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ADAMS’ BIG WIN (Ariama C. Long photo)

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By ARIAMA C. LONG Report for America Corps Member, Amsterdam News Staff

showing up to the polls with a picture of his mother and shedding tears over his long journey to the mayor’s office.

The Board of Elections posted New York City has voted in its that there were 169,879 unofficial second Black mayor. Eric Adams is early votes, with Brooklyn pulling in a lifelong Democrat, a health-con- 47,547 votes in what is likely Adams’ scious ex-cop, and the current bor- core audience. ough president of Brooklyn.

The New York Times reported that Adams voted earlier Tuesday morning, Adams had 135,412 votes, or 75.6%,

around 9:17 p.m. on election night, and Adams was declared the winner of the mayoral race by the Associated Press.

His Republican opponent Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, had 35,588 votes or 19.9%.

Adams ran a campaign laser-focused on public safety and crime reduction, and was the assumed victor

in a city where Democratic votes usually outweigh Republican votes.

He has made hefty promises to stay true to his low-income Brooklyn and Queens roots during his campaign.

Adams’ watch party was held at the Brooklyn Marriott, just across the street from his borough hall offices.

A multicultural and religiously diverse See ADAMS on page 6

Unvaccinated city workers take their last stand

National Action Network celebrates 30 years

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff

But they’ll blame the mayor.

And no city agency or union is immune to the anti-vaxxers.

They’re a minority. A very loud mi“Yes, some UFT members did take nority. But a minority, nonetheless. the unpaid leave, which includes Municipal workers around the health coverage for a year,” said Alison city had until this Monday to get the Gendar, spokesperson for the United COVID-19 vaccine. They didn’t.

Federation of Teachers. “Others took They’re now suspended without the severance package—cash in sick pay and have no one else to blame.

See UNVACCINATED on page 6

day celebration for Sharpton.

The event titled “A Celebration Above All” brought out a who’s who from The Rev. Al Sharpton and the Na- New York’s political circle, national tional Action Network (NAN) cel- leaders and entertainers giving praise ebrated 30 years of activism at a to NAN for three decades of fightceremony at Carnegie Hall Monday ing injustices. President Joe Biden, night with keynote speaker U.S. Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor-elect Eric Vice President Kamala Harris. The Adams, voting rights activist/author See NAN on page 32 event also served as the 67th birth-

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SUDAN COUP LEADER IS GAMBLING WITH THE FUTURE – AFRICA ANALYSTS (GIN)—Since the surprise coup by Sudan’s Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the nation’s international standing as a nascent democracy has been endangered, essential debt relief and aid is threatened and peace with rebels in Darfur and the Nuba mountains has been jeopardized.

Prominent civilian leaders in-

Then there was the possible end to a developing relationship with the Trump circle of loyalists such as former director of the CIA and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when the Trump administration sought to normalize ties with Israel.

Finally, he may have anticipated a trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) which had issued arrest warrants for ex-president Omar al Bashir for alleged atrocities in Darfur. The

emerging as heroes for resisting, and even close allies in Riyadh, Cairo and Abu Dhabi are questioning whether the coup was reckless.”

cluding Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok are under house arrest.

Gen. Burhan was already the most powerful man in the country, his role legitimized by the August 2019 power-sharing deal between the military and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), a loose coalition of civilian groups.

So, asked Africa analyst Alex de Waal, why would he risk it all on a discredited power grab?

Among many reasons, Gen. Burhan may have anticipated an overhaul of his leadership gains if civilians took the reins of power according to the afore-mentioned powersharing deal.

His access to the national budget—of which the army commands a vast share— would be cut off and militaryowned companies that enjoyed generous tax exemptions and employed corrupt contracting procedures would have their wings clipped.

general was posted in Darfur in western Sudan during the conflict there in the 2000s and is now accountable for human rights violations.

The civilian government is committed in principle to handing over ex-President Bashir to the ICC. Meanwhile, all of Sudan’s Western donors have condemned the coup and called for a return to civilian rule while over the weekend, amid a near-total communications blackout, tens of thousands of protesters across Sudan took part in a well-coordinated protest movement on city streets, mirrored by rallies in the U.S. and in global cities with large Sudanese populations.

Strikes have paralyzed the country and halted daily business.

A former senior Western diplomat with years of experience in Sudan told the Washington Post: “They’re failing coup d’etat 101…Civilian leaders are

est anti-LGBTQ laws on the African continent.

The bill gives LGBTQ members two options: jail time or conversion therapy—a practice which aims to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It has been condemned by more than 60 associations of doctors, psychologists, and counselors worldwide.

The proposed legislation has even violated some tenets of the Anglican Church, observed the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who questioned the morality of pushing the country’s LGBTQ into the shadows.

The Anglican Communion, he said, made a commitment “to assure [LGBTQ+ people] that they are loved by God and that all baptized, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ.”

If enacted, he said, the bill

would violate the 1998 Lambeth Conference Resolution I:10, and the rights of every person, regardless of sexual orientation, before the law.

On numerous occasions, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY he added, the primates of the GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT Anglican Communion have GHANA CRACKDOWN ON GAYS stated their opposition to the (GIN)—A sweeping draft bill criminalization of same sex framed in the guise of “family attracted people: most revalues” has put a bullseye on cently, and unanimously, in Ghana’s LGBTQ community, the communiqué of the 2016 proposing some of the harsh- Primates’ Meeting.

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“I remind our brothers and sisters in the Anglican Church of Ghana of these commitments,” he said.

In an interview with CNN, one gay activist said sorrowfully: “I can’t change the way I am. This is natural, and it is how I feel. But we are all dead now. We can’t go out again and we can’t mingle with our friends again.”

A Human Rights Watch report from 2018 found that Ghana had a mixed record in its treatment of LGBTQ Ghanaians.

Old sodomy laws dating back to 1960 remain on the statute books in Ghana—as they do across much of Africa—but they are rarely, if ever, enforced.

“We are a global family of churches,” the Archbishop was quoted to say, “but the mission of the church is the same in every culture and country: to demonstrate, through its actions and words, God’s offer of unconditional love to every human being through Jesus Christ.”

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New pols excited for office as election day comes to a close

By ARIAMA C. LONG Report for America Corps Member, Amsterdam News Staff New and incumbent candidates celebrated well into Election Night as dozens of citywide and borough wide races claimed winners yesterday, based on the unofficial results the New York City Board of Elections posted at the close of the polls.

As of Wednesday, Nov. 3, former Brooklyn Borough President and Democrat Eric L. Adams is still holding his lead over Republican opponent Curtis Sliwa for mayor of New York City.

Adams initially had about 75% of the vote on election night, but has since dropped down to 676, 481 votes or 66.14%. The race was called in Adams’ favor at 9:20 p.m. last night by the Associated Press. Sliwa started at about 19% on election night and has edged up a little to 27.82%. At this point he is unlikely to surpass Adams, even with the absentee ballots counted in the coming weeks.

Adams gave a lengthy, impassioned

speech about unity, diversity, achieving dreams, and overcoming poverty at his watch party at the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel on Tuesday night.

“This campaign was never, never, never about me. This campaign was about this city and the people in it.

From every corner and every background,” said Adams. “Those who have been left behind and believed they would never catch up. This campaign was for the underserved, the marginalized, the abandoned.”

Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn congratulated Adams on a “well-deserved” and historic victory for the borough, city, and state.

“Eric rose from humble roots to become NYC’s second Black mayor in history by dedicating his life to uplifting, uniting, and empowering all New Yorkers,” said Bichotte Hermelyn in a statement.

In a concession post on Twitter Sliwa seemed to imply that though his campaign had come to an end, he was not See POLS on page 27

Black elected officials win big and make history

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff While the city’s attention focused on Eric Adams vs. Curtis Sliwa, there were plenty of other elections around the city. A few of them historic.

Starting with the Manhattan district attorney’s race where Alvin Bragg won 84% of the vote. A landslide. Bragg will take over a position held by outgoing DA Cy Vance for over a decade.

Bragg will be the first Black DA in the borough’s history.

In an emailed statement to the AmNews New York Law School Dean and President Anthony Crowell said that Bragg’s historic victory reflects the work he’s done with NYLS, where he served as a visiting professor and co-directed the school’s Racial Justice Project.

“Only blocks away from the Law School’s campus, we are deeply aware of the legacy and history of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where many of our alumni currently serve,” said Crowell. “At a time when criminal justice reform is at the forefront of our city, state, and national dialogues, District Attorney-Elect Bragg is poised to write a new chapter as historic and impactful as any the Manhattan DA’s Office has ever seen.”

In addition to Bragg’s victory, Jumaane Williams and Vanessa Gibson won elections for public advocate (68% of the vote) and Bronx borough

president (80% of the vote) respectively. The latter, Gibson, will take over as the borough’s first Black borough president in 2022.

Gibson didn’t respond to requests for comment but stated on Twitter, “I am honored and humbled to be your choice for our next Bronx Borough President. Your support throughout my whole campaign has been inspiring , and I can’t wait to get to work on behalf of all Bronxites.”

Williams also didn’t respond for comment but did say on Twitter that he was thankful for New York voting for him.

“You gave me your trust when you first put me in this role, and reaffirmed it with your votes last night,” said Williams, on Twitter yesterday. “I’ll never take that for granted and I’ll always be grateful.”

But Williams and Gibson supporters weren’t only in the political realm.

City University of New York Chancellor Matos Rodriguez celebrated Williams and Gibson’s victories as a triumph of the CUNY system.

While praising former CUNY graduates for electoral victories, Rodriguez included “Jumaane Williams, who prevailed in his citywide re-election and Vanessa Gibson, who made history.

At a time when a top priority facing our elected leaders is to ensure an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, we applaud these CUNY alumni for their commitment to public See ELECTED on page 27

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Sen. Myrie introduces Predatory Marketing Prevention Act Brooklyn State Sen. Zellnor Myrie introduced the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act at a press conference in Crown Heights. Myrie stood on a corner surrounded by several fast-food restaurants, dressed as a carrot.

The new legislation expands the definition of misleading or deceptive advertising to include unhealthy food marketed to children and allows regulators to target food industries that advertise unhealthy foods that cause child obesity, diabetes and other harmful effects.

Obesity and related comorbidities are currently the second leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and may soon overtake tobacco as the leading cause of death. New Yorkers living and working in lower income neighborhoods are exposed to almost twice the proportion of predatory food and beverage marketing messages as those in higher income communities.

The bill classifies children as a particularly vulnerable audience to food advertisements. Amendments will also clearly define what wholesome foods are.

Internet Master Plan hopes to close city’s digital divide Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city’s Internet Master Plan aimed at reversing the digital redlining that has left communities of color disconnected, ensuring that M/WBEs share in the economic growth of the broadband industry, and incentivizing at scale high-quality affordable internet service options for New Yorkers.

The plan will reach up to 1.6 million New Yorkers in the next 36 months by using $157 million to build publicly owned, open-access broadband infrastructure. The city is also designating a wide range of companies––large and small, including multiple M/WBEs––to provide fast, reliable, and affordable connectivity options to an additional 70,000 NYCHA residents and 150,000 residents in the surrounding communities by early 2022.

Already, the city is in the process of bringing free or low-cost internet connectivity options for up to 40,000 residents in 18 NYCHA developments by the end of the year. The initiative brings newly affordable connectivity to a majority of NYCHA residents, with options to further scale affordable broadband to all neighborhoods citywide.

City announces fall citizenship drive to provide application assistance and resources to immigrants The NYC Fall Citizenship Drive will feature two large-scale application assistance clinics run by CUNY Citizenship Now!, each aiming to serve 200-300 people.

The application assistance events will be held later this fall. The first will be on Nov. 20 at MS 2 in Brooklyn, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and will mark the return of Citizenship Now! in-person events since March of 2020. The second event will be held in December, with the date and location to be announced in the coming weeks.

The Fall Citizenship Drive aims to provide naturalization eligibility screenings and free citizenship application assistance to immigrant New Yorkers. Additionally, from October through December, community-based organizations will provide community outreach, naturalization screenings, and citizenship application assistance to immigrant New Yorkers across all five boroughs.

IRS issues another 430,000 refunds for adjustments related to unemployment compensation The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent approximately 430,000 refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020.

The IRS efforts to correct unemployment compensation overpayments will help most of the affected taxpayers avoid filing an amended tax return. So far, the IRS has identified over 16 million taxpayers who may be eligible for the adjustment. Some will receive refunds, while others will have the overpayment applied to taxes due or other debts.

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, enacted in March, excluded the first $10,200 in unemployment compensation per taxpayer paid in 2020.

The $10,200 is the amount excluded when calculating one’s adjusted gross income (AGI); it is not the amount of refund. The exclusion applied to individuals and married couples whose modified adjusted gross income was less than $150,000.

The IRS will be sending notices in November and December to individuals who did not claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit but may now be eligible for them.

—Compiled by Cyril Josh Barker

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Dems take the mark in NewJerseyNews 2022 governor’s race NJ governor’s race too close to call

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff

The 2022 New York State gubernatorial election is less than a year away and the field of Democratic candidates vying for the nomination is already crowded.

Attorney General Letitia James, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Gov. Kathy Hochul and, as of this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio are all throwing their hats in the race for the June 2022 primary. The diverse field consists of three out of the four candidates not only hailing from the city but products of the Brooklyn political machine while one has upstate strong ties.

James formally announced last Friday that she’s running for gover-

nor. Her political route consists of being a Brooklyn city councilmember to public advocate to state attorney general. Her recent claim to fame was releasing the report that found that former New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in multiple acts of sexual harassment with women leading to his resignation in August.

She’s also been making her way around the state with her “HealNY” statewide tour delivering $1.5 billion in funds to combat the opioid crisis.

The tour has given her the opportunity to make a name for herself upstate.

James has filed dozens of lawsuits against former U.S. President and New York native Donald Trump.

If James wins, she’ll make history again in her political career becoming See RACE on page 25

Biden good abroad, not so good at home

By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews

ginia, a highly contested one between Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who It’s been months since the troop is trying to regain the seat, may be a withdrawal from Afghanistan when litmus test for the midterm elections President Biden’s approval rating next year. As we go to press, the race began to tank, but a recent poll is a dead heat, and Trump is not a disshows that his popularity contin- interested party. ues to plummet. According to a new Biden may not be getting the numHarvard CAPS/Harris poll that was bers he needs back home, but he conducted during the last week in appears to be doing quite well in October, Biden’s approval rating was Scotland, practically commanding 43% with 51% disapproving of his job the rostrum and making a strong case performance. for the U.S. as a world leader. A host Those numbers may improve after of nations have followed his lead on the general election and the per- curbing deforestation and reducing ception of Biden’s deal making in methane emissions.

Glasgow, particularly a proposal to Meanwhile, Biden has yet to contax corporations and prevent their vince Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten flight from the U.S. to tax havens.

Sinema to agree to his economic The gubernatorial election in VirSee BIDEN on page 25

Cordell Cleare wins special election for Harlem state senate seat

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff Democrat Cordell Cleare won in a landslide during Tuesday’s general election to fill the Harlem state senate seat vacated by Brian Benjamin, who was appointed lieutenant governor.

Cleare took 89% of the vote in the special election beating out her opponents, Republican Oz Sultan and Independent Shana Harmongoff.

Cleare, who previously served as chief of staff for former State Sen. Bill Perkins, was

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Sen Cordell Cleare Hon AlTaylor Keith Lilly See CLEARE on page 28

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff After months of campaigning and a war of words, the New Jersey gubernatorial race is in a dead heat between incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

As of Wednesday morning, the election remained too close to call and no winner was declared. Murphy was ahead by over 450 more votes than Ciattarelli, splitting the election between them 50/50.

The New Jersey Division of Elections was still counting votes from nearly 160 voting districts including absentee and mail-in ballots.

At his election night gathering, Ciattarelli told his supporters he’s not conceding until every vote is counted. “I wanted to come out here tonight and tell you that we won. But I’m here to tell ya that we’re winning,” Ciattarelli said.

“We want every legal vote counted. And you all know the way the VBMs (vote by mail) work and the provisionals work; we’ve gotta have time to make sure that every legal vote is counted.”

Murphy is also waiting until every vote is counted despite his slim lead on Wednesday. He urged his support-

ers to be patient. “While we’re going to have to wait a little while longer than we had hoped, we’re going to wait for every vote to be counted, and that’s how our democracy works,” Murphy said.

Looking at the election results by location, Ciattarelli had big gains in South and Northwest Jersey while Murphy was a stronghold in North and Central Jersey.

A supporter of former President Donald Trump, Ciattarelli was critical of Murphy’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and state tax policies. He also does not support critical race theory in schools, which became a major issue in the election.

Meanwhile, Murphy touted his work creating opportunities for people of diverse backgrounds in New Jersey and continued efforts to fight against the pandemic with masks and vaccine mandates.

In New Jersey, if an election is too close to call candidates can request a recount by filing a lawsuit in State Superior Court. Candidates have 17 days after the election to file the lawsuit and can request the counties where votes are recounted. A Democratic Party governor hasn’t won reelection in the Garden State since 1977.

