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Refugees fleeing from Ukraine are seen after crossing Ukrainian-Polish border due to Russian military attack on Ukraine. Medyka, Poland on February 28, 2022.

Citizens of Ukraine are currently being transported from the border mostly by buses, while people coming from Africa or the Middle East use pedestrian border crossing.

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African students combat racism escaping Ukraine

By KAREN JUANITA CARRILLO Special to the AmNews

their belongings and ran to leave Ukraine––to escape harm’s way.

But concern has been growing A convoy of Russian tank trucks since the Feb. 24 start of the Rusand artillery barreled down towards sian invasion of Ukraine for the thouUkraine’s capital city of Kyiv. Ukrai- sands of Black residents stranded in nian forces took up arms to hold off the war-scarred Eastern European the attacks. Civilians turned their un- nation. While trying to protect themderground train stations into bomb selves and their families from Russian shelters and many others gathered bombs, Blacks in Ukraine are not re-

Back to business? New York lifts school COVID mask mandates

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff

changes to mask mandates in public transit and healthcare facilities.

“Our schools have been among the During an interview on CNBC’s safest places for our children since “Squawk Box” program, New York the beginning of the pandemic, and City Mayor Eric Adams said, “We we will continue to make the proper are back.” public health decisions to keep our Adams announced last week that kids safe, including making masks he would end the indoor mask man- available for any child or school staff date for public school children start- member who wishes to continue ing March 7. But there will be no See MANDATES on page 24

ceiving assistance from local authorities and have been denied chances to escape danger.

Civilian flights into Ukraine had been canceled and the only way out was on land—via trains, buses, or cars. But videos and photographs on social media exposed the extent to which African diaspora residents were being denied spots on trains

leaving Ukraine. Black attempts to head for the borders were met with restraints as Ukrainian security forces and Border Guard Service officials blocked their entrance to trains and overcrowded buses.

“On Sunday morning we were advised to take a bus straight to the Polish border from the shelter, I woke See UKRAINE on page 6

Hail Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!

By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews Only the Russian invasion of Ukraine has commanded the news more than President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Both events are of historical significance as Jackson is poised to become the first African American woman jurist on the bench. During his campaign See JUSTICE on page 23

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (US District Court for the District of Columbia photo)

Black History Month 2022: A Backdrop for Democracy’s Crumble Urban Agenda by David R. Jones, President and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York - See page 5

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International African students in the Ukraine plead for help as Poland says ‘Ukrainians first’ (GIN)—Thousands of African students are among the tens of thousands of Ukrainians seeking shelter from a barrage of Russian airstrikes against its southern neighbor in what has been called an unprovoked and unjustified effort to remove and replace the Ukrainian government by the president of Russia.

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International AFRICAN LEADERS LOOK ANXIOUSLY AT RISING FARM PRICES DUE TO RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS (GIN)—Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market.

That was the clear-eyed assessment of Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, and a visiting research fellow at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand.

According to the economist, African countries imported agricultural products worth $4 billion from Russia in 2020. About 90% of this was wheat and 6% was sunflower oil. At the same time, Ukraine exported $2.9 billion worth of agricultural products to the African continent in 2020.

But Russia’s military action has raised fears that the conflict could disrupt trade with significant consequences for global food stability.

nians first” policy.

While the Africans are feeling the Russian boot against its southern neighbor, President Vladimir Putin’s invasion has so far been met with diplomatic silence on the continent except for an acid-tipped comment from Kenya’s ambassador at the U.N. earlier this week. While rebuking Russia’s move into eastern Ukraine, he compared the experience of African nationstates and their colonial borders with the crisis in Eastern Europe, calling the current conflict “just one more symptom of a pathology spawned by

“I share these concerns,” writes Sihlobo, “particularly the consequences of big rises in the price of global grains and oilseed. They have been among the key drivers of global food price rises since 2020.”

He attributed higher costs to dry weather conditions in South America and Indonesia causing poor harvests combined with rising demand in China and India.

A disruption in trade would add to higher prices for farm goods. Rising prices were already evident just days into the conflict, Sihlobo said.

To top it off, parts of the African continent, a net importer of wheat and sunflower oil, are struggling with drought. Kenya’s agricultural lands, for example, are becoming dried out and barren as weather patterns change.

Drought has left farmers without the crops they have relied on for generations.

For farmer Safari Mbuvi, it’s a devastating blow. He sank 50,000 Kenyan shillings (US $439) in this season alone in planting.

“Since I was young, my

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father used to get a bounty harvest in this farm, but now, there seems to be a change in climate and the rains are no longer dependable,” he told the AP news service.

“I will not harvest anything, not even a single sack of maize is possible. I have cultivated four or slightly above three acres and the expense I incurred is not recoverable. And I am not the only one. Every farmer in this area has lost everything.”

From an African agriculture perspective, the impact of the war between Russia and the Ukraine will be felt in the near term through the rise or fall of farm product prices.

A rise in prices will be beneficial for farmers, Sihlobo said. This will be particularly welcome given higher fertilizer costs which have strained farmers’ finances.

But rising commodity prices are bad news for African households, the agricultural sector and food security which have already experienced food price hikes over the past

two years.

“There’s still a lot that’s not known about the geopolitical challenges that lie ahead. But for African countries there are reasons to be worried given their dependency on grain imports,” wrote Sihlobo for The Conversation, a network of media outlets. “In the near term, countries are likely to see the impact through a surge in prices, rather than an actual shortage of the commodities.”

Other wheat exporting countries such as Canada, Australia and the U.S. stand to benefit from any potential surge in demand.

Meanwhile, the rising price of oil on global markets—sparked by the crisis in Europe—will have a direct impact on the cost of transport and fuel prices, now already at record levels, South Africa’s automobile association predicts.

Much to the disappointment of the IMF, Nigeria has already backed away from its plans to cut fuel subsidies after planned protests from labor unions and opposition parties.

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Women’s History Month 2022:

Celebrating the healing and power of past and present women

By M’NIYAH LYNN Special to the AmNews According to the National Women’s History Museum, historically, women have not been properly acknowledged, leading to a lack of a comprehensive history of women’s situations, activities and accomplishments. Nationally, women made up only 13% of named historical figures in textbooks, the Women at the Center said in a piece published on the New York Historical Society Museum and Library’s website in September 2018.

This Women’s History Month, the National Women’s History Alliance (NWHA) has set a theme entitled, “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” This year’s theme was set to encourage people to honor and bring recognition to women that are making history today, whether through serving and supporting others as a frontline worker or caregiver, or as those that are helping to give hope to families and neighborhoods, such as mothers.

“Spreading awareness of women’s history leads to the internalization of our power. We know support can raise people and help them find their histories so they know where they’re going,” Krysta Jones, board member of the NWHA, said. Jones is also president of the National Women’s Caucus - Virginia.

Jones said that the NWHA highlights multicultural women and aims to rewrite history to include these women.

The NWHA is planning to do other things like webinars and networking conferences for Women’s History Month as well. She said that with the new theme, the NWHA hopes to see local women being appreciated.

“I think it’s important to realize our power and the role that we play in all areas of society. Whether it’s trying to enact policies or going into certain careers, we need to continue to fight to change the systems that have been holding us back,” Jones said.

Rosalyn McIntosh coaches women that have experienced trauma through her new organization RCM Enterprises. “I help women, especially Black women, own their own and honor their hurt and broken places by helping them get into their purpose,” she said.

As someone that has lost her mother to domestic violence, McIntosh does a lot of work in helping domestic violence survivors. She and the advocates go around NYC and do pop-ups where they give information to victims about shelter and how to get help and do skits about domestic violence. In her free ebook that can be found on broken2blooming.com, it offers information on what domestic violence is and on self-care tips for those that are managing after coming

out of an abusive relationship.

“I went from a broken place and bloomed. I want to show women that they can bloom too. Blooming is thriving. Blooming is flourishing,” she said.

She is also the founder and president of Sisters Building Sisters In Brooklyn, Inc., a non-profit that empowers women and girls in self-love and offers mentorship. They do walks, events and workshops around New York City.

Stephanie McGraw is another example of a woman that could be celebrated under the NWHA’s theme.

McGraw is the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization We All Really Matter (WARM) Domestic Violence Rescue. McGraw started the organization in 2010 after overcoming her own past with domestic violence.

WARM is a hands-on organization that offers direct services and helps women navigate next steps. They have a critical response team that aids women with emergency removals.

“I’ve never given physical birth, but I have given spiritual birth to hundreds of women that have come across our doors,” she said.

For Women’s History Month, WARM is creating a trauma center, doing a panel and handing out awards. “My job as a Black woman in Women’s History Month is to expose domestic violence for what it is, a crime not a shame, and use my life as a classroom to help other women,” McGraw said.

Jones said women are typically brought up in the context of certain movements, such as the Feminist or Women’s Suffrage movements. Even within these contexts, history has generally been written by men. To address this, another way that the NWHA is raising awareness of women’s history is by publishing articles in their magazine that comes out several times a year. Through this magazine, readers are able to get the historical perspective, but also different perspectives on how women are seen today.

The NWHA promotes women’s history and is committed to the goal of education and empowerment. Originally called the National Women’s History Project, the NWHA was founded in 1980 by a group of five women to bring attention to women’s historical achievements. In 2018, the project became an alliance because the project expanded from promoting historical achievements to including support for education and celebration of women’s history year round, the NWHA’s website said.

To contact those mentioned in this article, email krysta.n.jones@gmail. com (National Women’s History Alliance); weallreallymatter@gmail. com (WARM); and Sbsinbklyn@gmail. com (Sisters Building Sisters).

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Advocates continue call for passage of Clean Slate Act With just weeks to go until New York lawmakers finalize the FY23 state budget, members of the Clean Slate NY coalition were joined by elected officials calling on the state legislature to pass the Clean Slate Act, as is, in the state budget.

At a rally held this week, speakers, which included the bill’s sponsor State Senator Zellnor Myrie, Assembly Members Latrice Walker and David Weprin, and Councilmember Rita Joseph, emphasized that justice must not be delayed any longer for the 2.3 million New Yorkers shackled by their convictions.

The Clean Slate Act, which already had overwhelming public support from a broad coalition of labor unions, business leaders, and faith leaders, received support from both Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams in recent weeks.

The bill would end the perpetual punishment of New Yorkers with a conviction record by establishing an automatic process for sealing most conviction records after the requirements of the criminal legal system have been met. Millions of New Yorkers are kept from accessing life essentials like employment and housing due to their conviction records.

Staten Island ferry named after New York’s first free Black community Mayor Eric Adams today commissioned the Sandy Ground, a new Staten Island Ferry vessel named for New York’s first free Black community, which was settled in 1828 and served as a stop on the historic Underground Railroad. The Sandy Ground is the first Staten Island Ferry boat named to honor the rich history of Black New Yorkers living on Staten Island.

Sandy Ground’s history as a free Black community dates back nearly 200 years to 1828, when ferry boat operator Captain John Jackson became the first Black person to own property on Staten Island, buying in what is now the South Shore community of Rossville. Over time, Sandy Ground was settled by Black oystermen who fled Maryland’s more restrictive laws. New York’s booming oyster trade allowed residents there to own their own property, boats, and businesses.

A state-of-the-art, $85 million, 4,500-person boat, the Sandy Ground is the second of three new ferries that will enter service this year, which are collectively known as the Ollis-class vessels. The Sandy Ground is expected to be in service by this spring.

Coalition for Affordable Hospitals demands affordable, high-quality maternity care for the underserved Last week, Coalition for Affordable Hospital members and lawmaker allies marched from City Hall Park to NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital to demand protection and expansion of innovative pre-and post-natal healthcare programs to improve outcomes for vulnerable, underserved mothers and babies.

Every year, approximately 60,000 people suffer from pregnancy-related diseases or medical conditions. In New York alone, about 20 people die per 100,000 live births. Black mothers are more than twice as likely to experience life-threatening complications during or after childbirth and more than eight times as likely to die from pregnancy-related deaths.

And the situation is only worsening, as The New York Times reported this week that the number of women who died during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth in the U.S. increased significantly during the pandemic, with Black women experiencing a mortality rate that was nearly three times that of white women.

Passage of HEAL in Albany during this legislative session would not only preserve the existing 32BJ Health Fund Maternity Program, but also enable other self-insured entities to replicate it and reduce the overall cost of care.

New York Blood Center teams up with Feeding New York State for campaign New York Blood Center (NYBC) is partnering with Feeding New York State (Feeding NYS) for their Save 1, Feed 1 campaign. For the month of March, NYBC will be donating $1 to Feeding NYS on behalf of every presenting blood donor who registers to make a donation in their honor.

According to Feeding America, over 3 million New Yorkers are food insecure, which is equivalent to about 15% of the state population. Approximately 1 in 6 New Yorkers rely on the charity food system, despite most of these people being from families in which at least one person is working. Unfortunately, children are more likely to be in poverty than any other age-group, meaning that they are also more likely to face food insecurity. These unconscionable statistics make the work of food banks essential in putting food on the tables of millions of New Yorkers.

Most food banks can provide between four and five meals for every dollar donated, because food banks rely primarily on donated food, and when they buy food, they buy by the truckload. Therefore, each blood donation throughout the duration of this campaign has the ability to both save up to three lives and provide between four and five meals to New Yorkers facing food insecurity.

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Biden assailed and repudiated Putin in State of the Union address

By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews President Biden was hardly settled behind the podium for his State of Union address Tuesday evening before launching into his denunciation of the Russian attack on Ukraine. After the usual opening remarks to the speaker, his vice president, and other dignitaries in the chamber, he announced that as Americans there is “an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny.”

For the next 15 minutes or so, Biden hammered away at Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“We countered Russia’s lies with the truth,” he declared. “And now that he has acted, the free world is holding him accountable.

“Along with 27 members of the European Union, including France, Germany, Italy, as well as countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and many others—even Switzerland—are inflicting pain on Russia and supporting the people of Ukraine. Putin is now isolated from the world more than he has ever been,” the president continued, even as the Russians were unrelenting in their siege of Ukraine’s See BIDEN on page 32

Jury foreman: Ahmaud Arbery killers showed ‘so much hatred’ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP)—The Black man who served as foreman of the jury that convicted three white men of federal hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery said he believes the guilty verdicts show that while acts of racial violence still occur in the U.S. “we’re moving in the right direction.”

“Wrong is wrong and right is right,” Marcus Ransom told The New York Times in an interview published Tuesday. “No matter what it is, you’ve got to have consequences. No one is above laws.”

Ransom, a 35-year-old social worker, was the only Black man on the jury that spent a week in a Brunswick, Georgia, courtroom hearing the hate crimes case in U.S. District Court. Jurors deliberated less than four hours before finding each of the defendants guilty on all counts Feb. 22.

Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and used a pickup truck to chase Arbery, a 25-yearold Black man, after spotting him running in their neighborhood Feb. 23, 2020.

A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

Ransom, who lives about three hours from coastal Glynn County where Arbery died and the trial was held, said he was shocked by the graphic video that leaked online two months after the slaying. Still, he said he did not pay much attention to the case prior to the trial because he had been dealing with the death of his grandmother.

During the trial, federal prosecutors walked the jury through roughly two dozen racist text messages and social media posts, mostly by Travis McMichael and Bryan. Ransom said he was not shocked by the racist slurs the men used.

“I’ve experienced racism on different levels,” he said.

But Ransom said he cried when prosecutors showed a video Travis McMichael

had shared online that mocked a young Black boy dancing. He also shed tears in the jury box while having to watch police body camera footage of Arbery bleeding on the ground, twitching and gasping, after the shooting. And he wiped tears from his eyes again after the verdicts were read and he was asked to stand in court and confirm them.

Ransom said he was disturbed by the indifference the McMichaels showed Arbery as he was dying in the street, and was stunned that Bryan had joined them to pursue a Black man whom Bryan later told police he had never seen before and did not know why he was being chased.

“Just seeing that it was so much hatred that they had, not only for Ahmaud, but to other people of the Black race,” Ransom said. “It was a lot to take in.”

None of the defendants testified at the hate crimes trial. Ransom said he watched each of the three defendants closely during the trial, looking for signs of remorse. He said he found none.

When the case ended and the jury prepared to begin deliberations, Ransom said, the others quickly chose him to serve as foreman.

“No one really voiced exactly why,” he said.

He said deliberations were businesslike. No one argued that the McMichaels or Bryan were innocent, he said, and nobody strongly disagreed that the evidence showed Arbery was chased and killed because he was Black—a finding necessary to convict the defendants of hate crimes.

The jury returned the hate crime convictions not quite three months after the McMichaels and Bryan were found guilty of murdering Arbery by a Georgia state court. All three were sentenced to life in prison in the murder case, with no chance of parole for the McMichaels.

U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood has yet to schedule sentencing in the federal case, where each defendant again faces a potential life sentence.

NewJerseyNews NJ Department Human Services awards contract to address opioid treatment gap experienced by Black residents

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff According to the American Journal of Epidemiology, opioid/stimulant deaths among Black Americans have increased at more than three times the rate as nonHispanic white people—particularly in eastern states. Between 2007 and 2019, the rate of Black Americans dying from opioids rose 575%.

The New Jersey Department of Human Services has awarded a contract to provide cultural competency training for opioid treatment providers to narrow the treatment gap experienced by Black residents, who are statistically less likely to receive or access services.

The Department awarded a $750,000 contract to Family Connections Inc. to provide training, coaching, and consultation services to counselors and leadership employed at state-licensed opioid treatment providers. The plan is being funded by a grant through the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

A secondary goal of this initiative is to increase the prescribing of medication for Black residents that supports addiction recovery. Medication-assisted treatment is the clinical standard of care for opioid use disorder.

“This training will help counselors and agency leaders develop skills and new approaches to ensure that services are provided in a culturally appropriate manner,” Acting Commissioner Sarah Adelman said. “In the absence of healing, opioid

use has been a way of coping when a community has been traumatized by decades of violence, poverty, and historic mistreatment in the healthcare system.”

Adelman adds that implicit biases within the system result in individuals going without treatment and experiencing premature termination of treatment.

When these factors are ignored or misunderstood, it becomes challenging for Black individuals with opioid use disorder to get treatment.

Assistant Commissioner Valerie Mielke, who directs the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, noted higher rates of increase of drug overdose deaths for the Black population, compared to the overall population, including for synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.

“One reason for the high death rates is that Black residents with opioid use disorder have experienced limited access to the full range of medication that can treat addiction,” Assistant Commissioner Mielke said. “This is often magnified in the Black community, where there is significant historical mistrust of the health care, social services, and the justice system. In particular, for men, there is the looming fear that seeking treatment will result in severe sentencing and incarceration.”

The initiative will train up to nine providers each year, with a minimum of 60 participants served each year at each agency.

Providers will be selected to participate in trainings via an application process managed by the awardee and approved by the DMHAS. The training plan must include measures to identify progress.

