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APA Focuses on the psychology of equal justice and honors Dr. Garrett-Akinsanya for her healing work in our community BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, Ph.D., LP, fondly referred to as “Dr. B.” was given a Presidential Citation from Dr. Carrie Castaneda-Sound, President of the American Psychological Association’s Division 35, the Society for the Psychology of Women. The award was given during the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention held last week (August 3-6) in Minneapolis. The introduction and Citation read as follows: “Dr. BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya is President and CEO at Brakins Consulting & Psychological
Services, and Executive Director of the African American Child Wellness Institute. She has been in clinical practice for over 40 years. She has a long history of service in APA, most importantly as past Division 35 president. She has a natural gift for making people feel welcomed and seen. As a psychologist and citizen of Minneapolis, she played and continues to play, a big part in the community’s healing after the murder of Mr. George Floyd. Because of this, she is awarded this Presidential Citation Award for communityengaged, healing-centered leadership; for justice that
supports and inspires hope in the face of systemic racism as manifested in police violence and biases and their traumatic effects.” The American Psychological Association has never been to Minneapolis to host its national conference. Therefore, coming to Minnesota appeared appropriate after a past president of the Association, Dr. Sandra Schulman, coined the phrase “racism pandemic.” The conference theme was “Psychology is Everywhere.” In addition to receiving the Presidential Citation for her service to our
community. Dr. B. was also a featured participant on one of the Main Stage Highlighted Events entitled: “The Psychology of Equal Justice” held on Saturday August 6.th In addition to Dr. GarrettAkinsanya, other panelists included well-renowned social psychology researcher Phillip Atiba Goff, PhD (Yale University Researcher), Joel Dvoskin, PhD, ABPP (University of Arizona; Heroes Active Bystander Training); Charles Grady (Federal Bureau of Investigation); Karen Amendola, PhD (National Policing Institute); Calvin Lai,
PhD (Washington University in St. Louis) and Arthur C. Evans, Jr., PhD (CEO, American Psychological Association). The Moderator for the event was Ms. Lolly Bowean (AwardWinning Journalist and Media and Storytelling Program Officer, Ford Foundation). The panel examined the key factors that have established and maintained America’s “culture of law enforcement.” Participants explored strategies for teaching police how and when to intervene as active bystanders when exposed to situations like the one that contributed to George
Fewer voters, narrow margin for Omar By Greta Kaul Staff Writer, MinnPost On Tuesday night, Rep. Ilhan Omar effectively won a third term representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, after she narrowly defeated former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels — by 2.2 percentage points — in the DFL primary for the seat. In a heavilyDemocratic district, Omar is a sure win in the November election against Republican Cicely Davis, who cleared a small GOP primary field Tuesday night. But the close DFL primary race had some pundits speculating there may be a crack in the sometimes-polarizing Omar’s armor: Until Tuesday, she had easy victories in primaries, winning handily in 2018 and 2020 due in large part to big turnout and huge margins of victory in Minneapolis, which makes up most of the district. Here’s a look at votes on Tuesday, and how the results compare to years past. Smaller Minneapolis margin Compared to previous DFL primaries, Samuels managed to cut into Omar’s significant advantage in the city of Minneapolis. In 2020, Omar beat Antone Melton-Meaux, who ran as a more moderate DFLer, by 19.7 percentage points. Her victory was almost entirely due to a major advantage in the city of Minneapolis, where the vast majority of
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In a heavily-Democratic district, Rep. Ilhan Omar is a sure win in the November election against Republican Cicely Davis, who cleared a small GOP primary field Tuesday night. 5th District votes are located. In Minneapolis, Omar beat Melton-Meaux by nearly a 2:1 margin and won more votes than her challenger in many of the district’s suburbs. The Minneapolis advantage was similar in 2018, when Omar first ran to represent the district, except that the field had three major contenders going into Election Day, including former state Sen. Patricia Torres Ray and former Minnesota House Speaker
Margaret Anderson Kelliher. Omar got 48.2 percent of the votes to Kelliher’s 30.4 percent and Torres Ray’s 13 percent. This time around, Omar won only 1.3 votes per Samuels vote in Minneapolis. Samuels also got more votes than her in more suburbs — and by greater margins — than Melton-Meaux did in 2020. Lower turnout overall Another thing worth noting is that overall turnout in the 5th District DFL primary
was much lower on Tuesday night than in either 2018 or 2020 (caveat: the district is shaped a bit differently due to redistricting). That could be for a lot of reasons, some of them having to do with news events and what else was on the ballot. In 2018, around 135,300 ballots were cast in the 5th District DFL primary, but it was also a year with big governor, attorney general and U.S. Senate primary races on the ballot. In 2020, a lot was going on: amid the pandemic,
vote-by-mail numbers were high and the election happened in the wake of the Minneapolis Police murder of George Floyd. Nearly 178,000 people voted in the CD5 DFL primary that year. This year, numbers were significantly lower, at less than 115,000. Greta Kaul Greta Kaul is MinnPost’s data reporter. She can be reached at gkaul@ minnpost.com.
Floyd’s death. Panelists also described programs that could ensure that police departments have processes that will assure that they recruit and retain a workforce based on the selection of the best recruits. Panelists also challenged the contention that only selecting individuals who major in criminal justice may not always the best strategy because policing requires great interpersonal and communication skills. They also talked about the role of unions, strategies for reducing implicit bias and how to move ideas from theory to practice.