Judge Karen M. Williams becomes first African American judge to sit in federal courthouse in Camden The U.S. Senate confirms Judge Karen M. Williams to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

She is the first African American federal judge confirmed by the Senate to sit in the federal courthouse in Camden, N.J. “Judge Williams has had a long and distinguished legal career defending the rights of workers and has a deep understanding of the issues facing the people of New Jersey,” said U.S. Sen. Cory Booker. “Judge Williams is eminently qualified to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and I know that she will bring fairness, impartiality, and a commitment to applying justice equally to the federal bench.”

Williams has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court in the District of New Jersey since 2009.

Judge Williams also currently serves as an adjunct professor at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. Prior to her appointment, Williams spent 17 years in private practice at Jasinski & Williams, P.C. in Atlantic City. She received her J.D. from the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law in 1992 and her B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1985.

“The confirmation of Karen Williams is a historic moment for our state and

for our nation,” said Murphy. “Judge Williams has led a distinguished career and is well-respected throughout South Jersey and beyond. I know that she will serve the people of New Jersey with integrity, honor, and fairness, and I look forward to her many future years on the District Court bench.”

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said he’s confident Williams will administer equal justice and serve the people of the Garden State with distinction.

“Judge Karen M.Williams is a thoughtful and intelligent legal mind and her unique experience as a human resource professional, trial attorney, and magistrate judge make her eminently qualified to serve on the U.S. District Court of New Jersey,” said Menendez. “I’m incredibly proud that she is the first Senate-confirmed African American and person of color to sit in the U.S. District courthouse in Camden, N.J.” Earlier this year, the Senate confirmed Julien Xavier Neals and Zahid Quraishi to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Booker delivered remarks on the Senate floor in support of Neals and Quraishi. And just last week, the Senate also confirmed Christine P. O’Hearn to that court. Williams is now the fourth judge confirmed for the District of New Jersey this year.

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The art of balancing life: Perryn Ryan

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff Visual artist Perryn Ryan is catching eyes and adding some flavor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Manhattan with her newly unveiled murals.

The Brooklyn-based artist hopes her public work will empower women to live their best lives.

Ryan’s murals are part of Pure Leaf iced tea brand’s latest installation of its “No is Beautiful” campaign. The program is timed to what the brand deems “NO-vember” that encourages women to embrace the power of “no” and say “yes” to a more balanced life.

Located at Wythe Avenue and North 13th Street in Williamsburg and Eighth Avenue and 35th Street in Manhattan, the murals feature a poem by celebrity poet, author, and actress Arielle Estoria with designs hand-crafted by Ryan.

In an interview, Ryan said she’s originally from Washington, D.C. and moved to New York 13 years ago to attend Parsons School of Design.

“I’d always been pretty creative as a kid growing up, but I kind of deviated from it just because society tends to believe that careers in art aren’t lucrative or it won’t sustain you,” she said. “So I took the more traditional route for a while and I worked in tech for a few years then transitioned to the fashion industry for about 10 years.”

Ryan said she then reached a point of burnout and took a break. Taking a step back, she decided she wanted to do more things that felt good.

She began drawing again as a hobby, and she started posting her work on Instagram. People soon started sharing it and Ryan received a positive response.

“It just kind of grew from there to a point where I just decided to embrace it full time,” she said. “Here I am now. I work from my studio space in my apartment and I make my art.

My work primarily centers around the things of wellness and womanhood and just really exploring what that means.”

Her work grabbed the attention of Pure Leaf; their request aligned with the message she was trying to convey, creating what she calls a “perfect marriage.” She received the poetry from Estoria and she went right to work.

“It really resonated with me, this message of just making more space for yourself,” Ryan said. “Regardless of what that looks like for you, I wanted to create work that illustrated that through the female form.”

The murals feature female body figures of various types in different poses against a black background. There are

accents of colorful flowers accompanied with Estoria’s poems. The murals are Ryan’s first public artworks.

“I feel very proud to have seen this from the beginning to where it is now,” she said. “I’ve spent the last several weeks working on it on a small scale on computer screens, so to see it in real life and in tangible form where people can interact with it is very satisfying. I love getting feedback from observers of the murals and just my work in general about how it’s impacting them and how it’s helping their daily lives. That’s probably the greatest joy for me.”

Ryan’s murals will be on display through Nov. 21 but she said she’s working on more projects and public works along with some upcoming partnerships in the coming year. She wants to do her first solo art show in her hometown in D.C. “I’m hoping to take the opportunity to create more public art exhibition spaces for myself,” she said. “The root of my work really comes from my own quest to deepen my relationship with wellness and in how I am treating myself daily and am I treating myself the best that I possibly can. I use that as the source of inspiration for a lot of my work.”

To see more of Ryan’s art work go to @perrynryan on Instagram.

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Adams

Unvaccinated

crowd of supporters flowed into the hotel ballroom to await the election results around 8 p.m., just before the closing of the polls.

Brooklyn resident George Patterson, of My Brother’s Keeper organization, said he is a big supporter and donor of Adams.

“He got with the crime reduction initiative, but it’s really the education plans that I think he’s going to be good at, 100%,” said Patterson at the event.

Cheers of “Oh my God, we won” and “Thank you, New York City” were heard throughout the crowd.

days; a year of health coverage or until a new employer supplies it—and resigned.”

As of Monday, according to the city’s numbers, 81% of fire department workers are vaccinated, 63% of the city’s correction officers are vaccinated, 85% of the police force is vaccinated, 83% of sanitation workers are vaccinated, and 88% of FDNY paramedics are vaccinated.

Overall, according to the city, 92% of all municipal employees are vaccinated.

Leaders from Teamsters Local 237 (which represents correction officers) and Teamsters Local 831, which represents sanitation workers, weren’t available for comment. However, Local 831 President Harry Nespoli told the New York Post that the recent slowdown in trash pickup, leaving larger piles than normal, was due to the vaccine mandate.

“Look, you’re going to have some spots in the city that they feel very strongly about this,” he told the Post.

But the percentage didn’t match the doom and gloom predicted by union leaders who said the vaccine mandate would throw the city into chaos.

Police Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch said that de Blasio made a big mistake with the mandate.

“New York City cannot afford to have a police department that is weak, disorganized and totally dominated by

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the irrational whims of City Hall. Unfortunately, that’s what the NYPD has become,” Lynch said. “Commissioner Shea and his team should have told the mayor that this mandate and his arbitrary Friday deadline were going to throw NYPD operations into chaos. Instead, they froze like deer in headlights.

Now cops and New Yorkers are all wondering: what exactly will happen with the vaccine deadline strikes?”

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STUDIO: One to Two persons. ONE BEDROOM: Two to Three persons. Minimum of two persons is required.

TWO BEDROOM: No less than three persons of any age, or a single parent or guardian with his or her child.

“A component of public serIMPORTANT NOTICE: (FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION) vice is selflessness. Although not • Applicants can only be on one waiting list at a development. If applicants have the right family composition, they can apply to more than one lottery. However, if they are selected for more than one lottery, they will have codified, in policing it is underto choose which waiting list they prefer. stood that the oath requires a • Applicant must be a New York State Resident.

• Applicant must be at least 18 Years Old at the time of the lottery. commitment to ‘do no harm,’” • Preference will be given to documented veterans selected in the lottery. said Claxton. “By refusing to vac• Applicants must be financially responsible. cinate, these public servants are • Any applicant that does not have the proper family composition will automatically be disqualified.

• ONE REQUEST ONLY PER APPLICANT. Any applicant placing a duplicate request will not be entered into the lottery. knowingly putting their clients in An applicant can only submit a paper entry or an on-line entry. If applicants enter on-line and also mail in a letter or harm’s way.” postcard, they have submitted a duplicate request and will not be eligible for the lottery.

• Applications are not transferable.

“Additionally, much of the • An applicant whose name is selected in a lottery cannot be included in the family composition of any other direct physical contact initiated applicant who is selected in the same lottery for that particular housing company development.

Failure to comply will result in the disqualification of both applicants. by police officers is either inciAdditional Information: dental or without civilian conWaiting list will be established by a limited lottery. There will be a limit of 500 applicants drawn from the Studio Lottery sent,” continued Claxton. “Will and the One Bedroom Lottery. There will be a limit of 100 applicants drawn from the Two Bedroom Lottery. the vulnerable civilian populaHOW TO APPLY: ONLINE You can now apply to a lottery online through Mitchell-Lama Connect. Applying is fast, easy and tion be respected and allowed to you will be able to check the status of your entry to see if you have been selected. reject the cop at their car window To apply on line go to: https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html#ml-home demanding their driver’s license

BY MAIL Mail Post Card or Envelope by regular mail. Registered and Certified Mail will not be accepted. Clearly print your full or knocking at their door refirst and last name, current address and last 4 digits of your social security number and the bedroom size lottery questing access or information? that you wish to apply for. If you do not include the last 4 digits of your social security number or fail to indicate the bedroom size lottery, you will not be entered into the lottery. Mail post card or envelope to: If the public is not guaranteed Goodwill Terrace Goodwill Terrace Goodwill Terrace that the police officer is vaccinatStudio Lottery 1 Bedroom Lottery 2 Bedroom Lottery ed, can they legitimately reject P.O. Box 6006 P.O. Box 6016 P.O. Box 6003 558 Grand Concourse 558 Grand Concourse 558 Grand Concourse police contact? The police should Bronx, NY 10451 Bronx, NY 10451 Bronx, NY 10451 follow their common instruction DEADLINE: Requests must be received by: November 28, 2021. to civilians and stop resisting.

YOU CANNOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT. • EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY They need to comply with these SUPERVISED BY THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT lawful mandates or find another Bill de Blasio, Mayor • Louise Carroll, Commissioner www.nyc.gov/hpd line of work in the private sector.”

Tell that to members of the Uniformed Firefighters Association.

“This isn’t about the vaccine. This is about @NYCMayor de Blasio rushing a mandate without thought or planning,” read their Twitter statement. “We have members that are ready to retire, we want them to have the time to make a dignified exit from a career risking their lives for the citizens and city of #NewYork.”

The mayor announced the Nov. 1 deadline for the vaccine 10 days prior. And, like many issues today, it’s become a political battle.

On Friday, members of Ladder 113 went to the offices of New York State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and threatened his workers saying that there would be “blood on their hands” if unvaccinated fire fighters were suspended without pay for not getting the vaccine.

Myrie, whose district Ladder 113 serves, didn’t play any role in implementing the mandate.

“I am outraged,” said Myrie in a statement. “One that on duty officers who were supposed to be focused on keeping us safe and responding to emergencies would attempt to use their uniforms and their fire truck to intimidate my staff. And secondly, it is disturbing that they would approach a state elected official for a city mandate and would I think offer veiled threats about my own safety by asking where I live personally.”

De Blasio was more than outraged. “…That just disgusted me,” said the mayor. “These were members of the fire department in uniform who accosted fellow public servants who worked for the state senator. They mistreated them, from everything we’ve heard, in uniform, on duty, acting on their own political beliefs. That’s unacceptable on so many levels, it’s almost impossible to cover all the ground.”

Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro picked up where the mayor left off and said that the agency will get to the bottom of what happened.

“As the mayor said, we immediately suspended these members for the maximum allowed to us under the city rules, 28 days,” said Nigro. “This case is then—we have a very robust investigative group here at the fire department. It’ll be investigated as all of our cases of our people will have a chance to tell their side of the story and we’ll move on from there, and of course the penalties can be anywhere from what they’ve already received up to and including termination, but I wouldn’t try to speculate on where this will lead them until we investigate the whole thing.”

As of this Wednesday, 18 fire companies had to close due to staffing shortages.

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“I believed a clinical trial could save me. Thankfully, so did Perlmutter Cancer Center.”

Two years after difficult chemotherapy and surgery for breast cancer, Karen Peterson learned that her tumors had returned. “I knew my only real hope was a clinical trial,” Karen said.

She called everyone and searched everywhere. Finally she found an immunotherapy clinical trial at Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health. Karen became the first triple-negative breast cancer patient in the trial. After just eight weeks, a scan revealed that Karen’s lesions were shrinking. A couple of months later, they were gone.

In the past year, Perlmutter Cancer Center has opened more than 100 additional clinical trials for many types of cancers. “I know there are more patients out there like me,” said Karen.

“They should know there’s hope and help at Perlmutter Cancer Center.” To learn more about Perlmutter Cancer Center’s clinical trials, visit nyulangone.org/pcc. Or call 833-NYUL-PCC.

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Education

Harlem’s Golden Krust owner hires NYC high school seniors and stays in business students, high school and collegeage, and gave them an opportunity. Across the board, this was their first job. While hiring young people is not new to us; it is the first time they were the majority.

I’ll tell you, if you take the time to invest in young people, training them with competitive skills for the future, mentoring them, you can get a return on your time,”

other during the pandemic, and the delay in opening a new location and hiring staff has taken its toll. However, we have been a reliable eatery in the community for a long time; it was difficult to be closed for over 18 months. Many of our customers are like family, and that’s a gift. We are happy to be open daily while some businesses are not able to because of staffing

priority, and that is how I pay it forward to my young team members. We observe the New York City guidelines regarding scheduling, and the students have had it drilled in their heads—education comes first. Also, a couple of our staffers have expressed the desire to become entrepreneurs. I realize representation matters, and the pandemic has taught me that

business principles for vision and patience, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela. At Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant on 125th Street, the secret sauce is customer care and delicious healthy food. “Many Jamaican food recipes are a direct result of being poor and not able to afford meat. The recipes for the mouth-watering dishes are

for hiring and retaining staff. “Unfortunately, we are not immune to the current national hiring problem, which limits us from employing experienced personnel.

The upside is that we hired several

says Waltin.

The Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant of Harlem has been committed to the community for over 20 years. “We had to move from one location to an-

issues,” states Waltin.

Golden Krust is one of the few Black-owned franchises still in business and operating in more than ten states. “I take pride in being an owner. Education is a

young people are truly the future of the workforce,” says Waltin.

Rolston Waltin, a native of Jamaica, West Indies, is a successful entrepreneur. The teachings of his role models inspire his

what we commonly call ‘ground food,’ or food you can grow. Our menu selections are high in fresh vegetables and lean proteins, and we cook fresh food daily,” beams Waltin.

(Sebastian Bass photo)

Data published earlier this month from the National Restaurant Association showed that 78% of restaurant operators said they don’t have enough staff, and nearly 70% had reduced operating hours. Rolston Waltin, the owner of Walron Inc. d/b/a/ Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant (70 West 125th Street), had to think out of the box

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Out & About Rally held to end Zimbabwe sanctions

MoCADA’s Inside Out and back again When Brooklyn’s Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) planned its reopening after the COVID-induced hiatus, it was with Dennis Osadebe’s Inside Out, participatory virtual exhibition and “Playful Rebellion,” an interactive game

(Nayaba Arinde photo)

spaces?” “Do we recognize ourselves in the performance of those identities?” “Where do we take shelter?” “Are we strangers at home?” and “What resides in this living testimony teetering between two pandemics, structural racism and COVID-19?”

Dennis Osadebe is a Nigerian mixedmedia artist, based in Lagos. Osadebe’s vibrant post-pop style is centered around the idea of reimagining Africa through the use of positive, provocative, and progressive imagery, and narratives, forging a dialogue where tradition meets invention and innovation.

Through juxtaposing elements of the past alongside the present, while utilizing his Nigerian heritage as a starting point, Osadebe places Africa in the context of the future and its limitless possibilities.

Osadebe works in what he refers to as a “NEO” visual style, one that is modern, bright, and expressive. Osadebe coined the cultural movement, ‘Neo-Africa’ as a response to deconstruct what he sees as the limiting, lazy term of ‘African Art.’ This encourages people to rebrand tradition in a way that reflects the transforming world.

developed by the artist. Together they explore the foundational themes of his practice such as history, innovation, heritage, and the possibilities of the future.

Guests are able to take a virtual stroll through the Nigeria-based artist’s latest work with its bold geometric style, and a nod to heritage and relevance to todays ripped-from-the-headlines themes of collective social reckoning against police brutality and white supremacy. The pieces were created in response to the following ques“Inside Out” will be on view beginning Oct. tions to which the artist sought answers: 29, 2021, through February 13, 2022. For more “Does the armor that we wear shield us information, visit: https://mocada.org/denfrom public harm or protect us in private nis-osadebe-inside-out

Nightlife

Written by David Goodson

Street life is real life not fiction or a song The intentions were to do a celebratory piece honoring the jaunt that originated in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects to the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. Unfortunately the streets crept in with an ugly reminder of the perilous pratfalls that exempts NO ONE from under its microscopic eye, vice-like grip and unforgiving heart.

