong. She does not want to reach a fair and equitable Hunt From Page 4 oration with We The Protestors, it also includes police homicide data by state and city; the races, identities, and death circumstances of each victim (starting in 2014); and national trends over time with monthly breakdowns.

“I think [data] changes people’s perspective. When we first launched Mapping Police Violence, it really made it clear that Ferguson is everywhere….

Very visually, we’re able to show that this is happening all over the country, it’s happening on

agreement with these elected officials. She is not going near any table of negotiation, especially as long as council is allowing her to have her way calling the shots to the attorneys. The mayor is telling our council members just what she wants them to know and the councilors are trusting every word she says because she is an attorney, which the mayor also being an attorney is the very reason why the councilors should not accept every word she says regarding legal matters. She is too close and has an all too real bias.

In others words, they are not looking out for the best interest of the Columbus Consolidated Government and the taxpaying citizens of Columbus, Georgia. Why so?

of the powers that be.

O v e r t h e p a s t y e a r, Sinyangwe and a team of volunteers have launched other sites. CheckThePolice.org is a still-developing registry of police union contracts, in effort to examine how police departments investigate themselves and hold their officers accountable. There’s also ProtesterProgress.org, which details the movement’s gains and victories, in terms of public opinion polls, legislation, and other wins.

a scale that a lot of people didn’t believe,” he said.

And there certainly have been victories.

Sinyangwe said while storytelling is helpful in appealing to people’s conscience, data will be a key to institutional change.

Sinyangwe, McKesson, and Gormon all say that people are much more politically engaged and aware, both in the St. Louis area and across the nation.

“People in positions of power and influence are more receptive to data than stories.

In their positions they hear all kinds of stories from all kinds of people, and they have to sift through what the trends are in order to set policy,” he said, adding that data coupled with activism is a “language” that gets the attention

“There’s a new political community,” McKesson said.

“People came together…a new community was born, with all the joy and drama of a family. That is a seemingly simple thing, but powerful.”

In Ferguson and other places, voter turnout and informed

Because a number of our councilors themselves are caught up into having power and control over elected officials, which, as I have mentioned throughout, you especially notice it when it comes to the Muscogee County Marshal's Office. The ulterior motive behind certain councilor trying to weaken the Marshal's Office and turn public opinion against Marshal Greg Countryman is for political reasons they need Chief Ricky Boren to have no doubt whatsoever that they support the Columbus Police Department over the Sheriff's Office and the Marshal's Office, and, I say again, especially the Marshal's Office. I do not think that I am telling a lot of you anything you do not know or have not suspected all

along. You are not blind and you are not crazy. If it was just about the Marshal's Office issuing traffic citations, then the mayor and those same councilors would be in likewise uproar about the Sheriff's Office issuing traffic citations, but they are not.

civic participation is up. The Justice Department has issued two reports on the area’s systematic racism, discrimination, and civil rights violations. And several states have passed laws addressing police conduct and accountability.

lot,” Gormon said. “The trauma has not stopped. It’s weird how it just feels like one long day.”

But much has remained the same. McKesson said the Ferguson Police Department has gotten worse. Gormon adds that most of the officials involved in allowing Darren Wilson to evade justice are still in place. And although police killings have declined since the movement began, police have killed 320 Black people over the past year; of the unarmed Black people killed in 2014, six were younger than 18 years old.

Over the weekend, many cities remembered Michael Brown with ceremonies, rallies, activism, religious services, and community service.

“A year isn’t enough time – we’re still in the throes of it.

With everything that we’re dealing with…all the Black people that have died in police custody, recently – it’s just a

As far as leadership, the mayor and council are fast asleep at the wheel while the city is headed off a cliff. We the people had better wake up and do something about it fast ourselves. Despite what the mayor wants us to believe, these lawsuits are not going well for the city. As you all probably know by now, the Supreme Court of Georgia by unanimous vote dismissed the city's appeal of the lower court's rulings in the lawsuits filed

Those on the ground have an eye toward the future.

Sinyangwe wants to create a database that analyzes police departments’ policies and procedures against their homicide rates to see what the best department policies are in preventing police violence.

“And developing a misconduct database of police officers would be huge, because again with these union contracts, a lot of times the records are expunged after a certain time,” he added. “A lot of these officers have committed the same sorts of brutality in the past, but they’re not being held accountable for that [and] they’re being rehired.”