Withstanding $600,000 attack from conservate DFLer, Omar braces for $2million Republican attack Ilhan Omar’s campaign said Republicans and conservative Democrats worked in lockstep to unseat her, “spending millions of dollars to try to silence our movement. Corporations and special interest groups poured hundreds of thousands of dollars behind attacks ads, with one super PAC funded by corporate donors spending more than $600,000 on ads in the final days of the race.” In victory statement to supporters Wednesday, Omar said “Despite this barrage of attacks and attempts to undermine our work for progress, our people-first movement won yesterday.” But, she said, it’s clear that the status quo is not backing down for a second. “Our far-right GOP opponent has already raised more than $2 million to defeat us,” she said. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on commented on election results for the critical Minnesota Congressional primary contest. “Tonight is a big night for progressives,” he said. “Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has faced some of the ugliest attacks of any elected official and had hundreds of thousands of dollars spent against her. Despite this, she won her primary once again. Like Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush, these progressive champions have shown that they persevere and deliver for their constituents despite the well-funded nasty attacks upon them.
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Star-studded voting rights celebration encourages 10 million more registered Black voters By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) joined the Rainbow Push Coalition and others at a star-studded celebration of the 57th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The all-star program presented what organizers called a tremendous opportunity to educate the public regarding the significance of the Voting Rights Act and the dangerous threats from the Supreme Court. Held at the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust in Washington D.C.’s historic Shaw District, the event also highlighted the “anti-democracy
Intending to register 10 million more Black voters before the midterm elections, Arnwine, Chavis, and others urged the crowd in D.C. and those watching via a livestream to join the crusade. forces” that continue to threaten voting rights around the country. Participants included the Rev. Jesse Jackson, TJC President Dr. Barbara Arnwine and Board Chair Daryl Jones, National Urban League President Marc Morial, NNPA President, and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Dr. William Barber II, and Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder Latosha Brown. “We’ve got to make sure our Generation Z and Millennials don’t, as Malcolm X said, fall for the okey-doke,” Dr. Chavis exclaimed to the large gathering outside the Thurgood Marshall Trust Building. “That they don’t fall for misinformation. Our history shows that if we continue fighting for freedom, we will win freedom,” Dr. Chavis said. “If we continue to fight for voting rights, we will win voting rights.” Morial called out the evils of misinformation and voter suppression. “There’s an effort to suppress and dilute our votes, but we cannot be
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frustrated, or Morial asserted. “Only determination and perseverance will help us ensure … because a lot is on the line. The violent insurrection threatened to bring this nation to its knees on January 6. But unfortunately, there are some in this country who don’t believe in representative democracy. So don’t believe in the universality of the right to vote.” Intending to register 10 million more Black voters before the midterm elections, Arnwine, Dr. Chavis, and others urged the crowd in D.C. and those watching via a livestream to join the crusade. “We struggle, and we sacrifice not for ourselves,” Dr. Chavis asserted. “We struggle and sacrifice and go to the frontlines, and the best feeling in the world is to go to sleep at night and wake up in the morning knowing that you’ve done something for your freedom, for your right to vote. “Our sleeves are rolled up. We will have votercades and do everything we can to ensure that 10 million more Black people are registered to vote.”
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WNBA’s Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years By Jim Heintz Associated Press
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By Brenda Lyle-Gray Angela Reed, the new leader at the legacy institution, Turning Point, and Patricia Carter, her team partner, were guests for ‘The Conversation with Al McFarlane’ appearing to promote a first of hopefully more Town Hall meetings and conversations with school officials, classroom instructors, and especially parents and youth caretakers held on Wednesday, August 10th at the Capri Theater. Turning Point founder and CEO, Dr. Peter Hayden opened its doors in 1976, having long sounded the alarm of an impending epidemic of epic proportions that could kill even
more Black Americans and other BIBOC citizens of the state than a bullet fired from a Saturday night special purchased on the corner for $20.00. Turning Point is one of the country’s longest running chemical health treatment centers that specializes in culture specific services, said Reed. With the recent expansion of programming, the center is able to provide support for up to five years, but the surge of fentanyl usage and overdoses has added a new dimension to the intense work already required to halt the demise of wounded communities. Fentanyl has caused a 22% rise over 2020 provisional data in drug overdose deaths (1,286) in Minnesota according to the state’s Department of Health. The COVID pandemic has been deadly, but more 18 to 45 year olds in the U.S. have died from overdose deaths due to fentanyl than the virus.