Activists call on Bridgewater Commons mall to lift ban on teens involved in fight

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff The People’s Organization for Progress (POP) is calling on the Bridgewater Commons mall to lift the ban against two boys involved in a fight that recently took place there which has drawn national attention.

In the aftermath of the fight a spokesperson for the mall stated that both boys, Z’Kye and Joseph, were banned from the mall. At its meeting last week, the organization discussed the ban and decided it would publicly call upon the mall to lift the ban on both boys.

Last month, a viral video showed a confrontation between Z’Kye, who is Black, and Joseph, who is Pakistani and Colombian, before the two begin fighting. Two white Bridgewater police officers arrive on the

scene and immediately pin Z’kye to the ground and put him in handcuffs while Joseph sits on a couch.

“We condemn the decision made by the Bridgewater Commons mall to ban the boys. It was wrong and we call upon the mall to lift the ban,” stated Lawrence Hamm, chairman of POP. “We believe this decision by the mall was premature and ill-conceived.”

Hamm said banning the teens not only has a detrimental impact on them but demonstrates an insensitivity towards the Black community and those who want justice for Z’Kye. Along with lifting the ban, POP wants the town of Bridgewater to do a racial bias audit of all aspects of its policing and present a plan on how it’s going to root out racially biased and discriminatory practices and policies in the police department.

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Jona Biddle: Using choreography to help kids ‘BOSS’ up

By M’NIYAH LYNN Special to the AmNews Jona Biddle is the founder of J Biddle Enterprises and the artistic director of the BOSS Kids Commercial Dance Team and of the BOSS Xperience. Although Biddle has created a name for himself and has his own signature dance style, he has made it his mission to zero in on the youth. With BOSS Kids, Biddle supports the youth, not only through sharing passion for dance, but through confidencebuilding and familial bonding.

In BOSS Kids, Born Original Striving Successfully, children meet on a weekly basis to be trained in commercial style choreography. Commercial style choreography ranges from working with artists to doing projects. The training the youth receive allows them to follow their dreams of dancing professionally, whether that means dancing in music videos or dancing for celebrities on tours.

BOSS Kids is in its fifth season. It was started with 12 members and has now grown to about 90 members. The kids come from all over New York City and from some other states such as Connecticut and New Jersey.

“One thing I’ve noticed about young people nowadays is that studios they’re training at don’t give them much support, so we really are a family and community in this program. Some of these kids stay with me until they graduate high school,” he said.

Biddle was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and he began dancing at a young age. He recalled being obsessed with movement and knew quickly that he wanted to take his love for dancing and turn it into a career as a choreographer. He said his mom put him into dance classes and he would also attend concerts and shows.

In his early 20s, Biddle moved to NYC in Harlem. While in Harlem, Biddle said he worked with new artists, developed work for music videos and developed work for commercials.

However, Biddle knew that his passion lay with wanting to also help children that were interested in dance, like he was, and help them become professional dancers.

“I did all this work, but I always loved working with children because growing up, I didn’t have a lot of support regarding the arts,” he said.

Biddle said he idolizes several figures that have made an impact on the world of dance. Janet Jackson, Alvin Ailey, Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul and Laurieann Gibson are just a few that Biddle said inspire him.

“I love strong teachers, people who

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THE URBAN AGENDA

By David R. Jones

Black History Month 2022: Mark Tatum A Backdrop for Democracy’s Crumble This year, Black history month should be extended. We need more time to reflect on the remarkable challenges we face in America today.

Despite our great strides, American democracy is in grave danger. The attempted dismantling of our form of government is happening before our very eyes. The aggressors call it patriotism. The enfranchisement of the poor and people of color is unquestionably in the bull’s-eye.

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not only teach dance, but they teach you a lifestyle. I teach my kids how to be confident in themselves and understand who they are,” he said.

Biddle’s specialty is teaching Hip Hop Fusion, his signature style. He has judged dance competitions and has been to many countries. As a result, Biddle has learned to fuse hip hop moves like popping and locking with other dance styles like ballet or jazz.

“A lot of my students come from a competition background or strict training, but they want something different. They don’t just want to dance for trophies,” he said.

When COVID-19 hit, Biddle became innovative. He said he used the pandemic and shutdown as an opportunity to grow his business.

With the creation of Zoom accounts and the employment of new teachers, Boss Kids reached new students.

Biddle’s work with Boss Kids has been noticed and recognized by some big names. The team has performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and in the 2021 Macy’s Parade. The group has been recognized by artists such as Cardi B., Missy Elliot, Ciara and Beyoncé.

He has largely credited his social media presence for attracting attention. “People in the industry know that when they need kids, they can call Jona,” Biddle said.

The dancers have also been featured on Wonderama TV and the Fox Family Channel.

Biddle hopes to continue expanding his program in metro cities. In April, Biddle said he hopes to open BOSS Kids Miami.

“I’m providing these kids what I didn’t have as a child,” he said.

The bigoted faction in our society that has always existed is now a clear and present threat. We saw the same thing after the Civil War with Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. We’re reminded that even as we rise, we’re besieged on all sides by white supremacists who will stop at nothing to deform true democracy.

The solution is to know your history, and double down on democracy. Vote, organize, engage your community leaders and elected officials. Find common ground with people whose politics you may not espouse, but who are willing to join the fight against antidemocratic forces. Voting rights is the front line of the fight.

At least 27 states have introduced more than 250 bills that would restrict voting. Some have toughened voter ID requirements, some reduced the time in which mail-in ballots can be requested, some limited drop boxes, and some made it easier to “purge” voter rolls. There’s also extreme gerrymandering.

These antidemocratic forces in Congress blocked the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. They promote passage of state laws that attempt to literally whitewash American history. Bills have been introduced in 33 states that restrict what schools can teach about race, politics, American history, sexual orientation and gender identity, according to PEN America, a nonprofit advocate for freedom of expression.

This movement exploded into public when a white supremacist mob, urged on by a sitting president and carrying weapons and confederate flags, stormed the U.S. Capitol, erected gallows and forced Congress to halt the counting of Electoral College votes. Seven people died in connection with Jan. 6th.

There’s a surprising amount of public uncertainty about the precise threat to democracy, and what can and should be done about it. Certainly, we cannot be complacent. This attack on American democracy could metastasize in the next few years into a bloodless coup d’état – quieter, more sophisticated, deadly cynical, and nonetheless devastating for all of us.

Some Democrats have mused about electoral reforms, like a Top 5 ranked-

choice system, which perhaps could give GOP moderates a path to general election victories. In New York City, rankedchoice voting delivered mixed results: It did not propel an underdog mayoral candidate to victory, and it wasn’t the utterly confusing election disaster some feared. It’s still open for debate whether the advantages of ranked choice in New York City justify its drawbacks.

In any case, the forces pushing the national GOP in extreme directions are broad and likely unfazed by voting system tweaks.

Republicans have a longtime practice of trying to distort the electorate, making it harder for certain voters (especially the young, poor, people of color and new citizens) to actually cast their ballots, giving the GOP a better shot at winning.

How is democracy supposed to work? Generally, voters shift toward incumbents when things are going well and against them when they aren’t.

Public policy evolves because voters, politicians and political parties agree on what appears broken and openly debate proposed fixes. Politicians anticipate criticisms and refine their plans — and that in turn helps produce good policy ideas, some of which actually are implemented.

The system goes to hell when there is a suspension of reality. At its root, the modern GOP’s attack on democracy – Donald Trump’s big election lie, rewriting history, disinformation and conservative media propaganda – undermines shared truths. Shared facts power civil debate and cooperation.

Shared lies fuel autocracy. That’s bad for everyone. It erodes the ability of our political system to muddle through in the way that has always been its hidden strength.

The threat to democracy is not just a Trump reelection or stolen election or a Republican win without a majority of votes — any Republican victory at all is a threat, because of the scary policies that the GOP – whose ascendant leaders do not respect democracy – might enact the next time around.

The shame is that this is happening because the Make America Great Again crowd’s candidate lost the election.

Now they feel threatened.

And when white people who believe in whiteness as a power structure are afraid, they lash out. That means we’ll find our faces on money, but at the same time, be told that our hard-won voting rights might not be guaranteed.

As Black History Month 2022 ends, consider that more than ever, today we are one nation, divisible. We must push back against the comfort of some that threatens the freedom of everyone.

David R. Jones, Esq., is President and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York (CSS), the leading voice on behalf of low-income New Yorkers for more than 175 years. The views expressed in this column are solely those of the writer.

The Urban Agenda is available on CSS’s website: www.cssny.org.

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THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS Ghanaian students back from Ukraine 3.1.22 (NUGS photos)

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up as early as 4am just to be at the top of the queue,” Nigerian medical student Jessica Orakpo declared on her Twitter page. “The person in charge told me to my face that ‘BLACKS’ have to walk, only Ukrainians are getting on the bus, I begged and begged, I even had to lie that I was pregnant to be considered but the other passengers said ‘why should foreigners enter and not us?,’ at that point I gave up.”

Victor Eldred, another student from Nigeria who had been studying in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, wrote frequently on his Twitter page about desperately trying to get away from the conflict.

“I was on the road for 4 days with no food and little water, under the cold,” he noted. Eldred posted a video Feb. 26 that shows him waiting at a train station with other African students.

“No train since yet. We’re still out here though.. #UkraineRussia #UkraineConflict,” he wrote. “Don’t let Russians deceive y’all saying they’re not shooting at civilians. They are bruh! I just got a news of Russian forces firing at a bus, kill 5 and injure 6 in Kharkiv Oblast that we just left. We pray for journey success maan..”

Eldred and the students he fled with were able to make it to the border, but Russian missiles hit central Kharkiv just days later, damaging several residential and government buildings, and Russian paratroopers landed in the city on March 2. #AfricansinUkraine –– #FleeingWhileBlack African emigres and students shared images and information about their experiences online.

Social media helped them amplify the difficulties they faced like waiting in freezing temperatures with no food, water, or blankets while trying to escape Ukraine. Hashtags like #AfricansinUkraine, #BlackInUkraine, #AfricanStudentsInUkraine, #FleeingWhileBlack and #BringOurPeopleHome helped those who felt stranded testify about being pushed out of vehicles that could take them to safety and having to stand in the cold until being allowed to cross borders.

Those stories prompted African diasporan groups to take action. Appeals were sent to African nations for help, and many became active by starting crowdfunding requests, chartering buses and hosting social media sites to keep Blacks in Ukraine informed about how to get out.

Lebone Kganyago, founder of Expat South Africa, worked with the South African government and her board members to get information to students. They helped many cross the border into Hungary. Expat South Africa is also setting up a funding site to help pay for student needs, anyone who wants to contribute to it can

Victor Eldred waiting for trains in Ukraine

contact them directly at info@ExpatSouthAfrica.net “We actually held a Twitter space last week to just make sure that people could connect directly with some of the students,” Expat South Africa board member Tshweu Moleme told the AmNews. “And we’re on the ground in the Ukraine––we were sharing what was happening in real time. So, you were able to get some of those students to jump on this space to share what was going on. It was extremely heartbreaking hearing some of them, it’s one of those things where you know you’re listening to someone that’s sort of hinting that they might not make it on the other side. You’re praying so hard that they make it through it all.”

“We spoke to a student on Thursday who was basically at the time on the ground in a bunker,” added Solomon Macson III, an advisor to Expat South Africa. “I would literally hear bombs, you know, just like in the background.

They were hiding in the subway just waiting for the conflict to abate.”

Macson spoke with the AmNews about how Expat South Africa contacted South Africa’s head of public diplomacy to help the government get its students out of Ukraine. Expat South Africa has also been working with other African diaspora groups to

NUGS Anthony w Ghana Minister For Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey

get Africans out of Ukraine.

“I was in an online space I believe on Saturday with the Nigerian diaspora, and we were basically raising funds and basically sharing information in real time,” Macson said.

“What I was able to sort through from people who were on the ground in Ukraine was about getting on trains to the Polish border; we leveraged that information to help other students to get to the Polish border. We picked up that there was a problem on the Polish border with regards to, I think, the

Ukrainians or the Polish—one of the sides—was not allowing Africans to cross to Poland, so we shared the information that people should consider going to Hungary.”

Thousands of African students study abroad in Ukraine Because Russia’s former Soviet empire invested so heavily into its universities, Ukraine has over 240 universities and attracts foreign students from over 150 countries. African students make up 20% of the foreign students in Ukraine, according to one news site.

Julius Kwame Anthony, the 54th general secretary of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) had his organization sit down with Ghanaian government officials and devise plans to get their students home.

“The National Union of Ghana Students records that it has 956 students in Ukraine,” Anthony told the AmNews. “It’s alleged there are some 400+ students who hadn’t registered with the student Union. So an estimated 1200+ students were in Ukraine before the war.

“We’re in contact with almost all of them… our difficulty now is how to get students in Sumy out. No trains or buses are allowed inside of Sumy but we have 93 students there according to the NUGS register.” As of March 1, Anthony said that some 520 Ghanaian students had crossed from Ukraine into neighboring European countries.

Meanwhile, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission worked with Nigeria’s Polish Embassy in Warsaw to spirit its citizens to safety. A video posted of Nigerians being bussed to safety was widely celebrated. Nigeria’s Polish Embassy declares on its website that it is “actively engaged” in “collecting Nigerians from all the border crossings and entry points, as well as railway stations in Poland.”

The 54-member bloc African Union issued a statement Feb. 28 stating that it was “disturbed” by the news that Africans had been singled out and not allowed to flee wartorn Ukraine: “[A]ll people have the right to cross international borders during conflict, and as such, should enjoy the same rights to cross to safety from the conflict in Ukraine, notwithstanding their nationality or racial identity,” the AU declared.

“Reports that Africans are singled out for unacceptable dissimilar treatment would be shockingly racist and in breach of international law.”

The racism Blacks fleeing Ukraine are facing at the borders is shocking, the activist Tshweu Moleme commented: “I can just imagine how difficult that must be. I mean speaking from my experience—you know, I happen to have lived through apartheid in South Africa so issues of race and racism just coming back and in such a way…That has got to be a huge traumatic experience for many of the students.”

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Out & About

The God MC, Rakim Allah, commemorates physicalday

Black Heroes & Sheroes— celebrated in Brooklyn

(All photos by Nayaba Arinde)

By NAYABA ARINDE Special to the AmNews Red Alert and KRS1 (Kenya L. Smith Photo)

By MAL’AKIY 17 ALLAH Special to the AmNews

MC, Rakim Allah. Billed as "The Night of Legends," it featured fellow hip-hop legends KRS-ONE, Despite a pending snowstorm, Nica and Smooth, Kool DJ Red the hip-hop community came out Alert, DMC from Run-DMC, Keith to Staten Island’s St. George The- Murray, Hakim Green from Chanater Friday, Jan. 28 to commemo- nel Live; and was hosted by KRS’ rate the physicalday of legendary former nemesis, Roxanne Shante.

Ever since 1986, when he “came in the door” over two DJ Marley Marl-produced tracks, The God MC changed the way rhymes were written and delivered through a microphone. “Eric B Is President” and “My Melody” raised the bar several notches, creating a new hiphop standard, and the art of elite emceeing was forever changed and held to a higher standard.

His compact lyricism intertwined compact verses within each line.

Having acquired knowledge-ofself via The Five Percenters as a teenager helped him take his complex wordplay to another level.

“I roam through battle zones with chrome for chaperone / blast beats wit saxophones / one of the baddest rappers known” Rakim rhymed on the track “The 18th Letter.”

Born in Brooklyn, Jan. 28, 1968, he grew up in Wyandanch a.k.a.

Crimedanch, Long Island in a musical family. In fact, his brother Stevie Blass plays bass and keybords. Internationally revered as the greatest lyricist ever, Ra’s layered rhyme patterns often had listeners replaying his recordings to catch something they may have missed the first go-around.

On Jan. 28, his artistic peers heaped praises on “The Microphone Soloist,” as did many adoring fans, and Ra was very appreciative for the warm sentiments on that frigid night, posing for pictures with many of them.

Fans wished him a prosperous DMC - Darryl Matthews McDaniels physicalday 7!

(Kenya L. Smith Photo)

On February 28, 2022, the last night of Black History Month, the December 12th Movement held an event: "Black Heroes & Sheroes — Celebrating Freedom Fighters That Made a Difference." Colette Pean, Viola Plummer, attorney Roger Wareham, and Omowale Clay hosted the culturalenhancing and politicalbuilding community event at Bed Stuy’s Sista’s Place. Under the steady gaze of a massive color poster of Malcolm X, with jazz vibes soothing the soul with classic refrains, a variety of speakers told remembrances of local activists and musicians such as: John Coltrane, Curtis Mayfield, Nina Simone, Coltrane Chimurenga, Miriam Makeba, photographer Roy De Carava, poet George Edward Tate,

Sonny Abubadika Carson, John Watusi Branch, Lee Morgan, Sekou Sundiata, Mary Madison, Tuliva Donna Cumbebatch, Leon Thomas, Leon Muhammad, Jim Harrison, Randy Weston, Otis Huling, Jerry Keyes, mathematician and civil rights activist Bob Moses, Nikole Hanna-Jones and her “1619 project,” James Spaulding, James Mtume, Elombe Brath, Father Lawrence, and Ofori Payton.

(Lem Peterkin photos)

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SENIORS CELEBRATED, TEENS RALLY, BLACK MEDIA HONORED

Harlem seniors celebrated Black History Month at A. Philip Randolph Older Adult Center in Harlem over three weeks. Events covered (1) African Dance and the meaning of the dancers; (2) a Senior Fashion Show and Talent Show with singers and dancers; (3) music by a jazz band honoring February birthdays. The center’s oldest guest is Mr. Bennie Kyle. His 101st birthday was celebrated with his family and friends, all with the love of jazz music.

New York teens speak at rally on policy (Bill Moore photos)

New York teens tried to get the attention of elected officials at City Hall. Joining them were Borough President Mark Levine, Comptroller Brad Lander, and City Council Member Nantasha Williams.

One of the great Black History Month events was the Kwanzaa Film Fest - “Short Film Versus” film showing and discussion on domestic violence. Media proclamation awards were given to Skip Dillard (WBLS), Ade Williams (Apollo Theater), Veronica Keitt, “People’s Film Fest” and our very own AmNews photographer Bill Moore. The event was well attended at the Maysles Cinema on West Harlem’s Malcolm X Blvd.

The event was hosted by founder Ina Norris/A Woman Productions.

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Written by David Goodson

NAACP recognizes our rewarding talent It’s one of the oldest tricks in the game. You take someone with a sibilance of notoriety to global acclaim the opportunity to glow up and blow up as a star in the world of motion picture just might be the ultimate aspiration in show business. While it occasionally occurs for athletes, by far the biggest influx of talent making that transition has come from the world of music. Some artists in fact have scaled such heights that their fan bases never knew they once touched a mic. It’s to the point now that garnering an uptick in popularity and the financial gains that come with it is no longer the aim; now it’s acclaim and legacy that are the endgame. Case in point: Will Smith is nominated for a Best Actor at the 52nd annual Academy Awards.