McKesson believes that the next step is figuring out how to use

against the city and leaders in the CCG by Sheriff John Darr and Superior Court Clerk Linda Pierce. The costly gamble in appeal failed and the cases will go forward.

Be sure that a lot more of our taxpayer dollars are going to be spent out in legal fees, as if there is not sensible solution to all of this, and the city will still probably lose all three (3) lawsuits filed by the four (4) elected officials. The taxpaying citizens will be able to thank Mayor Teresa Pike Tomlinson for that waste of our tax dollars paid out in legal fees. However, it is the 10-member city council citizens should really blame because they control the purse strings.

The Columbus City Council needs to man-up, step-up, and show some leadership.

new tools and collective voice to end police violence.

“We are all close to trauma in Blackness – in many ways we’re all on the frontline,” he said, giving thanks for his friends and stating that all Black people should practice self-care, regardless of their level of activism.

“I believe that we will win. I don’t know what that looks like. I want to believe that the police may look back, and might reflect on their role, but I have no indication that that will happen. I am tired, but not weary. The same spirit that began this movement in August and sustains it is the same spirit that I know will be pivotal to us.”

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E sido testigo a través del tiempo de que hay algo poderoso en la tierra que puede afirmar, fortalecer y traer seguridad en tiempos de desorientación y silencio en la vida de cada ser humano, ciudades y naciones. Es tan poderosa que fue utilizado en la creación para establecer lo verdadero de Dios en la tierra. Si, hablo de la poderosa voz de Dios. Hoy más que nunca se necesita estar sintonizado a la fuente de la cual procede su voz, Dios mismo. Es tan poderosa su voz que el enemigo de las almas desde un principio buscó dañar nuestra sensibilidad para escucharla, valorarla y obedecerla. Por eso tenemos que ser entendidos que si hay algo que nos fortalece y dirige a encaminarnos a una vida de grandes conquistas y bendiciones siempre será atacado con el fin de desorientar y destruir nuestra relación con aquel que nos ama. Ya que dependiendo de nuestra relación con él, nos relacionaremos con todo lo creado.

Son muchas las voces que han surgido desde aquel día en el Edén que buscan sumir y encantar a los seres humanos llevándolos a vivir vidas de ilusiones momentáneas y pasajeras pero sin significado y propósito en lo eterno. Así como Eva muchos seres humanos han sido encantados por la serpiente.

Y el resultado del encantamiento ha sido devastador

ya que los ha llevado a cambiar hasta su forma de relacionarse con Dios por eso también han cambiado su forma de relacionarse con todo lo que Dios creó y sus semejantes. Resulta cierto que una vez ya encantado o encantada queras satisfacer la carne ya que para mantener viva la ilusión tendrás que alimentarte con mentira ya que alguien que opera en mentira tendrá que seguir operando en mentira para sostenerla.

Hubo una razón con gran peso y propósito para que Jesús dijera la siguiente: “5 Yo soy la vid, vosotros los pámpanos; el que permanece en mí, y yo en él, éste lleva mucho fruto; porque separados de mí nada podéis hacer”. Juan 15:5 Se define PERMANECER. (Hebreo méno) significa quedarse en un lugar, esperar, durar, perdurable, permanece, persevere, persistir.

«Permanecer» (griego menein), una relación de mutua confianza y lealtad, que se desarrolla entre él y los suyos. Tenemos que entender que no fuimos hechos para operar solos ya que todos los que se mueven solos están propensos a escuchar voces de serpiente.

Eva sin cobertura, no debía estar hablando con la serpiente sin Adán estar presente, ya que la sensibilidad de sus sentidos fueron perdidos por el encantamiento que consistió en creer mentiras de una voz que venía de otra fuente.

Veamos que ocurrió tan pronto hubo el encantamiento en Génesis 3:8-11: 8 Y oyeron al Señor Dios que se paseaba en el huerto al fresco del día; y el hombre y su mujer se escondieron de la presencia del Señor Dios entre los árboles del huerto. 9 Y el Señor Dios llamó al hombre, y le dijo: ¿Dónde estás? 10 Y él

respondió: Te oí en el huerto, y tuve miedo porque estaba desnudo, y me escondí.

11 Y Dios le dijo: ¿Quién te ha hecho saber que estabas desnudo? ¿Has comido del árbol del cual te mandé que no comieras?

Se escondieron porque temieron, no vez que no fuimos hechos para funcionar sin Dios.

Alguien encantado no podrá percibir la verdad porque sus sentidos han sido perdidos.