According to the CDC, the numbers have topped 100,000 per year for the first time ever. Law enforcement officials have seized 50 times more of the stronger opioids than four years ago. That’s about 10 million illicit pills just last year. So, I ask, is this information not critical enough for us all to sound the alarm? Warning: The fentanyl epidemic is a crisis of historic and epic proportions. A reported 44 people, including minors, die a day from opioid abuse. The emergence of this synthetic opioid has increased the frequency of fatal drug abuse as its mindboggling potency can be up to 40 times stronger than heroin. Parents, educators, and leaders must become educated and aware of the dangers of using this drug even as directed by a doctor. The urgency is real, and seriously addressing a kind of chemical plague never experienced before in part
due to social media platforms can help prevent addiction and dependency and death. Educating teens and adults about the serious dangers of fentanyl could make someone think twice before trying it or even buying other illegal drugs that could be laced with it. Fentanyl is a synthetic (manufactured) opioid. As a prescription drug, it is 50 to 100 times more potent than other pain medications like morphine. It has been used in medical settings like the pain associated with cancer. When a doctor prescribes fentanyl, it’s only available as a patch for the skin, a shot, or a lozenge to suck on, not as a capsule. Fentanyl manufactured illegally is made in labs and sold as a powder, dropped on blotter paper to look like tiny candies, put in eye droppers or nasal spray, or made into look-alike prescription
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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine and could lead to a high-stakes prisoner exchange between the two world powers. The 31-year-old Griner, a two-time U.S. Olympic champion and a eighttime all-star with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury listened with a blank expression as an interpreter translated the verdict by Judge Anna Sotnikova. The judge also fined 1 million rubles (about $16,700) fine. U.S. President Joe Biden denounced the verdict and sentence as “unacceptable.” “I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates,” Biden said, adding that he would continue to work to bring home Griner and Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia on an espionage conviction. Earlier in the session, with a conviction all but certain,
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WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, right, enters a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Closing arguments in Brittney Griner’s cannabis possession case are set for Thursday, nearly six months after the American basketball star was arrested at a Moscow airport in a case that reached the highest levels of US-Russia diplomacy. an emotional Griner made a final appeal to the court for leniency. She said she had no intention to break the law by bringing vape cartridges with cannabis oil when she flew to Moscow in February to play basketball in the city of Yekaterinburg. “I want to apologize to my teammates, my club, my fans
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Feds charge 4 police officers Senate Dems pass huge climate, health and tax bill in fatal Breonna Taylor raid By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
Senate Democrats took a critical step toward reducing inflation and the cost of living by passing the Inflation Reduction Act. Proponents said the measure would make a big difference for many Americans by locking in savings on health insurance premiums and reducing the cost of prescription drugs by allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices. he bill, when signed by President Joe Biden, should also lead to creating familysustaining jobs and cutting energy costs by making the most significant investment in history in combating climate change, Democrats have claimed. The country will pay the bill’s $739 billion price tag by making corporations pay their fair share. Those making less than $400,000 annually won’t see tax increases. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tiebreaking vote in a deadlock Senate to ensure passage. “I’m thrilled we were finally able to pass this historic,
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President Joe Biden said he ran for president promising to make government work for working families again, and that is what this bill does. once-in-a-generation investment in our country’s future that will lower costs for Georgians, create clean energy jobs and reduce the deficit all at the same time,” said Georgia Democratic Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock. “I’m especially proud the legislation includes two provisions I introduced to cap insulin costs for Medicare patients at $35 a month and to limit the cost of prescription
drugs for seniors. This bill will strengthen health care access and lower health care costs for people across Georgia.” Warnock said the legislation would make a real change in people’s lives. “From saving seniors money by allowing Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices, to expanding vital health care subsidies, to greening the economy,
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this legislation will make a lasting impact on Georgians’ lives,” Warnock stated. Experts and economists said the Inflation Reduction Act would save American households thousands of dollars. “This bill will reduce the cost of prescription drugs, make health insurance
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The U.S. Justice Department announced civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting contributed to the racial justice protests that rocked the U.S. in the spring and summer of 2020. The charges are another effort to hold law enforcement accountable for the killing of the 26-year-old medical worker after one of the officers was acquitted of state charges earlier this year. Federal officials “share but cannot fully imagine the grief” felt by Taylor’s family, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in announcing the charges. “Breonna Taylor should be alive today,” he said. The charges range from unlawful conspiracies, use of force and obstruction of justice, Garland said. The charges are against former officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett, along with Sgt. Kyle Meany. Local activists and members of the Taylor
family celebrated the charges and thanked federal officials. “This is a day when Black women saw equal justice in America,” lawyer Benjamin Crump said. Some of Taylor’s family and other supporters gathered in a park downtown Thursday and chanted “Say her name, Breonna Taylor!” Taylor was shot to death by Louisville officers who had knocked down her door while executing the search warrant. Taylor’s boyfriend fired a shot that hit one of the officers as they came through the door and they returned fire, striking Taylor multiple times. Garland said the officers at Taylor’s home just after midnight on March 13, 2020, “were not involved in the drafting of the warrant, and were unaware of the false and misleading statements.” Hankison was the only officer charged Thursday who was on the scene that night. Hankison is facing two civil rights charges alleging he used excessive force when he retreated from Taylor’s door, turned a corner and fired 10 shots into the side of her twobedroom apartment. Bullets flew into a neighbor’s apartment, nearly striking one man.