Will “THE FRESH PRINCE” Smith is nominated for an OSCAR in one of the biggest awards in the business. Let that soak in. While we do that, let’s also peep what just occurred on Feb. 26th at the BETpresented 2022 “NAACP Image Awards.” Will Smith emerged as Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, but Jennifer Hudson was the night’s top winner, taking both the coveted Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture awards. It’s winners in a few of the other categories that shed some light on the initial premise however: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Mary J. Blige – “Power Book II: Ghost” Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Cliff “Method Man” Smith – “Power Book II: Ghost” Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series): “Wild ‘N Out” Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special: Abdul Williams – “Salt-N-Pepa” Is this an anomaly or upward trajectory? Time will tell, but the ride will be interesting.

A partial listing of winners from both televised and non-televised portions of the 2022 Image Awards are as follows: Outstanding motion picture: “The Harder They Fall” (Netflix) Outstanding comedy series: “Insecure” (HBO) Outstanding actor in a comedy series: Anthony Anderson – “black-ish” Outstanding actress in a comedy series: Issa Rae – “Insecure” Outstanding actor in a drama series: SterlingK.Brown–“ThisIsUs”

Outstanding actress in a drama series: Angela Bassett – “9-1-1” Outstanding new artist Sweet Outstanding male artist Anthony Hamilton Outstanding female artist Jazmine Sullivan Outstanding album “Heaux Tales,” Jazmine Sullivan Outstanding Soul/R&B Song “Pick Up Your Feelings”- Jazmine Sullivan Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional): Silk Sonic- “Leave the Door Open” Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song Fye Fye – Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary): Tobe Nwigwe Feat. Fat NwigweOutstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album: “The Harder They Fall” (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) – JAY-Z & Jeymes Samuel Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song: “Help Me” – Tamela Mann feat. The Fellas Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album:“Overcomer”–TamelaMann Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental: “Sounds from the Ancestors” – Kenny Garrett Outstanding Jazz Album –Vocal: “Generations” – The Baylor Project Outstanding International Song: “Essence” – Wizkid featuring Tems & Justin Bieber Outstanding Music Video/ Visual Album: “Essence” – Wizkid featuring Tems Outstanding News and Information Podcast: “Blindspot: Tulsa Burning” Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction: “Long Division” – Kiese Laymon Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction: “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” – Nikole Hannah-Jones Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author: “Just as I Am” – Cicely Tyson Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography: “Will” – Will Smith Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast: “Two Funny Mamas,” Sherri Shepherd & Kym Whitley Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast: “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered” Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast: “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered” Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special Courtney B. Vance – “Genius:

Aretha” Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special Taraji P. Henson – “Annie Live!”

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special Kevin Hart – “True Story” Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special “Colin in Black & White” Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television) Angel Kristi Williams – “Colin in Black & White” Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series) Miles Brown – “black-ish” Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Natasha Rothwell – “Insecure” Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Deon Cole – “black-ish” Outstanding Drama Series “Queen Sugar” Outstanding Documentary “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power” Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Regina King – “The Harder They Fall” Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Daniel Kaluuya – “Judas and the Black Messiah” Outstanding Talk Series: “Red Table Talk” Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith – “Red Table Talk” Adding a social component to the ceremonies were the following special awards: Roy Wilkins Civil Rights Award: Members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House Democratic Caucus, and Texas Legislative Black Caucus NAACP Humanitarian of the Year: Darnella Frazier (The young sister who recorded and presented the criminal act committed on George Floyd) NAACP Activist of the Year: Scot X. Esdaile, president of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and a member of the NAACP national board of directors Youth Activist of the Year: Channing Hill, NAACP chapter president, Howard University.

Over and out. Holla next week.

Til then, enjoy the nightlife.

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Union Matters Nurses speak of worker shortage at medical center

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff While the mayor has lifted the mask mandate in schools and other businesses, the nurses who went through the worst of the pandemic need reinforcements of the humankind.

Last Thursday, nurses at the Maimonides Medical Center held a rally on the corner of 48th Street and 10th Avenue denouncing staffing shortfalls at the facility that day. From the emergency room to ICUs to Med-Surgical floors, Psychiatric care, etc., members of the New York State Nurses Association have also battled COVID-19 variants. NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN, said that her constituents are being spread thin.

“As a safety net hospital, Maimonides plays a central role in the delivery of care to Brooklyn patients,” stated Hagans. “But the hospital is understaffed on virtually every unit, impeding essential care to patients.

As nurses, we are entrusted by law as patient advocates. We are duty-bound to call out Maimonides management to address RN staffing by hiring more nurses, to put in place effective retention policies and put the hospital on a path to ensuring quality care for all patients.”

Nurses spoke on how their colleagues have quit due to being overworked and are struggling with retention.

“We do not have enough nurses to do the job—a job that has become extremely difficult, even dangerous at times,” stated Kristen

Housing Works, respect your workers and negotiate!

Stuart Appelbaum President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Twitter: @sappelbaum. www.rwdsu.org

Housing Works—which employs more than 600 RWDSU members at housing units, thrift stores, healthcare, and other locations throughout its sprawling operations in New York City—is hurting its employees by failing to negotiate a union contract in good faith, which the RWDSU has alleged in a new unfair labor practice charge filed with the NLRB. It’s outrageous conduct, but unfortunately, fits the recent pattern from an employer that has fought its workers—and betrayed the organization’s progressive roots—throughout the workers’ entire organizing campaign.

Housing Works was founded in 1990 by several members of ACT UP to provide supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS. But during the workers’ organizing campaign, Housing Works has behaved more like an insensitive corporate behemoth than a progressive organization with activist roots. And now, during negotiations, we are seeing Housing Works’ management dive back into the same bigbusiness anti-union playbook.

For almost a year, Housing Works employees have been trying to negotiate their first union contract. They are seeking safer workplaces, a voice on the job, and more manageable caseloads so they can give Housing Works clients—some of the most vulnerable members of our communities—better care. Housing Works is stalling on even the most basic foundations of a union contract, including agreements on sufficient layoff notice and protections and guaranteed livable wages for workers in New York City. They fail to appreciate the bargaining committee’s concerns on important issues, such as creating manageable caseloads, health

and safety training, safe workplaces, and providing unpaid mental health leave for workers who may suffer mental health traumas on the job.

They reject the union’s wage demands but employ high-priced lawyers as their contract negotiators. Management even showed its contempt for workers by taking too long to engage productively in conversations about workers’ preferred pronouns, which is painfully ironic considering Housing Works was founded by LGBTQ activists during a global health crisis. Over 30 years later, amidst another global health crisis, Housing Works is dismissing workers’ health and safety proposals and proper staffing concerns, and making it clear that despite the workers’ successful union organizing drive, management wants to pretend that nothing has changed.

On top of it all, Housing Works has wasted valuable time by providing the bargaining committee with bad data for wage negotiations. As a result, the RWDSU filed an unfair labor practice charge against Housing Works on February 22, 2022 with the Brooklyn office of the NLRB for bad faith bargaining.

Housing Works employees started their grassroots campaign to unionize with the RWDSU because they wanted to be able to do their jobs better and provide better care for Housing Works clients. These workers make a real difference in the lives of the people they serve, and now, they want a union contract to make a real difference in their ability to provide for themselves and their families, and provide proper care to their clients with the protection, safety, and respect that they deserve. Housing Works needs to live up to its progressive roots and ideals and stop behaving like the worst of corporate America.

The message is clear to Housing Works: stop stalling and start taking your employees’ concerns seriously and pay them what they deserve.

Curley, RN, Stepdown/Telemetry. “We work under a threat to patient safety.”

Holding up placards that read, “Safe staffing saves lives,” NYSNA officials, nurses and supporters lamented the lack of support they’ve received while handling the city’s sick individuals. The New York Post reported that, according to records, Maimonides’ CEO Kenneth Gibbs made $3.2 million in 2020; Jacob Shani, chief of heart surgery, made $3.5 million; Patrick Borgen, department of surgery, made $2 million; and the chair of cardiothoracic surgery, director of interventional cardiology and a cardiologist made just below $2 million dollars.

Michelle Williams, RN, Mother-Baby Unit, said that there are no breaks for her or her colleagues and it leaves them exhausted.

“With four couplets [mother and baby] I am able to provide care to both mother and baby,” stated Williams. “Unfortunately, on the night shift, I have a caseload of 6 couplets. That’s why I call the RN staffing ‘very poor’ in the unit. To care for all the mothers and babies we sometimes have to split the work. With couplets split up, I have ended up with as many as 15 babies assigned to me. This is wrong, because we run a risk of not getting all necessary care to the babies.”

Charmaine Malcolm, RN, Medical-Surgeon, said that if feels like no one is listening to them.

“The work has been soul crushing,” said Malcolm. “There has been a sense of intimidation. If you mention you’re short-staffed, you a get a look. I felt silenced.”

32BJ praises Biden for Supreme Court nomination

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court. She’d be the 116th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 32BJ leader Kyle Bragg was quick to praise Jackson, a Black woman, for her record and the president for his pick.

“Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is an exceptional choice by President Biden to serve on the Supreme Court,” stated Bragg. “She is an incredibly qualified jurist and a universally respected legal mind whose record demonstrates her respect for civil rights, voting rights, worker rights, and human rights.

Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Miami. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and graduated cum laude at Harvard Law School. While attending Harvard Law School, she became the editor of the Harvard Law Review: the same publication that former president Barack Obama became the first Black editor of in the publication’s history.

“Through her exemplary service, Judge Brown has climbed the judicial ladder—a career she set out to achieve the moment she graduated from high school and stated that her life goal was ‘to receive a judicial appointment’ one day,” continued Bragg. “Her ascension to the highest court in the land will send an unmistakable message to the American people that the circle of opportunity in this country now extends a little wider, and that young Black girls can achieve their grandest dreams.”

On Wednesday, Jackson held her first meetings with elected officials Senate Judiciary Committee Chairperson Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky).

Officials at the Democratic National Committee called Jackson’s appointment another example of Biden delivering for the Black community especially in the judicial realm.

The president has hired nine Black women to federal appellate courts.

Nicole Austin-Hillery, president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), said the appointment was the perfect way to end Black History Month.

“Her nomination is timely as we end Black History Month, celebrating the contributions of Black Americans and march into celebrating outstanding women for Women’s History Month,” read their statement. “Milestones like these have been hard-won by years of back-breaking, often unrecognized work of ordinary women and activists and should be celebrated. This moment is a step along the path towards equality, and even though we have a long way to go, inspiring women like Judge Jackson and this ground-breaking nomination gives us hope.”

But not all were happy with her nomination.

Judicial Watch, a conservative legal watchdog group, said that Jackson’s nomination was an affirmative action hire and called for an investigation into Biden’s “discrimination” and a rejection of the nominee. “President Biden has bowed to pressure from his radical base and has selected a judicial activist to fill Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat on the Supreme Court,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in a statement. “Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has a long record of left-wing activism both on and off the bench.

“Disturbingly, President Biden seems to have selected Judge Jackson under a process that excluded potential nominees simply because of their race and sex.”

But other (local) political figures came out in support of Biden’s nomination. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D–Long Island, Queens) said that Jackson’s nomination was a tip of the cap to her hard work.

“An outstanding and historic choice! An accomplished lawyer, Judge Jackson will be a phenomenal Supreme Court Justice,” stated Suozzi.

Bragg agreed.

“Our country is stronger when everyone can reach their highest aspirations and Judge Brown is an example of what America, at her very best, can be,” he stated. “We strongly support her appointment and urge the U.S. Senate to confirm her nomination—without delay.”

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Opinion Reflections back & forward on 10th anniversary of Trayvon Martin murder

By PROF. MARK S. BRODIN

shocked many, and continues to do so. Yet it is just one of far more guns than people. more notch in the gun belt of one of the oldest characAnd then there was the nearly all-white jury that acquit“White people go around, it seems to me, with a ters on the American scene, the white vigilante. Some- ted Zimmermann in the face of overwhelming evidence very carefully suppressed terror of Black people—a times acting under the cover of a “Neighborhood Watch,” that his self defense story was pure fiction, concocted after tremendous uneasiness. They don’t know what the as in the case of wannabe cop Zimmermann, sometimes he stalked the terrified high school student nearly half his Black face hides. They’re sure it’s hiding something. highly organized as in the Ku Klux Klan, sometimes on size on that dark rainy night in February 2012 because What it’s hiding is American history. What it’s the pretext of a “citizen’s arrest,” as in the case of Ahmaud Trayvon looked “suspicious.” i.e., a Black youth in the hiding is what white people know they have done, Arbery’s executioners, and sometimes as a freelancer, gated community, the kind of punk who “always get away and what they like doing.’’ James Baldwin like acquitted killer Kyle Rittenhouse—the one thing that with it,” as he told the 911 operator (who warned Zimmerthese “protectors of the realm” can almost always count mann to remain in his car until the police arrived, to no The acquittal of George Zimmermann for the killing on is nonaccountability. These heirs to the cowboy posse avail). In truth, Trayvon was returning to the home of his of Black teenager Trayvon Martin nearly a decade ago need only read from the scripted exoneration narrative— father’s fiancé with snacks to watch a basketball game; he “I believed my life was in danger, so I had to died seven yards from his destination, a bullet from Zimkill.” Done. Go home. mermann’s 9mm pistol in his heart From the Fugitive Slave Law to Texas’ Often ignored are our overly generous and easily satanti-abortion bounty hunter statute, we isfied self-defense laws. A relic of a bygone time before have delegated to civilian actors the func- the Supreme Court invented a Second Amendment intion usually served by government, thus dividual right to bear arms, something that would shock circumventing constitutional protections, its framers who wrote it to assure the militias of the day constraints, and review by courts. This is could protect the new nation against attack. It now asnot to say that state actors always stay their sures that the Rittenhouses among us can walk freely hand—the Klan acted with the complicity through our streets with military firearms and, if chalA fte r m o re tha n 2 0 0 f a i l e d atte mp t s, t he of deputy sheriffs and police in many of the lenged, shoot to kill without consequence. They’re Em m e tt Ti ll Anti lyn chi ng Ac t wa s f i na l ly infamous killings of the Civil Rights era, in- simply “standing their ground.” pass e d i n a Hou s e vo te 4 2 2 -3 . Thi s ma ke s cluding the three young men in Mississippi Thankfully some jurors are beginning to see through the ly nching a f e d e ra l cr i m e i n t he U. S. in the violent summer of 1964. charade, as in the Arbery trials, where the killers were conThe act b e co m e s a law just a s Re p. B o b by Rittenhouse is now a celebrated hero victed in both state and federal court. But accountability Ru s h o f Illi n o i s, th e ho m e st ate o f t he young among many in this troubled nation, with for civilian brutality remains the exception.

Till who was savagely beaten to death in 1955, Republican politicians competing to hire Prison activist George Jackson observed many years ago plans to re ti re. Now , i t ’s o nto t he S e nate him as their intern. He no doubt will re- with regard to police killings that, “Anyone who can pass w he re th e re i s su re to b e a f e w m o re re j e c- ceive a long standing ovation along with the civil service examination today can kill me tomorrow. t i ons from G OP m e mb e rs. the January 6 insurrectionists at the next Anyone who passed the civil service examination yesterPassag e of th e a ct i n th e Hous e ca m e to m i n d a s State of the Union address by a president day can kill me today with complete immunity.” RittenPresident Biden delivere d his state of the union ad - from that corrupted party. house, Zimmermann, and how many others, have added d re ss, whe re h e n o te d that t w o o t he r p i e c e s o f l e gHow do we find our Republic—the “City on another dimension to our vulnerability to sudden uni slat ion ne e d to b e pa ss e d— t he F re e d o m to Vo te a Hill,” the “Beacon of Liberty,” the model for provoked violence—shooting by our fellow citizens, who Act and John L ew is Voting Rights Act. Br inging law- pro-democracy activists the world over—back need not pass any such examination, but must merely b reake rs into cou r t f a ci ng cha rg e s o f ly n chi ng i s in the shoot-em-up Old West of our childhood learn the exoneration narrative. one t hing, g e tti ng vo te rs t he p ro te c t i o n a n d gua r- cowboy films? The culprits are too numerous ante es the y ne e d to exercis e their franchis e is quite to name. Most prominent among them are Professor Mark S. Brodin is a professor of law and the a n ot he r. the politicians of both parties who cower at former associate dean for academic affairs at Boston ColAnd w ith th e m i d te r m e l e c t i o n s l o o m i ng e ve r the NRA’s bluster while we became a nation lege Law. He can be reached at brodin@bc.edu. cl o s er and the G OP a n d i ts c ro n i e s d o i ng a l l i t ca n to blo ck voters, g etting thes e measures into law b e c om es increasi ng ly i mp o r t a nt.

Yes, it to ok a nu mb e r o f t i m e s to g e t t he Ti l l b i l l enac te d and h o p e f u lly ap prove d , a n d l e t ’s ho p e i t doesn’t take as long to deal w ith these pressing pro- By HALIMATOU KONTE welfare, education, nutrition, and advocacy p osa ls. services to immigrants, refugees, and asylees We have here lately w itness ed s everal positive deI found it impossible to celebrate Black from across the African diaspora. ve l opm e nts i n th e cou r tro o m a n d e l e c to ra l a re na, History Month in February 2022 without reHowever, I must urge the public health a n d t his is ju st th e ki n d o f m o m e ntum w e n e e d to flecting on how the pandemics of our time, community to pause and reflect on how this make su re th e D e m o crats ho l d o n to Co ng re ss. O f like COVID-19, affect the health and human virus shaped the health and human rights of c ours e, it w ill b e a n u p h i ll batt l e, but a s Bi d e n sa i d rights of African diaspora immigrant commu- populations close to my heart and home: Afrion Tue s day e ve n i ng, w e A m e r i ca n s have m e t every nities—my communities. can diaspora immigrant communities in New crisis as an opportunity, an opportunity for possibilities.

As a pulmonologist, I treated people infect- York. These communities have been at greated with tuberculosis, cancer, and other respi- er risk of exposure to COVID-19: more than ratory diseases at Fann University Hospital 54% of essential workers in New York are imin my home country of Senegal years before migrants. As essential workers in New York I responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in during the COVID-19 pandemic, African diasNew York. For 10 years, I practiced pulmon- pora immigrant communities have cared for ology and infectious disease on the wards at the sick and elderly, cleaned public spaces, Fann, a renowned institution that sits at the and delivered meals throughout all five bortop of the Senegalese Ministry of Health’s oughs. Greater exposure to COVID-19 led to a hierarchical and tiered system of hospitals. greater number of COVID-related infections Little did I know that this clinical practice in and deaths in New York. When they became Dakar would prepare me for the frontlines of infected with COVID-19, many of these unina battle against a novel coronavirus in New sured and undocumented immigrants avoidYork at African Services Committee (ASC), a ed care for fear of cost: of the more than 8,200 multi-service human rights agency in Harlem New Yorkers who died from COVID-19 due to that provides health, housing, legal, social See COVID-19 on page 29

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Reflections on Judge Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not represent those of the New York Amsterdam News. We continue to publish a variety of viewpoints so that we may know the opinions of others that may differ from our own.