Resulta que la atmósfera que el encantador busca es aquella que es contraria a sus planes, una atmosfera de familia donde el orden del modelo bíblico está presente, donde lo que le agrada a Dios se hace visible. Pero tengo noticias para ti solo la voz verdadera la que es más fuerte podrá romper los encantamientos. Si mi generación es engendrada por encantamientos operara en mentira siendo destinada a operar en verdades poderosas del reino de los cielos.

Vemos que los resultados del encantamiento no se hicieron esperar ya que a través de los tiempos hubieron momentos donde lo creado por Dios a imagen y semejanza quiso funcionar sin el fuera del diseño establecido por el. En Jeremías 2:13Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR1960) 13 Porque dos males ha hecho mi pueblo: me dejaron a mí, fuente de agua viva, y cavaron para sí cisternas, cisternas rotas que no retienen agua.

Muchas veces nuestras necesidades alimentan nuestras decisiones llevándonos a hacer lo que no debíamos haber hecho desde un principio. Buscando nuestro beneficio porque fuimos movidos por el encantamiento dejando de escuchar la voz verdadera moviéndonos en vez

de permanecer en él y cavando para sí cisternas, cisternas rotas que no retienen agua. Hoy te insto a que evalúes cual es la voz que estas escuchando, ¿te está llevando lejos de Dios o te mantiene en su presencia?, distorsionando lo que un día Dios os entrego como verdad para vivir en una gran mentira.

7Por lo cual, como dice el Espíritu Santo: Si oyereis hoy su voz, 8 No endurezcáis vuestros corazones, Como en la provocación, en el día de la tentación en el desierto, 9 Donde me tentaron vuestros padres; me probaron, Y vieron mis obras cuarenta años. 10 A causa de lo cual me disgusté contra esa generación, Y dije: Siempre andan vagando en su corazón, Y no han conocido mis caminos.11 Por tanto, juré en mi ira: No entrarán (descanso), en mi reposo. 12 Mirad, hermanos, que no haya en ninguno de vosotros corazón malo de incredulidad para apartarse del Dios vivo; 13 antes exhortaos los unos a los otros cada día, entre tanto que se dice: Hoy; para que ninguno de vosotros se endurezca por el engaño del pecado. 14 Porque somos hechos participantes de Cristo, con tal que retengamos firme hasta el fin nuestra confianza del principio, 15 entre tanto que se dice: Si oyereis hoy su voz, No endurezcáis vuestros corazones, como en la provocación.16 ¿Quiénes fueron los que, habiendo oído, le provocaron? ¿No fueron todos los que salieron de Egipto por mano de Moisés? 17 ¿Y con quiénes estuvo él disgustado cuarenta años? ¿No fue con los que pecaron, cuyos cuerpos cayeron en el desierto?

18 ¿Y a quiénes juró que no entrarían en su reposo, sino a aquellos que desobedecieron? 19 Y vemos que no pudieron entrar a causa

de incredulidad. Hebreos 3:718 Dios no está simplemente interesado en bendecirte el anhela que conozcas sus caminos y que permanezcas en ellos. No es que hayas empezado bien sino que termines mejor de lo que empezaste.

3 ¡Oh, gálatas insensatos! ¿Quién os ha fascinado[a] a vosotros, ante cuyos ojos Jesucristo fue presentado públicamente como crucificado? 2 Esto es lo único que quiero averiguar de vosotros: ¿recibisteis el Espíritu por las obras de la ley, o por el oír con fe[c]? 3 ¿Tan insensatos sois? Habiendo comenzado por el Espíritu, ¿vais a terminar[e] ahora por la carne?

Gálatas 3:1-3 BLA Pero la versión Dios habla hoy dice: 3 ¡Gálatas, duros para entender! ¿Quién los embrujó? En nuestra predicación hemos mostrado ante sus propios ojos a Jesucristo crucificado.

2 Sólo quiero que me contesten a esta pregunta: ¿Recibieron ustedes el Espíritu de Dios por el cumplimiento de la ley o por aceptar el mensaje de la fe?

3 ¿Son tan duros para entender, que habiendo comenzado con el Espíritu quieren ahora terminar con algo puramente humano?

Nuestros grandes problemas no consisten en querer lo que queremos sino en haber dejado de escuchar a quien debíamos seguir escuchando.

SOLO LA VOZ VERDADERA destruirá el encantamiento asegurando una generación hambrienta por escuchar y obedecer la VOZ VERDADERA. Es tiempo de escuchar su Voz. El Padre te está llamando. Solo escucha y deja tu corazón responderle de la manera correcta.