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Diversifying American media ownership must become a national priority By Jim Winston and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Thus far, 2022 has been a year of multiple socioeconomic and political challenges for all Americans across the nation. Yet for African Americans and other communities of color, this year represents both challenges and opportunities from a business ownership perspective. In particular, for Black-owned media businesses there is a growing sense of resilience even in the face of continued profound racial disparities and societal inequities. The communications and media industry in America especially should be one of the leading industries that adopts the “good business” sense to embrace the values and benefits of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). This is not about charity or benevolence. Diversity is objectively good for business. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) are working together to encourage the media and advertising industries to become more proactive and committed to diversity from the C-suites to the decision-making managers. But more needs to be done to increase and to enhance the ownership of media businesses by African
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Griner From 3 and the city of (Yekaterinburg) for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them,” Griner said, her voice cracking. “I want to also apologize to my parents, my siblings, the Phoenix Mercury organization back at home, the amazing women of the WNBA, and my amazing spouse back at home.” Under Russian law, the 31-year-old Griner faces up to 10 years in prison, but judges have considerable
Jim Winston is President and CEO of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) headquartered in Washington, DC. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) headquartered in Washington, DC. Americans and other minorities. Economic equity in media requires equal access to investment capital, technical advances in communications infrastructure, and inclusion in other industry innovations. As increased changes in the racial demographics of the nation continue to accelerate in the United States, American media must be more representative of the growing diversity of the nation.
It is noteworthy, therefore, that one of the recently announced major media mergers has Standard General, a minority-owned firm, pending regulatory reviews and approvals by the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, acquiring TEGNA, a company owning 64 television stations around the country. Soo Kim, a successful Asian American business leader, who serves as
Standard General’s founding and managing partner, emphasized “We’re open to exploring new partnership models to get diverse viewpoints and perspectives on the air and to make sure people have the resources to do it.” We agree with this sentiment as multiracial ownership of American media businesses will continue to be viewed as a strategic forecast for the future economic wellbeing of the nation. We intend to
raise our voices in support of the positive economic and social-equity consequences of diversifying American media. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has pointed out, “Access to the media by the broadest sector of society is crucial to ensuring that diverse viewpoints are presented to the American people, but racial and gender disparities in media ownership dating back to the beginning
lab testing reveals that 4 out of every 10 fake pills contain a more lethal dose of fentanyl than ever before. It is officially reported that drug traffickers are using fake pills to exploit the opioid crisis, and prescription drug misuse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in the most recent 12-month reporting period, the most ever recorded.
As reported by medical experts, nearly all fentanyl is manufactured in foreign countries (mainly China) and imported illegally. That leads to there being no controls on potency, distribution, and usage. Increases in teen use of the potentially lethal drug is said to be related to unprecedented mental health issues related to the continued presence and unpredictability of COVID19. Due to its high potency and
addictive nature, fentanyl has increased the urgency for fullscale treatment for drug abuse that has metastasized and has put the victim in serious danger. Criminal drug networks are mass producing fake pills and falsely marketing them as legitimate. Fake pills are easy to purchase, widely available, and sold on the street, on social media, and e-commerce platforms for anyone, including minors, with a smart phone.
Many fake pills are made to look like prescription opioids such as Oxycodone Percocet, Hydrocodone, Vicodin, Xanax, and the stimulant Adderall. The DEA and its law enforcement partners are confiscating deadly fake pills at record numbers. So far this year, the DEA has seized 20,000,000 fake pills often laced with fentanyl and more than the last 2 years combined. The DEA has opened
912 investigations with a nexus to violent crime so far this year, and with their partners, seized more than 8,700 guns.
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over the 6 1/2 years that I spent here,” she said. “I remember vividly coming out of the gym and all the little girls that were in the stands there waiting on me, and that’s what kept making me come back here.” Prosecutor Nikolai Vlasenko insisted that Griner packed the cannabis oil deliberately, and he asked the court to hand Briner a fine of 1 million rubles (about $16,700) in addition to the prison sentence. Lawyers for the Phoenix Mercury center and two-time Olympic gold medalist have sought to bolster Griner’s contention that she had no criminal intent and that the canisters ended up in her luggage by mistake. They presented character witnesses
from the Yekaterinburg team that she plays for in the WNBA offseason and written testimony from a doctor who said he prescribed her cannabis for pain treatment from injuries sustained in her basketball career. Her lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, argued that Griner used the cannabis only in Arizona, where medical marijuana is legal. She emphasized that Griner was packing in haste after a grueling flight and suffering from the consequences of COVID-19. Blagovolina also pointed out that the analysis of cannabis found in Griner’s possession was flawed and violated legal procedures. Blagovolina asked the court to acquit Griner,
noting that she had no past criminal record and hailing her role in “the development of Russian basketball.” Another defense attorney, Alexander Boykov, emphasized Griner’s role in taking her Yekaterinburg team to win multiple championships, noting that she was loved and admired by her teammates. He told the judge that a conviction would undermine Russia’s efforts to develop national sports and make Moscow’s call to depoliticize sports sound shallow. Boykov added that even after her arrest, Griner won the sympathy of both her guards and prison inmates, who supported her by shouting, “Brittney, everything will be OK!” when she went on walks at the jail. Before her trial began in July, the State Department designated her as “wrongfully detained,” moving her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator. Then last week, in an extraordinary move, Blinken spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, urging him to accept a deal under which Griner and Whelan would go free. The Lavrov-Blinken call marked the highestlevel known contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia sent troops into Ukraine more than five months ago. The direct outreach over Griner is at odds with U.S. efforts to isolate the Kremlin. People familiar with the proposal say it envisions trading Griner and Whelan for the notorious arms trader Viktor Bout, who is serving a prison sentence in the United States. It underlines the public pressure that the White House has faced to get Griner released. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that Russia has made a “bad faith” response to the U.S. government’s offer, a counteroffer that American officials don’t regard as serious. She declined to elaborate. Russian officials have scoffed at U.S. statements about the case, saying they show a disrespect for Russian law. They remained poker-faced, urging Washington to discuss the issue through “quiet diplomacy without releases of speculative information.”