This ain’t funny so don’t ya dare laugh Just another case ‘bout the wrong path Straight ‘n narrow or yo’ soul gets cast Goodnight As Slick Rick observed and spat in his classic cautionary tale, “Children’s Story,” that wrong path is paved with trappings that looked and felt sweet as you embarked on that trek. Fueled primarily by the pursuit of financial gains, no one factored into the equation the roles that adrenaline, attention and power would take on. Rare is the man that won’t eventually succumb to these characteristics. Hailing from the streets of Harlem, Alpo Martinez epitomized that equation. Through nefarious means he hit the proverbial lottery WHILE letting any and everyone know who he was and how he was gettin’ it! That panache, arrogance and flamboyance was the antithesis of what those in LL Cool J his line of work should be, but the ’80s made Martinez one of the most influential figures in not just the NY and eventually Washington, D.C. streets, but with the growing national attention of rap music, he would be cemented in the pantheon of hip hop culture. Truth be told, an untold amount of artists at the behest of the same major corporate industries took his persona, cloned it, and cashed out to the tune of billions.

While the sponsors have the choice to throw stones and hide their hands, artists themselves are still attempting to occupy vocations in both worlds. The latest failed entrant was platinum recording artist Fetty Wap. Right before he was set to perform at one of the biggest fairs in hip hop, The Rolling Loud Festival, Willie Junior Maxwell II, Wap’s government name, was arrested outside of Citi Field. He is one of six co-defendants charged with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances.

According to officials the defendants distributed more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack across Long Island and New Jersey.

“The pipeline of drugs in this investigation ran thousands of miles from the West Coast to the communities here in our area, contributing to the addiction and overdose epidemic we have seen time and time again tear people’s lives apart,” Michael J. Driscoll, an assistant directorin-charge in the F.B.I., said in a statement. Be clear, this is serious. Once them alphabet boys (F.B.I., C.I.A., I.R.S., D.E.A.) are involved it starts to get dark.

How ironic is it that the cliched outcome of involvement in the narcotic game (death in the case of Alpo and jail, for the time being for Fetty) comes during the very same week as one of the greatest escapes out the game was celebrated as Sean “Jay Z” Carter was immortalized in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years have passed since one of the realest odes to the streets, ‘Reasonable Doubt” was released and with that placed him in contention for the hallowed walls. During his induction speech for the first balloter Dave Chapelle offered, “I need everybody in rock and roll to know that even though you are honoring him, he is ours. He is hip hop. For ever and ever, and a day.”

Jay Z was part of an eclectic mix of major Black musicians inducted into the 2021 class. Also honored was LL Cool J, Gil Scott Heron, Tina Turner, Clarence Avant, Kraftwerk, Billy Preston, and Charley Patton.

The ceremony will be broadcast Nov. 20 on HBO. Over and out. Holla next week. Til then, enjoy the nightlife.

(Dave Goodson photo)

The December 12th Movement in unity with the Southern African Development Community held their 3rd annual 25th of October Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Day protest at the United States Mission to the United Na(Omowale Clay photo) tions. Activist Omowale Clay said, “We were protesting Sanctions whose target is regime change against the illegal and unjust sanctions and reacquisition of Zimbabwe’s natutargeted at the people of Zimbabwe. ral resources.”

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Union Matters DLCC celebrates victory in Virginia delegate elections, union member among them

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff Despite losing the governorship, Virginia Democrats still achieved some victories in the state legislature.

After flipping the seat from blue to red in 2017, the people re-elected Democratic Delegate Elizabeth Guzman, secondgeneration union member, to a third term in Virginia HD-31, which is considered a top target in the commonwealth.

The Peruvian immigrant fended off Republican challenger Ben Baldwin by just over 4,000 votes.

As a delegate, Guzman is responsible for southeastern Prince William County and parts of northern and eastern Fauquier County. Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Jessica Post called Guzman’s victory another feather in the cap of what America should be about.

“Elizabeth Guzman’s story of immigrating to America and putting herself through college as a single mom resonates with so many Virginians,” Post stated to the AmNews. “She was re-elected tonight because she’s working to ensure that all Virginians have the

Lingamfelter (who had served eight terms) and became one of the first Latinas to be elected to Virginia’s General Assembly. She was then re-elected in 2019.

Earlier this season Guzman dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor before the June primary and directed her attention back to being re-elected to her current position.

“I’m honored to be able to represent the 31st District for a third term.

When I first ran for office, I told my constituents every two years they would have the opportunity to decide if I kept my promises,” said Guzman in a statement to the Prince William Times, (based in Warrenton, VA). ‘I’ve worked extremely hard to deliver for working families, and we know there Second-generation union member Elizabeth Guzman wins Virginia race is so much more we can do: we must same opportunity to succeed that she did. her way—the American way—to the top. work to build a commonwealth that is not The DLCC was proud to support this cam- The second-generation union member only No. 1 for business, but No. 1 for workpaign, and we know that Delegate Guzman helped lift the ban on public-sector collec- ing families… I’m grateful for my family’s will continue her good work in the legisla- tive bargaining, passing criminal reform support, the work of my staff and volunture during her third term.” and solidifying voting rights. teers, and for the support of my constituents.

As the story goes, Guzman came to Guzman first won the seat in 2017, de- Thank you, and I’m excited to keep building America with little money and worked feating eight-term Republican Del. Scott on the progress we’ve made.”

(Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Guzman For Delegate)

John Deere workers reach tentative agreement, but strike goes out

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff

tion and continue to make them the highest justice to all of us.” paid employees in the agriculture and conOther unions have publicly shown solistruction industries.” darity with the plight of John Deere workers.

John Deere workers, who have been on Workers at John Deere, members of UAW, “These frontline workers, who have been a two-week long strike, have reached their went on strike on Oct. 14, 2021, during the on the job throughout the coronavirus pansecond tentative deal (for six years) with company’s most profitable year-to-date. demic, build the equipment used to harvest their employer. But union members will Workers want a wage increase, better health crops and feed America,” stated Teamsters continue to strike until the contract is ratified.

(Photo courtesy of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)) As part of the deal, workers who are members of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) would receive a 10% raise immediately, a five percent raise in 2023 and 2025, a three percent bonus in even-number years, $2,000 per year of work added to retirement and an $8,500 ratification bonus.

New workers would also be allowed to keep the traditional retirement plan.

UAW represents workers in several Iowa factories such as Waterloo, Dubuque, Davenport, UAW workers are voting to ratify new contract with John Deere Ottumwa and Ankeny along with workers in Illinois and Kansas.

All workers (10,100) would be affected by benefits and the security of their pensions. Union General President Jim Hoffa. “As the new contract.

“When unions are strong, Iowa families brothers and sisters in the labor movement, This is the first UAW strike against John are strong. What our members are doing the Teamsters understand the struggle for Deere since 1986. shows that firsthand,” stated Roger Grob- fairness on the job and will honor the UAW’s “John Deere is committed to a favorable stich, vice president of the Retail, Wholesale picket lines.” outcome for our employees, our commu- and Department Store Union (RWDSU).

“Workers across the country are done nities, and everyone involved,” said Brad “I’m incredibly proud of the work Local 110 being called ‘essential’ yet treated as exMorris, vice president of labor relations for did to rally these donations and has been pendable,” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Deere & Company, in a statement this past doing in support of our sisters and brothers said on Twitter. “As #Strikesgiving begins, month. “We are determined to reach an at John Deere. The demands of UAW mem- thousands of workers—including UAW agreement with the UAW that would put bers are the demands of the entire labor members at John Deere—are on strike for a every employee in a better economic posi- movement, an injustice to one of us is an in- better future. We’re with them all the way!”

One union went the extra mile to prove its solidarity with UAW members.

Earlier this week, some members of RWDSU Local 110 delivered food and supplies in support of the workers on strike at John Deere. The packages included diapers, hand warmers, toiletries, food, frozen meat as well as cases of cereal and snacks made

by General Mills and Quaker (fellow Local 110 members) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

“This is America’s heartland, and the heart our members are showing is just who we are,” said Shane Forbes, president of RWDSU Local 110. “We know that if we were in their shoes they’d do the same for us, that’s what being in a union is all about, having each other’s backs.”

John Deere spokespeople said that there’s no timeline for when workers would resume activity once a deal is official.

“Our UAW John Deere national bargaining team went back to our local members after the previous tentative agreement and canvassed the concerns and priorities of membership,” said UAW President Ray Curry in a statement. “We want to thank the UAW bargaining team and striking UAW members and their families for the sacrifices they have made to achieve these gains.

Our members have enjoyed the support of our communities and the entire labor movement nationwide as they have stood together in support and solidarity these past few weeks.”

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Opinion My two cents: Labor & the COVID vaccine mandate

By ROGER TOUSSAINT

of endless rabbit holes of mostly senseless, circular too many unions were late or absent in bringing all arguments. But we should also admit that there are pressure to bear to forcibly protect their members While there are indeed individuals and entire also many individuals and entire groups out there through most of the pandemic. Yet, no one can reagroups out there who deny either the COVID-19 who oppose the wearing of masks virus itself outright or its deadly impact, NYC Tran- and who do so on the grounds of sit workers have no such luxury. Over 160 MTA em- personal choice and freedom. ployees/mostly transit workers have died, many Here, the implicit logic must be friends and colleagues. While such deniers belong noted, as it props up elsewhere. The to another conversation, their logic needs to be logic is that individual choice/disnoted. They invariably rest their case on denying cretion should trump regulation, rescience and any information or facts that do not gardless of origin, impact or science comport with their world view. That world consists and purpose. In important respects, this argument disregarding science actually enjoins that of COVID Race was not a hot button issue in our city’s mayor- deniers. The logic—inal race. Eric Adams, New York City’s second African dividual choice thumps American mayor, was the Democratic nominee and a regulation—can be a predictable victor where seven out of ten voters are very slippery slope. In registered in his party. many parts of the counBut in Virginia’s gubernatorial contest, race was try protest movements clearly a factor, and whether the GOP’s Glenn Young- have been spawned with kin played that card or not, he never disavowed some threats and attacks directed against par- sonably dispute that wearing masks, under the curof its vital implications in his triumph over Terry ents and children who choose to wear rent conditions, properly falls under required PPE. McAuliffe, his Democratic opponent. masks. What is that, if not some polit- Yet some argue that that too, should be subordiFirst of all, he declared that he would ban the ical agenda that doesn’t have anything nate to their rights and personal choice—i.e., their teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in the state’s to do with freedom of choice? Certain- “right” to infect others. classrooms, which like many proponents of the ly not when someone espouses individJust for the purposes of this conversation, we theory is based on a lie. Nowhere in the state’s ual freedom but then threatens the lives consider appropriate preventive measures as fallschool system is critical race theory part of the of those who actually exercise it in ways ing into the categories of invasive and non-invasive curriculum. Even so, it was enough of a terrifying not approved by others. measures, with the former being the most controboogey man to sway a decisive number of voters.

Finally, as a practical matter, unions versial. The opposition to non-invasive measures Of course, we shouldn’t ignore the fact that have fought for decades for regulatory to combat the pandemic is wholly irrational and McAuliffe hurt his chances by declaring that parents measures and standards, from PPEs to absurd. But keep the underlying logic in mind— should not intercede in the school system and de- policies, procedures and engineered so- because it lives on. termine what their children should be taught, par- lutions to protect the health and safety So, let’s move on to invasive measures such as the ticularly if they were being fed Black radical thought of workers and of the public. If anything, See LABOR on page 29 and textbooks. It was especially disturbing to learn that “Beloved,” the novel by the late Toni Morrison, had been tossed into the mix.

In effect, CRT has been flipped by reactionary cretins in the same way they appropriated the ideas of Dr. King and rebranded him as a conservative. Now we have to rescue the concept devised by the late legal scholar Derrick Bell

By HAZEL DUKES and ciety perceives obesity as a personal choice from all of its wrongly fused negative perceptions.

LORRAINE BRAITHWAITE-HARTE rather than an actual medical condition, The real danger is the extent to which CRT will be inleaving individuals with this condition to serted into other right wing deceptions, much in the We are facing an epidemic that has cost fight for themselves. We need to enact regmanner of Trump’s Big Lie; at heart the purposes are mathe lives of thousands of Americans. It has ulations that ensure folks can access their licious and aimed at ensuring the continuing dominance devastated our state financially, leaving our medications and treatments. of white supremacy. communities decimated throughout the We can begin to fight obesity by amplifyC lea rly, mu ch m o re n e e d s to b e sa i d ab out t hi s region. We now face the mounting challenge ing health care access and passing the Treat malware, and w e w i ll g i ve CRT a f ul l -b l ow n d i s cusof rebuilding our state and our country. and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) or including si on i n fu tu re e d i to r ia ls. But f o r n ow , p l ea s e pay We cannot afford to avoid addressing the it in budget reconciliation. The legislation close attention to how it metastasizes and combines issue of obesity any longer. This disease looks to treat obesity in adults by expanding w i th vote r restr i cti o n s to u n d e r m i n e t he d e m o c rathas taken 300,000 lives each year and is the benefits for Medicare beneficiaries. Specifii c p ro ce ss an d ou r r ig hts. second leading cause of death in our coun- cally, it would widen coverage for anti-obetry. The obesity crisis has had severe health sity medications (AOMs) that treat obesity consequences for Americans and contin- through Medicare Part D and increase the ues to become costlier every day. Obesity- types of healthcare providers qualified to related expenses have increased the annual provide intensive behavioral therapy (IBT). medical care costs by an estimated $2,877 By treating obesity as a chronic medical conper person in Medicare and Medicaid. Over- dition, we can save lives by investing in all of all, obesity-related expenses account for New York state.

38.5% of all payments by public health inAt the same time, passing TROA will save surance programs, with the overall total cost our state millions in the future. Enacting of chronic diseases linked to obesity equiva- TROA would save the government nearly $25 lent to 9.3% of the U.S. GDP. million over the next 10 years. As a result, One of the primary reasons we have faced our investments would have a domino effect such a crisis is that Americans living with as treating people living with obesity would obesity continue to lack the proper support lower their risk for other diseases, including structure to fight the disease. Too often, soSee OBESITY on page 29

Republicans regroup, Dems fumble

“The logic is that individual choice/ discretion should trump regulation, regardless of origin, impact or science and purpose.”

EDITORIAL

Obesity is an epidemic; Congress must act to help treat the disease

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Biden is correct about our failing education system—now it’s time to act 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.

ARMSTRONG

WILLIAMS

Biden delivered a message and a warning to our country in a speech that I, along with many others, wholeheartedly agree with: “Any country that out educates us will out-compete us.”

He is entirely correct. However, while his words are vital and motivating, they must be accompanied by actions.

Biden delivered this speech in a city with the nation’s worst school system: Baltimore City School District. The figures aren’t simply stunning; they’ll make your heart skip a beat and your stomach turn. In the Baltimore City School District, 41% of students have a GPA of less than 1.0 on their report cards. That equates to Ds and Fs in important classes like Math, Science, and History. It gets worse, of the 171+ schools in the school district, there just so happens to be one school that came under scrutiny because there were 21 students who haven’t attended school in years. Imagine how many “ghost” students—as they call them—there are in all the other schools that haven’t yet been investigated? The total price for those “ghost” students—as far as we know—is estimated to be approximately $331,653. This news is shocking, but it gets even worse. The Baltimore City School District has one of the highest budgets of any school district in the country, with a total budget of $1.4 billion. What now remains for us to know has yet to be discovered due to the lack of transparency of the school district. So, what might be more shocking is not what we know, but what we don’t know.

People pay attention when President Biden speaks, especially teachers, who happen to be disproportionately supportive of him. That being said, given the fact that this problem has persisted for generations, the Baltimore School District’s teachers’ unions, educators, students, and parents alike must take a serious look at the future

they are creating. They will serve as a case study for our country, demonstrating how we can transform the awful into the extraordinary, or fail to perform and ruin the lives of many for generations to come.

Without reform, we can be certain that we will see crime, death, and the litany of ills that will result and that are resulting all while the government remains silent. These consequences are part and parcel with a poor educational system, limited intellect, and poor home life. This is because the American Dream becomes attainable only when a child has a good education.

When government and parents fail to recognize the importance of education, their children grow up with little, if any, meaningful knowledge and the ability to think critically.

No one should become a teacher just for the purpose of making money. Yes, they should be paid a living wage and should be protected from unfair regulations. That pay and protection, however, should never be at the price of the students they educate. A teacher who teaches just for the goal of earning money is an employee, not a teacher. That is a distinction that we often fail to make. We put a lot of faith in our teachers; we let them teach our children behind closed doors, we let them instill certain values in them, and we let them change their perspectives and world views. That is why we need teachers who want to educate because it is the right thing to do, and we must protect them at all costs in order for them to be able to earn a living wage.

Unfortunately, teachers’ unions, particularly those in the Baltimore school system, have lost sight of what it means to be a teacher, inevitably breeding a generation of teachers who would rather see their students fail and take to the streets if it meant they could earn just a little bit more money. As a result, students are unable to reap the

rewards of a quality education that teaches them both substance and the ability to be wellfunctioning members of society, and they will inevitably turn to the streets and rebel against the system that failed them.