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"Sesame Amigos", una nueva versión de "Sesame Street"

By Staff Eco Latino Elmo, Rosita y el Monstruo de las Galletas hablarán en español en "Sesame Amigos", una nueva versión de "Sesame Street" dirigida al público hispanohablante de Estados Unidos en la que participarán artistas como Diego Luna, Leslie Grace, Aislinn y Vadhir Derbez.

El programa para niños de preescolar se transmitirá a partir del 1 de agosto los sábados a las 8:30 a.m. (hora del Este) en el bloque matutino "Planeta U" de Univision. Los capítulos de 30 minutos son producidos por Sesame Workshop, la organización sin fines de lucro detrás de "Sesame Street", exclusivamente para la cadena.

"Sesame Amigos" es el primer programa de "Sesame Street" especialmente hecho en español para el público de Estados Unidos.

"Ante el crecimiento de las familias hispanas en Estados Unidos queríamos asociarnos con Univision para crear un nuevo programa emocionante, específicamente diseñado para este público, que refleje su idioma y su cultura", dijo Steve Youngwood, funcionario principal de operaciones de Sesame Workshop.

ENGLISH

Elmo, Rosita and the monster of all Biscuits speak in Spanish in "Sesame Friends", a new version of "Sesame

Street" addressed to the Spanish-speaking fans in the United States in which participating artists such as Diego Luna, Leslie Grace, and Aislinn Vadhir Derbez.

The program for pre-school children will be transmitted from the August 1 on saturdays at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern time) in the morning block "Planet OR" of Univision. The chapters of 30 minutes are produced by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind "Sesame Street", exclusively for the chain.

"Sesame Friends" is the first program "Sesame Street" especially done in English for the public of the United States.

"Before the growth of Hispanic families in the United States we wanted to partner with Univision to create a new exciting program, specifically designed for this audience, which reflects their language and culture," said Steve Youngwood, principal officer of operations of Sesame Workshop.

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We Are Our Brothers Keeper

After 20 years of community service, a local business owner and community pillar, Harold "Lefty" Encarnacion, has been forced to close his grocery store due to serious health complications.

His store, Millie's International Market, located in Columbus, GA, which served the needs of the vibrant Latino and Caribbean community of Columbus, is recognized by many as the backbone of the community. Lefty and his wife, Millie, have also served the community through cultural organizations, such as the Tri-City Latino Festival, and many people have been personally blessed by their generosity. While the store will certainly be missed by the residents of Columbus, people have expressed

a more pressing concern for Lefty's well-being. Unfortunately, worried customers and friends have found no comfort in the news of Lefty's worsening condition, and many people are deeply disturbed by the accounts of the pain and suffering of someone who has given so much to everyone in the community. Recently, Lefty has been told by his doctors that he is in need of a liver transplant. This is an extremely expensive procedure, and is an unrealistic cost, especially coupled with personal financial difficulties. We are, therefore, reaching out to the community to help ameliorate his current economic situation, and help fund this life-saving procedure. Lefty has given so much to the community, and we are hoping that those who can give will reciprocate, and help him, just as he would have aided anyone else in need. We know that this is a large goal, but we believe in the strength and kindness of our community. Even if you can only afford to give a little, a small donation given by many people can make a huge difference--possibly the difference between life and death.

Thank you!--------Yolanda Encarnacion

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Jueves 13 de Agosto 2015 ausencia médica—y animarles a tanto hombres y mujeres que lo usen—es un recurso importante para lograr la igualdad.

California, que ha tenido un programa de ausencia familiar pagada por más de 11 años, es un gran ejemplo de la diferencia que la ausencia familiar pagada puede hacer para los padres nuevos y para hombres cuidadores.

ENGLISH Infographic: How Access to Paid Leave Helps Fathers Los padres alrededor del país reportan querer pasar más tiempo con sus hijos; es importante tener en mente

que la ausencia familiar paga y la ausencia médica pueden tener un impacto real en los padres que están esforzán-

dose a balancear la familia y el trabajo. Asegurando que todos tengan el acceso a la ausencia familiar pagada y la

Fathers around the country report that they would like to spend more time with their children; it is important to remember that paid family and

medical leave could have a real impact on new dads who are striving to balance work and family. Ensuring that everyone has access to paid family and medical leave— and encouraging both men and women to use it—also is an important tool for achieving equality.