on sentencing. If she does not go free, attention will turn to the possibility of a high-stakes prisoner swap that was proposed last week by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to his Russian counterpart. Griner said she made “an honest mistake” in bringing the vape cartridges into Russia, adding: “I hope in your ruling it does not end my life.” Griner said Yekaterinburg, a city east of the Ural Mountains, had become her “second home.” “I had no idea that the team, the cities, the fans, my teammates would make such a great impression on me
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Senate Bill From 3 more affordable, cap out-ofpocket costs, reduce your energy bill, reduce the federal deficit, and bring down inflation,” Florida Democratic Rep. Val Demings said. “As the daughter of a maid and a janitor, every dollar mattered in our household, and I’ll always fight to protect working families.” Demings said the deal builds on work she did in the House to allow Medicare to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs, bring down energy costs, and create significant new jobs by fighting climate change. “Senate Republicans tried and failed to block this legislation because it takes on their biggest backers: prescription drug companies, fossil fuel
companies, and billionaire tax cheats,” Demings remarked. “I’m going to put Florida families first and support policies to bring down costs for working people even if it cuts into the profit margins of these special interests.” Senate Republicans, all of whom opposed the package, lashed out. “This is not about inflation reduction. This is all about Democrats spending on things they want to spend money on,” Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney asserted. “It’s another taxing and spending bill,” he insisted. Biden said he ran for president promising to make government work for working families again, and that is what this bill does. “This bill caps seniors’ out-of-pocket spending for prescription drugs at $2000 per year – no matter what their drug bills would otherwise be, seniors will not have to spend
more than $2,000,” Biden stated “Additionally, 13 million Americans, covered under the Affordable Care Act, will see their health insurance premiums reduced by $800.” Biden continued: “This bill tackles inflation by lowering the deficit and lowering costs for regular families. This bill also makes the largest investment ever in combatting the existential crisis of climate change. “It addresses the climate crisis and strengthens our energy security, creating jobs manufacturing solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles in America with American workers. In addition, it lowers families’ energy costs by hundreds of dollars each year. “Finally, it pays for all this by establishing a minimum corporate tax so that our richest corporations start to pay their fair share. It does not raise taxes on those making under $400,000 a year – not one cent.”
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Editor’s Note: This edition presents the fi rst of two previously published articles by Venezuelan diplomat, activist and Afrodescendent cultural visionary, author and intelletual, Jesus “Chucho” Garcia, who is writing from Venezuela and Columbia, South America. Originally presented in Spanish, Portuguese and English, Afrodecendientes now presents those essays in Yoruba, Somali and French. Our plan is the regular presentation of relevant content that examines the crimnal enterprise of human traffi cking and enslavement and its deliterious impact on African people, worldwide. More importantly, the multilingual presentations demonstrate our capacity to create new unifying narratives that reveal an African way of knowing, and that lean into our authorship of a future in which our people emerge resilient, whole and healed.