Despite the importance of specific knowledge, understanding specific subjects from specific courses is not necessarily the desirable objective of a good education. Rather, a good education should give a child the capacity to think critically, appreciate diverse points of view, and engage in rational decisionmaking, something which they would not be able to accomplish without a solid education. This is why Biden’s statement was as crucial as it was correct: we need to improve our children’s education if we are to succeed on the global arena.

Despite the fact that the United States is one of the world’s most powerful countries, our intelligence rankings are far from exceptional. The United States, for example, is ranked 29th in the world in terms of IQ. Our rival international superpower, China, is rated fifth. Another crucial element is how well students succeed in math and science. The United States is placed 25th in the world, behind China, which is ranked first.

The United States has the power and the resources to adjust our presence on the world stage, and be, not just the world’s foremost superpower, but the most intelligent country in the world. It is time that we stop treating education as a condition, and instead treat it as a luxury that every person, no matter their income or social status, can afford. There is no tangible item that can enhance your life as much as a good education. Once we realize this, we will be able to inspire our children and their parents to work hard in order to earn that priceless education and to be the greatest people they can be.

Armstrong Williams (@ARightSide) is the owner and manager of Howard Stirk Holdings I & II Broadcast Television Stations and the 2016 Multicultural Media Broadcast Owner of the Year. He is the author of “Reawakening Virtues.”

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Autumn in New York CHRISTINA

GREER PH.D. These past few weeks I have been listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong sing “Autumn in New York” to get me mentally prepared for the changing of the seasons. The leaves haven’t really changed their colors too drastically, but they are definitely falling from the trees and signaling their preparation for the winter months…and the rebirth they will experience in the upcoming months.

I have always said I needed to live in a place with seasons. I like visiting California and Florida and other warm states, but I could never see myself living there. I need to see the cycle of life played out in front of me as a reminder to slow down, take stock of my own internal and external changes, and allow myself to be inspired by the shedding of the old and the budding of new life over the course of fleeting weeks and months.

I’ve been pulling out sweaters and sweatshirts as we prepare for the colder weather and realizing it is time for me to clean out my closets and purge.

Just as the trees shed leaves and bark, I too must shed items that no longer serve a purpose in my life. I must also remember that this is the time that many families need warm clothes as they prepare for the winter, and for far too many, the unknown circumstances pertaining to their housing stability.

I’ve also taken advantage of this season and made time to observe

the migrating birds heading south for the winter. Central Park and Prospect Park are just two of the places where you can catch immense bird diversity during this time of year, especially if you are out at night.

Far too often we are on our phones when we are outdoors, and we forget to look up.

In doing so, you just may catch sight of a red-tailed hawk or a golden finch in your midst.

Like many people, I am still trying to adjust to being outdoors. It is this time of year where I take advantage of the farmers market and the abundance of fresh apples and pears. I have even gotten to enjoy hot apple cider and apple cinnamon donuts this season. I am not a fan of pumpkin anything, but if you are, now is the time to treat yourself to your pumpkin latte or pumpkin muffins to signal the entrance of fall and all of the transformations in store for us.

The beauty of autumn is that it is a reset for us. A time to shake off anything that is not working for you and also a time to prepare for what is to come. We must remember that newness and new life are just around the bend, and we must do our part to be prepared.

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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Caribbean makes spirited plea about global warming at climate change summit

By BERT WILKINSON Special to the AmNews The annual global climate change conference kicked off in Scotland this week with the hurricane-prone Caribbean making a spirited plea for sustained financing to deal with that phenomenon as leaders tried to get the world, western polluters in particular, to agree to keep temperature rises to a minimum or face the prospects of unbearable living conditions.

Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados was among the slew of world leaders speaking at the opening ceremony and she used the opportunity glibly to both attempt to drive fear of the immediate future into the minds of world leaders and experts while at the same time tugged at their hearts to get the richer nations to meet age old financial pledges to help the most affected countries deal with climate adaptation and mitigation issues.

“Code red to the G-7 countries. Code red to the G-20. The planet needs our attention now, not next year or in

the next decade,” she said, pointing to fears that if global temperatures rise above 1.5º Celsius in the coming years, this could represent, for example, “a death sentence to the people of Antigua, the Maldives, Dominica, Kenya, Mozambique, Samoa and to the people of Barbados. We can work with leaders who are ready to go. The train is ready to leave the station. The leaders of today must lead,” she said as heads like Prime Minister Boris Johnson and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres listened attentively, some nodding in approval as she warned about the negative effects of climate inaction by the more powerful and richer nations.

The region, affected by increasingly more powerful storms in recent decades, has been leading the charge to ensure temperatures do not exceed 1.5º as Caribbean experts have already pointed to the effects of warmer waters on coral reefs as they bleach off and die in some cases. Reefs are crucial components of aqua tourism for much

of the Caribbean. Warmer waters also mean that hurricanes coming off the coast of West Africa will be able to easily gain strength in an open Atlantic. Examples of these are often cited by leaders as they point to three mega storms in the past four years––Irma, Maria and Dorian—as these devastated Dominica and several other countries in the region as far as Cuba and The Bahamas. U.N. experts have already deemed the past decade the warmest in recorded history.

Mottley used the coronavirus crisis as an example for richer countries who think that their own internal efficiency will allow them to survive unscathed as crises swirl around them.

“Have we not learned from the pandemic?” she asked, reminding the conference and the global audience that all are consumed and involved.

“We want to exist 100 years from now.

If it is to mean anything, we have to act now.”

Close to a dozen Caribbean Community leaders are attending the

summit with heavily forested countries like Guyana and neighboring Suriname already indicating that they will make a major pitch to ensure compensation from the global community for keeping their Amazonian rainforests intact, protected from over harvesting and clear felling for timber and related resources.

That apart, Antiguan Prime Minister and current bloc Chairman Gaston Browne says he is waiting patiently to table a novel idea at the summit linked to the proposed establishment of a climate commission that would seek to prosecute the world’s worst emitters whose actions result in catastrophe for others.

Browne has already floated the idea to colleagues at preparatory meetings at various levels in the bloc. If it gains traction, the plan is to get the commission set up and take cases to The World Court in The Hague, Netherlands for prosecution. “They must be made to pay for their actions. We can’t continue like this,” he said in a recent interview.

The green card lottery is still open FELICIA PERSAUD

IMMIGRATION KORNER Thinking about winning a green card by lottery? Well, you may be in luck, at least for the year 2023.

The registration for this year’s green card or Diversity Visa Lottery is still open for the 2023 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (“DV-2023”).

Online registration will conclude on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. (ET).

The DV lottery program selects 55,000 people annually who can then pursue an immigrant visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate in their home country or adjust their status in the United States.

The Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV ) program requires the principal DV applicant to have a high school education, or its equivalent, or two years of qualifying work experience as defined under provisions of U.S. law. If you do not have either the required education or qualifying work

experience, you are not eligible for a diversity visa.

A high school education means successful completion of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to a 12-year course in the United States.

If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years, in an occupation which, by U.S. Department of Labor definitions, requires at least two years of training or experience that is classified in a Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) rating of 7.0 or higher.

The Department of State’s regulations require all entrants to provide a valid passport number at the time of DV entry, unless they are unable to obtain a passport and fall under one of three limited exemptions. The passport must be valid for international travel. Internal passports, issued by some countries, are not valid for DV entry purposes.

To enter the lottery, you should fill out a form online at dvprogram.state. gov. Ensure all photos uploaded are professional passport sized digital images. Eyeglasses will no longer be allowed in new visa photos.

Entries will NOT be accepted through the U.S. Postal Service. The online entry application is easy and free so do not fall for scammers who charge any fees and claim they can help you win.

The U.S. State Department recommends applying sooner rather than later since high demand could cause website delays. There is no fee to register for the annual DV lottery program.

However, nationals of the following countries are not eligible to apply, because more than 50,000 natives of these countries immigrated to the United States in the previous five years. They are Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

The winners are chosen at random by a computer, which allocates a certain number of visas to each region of the world. While DV applicants may receive an email from the U.S. government reminding them to check their status online through DV Entrant

Status Check, they will not receive a notification letter or email informing them that they are a successful DV entrant. Applicants can only find out if they were selected to continue with DV processing by checking their status online through the DV Entrant Status Check at https://dvprogram. state.gov.

Finally, remember that fees for the DV application process are paid to the U.S. Embassy or consulate cashier at the time of your scheduled appointment. The U.S. government will never ask you to send payment in advance by check, money order, or wire transfer.

When entering the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery, the most basic way to ensure you are not scammed or your entry is not disqualified is to read and follow the instructions at the Diversity Visa Program page on travel. state.gov. Just as important is to be honest! Entering fake information or submitting fake documents may disqualify your entry or even keep you from ever coming to the United States even if you win.

The writer is publisher of NewsAmericasNow

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‘Caroline, Or Change’ is a colossal hit!

(Joan Marcus photos) (L to R): Arica Jackson (The Washing Machine), Sharon D Clarke (Caroline Thibodeaux) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s “Caroline, or Change”

By LINDA ARMSTRONG Special to the AmNews “Caroline, Or Change” is a colossal, creative, SMASH! The voices at Studio 54 on W. 54th Street raised the roof! Sharon D Clarke is a Queen! Her voice is electrifying, and she commanded that stage with absolute power in her unbelievably stunning Broadway debut.

A stupendous musical, “Caroline, Or Change” has a book and touching lyrics by Tony Kushner with transforming music by Jeanine Tesori. It tells the moving story of Caroline, a maid who works for a white Jewish family, the Gellmans, in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1963. She is frustrated about the way that her life turned out: she loved her husband, but he turned out to be abusive when he couldn’t find work. When she fought back, he left and never returned.

Her world consists of going into the family’s basement every day and doing the laundry. Her constant companions are the appliances, The Washing Machine, The Dryer and the Radio. She vents to them and they advise her. You will never hear such

(L to R): Harper Miles (Radio 3), Nasia Thomas (Radio 1), Sharon D Clarke (Caroline Thibodeaux), Arica Jackson (The Washing Machine), Caissie Levy (Rose Stopnick Gellman) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s “Caroline, or Change”

stunning vocals on “appliances”!

Arica Jackson is absolutely marvelous as The Washing Machine.

She not only appears in a delightful costume that includes bubbles, she shakes you up with a stunningly beautiful voice. Three extraordinary ladies perform as The Radio—Nasia Thomas, Nya and Harper Miles and they are incredible. Their voices were Broadway gold on the stage, and their harmonies are divine. Kevin S. McAllister gets Caroline hot and bothered as his deep, penetrating vocals command her attention. He is the sexiest Dryer on Broadway! We have the pleasure of also enjoying his stunning vocal instrument as he captivatingly performs as The Bus. His voice will have you fanning and sobbing. N’Kenge illuminates as The Moon. Her operatic instrument shines a light that is blinding and thrilling to experience.

In “Caroline, Or Change,” powerful voices abound. Tamika Lawrence is fabulous as Dotty, another younger maid, who goes to college at night after work.

Lawrence’s voice is beautiful and delightful to hear. Caroline’s children are Emmie, Jackie and Joe. Emmie, the oldest, is spectac-

ularly portrayed by Samantha Williams. This young actress has vocal gifts that ASTOUND! Her character is high-spirited and rebellious and Williams gives this character such a fighting spirit, it is inspiring to witness. The roles of Jackie and Joe alternate performances; for the show I attended those roles were energetically and stunningly performed by Alexander Bello and Jayden Theophile.

Caroline holds a lot of sadness and anger and takes it out on those around her. She especially is anything but endearing with the Gellmans’ son Noah, who has an attachment to Caroline because, in his eyes, she is a strong woman and because his birth mother, who died from cancer, knew and liked Caroline. His father has remarried and Noah does not like his stepmother Rose and won’t give her a chance to be a part of his life. He clings to Caroline and wants to be important to her. He desires so much to be loved by her, to help her. Gabriel Amosoro played Noah— another role which alternates performers—and he was marvelous. He was funny, desperate for acceptance and wanted so badly to be the center of atten-

tion and a friend to a maid who never showed him any type of kindness, except their secret that she would let him light her one daily cigarette in the basement of his family’s home.

“Caroline, Or Change,” the name, means more than you realize at first glance. Noah has a habit of leaving change in his pockets and his stepmother Rose decides to teach him a lesson, which is that Caroline can keep any money she finds in his clothes while doing the laundry. At first Noah leaves small amounts of money; he wants Caroline to take it, and it’s his way of feeling that he is helping her to raise her children. Caroline struggles with the fact that she barely makes money, her bills are owed, but is it right to take money from a baby? Noah keeps leaving money in his pockets and Caroline in one scene gives each of her children a quarter and they are absolutely mystified and excited. Every time Caroline takes the boy’s change she feels conflicting thoughts. She needs the money, but she has her pride.

Mrs. Rose Stopnick Gellman— amusingly played by Caissie Levy—is frustrated by the fact that Caroline is always so sad and

so angry. She never smiles. She is also frustrated by her stepson Noah’s continued rejection of her.

Added to this stirring storyline is the fact that President Kennedy has been assassinated, and the reactions to this event are different in the white and Black communities. The people of Lake Charles are also getting tired of the blatant symbol of racism in their midst and a confederate soldier’s statue has disappeared. It will surprise you how and where it was found and who did the deed. “Caroline, Or Change” demonstrates beautifully that change in behavior, attitude and social issues is coming and it happens through people finally taking actions.

This musical embodies what a musical should be! This stage is filled with performers whose voices thrilled the audience every time they sang. I love it when actors do their job and make it look so easy and natural. Everything about this musical gave you chills, had you crying and shouting. This production of the Roundabout Theatre features exciting choreography by Ann Lee and superb direction by Michael Longhurst. “Caroline, Or Change” is a change for the BETTER!

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Carolyn Adams—one of Harlem’s own—named director of education at Paul Taylor Dance Foundation

By CHARMAINE PATRICIA WARREN Special to the AmNews Harlem resident Carolyn Adams was recently appointed director of education, a new position at The Paul Taylor Dance Foundation (PTDF). A celebrated alumna, Adams will be responsible for overseeing the operations and expansion of The Taylor School, as well as cultivating future educational leadership for the institution through her vast network in the dance community.

“In addition to her illustrious time dancing as one of Paul Taylor’s greatest muses, Carolyn Adams is a renowned dance educator who has dedicated her life to transforming the lives of dancers, dance-lovers, and students of all interests, abilities and backgrounds,” said Artistic Director Michael Novak. “Her insights on modern dance, coupled with a passion for inspiring others to find and nurture their artistry, will provide the leadership for our students and school to advance. I

Court,” “Polaris” and “Big Bertha,” and the classic “Aureole.”

“I am honored to take on this new position.

With its amazing body of work, dedicated staff, and talented collaborators, PTDF is now positioned to expand all of its educational programs and build new partnerships, both nationally and internationally.

Paul Taylor’s work should belong to the world. So, we begin with the The release further notes that children,” said Adams.

Adams joined the Company in Adams is a life-long dance ed1965 and during her 17-year career ucator and advocate who, with there she created roles in Taylor her sister Julie Adams Strandberg, masterpieces such as “Esplanade,” co-founded the Harlem Dance “Airs,” “Cloven Kingdom,” “Arden Studio, Dancing Legacy and the Carolyn Adams (Rob Kahn photo)

look forward to working with her to propel and expand our curricula at The Taylor School, and to develop new educational offerings throughout our organization,” according to the press release.

Repertory Etudes Collection. She is also a faculty member at The Taylor School, faculty emerita at The Juilliard School and former director of education at Jacob’s Pillow. Adams is the founding artistic director of the New York State Summer School of the Arts School of Dance. She serves as chair of the external affairs committee of the Taylor Board of Advisors, chaired Dance/USA’s national task force on dance education and has been a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and for the New York State Council on the Arts. Adams holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.S.W. from Fordham University. She has received the 2019 Martha Hill Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Dance Magazine Award in 2016, an award for Artistic Excellence from the International Association of Blacks in Dance in 2010, and the Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching from the American Dance Festival in 2009.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation names 2021 Dance Recipients

Cynthia Oliver

By CHARMAINE PATRICIA WARREN Special to the AmNews Dancers and choreographers Cynthia Oliver and Dormeshia were recently named recipients of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) - 2021 Doris Duke Artists. Each will receive an award of $275,000 intended as an investment in their artistic potential and celebration of their ongoing contributions to the fields of contem-

porary dance, jazz and theater.

They are receiving the award for their enduring contributions to the field of contemporary dance.

“The Doris Duke Artist Award is significant to me because it will change my life in more ways than I could have ever imagined,” said Dormeshia. “It will give me the opportunity to live a happier and more purposeful life. It will allow me to plan and obtain a secure future, and it will give me more freedom and flexibility to contin-

ue to give back to the world of art, especially tap dance.”

“To be a part of this particular class at this moment in time and part of the larger community of Doris Duke Artists over the years is such an honor and so validating,” said Oliver. “You do your work and hope it resonates. This award tells me to trust my instincts. It tells me that while I may have thought I was toiling quietly, and sometimes even anonymously, that folks have noticed, that my peers value my

plore new ideas, and pay for important professional and personal needs.