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President Joe Biden’s nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the Supreme Court seat to be vacated by Associate Justice Stephen Breyer at the conclusion of October Term 2021 has predictably begotten misconceived commentary.

For starters, many Democrats insist that the liberal judicial philosophy of Judge Jackson should not factor in the Senate confirmation process. All that should count are her glittering credentials and accomplishments.

But not so fast. Have Democrats, including President Biden, forgotten the sordid Democratic tactics to defeat Judge Robert Bork’s nomination for alleged conservative philosophy coupled with vilification featuring claimed support for back-alley abortions and segregation?

Biden can be summoned against himself. In November 1986, then-Senator Biden related to the Philadelphia Inquirer that if a well-qualified conservative like Judge Bork was nominated for the Supreme Court, “I’d have to vote for him, and if the groups tear me apart, that’s the medicine I’ll have to take.”

But on June 28, 1987, Senator Biden, then-chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, turned like a human weathervane after Judge Bork’s nomination

by President Ronald Reagan.

Biden led the opposition. He mischaracterized his earlier support for Judge Bork as conditioned on his filling a conservative seat, a belated epiphany that conveniently put him in the good graces of his Democratic colleagues and special interest groups. Senator Biden acknowledged that Judge Bork “is a brilliant man.” But the senator decried the prospect of “six or seven or eight, or even nine Borks’’ on the Court, a throwback to Senator Roman Hruska’s immortal salute to mediocrity: “[T]here are a lot of mediocre judges and people

and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation…We can’t have all Brandeises and Cardozos and Frankfurters and stuff like that.”

This is not to say that judicial philosophy should predominate the confirmation process of Judge Jackson. Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist 76 that Senate confirmation was to vet nominees for cronyism, competence, or corruption. Moreover, the president represents a national constituency whereas senators are parochial. Supreme Court Justices expound the Constitution and laws for the nation, not for individual states.

Judge Jackson deserves the support of Senate Republicans notwithstanding her liberal politics. Her credentials are in the same league as Judge Bork’s: Harvard, Harvard Law School, clerk to Justice Breyer, eight years as a U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia, and service on the U.S. Court of Appeals since 2021.

In supporting Judge Brown Jackson’s nomination as a District Court Judge, former Republican House Speaker and Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan effused: “Our politics may differ, but my praise for Ketanji’s intellect, for her character, for her integrity, it is unequivocal…She is an amazing person, and I favorably recommend your consideration.”

President Biden inexcusably diminished Judge Jackson’s nomination by announcing in advance that he would appoint a Black woman. No other candidates need apply. Thereby hangs a tale of the betrayal of Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope for a color-blind society which judges by the content of character not skin color. Dr. King echoed Justice John Marshall Harlan’s stirring dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): “But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens.

There is no caste here. Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law.” Or as the late Justice Antonin Scalia

instructed: “In the eyes of government, we are just one race here. It is American.”

In 1964, the Supreme Court invalidated the ballot identification of candidates by race to discourage combustible racial bloc voting. In Anderson v. Martin, the Court explained, “We see no relevance in the State’s pointing up the race of the candidate as bearing upon his qualifications for office.” It is axiomatic, as Chief Justice John Roberts elaborated in 2007, that “The way to stop discrimination based on race is to stop discriminating based on race.”

Fast forward 58 years and race has become the be-all and end-all of liberal politics confounding Dr. King’s message that our deliverance is in color-blindness. Majority-minority electoral districts are drawn on the insulting assumption that all Blacks think alike and sport identical political preferences. Race is routinely employed as a readily manipulable “plus” factor in college or university admissions to achieve campus or classroom quotas.

The Orwellian view that practicing racism is necessary to extirpate evil has taken hold.

The Supreme Court’s docket exhibits an openness to reconsidering these racist assumptions. The Senate Judiciary Committee should question Judge Jackson’s commitment to a color-blind Constitution in confirmation hearings, but not how she might vote in any specific case. She should also be asked about stare decisis and justifications for overruling precedents.

But Republican Senators should support her confirmation irrespective of her leftleaning judicial philosophy based on her qualifications, simpliciter. The temptation to bork Judge Jackson should be resisted.

Armstrong Williams (@ ARightSide) is manager / sole owner of Howard Stirk Holdings I & II Broadcast Television Stations and the 2016 Multicultural Media Broadcast Owner of the year. www.armstrongwilliams.co | www.howardstirkholdings.com

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Happy Women’s History Month CHRISTINA GREER PH.D. I don’t know about you, but this past Black History Month was an emotional mixed bag. I like to spend the month of February reflecting on the major accomplishments of Black people, past and present, in the United States and abroad, those who I know and those I will likely never meet. Last month we saw killings of unarmed and innocent Black people…again. We also saw the nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. I had so many emotions last month that I am still processing how I will incorporate and extend Black History Month into Women’s History Month this March.

Similar to Black History Month, Women’s History Month actually began as National Women’s History Week. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8. It wasn’t until 1987 that Congress passed Public Law 100-9, designating March as “Women’s History Month.” Each year Women’s History Month has a theme and the theme for 2022 is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”

According to the National Women’s History Alliance, the theme is meant to be a tribute to the work of caregivers and frontline workers during the pandemic. The theme is also a “recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

As a Black woman, I like to think of Black History and Women’s History Month as a two-month celebration and reflection.

Black women have been and continue to be the

backbone of the Democratic Party and democracy in this country. I am currently completing a book on the amazing efforts of the late Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, organizer and Mississippi freedom fighter Fannie Lou Hamer, and current Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

Each time I sit down to work on my manuscript, I am in awe of the bravery, intellect, and courage of these three women. How they each fought (and in Stacey’s case continue to fight) for the true ideals of this nation.

So, who are you choosing to celebrate this Women’s History Month? Will you take time to write a note to a girl or woman in your life? Will you donate to a female political candidate who is trying to make our society better? Will you express your financial support and shop at a womanowned business? There are so many ways we can exercise concrete actions to make this month a true reflection of our appreciation for the contributions of women in our lives and our communities.

No matter how you choose to celebrate, please take time to recognize the many ways women continue to contribute to the functioning of our society across the globe. To quote Audre Lorde, “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”

Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.

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Caricom worried about impact of war; leaders to discuss issue

By BERT WILKINSON Special to the AmNews

“It is not the worst news, but we are prepared to do what has to be done at the macro level and also with respect to Caribbean Community governments cost of living for households as we go forat the weekend railed strongly against ward. The urgency of the moment with Russia’s military intervention in neighboring Ukraine but even as the region appears to hold a single and firm opposition to the invasion, most member countries are looking at ways to mitigate the economic impact of war on their economies.

Fears about runaway prices for oil and petroleum products for net Caribbean importers, price hikes, shipping delays and other problems are at the forefront of governmental concerns from the conflict with some cabinets already warning citizens to brace for higher living costs.

“We could have a situation where we are forced to increase the price at the pump,” Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne said on his weekly radio program at the weekend. “If petroleum prices continue to increase, then there the Ukraine crisis is undoubtedly there. may be a time when we cannot contin- But we have been preparing for some ue to hold the price of whatever it is for time for this unstable world, which has gas at the pump,” he said. led to increases in food prices,” she said.

Barbadian Prime Minister Mia MotSimilar concerns and intended actions tley told journalists that a full assessment to mitigate the crisis for regional citizens of the impact of the war would be done have been expressed by officials from soon as authorities are looking at ways to Trinidad to The Bahamas. at least keep food prices down.

Trinidad’s trade ministry Monday

warned about supply chain disruptions owing to port closures in Eastern Europe resulting in inflation in importing states.

“The ministry will continue to actively monitor developments in the inter-

“We are prepared to do what has to be done at the macro level and also with respect to cost of living for households as we go forward. The urgency of the moment with the Ukraine crisis is undoubtedly there.” national trading system and work with all relevant stakeholders as appropriate to ensure food security by mitigating any negative impacts associated with the commodity shortages and price increases.”

In The Bahamas as well, Economic Affairs Minister Mike Halkitis noted that conflict “increases the cost of transportation to bring things in here.

The short of it is that it’s not good for us because of the uncertainty and the disruption that it causes. We can only hope that this is one of those things where a solution can be gotten and we don’t have this blown-out situation.”

As Caribbean leaders assembled in Belize for their two day midterm summit ending on Wednesday, the 15-nation bloc made it clear that it was against Russia’s military actions against Ukraine.

“The Caribbean Community strongly condemns the military attacks and invasion of Ukraine by The Russian Federation and calls for the immediate and complete withdrawal of the military presence and cessation of any further actions that may intensify the current perilous situation in that country. The recognition by The Russian Federation of the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk represents a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” a statement said. Leaders are expected to have a full discussion on the issue and are likely to put out a second statement at the end of the summit.

“Caricom maintains that the principles of universal respect and adherence to these norms and principles of international law are fundamental to the maintenance of the international system and global peace and security.”

Black, undocumented and dead FELICIA PERSAUD

IMMIGRATION KORNER On Saturday, Feb. 26, I attended the funeral of a Black Caribbean immigrant who had spent most of her life in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant.

Now she is a dead undocumented immigrant. Just another Black immigrant that not many will remember because she was not anyone “important” enough in the eyes of the world.

She was not a politician, or a social media influencer with millions of followers. She was not a singer, an actress, a celebrity, or even an author, a lobbyist or a media personality.

She was, however, a real Christian woman, who spent most of her life serving in the Black church and sowing into many, who are today bishops and pastors in the church of God. She was undoubtedly a woman of faith, but one whose life, since migrating to the U.S. from Jamaica more than two decades ago, was a tough one. It was made tougher by the fact that she

was an undocumented immigrant.

Despite her status, she found work as a nurse’s aide, and with her husband, who was also undocumented, got by somehow. She had no kids and once her husband passed––also without getting his “papers”––she was all alone in the world, except for her so-called church family.

Sadly, she died pretty much all alone, poverty stricken and without the much sought-after green card that many immigrants aim for once they arrive in America.

She was robbed blindly by a scam attorney who took her and her thenhusband’s hard-earned money, promising to get them both green cards. Sadly, that was a lie and so they gave up hope of ever being legalized.

Not even the so-called church family bothered to help this poor woman, who dedicated her life to the church. At 74, she is no more, and went “home” without ever holding the elusive green card in her hands.

As I sat through her homegoing service and listened to all the glowing tributes from speaker after speaker, including the pastor, I could not help but think of the pain and sorrow this poor woman must have carried daily too.

Baptism by fire, but hoping on, none-

theless, sharing her pain with few.

It is the story of so many immigrants living in the U.S. without documentation. Scared, depressed, in limbo, some without hope, teetering on the economic edge of bare survival. I could not help but reflect too on how many, like this poor Caribbean immigrant woman, have died without ever achieving legal status. Broken and alone!

With war now occurring between Russia and Ukraine, and America and the rest of the world’s attention now focused on this new challenge and the possibility of Ukrainian refugees, the issue of immigration reform for millions in the U.S. is slipping further and further away.

That is the hard truth. Yet, it is desperately needed by so many––within the borders of this country. How many more will die before obtaining a green card, after toiling for decades in the great United States?

How many more must suffer and struggle because of a lack of care and empathy by law makers? These are not “illegal aliens,” but real human beings whose dedication to making the society in which they live better is evident in decades of service to their communities despite the struggle and handi-

cap of having no legal papers.

As someone who was once undocumented because of an immigration system that handicaps millions, I understand the pain and frustration firsthand. It is why I have so much empathy for immigrants who are still caught up in this quandary.

I was lucky. I am today a U.S. citizen.

But it has raised my awareness and commitment to lending my voice to the need for immigration reform for those within the U.S. who have contributed to this country for years. Notice I’m not promulgating here people coming across the border and getting refugee status. That is not my concern.

My concern is for the undocumented in the country who have paid their dues. It is time the Biden administration and Congress get back to immigration reform.

VP Kamala Harris should be leading this fight as a product of immigrant parents. Yet, as the so-called czar, we have heard nary a peep from her. Here we are, more than a year into this administration and with Black History Month over, with nothing, as immigrants like Ms. Olivia live and die––undocumented, illegal and scared!

The writer is publisher of NewsAmericasNow.

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Afrofuturism beams in at Carnegie Hall

Autophysiopsychic Millennium took part in the recent Afrofuturism events at Carnegie Hall. (Herb Boyd photo)

By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews Take a dollop of Sun Ra, a slice of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, a vibrant touch of George Clinton’s ParliamentFunkadelic, a little Burnt Sugar, a grain of Griot Galaxy, and a good portion of Yusef Lateef, let it simmer on a laser beam, and you have an approximation of the recent Afrofuturism concert at Carnegie Hall. It’s an intriguing intergalactic evening when you combine the musical/cultural mix of Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble with Angel Bat Dawid’s Autophysiopsychic Millennium, which is just part of a series of events highlighting Afrofuturism.

For the uninitiated—and most of those in attendance at the concert seem to be up on the trend—Afrofuturism was to some extent explained in the program by two members of the Concert Hall’s Afrofuturism Curatorial Council: Ytasha L. Womack and Sheree Renee Thomas. The concept, Thomas writes, “reimagines

old gods and journeys beyond colonial borders, space and time. They choreograph new movements and reexamine traditional narratives, excavating the past to observe the rhythms of the present. And they help make our world anew.”

Womack, often deemed a leading authority on Afrofuturism, has an extensive interrogation of the concept in her book on the subject, defining it as “an intersection of imagination, technology, the future and liberation.” In effect, it is the philosophy of sci-fi, creative nonfiction, and history that is a cross-pollination uninhibited by boundaries or narrow definitions.

What cannot be said in words evolved on the stage with Mitchell’s flute in exchange with punctuations from Christopher Williams’ trumpet and the alto saxophone of Darius Jones as they established the tone and structure of “Xenogenesis Suite,” a composition Mitchell said was inspired by the author Octavia Butler, who is often cited as a progenitor of Afrofuturism through her

determination to expand the genre devoid of ethnicity. This gave way to the scintillating, Cecil Taylor-like flights of pianist Angelic Sanchez.

Most engrossing were the duets between cellist Tomeka Reid and bassist Joshua Abrams.

A brief intermission allowed the audience to catch its breath only to have it heaved into another sphere of rapture with Dawid and her crew that even while setting up an elaborate stage as they sprinkled some sort of particles on the floor and several bowls, slowly began chanting “Autophysiopsychic” and the reference became even more evident that it was Lateef’s unique definition of the music often called jazz when his image on the back wall loomed over the performance. Meanwhile, dancer and ritual-space holder, Sojourner Zenobia, weaved gracefully around the musicians, much in the manner June Tyson did for Sun Ra and his Arkestra. After the chant, the opening song sounded like Lateef’s “Love Theme from Spartacus”

and Dr. Adam Zanolini demonstrated his versatility on flute, bass, and conga drums.

When Dawid, arrayed in finery that resonated like Yemaya, the Santeria orisha, summoned the group on her bass clarinet, the response from the guitars of Tazeen and Lufuki was warm and peaceful in contrast to the blast from the saxophones, including the vibrant tone of Mike Monford. Toward the finale, the three horns were a powerful blend, a tapestry of sound that reminded of the cluster of notes from Mitchell, Jones and Williams during the first set.

Taken together, the two sets are exemplary of Afrofuturism’s potential, a potential that suggests that past is prologue and like the Sankofa bird, faces forward but looks back. In this context the ensembles captured the essence of the musical griots now on the ancestral plane and those here among us aspiring to take that continuum into the next boundless, cosmic place, and helping to make “our world anew.”

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By LAPACAZO SANDOVAL Special to the AmNews Hate is designed, learned by a bombardment of images and actions to make others feel less than the oppressor. To understand the impact of institutionally designed discrimination and the impact on young minds, psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark designed and conducted a series of experiments known colloquially as “The Dolls Test” in the 1940s, to study the psychological effects of segregation on African-American children.

Using four identical dolls, one being Black, and the other being white, the test’s goal was to gauge the children’s racial perceptions. The children were between the ages of three and seven and asked which color doll they preferred. Most of the children preferred the white doll assigning positive characteristics to it, and negative characteristics to the Black dolls.

This is an issue of self-esteem which is a vital building block for the healthy development of all human beings.

In an interview on the PBS documenta-

people of color, especially those blessed with a darker hue, is examined through handmade Black dolls in a new exhibit attempting through the lens of gender, race, and history.

Currently on exhibit at the New York Historical Society through June 5, 2022, “Black Dolls,” curated by Margi Hofer (vice president and museum director), and Dominique Jean-Louis (associate curator for history exhibitions), immerses visitors in the world of dolls, doll play, and doll making while examining the formation of racial stereotypes and confronting the persistence of racism in American history. The exhibition examines how these toys serve as expressions of resilience and creativity, perseverance and pride, and love and longing. They provide a unique view of the history of race in America, revealing difficult truths and inviting visitors to engage in the urgent national conversation about the legacy of slavery and racism.

“Black Dolls” feature more than 200 objects, including 110 handmade dolls from the private collection of Deborah

made from imitation fur; a schoolboy crafted from remnants of materials, such as a mattress cover; a doll made with high-quality materials that highlight the intricate fashion of the late 19th century; and a dapper and welldressed man in a three-piece suit.

From a private collection are three dolls made by Harriet Jacobs, who escaped from slavery and physical violence.

Jacobs made these dolls between 18501860 for the white children of the Willis family of New York, where she worked after her escape. In Harriet Jacobs’ autobiography, published in 1861, she recounts her desperate flight from slavery and her years spent in hiding—where she used sewing to relieve her loneliness—until she could reunite with her children in the North. A copy of Jacobs’ “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” is on view and two of her books are available in the museums’ book store.

Three dolls from the 1930s on display were made by Leo Moss, a handyman in Macon, Georgia, who repurposed commercial dolls by remodeling their

Images from the Black Dolls exhibit, currently running at the NY Historical Society through June 5 (Lapacazo Sandoval photos)

ry that focused on the Civil Rights movement—“Eyes on the Prize”—Dr. Kenneth Clark recalled: “The Dolls Test was an attempt on the part of my wife and me to study the development of the sense of self-esteem in children. We worked with Negro children—I’ll call Black children— to see the extent to which their color, their sense of their own race and status, influenced their judgment about themselves, self-esteem. We’ve now—this research, by the way, was done long before we had any notion that the NAACP or that the public officials would be concerned with our results. In fact, we did the study 14 years before Brown and the lawyers of the NAACP learned about it and came and asked us if we thought it was relevant to what they were planning to do in terms of the Brown decision cases. And we told them it was up to them to make that decision and we did not do it for litigation. We did it to communicate to our colleagues in psychology the influence of race and color and status on the self esteem of children.”

Fast forward to 2022 and the issues swirling around self-esteem amongst

Neff, commercially produced 20th-century dolls, textiles, books, games, sewing tools, and ephemera from New York Historical and other collections. Period photographs from the Neff Collection provide important context. Starting with dolls that reflect the horrors of slavery, the exhibition moves through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Dolls with detailed finery, often made from ingeniously repurposed sewing basket scraps, push back against negative racial stereotypes, while photographs that show white children playing with Black dolls and Black children holding white dolls complicate the narrative.

The exhibition also depicts the rise of factory-made dolls and the growing emphasis on positive representation they embodied, as the slogan of the National Negro Doll Company stated: “Negro Dolls for Negro Children.”

Objects from the Deborah Neff collection include seven topsy-turvy dolls, which consist of a Black and white doll conjoined at the waist; an elegant doll in mid-19th century dress featuring hair

hair, features, and facial expressions and tinting their skin with boot dye until they resembled himself, family members, or neighbors.

Here is what Dominique Jean-Louis, the associate curator for history exhibitions had to share about why the exhibit “Black Dolls” is important.

AMSTERDAM NEWS: Who made the handmade Black dolls that are viewed through the lens of race, gender, and history?

DOMINIQUE JEAN-LOUIS: Most of the dollmakers are unknown, but there are some dolls whose maker we do know about, including Deborah J. Neff, a toy collector in suburban Connecticut, who escaped from slavery and physical violence in the 1800s.

Another set of dolls was made by Leo Moss in the 1930s, who repurposed commercial dolls to resemble himself, family members, or neighbors.

AMN: How will the visitors of “Black Dolls” immerse themselves in the world of dolls, doll play, and doll making?

DJL: “Black Dolls” features more than

200 objects, including 110 handmade dolls from the private collection of Deborah Neff, commercially produced 20thcentury dolls, textiles, books, games, sewing tools, and ephemera from New York Historical and other collections.

Period photographs from the Neff Collection provide important context. Touch interactives and videos will demonstrate the intricate process and diverse materials that go into dollmaking. A slideshow of contemporary doll makers and collectors underscores the continued meaning people find in Black dolls today.

AMN: How is the examination of racial stereotypes presented using dolls as the leader in the larger conversation about the persistence of racism in American history then and now?

DJL: Starting with dolls that reflect the horrors of slavery, the exhibition will move through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The exhibition ends with a slideshow featuring photos of contemporary doll collectors, including one of artist Betye Saar with her collection. The exhibition also explores how Black women who worked in domestic service, many of whom made dolls like these, were subjected to racist stereotypes like the “Mammy.” A selection of toys and picture books provides a grounding in the racist depictions that were omnipresent in the child culture of the time, grounding visitors in how these dolls depart from such visuals.

AMN: It’s explained that the exhibition examines how these toys serve as expressions of resilience and creativity, perseverance and pride, and love and longing. Shall I assume the dolls are created by people of color who experienced (and/or, are experiencing) trauma based on racism?

DJL: While many of the doll makers are unknown, the dollmakers we are aware of, whose stories are included in the exhibition, were/are people of color. These dolls were made in a tumultuous and painful time in America for Black people, and while these dolls don’t speak directly to that history, they are the creative expressions of the real people who lived through these difficult times, and it’s meaningful to view them through that lens.

AMN: How can dolls provide a “unique view of the history of race in America”? Not disagreeing —just very interested to know. I agree, just curious.

DJL: In the long and difficult history ofC race in the United States, it’s difficult to center Black women and their experiences—they were often denied the chance to learn to read and write, and much of their work took place in the home and doesn’t exist for us to study as much as we’d like to: the hairstyles that were never photographed, the meals they cooked, the gardens they tended, the clothes they made and maintained. By being thoughtful and informed about what DOES remain— for example, quilts, foodways, and recipes handed down through oral history, and yes, dolls—we honor their

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East African jazz vocalist Somi will headline this year’s Africa Now! Festival (Image courtesy of the Apollo Theater)

By JORDANNAH ELIZABETH Special to the AmNews It has been announced that Harlem’s renowned Apollo Theater will be presenting Africa Now! Festival in April 2022. This year’s festival will be “live and in-person” and features headliner, East African jazz vocalist and extraordinaire artist, Somi. The musician and special guests will be in celebration of Somi’s newest album “Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba,” which is a musical rumination of the incredible life and work of the legendary African icon, Miriam Makeba in lieu of Makeba’s 90th birthday. Dianne Reeves and South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai will perform in support of Somi.

“We’re thrilled to welcome back our Africa Now! celebration and to continue honoring and presenting contemporary art from the African diaspora,” stated Kamilah Forbes, the Apollo’s executive producer in a press release.

“Over the past eight decades the Apollo has amplified Black voices and used its platforms to create an intersection of art and activism, so having Somi, a contemporary artist and activist, perform new music from her upcoming album that honors the late Miriam Makeba, a respected musical and activist icon of the 1960s, is exactly the kind of artistic conversation and experimentation that the Apollo champions.”

Apollo Comedy Club will open the festival on March 4 led by comedian Akintunde. On March 5, Congolese musician and artist, Nkumu Katalay and DJ YB will perform at the Apollo Music Café and on March 10, “a screening and post-film discussion of Apollo Film: ImageNation’s Cocktails and Sol Cinema – ‘Queen of Glory,’ by director Nana Mensah (Netflix’s ‘The Chair’) who vividly captures the GhanaianAmerican experience of being caught between two worlds in her film.”

The festival will run from March 4 through March 19 offering a plethora of opportunities for the community to celebrate the powerful influences of African art, music and film. It is important that the Black community in America and across the diaspora connects and fuses together to create stronger bonds with artists from across the world.

There are so many similarities and interesting and powerful differences between Black cultures, creating space for people to come together and enjoy the beauty and brilliance of Blackness.

Tickets for Africa Now! Festival’s Queen of Glory, Apollo Music Café, and Apollo Comedy Club are $25, the Livewire discussion is free, and tickets for Somi and Friends: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba start at $25. To purchase tickets to Africa Now! and all other events of the Apollo’s Winter/Spring 2022 season, visit www.ApolloTheater.org.

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lives and humanity, and tell a fuller story about the realities of the period.

If we only look at documents and photographs, think of all that we miss!

AMN: The exhibition features more than 200 objects, including 110 handmade dolls from the private collection of Deborah Neff, commercially produced 20th-century dolls, textiles, books, games, sewing tools, and ephemera from New York Historical and other collections. How is this different from the previous show in Paris?

DJL: This exhibition is distinct from

past exhibitions of Neff’s collection in its emphasis on historical context. Also, the New York Historical exhibition will feature Neff’s collection alongside objects from New York Historical and loans from other collections. Additions include a trio of dolls made by Harriet Jacobs after she escapes from slavery and a selection of 20th-century commercial dolls including the first Black American Girl Doll Addy Walker.

To learn more, visit https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/black-dolls and to shop, visit https://bit.ly/3Mc0rUn

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March 3, 2022 — March 9, 2022 Numerically speaking this cycle week, the numbers and stars are in alignment with the New Moon in Pisces. Plant new seeds as you disconnect from unwanted desires, Vinateria habits, places, people, and things that no longer support you. It’s okay to outgrow people and to rise to the occasion of your higher self. Jupiter will be within 2 degrees of the new moon, Sun and Uranus are sextile bringing forth unexpected expansions to your life. Expansions in the areas of love, career, creativity, opportunities, healing and the renewal of self-awareness. Step out of your comfort zone and take a leap of faith. You have everything to gain when you invest in yourself.

Capricorn

Cancer

March is a cycle to concentrate on starting or finishing up new projects. It’s also a great cycle for writers and knowing who your supporters are. Surround yourself with leaders, managers, coaches, negotiators likely to be more competent in your due diligence. Weed out any unwanted items, places, and people to clear your space. You are the God and Goddess of your ship as various opportunities will present themselves that are in alignment with your mission, vision, and purpose. Keep a positive attitude during these 31 powerful and successful days. Stay prepared.

March is a phenomenal month to find balance, and peace in your heart. It’s a week to organize the home, solve problems, and be something of a counselor to others. This is a rapid week so don’t chase after what you want, but speak it into existence with demands, and set dates while playing your role. Bring those excellent ideas to the forefront and transform them into a product, a service, or something teachable and useful. Dance, sing, meditate, walk, or exercise to keep a positive, cheerful upbeat attitude.

The cycle for this month is to get organized and make remarkable decisions. Decisions that’ll stand out and usher you into new positions of opportunities. Focus on your creations, and plan to execute your mission while building new alliances and helping others. Balance your inner self to recoup and gather your strength. You may encounter stumbling blocks that will lead you down a unique path. Go with the flow.

This is a time to give birth to a new chapter in your life. Begin a new business venture or endeavor, the partnership also within your circle of relationships. As you glide through this new energy of repositioning yourself with it comes a new formula, lease, or an agenda to carry out your mission. This week continue to gather up detailed information and listen more than you speak. You got this!

Happy Solar Return Pisces! A moment of truth, evolution, growth, expressions, and connectedness within your community. Utilize your creative energies and create short-term goals to accomplish them. This cycle recalls the seeds you planted in January, and last October has been incubating, ready to flourish, take root and take off expeditiously. Deflect any pessimistic ideas or conversation that’s not pertaining to your goals and objectives.

No one is perfect as we can all learn from our imperfections, and past experiences. The elevation is the key to evolving higher with grace, wisdom, and awareness of self. This is an excellent period to journal down your thoughts and review your weekly itinerary, dietary laws, and commitments you’ve set in place. This week, contemplate on you as your work will be highlighted in some way, shape, or form. Your aura is radiant this week so put it into good use in your daily affairs.

Aries

A new journey awaits you as you focus on life’s reoccurring frequencies as you give back.

Gratitude assists in excelling your life as a tool to receive compensation and abundance. During this cycle month, your humanitarian nature is in full effect to advise, assist, encourage, inspire, and motivate others to reach their full potential. Share your story, as stories can leave an impression for others to pursue their dreams. Explore a new passage on life to widen your perception, and perspective on life.

Visualization is the key to bringing forth what you want to occur in your life. The inner source is a reliable resource to assist you in directing your steps as to the where, when, what, and how to navigate on the physical plane. Reflection also helps nourish your mental faculties and recall memories of yourself. Tap into your inner powers for the answer you seek. Record your dreams as they may hold the keys to what’s forthcoming news.

Taurus

This is a metamorphotic cycle week of an ending and new beginnings. Find the loopOct 24 – Nov 22 holes within your foundation and fix the cracks to pave a new road. As you are weeding out the old, give it a few days and allow the energy to release before starting a new journey. Letting go is key and having compassion for others to nurture yourself, as we can all identify the strengths and weaknesses within ourselves.

Dec 22 – Jan 21

Aquarius

Jan 22 – Feb 19

Pisces

Feb 20 – Mar 20

Mar 21 – Apr 21

The emphasis this week is on your business, home, and personal relationships. Your focus is to know your role and the position you play in people’s lives. Expand your heart, minds, and ears to newfound wisdom, and accept people for who they are. Not everyone will see what you see. It’s up to you to see it through and make use of the vision given to you. It’s a great time for the renewal of self-love, as well as your love for others.

Apr 22 – May 21

Gemini

This cycle month suggests you be open to receiving instant messages directly from May 22 – June 21 a divine source. It’s a fast-paced week to commit to any errands, thus freeing up space all the while being spontaneous and free of restrictions. Recognize needs from wants, then take advantage of the opportunities presented to you. A successful cycle for the business, networking, and turning up the volume of love, for yourself and your mate, are strongly indicated.

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Leo

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Virgo

Aug 24 – Sep 23

Libra

Sept 24 – Oct 23

Scorpio

Sagittarius

This happens to be a miraculous cycle to stay in balance, turn the other cheek, and head off any negativity. Some folks are deceptive in their approach when they seek your help or try to pick your brain. It’s a no-brainer to you as you know how to direct the flow of the conversation to make it short, sweet, and to the point. This week is a great time to build alliances while showcasing your skills as you offer up your time, effort, and energy. You’ll be compensated by the universe as long as you do your homework.

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Fall ’22 fashions designed by Travis Hamilton for Negris Labrum collection

By LAPACAZO SANDOVAL Special to the AmNews For the first time since the start of the pandemic, NYFW presented several live Fall 2022 collections successfully, via digital or live shows. Either way, designers wowed their audiences. At various venues around town, proof of vaccinations, test results or both were always required for entry, whether you had an invitation or ticket. Nevertheless, the turnout was tremendous. On the runways, the shows, clothes, music, lights and the Fall ’22 fashions were fabulous!

To start things off, NYC’s Mayor Eric Adams announced a partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to help provide more jobs and expand workforce training in garment manufacturing, fashion design and other affiliated businesses. It’s part of a redevelopment of the Made in New York (MiNY) Campus at Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal in Sunset Park. The MiNY Garment Hub will create 460 onsite fashion jobs and train 500 people. “Additionally, in New York, we are leading the way and showing that prioritizing sustainabili-

ty can go hand-in-hand with the fashion industry, “said Mayor Adams.

“New York City is the fashion capital of the world. The Made in New York Campus reflects the Adams administration’s commitment to make sure we remain that way,” stated Maria Torres-Springer, deputy mayor for Economic and Workforce Development. Slow Factory will join the MiNY Garment Hub as the first anchor tenant, and the institute will provide a physical home for Slow Factory’s “Open Edu” program, a free and accessible education series on climate justice, climate solutions, and climate-positive design.

The program will be integrated with Slow Factory Labs, a physical manufacturing facility for the regenerative material innovation on their plantbased leather, slow-hide. “Reducing fashion’s carbon footprints is not only trendsetting, but necessary in the fight for climate change,” commented Rachel Loeb, NYCEDC president and CEO. For more information on The Garment Hub, business owners can visit www.ede.nyc/MiNYGarmentHub. On the NYFW Fall ’22 runway, the Negris LeBrum company celebrated their 10th anniversary with an amazing Autumn/Winter ’22-’23 “Black Is Beautiful” collection. They featured pinstripes, knits and vegan suede pieces that offered comfort, versa-

tility and elegance. The look is a modern take on menswear that’s enhanced with contrast cuts and romantic feminine silhouettes.

With each new collection, Negris LaBrum introduces a style that fits powerful modern women. Their clothes are designed with collaborative tones to emphasize a woman’s aspirations, attitude and strength in society.

The foundation of the brand stems from the Negris love story. Designer Travis Hamilton was inspired to create the Negris LeBrum line from an incredible love story.

The story began in the 1940s between a beautiful French Creole woman, Negris and a handsome Black man, Sam LeBrum.

Society frowned upon their union, making it difficult for them to be together. In the end, the two were brought together by a force so strong, love.

Through fashion, their story is being shared around the world. For the past 10 years, Negris LeBrum has consistently had a memorable presence this season. The company has created a growing force in the fashion industry. Tom Ford, CDFA chair and fashion designer noted that, “The Negris LeBrum label was a ‘Rising Talent

to Watch.’” What’s Hamilton’s most memorable memory? “At the moment, my most memorable experience is being included in a Vanity Fair Italy editorial with other houses such as Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana in the publication’s September 2021 issue.”

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By KELLY TORRES Special to the AmNews Most of us don’t often think about making French fries at home because of their wide availability at restaurants. If this resonates, allow yucca fries to take their place as a delicious and healthier at-home option. These yucca fries make an excellent substi-

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Ingredients for yucca fries: •1 large 15-inch yucca, peeled, chopped in three 5-inch lengths, then chopped in half • 2 cups gluten free flour • 2 scallion stems, thinly sliced, as garnish • 1 jalapeno, thinly sliced, as garnish • Spice Mix: 1 tsp creole spice mix, 1 tsp dried Italian herbs, ½ tsp salt, to taste • 6 cups canola oil

Instructions for the yucca fries: 1. Boil yucca uncovered in a large pot of water for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Keep completely submerged in water at all times. Add more water if it evaporates.

2. When the yucca begins to open up and spread out, remove it from the water.

When slightly cooled to the touch, gently remove the center membrane from each piece as it is indigestible.

3. Break the yucca into long strips organically using your hands. Cut any larger pieces with a knife to keep all pieces uniform.

4. Heat canola oil to 365°F degrees 5. Dredge the yucca strips in the

tute for French fries with their soft, creamy interior and lightly crisped exterior. The use of gluten free flour is an added bonus for many. Also, an Asian-inspired dipping sauce sans mayonnaise will surely please a good deal, as it is light with just the right touch of spice. These yucca fries are the perfect side dish to a burger or simply on its own as a snack.

Yields 4 - 6

Ingredients for Asian-inspired dipping sauce: • 1 tbsp brown sugar • 1 tbsp rice vinegar • 1 tbsp tamari sauce • 1 tsp black bean garlic sauce • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil • 1 tsp shichimi togarashi • 1/3 cup water gluten free flour, gently pressing to let it stick. Shake off any excess flour.

6. In batches, fry the yucca strips in the hot canola oil until golden on the outside, approximately 5 - 8 minutes.

7. Remove from the oil and transfer to a bowl. Sprinkle with the spice mix immediately. Garnish with scallion and jalapeno slices.

Instructions for the Asian-inspired dipping sauce: 1. In a small container with a lid, add all of the dipping sauce ingredients and shake vigorously. Transfer to a small serving bowl. Set aside.

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ERNIE ANDREWS, VERSATILE JAZZ SINGER, DIES AT 94

Ernie Andrews was not a household name although during his six decade career, he was a versatile jazz singer, known as a balladeer uniquely weaving the blues while belting out crisp baritone octaves that impressed audiences around the world. Andrews died on February 21, at Conroe Regional Medical Center, outside of Houston, Texas. He was 94.

His daughter, Stephanie Williams, said the cause was complications of a blood clot that formed after he broke his hip in a fall.

Over the years his voice developed a deeper pitch which made his delivery more emotionally defined. He left his signature on every tune he sang.

“I like to sing songs that I have experienced and folks can relate to,” he told this writer during an interview in 2007. He came along when male jazz vocalists ruled and the competition was really rough; his peers included Johnny Hartman, Billy Eckstine, and Joe Williams.

Andrews gained attention at age 17 when songwriter Joe Greene took him into the studio to record “Soothe Me,” which became his first hit record in 1945. One of the best-selling records of the year according to contemporary issues of Billboard, it would go on to sell 300,000 copies.

His freefall versatility is apparent on the now rare classic album “Live Session!” that he recorded with Cannonball Adderley, produced by Adderley and David Axelrod for Capitol Records. The long-standing quintet featured cornetist Nat Adderley, pianist Joe Zawinul, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. The group was in such a groove, one would think Andrews was a regular member. But Andrews was at home in any type of configuration. He was in his own right a legendary performer.

Lois Shelton’s 1986 documentary ”Ernie Andrews: Blues for Central Avenue,” helped re-introduce him to audiences and shed some light on his career; according to a 1987 review of the film in The New York Times. “Like many other singers [of his era, Andrews] had also signed a recording contract he came to regret. As he talks about his reversals, and as he sings the blues in recent performances, the pain in his eyes is unmistakable. But his voice still trumpets his vitality.”

Some of his best work came in his later years: “Girl Talk” (2001), “What About Me” (2005), and a collaboration with fellow veteran saxophonist Houston Person on the 2003 album “Jump for Joy,” all on HalfNote Records. He recorded over 36 albums with 19 as a leader.

Dexter Gordon, r. & Ernie Andrews, l. at KJAZ radio, Alameda, Calif. December 1980 (Photo by Brian McMillen / brianmcmillen@hotmail.com / Brianmcmillen: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dexter_ Gordon_&_Ernie_Andrews.jpg), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

During a rare appearance in New York City (2007) at Dizzy’s, he was introduced to a younger generation of fans and aspiring musicians as he performed the “Music of Duke Ellington” with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. Demonstrated by the audience’s standing ovations, he was more than accepted. His bluesy ballads “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying,” “Make Me a Present of You,” and “Soothe Me” are classics in the jazz songbook.

During the same period Andrews became a popular headliner at the Cape May Jazz Festival in Cape May, New Jersey. He garnered a host of new fans—both adults and young students—who were being introduced to his captivating storytelling for the first time. The smooth dresser, who often wore a cap to match his suit, understood musicianship and showmanship; he had jokes, smooth lines for the ladies and his personal stories that reached everyone.

Ernest Mitchell Andrews Jr. was born in Philadelphia on Christmas Day in 1927, to Ernest Andrews and Lillian Mitchell. “All my people were gospel singers,” he told Marian McPartland on the “Piano Jazz” radio show in 1998. “My father was a wonderful singer. My mother was a wonderful singer. My grandmother was a wonderful singer in church.”

At 13, Andrews moved to Jeanerette, Louisiana, to live with his ma-

ternal grandmother’s family. The band teacher at his school turned out to be the New Orleans renown trumpeter Bunk Johnson. Under his leadership, Andrews became a drummer in the school band.

When Andrews arrived in Los Angeles with his family in 1945, he was already aware of the art of live performance. “We’d go to stage shows and there I saw all the greats: Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmie Lunceford, Earl Hines,” Andrews told The Times in 1994.

“I saw so many shows that I knew I wanted to be a part of all that, but didn’t know how to do it.”

He continued his music education at Jefferson High School after settling in South Los Angeles. Andrews’ classmates included Dexter Gordon, Eric Dolphy and Sonny Criss. At night, he and his friends would hit Central Avenue (street of happenings) and swing to jump-blues and bop at spots such as Downbeat and the Gayety Jungle Room. The Lincoln Theater on Central Avenue rendered more encouragement where he worked as an usher and found fans and developed his vocal skills during talent show performances which he won.

After winning a talent contest, the singer released his first solo record— a 10-inch single—on a small Los Angeles label called G&G in 1945. Its A-side song “Wrap It Up, Put It Away (Till Daddy Comes Home from the

Army)” and B-side, “Soothe Me.” In 1958 his honey baritone vocals caught the ear of the Harry James Orchestra where he remained as their singer for a period of years. “Harry stood behind me during racism,” Andrews told the Los Angeles Times in 2014. “A lot of hotels would want to put me in a different hotel, and he wouldn’t allow that.”

Jan Perry, a former L.A. City council member, said Andrews was an important figure in the annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival. The festival “enabled us to be able to celebrate not only the history of the community in Central Avenue,” she said, “but an indigenous form of American music.

And Ernie was a huge part of that. So he won’t be forgotten.”

Although he never became the household name that should have been his reward, he never stopped loving his fans, enjoying meeting new people or telling some of his hellified stories.

Dolores Andrews predeceased him in 1997, after 52 years of marriage.

Four of their five children survive him: in addition to Stephanie Williams, they are Dueal Ernie Andrews, Mark Anthony Andrews, and Daryl Mitchell Andrews. (Another son, Dana Dee John, died in 2013.) Andrews is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.

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useless, and she may have been less enthusiastic about the dialect in the captions. Nonetheless, her matronly appearance and her willful demeanor matched Robeson’s dual role in “Body and Soul,” giving his

Oscar Micheaux was a wise filmmaker and evidence of that is readily apparent in 1924-’25 when he cast Paul Robeson in the leading role Mercedes Gilbert in “Body and Soul.” This was Robeson’s film debut and the character he portrays is an extreme departure from what the actor would become in real life. With such a commanding, charismatic leading man, the women in the film, credited or not, are given little mention in summaries and reviews.

One that deserves more than a nod was Mercedes Gilbert, and as the mother of a daughter she is determined to wed with a local preacher, she magnetic personality an even pairs equally with Robeson on larger platform of popularity. the film’s basic plot.

Here’s the basic synopsis of But all this occurs in the the film, which several film early ’20s when Gilbert is in critics dismissed as being terher mid-30s, and had firmly rible uneven with an awkward established her place on stage plot: Robeson, a prisoner in and screen, particularly from Georgia, is being transported her portrayal as Zipporah, the to the North to be extradited wife of Moses, in the original to England when he manages touring production of “Green to escape and then changes his Pastures” in 1930. identity to the Right Reverend Gilbert was born July 26, Isaiah T. Jenkins. Since this is a 1894, in Jacksonville, Florida silent film we miss Robeson’s and attended Edward Waters oratorical majesty as he begins College where she began train- to hoodwink followers in small ing to be a nurse before leaving southern towns. Gilbert porfor New York City to try her luck trays Martha Jane as among in the world of entertainment, those captivated by his speechfirst as a songwriter and then es. The reverend is soon joined as an actress. When she was re- in Tatesville by another convict, cruited by Micheaux many of Yellow-Curly Hinds, who he the skills she had acquired on had met in jail. Their scheme is the stage were no longer nec- to liberate the church’s contriessary, especially in silent films butions by selling them whiswhere her voice was key at inflated prices.

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member of the church who has been saving her hardearned money for her daughter’s dowry and to help her and her husband buy a nice home for the couple: Rev. Jenkins and Isabelle. Her daughter is not

smitten by the reverend and her heart belongs to Sylvester.

Before long she catches wind of her mother’s plans. One day Martha leaves Isabelle alone with Rev. Jenkins, primarily for him to save her soul, according to her mother’s wishes.

After the pastor steals Martha’s money, he convinces Isabelle to take the blame for the thievery and flee to Atlanta. Later, Isabelle confesses to the theft in a note to her mother and departs for Atlanta only to find her there living in dire poverty.

Isabelle movingly reveals how the incident occurred and how the pastor molested her and forced her to tell him where the money was hidden.

Gilbert, in a scene where her consummate acting is delivered, forgives Isabelle who in a subsequent scene dies.

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Martha attends a church where the half-drunk pastor is preaching about “Dry Bones in the Valley.” After she publicly accuses the pastor of causing her daughter’s death, the congregation turns on him. Later that evening, the pastor, being pursued by bloodhounds, arrives at Martha’s door, explaining that it was her pampering that ruined him. Meanwhile, two of Martha’s friends arrive to help her but she shoos them away and hides the pastor in the closet.

A forgiven pastor then takes flight and seeks a hiding place in a nearby woods. One of his pursuers who corners him is assaulted and killed. At this point the film takes an abrupt change and Martha awakens from slumber to discover all of the events were part of a dream. Now she learns that Sylvester, Isabelle’s true love, has made a remarkable discovery and earned a considerable amount of money. The reality of this good fortune compels Martha to secure her savings from a bible and give it to them. A few scenes later the happy couple return to Martha’s home to find the place transformed and nicely appointed, and thus your happy ending.

This began Gilbert’s fairly impressive film career, including “Moon Over Harlem” in 1939 and there were a number of radio programs, most notably a tribute to Black women “Heroines in Bronze,” in 1943.

She was also the author of “Aunt Sara’s Wooden God,” a novel in 1938.

After a brief illness in March, 1952, she died in Queens General Hospital. She was 57 and was survived by her husband Arthur J. Stevenson and a brother Earl Gough, who was also an actor.

ACTIVITIES FIND OUT MORE Completing a full profile on Gilbert is a very challenging assignment, but bits and pieces from film authority Donald Bogle and several obituaries were indispensable.

DISCUSSION Very little was available about her early years or during extensive gaps of her acting career.

PLACE IN CONTEXT Her life spanned a half century from the end of the 19th to the mid-20th.

THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY Feb. 27, 1988: Figure skater Debi Thomas became the first African American to win a medal (bronze) at the winter Olympic Games.

Feb. 28, 1784: Renowned poet Phillis Wheatley passed away. She was only 31, but she is the first African American woman to be published.

Feb. 28, 1943: Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway, starring Anne Brown and Todd Duncan.

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for office, Biden had promised to fill any vacancy on the court with a Black woman, and now a senate confirmation could make that a reality.

And should the vote in the senate be a 50-50 split, then Vice President Kamala Harris would have the deciding vote and that moment would be all the more momentous. Given this scenario, it will be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

In her acceptance of the nomination last Friday at the White House, Jackson cited family, faith and several professional mentors upon whose shoulders she has ascended, including the esteemed Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005), a former U.S. District Court Judge and the first Black woman to argue before the Supreme Court. “Today,” she began, “I proudly stand on Judge Motley’s shoulders sharing not only her birthday but also her steadfast and coura-

geous commitment to equal justice under the law.

“If I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,” she continued, “I can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the constitution, and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and sacred principles upon which this nation was founded will inspire future generations of Americans.”

When Biden was asked why he chose Jackson over the other candidates, he said, “Number one, I committed, two years ago, that if I got elected president, I would name, if I had the opportunity, I would name the first African American woman to the Supreme Court because I think the court should look like the country…the point is that I want to bring the country together.”

The president’s promise didn’t sit well with Republicans, and his nominee, in the words of Sen. Lindsay Graham, “means the radical left has won President Biden over yet again.”

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Rep. Jim Clyburn took exception to Graham’s comments, noting that “I do not see Judge Brown Jackson as being radical at all,” he told reporters. “And evidently, [Graham] was among the three that voted for confirmation to be on the DC circuit.

And so I think that she’s deserving of a strong bipartisan vote and I hope she gets it.”

There was no indication of disappointment in Clyburn’s remarks since his choice Judge J. Michelle Childs didn’t get the nod. “I commend President Biden for taking a sledgehammer to it. I congratulate Judge Jackson and offer my full support during the confirmation process and beyond.”

During an interview on “Face the Nation,” Clyburn further clarified his position on the nomination. “This is beyond politics,” he began. “This is about the country, our pursuit of a more perfect union, and this demonstrates another step in that pursuit, and I would hope that all of my Republican friends would look upon it that way.”

Jackson’s confirmation would not change the 6-to-3 ideological difference on the bench. But she would join the other two members of color—Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She would also be among other Ivy League alumni as a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School.

Eight of the court’s current members have gone to either Harvard or Yale law schools.

Later this week Jackson will probably begin making her rounds and meeting with the various senators, although she will not need Republican backing to seal the nomination. She has already been confirmed on several occasions and this may even be a less daunting quest for approval.

In a tweet, the Rev. Al Sharpton said that Jackson, who once served as a clerk for Justice Breyer, whom she may replace, was “exceptionally well qualified…she possesses the experience, character, integrity, and dedication to the Constitution and the rule of law to serve on the nation’s highest court.”

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By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks spoke at the Tweed Courthouse to present the Department of Education’s priorities in the Eric Adams era.

The focus? Emphasizing community, keeping kids active as well as educated, expanding the gifted program and streamlining power to implement changes quicker.

During his speech, Banks talked about how there were genius people in the education system who are held back by bureaucracy.

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wearing them,” said Adams in a statement this week.

Adams followed the lead of New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul who announced the lifting of mask requirements for students starting this Wednesday. This comes after the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention changed their guidelines on school masks stating that masks can come off at schools unless the COVID metrics are high.

“With more New Yorkers getting vaccinated, and the steady decline over the past several weeks in cases and hospitalizations from Omicron, we are now entering a new phase of the pandemic,” said Hochul in a statement. “Because New Yorkers have stepped up, we can confidently remove the statewide mask requirement in our schools.”

According to the CDC, mask use is determined by three metrics: “new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past 7 days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past 7 days—to determine the COVID19 community level. New COVID19 admissions and the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied represent the current potential for strain on the health system. Data on new cases acts as an early warning indicator of potential increases in health system strain in the event

shouldn’t be necessary. So what I’m going to do is I’m going to put in place a level or a system that will be a level of autonomy.”

Earlier this week, after City Hall lifted the school mask mandate, Banks reiterated that New York City public schools were some of the safest school systems in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has emphasized eating healthy, but Banks wants to take it further than a day or two per week. He wants healthy eating to start before school and continue throughout children’s lives. He wants the system to prioritize wellness and how it impacts students’ success.

“This is something that the mayor talks about all the time—healthy food,” said Banks. “It’s really, really important that it’s not just about meatless Mondays or vegan Fri-

days, but it’s about educating our young people about how to eat properly. And you have to get to them at the earliest of ages in order to make that happen.

“Because if we can educate them about how to take care of themselves, and what healthy whole nutrition really means, then we can make a huge difference over time,” Banks concluded.

Over the past two months, Banks traveled the city to assess the conditions of what he is now responsible for. He’s also been a part of panels discussing Critical Race Theory, he’s broken ground on new schools (such as Edward L. Grant School in the Bronx). He even visited his old stomping grounds to check up on changes from his childhood. The former charter school principal is now ready to remake the public school system in his own image. He

doesn’t want parents abandoning the school system.

Banks pointed out that the school system has lost 120,000 students the past five years. Most of those who left, however, were white and wealthy students according to a report by the Independent Budget Office.

He’s looking to bring all 120,000 students back.

“I spoke to somebody in here just the other day…a woman who’s been working with me for years, and she said to me ‘You know what, Mr. Chancellor? For the first time, I feel a real sense of hope,’” said Banks. “I feel an energy changing in this building. And I’ve been talking to people in the schools across the city and people are feeling a new sense of a new spirit. That is here.

That spirit is real.

“We are going to transform this system.”

of a COVID-19 surge.”

According to the city’s latest stats, as of Wednesday morning, the daily average of New Yorkers who tested positive for COVID dropped to 1.94% over the last 7 days. Hospitalizations (people diagnosed with COVID) at least the last seven days is 26 with 12 confirmed deaths and continues to decrease. Statewide, as of Feb. 28, with 66,574 tested, 1,284 tested positive. CDC stats showed that 81.2% of people age 5 and above have at least one vaccination.

Adams has also ended the Key2NYC rules that required vaccination for indoor dining, indoor fitness and indoor entertainment spaces.

Nationally, statewide and citywide the dominoes have fallen.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said that while the mayor has lifted the mandate, he will continue to monitor the situation on his own.

“We are very happy to see that the numbers are going in the right direction,” stated Mulgrew. “We will confer with our own independent doctors, look at the data from take-home test kits and random inschool testing this week, and make sure all of that is taken into account as New York City reviews its own school masking policy.”

Mona Davids, of the New York City Parents Union, has been pushing for an end to the school mask mandate. She said that City Hall was late, but right on time.

“We’re talking about a group that’s the least at risk,” said Davids.

“So as far as I’m concerned, it’s

unconscionable that we’ve been masking kids now for two years.

They’ve been traumatized, they’re depressed…Children are behind in speech development and learning because of these mass mandates.

I’m glad that it’s finally going to be lifted, and let the parents decide what is best for the child.”

Some elected officials, however, especially those who have loved ones they lost to COVID, aren’t ready to declare victory yet. Senator Jamaal Bailey stated that he will continue to mask up his kids for the rest of the school year.

“I’m not…I’m uncomfortable,” said Bailey. “I have different traumas related to COVID. Should we be in a position where we’re doing this really? I don’t know. But you’re in a position where if you can say that we’re governed by science and then what science is indicating to us…it is what it is.”

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is in the same boat.

Williams cited the lack of ventilation issues in certain schools.

“It is also critical that any change comes alongside addressing problematic, pervasive issues with ventilation in schools,” said Williams.

“I have additional concerns related to the disparities in vaccination rates and school funding across different communities within our city, and the city must address these issues to ensure that all students in all neighborhoods are kept safe.”

Dr. Sandra Bonat is a pediatric physician advisor at VIP StarNetwork, which provides healthcare services for film crews and provides it for everyone via mobile and

onsite services. VIP StarNetwork recently signed a contract with the city to provide free COVID tests and vaccines to venues requesting them. Bonat said that the city and City Hall are moving too fast.

“I’m concerned that dropping the mask mandate is a little bit premature,” Bonat asserted. “I know it’s the more popular opinion, and I understand people are tired of masks. But given the fact that we have a good number of kids that still need to be vaccinated throughout the city. Certain neighborhoods and counties have higher transmission rates, including City Island, Tribeca, Murray Hill, Astoria, Southwest Brooklyn. It is so important for parents who are uncomfortable with the mandates being lifted to know they can and should still send their kids in a mask. Especially if their children are immunocompromised.

“Masks are proven to work; masks reduce transmission rates,” continued Bonat. “I would also encourage school districts to make sure no one feels isolated and that everyone realizes it’s a choice they can still make, even with the rules being loosened. Otherwise, we can monitor the situation and possibly even bring back the masks if we see transmission rates in the state, and schools should reenact mask wearing to reduce transmission.”

Parent Tamika Hall didn’t mince words with her rejection of the new rules. “It’s foolish. lmao,” said Hall in a text to the AmNews. “The governor isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer so I’m not surprised. My kids will continue to (wear masks).”

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NYC Test & Trace Corps expands street outreach drug-treatment options

The NYC Test & Trace Corps recently announced the launch of a Buprenorphine Treatment Pathway to connect New Yorkers struggling with opioid use disorder to treatment with buprenorphine through NYC Health + Hospitals’ Virtual Buprenorphine Clinic. The initiative will expand drug treatment options offered by the Street Health Outreach + Wellness program to provide comprehensive care for patients with opioid use disorder.

“As a primary care doctor, I care deeply about my patients. Every time I prescribe buprenorphine to one of my patients with opioid use disorder, I know that in that moment I have had the opportunity to help them with a permanent recovery, and may have saved their life,” said Dr. Ted Long, executive director of the NYC Test & Trace Corps and senior vice president of Ambulatory Care and Population Health at NYC Health + Hospitals.

“The Buprenorphine Treatment Pathway is a critical addition to the Street Health Outreach and Wellness program, ensuring all New Yorkers can get the comprehensive care they need including for opioid use disorder, wherever they are, without exception.”

“Our SHOW teams’ ability to connect patients to buprenorphine treatment will bring life-saving, lifechanging medication to New Yorkers living with and seeking treatment for opioid use disorder who have faced challenges accessing other options,” said Dr. Amanda K. Johnson, director of Take Care at the NYC Test & Trace Corps and assistant vice president of Ambulatory Care and Population

Health at NYC Health + Hospitals.

“We endeavor to provide a doorway to the public healthcare system for all New Yorkers. A clear, accessible referral pathway can help many more who are seeking treatment.”

“As a therapist, a public servant, and someone in recovery from opioid addiction, I am proud to be a part of this life-saving care,” said Dr. Rebecca LinnWalton, senior assistant vice president in the Office of Behavioral Health at NYC Health + Hospitals. “This life-saving treatment needs to be truly accessible to all New Yorkers. This is our chance to help someone change their trajectory. We hope that this is the first step toward healing and stability for some of New York’s most vulnerable residents.”

The Buprenorphine Treatment Pathway builds upon the success of the Street Health Outreach + Wellness (SHOW) program, a mobile urgent care initiative that bridges gaps in access to care for the city’s most vulnerable and has engaged over 100,000 unique patients on the streets of New York City. SHOW’s dedicated teams of nurses, advanced practice providers, EMTs and social workers provide a range of medical treatments and social services focused on New Yorkers experiencing homelessness, including COVID testing, vaccinations, physical and mental health screenings, and harm reduction services.

Providing buprenorphine in the community offers additional care for people living with opioid use disorder, which includes substances such as heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone.

SHOW teams can now make referrals

to the Virtual Buprenorphine Clinic (VBC) at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, a virtual buprenorphine assessment and prescription program.

The VBC provides virtual/ telephone appointments for assessment with an x-waivered medical provider, works in partnership with local pharmacies across NYC to help facilitate multi-week prescriptions for buprenorphine, and provides referrals to substance treatment programs for ongoing treatment, extending the Clinic’s impact within the community. SHOW teams will be able to provide New Yorkers assessments in the field, hand out information about buprenorphine assisted-treatment, and connect them to the VBC. The Buprenorphine Treatment Pathway is designed to meet New Yorkers when and where they are, opening a door to drug treatment options conversation by conversation. Regardless of whether someone is interested in or meet criteria for the VBC, SHOW teams still offer other harm reduction services, including Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and connection with Safe Syringe Providers, such as New York Harm Reduction Educators (NYHRE), for clean needles and safe injection.

“The need for innovative approaches to treat chronic drug use here in NYC has never been greater,” said Stan Vashovsky, CEO of DocGo.“We are hopeful this new Buprenorphine Treatment Pathway will reach individuals with the greatest need, provide the resources they need to overcome substance use challenges, and help save lives. We’re proud of our teams on the ground leading this vital initiative, and look forward to developing additional programs with NYC H+H to help improve access to care for all.”

SHOW mobile units are deployed to high-need areas in New York City throughout the week. For the most up-to-date information about mobile site locations and scheduling, please visit the Street Health Outreach &

Wellness Mobile Units website.

The NYC Test & Trace Corps is the city’s comprehensive effort to test, trace, and provide support for every case of COVID-19 and every person exposed to the virus that causes COVID19. Through a partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Test & Trace Corps allows the city to immediately isolate and care for those who test positive for the virus and then rapidly track, assess, and quarantine anyone who may have been exposed.

To help all New Yorkers safely separate at home and monitor their health status, the Take Care pillar of the Test & Trace Corps also offers free hotel rooms with wraparound services for New Yorkers who are unable to safely separate in their own homes.

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the Western colonial tradition.”

Ambassador Martin Kimani faulted a “pathological nostalgia for the enforced order of the old Soviet Union,” adding that Kenya “strongly condemn[s] the trend in the last decades of powerful states, including members of this Security Council, breaching international law with little regard.”

Kimani declared, “Multilateralism lies on its deathbed tonight…It has been assaulted today as it has been by other powerful states in the recent past.”

Separately, South Africa issued a statement Wednesday urging Ukraine and Russia to find a way to de-escalate tensions.

Dr. Araba Maame Arkoah of Ghana, a medical doctor speaking with the Accrabased Starr FM, said Ghanaians living or studying in the Ukraine were waiting for a rescue plan from the Ghanaian government following the surprise attack launched by the Russians.

“We are asking ourselves, has the government of Ghana heard what is happening here? We really need the help of the government. As it stands now, we need to come home. I’m scared, very

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Dr. Arkoah said.

Similarly, some 4,000 Nigerians On Thursday, Feb. 24, a train carry- studying in tertiary institutions have ing Ghanaian students was reported- been sending distress calls for their ly attacked by Russians, according to evacuation from the theater of war.

Member of Parliament for North Tongu A special flight operation was anconstituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablak- nounced by Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs wa, speaking in a TV interview.

Minister Geoffrey Onyeama.

According to the ministry, over a Ismail Adedolapo, a 23-year-old Nithousand Ghanaian nationals are cur- gerian studying in Kyiv, Ukraine, heard

March 3, 2022 - March 9, 2022 • 27 sy simply urged Nigerian nationals to “remain calm but be very vigilant and be responsible for their personal security and safety.”

Aanu Adeoyo of the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy at Chatham House was among the Africans who faulted the response of African leaders on the continent. “Even something as basic as having a functional website” was lacking, he said. “That just shows a lack of strategy.”

Some 200 Zambians are studying in Ukraine and have reportedly been told to move towards Poland and find a plane stationed in Warsaw waiting to take them home.

Over the last two decades, Ukraine has emerged as a choice destination for African students from Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, and South Africa, especially in the fields of medicine and engineering.

According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science, some 80,000 international students study in Ukraine with the largest number from India, followed by Morocco, Azerbaijan, rently studying or working in Ukraine, explosions starting around 5 a.m. Turkmenistan and Nigeria. adding that the ministry is “gravely Thursday morning as Russia began Abuja resident Paul Enyim fears the concerned” for their safety. its invasion. “[It’s a] pretty grim situ- consequences will be felt well beyond “There are about 900 students and in ation, to be honest,” Adedolapo says. Ukraine. total, we have about 1,500 Ghanaians in “And it’s a lot worse for a lot of young “The whole world is going to feel the Ukraine,” said Kwasi Mintah who was international students without a reli- heat. What is going to be the fate for home when he heard a number of ex- able embassy or exit plan.”

Africa? How is business going to be?” plosions. “The Ghanaians here are panA statement released by the embas- he asked.

“There are about 900 students and in total, we have about 1,500 Ghanaians in Ukraine.

The Ghanaians here are panicking, they are afraid.”

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Religion & Spirituality REMEMBERING HAROLD SALMON JR.

By ASAR JOHN Special to the AmNews

Harold Salmon Jr. was a well-rounded community member in Harlem, known for his several roles in uplifting those around him. He was an athlete, educator, religious leader and civil rights activist among many other titles. Salmon died in January at the age of 92 and his sister, Irene Mays, wants him honored as an important figure to Black history.

Sports was a large part of Salmon’s life even up until his later years in life. He found himself interested in a multitude of athletics from skiing to basketball, in the latter of which he was considered by some to stand out as a “promising recruit” for the Knicks. Salmon was also a member of the Courtsmen Athletic Association, a professional basketball league that started in the Bronx and focuses on education advocacy. While sports were a meaningful part of Salmon’s life, much of his career was focused around being an educator and religious leader.

When asked if her brother pursued a career in education and religion due to the tumultuous events that preceded the Civil Rights Movement, Irene Mays said,

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“Daily matters in our history are current events. He was serving the greater good.”

After receiving a master’s in theology and another in education and guidance, it was all up from there for Harold Salmon. In 1968 Salmon served his first mass at his family’s church, St. Anthony of Padua in The Bronx and continued to spread the word of Christ as a religious leader and educator.

“He was assigned as the first Black-

named pastor, not as a competitor, remaining humble as a learned participant and steadfast contributor in his priestly service,” said Mays.

In the late 1960s, Salmon accepted the position of vicariate delegate and he founded a youth initiative program at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Harlem.

Mays said her brother focused the program around Black history, art and dance, fostering a warm welcome for church folks around the Harlem community.

Salmon’s multi-faceted life, that included him being involved in civil rights action, saw his involvement at the March on Washington in 1963.

“Proud to be a part of the MLK Freedom March, he shared the live version of thousands of Black people who marched in courage for our righteous justice confronting a government that denied us,” said Mays. “He advocated challenging our rights for equal existence.”

With the recent emergence of protests that sparked in the country after the police death of George Floyd and several others in recent years, Mays said her brother would be pleased with the gains made by the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Harold Salmon was proud of those who

came before him and after him with selfawareness and ownership,” said Mays.

While Salmon adored the Black community of Harlem, he was ready to start a new chapter in 1995 with a move to Warrenton, North Carolina after his marriage to Hermenia Fitts Jackson. With the move south, Harold took with him his love for community engagement, continuing to be involved in his new local community. In North Carolina he volunteered for, served and led a number of organizations.

Despite all of the titles and positions Salmon represented, there was one title Harold Salmon held above all else.

“Harold Salmon Jr. always considered himself a Black man first, before a priest,” said Mays, who further describes her brother as a genuine, cheerful, and supportive gentleman. “He was a brother and father for those who didn’t have one. A man in your corner; a man in your heart.”

“Everyone always had great things to say about him because he was just the perfect person,” said Mabel Wilson, who would frequent basketball courts where Salmon used to play in his younger days.

“He always treated people with respect, and you had no objective but to treat him with the highest respect.”

‘Black History Month Celebration’ draws attention to the preservation of African cemeteries

By ASAR JOHN Special to the AmNews As Black History Month drew to a close this year, many Black individuals and organizations used the final days of February to honor their ancestors, with part of this being a fight to protect their resting places.

The virtual “Black History Month Celebration” hosted by the African American Cemetery Coalition on Feb. 26 brought together independent organizations, artists, religious communities and individuals to display the importance of the contributions that Black people have made in the United States. Much of the event was centered around the persisting efforts to preserve Black burial grounds all across America.

“I continue to say clearly, Black cemeteries are Black history,” said Antoinette Jackson, founder of The Black Cemetery Network, who spoke

at Saturday’s event. “It is important that we share the history of these cemeteries, but also the history of the people and the communities associated with these cemeteries.

Jackson went on to say that Black cemeteries span the history of Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era and other significant time periods. Locally, organizations like African Graves Matter have recently joined this mission to protect and commemorate this history. Spearheaded by native Brooklyn resident Harriet Hines, AGM was conceived in response to city and nationwide efforts to “desecrate” sacred Black burial grounds.

“We formulated to let the city, community and nation know that we do not want affordable housing or an urban farm placed on top of the Flatbush African Burial Ground, or any sacred site to be desecrated,” said Hines, whose main target is preserving the aforementioned gravesite in Flatbush, where there were plans to develop housing.

AGM was founded last May when Hines was running for City Council District 40 in Brooklyn. During this time, she heard about the development plans alongside an alternative that Hines claimed other community groups were pushing for—urban farms.

“We said no, no urban farms or housing on top of the burial ground,” said Hines who began demonstrating and conducting outreach to local officials to consider banning an RFP (request for proposal) for the burial ground in Flatbush. “We did manage to garner the support of former borough president, Eric Adams, who is now our mayor, and he supported a greenspace memorial stating that no affordable housing would be placed on the burial ground.”

Prior to Saturday’s virtual celebration, (which AGM took part in), U.S. senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) co-sponsored a bill dedicated to assisting local organizations in preserving Black burial sites. Senator Brown

spoke briefly about The African Burial Grounds Preservation Act at the event.

“There are probably hundreds and hundreds of cemeteries that this bill will help to identify, and ultimately I hope preserve,” said Brown, who said he met with local leaders to survey a Black cemetery in Cincinnati. “It would set up and fund a program through the National Parks Service and provide grant opportunities.”

Despite a bill that some may think is revolutionary, others say it does not cover all bases when it comes to select burial grounds.

“It does not address a fundamental problem that the majority of African burial grounds are in the hands of private owners,” said Marsha ColemanAdebayo, president of Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition. “What we have to do is work with the legislators to expand this legislation so that it really has the impact that they intend for it to have.

Politicians are generally nervous about intervening in the private sector.”

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lack of health insurance coverage, at least 2,700 were undocumented.

I remember the stories of these 2,700 undocumented immigrants. I will never forget one of these stories.

Newcomers to New York from Africa, an ASC client’s husband became symptomatic of COVID-19. Uninsured and undocumented, a fear of costs delayed their accessing care. When his symptoms worsened, this client brought her husband to an emergency room. He then died from complications related to COVID-19. Admitting him to the emergency room was the last time she saw him before

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Pursuant to resolution adopted the Town The Town of meeting Tuesday, January onBoard, 01/11/22.

Office of NY (SSNY) on by(SSNY) Academy School were filed the nization 07/28/21. location: on NY (SSNY) 2/22/21 NYLLC ofwith Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) onI Charter 08/04/21.

Office Secy. of State State of NY (SSNY) Secy.

State of NYOffice (SSNY) on of State of on NY (SSNY) on York County.

SSNY desigas agent of with the ignated Office location: NY Office location: LLC formed in SSNY DE on NY 11/09/20.

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SSNY designatNY remotely on Tuesday, March County.

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SSNY designated as process against it may be LLC upon whom process 10468.

SSNY designated as t h e L L C , 5 W e e h a w k e n Purpose: any lawful act.

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Any lawful it may be served.

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NY 10001.

Purpose: any lawments/ upon whom process against itl sSmith, dress to which the SSNY pose: Any lawful activity.

143 W 140 Street, the served.

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Co., State St., Albany, NY NY, NY 10178.

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12207-2543.

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May 11, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public Office location: County.

Global Inc., 850 New Burton 10036. Purpose: The principal busiWilmington, DE 19808. Cert. fort, KY 40602-1150. Pur- 11/16/21. Office location: NY on 03/26/2021 PikMyBrain, LLC Arts. of NY office loca10019.

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Purpose York, G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Fedall activities and purposOffice location: County. upon whom process against it proposals.

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SSNY Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, of 100 John St,improvements Apt NY, location: NY County.

LLC Purpose: Any activity.

Associates, LLC.desigArts copy ofupon any process against a of LLC whom process 6-129 (Local Law 1 of 2013) OF THE NEW YORK CITY ADMINISTRATIVE address.

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Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $750,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of New York on August 23, 2007 in CRFN 2007000437864, covering premises known as 120 East 90th Street, Apartment 15E, New York, NY 10128.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

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Notice of Formation of JONES CHRYSTIE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/19/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Casey Gensler, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State NY (SSNY) on 01/15/21. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 110 W 87th Street, Apt 2B, New York, NY 10024. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Kelicam Logistics & Trucking LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/2021. Office Location: Bronx County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Kelicam Logistics & Trucking LLC c/o United States Corporations Agents, Inc 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Watermill Crossing LLC. App. for Auth. filed with the SSNY on 12/03/20. Originally filed with Secretary of State of Delaware on 08/14/2019. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Notice of Formation of Sol Design Studios LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/02/21. Office Location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 545 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10018. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ELLIOT FULTON DEVELOPER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/18/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. As amended by Cert. of Amendment filed with SSNY on 01/19/22, name changed to ELLIOTT FULTON DEVELOPER, LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of RIVER SOUTH PRESERVATION CLASS B, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/11/22. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Hudson Yards, 72nd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Continued from page 4 America used to have the best major cities, with an estimat- roads, bridges and airports on ed 2,000 citizen casualties. earth.”

He took time out to praise Keeping a focus on his the Ukrainian resistance, achievements, he boasted noting they “are fighting about the improvement of the back with pure courage. But infrastructure, and the need the next few days, weeks and to “buy American products.” months will be hard on them,” Expanded efforts in technolhe lamented. “Putin has un- ogy, the broadband, more leashed violence and chaos. emphasis on electric vehiBut while he may make gains cles, were among the items on the battlefield, he will pay that had been addressed and a continuing high price over would be given even more atthe long run.” tention for development.

Then it was time to deal with Interestingly, when the other pressing issues, includ- MSNBC cameras focused ing the ongoing pandem- on Rep. Gregor y Meeks, the ic, which has to some degree House Foreign Affairs chair, lessened, and America’s Biden underscored his conrescue plan. He noted that cern to make America stronthe economy had created over ger at home and abroad.

6.5 million new jobs, which It took him some time to get like many of his comments to another key talking point brought the audience to their during his hour-long speech, feet with applause. The econ- and he placed the nomination omy, he stressed, has shown of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackits strongest growth in nearly son in the proper context of 40 years. “Invest in America,” saluting Justice Breyer’s long he said, attempting to speak ser vice in the Supreme Court above the ovation. “Educate and the need to pass the John Americans. Grow the work- Lewis Voting Rights Act and force. Build the economy the Freedom to Vote Act. And from the bottom up and the there was no pause in the apmiddle out, not from the top plause when he spoke on the

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importance of immigration.

He said that a pathway had to be provided to give Dreamers citizenship, “those on temporar y status, farm workers, and essential workers.”

Toward the end of his speech, he cited the importance of lowering the price of prescription drugs, the opioid crisis, and the need to end the spread of cancer, which he put in a personal context, recalling the death of his son, Beau.

And as the cameras focused on three militar y men in uniform, Biden said, “I’m also calling on Congress to pass a law to make sure veterans devastated by toxic exposures in Iraq and Afghanistan finally get the benefits and the comprehensive health care that they deser ve.”

The litany of challenges he voiced could all be overcome because, he said, “We are the only nation on earth that has always turned ever y crisis we face into an opportunity. The only nation that can be defined by a single word: possibilities.”

The “American people are strong,” he declared. “This is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time.”

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The sports world unites in support of Ukraine

By VINCENT DAVIS Special to the AmNews

Ukraine, the second largest Eastern European country that borders the east and northeast areas of Russia, roughly 4,800 miles away from New York City, is now over a week into defending itself from an invasion by Russian military forces. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, is solely behind the death and destruction taking place in a country with a thriving sports culture.

With 40 miles of Russian tanks currently rolling threw Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and bombs creating devastating destruction, it’s highly unlikely that Ukrainian sports fans are concerned about how many points their countryman, Toronto Raptors forward and University of Kansas alumnus Svi Mykhailiuk, dropped on the Brooklyn Nets Monday and Tuesday nights in the teams back-to-back games.

Prior to the start of last Thursday’s game between the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets, players from both teams locked arms and held a moment of silence in solidarity for Ukraine and its native son Alex Len, a 28-year-old Ukrainian-born center for the Kings. Len played college basketball for the University of Maryland and was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns.

Vitali Klitschko, 51, the former WBC and WBO heavyweight boxing champion, is the mayor of Kyiv and the head of the Kyiv City State Administration. He’s held both offices since June of 2014, and has been active in Ukrainian politics since

2005. He retired that sports fedfrom boxing in erations ban December 2013.

Russian and Be“I am Ukrailarusian athletes nian, and I am a and officials fighter,” Klitschfrom competing ko declared in in events followan interview on ing Russia’s inMonday conductvasion. Belarus ed at Kyiv’s town has supported hall. “Our stronRussia’s invagest force is the sion of Ukraine. will and desire to The IOC execulive in a free countive board stated try, and we have the action was chosen the ditaken “in order rection we want to protect the into go,” the mayor tegrity of global stated, adamant sports competiand defiant in tions and for the his defense of his safety of all the Former WBO and WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko is the current homeland. participants.”