AfroColombians Láarin iwa-ipa ati nipo Jesu Chucho Garcia (Pataki lati Bogota) Oku ju Miliọnu kan lo atipPọnu Ijọba ti Gustavo Petro ati Igbakeji Alakoso Afro-ọmọ Francia Marquez yoo ni ipenija nla kan: da awọn iṣipopada ti awọn ọmọ Afro-Afro Colombian kuro ni awọn agbegbe wọn, awọn ofin imudojuiwọn fun aabo ofin ti awọn ọmọ Afro, rọpo awọn irugbin coca pẹlu awọn irugbin ounjẹ ni Afro. -Colombian awọn agbegbe, awọn eto imulo jinlẹ lati dena iwa-ipa si awọn obinrin Afro-Colombian ati jinle iṣelu, eto-ọrọ aje, ilera, aṣa ati awọn ẹtọ eto-ẹkọ. Ogun abẹ́lé ní Kòlóńbíà, tí ó ti wà fún ohun tí ó lé ní ìdajì ọ̀rúndún (19582022), tí ó sì ń lọ lọ́wọ́, ti fi nǹkan bí mílíọ̀nù kan kú. Ni 2016, adehun alafia ti ṣe ni Havana, Cuba, laarin awọn ẹgbẹ ologun Colombian ati ijọba, ti José Manuel Santos (20102018) ṣe alaga. Bibẹẹkọ, lati ọdun 2020, diẹ sii ju ẹgbẹrun mẹwa awọn ipaniyan ni ifoju, pẹlu awọn ọmọde, ni ibamu si awọn iṣiro lati ọdọ awọn ẹgbẹ awujọ bii Igbimọ Kariaye ti Red Cross ati awọn ile-iṣẹ ipinlẹ, gbogbo wọn gba pẹlu ohun ti a pe ni Igbimọ ti Otitọ, ti Afro ṣe. -awọn ọmọ-ọmọ, awọn eniyan abinibi, awọn alagbegbe ati awọn ile-iṣẹ ti ipinle, ijo ati awọn ajo ti kii ṣe ijọba, ti o gbekalẹ ni osu to koja (Okudu 28) Iroyin ti o lagbara pẹlu awọn ẹri lati awọn olufaragba ati awọn ibatan, ti a firanṣẹ si Aare titun ti a yan Gustavo Petro. Igbimọ Otitọ yii ṣiṣẹ ni ọna ṣiṣe gbigba awọn ẹri lati ọdọ awọn ti o kan, ati awọn ibatan ti awọn olufaragba mejeeji ni Ilu Columbia ati ni igbekun. Ní ọwọ́ kejì ẹ̀wẹ̀, ìwà ipá láti àárín ọ̀rúndún tí ó kọjá títí di òní yìí mú kí àwọn ọmọ ìbílẹ̀ àti àtọmọdọ́mọ Afro ní ìpadàpadà ńláǹlà láti gba ilẹ̀ wọn kúrò ní ilẹ̀ wọn, kí wọ́n sì gbin àwọn ohun ọ̀gbìn Coca tí kò bófin mu láti sọ wọ́n di kokéènì fún jíjẹ púpọ̀ kárí ayé. Ilu Columbia, titi di isisiyi, jẹ olupilẹṣẹ ti kokeni ti o tobi julọ lori ile aye. Nipa ti anu ti Afro-Colombians, Eniyan Dudu, Palenqueros ati Raizales
Awọn ọmọ Afro-ọmọ ni Ilu Columbia pe ara wọn ni Afro-Colombians, Awọn eniyan dudu, Palanqueros, ati Raizales. Awọn olugbe Afroiran ni Ilu Columbia wa ni awọn agbegbe ilana ni awọn eti okun ti Okun Pasifiki ati Okun Atlantiki, ati ni awọn agbegbe bii Antioquia, Raizales, San Andres Island, ati awọn ile-iṣẹ ilu bii Buenaventura ati Cali, ilu naa. pẹlu ga olugbe. Afroiran ni Colombia. Awọn ọmọ-ara Afro jẹ fere 20% ti awọn ti a fipa si ni Ilu Columbia. Awọn agbegbe ti o gba nipasẹ awọn iran-iran Afro-Pacific ni ilẹ ti o ni agbara giga, omi lọpọlọpọ, ati awọn orisun iṣẹ-ogbin ati ti ẹda. Bibẹẹkọ, o ti jẹ ọkan ninu awọn agbegbe Ilu Columbia ti, lakoko diẹ sii ju idaji-ọgọrun ti ija ologun, ti ni lati lọ si awọn ile-iṣẹ ilu. Nitori ipa ti iwa-ipa ologun, ohun kanna ṣẹlẹ pẹlu agbegbe Atlantic nitori ipo epo ilana rẹ ati oju rẹ si Okun Karibeani. Ní ọdún mẹ́wàá sẹ́yìn, mo láǹfààní láti gba ìsọfúnni nípa ìwà ipá àwọn jàǹdùkú àti àwọn agbófinró ní àwọn kan lára àwọn àgbègbè wọ̀nyí tí wọ́n jìyà ìpakúpa, ìfipá bá àwọn obìnrin lò pọ̀, àti fífipá mú àwọn ọ̀dọ́, ọmọkùnrin àti ọmọbìnrin tó jẹ́ ọmọ ilẹ̀ Áfíríkà. awọn ija ologun. Ni afikun si eyi ni awọn ipakupa, ati awọn iboji pupọ (ọpọlọpọ ninu wọn ti ṣe imuse nipasẹ Alakoso iṣaaju Alvaro Uribe Velez), laarin awọn iṣe ẹru miiran. Awọn idile Afro-Colombia ti ni lati jade lọ si awọn ilu bii Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Cartagena, Barranquilla, ati Buenaventura, awọn ebute oko oju omi akọkọ ni orilẹ-ede naa ati aaye pataki julọ ti ipaniyan ati, nigbamii, awọn aaye idalẹnu fun eniyan. Nipo kuro ni awọn ara ilu Colombia, mejeeji ni awọn agbegbe wọn ati awọn agbegbe ilu, n gbe ni osi, eyiti ni akoko yii, pẹlu afikun, ati idinku ti peso Colombian, tumọ si osi pipe. Ẹlẹyamẹya, iyasoto, ati aiṣedeede ẹda ti awọn olugbe Afro-iran ni Ilu Columbia ti jiya, laibikita awọn ofin bii Ofin 70 ti Awọn agbegbe Dudu, laibikita ti fowo si Ọdun mẹwa fun Awọn ọmọ idile Afro tun wa ni agbara.
AfroColombia Waxay u dhaxaysaa rabsho iyo barokac Jesus Chucho Garcia (Gaar ka ah Bogota) In ka badan hal milyan ayaa dhintay oo la waayay Xukuumadda Gustavo Petro iyo Madaxweyne KuXigeenka Afro-Afro- Francia Marquez waxay yeelan doonaan caqabad weyn: joojinta barakaca Afro-Afro-Colombia ee dhulalkooda, cusboonaysii sharciyada ilaalinta sharciga ah ee Afro-faraca, beddelka dalagyada kookaha iyo dalagyada cuntada ee Afro -Gobolada Colombia, waxay xoojiyaan siyaasadaha lagu xakameynayo rabshadaha ka dhanka ah haweenka AfroColombian iyo qoto dheer ee siyaasada, dhaqaalaha, caafimaadka, dhaqanka iyo xuquuqda waxbarashada. Dagaalka gudaha Kolombiya, kaas oo socday in ka badan nus qarni (19582022), welina socda, waxa ku dhintay ku dhawaad hal milyan. Sanadkii 2016, heshiis nabadeed ayaa lagu gaaray magaalada Havana ee dalka Kuuba, kaasoo u dhaxeeyay kooxaha hubeysan ee Colombia iyo dowladda, kaasoo uu guddoomiye u ahaa José Manuel Santos (20102018). Si kastaba ha noqotee, tan iyo 2020, in ka badan toban kun oo dil ayaa lagu qiyaasay, oo ay ku jiraan carruur, marka loo eego tirakoobyada ururada bulshada sida Guddiga Caalamiga ah ee Laanqeyrta Cas iyo hay’adaha dawliga ah, dhammaantood waxay ku heshiiyaan waxa loogu yeero Guddiga Runta, oo ka kooban Afro Faraca, dadka asaliga ah, beeralayda iyo hay’adaha dawladda, kaniisadaha iyo ururada aan dowliga ahayn, oo soo bandhigay bishii hore (June 28) warbixin adag oo ay ku jiraan markhaatiyaal dhibanayaal iyo qaraabo ah, oo loo gudbiyay madaxweynaha cusub ee la doortay Gustavo Petro. Guddigan Runta ayaa si nidaamsan uga shaqeeyay ururinta markhaatiyada kuwa ay saamaysay, iyo sidoo kale qaraabada dhibanayaasha ee Kolombiya iyo dibad joogba. Dhinaca kale, rabshadihii dhacay bartamihii qarnigi hore ilaa maanta waxa ay dhaliyeen barakac aad u ballaaran oo ay ku barakaceen dadkii asal ahaan ka soo jeeday iyo kuwa Afro-ka ah si ay dhulkooda uga qaataan oo ay u beertaan dalagyada Cocaga ee xaaraanta ah si ay ugu beddelaan kookeynta oo si weyn looga isticmaalo adduunka oo dhan. Kolombiya, ilaa hadda, waa soosaarka ugu weyn ee kookeynta ee meeraha meeraha.
Barakacinta guud ee AfroColombia, Dad Madow, Palenqueros, Iyo Raizales. Dadka Afro-Colombia waxay isku magacaabaan AfroColombians, Dadka Madow, Palanqueros, iyo Raizales. Dadka ku abtirsada AfroColombia waxay ku yaalaan dhul istiraatiiji ah oo ku yaal xeebaha Badweynta Baasifigga iyo Badweynta Atlaantigga, iyo sidoo kale meelaha ay ka mid yihiin Antioquia, Raizales, San Andres Island, iyo xarumaha magaalooyinka sida Buenaventura iyo Cali, magaalada. oo leh dadka ugu badan. Afro-faraca Colombia. Faraca Afro-ku waxay ka yihiin ku dhawaad 20% barokacayaasha Colombia. Dhulalka ay degan yihiin faraca Afro-Pacific waxay leeyihiin dhul tayo sare leh, biyo badan, iyo khayraad beero iyo isir. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxay ahayd mid ka mid ah gobollada Kolombiya, in ka badan nus qarni oo iskahorimaad hubaysan, ay ku qasbanaadeen inay u guuraan xarumaha magaalooyinka. Sababtoo ah saameynta rabshadaha hubaysan, wax la mid ah ayaa ku dhacay aagga Atlantic sababtoo ah goobta istaraatiijiga ah ee saliidda iyo wejiga badda Caribbean. In ka badan toban sano ka hor ayaan fursad u helay in aan xog uruuriyo oo ku saabsan tacadiyada ay jabhadaha iyo macaaradka u gaysteen qaar ka mid ah beelahaas xasuuqa loo geystay, kufsiga haweenka, iyo askaraynta qasabka ah ee dhalinyarada, wiilal iyo gabdho asal ahaan ka soo jeeda Afrika. colaadaha hubaysan. Waxaa intaa dheer xasuuqii, iyo xabaalo wadareedyo (badankoodu waxaa fuliyay madaxweynihii hore ee Alvaro Uribe Velez), iyo falal kale oo naxdin leh. Faraca Colombian-ka Afro-ku waxay ku qasbanaadeen inay u haajiraan magaalooyinka sida Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Cartagena, Barranquilla, iyo Buenaventura, oo ah dekedaha ugu waaweyn dalka iyo meesha ugu muhiimsan ee dilalka iyo, ka dib, meelaha lagu daadiyo bini’aadamka. Dadka reer Colombia ee ka soo barakacay dhulkooda iyo magaalooyinkaba, waxay ku nool yihiin faqri, taas oo xilligan, sicir-bararka, iyo qiimo-dhaca ku yimid Peso Colombia, ay ka dhigan tahay saboolnimo buuxda. Cunsuriyada, takoorka, iyo cadaalad darada jinsiyadeed ee ay la kulmeen dadka Afro-ku abtirsada ee Colombia, in kasta oo sharciyada ay ka mid yihiin Sharciga 70 ee Bulshooyinka Madow, in kasta oo la saxiixay Tobankii sano ee dadka Afrofaraca weli waa la dhaqan gelinayaa.