The other recipients this year are pianists and composers Kris Davis and Danilo Pérez; saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter; and theater directors Lileana Blain-Cruz and Teo Castellanos.

Overall, the Doris Duke Artist Awards program has awarded more than $35.4 million in funding to 129 artists since the program began in 2012. Previous Doris Duke Artists have used the funding for a wide expanse of needs––ranging from creative research, exploration and study, mortgages for personal and professional spaces, travel and/or restoration time, childcare, healthcare costs and creation of a financial safety net, among many other personal and professional uses.

To read more about the Doris Duke Artist Awards and the 2021 Doris Duke Artists, visit www. dorisdukeartistawards.org.

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voice and that it matters.”

The Doris Duke Artist Awards represent the largest national award to individuals in the performing arts. Each artist receives a prize of $250,000 in completely unrestricted funding and an additional $25,000 dedicated to encouraging savings for retirement.

Rather than being tied to specific projects, these awards are available for recipients to use in whatever way best supports their ability to take creative risks, ex-

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New book ‘Black Ivy’ chronicles 1950s Black men’s style

By JORDANNAH ELIZABETH Special to the AmNews It has been announced that there is a new fashion book chronicling the Black adaption of the men’s Ivy fashion style. “Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style” gives an intimate look into the fashion craze of Black men in the 1950s sharing vibrant color and black and white photos of Amiri Baraka, Charles White, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sidney Poitier who adopted and redefined the prep look that derived from the style of elite white men.

“Ivy” is short for Ivy League, which became a fashion style in the 1950s after wealthy white men attending Ivy League schools began to dress in the casual sporting attire of upper-class men of the 1920s.

“Black Ivy style became a thing in and of itself, distinct from Ivy but always related to it. Ironically, the characterization of Ivy league clothing as quintessentially cool is

due in no small part to the enormous, but until now undocumented, influence Black Ivy style has had on mainstream culture—past and present,” says editor Jason Jules in a statement.

Jules is a Black style expert and creative director whose in-depth knowledge of the Black Ivy style shines as the collection of images offers the reality and breadth of a look that became a signature for prominent Black men all over the United States, particularly in the Northeast. Jules’ personal style is also of note.

His dapper, crisp and colorful choices of clothing allow him to be front and center as a style innovator. He holds the prominent position as the face of the British menswear clothing line, Drake’s.

The book’s co-editor, Graham Marsh has been covering the history of Ivy fashion for years as the author of 2010’s “The Ivy Look: Classic American Clothing—An Illustrated Pocket Guide” with J.P. Gaul and 2011’s “Hollywood and the Ivy Look” with Tony Nourmand.

“The old adage, it’s not what you wear it’s how you wear it, is never truer than in the case of Black Ivy style, where the classic Ivy wardrobe was comprehensively raided and then remixed and reenvisioned, away from its elitist confines, away from its massmarket popularity, and into something heavily coded and intentionally revolutionary,” expresses Jules.

“Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style” will be released on December 7, 2021

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October 28, 2021 — November 3, 2021 The intense concentration of the New Moon in Scorpio at 13 degrees on the 4thVinateria and the Sun in Scorpio as well, is about secrets revealed, hidden agendas, transformation, or rebirthing of a cycle as the South and North nodes come to an end soon. When people show you who they are, take note of it and find the nearest exits. Don’t wait to see it through and allow that energy to get all tied up and entangled and hit you emotionally or mentally. With Uranus in Taurus plus Scorpio being a water sign, a quiver or shakeup is underway as unseen storms, floods, and turbulence emerge with all this fixed sign energy in the cosmos. It’s a time to renew your faith and hoard like you did when the pandemic presented itself to the world. Find your way back home and remember who you are during this reboot. “New life starts in the dark, whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark.” Barbara Brown Taylor

November is a month to see potential growth within your work ethics, with a keen sense of knowing the right words to say. A dose of sense of humor is added to the flavor this month and your energy is electrifying. Relationships from personal, to business, and the home are expanding and if you are in a relationship a possible proposal is in the forecast. Romance could be a theme as well. Remember the words commitment, action, wealth, health, and doing for yourself are all in alignment that produces results. Scorpio is a water sign and Capricorn is an earth sign and they nurture each other, so stay focused on the mission to see growth.

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Dec 22 – Jan 21

The alpha and the omega of a cycle aids in relinquishing and you start anew. What are your dreams, goals, or something you want to create to manifest into your life? Are you willing to sacrifice your time to commit and put in the work? Try new ways of doing what you’re already doing to extend your business, work, yourself, and even your environment to receive a different result. Focus on your objectives and your next move will appeal to you.

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B o First, you have to dig a hole in the soil to W Sagittarius This is your week to move in silence and don’t plant the seed and then water it. Despite the t Nov 23 – Dec 21 Gemini leave your conversation open. People’s intenprocess, this is where things come to a halt C May 22 – June 21 tions aren’t always honest and true, so sit back in your life for a short period. The sun has to shine for the water to evap- b and watch how the scene unfolds. Stay connected with the latest news in your orate but then continue to water the plant until you see growth. While in a neighborhood as family and friends are likely to keep you abreast. What are your the waiting period, water yourself and redefine your intentions as to what N goals in life? Where do you see yourself by the end of the year? Link up like-minded results you want or expect. It’s okay to write them down. Next, set it into t souls and individuals to provide an outlet where everyone’s expertise can shine in water or burn it to see what returns on your investments you gained with M a sacred space for others who may seek your products or services. e the desired results.

P NUMEROLOGY VIRTUAL ESOTERIC GUIDANCE ON NOVEMBER 6, 2021 FROM 2-7. VISIT WWW.KYAFRENCH.COM TO SIGN UP | CONSULTATIONS: 866-331-5088 T It was nice to meet, greet and travel to take a Aquarius break free of the usual hustle and bustle. This week Jan 22 – Feb 19 your character is softer, and your words are uplifting, the kind that bring awareness to people. Conversations and networking are big topics this cycle for you to learn a new field. You’ll notice younger people are drawn to you, yet wise in their approach. With Jupiter in Aquarius until Dec. 29, 2021, your finances should pick up substantially like they did in March, June, of this year or your self-development has increased tremendously. Jupiter always leaves with a gift before ending its transit. It is up to you to follow up with the gift.

Make your mark on this world this month.

You’re likely to have grandiose plans and with July 24 – Aug 23 the proper organizational skills and structure, you can pull anything off and make it look like a classic. In this cycle, you don’t have to dress up to be the boss. Instead, simply be you, and allow your due diligence to do the talking for you. Fulfill your dreams this week and let no one stand in your way. Those who have your best interest will block the funk and distraction so you move forward in your purpose.

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Where to go for the holidays

By SHERYL NANCE-NASH Special to the AmNews It’s hard to believe the holidays are weeks away. Chances are last year you didn’t travel because of the pandemic. This time around though, you may feel a bit more confident about celebrating beyond your hometown.

While visiting family likely tops your list, if you’re feeling like you want to do something different and enjoy the holidays with a vacation, the festivities abound. You won’t have to miss out on the joy of the season. Here are a few ideas for where to go.

St. Pete/Clearwater, Florida No doubt by the time the holidays roll around you might be longing for warmth and sunshine, and oh yes, a little time in the ocean. You can have that, plus spirited festivities in St. Pete with its Enchant Christmas, a light maze that takes over Tropicana Field from Nov. 26 - Jan. 2. Then there’s the Tarpon Springs Holiday Boat Parade on Dec. 3, where you can watch the procession down the Anclote River and into the bayous.

While in town, get your fill of art too. There are more than 30 museums, 600+ murals, and top restaurants like Urban Stillhouse to keep the merriment going. Stay at the elegant The Birchwood boutique hotel that’s ideally located near the pier and downtown waterfront.

Providence and Newport, Rhode Island Why not go for a two-fer? Providence and Newport are less than an hour away from each other. Load up on the holiday fare in both cities. In Providence there’s the Roger Williams Park Zoo’s Holiday Lights Spectacular, with more than1.5 million illuminated lights and largerthan-life dazzling displays, running on select dates from Nov. 26 to Jan. 2. In Newport it’s all about The Classic Coast, with happenings like the Newport Illuminated Boat Parade, the tree lighting at Bowen’s Wharf, a brand-new European Christmas Market and more. Warm up with The Black Pearl’s famous clam chowder or enjoy a hearty seasonal meal at White Horse Tavern, America’s oldest tavern. Settle in to The Chanler at Cliff Walk or Forty 1 North, which both offer cozy fireplaces in all rooms and suites. Do plan to check out the Newport Mansions. Admire the overthe-top decorations throughout The Marble House, Elms, and The Breakers including the grand 15-foot-tall Poinsettia Tree in the great hall of The Breakers.

Enchant Christmas, St. Pete/Clearwater, Florida (photo courtesy of VisitStPeteClearwater.com)

Elizabeth City, North Carolina Cocoa and Christmas go hand in hand. To celebrate this beloved beverage, the coastal community of Elizabeth City is premiering its Hot Cocoa Crawl from Nov. 20 - Jan. 2. Local businesses across the community will showcase hot cocoas, such as a bourbon-based hot chocolate recipe entitled “Sleigh No More,” a Mexican hot cocoa with a kick made with Xocolatl chocolate and chile guajillo, and other delectable treats. Do the crawl any way you want to and stop by any of the 14 participating locations to sample holiday-inspired offerings, from sweet sips with plenty of whipped cream for the kids to cocoa cocktails to satisfy the grown folks.

There’s more to the holiday festivities, including the Main Street Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 26, the First Friday ArtWalk, Dec. 3 and the Lighted Boat Parade that same day.

There’s Grapevine’s annual Christmas on Main Street that features 40 days of the Grapevine Christmas Market, multiple parades and celebrations and elaborately decorated businesses in the city’s charming historic downtown. Families can take advantage of the city’s Christmas Passport, which features holiday activities such as stamping a brass gift tag or decorating a wooden train ornament at wellknown local businesses. For the over 21 crowd, fun includes the Christmas Wine Trains. You might want to plan your trip around Dickens on the Strand in early December, it’s a nearly 50-year tradition and recalls the magic of a Victorian holiday.

There’s also the Moody Gardens event with more than 2 million holiday lights, attractions and activities. As for where to stay, The Gaylord Texan and the Great Wolf Lodge are known for going hard with holiday celebrations, be it snow tubing and Newport Beach, California ice skating to indoor snowfalls, lastThere’s something special about ing throughout the season. lights twinkling on the water. Newport Beach’s Annual Boat Parade is from Sea Island, Georgia Dec. 15-20. It’s one of the largest decThe hot thing now is life-sized ginorated boat parades in the country. gerbread houses. Wait until you see You can take the City Cruises’ Parade what’s doing in Sea Island with its of Lights Dinner Cruise for the best Advent Cottage. Each day from Dec. 1 views, a fantastic meal, drinks and live to 24 at 2:50 p.m., the cottage’s “door entertainment. If you’re there Christ- of the day” will open to reveal a new mas Day, there are brunch cruises out holiday treat, gift or activity for guests of the Newport Beach port. Newport to enjoy, similar to traditional advent Beach is one of the crown jewels of calendars. Look forward to the decOrange County, this is a great excuse orated door swinging open to reveal to finally get there. sweet treats prepared by the awardwinning Sea Island Bake Shop team Galveston, Texas paired with fun activities such as owl You know they do everything big meet and greets, writing postcards to in Texas. That goes for the holidays, Santa, demonstrations from the onespecially in Galveston which is site naturalists and fly-fishing clinics, called the Christmas Capital of Texas. specialty cocktails and mocktails, and

much more. Sea Island has probably been on your to-go list anyway. Make it happen.

Healdsburg, California Think small-town California charm this season. You’ll get all the festive décor and lights in the Healdsburg Plaza and with mild weather you can do the Holidays in Healdsburg tour by Wine Country Walking Tours and take in food and wine through private seating tasting, led by a local expert. You can do a 4-hour day or 2-hour tour.

You won’t want to miss the opportunity to do the Holiday Tea at Hotel Healdsburg with live piano music, custom blend teas, classic cocktails, house-made pastries, those ever-socute sandwiches and holiday treats from Dry Creek Kitchen. The first weekend of December kicks off festivities with the tree lighting, hot chocolate truck, snow machines, Holiday Sidewalk Market and more.

National Harbor, Maryland The Gaylord hosts the D.C. area’s largest Christmas celebration with about a dozen Christmas experiences happening throughout the hotel. Take for example the new, immersive, “I Love Christmas Movies,” where guests will go through interactive scenes from holiday favorites like “The Polar Express” and “A Christmas Story.” The family fun doesn’t stop there, but includes ice skating, cookie decorating, ice tubing, #LIT Holiday Light Show, Ice Bumper Cars, The Greatest Story stage show and more.

The big kids, also known as parents and grandparents, can hang out at the ’80s-themed rooftop lounge and relax at Relache Spa. End the year on a high note.

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By KELLY TORRES Special to the AmNews Cooking fish in paper is not as complicated as it sounds––though the fancy French word “en papillote” will have you believe so. Originated in France, cooking fish en papillote is a technique for cooking fish with thinly sliced vegetables like red bell pepper, carrots, and zucchini and pairing them with aromatics (think lemon, lemongrass, ginger, leeks, thyme, etc.), and steaming this setup in a tent of parchment paper. Your choice of veggies and aromatics are limitless as long as you follow a few guidelines: 1) they make sense with the other components of the dish and 2) the veggies are small and tender. In my opinion, it is a humble, yet refreshing and healthier way to serve a fish fillet. While you can make a chicken or even lamb en papillote, it is most commonly used with meaty white fish like halibut, flounder, fluke, cod fish, etc.

Cooking anything en papillote is an ancient moist heat method using water vapor that is extracted from the vegetables and proteins when high heat is applied.

Since water vapor itself is essentially tasteless, the addition of seasonings and aromatic vegetables are necessary to generate flavor. Since the time cooking food wrapped in paper was invented, people have created alternative wrapping vehicles like banana leaves and corn husks. These imprint more flavor to the food than parchment paper.

Utilizing parchment paper becomes useful when the main dish inside is of delicate quality.

With days getting shorter and evenings getting colder, most of us crave a cozy homemade meal that is a breeze to put together and quick to clean up. Halibut en papillote is exactly that. Also, if you’re looking for a recipe that leaves out carbs, you have arrived at the one.

So, how do you cook fish in paper?

Simply grab a piece of parchment paper and do your best to cut it into a round circle large enough for the fish and veggies to be stacked on one side of the sheet when it’s folded in half and leaving about 4 - 5 inches of empty space around the stack. Enclose the parchment paper by tenting it loosely around the stack of fish and veggies. Fold and crimp it tightly around the edge, creating a half moon shape like an empanada, then twist the end and tuck it underneath. This

will keep it closed, trapping any steam created during the cooking process inside. Prior to pinching the parchment paper closed, a dash of white wine and some extra virgin olive oil is added. This acid and fat combo will help keep the fish moist and delicious. Adding it towards the end will prevent the liquid from spilling out as you’re assembling the packet.

Consider this recipe idea to be an extension of the popular one pan meal food trend headlining every magazine you see near the supermarket checkout line.

With one single serving inside one piece of parchment paper, all that’s left to do is place it on a sheet tray and let the oven do the heavy lifting for you. At 415° Fahrenheit, your halibut en papillote will be done in approximately 10 - 15 minutes. I suggest you check it at the 8-minute mark to have an idea of how much more time it needs to cook. Some proteins and vegetables take a bit longer and not all ovens heat up the same way. A good visual indicator that your fish is cooked is when the parchment paper is puffed up and slightly browned.

How do you eat fish en papillote?

Okay, great question. It is normally served just like that. The entire packet, parchment paper and all, gets transferred to a plate. Pinch the top of the parchment paper and cut it open with a pair of scissors or knife and roll the paper open so that the entree fully reveals itself. Part of this process allows for a dramatic moment (so get your phones out) where steam and a beautiful fragrance will envelope your senses. Remove and discard any herbs and inedible citrus rinds before you dig in. You can enjoy your halibut directly from the parchment paper. Optionally, you can intricately slide the contents onto your plate and discard the parchment paper.

Cooking fish en papillote is a great way to show off garnishes like large leaves of basil or last minute baby spinach thrown in.

Serve your fish en papillote with a side of artisanal romesco sauce or caper sauce. Look in your fridge.

What do you find? Arugula? Baby spinach? Throw a few leaves on top. The residual steam will organically wilt the greens and you will end up with a plate you are proud to present. Explore a culinary past with a classic like Halibut en Papillote.

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Halibut en papillote

By KELLY TORRES Special to the AmNews Yields 2 Ingredients: 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, divided 1 lemon, thinly sliced in rounds 1-inch piece of ginger, thinly sliced 4 sprigs of thyme 1 shallot, sliced thin 1 cup snow peas, woody bits trimmed 1 red bell pepper, julienned 2 halibut fillets Salt & pepper, to taste 2 tbsp white wine, divided 2 tbsp unsalted butter, divided Basil leaves, as garnish 2 tbsp store-bought remoulade, divided 2 tbsp sun-dried tomatoes in oil, divided Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 415° Fahrenheit. Place a 12 x 16-inch piece of parchment paper horizontally on a surface area and fold in half.