“We want to mayor of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine currently under siege by Russian military The Namake sure that forces (Photo courtesy of twnews.ch) tional Hockey our values are League (NHL), going to be implemented rightly into our “FIFA and UEFA have today decided to- the largest American sports League with society, and no one else is going to decide gether that all Russian teams, whether na- foreign players, issued a statement that for us how we should live.” tional representative teams or club teams, read it “condemns Russia’s invasion of Vitali’s brother, Wladimir, who will turn shall be suspended from participation in Ukraine” and urges a peaceful and quick 46 later this month, is also a former heavy- both FIFA and UEFA competitions until resolution. weight champion of WBA, WBO, IBF and further notice.”

“Effective immediately, we are suspendIBO and is similarly politically active.

The announcement was made on ing our relationships with our business FIFA, the International Federation Monday by the Bureau of the FIFA Coun- partners in Russia,” the declaration conof Association Football, and UEFA, the cil and the Executive Committee of UEFA, tinued, “and we are pausing our Russian Union of European Football Associations, the highest decision-making bodies of language social and digital media sites. In known here as soccer, have issued a joint both organizations. addition, we are discontinuing any considstatement announcing the suspension of The International Olympic Commit- eration of Russia as a location for any future Russia’s teams from their organizations. tee’s executive board recommended competitions involving the NHL.”

MLB cancels Opening Day as the labor dispute persists

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor

and worked hard, they tried to make a deal and I appreciate their effort.”

Given the contentious hisTony Clark, the executive tory of Major League Basedirector of the Major League ball labor disputes, when the Baseball Players Association, owners made the determinaalso expressed his disaption to institute a lockout of the pointment with the outcome players at midnight on Dec. 2, of the talks.

2021, when the league’s col“Today is a sad day as a lective bargaining agreement former player, as a fan; for expired the previous day, haltour game, today is a sad ing all business including the day,” he lamented. “We signing of free agents, the omcame to Florida to navigate inous signal that the start of or negotiate for a fair collecthe 2022 season could be posttive bargaining agreement. poned was glaring.

Despite meeting daily while Unable to reach a deal by here in Florida there’s still this past Tuesday’s 5 p.m. work that needs to be done. mutually accepted deadline We are seeking improvebetween the pertinent parments to our CBA because Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League ties, the seemingly inevitasignificant improvements Baseball Players Association, says the league has been ble became official. Opening are needed. damaged by the labor strife between the owners and players Day, originally scheduled for “We’ve made no mistake,” March 31, has been shelved.

Clark expounded, “about Spring training, which was set to start Feb. at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, that fact over the course of the last three or 26, already has been delayed. site of the negotiations. four years based on what we’ve seen on the “I had hoped against hope that I would “We worked hard to avoid an outcome field and off the field…But the reason we not have to have this particular press con- that’s bad for our fans, bad for our play- are not playing is simple. A lockout is the ference in which I am going to cancel ers, and bad for our clubs. I want to assure ultimate economic weapon…In a $10 bilsome regular season games,” said MLB our fans that our failure to reach an agree- lion industry the owners have made a conCommissioner Rob D. Manfred Jr. on ment was not due to a lack of effort by either scious decision to use this weapon against Tuesday evening addressing the media party. The players came here for nine days the greatest asset they have—the players.”

The players are seeking several changes, most significantly an increase in the Competitive Balance Tax threshold, which essentially serves as a de facto salary cap, that would begin at $220 million per season and escalate in later years of the agreement, a minimum salary of $700,000, and reconfigured service time provisions, allowing players to reach free-agency sooner than the previous CBA afforded.

There have been nine strikes and lockouts in MLB history, the first in 1972 and then before the current impasse in the 1994-’95 season as well in which 938 games and the entire postseason was canceled. Each labor conflict left deep scars on the sport.

Clark encapsulated baseball’s dire state of affairs, a game in critical need of growing its appeal to a younger fan base that over the past four decades has lost a substantial portion of the under 50 years old market share to the NFL and NBA. “The game that a lot of baseball fans have grown up knowing has changed,” asserted Clark, who played first base for the Mets and Yankees in 2003 and 2004 respectively. “The value inherent, and how players are respected and viewed has changed. Players have been commoditized in a way that is really hard to explain.

“The game has continued to be damaged and is again damaged today as a result of a lockout that was started by the league…”

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Nets celebrate HBCUs with joyful display

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews

coming there for holistic learning to help you become a more empowered person.”

“I’d sum it up in two words, ‘Black Hampton University alum Yakik joy,’” said Jackie Wilson II, chief diRumley said the event recognized versity, equity and inclusion officer the history and the culture of for BSE Global, parent company of the HBCU experience. He spoke the Brooklyn Nets, following the with high school juniors, seniors team’s exuberant celebration of and their parents at the College Historically Black Colleges and Fair. “It was exciting and I felt Universities (HBCUs).

While proud,” said Rumley. “Watching Wilson did not attend an HBCU he the Divine Nine Stroll brought me is a proud member of Kappa Alpha back to my college days, seeing all Psi, one of the Divine Nine, a group those people step.” of Black fraternities and sororities At the conclusion of the panel that performed the Divine Nine discussion, historical questions Stroll at halftime. were posed to the students in atten“I think that it is our responsibilidance. Those who gave correct anty in the diverse borough of Brookswers were given a free admission lyn to use our platform to amplify waiver to apply for the common apthe culture, but also bring awareplication for HBCUs. Also, the Thurness and educate,” said Wilson. “I Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority take part in the halftime Divine Nine Stroll good Marshall College Fund gave a (Photo courtesy of Mike Lawrence/@mikelawrencesports) was especially looking forward to book scholarship. my fraternity brothers coming in “We have several employees, inand showing up. with a series of United Games honoring “The topic was about the HBCU ex- cluding a member on my team, who “This is not a check-the-box activi- the legacy and impact of Black pioneers. perience and how it shapes young graduated from Florida A&M University,” he added. “We’re looking to have a On Feb. 24, before the game the team Black minds and empowers them,” ty,” said Wilson. “Those employees were lasting impact and use our platform to hosted a panel discussion about HBCUs said Wilson. “We talked about the at the Florida A&M table not only talkreally bring about meaningful change.” for nearly 1,000 local students followed support system that oftentimes ing about how Florida A&M set them up Throughout the month of February, by an HBCU College Fair at which 16 in- exists within HBCUs. It’s bigger than for success, but also changed the way the Nets celebrated Black History Month stitutions took part. coming there for an education. It’s they viewed themselves.”

Nets and Liberty team up with Xbox to inspire young fans

Pepper Persley (c) and the Jnr. Ballers visit Barclays Center (Photos courtesy of Mike Lawrence/New York Liberty)

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews Rising sports journalist Pepper Persley, a 10-year-old New York native, will host the digital series “Jnr. Ballers,” a collaboration that the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty have with Xbox. The series will showcase the sense of community that young people find in gaming and the stories will hopefully inspire basketball fans.

“It was really awesome to be

a part of,” said Persley, who always brings the good questions to press conferences. “I love that they’re doing something to try to highlight the stories and the dreams of kids. I think that’s super awesome and I don’t think it’s done enough.

I’m grateful that they came to me to host it and promote it. I love what they’re doing with it.”

Six kids from the NYPD Community Center in East New York were selected to participate in programs designed to create real-world paths

to achieving their personal dreams. The episodes can be found via the Nets’ twitter page, @BrooklynNets, for the remainder of the NBA season and then switch to @NYLiberty at the start of WNBA season.

“I love playing 2K [the NBA video game],” said Persley, who is determined to play college basketball. “It was awesome to be in that space with fellow kids. When I’m doing my journalist work, I’m usually with a lot of adults, so it was great to be with other kids and have a ball.”

The Jnr. Ballers are Hollis Hobbs, Lyric Leftwich, Jabarii Mitchell, Samantha Rodriguez, Leah Rodriguez and Kerick Tejada. All are gamers, but Hobbs, Mitchell and Tejada also have hoop dreams. There will be videos in which all the participants share their dreams. Persley said they had a good time doing the photo shoot and filming the promotional video. Liberty player Betnijah Laney was at Barclays working out and came to greet and talk with them.

“We were on the practice court just playing around,” said Persley. “We were in awe being able to come out of that tunnel [that leads to center court] just like the Liberty and the Nets do. It was a great experience for all of us.”

Persley hopes the digital series garners a few extra WNBA fans. “I try to promote it,” she said. “Hopefully, there will be kids who see what I’m doing and…see they can watch the WNBA and look up to the players.”

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Local DI women’s teams head into conference tournaments

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews Seton Hall University guard Lauren Park-Lane earned the season’s final #BIGEASTwbb Player of the Week honor for the 2021– ’22 basketball season.

She and her fellow Pirates are now heading into the Big East Tournament, which starts tomorrow. It’s been a good, not great, season for Seton Hall, but the team has clearly been building steam as the season progressed.

Division I teams now have post-season play in their sights.

It’s been a strange and demanding season. It began on time and on schedule, but was upended when the Omicron variant led to numerous cancellations and reschedules. In January, Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman told Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, “We’re doing the best we can to be competently reactive to the outbreaks.”

Here is a look at a few local teams with winning records as they head into their respective conference tournaments. In Manhattan, Columbia University has one more Ivy League game to play before

Seton Hall’s Lauren Park-Lane was named Big East Player of the Week (Seton Hall Athletics photo)

heading into the Ivy League Tournament next weekend. Currently 11–2 in conference play—Columbia’s best-ever Ivy League record—the only conference team to roar louder than the Lions has been the Princeton Tigers, currently an undefeated 12–0 in Ivy League action with two games this weekend.

Manhattan College in the Bronx is 12–6 in MAAC action with two more confer-

ence games to play. The MAAC Tournament starts on Tuesday. Fellow Bronx resident, Fordham University, is 8–6 in Atlantic 10 play with its conference tournament starting today.

Over in Brooklyn, St. Francis College is having an outstanding season with a 12–5 record in NEC action. The Terriers have their final regular season conference game tonight. In Staten Island, Wagner

College is also having a good season. With one conference game remaining, the Seahawks are 9-8 in NEC play. St. Francis is second in the NEC standings and Wagner is fourth. The top ranked team is Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, which has already secured the regular season title, the Knights’ first since 1993.

The Northeast Conference Tournament kicks off on Monday.

NCAA March Madness tunes up for another dramatic year

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor

walking away with the title, Ken- the Superdome on the season’s tucky, Duke and Kansas are all closing night. well stocked and primed for a One of the most compel-

Mike Krzyzewski, who an- Division I with 1.123 victories nounced last June he would and five NCAA championships. be retiring after this season. Duke, currently ranked No. 4 at Arguably the most compelling 26-4, is led by 6-foot-10 freshand dramatic four weeks of basman forward Paolo Banchero, a ketball is underway as the aptly projected top three pick in the named March Madness NCAA upcoming NBA draft. basketball spectacle is underMadison Square Garden is way. Conference tournaments preparing for the Big East Tourwill be the first step in college nament which begins next basketball programs’ ambitions Wednesday and ends on Saturto reach the Final Four and ulday, March 12. St. John’s went timately win the championship. into its game versus Xavier last The Division I men’s season night in seventh place in the conwill culminate at the Caesars Suference with a record of 15-13 perdome in New Orleans, Louoverall and 7-10 in Big East isiana on Monday, April 4, with games. The Red Storm will play the two semifinal games played their final regular season game at on Saturday, April 2. With seven Marquette this Saturday. of the top 10 ranked teams in the Iona may have the best chance AP poll losing last weekend, the of the local teams to make it to first time in the history of the the NCAA’s field of 68. The Gaels, poll that has occurred, the reunder the direction of head sults sent a clear message that coach Rick Pitino, a 2013 inductthe tournament is wide open ee into the Naismith MemoriSt. John’s men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson will lead the Red Storm into the Big East with no clear favorite. al Basketball Hall of Fame, are Tournament next week at Madison Square Garden (Wikipedia photo) Some of the power programs 24-5 and at the top of the Metro such as Gonzaga and Baylor, Final Four run—there is a mul- ling storylines is this will be Widely known as Coach K, at Atlantic Athletic Conference who met in last year’s cham- titude of teams that could be the conclusion of the illustri- 75-years-old, he is the all-time (16-2) when they face Manhatpionship game with Baylor celebrating on the podium at ous coaching career of Duke’s winningest basketball coach in tan College tonight on the road.

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Sports The Nets and their fans eagerly await Kyrie’s return to Barclays

By VINCENT DAVIS Special to the AmNews T h e re’s a p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t Ke v i n D u ra n t , w h o h a s b e e n o u t s i n c e s p ra i n ing the MCL in his left k n e e o n Ja n . 1 5 , c o u l d re t u r n t o t h e c o u r t t o n i g h t a g a i n s t t h e Mi a m i He at at t h e Ba rc l ay s C e nt e r i n B ro o k l y n . I f n o t , S u n d a y ’s ro a d matchup against the Boston C e l t i c s c o u l d b e t h e d ay .

A f t e r l a s t S a t u rd ay ’s s u rp r i s i n g 1 2 6 - 1 2 3 w i n ov e r t h e B u c k s i n Mi l w a u k e e, l e d by Ky r i e I r v i n g ’s s e a s o n - h i g h 3 8 p o i n t s, Ne t s h e a d c o a c h St e v e Na s h w a s c o n f i d e n t D u ra n t w o u l d b e back in the lineup in the c o m i n g d ay s. “ I e x p e c t i n t h e n e xt w e e k h e’ l l b e b a c k f o r s u re,” h e re s p o n d e d w h e n a s k e d w h a t t h e t e a m’s e x p e c t a t i o n s w e re.

C o n s c i o u s, a n d e x t re m e l y s e n s i t i v e t o D u ra n t ’s

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday he cannot make an exception for unvaccinated Nets guard Kyrie Irving to play games in New York, bypassing vaccine mandates (Bill Moore photo)

long-term physical well b e i n g , Na s h s h a re d t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n ’s p r i o r i t y . “ T h e No. 1 t h i n g i s t o get him back healthy, f e e l i n g s e c u re i n h i s health and his body so h e c a n m ov e a n d b e f re e w h e n h e’s b a c k .”

Na s h h a s a n u m b e r o f i t e m s t o m a n a g e. T h e ov e ra l l health of h i s ro s t e r, B e n S i m m o n s’ Ne t s d e b u t , Jo e Ha r r i s’ re t u r n f ro m i n j u r y a n d Ky r i e I rv i n g ’s av a i l a b i l i t y l i n e h i s l i s t . Na s h h a d t o add himself as he sat out Mo n d ay n i g h t ’s g a m e v e r s u s t h e To ro n t o R a p t o r s i n B ro o klyn, a 133-97 blowout l o s s, a f t e r b e i n g p l a c e d i n C OV I D - 1 9 h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y p ro t o c o l s s h o r t l y b e f o re t h e g a m e s t a r te d . A s s i s t a n t Ja c q u e Va u g h n headed the t e a m.

Na s h w a s a l s o o u t f o r

Tu e s d ay ’s g a m e, a re m a t c h w i t h t h e R a p t o r s i n To ro n t o. Na s h’s unexpected sidelining on Mo n d a y c a m e o n t h e d ay Ne w Yo r k C i t y May o r E r i c A d a m s d i s c u s s e d t h e c i t y ’s C OV I D - 1 9 v a cc i n e m a n d a t e s, w h i c h c o n t i n u e t o d i s a l l o w t h e u nv a c c i n a t e d I r v i n g f ro m p l ay i n g a t B a rc l ay s C e n t e r a n d Ma d i s o n S q u a re G a rd e n . “ I w a n t Ky r i e o n t h e c o u r t .

I would do anything to get that ring. So badly I want it, b u t t h e re’s s o m u c h a t s t a k e h e re,” s a i d A d a m s d u r i n g a midday inter view with CNBC. “I spoke with the owner of the t e a m. We w a n t t o f i n d a w ay t o g e t Ky r i e o n t h e c o u r t , b u t t h i s i s a b i g g e r i s s u e,” e m p h a s i z e d A d a m s. “ I c a n ’ t h av e my c i t y c l o s e d d o w n a g a i n . It w o u l d s e n d t h e w ro n g m e s s a g e j u s t t o h av e a n e x c e p t i o n f o r o n e p l ay e r w h e n w e’ re t e l l i n g c o u n t l e s s n u m b e r o f Ne w Yo r k C i t y e m p l oy e e s, ‘ i f y o u d o n ’ t f o l l o w t h e r u l e s, you won’t be able to be emp l oy e d .’”

The Knicks continue to fade facing a long road trip

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor

.500. After falling under the even mark at 11-12 on Dec. 4, the Knicks haven’t been It was only three weeks into this at/or above .500 since Jan. 7 season, but Knicks head coach Tom when they were 22-22.

Thibodeau was acutely aware that it They were the 12th seed could go suddenly and dramatically at tip-off against the 76ers, downhill, and wasn’t receptive to excus- two positions below the last es for his team’s poor showing in a 112- play-in spot, a disappoint100 Nov. 10 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks ing and telling standing at Madison Square Garden to put their that Thibodeau forewarned record at 7-5. just 12 games in. While the “You know what they say. When it’s 10 Knicks are still mathematgames, you say we need 20,” Thibodeau ically in the chase for the snarled when questioned by the press play-in tournament, they if his team had played enough games to have shown no signs over reasonably develop positive chemistry. the past month of possess“When it’s 20, you say 30. When it’s 30, ing the necessities to string you say it’s 40. Before you know it, the together wins consistently season’s over. It’s a bunch of bull—t,” he to overcome the deficit they maintained. One could argue that going now face. into last night’s game versus the PhilaThe 10th seeded Chardelphia 76ers on the road, nearly four lotte Hornets, who have also months later, with 21 games remaining, struggled as of late, losing 11 the Knicks’ season is effectively over rel- of their previous 13 contests ative to their playoff aspirations enter- before playing the Cleveing the campaign. land Cavaliers last night on They were 25-36, 2-12 in their previthe road, were 30-33 and AM NEWS ous 14 games, and beginning a 12-day, four games in front of the 01/06/22 seven-game stretch away from home in Knicks with0 a less prohibi74470 22784 which only one of the opponents—the tive remaining slate of games Sacramento Kings—is currently under based on their opponents’

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There are several reasons the Knicks find themselves in the midst of adversity. Some are the same issues that have befallen most of the NBA’s 30 teams.

Key players lost for numerous games due to injuries and/or COVID-19 protocols among them. Guard Derrick Rose has been sidelined for 35 of the Knicks’ 61 games and center Nerlens Noel 36.

However, the Knicks’ regression from a 41-31 record last season is a confluence of the latter, the significant improvement of teams such as the Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors against whom they steadily accumulated wins, and a failure of the front office to effectively upgrade the talent.

The Knicks’ primary decision-makers must urgently persist in conducting an even deeper assessment of what has gone wrong and summarily reverse course.

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