AfroColombiens Entre violence et deplacement Jesus Chucho Garcia (spécial de Bogota) Plus d’un million de morts et de disparus Le gouvernement de Gustavo Petro et la viceprésidente d’ascendance africaine Francia Marquez auront un grand défi à relever : arrêter le déplacement des Afro-descendants colombiens de leurs territoires, mettre à jour les lois pour la protection juridique des Afro-descendants, remplacer les cultures de coca par des cultures vivrières en Afrique -Régions colombiennes, approfondir les politiques de lutte contre la violence à l’égard des femmes afrocolombiennes et approfondir les droits politiques, économiques, sanitaires, culturels et éducatifs. La guerre interne en Colombie, qui dure depuis plus d’un demi-siècle (1958-2022), et qui se poursuit toujours, a fait près d’un million de morts. En 2016, un accord de paix a été conclu à La Havane, à Cuba, entre les groupes armés colombiens et le gouvernement, présidé par José Manuel Santos (2010-2018). Pourtant, depuis 2020, plus d’une dizaine de milliers de meurtres sont estimés, dont des enfants, selon les statistiques d’organisations sociales telles que le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge et les agences étatiques, toutes d’accord avec la soi-disant Commission de vérité, composée d’Afro -descendants, indigènes, paysans et institutions étatiques, ecclésiastiques et organisations non gouvernementales, qui ont présenté le mois dernier (28 juin) un rapport percutant avec des témoignages de victimes et de proches, remis au président nouvellement élu Gustavo Petro. Cette Commission Vérité a systématiquement recueilli les témoignages des personnes concernées, ainsi que des proches des victimes, tant en Colombie qu’en exil. D’autre part, la violence du milieu du siècle dernier à nos jours a produit un déplacement massif des peuples autochtones et d’ascendance africaine pour les déposséder de leurs terres et planter des cultures illicites de coca pour les transformer en cocaïne de consommation de masse dans le monde entier. La Colombie, jusqu’à présent, est le plus grand producteur de cocaïne sur la planète Terre. Déplacement Interne des Afro-Colombiens, Des Noirs, Des Palenqueros et Des
Raizales. Les Afro-descendants en Colombie s’appellent AfroColombiens, Noirs, Palanqueros et Raizales. La population d’ascendance africaine en Colombie est située dans des territoires stratégiques sur les côtes de l’océan Pacifique et de l’océan Atlantique, ainsi que dans des zones telles qu’Antioquia, Raizales, l’île de San Andres et des centres urbains tels que Buenaventura et Cali, la ville avec la population la plus élevée. Afro-descendant en Colombie. Les personnes d’ascendance africaine représentent près de 20 % des personnes déplacées en Colombie. Les territoires occupés par les Afro-descendants dans le Pacifique disposent de terres de haute qualité, d’eau abondante et de ressources agricoles et ethnobotaniques. Cependant, c’est l’une des régions colombiennes qui, pendant plus d’un demi-siècle de conflit armé, a dû se déplacer vers les centres urbains. Sous l’effet de la violence armée, la même chose s’est produite avec la zone atlantique en raison de sa situation pétrolière stratégique et de sa face à la mer des Caraïbes. Il y a plus d’une décennie, j’ai eu l’occasion de recueillir des informations sur la violence des guérilleros et des paramilitaires dans certaines de ces communautés qui ont subi des massacres, des viols de femmes et le recrutement forcé de jeunes, garçons et filles d’ascendance africaine pour les conflits armés. À cela s’ajoutent les massacres et les fosses communes (dont beaucoup ont été mises en œuvre par l’ancien président Alvaro Uribe Velez), entre autres actes horribles. Les Afro-descendants colombiens ont dû migrer vers des villes telles que Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Carthagène, Barranquilla et Buenaventura, les principaux ports du pays et le lieu le plus important de meurtres et, plus tard, de dépotoirs pour êtres humains. Les Afro-Colombiens déplacés, tant dans leurs territoires que dans les zones urbaines, vivent dans la pauvreté, ce qui en ce moment, avec l’inflation et la dévaluation du peso colombien, signifie la pauvreté absolue. Le racisme, la discrimination et l’injustice raciale subis par la population d’ascendance africaine en Colombie, malgré des lois telles que la loi 70 des communautés noires, malgré la signature de la Décennie des peuples d’ascendance africaine, est toujours en vigueur.
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AUG 29
AUG 30
SHAUN JOHNSON BIG BAND EXPERIENCE Tonic Sol-Fa Frontman
LIZZ WRIGHT Divinely Layered Soul & Jazz
AUG 31
SEP 1
CJ CHENIER & THE RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND Crown Prince of Zydeco
ONE WORLD: STING & THE POLICE TRIBUTE
SEP 2–3
SEP 4
JONATHA BROOKE Cello Songs Project Ongoing Dakota Residency
JOHN SCOFIELD Modern Jazz Guitar Giant
SEP 7
SEP 8
JOSH ROUSE New-Romantic Folk
JEARLYN & JEVETTA STEELE Dynamic Soul Sisters
SEP 9
SEP 10
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