With scissors, cut one inch off the corners to make a rounded shape at the corners.

2. Drizzle a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil on one side of the parchment paper, closer to the folded seam. Shingle a few pieces of the lemon and ginger slices on the

oil. Place 2 sprigs of thyme on each side of the lemon and ginger.

3. Layer the shallots on top of the lemon and ginger, spread evenly, but stacked on top. To the stack, begin layering in shingles one serving of the snow peas and julienned red bell peppers. Season the vegetables to taste with salt and pepper.

4. Season halibut fillets with salt and pepper. Place one halibut fillet vertically on top of the vegetables.

Make sure the stack stays neat. Layer any remaining lemon and ginger on top of the halibut. Place one tablespoon of unsalted butter on top.

5. Seal the papillote by folding over the parchment paper in a half moon shape. Starting at the top, fold and crimp the edge of the parchment paper. When you get to the end, add a tablespoon of white wine through the slit, then twist and tuck underneath to close.

6. Transfer the halibut en papillote to a sheet tray. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, or until the papillote has puffed up and is slightly brown.

7. Transfer the halibut en papillote to a plate. Pinch the top of the parchment paper and cut open with scissors or a knife. Tear and roll the paper away from the main entree. Garnish with basil leaves. Serve with remoulade sauce and sun-dried tomatoes in oil. Enjoy!

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TD JAZZ FEST, JFA, ROSEWOMAN AT JAZZ LIBRE

The November 2021 Residency benefiting the Hurricane Ida Relief Fund presented by the Jazz Foundation of America continues Nov. 10, at Chelsea Table and Stage (152 West 26th Street), featuring 2022 NEA Jazz Master, alto saxophonist and composer Donald Harrison. He will be joined by pianist Dan Kaufman, bassist Nori Naraoka and drummer Brian Richburg. Harrison says he will play a cross of multi-genre music that he terms omni-verse. “Omni verse means the music all comes together,” said the saxophonist. “The music is more connected than we can imagine.”

He has a unique way of bringing funk, soul, jazz, the soul of New Orleans and his experiences into a new spectrum.

He is preparing to release his classical piece “Congo Square” in the near future.

It combines multi-verse, New Orleans chants, orchestral movements, and jazz with Afro New Orleans cultural music. “It all comes from my experiences in New Orleans and what my father passed down to me as a chief,” said Harrison.

For reservations visit the website chelseatableandstage.com.

The Lower East Side is no place for jazz police, it’s the real hip part of Gotham where the music swings inside out and you listen twice just to make sure you caught all the riffs and melodic harmonies. On Nov. 11-13, the Jazz Libre! Cele-

so many friends, artists and associates all coming from the same roots goes beyond me.”

As part of a unique community of musicians here in NYC with ties to both spiritually based Cuban folkloric traditions and contemporary jazz, Rosewoman, Román Díaz and Francisco Mora Catlett share artistic and spiritual intersections. Master folklorist Román Díaz, a member of all three ensembles (leader of one) as well as a former member of Yoruba Andabo (Cuba), has been a featured and foundational member of her New Yor-Uba ensemble since 2008. “This project enables us to share Roman with the Cuban communities he is born of but separated from, as they experience his impact on the jazz community here in the U.S.,” said Rosewoman. “And by ‘taking’ this music to Cuba, we all return to the source & pay homage to the roots of our inspiration, nurturing this junction.” This is through a partnership with HotHouse Global and Arts For Art. On Dec. 18, the event will be broadcast on Cuban national television (and beyond).

The Jazz Libre! Festival continues Nov. 12 and Nov. 13. Some of the performers include William Parker’s Southern Satellites and Juan Pablo Carletti’s Danza’s Band.

For a complete schedule and tickets visit the website artsforart.org.

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Newark’s major happening the TD James Moody Jazz Festival returns live to New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) with free and ticketed events Nov. 5 - 21, 2021.

The 10th annual festival kicks off with the Django Festival Allstars offering their interpretations to the music of the legendary Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt whose swinging style became known as “hot jazz.” (8:30 p.m. in the Chase Room) On Nov. 6, look for the legendary bassist Buster Williams, who has played with everyone from Sarah Vaughan to Dakota Stanton and Hank Jones. The native of Camden will perform at Bethany Baptist Church of Newark as part of the Saturday evening jazz vespers series at 6 p.m.

This concert is free to the public.

Later the same evening NJPAC will feature the 10-time Grammy award winner singer Chaka Khan. Her repertoire will hopefully include interpretations of a few jazz standards, as well as iconic anthems like “I Feel for You,” “I’m Every Woman” and “Ain’t Nobody.” (8 p.m.

Prudential Hall) On Nov. 11, NJPAC Jazz Adviser, bassist and composer Christian McBride will present his latest project: “The Movement Revisited,” a full-length work for jazz orchestra, vocalists and orators, celebrating influential leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. The words—and the praises—of Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama will be spoken and sung in his most ambitious project to date. Orators Sonia Sanchez, Willie Perdomo, John Murillo and Dion Graham will accompany the Christian McBride Big Band. The choir from the original recording, Voice of the Flame (VOTF), will also perform.

Performances will include the Last Poets: Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan and Babadon Babatunde, joined

by Newark’s Honorable Mayor Ras J. Baraka. The Last Poets’ (1968) words hotter than the sun in the sky dropped sun beams of revolutionary Black consciousness making a path for the emergence of hip hop. Most recently they have collaborated with Kanye West, Common and Nas. (Prudential Hall 7:30 p.m.)

On Nov. 12, “Divine Sassy: Lillias White sings Sarah Vaughan.” The Emmy and Tony award winning singer and actress will lay down the sassiness of Vaughan with her Broadway flair. (7:30 p.m.

Chase Room) On the same evening Grammy winner trumpeter Chris Botti takes to the stage.

Botti has sold over 4 million albums, not an everyday occurrence in the jazz world. (Prudential Hall 8 p.m.)

The outstanding women of jazz will perform Nov. 13 featuring the unique

bration Festival begins at Clemente’s Flamboyan Theater (107 Suffolk Street).

Opening night Nov. 11 kicks off with pianist, composer and bandleader Michele Rosewoman’s curated: “A Function at the Junction; Ancestral Bridge, Musical Streams / Una Función en el Cruce: Puente Ancestral, Corrientes Musicales.” It is a collaborative, multimedia event that will bring together Rosewoman’s (Photo courtesy of Michele Rosewoman) New Yor-Uba ensemjazz stylings and improvisational prow- ble, Francisco Mora Catlett’s Afro Horn ess of Dianne Reeves and the musicians and Román Díaz’s Rumba Ensemble in of Artemis: pianist and music director live performance with video documenRenee Rosnes, clarinetist Anat Cohen, tation, a subsequent HotHouseGlobal trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, tenor saxo- broadcast and Habana/Harlem panels. phonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko A recipient of the Southarts Jazz Road Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller. (Pru- Creative Residency grant, Rosewomdential Hall 8 p.m.) an says, “With New Yor-Uba, we pay On Nov. 14 it’s time to visit Dorthaan’s homage to the journey of centuries-old Place (NICO kitchen and bar), the popu- Yoruba traditions from Nigeria through lar jazz brunch series curated by Newark’s Cuba to present-day New York, reflectFirst Lady of Jazz Dorthaan Kirk. This edi- ing its contemporary manifestations.” (7 tion features the piano of Cyrus Chestnut. p.m. - 11 p.m.)

There are two brunch seatings: 11 a.m.

“This project is an expansion of things and 1 p.m. that I have done,” stated Rosewoman.

For complete listings and tickets visit “To share the stage and moment with the website njpac.org. All guests age 12+ must be fully vaccinated OR show a negUzo Aduba Photo by Madeline Leach ative COVID-19 test at the door.

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The production is supported by the Art for Justice Fund, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and by Terry and Bob Lindsay, with additional support provided by American Express.

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By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews A late-night film buff watching “In a Lonely Place,” starring Humphrey Bogart, may have wondered who was the Black woman pianist/singer? That was Hadda Brooks, and along with being an attractive torch singer she could torch the keyboards with her boogie-woogie beat, so much so that in the 1940s she was considered the queen of the style.

In the film her appearance in the nightclub scene was a cameo with Brooks singing a warm and enticing version of Ray Noble’s song “I Hadn’t Anyone Till You.” This was quite a departure from her popular brand of recordings, including her rhythm and blues romps for Modern Records. But when she wasn’t rockin the joint or the recording studio, she could put a romantic tinge to a ballad, as she did on “That’s My Desire,” and “Dream.”

She was born Hadda Hapgood in Los Angeles on Oct. 29, 1916, and began piano prowess as a child of four, after pleading with her father for lessons. Then came the tutoring from classically trained teachers, and she was an able student. Brooks was raised in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, by parents who had migrated to California from the South. Her mother, Goldie Wright, was a doctor and her father, John Hapgood, a deputy sheriff. Her grandfather, Samuel Alexander Hapgood was an enormous influence on Brooks, introducing her to theater and the operatic voices of Amelita Galli-Curci and Enrico Caruso. In her youth

she formally studied classical music with an Italian piano instructor, Florence Bruni, with whom she trained for 20 years.

She attended the University of Chicago, and later, returned to Los Angeles. She came to love the subtle comedy of Black theater and vaudeville entertainer and singer Bert Williams.

In the beginning of her career she was a rehearsal pianist for dancers with such luminar-

lywood was mainly the result of beating out Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan for those bit parts where a vocalist was needed to enhance a scene.

Unfortunately, there were only a few such offers, and she was often uncredited in the films.

In 1951, she became the first Black woman to host her own television variety show.

But she earned top billing on the R&B circuit and her re-

Palace. It was also in Los Angeles that she began performing at actor Johnny Deep’s Viper Room. There were similar, much more subdued moments at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City.

She recorded a new CD, “Time Was When,” in 1995 for Virgin/Pointblank Records which also issued a new 50-years retrospective of her work, entitled “I’ve Got News

ACTIVITIES FIND OUT MORE The Retrorambling website and several obits, especially in The New York Times, capture the essence of Boogie Woogie Queen.

DISCUSSION Not enough is said here about her exposure in films, and according to several sites it was quite extensive.

PLACE IN CONTEXT Born just beyond the dawn of the 20th century, Brooks was a stellar performer in the realm of rhythm and blues through her lifetime.

ies as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Shirley Temple among her clients. During her time performing with the Harlem Globetrotters, she married one of the players, Earl “Shug” Morrison, in 1941. He died a year later of pneumonia at 21.

Brooks was a popular artist with a wide range of friends and other musicians. She and Billie Holiday were very close, and it was rumored that they shared a reefer joint in their dressing room. It was a jukebox repairman, Jules Bihari, who heard her and requested she write a boogie tune that he could record. In 1945, her composition “Swingin’ the Boogie” was an immediate top hit.

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cordings assured her popularity and that the rent would be paid. The changing trends of music made it difficult for her to find work, and she slowly faded into obscurity with engagements only available abroad. For a while she did fairly well in Hawaii and Australia before retiring in 1971.

Music critic, Peter Watrous of The New York Times said Brooks’ voice was “velvety and drenched with an after-hours smokiness…” and infused with “deep emotions.” Four years later after his review, she was the recipient of the Rhythm and Blues Foundations’ Prestigious Pioneer Award in a ceremony at the Hollywood

for you.” Accompanying her on “Time Was When,” Al Viola (guitar), Eugene Wright (bass) and Richard Dodd (cello), and she wrote two of its songs: “You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Crazy” and “Mama’s Blues.” She often told reporters “I try not to put anything new into my songs. I go back 20 years to find me.”

Brooks was 86 when she died Nov. 26, 2002, at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, after undergoing open-heart surgery, according to her manager, Russ Paul.

She is survived by a sister, Kathryn Carter, two nephews, Kent and Darryl Carter.

THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY Nov. 1, 1945: John Johnson published the first issue of Ebony magazine.

Nov. 1, 1910: W.E.B. Du Bois published the first edition of The Crisis magazine for the NAACP. Nov. 3, 1896: JB Hunter patented the portable weighing scales.

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Disgraced drug kingpin ‘Alpo’ Martinez murdered in Harlem

By AUTODIDACT 17 Special to the AmNews ‘Live by the gun, die by the gun’ is common street ethics, and early Sunday morning the chickens came home to roost when one of Harlem’s infamous crack traffickers, who unleashed much death and destruction, was murdered in a drive-by shooting. Alberto Geddis Martinez, “Alpo,” gained urban folklore status during the late-1980s/early-1990s, and was one of many street entrepreneurs responsible for turning Harlem into the dilapidated community it became several decades ago.

He was shot five times through the driver’s side window of his red 2017 Dodge Ram truck, which had temporary Texas license plates, while driving south on Fredrick Douglas Blvd., bet. 152nd-151st Streets. While franticly escaping the scene, he reportedly tossed over a dozen baggies containing what is believed to be heroin, out his window, before crashing into several vehicles and eventu-

ally stopping at 147th Street. EMS workers rushed him to Harlem Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. Reportedly, he was leaving from a local nightclub.

“Someone prolly saw’em there and made a call, ‘Yo, guess who here? Dat n!&&@ Po! Come ‘n get’em!” speculated one Harlem source who declined to be identified. “He thought he couldn’t get got, but he hurt a lot of families whose sons and nephews are now grown men with long memories.

What was he thinking, still showing his face in Harlem, plus without a [bulletproof ] vest?”

He was shot in the arm, chest and chin at around 3:20 a.m., which was captured by the NYPD’s SpotShot system, alerting police. When they arrived at 3:30 a.m., his ID card had the name ‘Abraham Rodriguez’ of Lewiston, Maine on it, which may have been given to him in his plea bargain with the Feds.

After being released from ADX Supermax federal prison in Florence, Colorado in 2015, he entered the witness protection program.

Alpo was born June 8, 1966, and raised in East Harlem’s East River Houses, later relocating to Washington D.C., where he expanded his operations. He and a couple of co-defendants were indicted in 1990 in Washington D.C. for federal drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit murder, and 14 counts of murder. Rather than face life imprisonment or the death penalty, he copped a plea deal and was sentenced 35 years in prison.

He confessed to the 14 murders, including that of his childhood friend, Rich Porter, in 1990, then betrayed the code of the streets and testified in federal court against cats from his crew, including his alleged hitman, Wayne Anthony Perry.

As word spread about his murder, some celebrated.

“We waited for a long time for this day to come and we are happy.

That’s why we’re out here celebrating, drinking champagne,” Porter’s 37-year-old niece told the Daily News.

Word has circulated in the street in recent years that Alpo was

breezing through Harlem.

“I’m surprised he didn’t get killed sooner,” expressed another Harlemite, who spoke anonymously.

“He hurt a lot of people and they have sons and nephews who are now grown men. Perhaps someone from D.C.? Or a younger G lookin’ to get some stripes for outtin’ a rat.”

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea noted: “It’s a very preliminary investigation. We are looking into all aspects as to what the motive would be, including his past. We have every confidence that as the investigation proceeds, we’ll find justice and those responsible.”

The 2002 movie “Paid In Full” is based on Alpo’s hustling history with Porter and Azie Faison.

“Now my uncle can finally rest in peace, 32 years later,” his niece said. “It’s just that the pain my mother felt all these years, I been feeling the pain with her. Every dog has their day and today was his,” she said of Martinez. “I believe in karma, and I’m glad that I was here to witness it.”

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai selects medical schools as partners for key anti-racism initiative

By YAMINAH SMITH Special to the AmNews The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai selected medical schools nationwide to enroll as partners in its Anti-Racist Transformation (ART ) Medical Education initiative. Icahn Mount Sinai received 48 submissions from medical schools seeking enrollment in its initiative to use a formal change management process to address deep-rooted racism and bias. After evaluation, its selection committee selected 11 institutions to partner with, including: College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles Duke University School of Medicine East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health

Sciences The Ohio State University College of Medicine University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix University of Minnesota Medical School University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine “Part of this work is building capacity and building community. We can’t do that alone,” coinvestigator of ART in Med Ed, Ph.D., MSW, Senior Director of the Strategy and Equity Education Program Leona Hess told the Amsterdam News. Dr. Hess believes that by “identifying and working with” the previously listed 11 schools, the work of dismantling entrenched racism and bias can continue to get done.

The selection committee’s decision followed their purposeful evaluation of each medical school’s “vision, commitment, administrative capacity, institutional alignment and diversity of institutions (geography,

public/private, new/established schools).”

Similar to the committee’s purposeful elevation of potential partners, the committee members also underwent purposeful selection.

“We intentionally did not select a committee of institutional leaders to review the applications.

We intentionally did not select a committee of people who have traditional credentials as experts in a particular field. We selected a committee of members who are doing the work, who are deeply committed and invested in the work. We purposely selected people from the full thickness of an institution’s community.