California, which has had a paid family leave program in place for almost 11 years, is a great example of the difference that paid family leave can make for new fathers and male caregivers.

Ensuring that both mothers and fathers have access to paid family leave is an important tool when striving for equality and work-family balance for both men and women.

Lo Que Debe Saber Antes De Cavar En Su Propiedad

(StatePoint) Todos los veranos, muchos propietarios de casas echan mano de sus palas y empiezan a cavar como parte de proyectos de paisajismo y de otro tipo para la mejora de sus hogares. Ya sea que le gusten los proyectos de hágalo usted mismo o sea un excavador profesional contratado para un proyecto, es esencial cavar con inteligencia.

Hay más de 100,000 millones de pies de servicios públicos subterráneos en los Estados Unidos, que equivalen a más de la longitud de un campo de fútbol americano de servi-

cios enterrados por cada persona del país, según la Common Ground Alliance, una organización dedicada a proteger las líneas subterráneas de los servicios públicos y la seguridad de las personas que cavan cerca de ellas. Cada seis minutos se daña una línea de servicios públicos subterránea porque alguien no llamó antes de cavar.

El 11 de agosto (abreviado 8/11 en el calendario estadounidense) funciona como un recordatorio para llamar siempre al 811 a fin de cavar de modo seguro y legal. Ya sea que esté usted plantando un

árbol, instalando una cerca, una plataforma o una alberca, o esté comenzando cualquier otro proyecto de excavación, es fundamental que llame al 811 antes de cavar para que le marquen la ubicación aproximada de los servicios públicos y tuberías subterráneas.

Llamar al 811 es la ley, y saber dónde están enterradas las tuberías y las líneas de servicios públicos subterráneos ayudará a protegerlos a usted y a quienes lo rodean de posibles lesiones. También ayuda a evitar daños a los servicios públicos, interrupciones en el servicio, posibles multas y costos de reparación. Todos los proyectos de excavación exigen una llamada, incluso si ha llamado antes debido a un proyecto similar, ya que la profundidad de las líneas de servicios públicos varía y puede haber varias líneas en una zona común. Cavar sin conocer la ubicación aproximada de los servicios públicos subterráneos aumenta la probabilidad de ocasionar daños de manera no intencional.

Qué esperar cuando llame al

811 Su llamada se dirigirá a un centro de llamadas local. Un operador recabará información sobre sus planes de excavación e informará de su proyecto a las empresas locales de tuberías y servicios públicos.

Las leyes estatales respecto a la anticipación del aviso requerido para llamar y pedir que se marquen las líneas son variadas. La mayoría de los estados exigen un aviso con entre 48 y 72 horas de antelación (sin contar fines de semana y festivos). Un representante del 811 en su zona le puede dar información concreta, o puede obtener más datos en www.Call811.com.

Se enviará a representantes de tuberías y servicios públicos para que marquen la ubicación aproximada de los servicios públicos y cables utilizando pintura con códigos de color, banderas o estacas, de modo que sepa qué hay debajo y pueda excavar con seguridad a su alrededor. Si no hay servicios públicos, tuberías o cables en la ubicación de su excavación, la marcarán como

“libre”.

Planear un proyecto de excavación • Siempre llame al 811 antes de comenzar cualquier proyecto de excavación, sin importar la profundidad a la que lo va hacer o cuán familiarizado esté con el terreno.

• Planifique con anticipación y permita el tiempo suficiente para que se marquen las líneas.

Después de haber esperado el tiempo requerido para que se marquen las líneas según su estado, si esto no se ha hecho, llame nuevamente al 811 para comprobar la situación de su solicitud antes de excavar.

• Si está usando a un contratista, confirme que haya hecho la llamada al 811. No permita que comience el trabajo sino hasta que se hayan marcado las líneas.

• Plantéese cambiar la ubicación de su proyecto si está cerca de las marcas de las líneas.

Cavar con cuidado es fundamental para su seguridad, la seguridad de su comunidad y la protección del medio ambiente.

Eco Latino Vol. 10

La Voz de la Minoría

Edición 10

Gratis

Jueves 13 de Agosto 2015

Lo que debe saber antes de cavar en su propiedad

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We Are Our Brother’s Keeper Harold “Lefty” Encarnacion

Local Businessman Harold “Lefty” Encarnacion is in Need of a Liver Transplant. Family and Friends are Seeking The Support Of The C o m m u n i t y To H e l p H i m Financially.

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