From front-line staff, students, junior faculty, senior faculty and some people in leadership positions. We wanted it to be representative of everyone who is impacted by racism and bias and everyone who is contributing or will need to contribute to changing the culture of the institution,” MD, FACP, Dean for Medical Education, Icahn Mount Sinai, and a

Principal Investigator of the initiative David Muller told the Amsterdam News. “We thought that that group would have the clearest eye on what makes a really good candidate as an institution applicant.”

According to Icahn Mount Sinai, their “project to dismantle racism in medical education gets underway immediately and will last about three years. The goal of the initiative is to transform culture and build capacity at each of these schools, in an effort to establish anti-racism as an organizing principle in medical education. The initiative includes a virtual learning platform designed to engage students, staff, and faculty in virtual experiential learning, assessments, outcome, and performance monitoring sessions, and coaching. The ART in Medical Education project replicates and adapts a framework developed by Mount Sinai faculty and students.”

For more information, visit https://www.mountsinai.org

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Health Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine hosts community health fairs

Community health fairs hosted and staffed by Harlem’s Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) attracted people of all ages and colors for health screenings and education recently. tologist Dr. Rosemarie Ingleton were provided as well, along with eyewear On Friday, Oct. 22, about 250 visi- from Lafont USA. tors came to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. “We were very excited to host the State Building Plaza for blood pres- TouroCOM Biannual Health Fair to sure, glucose, vision and HIV screen- serve the Harlem community and ings, as well as information on dental foster new partnerships with various and foot care from Touro College of local organizations,” said Associate Dental Medicine and Touro’s New Professor Kamilah Ali, Ph.D., co-chair York College of Podiatric Medicine, of the school’s Community Service and one-on-one talks about healthy Committee, who also thanked NYC eating. Donations of skin care prod- partners Alliance for Positive Change, ucts from L’Oréal and NYC derma- African Service Committee and the

Committee of Hispanic Children and Families for their support.

The previous week, TouroCOM medical student volunteers hosted another health fair at the Malian Center in Harlem to serve primarily the Murid community of Harlem, devout Muslims originating from Senegal in Western Africa.

Students provided blood pressure checks, blood glucose screenings, eye exams, and hepatitis counseling for about 70 community members before

and after their Friday prayer. Fliers in both French (the official language of Senegal) and English about breast cancer, cervical cancer, hepatitis, and healthy eating were also provided.

“We are so grateful to the Murid community for welcoming us into their sacred space,” said Mahin Zaman M.S., OMS-II, president of the school’s International Medicine Club and the event organizer. “We greatly appreciate the chance to serve and connect with such a beautiful community.”

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the first Black woman elected New York State governor and the first Black woman elected governor in America.

“As I’ve traveled all around New York state, I have witnessed too many working families struggling to make ends meet, and it’s clear that the status quo just won’t do,” said James.

“New Yorkers need a governor who isn’t afraid to stand up to powerful interests on behalf of the vulnerable.

Throughout my career, I’ve taken on big forces and New Yorkers know I will never back down when it comes to fighting for them.”

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams just won reelection as New York City’s public advocate on Tuesday, however he has his sights on Albany. Last week, he reportedly filed paperwork to enter the gubernatorial race. In September, it was reported that he launched an exploratory committee.

Williams’ journey started as a Brooklyn city councilmember to take James’ place as public advocate after her election to attorney general. In 2018, he challenged Hochul for lieutenant governor, getting over 46% of the vote behind Hochul’s 53%.

“Three years ago when I was exploring a statewide run, I saw enthusiasm all across New York— and heard about shared struggles,” Williams said on social media. “Now I’m hearing many of the same struggles, because the same systems are in place. We’re still here fighting, and I’m seeing the same enthusiasm for change.”

On the sunset of his mayoral career, news broke Tuesday that de Blasio filed paperwork with the Board of Elections to create a fundraising committee under the New Yorkers for a Fair Future. While he has not officially announced a gubernatorial run, de Blasio was asked about the filing during a televised interview on Tuesday. He said he wants to fix the state’s shortcomings in Albany that he believes are on full display.

“I want to continue in public service and there’s a lot that needs to be fixed in Albany,” he said. “There’s a lot that needs to be changed in the State of New York. I think anybody who’s watching, and even from around the country over these last years, has seen dysfunction in our State Capitol, has seen scandal. This State has fallen behind in some ways that we really must address.”

In an interview with the AmNews, Basil Smikle, who serves as director of Hunter College’s Public Policy Program, said that if James, Williams and de Blasio do run it would give Hochul an advantage being that the three are from downstate.

“They would divide the vote in an area that is known to turn out strongly for statewide candidates in the primary,” Smikle said. “Kathy would be, in some ways, looking forward to more candidates from the city jumping into the race. The demographics of the city have changed dramatically since the last census, and since 2013, we’ve had a majority minority electorate. Not only does that suggest that you have more candidates of color, or African American candidates running for office, but the chances that they would win are that much stronger in a statewide race.”

Smikle added that in order for candidates to get the Black vote, they have to hone in on key issues such as criminal justice reform, quality of life, and disparities that the COVID19 pandemic has exacerbated, particularly in education and income.

He also said closing Rikers Island is important.

“I think African American voters are looking at a lot of these issues that have been bubbling up to the surface for a long time but have already been championed by Jumaane and Tish,” Smikle said.

So what are voters thinking? According to a Siena College poll released last month, Hochul is leading, even if Cuomo were to enter the race.

In one potential five-way primary, Hochul leads with 31% followed by Cuomo at 17%, James at 14%, Williams at 7%, and de Blasio at 6%. With Cuomo excluded, Hochul was at 39%, James 20%, de Blasio 10%, and Williams 8%.

“Predicting June’s Democratic gubernatorial ballot 36 weeks from primary day, four months before a state party convention with only Hochul declared is not for the faint hearted,” said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg. “That said, Siena presented Democrats with three potential primary matchups and in each case, Hochul leads by double digits. But let’s repeat, we are 36 weeks away with an unknown field, and most potential candidates being, like Hochul, largely unknown to a wide swath of voters.”

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agenda. They do not approve of the size and scope of his agenda, especially the proposed budget on the social safety net, and this has made it impossible to forge a consensus in the party.

There was a general excitement for Biden’s infrastructure plan and the $3.5 trillion bill, including a vastly expanded Medicare that would provide dental, vision, and hearing coverage for the nation’s seniors. Caught in the throes of the boondoggle is paid family leave, though the pre-k and climate change budgets are bright spots.

Another important race and its outcome may portend how future elections will be for the two parties. A special election in Ohio to fill a 15th congressional seat is a tight race between Republican Mike Carey and Democrat Rep. Allison Russo, who has been endorsed by Biden. She faces an uphill battle in the GOP bastion but has a record of upsetting the top contender.

Biden is at the mercy of these various elections, his own party members intransigence, and if he can change his dwindling approval ratings. As usual the issues are pregnant with possibilities.

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Religion & Spirituality Longtime Atlanta news anchor, New York native Jovita Moore dies from cancer

Farewell to our dear Grammy Graham (Grammy) Desinor, the second eldest son of Marie Myrtho Candio, was born July 19, 1974 at St. Mary’s Hospital in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York.

His battle with stage four colon cancer concluded on October 19, 2021, at the age of 47 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.

Grammy was raised in East New York, Fountain Avenue and the Marlboro Gravesend section of Brooklyn with his 5 siblings: Willington, Josephine, Wilner, Joshua, and Geovanni. He attended Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, New York. During his formative and early adulthood years, he was tasked with helping his mother and his siblings survive as best he could which came with a great deal of responsibility and did not leave much space for him to be a kid, and as a result he grew up fast. Grammy went on to work in the healthcare field in the facilities department.

Grammy was a complex individual but if he

cared for you, there would be nothing he would not do for you. He had his faults but strived each day to be a better version of himself. Grammy was an excellent father to his children. He was one-of-a-kind and a genuine person.

Grammy will be remembered for his joyous smile, great sense of humor, being a man of his word, but most of all for being sincere and standing firmly in whatever he believed was right and was in his heart. Grammy’s legacy will continue lovingly through his eight children: Marquis, Donte, Devon, Ne’Vaya, A’Moura, AaLésia, AuRyenne-Lee and Victoria; their mothers, Nakia, Karen, Shavonna, and AnnMarie; his two grandchildren: Leo and Remmi; his mother Marie, his sister Josephine; four brothers: Willington,Wilner, Joshua and Geovanni; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Grammy was a God-fearing man who will forever be in our hearts and will be deeply missed.

Jovita Moore (WSB-TV photo)

The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP)—Longtime Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore has died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 53.

WSB-TV, where Moore had worked since 1998, announced Friday that Moore died Thursday night from glioblastoma.

“After a nearly 7-month battle with an extremely aggressive form of brain cancer, our colleague and friend Jovita Moore has passed away,” Moore’s co-anchor Justin Farmer said in a video posted on the station’s website. “She passed last night, as she wanted, with her family by her side. She passed peacefully.”

Moore had gone to the doctor in midApril after feeling like she was going to pass out while walking through a grocery store parking lot.

“I was really concerned about why all of a sudden I was forgetful, disoriented and just not feeling myself. Feeling like I was in a fog and really wanting to get out of that fog,” Moore said at the time.

An MRI revealed two small masses in her brain and she underwent surgery to remove the tumors just days later. In July,

she asked WSB to share with viewers that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma. Treatment can slow the cancer’s progression and reduce signs and symptoms, but a cure is often not possible, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website.

A native New Yorker, Moore worked at WMC-TV in Memphis and KFSM in Fayetteville and Fort Smith, Arkansas, before arriving at WSB. Her death was met with an outpouring of condolences in her adopted city.

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called her a “wonderful mother, daughter, and dear friend to many.”

“Even those who did not know her personally felt a deep and personal connection to Jovita,” Bottoms said in a statement posted on the city’s website. “She loved Atlanta dearly. Our thoughts and prayers are with her children Lauren, Shelby and Joshua, her mother, and all who loved her. May her beautiful spirit soar. Jovita will be truly missed.”

The Rev. Bernice King, CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, posted photos of herself with Moore on Twitter.

“I will miss you, Jovita. Rest, sister,” King tweeted.

(Family photo)

Grammy’s 6 other children: (back row, L to R) Marquis Miller, A’Moura and Devon D., (middle row, L to R) AaLésia and Ne’Vaya D., and (bottom) AuRyenne-Lee D. (Shavonna Folks photos) Grammy and his oldest daughter Victoria D. (as a toddler)

Grammy with his second oldest son Donte

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THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS Kathy Hochul. Political analysts predict that James and Williams will essentially split the downstate, Black progressive, and Brooklyn vote between them.

Councilmember-elect Crystal Hudson, who will replace Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo in City Council District 35 in Brooklyn, was elated to be the first openly gay Black woman elected to the city council.

“I know and love this community deeply, and as the granddaughter of Jamaican immigrants, a caregiver who has navigated our complicated healthcare system, the daughter of a nurse, and a Black, queer New Yorker, I will fight even harder for historically marginalized people to have a seat at the table,” said Hudson in a statement.

In another widely watched mayoral election in New York State, Buffalo’s India Walton appears to be trailing behind incumbent Mayor Bryon Brown’s write-in campaign by about 10 points as of Nov. 3, according to Erie County’s elections board.

finished fighting for animals, battling homelessness, and promoting mental health services in the city.

“Political campaigns end, but political movements don’t. We started a political movement—a movement focused on people & not politicians,” said Sliwa. “This is not the end—it’s just the beginning.”

Several electeds who ran in similar progressive Democratic circles chose to celebrate on Election Night in Brooklyn together, namely Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Brooklyn Borough President-elect Antonio Reynoso, Councilmember-elect Shahana Hanif, and Comptroller-elect Brad Lander.

“As New York City’s next comptroller—our budget watchdog, pension fiduciary, and chief accountability officer—I’ll fight hard every day to build that city. I’m deeply grateful for the support of New Yorkers, and eager to make government work better for all Ariama C. Long is a Report for Amerof us. Let’s get to work,” said Lander ica corps member and writes about in a statement. culture and politics in New York City Williams won his re-election for for The Amsterdam News. Your dopublic advocate in a landslide, even nation to match our RFA grant helps as he’s positioning himself to run keep her writing stories like this one; for New York State governor against please consider making a tax-deductAmtrak Print 1 _ Amsterdam News.pdf 1 10:34 AM fellow Q4Brooklynite State Attor- ible gift of7/8/21 any amount today by visitney General Letitia James and Gov. ing: https://tinyurl.com/fcszwj8w

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service and their inclusive, focused vision for the city.

“We are honored to have played a role in their journey to becoming city leaders,” Rodriguez added.

VOCAL-NY Action Fund Co-Executive Director Alyssa Aguilera sees Williams’ victory as another step in the mission to end the drug war, mass incarceration and homelessness.

“We’re thrilled to see so many VOCAL-NY Action Fund champions win their races and can’t wait to see what progress is to come,” stated Aguilera. “We know these newly elected officials will fight for people living with HIV, who use drugs, who are formerly incarcerated, or are experiencing homelessness. We couldn’t have gotten here without the dedication of our members and leaders, who showed up time and again to get out the vote. Together, we will continue to make New York State a leader in justice and compassion across the country.”

Members of the Black LGBTQ community made history on Tuesday as well.

Crystal Hudson won the seat

for City Council 35 (in Brooklyn), Kristin Richardson Jordan won the seat for City Council District 9 (in Harlem), and Chi Ossé won the seat for City Council District 36 (in Brooklyn). Hudson and Jordan are the first LGBTQ Black women elected to the council.

At 23 years old, Ossé, a former nightclub promoter and activist who’s also the son of the late Reggie Ossé (aka Combat Jack, a former entertainment lawyer wellknown in hip hop circles) is the youngest person ever to be elected to the council.

In other news, Kamilah Hanks won the race for City Council District 49 (on Staten Island, taking over for Debi Rose), Cordell Cleare won her election for City Council District 30 (in Queens), Althea Stevens won the seat for City Council District 16 (in the Bronx, which is currently held by Bronx Borough President-Elect Vanessa Gibson), and Rita Joseph won the race for City Council District 40 (in Brooklyn, which is currently held by Mathieu Eugene).

Brad Lander won the seat for New York City comptroller on Tuesday taking over the position currently held by Scott Stringer.

“It’s beautiful and earned and powerful,” said Jordan of her victory, on Twitter. “Take it all in!”

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named the Democratic nominee for the race by members of the Manhattan Democratic Party.

“This is what happens when Harlem unites,” Cleare said to her supporters at her election night party. “This is your victory tonight. The work starts immediately.”

Cleare has been involved in politics for several years, including serving for nearly 20 years with Perkins. A Harlem native, she was also a New York City district leader for District 70. This year she ran for City Council to represent District 9 and placed fourth.

During her senate campaign she focused on affordable housing, education and small businesses.

During her victory speech, Cleare thanked her mother for teaching her the value of community.

“I appreciate everything she made me do because it taught me service, it taught me to care for my community, it taught me to care for family, it taught me to care for other human beings,” Cleare said. “I’ve seen myself incorporate that in everything that I did.”

Cleare received several major endorsements during her campaign including Benjamin, Mayor-elect Eric Adams, Public Advocate Jumaane

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Williams, former Congressman Charlie Rangel and Assemblywoman Inez Dickens. The weekend before the election she received the endorsement of the Exonerated Five.

On Monday, the day before the election, a political who’s who of Democrats held a rally at A. Philip Randolph Square in Harlem to urge people to vote. Cleare joined Adams, Williams, Benjamin, Manhattan District Attorney-elect Alvin Bragg and State Attorney General Letitia James, who recently announced her run for governor.

“Greater days are coming for Harlem,” Cleare said. “We have to make sure that the weakest of us, the least of us are cared for. I want to represent you in Albany because I want to take those concerns and take them to the halls of the legislature and make them understand that Harlem wants safe streets, Harlem wants better schools, Harlem wants funding for small businesses and Harlem wants to create some big businesses.”

Harlem District Leader William Allen said Cleare’s history in politics and her relationship with the community made her the perfect choice to go to the state senate.

“We needed Cordell to step in as our senator,” he said. “We now have a chance to reclaim what is ours. Now we really have to step up and be with her. This is the moment that she really needs us. They’re going to be after her.”

Council Towers III Beginning on November 1, 2021 applications will be available for the waiting list for COUNCIL TOWERS III HDFC Senior Housing at 1170 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, New York to households headed by persons 62 years of age and over (including units that are handicap accessible). Qualifications will be based on Section 8 Federal guidelines.

• Applications may be requested by mail from: Council Towers III Senior Housing c/o Met Council 77 Water Street, 26th Floor New York, NY 10005 • By downloading an application from the internet at www.metcouncil.org/housing • Applications may be picked up in person at the following location: Council Towers 99 Vandalia Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11239 Monday – Thursday 9 am – 4 pm Friday – 9 am – 2 pm only *Social distancing rules MUST be adhered to and masks are required when entering the building* • By telephone: (212) 453-9537 (please speak clearly) • By sending an email to ct3inquiry@metcouncil.org with your name and mailing address Completed applications must be returned by REGULAR MAIL ONLY to Council Towers III HDFC c/o Met Council 77 Water Street, 26th floor New York, NY 10005.

One household member must be at least 62 years of age to qualify.

Applicants who submit more than one application will be assigned a higher log number (least chance of obtaining an apartment).

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Notice of Formation of JReady Entertainment, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/27/21. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 888 Seventh Ave., 4th Fl., NY, NY 10106. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of Lunar Hypnosis LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/15/21. NY office location: NY County.

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Mott 7 LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 09/27/21. Off Loc: New York County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 52 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of SKYFLAME PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/21. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP, 366 Madison Ave., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of RED PILL VENTURES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/21. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/15/21.

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Nets search for wins in an improved conference A n ofte n us e d sayi ng i s, “ It ’s not how you sta r t, it ’s h ow you f i n i s h.” It w il l b e six m o nth s b e f o re th e N BA’s re gu la r s ea s o n st a n d ing s are d e ci d e d , but the star t of the s eas on ha s b e en inte re sti ng.

L a st s eas on’s No. 2 a n d No. 3 s e e ds, th e B ro o kly n Nets and th e Mi lwau ke e Bucks, the d e f e n d i ng leagu e champ i o n s, a re cur rently lo oki ng u p at th e Ch icag o Bu lls, Mia m i Heat, the Knicks, Wizards, Raptors and Cha rlo tte Hornet s in th e E a st. Th e Ph i lade lphia 7 6 e rs, th e 2 0 2 0-’2 1 top s e e d i n th e E ast, is als o in th e ju mb le o f teams as the y co nti nu e to p lay w ithou t All-Sta r B e n Simm ons, wh o ha s re q u este d a tra d e.

The Ne ts, 4 - 3 b e f o re fa cing the Atla nta Hawks at t h e Barclays Ce nte r la st nig ht (We d n e s day) , e n d ing a six-ga m e h o m e st a n d , w e re th e f avo rite s to w in th e N BA ti tle c o m ing into t h i s s ea s o n , bu t have had a slow sta r t.

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l o ss to t he Bucks It ’s his 13t h w it h and then dropped t he Net s sin ce t he i r ho m e b eing t rade d o p e n e r to t he to t hem by t he Cha rl o tte Ho rHousto n Ro cket s n e t s i n Ga m e 3 . last Januar y, t he Wi t hout gua rd s e co n d mo st in Ky r i e Ir v i ng, w ho fran chis e histo ha s b e e n d i sa lr y to Jas o n Kidd’s low e d by the Nets 61. ow n e r Jo e Tsa i Harden adde d a n d g e n e ra l ma n t hat t here’s a ag e r S ea n Ma rks lo t o f ro o m fo r to p lay w i t h t he imp rovement. tea m o r pa r t i c i“We’ re n owhere pate i n o rga n i ze d n ear where w e a c t i v i t i e s a s he w ould like to b e.” re ma i n s unva c c i As B ro o k lyn nate d , ha s l e f t a t r ies to g et to hug e vo i d i n t he where the y w ould tea m’s l i n e up. like to b e, t he y In t he 5 4 ga m e s w ill have to do it I r v i ng p laye d la st o n t he road fo r s ea s o n , he ave r- After a slow start to this season, Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden was t he n ext 10 days ag e d 2 6 . 9 p o i nt s, averaging 18.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game before facing the as t he y b e gin a 6 a ssi st s, 4 . 8 re - Atlanta Hawks at the Barclays Center last night six-game t r ip to b oun d s a n d 3 4 . 9 mo r row again st mi nute s. i ng u p to h is Ha l l of Fame from th eir b ench, w h ich the D et ro it Pisto n s. The Ke v i n Dura nt ha s ca r- level in the first few weeks ranked 16th at 34.7 points Rapto rs ( Sun day), Bulls r i e d t he tea m, c o nt i nu - of the season, is beginning p er ga me. “ We’ve sh ow n (Mo n day), Orlan d o Magic i ng to ma ke t he ca s e he i s to l o ok l ike h is ol d s el f, s ome sig ns of b eing a (We d n es day), New Ort he b e st p laye r i n ba ske t- putting up 18.6 points, 7.6 real ly g o o d team,” said lean s Pelican s (Nov. 12) ba l l . The f o r wa rd wa s av- reb ou nds a nd 8.6 assists Ha rden after Su nday’s an d O k laho ma Cit y Thunerag i ng 2 7 . 7 p o i nt s a n d p er ga me b efore me eting 117-91 b l ow ou t of th e der (Nov. 14) are o n t he 8 . 9 reb oun d s, l ea d i ng t he up w ith T rae You ng a nd D etroit P istons, a w in s che d ule b efo re t he Net s Ne t s i n b o t h hea d i ng i nto t h e Hawks. impa c te d by h is tr ipl e- play t heir n ext game at t he Hawks ga m e. Ja m e s Th e Nets have to g et dou b l e of 8 p oints, 10 re - ho me Nov. 16 again st t he Ha rd e n , w ho wa sn ’ t p lay - more offensive ou tpu t b ou nds, and 12 a ssists. G o ld en St ate War r io rs.

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Early season returns on the Knicks prove positive

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only one less than the Charlotte Hornets. The three-ball In the first month of had fueled their No. 3 this NBA season, the ranking scoring rankKnicks have shown ing (115.1) in the NBA they have the talent behind the Hornets and depth to com(117.5) and the Miami pete with upper echeHeat (115.6). It is a dralon teams. They are not matic contrast with yet in that class, which last season when the won’t be conclusiveKnicks finished 26th ly proven until they go out of 30 teams averdeep into the postseaaging 107 points per son, but early returns game. have been positive, noAs he did in the tably on their invest2020-’21 campaign, ments in free-agent forward Julius Randle guards Kemba Walker led the Knicks in the and Evan Fournier. three major offenThe duo has been Guard Evan Fournier has been a key component sive statistical categoof the Knicks’ exceptional three-point shooting pivotal to the Knicks ries prior to facing the this season, converting 43% of his 58 attempts becoming one of the Pacers. He was regisheading into last night’s game on the road best three-point shoottering averages of 21 versus the Indiana Pacers ing teams in the league. points, 11 rebounds Going into last night’s and 6.3 assists per (Wednesday) game against the Fournier had also drained 25 and game. Last season the first All-Star Indiana Pacers on the road—the had converted 43% of his 58 at- and All-NBA Second Team selecKnicks were 5-2—Walker and tempts. tion put up an impressive line of 24 Fournier were tied for fifth in the As a team, the Knicks topped points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

NBA in average three-pointers the league in averaging 16.6 threePerhaps the Knicks’ newfound made per game at 3.6. Walker had pointers made per game and were offensive potency has caused a hit 25 of 44 for a scorching 57% clip. second in total makes with 116, tendency for them to relax when

they build double-digit leads. It has occurred multiple times and arose again on Monday in an unforeseen 113-104 loss to the shorthanded Toronto Raptors at Madison Square Garden.

The Raptors were without AllStar forward Pascal Siakim, who led them in scoring (21.4) and rebounding (7.2) last season, but hasn’t played this season as he recovers from off-season shoulder surgery.

Superlative rookie forward Scottie Barnes from Florida State, drafted No. 4 overall by the Raptors and posting 18 points and a team-leading nine rebounds in seven games played, didn’t suit up either after spraining his right thumb on Saturday versus the Pacers. But the Knicks, who were up by 15 in the first half and maintained solid separation for much of the night, let a win slip away.

“We lost the lead and got back on our heels, they were the aggressors. That was basically the story of the game,” said Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau after his squad held a 91-79 advantage at the start of the fourth quarter against the Raptors.

“So, when we have a lead we have to play tough with a lead and we didn’t do that. They hurt us with second chance points, steals, fastbreaks, and those are things we have to correct.”

Knicks guard/forward RJ Barrett, who had a team-high 27 points against the Raptors, following up on his career-best 35 points on the road Saturday night in a 123-117 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, agreed with his coach.

“I think they just played harder than us honestly. They played harder than us. In the NBA, the harder playing team is going to win,” said Barrett.

“When we get outplayed, outworked, it’s not a good feeling,” he expanded. “It’s definitely not a good feeling. That’s something we hang our hat on is coming out there and outworking everybody.”

The Knicks will play the Bucks in Milwaukee tomorrow, host the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Garden on Sunday, have a quick turnaround when they meet up with the 76ers in Philadelphia on Monday, and are back at MSG next Wednesday for a rematch with the Bucks.

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Quarterback Mike White etches his name in Jets history The Jets’ 34-31 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at MetLife Stadium was a shock to the fans of both teams and almost everyone that follows the NFL. The Jets were 1-5 and without their starting quarterback, rookie Zach Wilson, who has struggled early in his professional career and is sidelined for another few weeks with a PCL strain in his right knee sustained in a 54-13 loss to the New England Patriots on October 24th.

The Bengals came into the game 5-2, had one of the hottest QBs in the league in Joe Burrow, and had beaten one of the conference’s best teams, the Baltimore Ravens, 41-17 on the road the week before. But the Jets had a secret weapon in backup quarterback Mike White.

Making his first pro start, the 26-year-old, drafted in the fifth round out of Western Kentucky by

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By VINCENT DAVIS Special to the AmNews

Jets quarterback Mike White electrified MetLife Stadium last Sunday, passing for 405 yards in lifting his team to a 34-31 win over the Cincinnati Bengals

the Dallas Cowboys in 2018, went 37-45 for 405 yards, the most by a Jets QB since Vinny Testaverde threw for 481 yards on Christmas Eve in 2000, and had three passing touchdowns to become an overnight Jets hero, hearing the fans shouting his name.

“At first, I kind of had to listen again,” said White after the game.

He asked himself in amazement “are they chanting my name?” It began early when he led the offense on their first score, a 10play, 75-yard drive that ended with an 8-yard run by rookie running back Michael Carter at 6:22 of the opening quarter. Carter also had a breakout game, topping the Jets in rushing (77) and receiving (95) yards.

“Mike is fantastic,” said Jets head coach

Robert Saleh, praising the Pembroke Pines, Florida native. “He’s poised.

He showed it all throughout camp, all throughout OTAs, that he deserves to be one of those guys, and obviously, he showed it today.”

White wasn’t flawless, throwing two interceptions, but he gave both the offense and defense a muchneeded confidence boost. It was obvious both units were feeding off his energy. Trailing 24-17 to start the fourth quarter, the Jets outscored the Bengals 17-7 in the final 15 minutes, including the go-ahead score with 3:45 remaining. White threw a 13-yard touchdown to tight end Tyler Kroft then caught the two-point conversion on a pass from wide receiver Jamison Crowder that had the Bengals confused.

Whether the Bengals were overconfident, lacked urgency, or were out coached, the Jets and White took advantage of their opportunities. He signed with the team in August 2019 after Dallas waived him. White has bounced back and forth between the Jets’ practice squad and their active roster since joining the organization.

Now he gets his second start tonight versus the Indianapolis Colts on the road. Another strong showing or two by White will have fans debating if he should hold the starting job once Wilson is ready to play again.

After a loss to the Chiefs, the Giants’ season gradually slips into irrelevance

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Expectations, enthusiasm and general belief in the Giants leadership may not be at its lowest point in the franchise’s recent history, but it’s inconceivable that it could be much more disconcerting following the team’s 20-17 road loss to the Kansas Chiefs on Monday. The Giants have been an abject disappointment this season.

“We have to eliminate the mistakes we make down the stretch. We can’t allow a team like this to have extra opportunities,” said Giants head coach Joe Judge after the defeat. “We can’t rob opportunities from ourselves with breakdowns in focus. We have to make sure we do a better job than that.”

Judge was referring to among other egregious lapses a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty on fullback Elijah Penny for taunting with 7:28 left in the game after his 16-yard reception from quarterback Daniel Jones gave the Giants a first down on their own 43-yard line. The call pushed the ball back to the 28 and the drive ultimately stalled.

At 2-6, they are already out of the playoff race less than halfway through their 17-game schedule, tied for last place in the NFC East with the 2-6 Washington Football Team. Deadlocked for the second worst mark in the entire conference. Only the 0-8 Detroit Lions have

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The Atlanta Dream’s Monique Billings joins Obsesh

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews In addition to being an outstanding forward with the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, Monique Billings is a TV analyst and model. All of her skills come together in her latest assignment, working as a coach on the Obsesh (obsesh.com) video platform. Obsesh connects athletes with their fans and enables aspiring athletes to get both customized feedback and words of wisdom from professional athletes.

Billings looks forward to discussing basketball skills, mental preparation and overall insights into the game as well as additional content to be added as the platform develops. As of now, people can book Monique for a private video about skills, fitness, food and fuel, mental preparation, going pro and general inspiration.

“I think of when I was 12 years old, junior high, high school, I wish I could have had a platform like this to be able to connect with my favorite athletes, women who inspire me,” said Billings, who played her college ball at UCLA before being draft-

ed by the Dream in 2018. “My ultimate purpose is to be the person I needed when I was younger, a woman I would have looked up to.

“I’ve always wanted to bridge the gap between women’s athletics and everyday womanhood,” she continued. “I want to empower women and girls to know that you can be strong and you can be beautiful at the same time.”

Billings, who is soon heading to Australia to play during the WNBA’s off-season, is in frequent conversation with Obsesh about the kind of content she wants to develop. There is even an option where someone can upload a video of herself or himself and receive customized feedback from Billings. She is looking forward to being a mentor and providing motivation to “be better than yesterday.”

The Atlanta Dream players have been recognized for their extraordinary political activism, playing a huge role in the election of Sen. Raphael Warnock. Just last week, the Dream were honored

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Monique Billings is looking forward to helping young hoopsters hone their skills

with two community awards in recognition for their social justice work: the Clio Sports’ Impact Award and Athlete Ally’s Action Award. In July, the team was named Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year at the Sports Humanitarian Awards. HBO’s “Level Playing Field” presented an episode on the Dream’s activism.

“There are so many different ways to have an impact. It’s very important to find what that means to you,” said Billings, who is excited to play for the Dream’s new coach, Tanisha Wright, who joins Vickie Johnson and Noelle Quinn of the Seattle Storm as Black female coaches in the WNBA. Other female athletes on Obsesh are boxer Keisher “Fire” McLeod, and track Olympians Khamica Bingham and Sparkle McKnight.

James and Radford make Grand Prix debut

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews With five Olympic appearances between them, the pairs team of Vanessa James and Eric Radford formed their partnership earlier this year in the hopes of earning a spot on the Canadian Olympic team bound for Beijing in February.

James, who previously represented France, is now skating for Canada, the country in which she was born. Radford has represented Canada in his two Olympic appearances, winning gold, silver and bronze medals.

James and Radford participated in two competitions earlier this fall, Autumn Classic and Finlandia Trophy, and made their Grand

(Skate Canada/Danielle Earl Photography photo)

Vanessa James and Eric Radford finished just off the medal podium at Skate Canada

Prix debut at Skate Canada last weekend, finishing fourth.

With each competition, they examine areas they want to improve, including the overall presentation.

“Every competition we have, we learn from,” said James.

“We’re gaining experience and momentum. It’s trying to get each element the way that we can do them in practice and outside of the program with the same quality and flow. Each time that we’re trying to make sure that we have the speed, the fluidity and the great transitions to achieve the big elements in the quality that we have at home.”

The duo train in Montreal with coach and choreographer Julie Marcotte. James’ former French teammate, World Ice Dance Champion Guillaume Cizeron, has also choreographed for them. While James and Radford both have long, elegant lines and great musicality, they brought different techniques to their partnership, and have worked hard to get in sync for this important season.

“Vanessa is an exceptionally

powerful and beautiful figure skater,” said Radford. “A big reason why I wanted to do this comeback is the way that I feel when I skate with her and how it’s opened some doors for me to express myself in different ways than I did with Meagan [Duhamel, his previous partner]. That aspect is something that has fueled my motivation every day that we have been in practice.”

James noted their similar musicality—Radford is an accomplished musician and composer. She said there hasn’t been a bad day in practice.

“There are some easy days and some harder days, but every day is very constructive,” James said. “We have the same work ethic and he is bringing out this passion for the second mark [presentation].

“With Eric it’s really about feeling the music and being able to share that passion and artistry and try to portray that to the audience,” she continued. “We’re definitely moving in the right direction. Skate Canada is a step to where we want to go, which is hopefully the Olympics.”

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Sports The TCS NYC Marathon returns for its 50th running

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor

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Moderated by Canadian TV personality Rosey Edeh, a former student-athlete and three-time Olympian in track, in addition to Pompey, the panel included weightlifting and sport performance coach Elizabeth Oelher, Shannon Hatchett, assistant track coach at Arizona State University, and Marissa Chew, assistant track and field coach at Texas Christian University.

Both Pompey and Chew said they had mostly had male coaches throughout their own days as track competitors. For Chew, it is part of her coaching philosophy to empower student-athletes to be confident. “My objective every day is to exude confidence so that they can absorb it and see what it feels like,” said Chew.

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By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews