v10n06 - Good Ideas: CRIME: What Causes It & How to Prevent It by Jackson Free Press Magazine

October 19-25, 2011

October 19 - 25, 2011

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contents ELIZABETH WAIBEL

SADAAF MAMOON

6 Occupy Smith Park Mississippians join together in solidarity to protest America’s corporate elitism. ELIZABETH WAIBEL

Cover photo illustration by Erica Sutton

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At the only gubernatorial debate, the candidates put politeness ahead of the issues. VICTOR LEE

jason meeks a locksmith’s sole purpose is to unlock car doors. Meeks says it’s a diverse line of work. “One minute you can be in a hospital, the next in a dark warehouse, then in a bulldozer or a plane,” he says. “It’s a lot of fun.” Meeks’ business is neighborhood-oriented, though he enjoys the commercial end of work, too. People in the area know and trust him to keep their houses and offices safe. “It gives me great satisfaction to help protect people,” he says, “especially when they need to feel a sense of security.” Meeks says he tries to keep watch on neighborhoods, attend local cops’ meetings, and be as knowledgeable as possible about rules and regulations. He helps to teach people break-in prevention and safety habits, such as not leaving purses in cars. “You can’t be easily distracted, because that’s when criminals take advantage,” he warns. “I want to help people be safe.” Meeks lives in Brandon with his wife, Kim, and his two daughters, Tyler and Jordan, 18 and 15. He hopes to some day move into Fondren, where he can keep an even closer eye on the neighborhood. SE Lock & Key is located at 3003 N. State St. For more info, call 601-362-0541, visit singlekeys.com or the Facebook page, or follow Meeks @fondrenlock on Twitter. —Sadaaf Mamoon

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For a locksmith like Jason Meeks, security is everything. His work’s purpose is to keep people, their belongings and their property safe. The 36-year-old Memphis native has been working full time since he was 14 years old and has been in hardware service most of his life. Meeks moved to Jackson when he was 2 years old and has lived here ever since. He started out at the Ace Hardware store in Madison, where he quickly rose to a management position. Next, Meeks took a position at the Montgomery Ace Hardware in Fondren, working exclusively with locks for the first time. In 1997, Meeks joined Fondren’s Blackstocks Safe and Lock and worked there for five years. He and his wife, Kim, bought the business in 2001 and renamed it SE Lock & Key. SE Lock & Key works for neighborhood businesses, responding to local crime. A large part of his work is going out to houses that have been broken into, ensuring future security with his locks and systems. He also does commercial work for hospitals and prisons, setting up master-key systems. He offers everything from exact house-key replication to complete access-control solutions for businesses. Meeks says that when people think “locksmith,” they don’t always know exactly what the job entails. Many people think

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editor’snote

Kristin Brenemen Art Director Kristin Brenemen is an otaku with penchant for dystopianism. Her Zombie Survival Kit has been upgraded with three new sonic screwdrivers. She designed many pages in this issue.

Erica Sutton Design intern Erica Sutton is a senior graphic-design major at Mississippi College. She enjoys design as well as photography. She designed the cover.

Latasha Willis Events Editor Latasha Willis is a native Jacksonian, a graduate of Tougaloo College and the mother of one cat. Her JFP blog is “The Bricks That Others Throw,” and she sells design pieces at zazzle. com/reasontolive. She wrote for GOOD Ideas.

Ronni Mott Ronni Mott came to Jackson by way of D.C. in 1997. She’s an award-wining writer and the JFP’s managing editor, where she practices her hobbies of herding cats. She teaches yoga in her spare time. She wrote for GOOD ideas and Body Soul.

Elizabeth Waibel Reporter Elizabeth Waibel grew up in Clinton. In May, she received her journalism degree from Union University in Jackson, Tenn. She likes coffee and trying new cake recipes. She wrote for GOOD ideas and Talks.

LaShanda Phillips Editorial assistant LaShanda Phillips is a recent graduate of Jackson State University. She is the third oldest of seven children. Her motto is: “Make-up is fantastic!” She wrote for GOOD ideas and Food.

Marika Cackett Marika Cackett is the public relations manager for the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau. A Washington, D.C. native, she passes her free time chasing her German shepherd puppy, Atlas, and enjoying craft beer. She wrote for GOOD ideas.

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Tom Ramsey

Tom Ramsey is a lobbyist, former investment banker and tobacco executive who teaches private cooking lessons, writes poetry, runs with the bulls and produced an album or two. He owns Ivy & Devine Culinary Group. He wrote a Food story.

by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

Craig Noone, Crime Fighter

few weeks ago, Jackson State University professor Noel Didla was sitting outside Parlor Market in downtown Jackson waiting for friends. Suddenly, Craig Noone, the young visionary and chef who created the restaurant, saw her and came outside to talk to Noel. He mentioned the current issue of BOOM Jackson magazine in which Noel was photographed at her desk for a small “At Work” feature. Craig asked Noel to autograph his copy and told her how much he liked the small piece. Noel, a native of India who has only been in Jackson since 2005, told me this story in a Facebook message the night of Oct. 14, about 12 hours after most of us learned that Craig had died early that morning in a car accident next to the governor’s mansion downtown. The same night, I attended a gathering of Craig’s friends and staff at Hal & Mal’s where I heard story after story about what Craig had done and wanted to do for Jackson (like a popup benefit for Peaches Restaurant on Farish Street, which is still planned). The first time I had met Craig, girl-about-town Julie Skipper had introduced me to him on Hal & Mal’s stoop about a year and a half ago. He wants to do so much for Jackson, she told me. Craig was delightful to me since that first night I met him. I watched him and his young staff—including his down-to-earth and loveable chefs Jesse Houston and Ryan Bell who moved here to help Craig carry out his Parlor Market vision—singlehandedly take the foodies movement here to a new level. They challenged other restaurants to step it up and help lift the dining standards and tease local palates, even as they started doing everything possible to promote other restaurants through social media months before they opened just over a year ago. Once the PM guys arrived on the scene, chefs across the city suddenly became rock stars (including some who should have been already). Thinking about him Friday, as I worked on this GOOD Ideas issue focusing on crime, I tried to figure out how to explain the phenomenon that was, and is, Craig Noone. I think what made him so special was that he is one of those Jacksonians who could have gone anywhere, whether just to Madison or all the way to New York City or Portland, but decided to put down his roots, and invest his immense talents and energy right here. He opened an upscale restaurant across from a strip of abandoned storefronts on West Capitol Street even as others—and I expect some folks he knew well—declared that people won’t go out to eat in downtown Jackson at night. Right. In so doing, he lifted the burgeoning back-to-Jackson movement to a whole new level while following a philosophy I believe and preach about every day: Mississippi doesn’t just need to get off the bottom; we can be the best. We can have high standards, we can work hard and, more importantly, we can believe in our ability to be the best and make our city

stronger. We can teach and motivate others. Now, I wasn’t around Craig all the time, but I never once heard him complain about Jackson, or crime, or anything else. Nearly every time I saw him, he was stepping out to help someone: whether it was volunteering to serve food in the hot sun at our 2010 BOOM party at the zoo in west Jackson, or standing up to be auctioned as a Man of Character at the 2011 JFP Chick Ball to help fight domestic abuse. He was clearly a young man who believed deeply in the power of individuals to change the world. And he changed ours. When I got that Facebook message from Noel Friday night, I read it and cried. I knew immediately that it was the perfect story to use to explain the Craig Noone I knew a little and admired so much. He was the kind of person who took time to matter. Think about it. Craig took time to get things right. He took time to study and do research to be great at his craft. He took time to train his people well. He took time to walk through his restaurant and treat everyone like a celebrity guest. He took time to get the details right. He took time to make sure that Todd and I had delicious vegetarian meals that weren’t on the menu. He took time to give credit and help to smaller local restaurateurs. He took time to volunteer his time, his staff, his food to our community’s toughest causes. And he took time to walk outside and ask Noel Didla for her autograph. It’s Mississippians like Craig who will change our state and our city. They are the “crazy ones,” as a famous Apple commercial said of change-makers. They believe in our potential to be great, and they know—even if they don’t talk about it all the time—that our diversity is one of our more powerful strengths

if we will tap it. If it’s allowed to marinate and congeal, our diversity in age, background, ethnicity and ideas will bring our creativity and our genius to the surface. Look at Craig’s chef line-up: male, female, black, white. And, boy, can those rock stars cook. After hearing Noel’s story, I realized I couldn’t find a better call to action for our Preventing Crime issue than a tribute to what made Craig Noone such a visionary. I couldn’t help think of all the hand-wringing we’ve endured over the years from folks who can’t think of anything to do about crime but whine, the same ones who told us incessantly that exciting development would never happen in Jackson without getting rid of all the crime first (the same ones who elected a mayor who presided over a rise in crime), who argue that crime is our No. 1 issue rather than a glaring symptom. I think of the media who go on and on about Jackson’s crime to sell ads outside the city limits. I think of the politicians who just want to scare us into voting for them, not caring that they are running off our tax base with their bogus crime rankings. Then I think of someone like Craig: a native Jacksonian who left and learned to be the best and then plopped himself down in downtown to prove that we can be the best, too. His story can and should teach us all several important lessons, including the need to not get so caught up in our work and lives that we don’t take care of ourselves well enough. But frankly, if most of us accomplish a quarter of what Craig did in his too-short 32 years, Jackson will become a shining city on a hill for generations to come. Thank you, Craig Noone. May you rest in glorious peace.

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Protesters ‘Occupy’ Smith Park police officer told the protesters they were not allowed to sleep in the park overnight, so they moved to the sidewalks. Some tried to organize people into shifts so they could take turns sleeping. By Monday, people taking work breaks outnumbered protesters at Smith Park. But rows of signs on the Occupy Mississippi protesters marched Saturday afternoon from outdoor stage and a Smith Park to the state capitol to protest corporate greed. table of fliers weighted down with rocks spoke demonstration that began Saturday to hopes for more enthusiasm in the future. at Smith Park continued through the Gabe Porter said many people had left weekend, and supporters of Occupy to go to work, but he expected them to return Mississippi say they do not plan to later in the day. leave any time soon. Like several protesters, Porter wears About 50 people rallied downtown Sat- a Guy Fawkes mask, like the one in the urday and marched to the state capitol to pro- movie “V for Vendetta,” on the back of test corporate greed. The protest was held at his head. Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the same time as others around the world in the Houses of Parliament in England in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street 1605, but Porter says the masks symboldemonstration in New York City. ize standing up for one’s beliefs rather Protesters held a “general assembly” than Fawkes’ tactics. While Porter talks Saturday afternoon and voted to contin- about banks and politicians using monue the demonstration indefinitely. Some ey to control society, he places some of camped out Saturday night to “occupy” the blame on individuals for buying into the park. On Sunday night, a post to the “the system.” Occupy Mississippi Facebook page said a “Me personally, I think we need to

by Elizabeth Waibel change as individuals; we need to do something ourselves,” he said. “We’re kind of hardwired into the system, into the society. We already want to buy the new iPhone and always go to McDonald’s, when we really need to be teaching our kids how to garden before it’s too late and that knowledge is gone. We’re kind of devolving.” People participating in Occupy Mississippi have been quick to say they are protesting a collection of issues. They eschew leaders and spokespeople and refer to themselves as facilitators or supporters. Most demonstrators are vocal in criticizing corporations for taking bailouts and laying off workers before posting healthy profits. They also place at least some of the blame on government officials who take campaign contributions from those corporations. In addition to protesting big corporations, individual protesters have brought with them a variety of grievances that their fellow occupiers may or may not agree with, advocating for more affordable college education, an end to war, doubling the size of the U.S. House of Representatives, legalizing marijuana and voting one way or another on ballot initiatives. Demonstrators said police allowed them to stay in the park Monday night. Protesters say they will occupy Smith Park indefinitely and are planning more meetings Thursday and Saturday. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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We put together a lovely word cloud containing some of the big topics in this Good Ideas issue.

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“If a parent agrees, we can teach more science to a child so that those children understand what can go wrong.” —Mississippi gubernatorial candidate Phil Bryant during a debate Oct. 14 regarding his views of public schools teaching sex education to reduce the state’s teen pregnancy rate.

Wednesday, Oct. 12 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says an alleged plot by two Iranians to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to America is a “dangerous escalation” in Iran’s support for terrorism. … The Jackson Police Department receives a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to hire new officers. Thursday, Oct. 13 Gallup releases a poll that shows support for the death penalty in America is at the lowest since 1972, when a Supreme Court case led to a four-year halt to executions. … A Mississippi woman sues Facebook over allegations that the company violates wiretap laws. Friday, Oct. 14 A U.N. report says more than 3,000 people have died due to violence in Syria in the past several months. President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been criticized for using harsh tactics against dissidents. … Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree and Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant make their appeals to voters during a debate for the governor’s race. Saturday, Oct. 15 People in cities around the world, including Jackson, hold demonstrations in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City. … Ole Miss loses to Alabama 52 to 7. Sunday, Oct. 16 Visitation services are held for Parlor Market executive chef and co-owner Craig Noone who died in a car accident Oct. 14. … Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon dies in a 15-car wreck at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway while competing in a race. Monday, Oct. 17 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. agrees to pay BP $4 billion in a settlement over the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster last year. BP operated the oil well, but Anadarko owned a 25-percent stake. The money will go into BP’s fund to settle claims with individuals and businesses. Tuesday, Oct. 18 Hamas releases an Israeli soldier it held for more than five years in exchange for the freedom of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. … Parkway Properties announces that it will move its headquarters from downtown Jackson to Orlando, Fla. Get updates at jfpdaily.com.

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n spring 2010, Grady Griffin received an urgent phone call from Craig Noone. A large oak tree had fallen in Greenwood Cemetery, close to Eudora Welty’s grave. “Do you think I could get that tree and make my tables out of it?” Noone asked Griffin, who is the director of education and training for the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association. For months Noone had researched the history of the building at 115 W. Capitol St. that would house the restaurant he had dreamed of opening since he was a child. The south Jackson native decided to name the restaurant Parlor Market, after a grocery store that was located in the space in 1926. It was important to Noone to incorporate Jackson’s history into the place through details such as its marble counters, wooden beams and butcher hooks. “I knew right then that there was something special about him,” Griffin said Oct. 17. “It showed how specific to every detail he wanted to be involved in. From menus to material, he wanted to be a local as possible.” Noone wasn’t satisfied with just serving food. “People in Mississippi are storytellers, and I wanted my restaurant and the food to tell a story,” he said during a September 2011 interview on the radio show “Mississippi Arts Hour” on WLEZ-FM. Around 1 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, Noone was driving his Chevy Tahoe when he collided with a Ford Taurus at the intersection of West and Capitol streets. A witness reported that Noone was driving at a high speed when he ran a red light and collided with the Taurus. The two passengers in the Taurus suffered minor injuries, but Noone hit a light pole and was ejected from his car and killed. On Monday, Oct. 17, a few hours after his funeral, members from Jackson’s restaurant community hosted the annual “Steel Chef” event, a fundraiser for the Community Place, a nonprofit nursing home. The event was planned to be a cooking competition between Noone and Mike Roemhild of Table 100. The event became a memorial for Noone, instead. The death of the 32-year-old chef comes

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Parlor Market executive chef and co-owner Craig Noone died Oct. 14.

weeks after the upscale restaurant celebrated its one-year anniversary. After receiving confirmation that the King Edward would reopen, Noone decided to leave his job at Fearing’s Restaurant in Dallas, Texas, and move to Jackson. Mart Lamar, a local developer who renovated the building on Capitol Street decided to invest in Parlor Market after Noone presented his business plans over dinner in New Orleans. A few days before his death, Noone had moved into a loft apartment in a building next to his restaurant, which Lamar had also renovated. “Other people didn’t have the guts to go downtown and open a restaurant like that, and Craig thought it was a no-brainer,” Lamar said. “He had so much confidence that the restaurant would work that it was unbelievable.” Noone was the first to admit that the success of Parlor Market largely hinged on his staff. When he decided to open his restaurant in Jackson, he called on his friend and chef Jesse Houston in Dallas to help out. Hous-

ton brought along fellow chef Ryan Bell from Dallas. The chefs, all 30 or younger at the time, wanted to incorporate fresh, local food, innovative menus, and most importantly, fun into the new venture. Underground 119 executive chef Tom Ramsey, also a Jackson Free Press food columnist, remembers when Noone and his righthand men came into town. “The whole point of Parlor Market was, ‘Hey, let’s do that restaurant that we have always wanted to work at,’” Ramsey said. “Craig was able to say: ‘Look. I’m going to pay you poorly, and we are going to work unbelievably long hours, but we are going to cook exactly what we want to cook, and we are going to have fun. We are going to make exactly what we want.’ And the joy of that is what translated to customers.” Ramsey said Noone’s attention to detail didn’t stop at food and décor. He was equally dedicated to empowering his staff to make decisions. Noone didn’t hire a general manager, and he weaved seamlessly between the kitchen and dining room, where he spent time interacting with guests. Parlor Market simultaneously serves as a neighborhood haunt with loyal regulars and an upscale dining place for special nights out. The restaurant also became well known for its pop-up restaurants, transforming into a burger joint, taqueria and steak house for one night each, drawing hundreds of people downtown. Noone would often to go to extreme lengths to make customers happy. Dan Blumenthal, co-owner and chef of Mangia Bene restaurants, said somehow Noone would find out when his regular customers were dining at other restaurants and would frequently call in to buy them a bottle of wine or dessert. Parlor Market closed temporarily Oct. 14, but will reopen Oct. 19 at 5:30 p.m. Lamar said Houston and Bell will take over Noone’s responsibilities. “I think it would be Craig’s desire if the people that he put in place could continue on in his memory,” Lamar said. “Craig will be there in spirit.” Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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by Lacey McLaughlin

Damon Stevenson is running for District 4 Hinds County Justice Court judge.

he qualifications to run for justice court judge are pretty simple: a high-school diploma and $10 to pay the county circuit clerk to file your paperwork. You also must be a resident of the county you wish to run in for two years before the election and take a training course within six months of beginning your term in office. Perhaps this is why the race has been somewhat an unknown quantity this election season. Of the four districts in Hinds County, only two races are contested: District 1 and District 4. In District 1, “Jackson Jambalaya” blogger and Northside Sun writer James “Jimmy” Hendrix (who also goes by the name “Kingfish,” but records indicate he was born James Whitehead) is running as a Republican against incumbent Don Palmer, a Democrat. In District 4, 28-year-old Damon Stevenson is running as a Democrat against Republican incumbent Jimmy Morton. Stevenson, who owns a law firm, Stevenson Legal Group, is the only candidate who appears to have a campaign website listing his qualifications. Stevenson is a native of Brandon who currently lives in Raymond with his wife, Jessica Morris Stevenson. He graduated from Tougaloo College in 2005 with a degree in economics and received a law degree from

Mississippi College School of Law. He worked as a federal probation officer after graduation until he opened his firm in 2009. Why did you decide to run for justice court? As a practicing attorney, I have had several opportunities to have several cases in justice court in Hinds County and other parts of the state. … You notice things that you think may help the court system move a bit smoother, wiser and be a better investment for taxpayers. Can you be more specific? At this time I think it would be wonderful for the justice court to be more accessible online. If people could schedule hearings and matters online it would improve things. If people could pay fines online, perhaps they wouldn’t even need to come to court. Modernizing the system in those ways would be extremely beneficially. Also, while it’s not a requirement to be an attorney, I think the citizens of Hinds County would benefit from having a person on the bench who understands how the law is supposed to work. Tell me about the cases justice court judges oversee. Justice court handles misdemeanors in Hinds County that are prosecuted through the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department or even the Mississippi Highway Patrol—any misdemeanors such as a speeding violation, traffic ticket, or even domestic violence or a DUI. There is also a civil side of the justice court that handles matters up to $3,500. What qualities do you think a judge must posses? The guiding principle of any court, including the justice court, has to be the law. The laws that are in place deserve to be promoted. If a judge has that in mind and uses that a guiding force, he will automatically be fair. You worked as a federal probations office. What was that like? As a federal probations officer, there are

different facets to your job. … A major part of my job was advising federal judges on sentencing issues related to people who had been convicted. That was extremely eye-opening. Not only do you look at the crime that a person committed, you have an opportunity to look at their background and understand why they committed this crime. You can then tailor a sentence so that you are addressing the root issues on why they are committing the crime. In your experience, what is the best way to counter recidivism? Just locking people up does not solve problem. I think what the justice court judges need to do is take the lead working with churches and employers—different institutions in the community to ensure that when people come through the court system we can put in place things like job training and placement. As an attorney, I have been amazed at the number of people I represent who cannot read and write, and that makes it a whole lot harder to find a job. … We should have different venues for people who come through the court system where we can refer them to a job-training specialist or an education specialist who can work with them to get their GED. Based on what I have seen, people who go out and work meaningful jobs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. are not committing crimes. Do you think your age will be a challenge for you to win this race? No. … Even though I am young, I am the only licensed attorney in the race. My qualifications alone differentiate me a great deal from my opponent. Young people are assets but at the same time our greatest liability. In the court system today, it is no secret that there is a large number of young males. I think my age will actually help me, because it will allow me to relate to them and let them know that it is possible for you as a young person to go out and make a meaningful contribution to society—work, support a family and become a taxpayer instead of becoming a tax burden. See more candidate interviews at www.jfp. ms/politics.

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he two candidates for governor in Mississippi talked up bipartisan cooperation and downplayed their differences at a debate Oct. 14. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, and Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, a Democrat, carefully avoided any appearance

Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, left, and Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant stayed polite and composed at a debate Friday night.

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of negative campaigning or attacks on their opponents, which resulted in a chummy atmosphere and little substantive discussion of issues that set the two men apart. DuPree and Bryant answered questions about partisan gridlock, health-care reform and teen pregnancy at the only scheduled debate between the two nominees. The Mississippi College School of Law hosted the televised debate, and AARP sponsored it. On most issues, the candidates’ views seemed to vary little. Regarding how to reduce the number of teen births in Mississippi, both emphasized the community’s role in teaching teens to wait until they are older to have children. Bryant said last year’s law requiring school districts to adopt a sex-education policy will allow schools—in some districts, at least—to teach abstinence-plus sex education. “If a parent agrees, we can teach more science to a child, so that those children understand what can go wrong,” he said. “...

But again, I think we need to say to parents and grandparents alike: ‘I am not individually responsible for what happens to your child. Now, we all have a shared destiny, but you have to step up.’” DuPree, who said his wife and he started out as teen parents, said the church, the educational system and the community must work together to help teens, as people did when he and his wife were young parents. “This teen pregnancy issue is not something you’re going to solve overnight,” he said. “... It’s going to take education in order to do that, it’s going to take, again, the community to pull together.” Bryant and DuPree did differ on the health-care reform bill that Congress passed last year. “I’m extremely concerned with the ‘Obamacare’ health care, as some people call it,” Bryant said, adding that the act will add 400,000 Mississippians to the Medicaid roll. “You’ve got to realize, we’ve got 640,000 Mississippians now on the Medicaid roll; that’s a million people in a state of 3 million. ... That’s impossible to afford,” he said. Bryant said the state contributes 25 percent of Medicaid expenses; however, under the reform bill, the federal government would pay 100 percent for individuals at or below 133.3 percent of the federal poverty level beginning in 2013. Bryant touted a health-care exchange, nationwide tort reform and job creation as the best ways to bring down the cost of health insurance. He also criticized the act’s controversial individual insurance requirement, calling it a violation of civil liberties. DuPree said some aspects of the healthcare reform act should concern people, but it will bring in $20 million to help uninsured people in the state get insurance. He said the bill makes a health-care exchange possible. “Without the $20 million, it wouldn’t happen, and we would still be talking about what we are going to do with the half a million people in Mississippi (without insurance),” DuPree said. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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s Sonny Tillman, the founder of Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q once said, “with a little hard work, anything’s possible.” Floyd “Sonny” Tillman and his wife, Lucille, founded Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q in Gainesville, Florida, in 1968. Their goal was to offer authentic southern Bar-B-Q with a side of southern hospitality. Sonny’s Bar-B-Q Sonny knows there’s only one way to cook real southern Bar-B-Q and that means slow-cooking the meat over real hardwood for a long time. Sonny’s goes through over 500 tons of oak in all of their 129 locations to get that real smoke flavor in every bite. In fact, today, all of Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-BQ locations still use the same type of smoker that Sonny used in his first restaurant in 1968. You can’t really enjoy Bar-B-Q without the sauce. Sonny’s has got you covered with five different types, sure to please. Starting with the most popular flavor, Sweet, considered the “Gold Standard” among Bar-B-Q aficionados. If mild is your thing, Sonny’s blend of tomato, mustard, cider vinegar, and spices will treat you right. If you like your Bar-B-Q with a little kick, just pour on some of Sonny’s Sizzlin’ Sweet sauce. If want a real kick to your ’Q, give the Smokin’ flavor a try. Blended with spices and a hint of chipotle, this sauce will surely take your taste buds for a ride. Maybe you’re a fan of Carolina-style Bar-B-Q. Don’t fret; you can still get the taste of the Carolinas right here in the Magnolia state with Sonny’s Mustard sauce. This combination of mustard and Worcestershire puts the zing in your ’Q! If you’re a real Bar-B-Q traditionalist and like your ribs dry-rubbed, Sonny’s has got you covered. With so many sauces, you’re going to need some serious meat to soak up all that goodness. Fortunately, Sonny’s has plenty of options. From the pulled brisket to sliced brisket, BarB-Q chicken to smoked turkey, if it can be smoked, Sonny’s has it on the menu. Maybe you like your Bar-B-Q sauce over something from the sea. Give Sonny’s “Gone Fishin’” platter, a lightly seasoned catfish fillet with Gulf fried shrimp, a try. Feeling like a sandwich or a burger? Sonny’s has got it and more available in a combo with a side and a drink, all for a great value. Speaking of sides, what’s authentic Bar-B-Q without all the fixings? Get your fix of fixings with a baked potato, baked sweet potato, homemade macaroni and cheese, corn on the cob, original recipe Bar-B-Q beans, and fresh-made coleslaw, just to name a few. So whether you’re a Bar-B-Q novice or an aficionado, you can find what you’re looking for, with a healthy serving of great customer service every time, at Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q.

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t so happens that in the past few weeks, a number of people with ties to the Jackson Free Press—staff and former staff—have encountered the same piece of advice from Jackson Police Department officers. The advice: Buy a gun. Thoughtful gun advocates and detractors alike can agree on a few things. First, guns are deadly force, not human remote controls, and as such, require a willingness on the part of the gun-toting victims to kill their assailant. Second, guns require training and experience in their use; a gun in the wrong hands can be deadly to the holder and to other unintended victims. Third, situations involving crimes and guns are high-stress, highadrenaline experiences that can slow down reaction times and muddle decision-making. The Crime Lab at the University of Chicago (an academic lab making a strong case for evidence-based gun discussions) warns that guns “intensify violence” in property-crime situations leading to more homicides. Communities with widespread gun ownership correlate with an increased number of guns in the hands of youth and felons. Widespread gun ownership does not correlate with a decrease in burglaries, nor does it convey a “public benefit” in reducing property crime, in part because the presence of guns makes for valuable “loot” in a burglary. It’s your call whether you wish to purchase a legal gun, train extensively in its use and take responsibility for its safe storage (including locks that keep it secure from children and in the case your home or car is burglarized successfully). But we feel strongly that Jackson Police Department officers should not make a suggestion to Jackson citizens that lacks precision or empirical evidence that guns make a community safer as a whole. When reached for comment, Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman said, however, that it is not JPD’s policy to tell residents to purchase guns for safety. The department’s Quality of Life and Crime Prevention units give safety presentations and tips on what citizens should do in potentially dangerous situations. As an alternative to guns, Coleman suggested that citizens secure their vehicles, be aware of their surroundings and park vehicles in well-lighted areas. We encourage Chief Coleman to ensure that officers under her command know and follow JPD’s policy and increase education when it comes to gun ownership and gun safety. Let’s have an empirical, evidence-based approach to this problem.

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Quell the Anxiety

October 19 - 25, 2011

iss Doodle Mae: “Jojo just concluded an important meeting with the Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store staff. The purpose of this meeting was to quell the anxiety of the staff regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement. The anxiety started after Nurse Tootie McBride’s speech during the Ghetto Science Community Grass Roots Occupy Wall Street Solidarity Brigade and convoy to New York. Jojo volunteered his staff to help prepare for the solidarity brigade and convoy. This morning the staff wanted to know what the Occupy movement was about. As usual Jojo had an explanation.” Jojo: “The movement that you and I support is a struggle for balance. As you know, many in our community and around this nation struggle with economic imbalance. A minimum-wage worker can barely pay bills and afford health care. A college graduate, loaded down with a large student loan, cannot find a job. Middle class couples get laid off, lose their homes and do not have enough money to feed their families. Many people suffer at the hands of some insensitive, uncaring and greedy individuals. Therefore, your non-judgmental solidarity with the poor, middle class and common folk reflects the proverb that says, ‘Whoever is kind to the needy honors God.’ “So, in the words of Bartles and Jaymes (the wine cooler guys), ‘Thank you for your support.’” Miss Doodle Mae: “Let the staff say, ‘Amen, brother Jojo.’ Now it’s time to get ready for Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store’s Double for Your Trouble Cus12 tomer Appreciation Sale.”

MY TURN

by Rev. Rob Hill

Relationships, Not Gates

would like to claim that Broadmeadow United Methodist Church first reached out to the neighborhood, but the truth is that the neighborhood reached out first to Broadmeadow. It began a little more than 10 years ago, when area youth showed up at the church gym and asked if they could play basketball. Faithfully, the church said “yes.” Not long after, several church members added a tutoring and mentoring component to complement the basketball, and Broadmeadow’s “Books and Basketball” program was born. It was a decision that helped transform the church into an open and inclusive community, and it was a decision that has transformed the lives of many young people. While I wish I could describe a science as to how it works, there is no science. It only requires the willingness to look around and see the potential that surrounds you. In this case, it was the willingness to recognize the potential that resides within young people all around our church. That’s exactly what happened to me one day five years ago when I looked outside my church and noticed that the young men in our program were wearing team jerseys with Broadmeadow U.M.C. emblazoned across their chests. What impressed me was that the church had not provided those jerseys. These young men had paid to have them made. I realized that while none of them had ever participated in worship at Broadmeadow, they were indeed “our” youth; they claimed the church before the church claimed them. From that point forward, church members made it a point to actively incorporate these young men, all African American, into the life of a predominately white church. The tutoring program and exposure to the broader world through educational

trips to New York City and Washington, D.C., made a difference in their lives. The church community as a whole, and its attitude, began to look different. It took a little time, but gradually these young men went from being known around the church as the “basketball boys” to being known as vital members of the church family. So often, churches and other organizations see changing neighborhoods and changing demographics as threats. Their response is not welcoming. Instead, they leave or hunker down into a defensive posture protecting everything they hold dear—including their misconceptions. The Jackson City Council has recently determined that citizens can protect themselves and prevent crime in the city by allowing neighborhoods to construct gates at their entrances. While I certainly understand the desire for people to feel secure in their homes and neighborhoods, this response saddens me. Neighborhood gates might deter some crime, but they don’t address or solve the problem. The only real way to deal with perceived threats is through building relationships, not through building fences. When you get to know someone who is different from you, you soon discover that the only thing they threaten is the dismantling of your own fears and prejudices. That’s exactly what happened at Broadmeadow. Maybe it can happen for you. Rev. Rob Hill is the pastor of Broadmeadow United Methodist Church in Jackson where he has served since June of 2005. A native of Forest, he earned his bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in 1997 and a master’s degree in divinity from Duke University in 2002.

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n Oct. 22, youth from all over Mississippi, but mostly Jackson, will gather at Metrocenter Mall for a special event: the first Art, Poetry and Justice SLAM. The event is part of National Youth Justice Awareness Month and brings together the Southern Regional Office of the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defense Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the ACLU of Mississippi, the NAACP of Mississippi, The Young Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project and F.A.I.T.H. Inc. Young people will share perspectives on justice in their communities through art, spoken word and poetry. The young artists who present the best pieces will receive prizes. This collaboration will celebrate the enormous potential of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth, prioritize the important perspectives of our young people and highlight that adults have much to learn from the voices of our youth. This event is also an opportunity to engage in some truth telling and to bust the myths that surround youth justice in Mississippi. While youth justice in Mississippi still has a long way to go, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to remember that our state has made significant progress in reforming a once-brutal systemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially its two juvenile prisons, Oakley and Columbia. In 2004, Brad Schlozman, then the acting head of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, called Oakley and Columbia Training Schools â&#x20AC;&#x153;the worst the Department of Justice had seen in 20 years.â&#x20AC;? Children sent to Oakley and Columbia endured physical and sexual abuse, prolonged isolation, and denials of medical, mentalhealth and educational services. As a result of tremendous leadership from Mississippi state representativesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including Earle Banks, D-Jackson, George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, and John Hines, DGreenvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Columbia Training School is permanently closed. And, because of incredibly hard work from the Youth Court Judges Council, the Division of Youth Services and legislators, Oakley has made an almost complete turnaround. Youth there have positive incentives for good behavior, and recidivism rates have dropped dramatically. Over the last eight years, state legislative and policy changes have reduced the populations in our facilities and ensured that our training school, Oakley, only has youth who have committed the most serious offenses. And crime has not gone up. All over Mississippi, communitybased alternatives and preventative-based programming are beginning to take hold. Investing in community-based alternatives so that our youth can be supervised in their communities will reduce detention rates, conserve taxpayer resources and maintain our safety. Annie E. Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Juvenile Detention Alternativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Initiative (JDAI) is already in place in four Mississippi counties. These simple activities ensure that a youth does not need to be held unnecessarily between their first contact with law enforcement and their

court hearing. Pre ve n t a t i ve based programming will limit the â&#x20AC;&#x153;opportunitiesâ&#x20AC;? for youth to come into contact with the law. This common-sense approach is really the only proven way to reduce juvenile crime. It advocates investing in vocational programs, mentorship opportunities and strong community connections through churches, sports or the arts. There is still room for more transformation. Many of our schools perpetuate the myth that some youth just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to learn. This is not true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zero toleranceâ&#x20AC;? policiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;once meant for drug or weapons offenses in schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have now come to mean â&#x20AC;&#x153;habitual offenderâ&#x20AC;? for things like talking back, dress-code violations and tardiness. These misguided policies explicitly exclude youth whom schools believe get in the way of othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; learning. Thus, a myth is compounded by a system that pushes young people out instead of educating them. In my experience, be it in a detention center, in a regular school or in an alternative school, I have never come across a youth who saysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or even impliesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do not want to learn.â&#x20AC;? This thinking is railroading too many youth, especially black male youth in our state, into the criminal justice system. We will crack these myths when it is the youth who are speaking and the adults who are listening. We encourage youth to participate in the SLAM for just this reason. We have to re-think what we are doing and how we are doing it. Too often, we leave the media, our elected or appointed officials, advocates and the people in charge of caring for our children (in schools, detention centers or elsewhere) responsible for â&#x20AC;&#x153;beingâ&#x20AC;? their voice. Before we realize it, we forget the best interests of the youth. The adults at the SLAM will be asked to listen. As part of National Youth Justice Awareness Month, the partner organizations will be there to provide the platform for the youth. The young people I work for know the lies and stories told about them, and they come to me asking why people say these things. I rarely have an answer beyond a ramble about social, racial, educational or economic injustice. What I do know is that my voice isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the one that needs to be heard. It is the voices of the hundreds of thousands of youth in our state that are our most valuable assets. See you on Oct. 22. Come ready to listen. The Art, Poetry & Justice SLAM is 7 p.m. Oct. 22, at the Metrocenter Mall on Highway 80. For more information, see the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page. All are welcome. Jed Oppenheim is the Senior Advocate for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Mississippi. Everyone is responsible for ending the school-toprison pipeline that is pushing our children out of school. So what are you waiting for?

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espite popular belief, violent criminals arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t born with a moral screw loose. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not even turned into criminals because they grow up in single-parent homes or just from living in a crime-ridden neighborhood. Studies show that being abused, witnessing violent behavior at home and in communities, and societal influences (including media violence and crime fixations)â&#x20AC;&#x201D; what criminology researcher Dr. Lonnie Athens of Seton Hall University calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;violentizationâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;turns people toward crime. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes details Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;violentizationâ&#x20AC;? theory in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why They Killâ&#x20AC;? (Knopf, 1999, $26.95). Athens, formerly of Georgetown University, found that all seriously violent people follow a four-stage violentization process that leads to â&#x20AC;&#x153;social retardationâ&#x20AC;? and, thus, violence (see box).

Citizen Policewoman by Marika Cackett

by Marika Cackett

• If you carry a knife on your person where the stock and blade are more than four inches in length, police will consider it a concealed weapon. A screwdriver, however, can do more bodily harm and isn’t considered a weapon. • Be a “nosy neighbor.” Get to know your neighbors. If you know someone is going out of town and then see a moving van pull up, be suspicious. Don’t be afraid to call the police if you see something or someone out of the ordinary. Be an advocate for your block.

• Did you know that the average percentage of solved versus unsolved crimes in the United States is about 67 percent? Jackson’s average last year was

80 percent.

• The age of consent in Mississippi is 16. What should a parent do to protect their child? Be an active parent. Know your kids’ friends. Check their phones, ask questions, and remember that while you may strive to set the right values, you have to know and understand peer pressure and know that if you aren’t teaching your kids, their friends are. • Since Mississippi passed a law requiring a prescription for drugs containing pseudoephedrine, there has been an 85 percent decrease in meth labs, according to the JPD. The most common illegal street drug is still crack cocaine. • The Jackson police SWAT team is one of the oldest in the U.S., formed in 1971. Jackson’s SWAT team is made up of six members, and includes a sniper and a fully licensed medical doctor who had to pass the same qualifiers as the rest of the team. • Mississippi has four bomb squads, based in Jackson, Clinton, Tupelo and Biloxi. The FBI regulates each squad, and they agree to the stipulations handed down by that agency. Each squad must respond to calls 90 miles in any direction.

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I even had the opportunity to shoot three guns at the JPD rifle range. Considering I’ve never shot a gun before, I listened intently to my instructors and was able to shoot dead center on my targets. The thing I found most amazing about my experience was the percentage of crimes JPD solved compared to the national average. Last year, JPD’s average of solved versus unsolved crimes was 80 percent. The national average is about 67 percent. Our police department has a better crime-solving average than the U.S. as a whole. That says something. When I graduated from the JPD’s Citizen Police Academy, I received a certificate, a hat and a mini-badge that I have proudly displayed in my office. My head is full of facts and figures, information and experiences. This much is clear: We have a great police force and a mayor and police chief who are committed to keeping the streets of Jackson safe. But they can’t do it alone. We, as citizens of this city, must take an active role in preventing crime. For starters, get to know your neighbors. Be a strong advocate for a neighborhood watch. Go to your monthly COPS meetings. Report suspicious people, vehicles and activities to the police. Be a smart shopper and not only lock your car, but don’t leave valuables in plain sight. Enroll in the next Citizen’s Police Academy and learn firsthand about how our police department works. We all have a stake in a safe city, but we also need to recognize that it is the everyday citizen who sees what the police can’t. We must be the eyes and ears of our city. It is our civic responsibility to partner with the Police department to help curb crime. I was so inspired by this class that I have applied to serve on the JPD’s Citizen Reserve. This is my city. My home is here, and my life is here. I have decided to be a champion for my little piece of Fondren. What has happened to the suspicious activity happening behind my house? I called the police, and I called the mayor’s 311 line to report suspicious activity on a regular basis. And you know what? No more suspicious activity. Working together works. So the next time someone asks me about crime in Jackson, I can proudly say we fight crime in this city as a team, made up of dedicated public servants and concerned citizens who work together to prevent crime. When crime does strike, we have one of the finest police departments in the country, whose crime-solving ability is far above that of the nation as a whole. The next time you see a Jackson police officer, thank him or her for their service, and make a commitment to partner with JPD so that you may also become a champion for your city. SOPHIE MCNEIL

’m going to be completely honest: I’d never held a gun before. I always thought guns were for thugs and hunters. I simply didn’t need one. So it may surprise you that on Saturday, Oct. 8, I spent the better part of the day at the Jackson Police Department rifle range working on my target practice. I moved to Fondren in March, renting a little duplex in the Broadmeadow neighborhood for just my dog, a German shepherd named Atlas, and me. Everything was going great until the neighborhood dogs started barking—all night long— followed by the sound of power tools at all hours and some suspicious behavior coming from the empty lot behind my house. At my landlord’s suggestion, Marika Cackett learned a lot at the Citizens Police Academy, including how to shoot a gun accurately. I decided to attend my local Community Oriented Policing Strategies meetings for Precinct 4 and address my concerns to our Precinct Commander I was the first to sign up. it that Jackson has so much crime if there Wendell Watts. At the COPS meeting, I Working for the Jackson Convention is no mention of any other city’s crime? It found out I wasn’t the only one who had a and Visitors Bureau, it is my job to bring makes sense for the local media to report on problem with the illegal business going on tourists, family reunions, meetings and crimes in their own back yard. Maybe it’s in my neighborhood. events to Jackson. Many times the JCVB easier than trekking out to the suburbs to During the meeting, a quality-of-life misses out on opportunities because of the sniff out a story. officer mentioned the Citizens Police Acad- “perception” of crime in our city. Every time I spent the week of Oct. 3 as a student emy class beginning the first week of Octo- you turn on the news, it’s as if yet another of the Jackson Police Department. Each ber. In this class, participants would have crime has been committed in Jackson. Even evening, the instructors educated us on the opportunity to shoot a police-issued our neighbors in other cities use crime per- different aspects of life as a Jackson police Glock handgun and go on a ride-along ception to win elections. officer. From dispatcher to SWAT unit, we with a JPD officer. We would also discover The Jackson Police Department is the learned to trace an incident from the first that the police department doesn’t solve a only local police department that reports 911 call to the case being delivered to a crime in 30 minutes like on TV. crime numbers; the rest don’t. So why is grand jury.

Crime Follows Poverty Because: by Lacey McLaughlin and Donna Ladd

Persons below poverty level, 2009: County Madison County Hinds County . . Rankin County .

Below Poverty Level . . . . 12.7% . . . . 23.3% . . . . 11.2%

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. 23.5% . 8% . 28.3% . 28.6% . 12.7%

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f you struggle to pay your bills and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where your next meal is coming from, studies show you are more likely to be incarcerated. Once you fall into that cycle, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to break out. When people get out of jail, they usually have no money or a stable home to return to. If you are African American, the chances that you will be incarcerated are even higher. Studies show that people resort to crime only if they determine that potential benefits outweigh the cost or consequences of committing that. Therefore, people living in poverty are more likely to commit burglary, larceny or theft.

Statistics: â&#x20AC;˘ Lower-class youth commit four times more violent crimes than middle-class youth. â&#x20AC;˘ The total cost of crime in the U.S. is $2 trillion per yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;$1.3 trillion comes from street crime and the remainder from economic crimes such as fraud. â&#x20AC;˘ The victimization costs of street crime are approximately $700 billion per year. â&#x20AC;˘ Poverty raises the cost of crime by at least $170 billion annually. â&#x20AC;˘ Fifty-three percent of people in prison earned less than $10,000 per year before incarceration.

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Blame the Burbs?

High Crime Rates Among Poor: Why

Pop Quiz:

1. Uber-wealthy 2. Middle class 3. Poor 4. People with nice cars Answer: The poor. They are also the least likely to report it. SOURCE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;DEFENSIBLE SPACE,â&#x20AC;? OSCAR NEWMAN, 1996

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Who is most likely to be a victim of crime?

hey may be shrinking for everyone, but it was already bad for the poor. A congressional study found, prerecession, that two-thirds of all new jobs are being created in the suburbs (where many city poor do not have transportation to get to). Meanwhile, the study found that three-quarters of welfare recipients live in the inner city or urban areas. And it found that 95 percent of welfare recipients do not own a car. FILE PHOTO

t is a fact that neighborhoods where the poor are concentrated are more prone to high crime rates, and poor residents are the most common victims of crimes. Beyond a simplistic answer of â&#x20AC;&#x153;poor people want/need more stuff so they have to take it,â&#x20AC;? what are other, more researched answers? Oscar Newman offered several in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creating Defensible Spaceâ&#x20AC;? (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1996, $15): â&#x20AC;˘ A one-parent household headed by a female is more vulnerable to criminal attack. â&#x20AC;˘ Families with only one adult present are less able to control their teenage children. â&#x20AC;˘ Young teenage mothers are often victimized by their boyfriends. â&#x20AC;˘ The criminal activity by the poor is tolerated, if not condoned, among the poor. â&#x20AC;˘ The poor, and particularly the poor members of racial minorities, are unable to demand as much police protection. â&#x20AC;˘ Committing crimes against residents in rundown and â&#x20AC;&#x153;ghettoâ&#x20AC;? areas requires minimal skill and risk.

oes white flight/suburban flight create poor communities and, thus, increase crime? The â&#x20AC;&#x153;new urbanistsâ&#x20AC;? who wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suburban Nationâ&#x20AC;? (North Point Press, 2001, $19) give a resounding â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes.â&#x20AC;? They write: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inevitable or not, the fact remains that the inner city is now where Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s least privileged are most concentrated, a condition exacerbated by sprawl. Two aspects of suburbanization contribute dramatically to the plight of the urban poor: â&#x20AC;˘ Government investment in suburb-serving highways has left many inner-city neighborhoods sundered by highspeed traffic. â&#x20AC;˘ Disinvestment by fleeing corporations robs city residents of adequate access to jobs.â&#x20AC;?

Where are the jobs?

Question of the Day:

Rich Cities, Poor Cities

any people, politicians and corporate media love to talk about Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s placement in CQ Pressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be honest, bogusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;dangerousâ&#x20AC;? rankings every year. But the part they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always pick up on is how many poor cities tend to have more crime. The authors of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suburban Nationâ&#x20AC;? (North Point Press, 2001, $19) explain why certain cities are richer (and safer) and others are dirt-poor (and suffer the resulting effects of crime):

Rich Cities/Suburbs have:

Poor Cities have:

> Good infrastructure > More services > Better (funded) schools > More effective city management (they can afford it)

> Deteriorating physical environment > Very inadequate services > Severely limited tax base â&#x20AC;Ś thus: > Inability to attract jobs, commerce, real estate investment > Congregations of needy in needy places, thus institutionalizing their â&#x20AC;&#x153;character of povertyâ&#x20AC;?

Ways to Prevent Juvenile Crime by R.L. Nave

Treat ‘Em like Adults

Treat ‘Em Like Kids

rown folks with responsibilities don’t have time to be running the streets. At least that’s the thinking behind programs designed to keep kids out of trouble by putting them to work. On a recent Tuesday afternoon at Café Reconcile in New Orleans, every table was occupied, while more patrons waited to be seated. The popular lunch spot is the cornerstone of Cafe Reconcile’s 12-week job-training program which offers young participants life-skills training and real-world experience, all aimed at breaking the generational poverty cycle and serving as an economic engine for the surrounding Central City neighborhood, which has one of the city’s highest crime rates. Expectations are set high for the 50 students participating in the program at a given time. “They’re expected to show up on time, complete their tasks, and keep their attitudes in check,” Sister Mary Lou Specha said. But the hard work often pays off. Upon completing the program, 65 to 70 percent of participants receive jobs (a case manager also follows their progress for one year), Specha noted. Similarly, Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries employs up to 250 former and atrisk gang members who might bake muffins or screen-print the Homeboy logo onto infant onesies in one of Homeboy’s six businesses. Mona Hobson, Homeboy development director, says its solar-installation certification program touts a 70 percent employment rate upon completion. She attributes the success of Homeboy, one of the nation’s largest and most-lauded gang-intervention initiatives, to the street cred earned by founder Father Greg Boyle and to the kids motivating themselves. “They come when they’re tired of living the gang life,” she said.

About 30 years ago, Missouri figured out a way to reduce juvenile recidivism essentially by treating kids like they’re in summer camp and not in jail. This is done through the use of small group homes, treatment centers, and camps under the supervision of youth development experts instead of correctional facilities and prison guards. It was also accomplished without increasing the burden on the state’s taxpayers. Now, what has become known as the Missouri Model has been replicated around the country, including at Oakley Training School near Raymond.

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Change the Law While working toward reforming the juvenilejustice system in the Albuquerque, N.M., area, officials realized that existing laws made it difficult for the changes to stick. So, in 2003, youth justice advocates and officials set out to alter New Mexico’s children’s code. One of the major changes was requiring that kids demonstrate “significant” risk of danger, flight or failure to appear for court appointments to be detained in a state facility. Another was to prohibit anyone over the age of 18 to be housed in youth detention centers to increase safety for younger kids. As a result, Bernadillo County reduced its average daily population by 58 percent between 1999 and 2004 while the number of kids booked on a felony charges fell from 4,726 in 1999 to 3,892 in 2005, the Annie E. Casey Foundation reports. Also, ethnic disparities are shrinking. In 2005, 62 percent of those booked by the county were ethnic minorities, down from 72 percent in 1999.

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Health Matters

1. Vision problems 2. Asthma 3. Teen pregnancy 4. Witnessing aggression and violence

5. Lack of physical activity 6. No healthy breakfast 7. Inattention and hyperactivity

READ more about the correlation between low blood sugar/diet and violent crime in “Feeding the Brain: How Foods Affect Children” (C. Keith Conners, Ph.D, Da Capo Press, 2001, $21).

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ould cutting back on P.E. in schools lead to a more violent city and state? No doubt. The research is indisputable that healthier students learn better and act out less—which means they are less likely to get involved in crime. The October 2011 Journal of School Health reported on findings by Charles E. Basch of Columbia University’s Department of Health and Behavior Studies. He found seven “educationally relevant health disparities” that make urban minority youth fall behind:

Defensible Space

by Donna Ladd

Face Block =Shared Street

=Safer

onâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t downplay the importance of street space to the formation of society. Studies show that a community hierarchy includes the shared street as a key component to a strong, and safer, neighborhood. If you live on a street where people seldom walk and commune together in shared space, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the middle of a breeding ground for crime. Beware.

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an a window save a life? How about a window with no one behind it? No question, say environmental architects and security experts. A window can stop crime simply by where it is placed, even if no one is looking through it. It can and does still function as a set of â&#x20AC;&#x153;eyes,â&#x20AC;? sending the message to would-be criminals that someone might see them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most basic kind of deterrence. The doyenne of urban planning, Jane Jacobs, first used the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eyes on the Streetâ&#x20AC;? in her seminal 1961 book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Death and Life of American Citiesâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;which has become a bible of sorts for smart city planning. Her ideas were picked up and expanded on by Oscar Newman in his own now-classic urban-design book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defensible Space: Deterring Crime and Building Community,â&#x20AC;? written in 1970. These visionariesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first piece of neighborhood advice is deceptively simply: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to discourage crime, a street space must be watched over by buildings with doors and windows facing it,â&#x20AC;? write Andres Duany and the other authors of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream,â&#x20AC;? in a section dedicated to the security ideas

of Jacobs and Newman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walls, fences and padlocks are all less effective at deterring crime than a simple lit window.â&#x20AC;? This sounds simple, but take a look at most streets in Jackson, especially but not only in crime-plagued neighborhoods (or those that may well soon be). Few windows actually face the streets, or even the driveway or carport where dangers might await. Or the windows are covered with blinds or heavy curtains. As a result, a would-be criminal isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t threatened by the idea that someone just might be on the other side. Not to mention, many homes in more well-to-do areas are hidden behind walls that actually give criminals a place to hide. Thus, windows as eyes. This is only the most basic principle behind â&#x20AC;&#x153;defensible space.â&#x20AC;? In his original book and a 1996 follow-up, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creating Defensible Spaceâ&#x20AC;? (download free at defensiblespace.com), Newman shares research showing that similar people from the same background can behave differently in different housing and living designs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really all about who controls behavior and whether the atmosphere is conducive to crime or not. That is, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although the socioeconomic characteristics of the residents

exert a strong influence on crime rate, the physical characteristics of the buildings and the project can exert a counteracting influence. The physical form of a residential environment can, in fact, ameliorate the effect of many of the problems created by the concentration of low-income, one-parent families with teenage children,â&#x20AC;? Newman wrote in 1996. Sadly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defensible Spaceâ&#x20AC;? principles are often the exact opposite of a neighborhood or a homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reality, or what people think they need to be safer and happier. It is all about empowering individuals to make their own streets and homes safer, because police cannot do that for you. In fact, Newmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first sentence in his original book is a blunt warning: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The crime problems facing urban America will not be answered through

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defensible space is a model for residential environments which inhibits crime by creating the physical expression of a social fabric that defends itself.â&#x20AC;?

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DUVALL DECKER

Natural Surveillance

Walking in Circles â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a vicious circle: the less safe streets feel, the fewer people walk, and the less safe they become.â&#x20AC;?

Skinny Streets

afe streets have lots of people on them, and people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be hit by speeding cars (neither do pets). A major way to calm traffic is with skinnier streets. The Portland, Ore., fire chief helped start a program called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skinny Streetsâ&#x20AC;? there. It recommends that new residential streets have parking on one sideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and only be 20 feet wide, which â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suburban Nationâ&#x20AC;? authors call â&#x20AC;&#x153;humane streets.â&#x20AC;? This may sound too narrow for two-way traffic, but it was designed on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing streets in â&#x20AC;&#x153;goodâ&#x20AC;? neighborhoods. People slow down on these streets, thus making it easier for walkers, joggers, cyclists, pet-walkers and parents with strollers. This is much more effective than speed-limit signsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and discourages criminal activity, as active streets always do.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Eyes on the Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A Case Study

by Donna Ladd

ebuilding a neighborhood with the challenges of midtown north into a stronger, more prosperous, safer neighborhood is â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicated,â&#x20AC;? says architect Roy Decker of Duvall Decker Architects. Before the firm made any decisions, or a single shovel broke dirt, Duvall Decker led an effort to assess the liabilities of the area, which has about 2,600 residents. And the problems are numerous, Decker says: vacancies, empty lots, declining population, not enough density, transient residents. This scenario, typical to challenged inner-city neighborhoods, â&#x20AC;&#x153;makes security a complicated thing,â&#x20AC;? Decker says. Even a quick drive through midtown north shows specific challenges: not enough street lights, few sidewalks, no exercise â&#x20AC;&#x153;circuits,â&#x20AC;? dilapidated houses. And, of course, the most important crime deterrent is missing: Not enough people out on the streets doing

positive things (like exercising and pushing strollers). In addition, the area has a lot of shotgun-type houses that can have limited â&#x20AC;&#x153;eyes on the street,â&#x20AC;? with perhaps one smallish window facing out. The firm, working with various partners including the Jackson Housing Authority and North Midtown CDC, came up with an action plan: long-term strategic recommendations of how to turn Midtown North around and make it into an area that can grow and prosper, as well as project safer perceptions (which, in turn, make an area safer). On a tour of blocks of new homes under construction this month, Decker showed some of the best â&#x20AC;&#x153;defensible spaceâ&#x20AC;? ideas coming to fruition: mod-looking housing with large windows looking out on shared spaces. Shared yards and play areas where parents have a direct view, and kids donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to play in

the streets. Cars and pedestrians kept separate. Secure yards and parking with court entries. Un-obscured backyards. Front doors, stoops and stairs to the street: no anonymous (and dangerous) corridors. Residents are invited to garden and beautify their front yards. The rebuilding includes outdoor exercise circuits for any resident to use. This approach to design establishes what Decker calls a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sense of special territoriality,â&#x20AC;? which isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available in typical apartment complexes (that tend to attract high crime). Ironically, efforts to tear down abandoned homes can leave a new pernicious problem: empty, depressing, dangerous lots and too little resident density. Thus, there are fewer people to build community, share control of territory, and watch out for each other and their

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The revival of Jackson is not going to be made on singlefamily housing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; children. The new midtown north, which currently has 2.6 houses per acre, is designed for more density in residents as well, with smart infill, community gardens and playgrounds taking the place of those scary lots. Decker is adamant about density, warning that one of the worst ways to deal with

crime is to run from it, making the city even less dense and inviting crime to follow into less dense areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The revival of Jackson is not going to be made on single-family housing,â&#x20AC;? he warns. On the subject of policeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where many folksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; view of security begins and endsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Decker says the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicatedâ&#x20AC;? once again. He stresses that better-designed neighborhoods cannot take the place of a strong police presence in a neighborhood like Midtown Northâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at least not initially. The policeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role, he says, is to help maintain an areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peace and prosperity, and to make people feel safe enough to fulfill their own vital role in security. Thus, he says, it takes two steps: First, the police must be clearly present for an areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turnaround, responding quickly and seriously to crime reports, providing follow-through. But police must get that Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner-city areas have a long, distrustful history with law enforcement (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not far away from the civil-rights era,â&#x20AC;? he says). Still, the police need to be there strongly at first to help build the perception that the area is safe enough for neighbors to come outside their homes and become the vital eyes on the street.â&#x20AC;? But police canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in complete control and should start moving more into the background as the community takes more control, building neighborhood watch programs and community networks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, police are secondary,â&#x20AC;? Decker says.

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Broken Windows, Fractured Hope? by Latasha Willis

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magine two scenarios. The first scenario is a child walking to school and admiring the homes on his block. He may say to himself: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hmm, I would like to have a nice house like one of these when I grow up. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to do what it takes to get one.â&#x20AC;? The second scenario is a child walking to school and observing the abandoned, run-down properties on his block. He may say to himself: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is this what life is about? If so, why should I care about my future? In fact, since that window over there is already broken, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll smash the rest. No one lives there, anyway.â&#x20AC;? Is there truth to either scenario? Can something as simple as a broken window drive a minor to commit vandalism or other crimes? In 1982, George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson wrote an article for The Atlantic entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broken Windows.â&#x20AC;? The authors claimed that if a building has a broken window, the rest of the windows will eventually be broken. They based this idea on an experiment psychologist Philip Zimbardo did in 1969 in which he abandoned an unlicensed car in a low-income neighborhood in the Bronx and a more affluent neighborhood in Palo Alto, Calif. Vandals in the Bronx stripped the car in 10 minutes. On the other hand, no one touched the car

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in Palo Alto for a week, but vandals eventually destroyed it after the psychiatrist took to it with a sledgehammer. In both neighborhoods, most of the vandals were white, so assuming that only other ethnic groups would commit these acts would be a mistake. Also, if such vandalism can happen to an abandoned car, what effect does an abandoned house have on a citizen, and how more so does it affect juveniles? This is not to say that the broken-window theory is infallible, but could living near unkempt properties have a negative effect on the psyche? In addition to actual broken windows, Kelling and Wilson go on to say that situations in a neighborhood such as a drunk person sleeping on the sidewalk, panhandling or teenagers hanging out on a street corner could also be considered societal versions of broken windows. However, such situations are symptoms of bigger problems that communities should handle humanely. Is there a direct relationship between dilapidated housing and juvenile crime in Jackson? You decide: There certainly sure are a lot of abandoned houses near our schools. View the map in more detail at www.jfp. ms/crime/broken and learn how to help us identify who owns all the crumbling houses.

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The Dropout-Crime Connection by Elizabeth Waibel and Hannah Vick of the study, the national high-school-graduation rate was 71 percent, and Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduation rate was 62 percent.

MAKING PROGRESS

Young People due to local progress fulfilling the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s key promises to young people. â&#x20AC;˘ United Way and Jackson Promise Coalitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drop Out Prevention summits. â&#x20AC;˘ Youth Leadership Jackson, a Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership (greater jacksonpartnership.com) program. â&#x20AC;˘ The Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Youth Council for teaching about city government. â&#x20AC;˘ The School Board Transition Team for assessing how policies address the needs of young people. â&#x20AC;˘ The Jackson Medical Mall (jackson medicalmall.org) for low-cost services. â&#x20AC;˘The Young Peoples Project (www.typp. org/jacksonms) for developing leaders and organizers from marginalized populations through math and media literacy, community-building and advocacy.

COURTESY OPERATION SHOESTRING

ackson learned this month that Colin Powellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Promise has named it one of the 100 Best Communities for

Holistic Healing Visit: operationshoestring.org â&#x20AC;&#x153;By teaching children and inspiring families, Operation Shoestring ensures we all rise together.â&#x20AC;? peration Shoestring focuses on holistic healing for the Midtown Lanier feeder pattern, putting a special emphasis on educating youth and helping families lift themselves up. In addition to working closely with educators in Jackson Public Schools, it provides direct outreach to children in after-school and summer camp programs through tutoring, athletics and the arts. Operation Shoestring has outlined its efforts to ameliorate specific issues in Jackson as seen here; if you want to help reverse crime in Jackson, pick one and get started changing it:

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olin and Alma Powell started Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Promise (americapromise.org) in 1997 to help young Americans, especially those with socioeconomic challenges, by making youth five promises: â&#x20AC;˘ Ongoing relationships with caring adults, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not their own families. â&#x20AC;˘ Safe places with structured activities during non-school hours. â&#x20AC;˘ Healthy start and future, including accessible and affordable health services; good nutrition. â&#x20AC;˘ Marketable skills through effective education, including analytical skills, workplace etiquette and know how to use new technology. â&#x20AC;˘ Opportunities to give back through community service. A key focus of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Promise Alliance is stopping dropouts, and it offers these ways that every American can help: â&#x20AC;˘ Write an op-ed, letter to the editor, or letter to local media about education needs in Jackson. â&#x20AC;˘ Become familiar with political candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; education initiatives and vote accordingly.

â&#x20AC;˘ Draw attention to dropout problems through networks (e.g. church groups, book clubs, neighborhood associations). Pass out relevant reports and current articles (like this page). â&#x20AC;˘ Make a donation to support a school, library initiative or youthfocused nonprofit, such as DonorsChoose.org, Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Promise or one of the local groups on page 28 of this issue. Give books to FirstBook.org, Reading Is Fundamental, Reach out and Read or another early reading program. Get involved with Parents for Public Schools (ppsjackson. org) or Operation Shoestring (operationshoestring.org). â&#x20AC;˘ Volunteer to mentor, tutor, read with, support or coach a young person. â&#x20AC;˘ Develop formal leadership structures that engage young people in decisionmaking for your organization. â&#x20AC;˘ Host health, safety and well-being presentations for students and their families. Encourage young people to have an annual check-up.

Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In a Gang? by Elizabeth Waibel and Donna Ladd

tate and local jurisdictions develop their own definitions of â&#x20AC;&#x153;gangs,â&#x20AC;? which can lead to confusion and illdefined fears of gang violence. The Jackson Police Department does not have an official definition of a gang, but the Mississippi Street Gang Act says that a gang is a group of three or more people with an established hierarchy that engages in felonious criminal activity. The National Gang Intelligence Center (nationalgangcenter.gov) says two-thirds of gang members are adults over age 18; city and suburban gangs especially have majority adult membership. Assistant Police Chief Lee Vance said that, in some ways, deciding which criminals are in a gang is inconsequential, because they are prosecuted for their crimes regardless of gang affiliation. Vance said while Jackson does have organized drug traffickers, JPD doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the types of violence associated with gangs like the Black Gangster Disciples and the Vice Lordsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;larger organizations active here in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s and early 1990s that identified themselves as gangs and fought to establish turf, but that have shrunk since the mid-1990s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see (criminals) operating under those names in the city of Jackson with the type of criminal enterprise that we saw 20 years ago,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the

drive-by shooting type of gang activity that we saw in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s. â&#x20AC;Ś We just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see these things that we automatically associate with street gang activity.â&#x20AC;? What makes a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gangâ&#x20AC;? can be subjective, Vance said, because different agencies and people have different definitions or ideas of what a gang is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some people who think that you get a group of kids who wear the same T-shirt to school every day and (they are a gang),â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think too many times, the whole conversation gets convoluted, because people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about.â&#x20AC;? The National Gang Intelligence Center (nationalgangcenter.gov) reports that, as of 2008, Hinds County had fewer than 500 gang members, as did Rankin County. Adams, DeSoto, Grenada, Harrison, Jackson and Marion counties reported more gang members than did Hinds County. The state as a whole had two to three gang members per 1,000 people. However, a gang out of Chicago, the Simon City Royals, has made local news in recent years for establishing itself in Mississippi, as well as Louisiana, Wisconsin and Florida. The Royals are the largest white street gang in the U.S., known for violence and prison recruitment, and specializes in the sale of methamphetamine. It has been especially strong in

Rankin County, especially Richland. In 2008, police arrested nine Royals for a variety of charges including meth possession, gang activity and aggravated assault. NGIC warned that gangs have seen a resurgence in some areas in recent years; the largest gang growth percentage is in suburban areas (up 33 percent). The NGIC defines a gang as:

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he Chicago Police Department regularly warns that Mississippi, along with neighboring Indiana, is a top source for weapons used in violent crimes there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straw purchasersâ&#x20AC;? with no police record buy many guns legally in Mississippi that turn up on Chicago streets, reselling them on the black market there. For instance, .45-calibre handgun purchased legally at Edâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pawn Shop in Byhalia killed Chicago police officer Officer Thomas Wortham IV in 2010. The young father originally hired to buy it at Edâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had an infant daughter dying from a brain tumor and feared losing his $7.50-an-hour forklift job, The Chicago Tribune reported.

he United States has barely hidden some of the more discriminatory aspects of the drug war. The difference in sentencingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and who goes to prisonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for crack (rock) cocaine versus the powdered kind illustrates the inequity well. In 1986, when Congress enacted the mandatory sentencing drug laws (that have filled our prisons to the brim), it decided that crack cocaine is a distinct drug with harsher penalties than those for powder cocaine, the kind favored by more upper-crust (and white) users. Congress set the five-year mandatory sentence to kick in for the sale of 500 grams (a bit over a pound) of powder coke, but for only 5 grams (an amount the size of two pennies) for crack. That means a dealer could sell 100 times more powder before going to prison. The law ended up targeting people of color even though more whites buy and use both kinds of cocaine, both kinds of cocaine are equally addictive, and violence surrounding crack sales was only a few percentage points more than the powder version. Still, the kicker â&#x20AC;Ś

Crack Prosecution, 2000 African Americans .............. 84.7% Hispanics ............................... 9.0% Whites ................................... 5.6%

Crack Use, 2000 Whites ................ 2.4 million/64.4% African Americans .. 990,000/26.6% Hispanics .................. 348,000/9.2% Sources: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U. S. Sentencing Commission.

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Deterrence: Not What You Think by Briana Robinson and Ronni Mott

re·cid·i·vism noun \ri-sid-uh-viz-uhm\ a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior; especially: relapse into criminal behavior (Merriam-Webster)

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nce a person has committed a crime and is in the prison system, what works and what doesn’t to deter ongoing criminality? Tough-on-crime policies—such as three-strike rules and truth-in-sentencing—and the war on drugs have given the United States the dubious honor of having the highest incarceration rate in the world: 743 prisoners per 100,000 people, according to 2009 Bureau of Justice statistics. As of 2008, one out of every 100 Americans was behind bars. In 2009, more than 7 million Americans were in the criminal justice system, either behind bars or on probation or parole. Research shows that as many as two-thirds of inmates will be back behind bars within three years of their release. (Source: Current Strategies for Reducing Recidivism, 2004, by Lise McKean and Charles Ransford, Center for Impact Research). Q. What lowers recidivism? Doug Hooley, a Lane County, Ore., corrections officer writes on CorrectionsOne.com that for a correctional system to be effective at reducing recidivism, it must adhere to three core concepts: 1. Collaboration between all criminal-justice partners 2. Organizational development—all organizations involved must buy into the plan. 3. All partners need to engage in evidence-based practices.

Q. Do stiffer sentences make a difference? Probably not. In 1999, Public Policy Canada looked at 50 research studies in an attempt to answer the question, “Does increasing the length of time in prison reduce the criminal behavior of offenders?” The conclusion? “Regardless of the type of analysis employed, no evidence for a crime deterrent function was found.” In 2006, Italy passed a Collective Clemency Bill. It freed all inmates with less than three years left on their sentences. The catch was that if they were convicted of any crime within the next five years, the remainder of the suspended sentence would be added to the new sentence. Officials found that: • Inmates with longer sentences were less likely to reoffend. • Small increases in the expected sentence reduced recidivism 1.3 percent. (Source: About.com) In a 2009 paper titled “Lessons Learned about Reducing Recidivism from Research on Correctional and Juvenile Delinquency Programs,” David B. Wilson of George Mason University concluded, “Overall, the current research evidence suggests that merely increasing the punitive nature of sanctions does not reduce future offending.”

Q. Do trying juveniles as adults help prevent crime? No. Research finds that sending minors to adult prisons 24 increases their risk of re-offending, joining prison-based gangs,

Q. Whom Do We Execute? • Since 1986, Mississippi has executed 15 men. Three of those men were black; however, only one of the 15, Leo Edwards, a black man, killed a black victim. One victim was Asian. All of the other victims were white. • Nationally, it is much more likely that when a black person kills a white person, he will be executed. Since 1973, 255 blacks have been executed for killing whites; 17 whites have been executed for killing blacks. Overall, 35 percent of executions since 1973 have been blacks. • Mississippi’s death row population is heavily skewed toward black men. The state has 55 men and two women on death row; 24 are white, 32 black and one Asian, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Thus, 58 percent of the state’s death-row inmates are black males, while the state’s overall black population is 37 percent. • Nationwide, 41.77 percent of death row prisoners are black; 43.68 percent are white; 12.12 percent Latino; and 2.43 percent are other races. These statistics are wildly out of proportion to the general racial demographics in the U.S., where, in 2010, 63.7 percent of the population was white, 12.6 percent was black and 16.3 percent was Latino. • Since 1973, 138 death-row prisoners have been exonerated nationwide; in 17 of those cases, DNA evidence played a substantial role in establishing innocence. Three death-row inmates have been exonerated in Mississippi since 1973, one due to DNA evidence. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Death Penalty Information Center.

being abused or raped by adults and committing suicide. Studies, such as in Florida in 1996, started showing the recidivism risks of trying kids as adults in the mid-1990s—the same period that states started treating juvenile offenders as adults. Youth transferred to adult court in Florida were a third more likely to reoffend than those sent to the juvenile-justice system for the same crime and with similar prior records. Of those who committed new crimes, the ones sent to adult court reoffended at twice the rate of those sent to juvenile court. Over the last decade, many states (including Mississippi) have started to rethink the practice. FILE PHOTO

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Those practices include: • Risk/needs assessment • Individual motivators • Target the appropriate intervention • Rewire the brain • Increase positive reinforcement • Ongoing support

SOURCE: DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER

Q. Is the death penalty a deterrent? “[G]iven the rarity with which executions are carried out in this country and the long delays in doing so, a rational criminal should not be deterred by the threat of execution. Despite increases in capital punishment in recent years,

the likelihood of being executed conditional on committing murder is still less than 1 in 200,” Steven D. Levitt wrote in “Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not,” published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives in 2004. He added: “[E]ven taking as given very large empirical estimates of the deterrent impact of the death penalty … the observed increase in the death penalty from 14 executions in 1991 to 66 in 2001 would eliminate between 300 and 400 homicides, for a reduction of 1.5 percent in the homicide rate, or less than one-twenty-fifth of the observed decline in the homicide rate over this time period. Moreover, any deterrent effect from such executions cannot explain the decline in other crimes. Given the way the death penalty is currently practiced in the United States, it is extremely unlikely that it exerts significant influence on crime rates.” • Naci Mocan, professor at the University of Colorado at Denver, co-authored a study in 2003 that found five deaths can be avoided with each execution. • The Death Penalty Information Center reports, however, that murder rate in states with the death penalty is consistently higher than in states with no death penalty. • In 2010, Mississippi was tied with Missouri for the third highest murder rate in the nation at 7 percent. Louisiana was first with 11.2 percent. • The Mississippi murder rate per 100,000 people: 2008, 8.1; 2009, 6.6 • In 2010, about 64 percent of Americans (surveyed by Gallup) are in favor of the death penalty and 29 percent are opposed to it, The New York Times reported. SOURCES: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER, THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Be Safe by Ronni Mott

hen I lived in the Washington, D.C., area, I knew a woman who was repeatedly on the receiving end of crime. She was mugged in the subway, had her purse snatched at a bar, was attacked and raped walking home. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know her well; however, it was hard not to feel badly for her. On the other hand, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but speculate on what drew criminals to her, making her a victim of crime not once, but over and over again. Personally, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had three different homes burglarized in and around D.C., always in broad daylight when I was away from home. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awful feeling to come home to, but I learned from each incident how to better protect my home. Along the way, I also learned that criminals are opportunists: They will pick the easiest marks and avoid defenses and people who look strong, even if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not. Here are some tips for keeping from becoming the next crime statistic.

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Many Ways to Prevent Crime by Hannah Vick

he best way to stop crime is to put children on a good path early, help strengthen their families and intervene as needed. These groups do just that in many ways.

Dress for Success Contact: Daphne M. Higgins 601-985-9888 Visit: dressforsuccess.org/metrojackson “The mission of Dress for Success Metro Jackson is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.” Dress for Success helps disadvantaged women find, acquire and retain employment. While Dress for Success is most noted for providing clothing—a first suit for a client with a job interview and an additional one when she finds work—the professional support accompanying the suits is vital to these women’s success. The metro Jackson affiliate of the international organization Dress for Success has helped more than 2,500 women throughout Mississippi. And, thus, their children.

Youth Solutions Encounter Program 601-829-0323 Visit: youthsolution.net “Helping to put the pieces back together, one youth at a time” Juan K. Wilson founded the Youth Solutions Encounter Program and has worked with underrepresented adolescents, not only throughout Mississippi, but around the world including Cape Town, South Africa. Encounter encompasses a variety of prevention and intervention programs open to teenagers grades 5 though 12. They meet the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Community Meeting Room at the Jackson Medical Mall for activities including mentoring, motivational talks, vocal talent, teen drama, live music and character development.

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Contact: Nan Prince, 601-503-3968 Visit: broadmeadow.org “The goal of Broadmeadow Books and Basketball is to provide a supportive study program while fostering relationships between students and volunteers as well as to encourage a fellowship among the students in order to aid them in making positive life choices.”

Meeting Wednesday nights at 5:45 p.m., mentors from Broadmeadow United Methodist Church and the Jackson community eat with about 10 to 15 kids before helping them with homework. Basketball practice and competition in a local league begin in the winter, and at least one night each month involves fun activities and various speakers.

ing, stage appearance and role-playing to JPS middle and high schools. It has worked with about 3,000 disadvantaged youth since January, providing them with not only free acting training but with a support system in person and on Facebook.

DREAM (Developing Resources for Education in

Contact: Diane Singleton, 601-941-3925 Visit the Jodi Models & Productions Facebook page “The Mission of Jodi is to provide quality training and assistance for each individual looking to get into the entertainment industry.” Jodi Models has been training hundreds of young men and women for more than 10 years. By improving self-esteem, modeling builds overall character, promotes positive attitudes and teaches life skills such as achieving goals through sustained commitment. The group organizes specific modeling and etiquette camps during the summer, incorporating professional modeling skills with logic, public speaking, general etiquette and community service. Some of Jodi Models’ participants have won scholarships, pageants and moved on to work with the companies Ebony Fashion Fair and L’Oreal.

America) Inc. Contact: Lea Banks, 601-933-9191 Visit: dreaminc.org “Our mission is to prevent youth substance abuse and promote healthy life styles through developing and providing effective products and services for schools, communities, and businesses.” For 30 years, DREAM has worked with disadvantaged youth in Jackson through mentoring, drug education campaigns and youth leadership development. The organization is focusing on the Hinds County Senior Transition Program, an initiative committed to transitioning Hinds County highschool seniors smoothly to work or college after graduation. Once enrolled in the program, seniors attend community volunteer-led monthly workshops on career and general life skills such as interview techniques, time management and job searching. After completing the program, students receive a certificate of completion, a portfolio and a $250 award.

Stewpot Community Services Visit: stewpot.org/services_childrensprogram.html “Faith Meeting Needs In Our Community” Seven Jackson churches representing different denominations have been working together for 30 years in the multifaceted outreach Stewpot Community Services. Stewpot’s Neighborhood Children’s Program offers an after-school program and summer camp for children and teens to provide educational help, build self-esteem and provide positive role models. Volunteers read to children, teach fine arts and help with homework, applications and resumes.

Mentoring Through Modeling Contact: Oliver Thompson, 601-213-9109 Mentoring Through Modeling works with school age children ages 6 to 19 in Jackson and the surrounding area. It teaches children and teens etiquette such as dressing for and escorting to formal events. About three times a year, Mentoring Through Modeling provides an hour-long event on model-

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Metro Youth Initiative Contact: Gus McCoy, 601-750-8451 Visit: metroyi.org “Youth Are Our Focus … Their Success is Our Goal” Metro Youth Initiative focuses its work on improving literacy and education, poverty, job-skills development and alternatives to youth violence in youth ages 11 to 19. MYI collaborates resources with partners bringing unique skills and perspectives to serve the Jackson community, advocating for young people and equipping them with the tools needed to succeed. MYI owns a portable laptop van to provide ACT preparation for high school students anywhere in Jackson.

Boys and Girls Club of Central Mississippi Visit: bgccm.org “Our Mission: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.” Boys and Girls Club serves about 3,200 youth who spend nearly 750,000 hours at six metro-area clubs. The organization’s website says 85 percent of those children say their club helped them know the difference between right and wrong.

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We will not live in fear. We understand that hiding from the world in case something bad could happen to us means that more bad things happen to more people. We will talk back to those who believe in selling fear and crime sensationalism. We know that such fear-mongering is done for political gain, TV ratings, to sell newspapers or to just be more dramatic than the next guy. We also know that crime sensationalism creates negative perceptions that keep the public from doing what it takes to keep our homes, communities and streets more secure. We will support quality education for all at all levels, and fight for good public education every step of the way. We will resist efforts to test our kids to death while not providing basics such arts and music education that help them engage in activities and develop mind sets to keep them away from crime. We know that mentoring changes lives, and urge every adult to “each one teach one.” We will help gather and share good information about effective mentoring and how to be/find one. We will engage in respectful conversations with young people every chance we can, striving to ask more than we tell. We know that early childhood education will make our state and our city safer, and we will hold politicians accountable until they help us achieve it. We know that not every child has a solid family at home to help direct and encourage them, and we will never use that as an excuse for not helping a child build a better life. We will take responsibility every way possible for all children and urge others to do the same. We will be creative and actively brainstorm ways to help engage young people in our community and help them believe in themselves and their futures. We will talk back to people, and other media, who do not. We will look for opportunities to return to the communities we left that need us now and get others to do the same. We will speak out loudly for reproductive services and information on birth control to lower the incident of teen motherhood and fatherhood. We will do what we can to help parents get the parenting skills they need, as well as other basic services they may lack. We will teach instead of blame every chance we can. We know that sometimes other adults have to step up when parents can’t or don’t. We will always be “eyes on the streets”: We will report crimes, suspicious behavior and gunfire; we will offer our assistance, and watch out for the children on our streets. We will get involved, even as we make every effort not to profile. We will be a snitch for safety of ourselves and our neighbors whenever possible.

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We will seek diversity in every way, knowing that diversity builds understanding, trust, empathy and coalitions that change the world and make it safer. We will constantly strive to enlarge our networks. We will listen more often to people not like us. We understand that poverty is a direct cause of crime and do everything we can do stop it and teach people how to get out of poverty. We will know and teach our rights. We will demand that bad law enforcement be better trained or fired. We will make an effort to get to know our neighbors better and build stronger communities together. We will learn to observe our surroundings and know warning signs of possible criminal activity. We will vote. We will elect politicians who believe in holistic (thus, real) approaches to preventing crime. We will reject those who run campaigns based on fear and ignorance. We will demand reforms to our criminal-justice system, especially those that increase recidivism for young criminals, treat people of color harsher than whites and let domestic abusers/killers off easily. The system is upside down, and we will address it. We will demand access to leadership. We will insist that they know and use research-based practices to making our communities safer, not mythical conventional “wisdom.” We will not put ourselves in harm’s way if we can help it: We will choose safe parking; we will not leave our jobs alone after dark; we will be cautious with people we do not know well. We will deter home invasions and property crime by not creating tempting conditions for criminals, by following “defensible space” ideas. We will lock car doors, never leave valuables in view and never leave our car running with no one in it. We will urge others to do the same. We will not assume that any weapon will make us safer and only own/use weapons that we are well trained to use. We will never assume that property is more important than a human life. We will support organizations and individuals who help the community do the above and promote smart safety best practices. We will accept that preventing crime is each of our responsibility. We will adopt a new mantra: “It is up to me.” Want to adopt his manifesto? Sign here and hang on your fridge:

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Don’t Be a Victim

by Brittany Kilgore

“The Essential Guide to Date Rape Prevention: How to Avoid Dangerous Situations, Overpowering Individuals and Date Rape,” by Scott Lindquist (Sourcebooks Inc., 2007, $14.95) Arm yourselves against date rape by getting fortified with Lindquist’s advice in this book.

“Shepherding Women in Pain: Real Women, Real Issues, & What You Need to Know to Truly Help,” by Bev Hislop (Moody Publishers, 2010, $14.99) Get direct advice from a professional woman whose everyday life revolves around helping women who are victimized by various forms of abuse.

“I Said No! A Kid-to-Kid Guide to Keeping Your Private Parts Private,” by Zack and Kimberly King and Sue Rama (Boulden Publishing, 2008, $9.95) Help your son and daughter become aware of the signs of child sexual abuse, and teach them it’s OK to say no.

“A Smart Kid’s Guide to Internet Privacy,” by David J. Jakubiak (PowerKids Press, 2009, $8.25) Everyone can take tips from this handy guide to protecting your privacy. “The Con: How Scams Work, Why You’re Vulnerable, and How to Protect Yourself,” by James Munton and Jelita McLeod (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011, $32.95) Americans are 40 times more likely to be defrauded than to have their cars stolen or their homes burgled, according to the authors. If you want to prevent crime, this book can help you focus on the most likely threats.

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“Travel Wise: How to Be Safe, Savvy, & Secure Abroad,” by Ray S. Leki (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2008, $22.95) Think of your preparation for foreign travel as a toolkit. Along with your passport, tuck this book in neatly with your camera, map and brochures. Recommended for newbies and seasoned travelers as well.

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MIFF: A Cinematic Extravaganza COURTESY MISSISSIPPI FILM INSTITUTE

dward Saint PĂ¨ and his team of organizers and volunteers commandeer the indie-film scene from Friday through Saturday with the 2011 Mississippi International Film Festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re showing 50 films all day Friday and Saturday at the Russell C. Davis Planetarium in downtown Jackson,â&#x20AC;? Saint PĂ¨ says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have films from China, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Greece and Hungary.â&#x20AC;? Saint PĂ¨ pauses to catch his breath. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, New York, and other places ... Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot going on.â&#x20AC;? Saint PĂ¨ infuses the film festival with an eclectic and celebratory Cajun-esque vibe, which is not surprising given his epic vision, larger-than-life persona and Louisiana roots. He not only heads a film festival and movie arthouse, but he also owns a television weather station, croons a tune as beautiful as any belted out by Bing Crosby, makes movies and has performed in at least three SAG feature films. He also gets community buy-in. The festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sponsors are a corporate whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who list. MIFF puts the entire concept of indie filmmaking on its head. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bold, audacious and spectacular in scope. To paraphrase an old proverb, the proof lies in the Creole. The festival marries film and music. It features global filmmaking, regional southern films, a late-night Spook Fest, professional workshops, Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first intellectual-property legal clinic sponsored by the Mississippi Barâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Intellectual Property Section, a Bollywood film distributor, a Hot Rod parade, Elvis impersonators, Rockabilly headliner Al Ferrier, a Jamaican disc jockey and sitar music. The cost is affordable. In fact, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford not to go. Tickets at the door are $8 per day or $10 for both Friday and

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BEST BETS October 19 - 26, 2011 by Latasha Willis events@jacksonfreepress.com Fax: 601-510-9019 Daily updates at jfpevents.com

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Charlie Townsend performs at 11:30 a.m. during Live at Lunch at the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Art Garden (380 S. Lamar St.). Bring or buy lunch; call 601-960-1515. ... Living history actors present “The Old Capitol, Past and Present” during History Is Lunch at noon at the Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Bring lunch; call 601-576-6998. ... Food Network star Paula Deen signs copies of “Southern Cooking Bible” at Lemuria Books (202 Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N.). $29.99 book; call 601-366-7619. … See the play “The Life of Galileo” at 7:30 p.m. at Belhaven University, Blackbox Theatre (1500 Peachtree St.); shows through Oct. 22. $10, $5 seniors, students and children; call 601965-7026. … Dreamz JXN hosts Wasted Wednesday.

call 601-696-2200. … Karen Brown performs during Centric Thursday at Dreamz JXN. … The new dance club Wendy’s Latenight Playhouse (206 W. Capitol St.) opens at 10 p.m. and includes music from DJ Patrick Duval. For ages 21 and up. $10 guys, ladies free until 11 p.m.

FRIDAY 10/21

Jacktoberfest is from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. on Congress Street. Free admission; visit jacktoberfest.com. … Tommy Scarpinato and Tammy Golden perform during lunch at Two Sisters Kitchen. … The annual Mississippi International Film Festival kicks off at 1 p.m. at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.) and runs through Oct. 23. Call 601-665-7737; visit msfilm.org or page 32 for a full schedule and ticket prices. … The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra performs at the High Note Jam at 5:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Art Garden (380 S. Lamar St.). Free, food for sale; call 601-960-1515. … The UNCF Mayors’ Masked Ball is at 7 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex, Trustmark Ballroom. $65, $520 table of eight; call 601-977-7871. … The Detectives Mystery Dinner Theatre’s “Paranormal Inactivity” is at 7 p.m. at Parker House (104 N.E. Madison Drive, Ridgeland). $46; call 601-291-7444 to RSVP. Encore at Kathryn’s at 7 p.m. Oct. 25; $42.

SATURDAY 10/22

Java Ink hosts Horror Fest at 10 a.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Free; call 601-397-6292. … The Be Bold Beer Run kicks off at 4:30 p.m. in downtown Jackson and includes stops at local restaurants. Free; drink prices vary; call 262-391-9265. … The Heather Spencer Soulshine Memorial Concert is at 7 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s. $20; visit heatherstree.org. … The Art, Poetry and Justice Slam is at 7 p.m. at Metrocenter Mall (3645 Highway 80 W.). Free; call 877-892-2577. … See the film “Lang Lang Live in Concert” at 8:30 p.m. at Tinseltown (411 Riverwind Drive, Pearl). $17, $16 seniors and students, $15 children; call 601-936-5856. … Big Al and the Heavyweights are at Underground 119. Mary Chapin Carpenter performs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at MSU Riley Center.

Lemuria Books hosts Chuck Palahniuk’s “Damned” Book Night at 5:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s. For ages 21 and up. Free admission; $29.99 book; call 601-366-7619. … Boo at the Zoo is from 5-8 p.m. at the Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.) Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 27-29. $9, $6 children under 12; members: $7, $4 children under 12; call 601-352-2580. … Fashion for a Cause is at 7 p.m. at Tougaloo College, Holmes Hall (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo). $3 in advance, $6 at the door; call 601-594-8781. … Blues by Starlight is at 7 p.m. at Highland Village (4500 Interstate 55 N.) and benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs. $100; call 601-9697088, ext. 25. … Mary Chapin Carpenter performs at 7 p.m. at MSU Riley Center (2200 Fifth St., Meridian.) $58, $52;

The Jackson Irish Dancers’ Mostly Monthly Ceili is at 2 p.m. at Fenian’s. Free; call 601-592-9914. … Art House Cinema Downtown at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.) includes the films “The Bolshoi Gala” at 2 p.m. ($16) and “Buck” at 5 p.m. ($7). Visit msfilm.org. … The Happy HalloWINE Tasting is at 4 p.m. at BRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N.). $65; email mitchelle@bravobuzz.com to RSVP. … The Generation NXT Salute to the Indies is at Dreamz JXN.

MONDAY 10/24

Film Forward Dinner and a Movie is at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Free; visit sundance.org/filmforward. … The Mississippi Community Symphonic Band performs at 7 p.m. at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). Free; call 601-605-2786. … The Central Mississippi Blues Society Jam is at Hal & Mal’s. $5. … Pub Quiz at Ole Tavern.

TUESDAY 10/25

The play “Dracula” premieres at 7 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.); shows through Nov. 6. $25, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222. … Mississippi Murder Mysteries presents the dinner theatre “When the Line Goes Dead” at 7 p.m. at Rossini Cucina Italiana (207 W. Jackson St., Suite A, Ridgeland). $39.50; call 601-856-9696 to RSVP. … Time Out hosts Openmic Night. … Fire hosts Open-Mic Comedy Night.

WEDNESDAY 10/26

Author Ellen Anne Fentress speaks during History Is Lunch at noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Call 601-576-6998. … The Epoxy Stories play at Hal & Mal’s. … Fitzgerald’s has music from Jazz Beautiful with Pam Confer. More events and details at jfpevents.com.

Jesse Robinson performs at Blues by Starlight at 7 p.m. at Highland Village. COURTESY JEANNIE WALLER

THURSDAY 10/20

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jfpevents JFP-SPONSORED EVENTS Radio JFP on WLEZ, Thursdays, noon, at WLEZ 100.1 FM and wlezfm.com. This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest is Fischer Galleriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Marcy Nessel. JFP sports writer Bryan Flynn gives commentary at 12:45 p.m. Podcasts at jfpradio.com. Call 601-362-6121, ext. 17. Jacktoberfest Oct. 21, 11 a.m., at Congress Street. Enjoy brats, bands and beer. Free admission; visit jacktoberfest.com. Mississippi International Film Festival Oct. 21-23, at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). $8 one days, $10 two days; call 601-665-7737; visit msfilm.org or page 32 for a full schedule.

HOLIDAY Boo at the Zoo Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 27-29, 5-8 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Trick-or-treat at more than 30 stations. $9, $6 children 12 and under; members: $7, $4 children under 12; call 601-352-2580. Holiday Potpourri Oct. 21, 9 a.m., at the home of Kim and Mike Nichols (4203 Eastover Place). The First Presbyterian Day School fundraiser includes a silent auction and exhibits. $5; call 601-355-1731.

Snakes and Turtles Lecture Oct. 20, 7 p.m., at Clinton Community Nature Center (617 Dunton Road), in Price Hall. Free; call 601-926-1104. Fall Flower and Garden Fest Oct. 21-22, 9 a.m.2 p.m., at Truck Crop Branch Experiment Station (2024 Experiment Station Road, Crystal Springs). Free; call 601-892-3731. Domestic Violence Conference Oct. 21-23, at Zion Travelers M.B. Church (925 W. Pearl St.). Call 601953-5747. UNCF Mayorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Masked Ball Oct. 21, 7 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Proceeds benefit Tougaloo and Rust colleges. $65, $520 table of eight; call 601-977-7871. Be Bold Beer Run Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m., in downtown Jackson. Run with stops for drink specials at designated restaurants. Free; call 262-391-9265.

Horror Fest Oct. 22, 10 a.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Enjoy an art exhibit and a ghost hunt talk. Free; call 601-397-6292.

COMMUNITY

Power of Pink Balloon Release Oct. 24, 6 p.m., at Highland Village (4500 I-55 North). Pick up balloons from A Daisy a Day. Call 601-948-6262.

Else School of Management Fall Forum Oct. 20, 8:30 a.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). Jim Barksdale speaks. $15; call 601-974-1250.

Senior Health and Wellness Fair Oct. 26, 9 a.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Free; call 601-960-0335.

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he Tougaloo Fashion For a Cause show starts at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at Holmes Hall. The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pre-Alumni Council coordinates the event every year to raise money for a cancer-related foundation. This year, the chosen foundation is Cancer for College, a group that gives scholarships to breast cancer survivors. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is a tribute to Broadway and the movies â&#x20AC;&#x153;Burlesqueâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dreamgirls.â&#x20AC;? Tickets are $3 in advance and $6 at the door. For details, contact Alexis Thomas at 601-594-8781 or Danny Jones at 601-977-7870.

October 19 - 25, 2011

Cafe MIRA Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m., at Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (612 N. State St.). Watch the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Salt of the Earth.â&#x20AC;? Free; call 601354-9355.

Sisters Surviving Pink Gala Oct. 22, 7 p.m., at Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). $40; call 601-212-7295.

Fashion For a Cause

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Child Poverty in Mississippi and Its Implicationsâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.), in the Dollye Robinson Building. Free; call 601-979-1562.

Baptist Health Systems Events. Call 601-948-6262. â&#x20AC;˘ Free Medication Reviews Oct. 20, 11 a.m., at Baptist Medical Center (1225 N. State St.), in the main lobby. â&#x20AC;˘ Lovely Legs Vein Screening Oct. 25, 5 p.m., at Baptist Medical Clinic (151 E. Metro Drive, Flowood). RSVP.

STAGE AND SCREEN â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beastâ&#x20AC;? through Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). $25-$62.50; call 601-981-1847. Events at Belhaven University (1500 Peachtree St.). Call 601-965-7026. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Life of Galileoâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 19-22, at Blackbox Theatre. $10, $5 seniors, students and children. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I Say Goes: Musical Revue of Motherhoodâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 20-22, at the Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center. Free.

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BE THE CHANGE Traffick Jam Fundraiser Oct. 20, 5 p.m., at Swell-O-Phonic (Fondren Corner, 2761 Old Canton Road, Suite 103). Sales goes toward Traffick Jam to fight child sex trafficking. Email swelljxnms@yahoo.com. Blues by Starlight Oct. 20, 7 p.m., at Highland Village (4500 I-55 North). The fundraiser featuring music, food and a silent auction benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs. $100; call 601-969-7088, ext. 25. Scarecrow Cruise and Car Show Oct. 21-22, at Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison). Proceeds benefit the Mississippi SIDS Alliance and Hope Hollow Ministries. Free, donations welcome; $25 car registration; call 601-259-5248 or 601-291-9757. Pancake Breakfast Oct. 22, 8 a.m., at Chateau Ridgeland (745 S. Pear Orchard Road). Proceeds benefit Outward Bound for Veterans, which helps veterans readjust to civilian life. $7; call 601-956-1331. Heather Spencer Soulshine Memorial Concert Oct. 22, 7 p.m., at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St.). Proceeds benefit the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Heatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hope Grant Program. $20; email lindaf@heatherstree.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Telling Amyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Storyâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 20, 6 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.), at Center Stage. Free; call 601-985-9888. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paranormal Inactivity.â&#x20AC;? The Detectives Mystery Dinner Theatre performs. RSVP at 601-291-7444. â&#x20AC;˘ Oct. 21, 7 p.m., at The Parker House (104 N.E. Madison Drive, Ridgeland). $46. â&#x20AC;˘ Oct. 25, 7 p.m., at Kathrynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (6800 Old Canton Road). $42. Art House Cinema Downtown Oct. 23, 2 p.m., at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Films include â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bolshoi Galaâ&#x20AC;? at 2 p.m. ($16) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buckâ&#x20AC;? at 5 p.m. ($7). Visit msfilm.org.

Chuck Palahniukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Damnedâ&#x20AC;? Book Night Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m., at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 S. Commerce St.). Enjoy food, music and an art show. For ages 21 and up. $24.95 book; call 601-366-7619. Jane Austen Book Club: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Northanger Abbeyâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 25, 6 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). $40; call 601-974-1130.

CREATIVE CLASSES Thriller Hip-hop Fusion Dance Class Oct. 22, 2 p.m., at Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club (605 Duling Ave.). $15; call 601-213-6355.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dracula,â&#x20AC;? at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). Show times are 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25-29 and Nov. 2-5, and 2 p.m. Oct. 30 and Nov. 6. $25, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222.

Shut Up! Classes, at JFP Classroom (2727 Old Canton Road). JFP editor-in-chief Donna Ladd teaches the Shut Up and Convince! Opinion Writing Workshop from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 7 and Nov. 14 ($50), the Shut Up and Publish! Workshop from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 10 ($50) and the six-week Shut Up and Write! Series every other Saturday from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 7-March 10 ($150, $75 deposit required). Limit of 11 per class. Discounts for combined classes. Gift certificates available. Call 601-362-6121, ext. 16; email class@ jacksonfreepress.com; find Shut Up and Write on Facebook and Twitter (@shutupandwrite).

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EXHIBITS AND OPENINGS

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the Line Goes Deadâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 25, 7 p.m., at Rossini Cucina Italiana (207 W. Jackson St., Suite A, Ridgeland). Mississippi Murder Mysteries performs. RSVP. $39.50; call 601-856-9696. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Talk Radioâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 25-26, 7 p.m., at Hinds Community College (501 E. Main St., Raymond), in Brooks Theatre. RSVP. For ages 10 and up. $5, $3 students; call 601-857-3266.

Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.), in the Art Garden. Free, food for sale; call 601-960-1515.

Pumpkin Adventure Oct. 19-22, at Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). $6; call 601-432-4500 or 800-844-8687.

â&#x20AC;˘ Live at Lunch Oct. 19 and Oct. 26, 11:30 a.m. Charlie Townsend performs.

Art, Poetry and Justice Slam Oct. 22, 7 p.m., at Metrocenter Mall (3645 Highway 80 W.). Giveaways included. Free; call 877-892-2577.

â&#x20AC;˘ High Note Jam Concert Series Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m. The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra performs.

LITERARY AND SIGNINGS â&#x20AC;&#x153;Southern Cooking Bibleâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 19, 5 p.m., at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N.). Paula Deen signs copies. $29.99 book; call 601-366-7619.

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COURTESY KILL DEVIL HILL

acksonian Rex Brown brings some friends home with him Oct. 21 when Kill Devil Hill plays at Club Fire (209 Commerce St., 601-592-1000). The hometown boy, who has worked in Los Angeles for the past 15 years, is lead singer for this new heavy-metal band with some serious heritage. Veteran rockers with ties to Black Sabbath, Pantera and Ratt make up this pedigreed act. Kill Devil Hill includes Vinny Appice, who used to play with Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, and Dio; bassist Rex Brown, who

has played with Pantera and Down; Dewey Bragg, who sings; and Mark Zavon, who plays the guitar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like Led Zeppelin meets Alice in Chainsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with southern rock,â&#x20AC;? promoter Buck Alman said in a phone interview while somewhere between Nashville, Tenn., and Little Rock, Ark. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traveling with the touring foursome. His favorite song from the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still evolving repertoire is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Voo Doo Doll,â&#x20AC;? but he also likes the tune â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drawbridge.â&#x20AC;? Kill Devil Hill started a tour Oct. 2, playing about an hour and a half in each town.

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olitics is on the minds and tongues of everyone these days. We have elections coming up Nov. 8, when Mississippians will vote on two hot-button topics: personhood and voter ID. Nationally, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread all over the country. Everyone has a kind of opinion on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on, and for the first time in a while, I would argue that this country is at least beginning to engage in meaningful political discourse. With that in mind, I have created a non-exhaustive playlist of some of my favorite politically tinged tracks. â&#x20AC;˘ Gil Scott-Heron, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Revolution Will Not be Televised,â&#x20AC;? Pieces of a Man (1971). This is an obvious choice, but it does take on new meaning when you consider this statistic: Only 51 percent of Americans are even aware of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Occupyâ&#x20AC;? protests, even though similar protests are going down in almost every state. Thanks to a complicit corporate media machine, Heronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words are even truer now, 40 years after he released the song.

The band has signed with SPV/Steamhammer, and a debut album is tentatively scheduled for a March 2012 release. Warren Riker, who also worked with Down, Corrosion of Conformity, Sublime and Cathedral, is producing the as yet untitled release. Kill Devil Hill performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at Club Fire (209 Commerce St., 601-592-1000). Tickets are $15. Fling Hammer is the special guest. For more about Kill Devil Hill, go to killdevilhillmusic.com or spv.de. Also, check out the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s videos on YouTube.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Genesis, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land of Confusion,â&#x20AC;? Invisible Touch (1986). Say what you will about Phil Collins in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s (for the record, I loved him), but he sang some prophetic words in 1986: â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I can hear the marching feet/Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re moving into the streetâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be coming home tonight/My generation will put it right/Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not just making promises/That we know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never keep.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Bill Hicks, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pro-Life,â&#x20AC;? Rant in E Minor (1997). The first comedy interlude in our playlist finds Bill Hicks talking about abortion, a topic on the minds of Mississippians with a vote looming on Initiative 26, the Personhood initiative. Hicks sums it up best: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so pro-life, do me a favor, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t block med clinics, OK? Lock arms and block cemeteries. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see how committed you are to this premise.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Steel Pulse, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Who Responsible?â&#x20AC;? True Democracy (1990). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brothers and sisters, this plight weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re facing/Get involved, problems to solve/Yourself concerning.â&#x20AC;? Steel Pulse reminds us that the problems the world faces have a personal side, which de-

mands action from individuals. Why is that strange? Because there are no â&#x20AC;˘ Lee Dorsey, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes We Can,â&#x20AC;? Yes We black people in Arizona.â&#x20AC;? Can (1970). Dorsey makes it very simple â&#x20AC;˘ The Coup, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breathing Apparatus,â&#x20AC;? for us: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make this land a better land/Than Steal This Album (1998). Lead rapper the world in which Boots Riley can best we live/And help each sum up the Coupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man be a better man/ criticism of the medical With the kindness industry: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My medithat we give.â&#x20AC;? Seems cal plan was to not so easy, but we make it get shot.â&#x20AC;? Millions of so difficult. Americans are no betâ&#x20AC;˘ Richard Pryor, ter off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prison,â&#x20AC;? Live in the â&#x20AC;˘ C a g e , Sunset Strip (1982). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grand Ol Party The second comedy Crash (Featuring interlude deals with Jello Biafra),â&#x20AC;? Hellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the biggest Garrad Lee includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land of Winter (2005). A socio-political issues Confusionâ&#x20AC;? on his political playlist. hip-hop war-protest facing this country: song with Dead Kenthe Prison Industrial nedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front man Jello Complex, a structure that disproportion- Biafra providing the voice of George W. ately ties up many young people of color Bush? What? The premise alone is worin the correctional system. Pryor warned thy of admiration, but Cage also delivers about this in 1982 with his visit to an Ari- with the lyrics: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the opposite of pro is zona State prison: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really strange be- a con then look beyond this/The oppocause itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 80 percent black people in there. site of Congress must be progress.â&#x20AC;?

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FRIDAY 10/21

SOL DRIVEN TRAIN (Folk) 8-11, No Cover

Thursday, October 20th

JV JAZZ LAB

Thomas Jackson Orchestra (restaurant) Stagolee w/ Kink Adore(red room)

(Jazz) 8-11, No Cover

SATURDAY 10/22

Friday, October 21st

Grits and Soul Band (restaurant) Heatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tree (red room/big room)

(Funk) 9-1, $15Cover

MONDAY 10/24 Blues Monday with Central MS Blues Society (rest)

FEARLESS FOUR

Saturday, October 22nd

BIG AL & THE HEAVYWEIGHTS

TUESDAY 10/25

(Blues) 9-1, $15Cover

PUB QUIZ w/ Laura and Donovan (restaurant)

Tuesday, October 25th

Coming Soon SAT10.29: Ghouls Night Out, a record release party for T.B. Ledford, Wooden Finger, and The Weeks FRI11.04: Graham Colton w/ Matthew Mayfield SAT11.05: Exposed Festival SAT11.19: Rosco Bandana FRI11.25: Blue Montain

Monday-Thursday

Blue Plate Lunch with cornbread and tea or coffee

As well as the usual favorites! Seafood Gumbo, Reb Beans and Rice, Burgers, Fried Pickles, Onion Rings and Homemade Soups made daily.

$4.00 Happy Hour Well Drinks! visit HalandMals.com for a full menu and concert schedule

601.948.0888

200 S. Commerce St. Downtown Jackson, Mississippi * Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com

JESSE ROBINSON & FRIENDS

starts at 6pm, $5 Cover, Limited Menu

Wednesday, October 26th

BILL & TEMPERANCE

(Bluegrass) 8-11, No Cover Thursday, October 27h

PRYOR & THE TOMBSTONES

(Americana) 8-11, No Cover Friday, October 28th

KING EDWARD

(Blues) 9-1, $10 Cover

Saturday, October 29th

HOUSEROCKERS

(Blues) 9-1, $10 Cover

119 S. President Street 601.352.2322 www.Underground119.com

jacksonfreepress.com

venuelist

by Bryan Flynn

THURSDAY, OCT. 20 Major League Baseball (Fox, time to be announced), Game two of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals. FRIDAY, OCT. 21 College Football (ESPN2/ESPN 7-10 p.m.) two college football games on the ESPN networks featuring Big East teams: West Virginia at Syracuse and Rutgers at Louisville. USM should be calling the Big East commissioner to tell him how they could beat all four teams. SATURDAY, OCT. 22 MLB (Fox TBA), The World Series travels from St. Louis to Texas as the Rangers take on the Cardinals in game three. SUNDAY, OCT. 23 NFL (NBC 7:30-11 p.m.), New Orleans comes home for the first time in three weeks. The Saints look to bounce back after a loss to Tampa Bay against winless Indianapolis Colts. MONDAY, OCT. 24 MLB (Fox, TBA), If necessary the Cardinals and the Rangers will meet up in game five of the fall classic. TUESDAY, OCT. 25 College football (ESPN2 7-10 p.m.), Troy hits the road to take on Florida International. It is a great week for my wife, Lacey, to be out of the country, because it is the first week with football every night. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 College football (ESPN 7-10 p.m.), More Big East football as Connecticut travels to Pittsburgh. How does one of the worst conferences in football get every team on TV?

October 19 - 25, 2011

At basically the mid-point of the college football season, only four Mississippi schools have winning records: Southern Miss (5-1), Jackson State (6-1) and Delta State (7-1) all have only one loss. Millsaps has a winning record, barely, at 4-3. Follow Bryan at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

Real Men Wear Pink BRYAN FLYNN

Basketball season starts soon for football fans whose team is already done for the season.

The Callaway High School cheerleading squad sported pink pompoms and hair ribbons Friday, Oct. 14, during the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pink Outâ&#x20AC;? game.

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lack Outâ&#x20AC;? games look awesome at night when fans wear black. â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Outâ&#x20AC;? games are better in the day as fans wear white. Before last Friday, though, I had never had a seen a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pink Outâ&#x20AC;? game. That is what I found as Callaway High School took on Ridgeland High School. Callaway put on a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tackle a Cureâ&#x20AC;? event for breast cancer awareness. Inside the gates was a pink tent with volunteers distributing literature and selling breast-cancer awareness T-shirts and other items. All proceeds at the tent benefitted the American Cancer Society. Russell Athletic Company provided pink apparel for the Callaway players and coaches. Players sported â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tackle a Cureâ&#x20AC;? stickers on their helmets. The cheerleaders had pink pompoms and pink ribbons in their hair, and in the stands were pockets of attendees in pink, men and women, young and old. What started with just two Jackson area schools has grown to 10 schools this year. Flowood-based Tackle a Cure has a mission to increase awareness, screenings and promote early prevention. Next year and every year thereafter, the group aims to have every high school in Mississippi, public and private, participate during one October home game. At Callaway, the Face and Body Center (2550 Flowood Drive, Flowood, 601939-9999) had doctors on hand to answer questions and provide information. Dr. Dev A. ManiSundaram presented a plaque at halftime to Barbra Alexander, a former longtime Jackson Public Schools teacher who has beaten lung, bone and colon cancer. Callaway football coach Daryl Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life has been touched by breast cancer. He lost his mother and mother-in-law to the disease. Tackle a Cure is based on a similar NFL event. In 2009, the NFL started its campaign

for breast-cancer awareness, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crucial Catch.â&#x20AC;? One of the driving forces behind the NFL campaign is DeAngelo Williams of the Carolina Panthers. Williams has lost three aunts from breast cancer, and his mother is a breast cancer survivor. The idea of pink cleats worn by players during October was Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; brainchild. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing stronger than wearing the thing that keeps you going in the National Football League, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your cleats,â&#x20AC;? Williams says on deangelowilliams34.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a firm foot in the ground, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to slip.â&#x20AC;? Williams sparked an October phenomenon in the NFL. In 2009, only a few players and coaches wore pink. Now, every player, coach and official in the NFL wears pink during October in a show of support for breastcancer awareness. Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver, is donating $1,000 for every catch and $10,000 for every touchdown. So far this month, Fitzgerald has had 12 receptions for $12,000 in donations but no touchdowns. Fitzgerald is also giving 10 cents for every new twitter follower this month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The starting number is 935,210,â&#x20AC;? Fitzgerald stated on Twitter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want my new fans to know they are helping make a difference in the fight against Breast Cancer! Spread the word everyone & #ThinkPink!â&#x20AC;? When this article was written, @LarryFitzgerald had 1,019,048 followers. That is more than $8,000 in donations in the fight against breast cancer. Halfway through October, Fitzgerald donated $20,000 to the cause. Sometimes sports can be ugly. The NFL and NBA have had or are having labor disputes. Greed has overcome college football with teams jumping from conference to conference looking for the best deal. Scandals have dominated the college-football headlines. But there are times when guys like Williams, Fitzgerald, Coach Jones of Callaway and others show the good side of sports. These men are proof that positive things come from sports. Cancer doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see color or gender. It affects us all just the same. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a slogan: Real men wear pink. Participate in a Tackle a Cure event this month. On Oct. 21, Madison Ridgeland Academy, Madison Central High School and Raleigh High School will all hold Pink Outs. On Oct. 28, Richland High School will fea-

ture a Pink Out. Even you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normally go to high-school games, this is a great cause. We can make this event bigger every year. If your school didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take part in Tackle a Cure, ask that it do so next year. Follow Tackle a Cure on twitter @tackleacure. Also, visit tackleacure.com or the Facebook page. Bid on the pink items worn by NFL players at nflauction.nfl.com, and find more information about the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crucial Catchâ&#x20AC;? campaign on the NFL website (nfl.com/pink).

Bryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rant Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Going to Bowl?

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live music

Now Open Early

wed | oct 19 Jesse “Guitar” Smith

This Week’s Music

october 19-25 5:30-9:30p

Wed.-Sat | 8:00 Two Shows Fri & Sat

thur | oct 20 Jason Baily

October 19 Doug Frank’s Blues Jam

fri | oct 21 Acoustic Crossroads

October 20 Juju’s Drum Circle

5:30-9:30p

6:30 -10:30p

sat | oct 22 The Amazing Lazy Boyz 6:30-10:30p

sun | oct 23 Haggard Collins 5:30-9:30p

mon | oct 24 Karaoke tue | oct 25 Jesse “Guitar“ Smith 5:30-9:30p

1060 E County Line Rd. in Ridgeland 601-899-0038 | Open Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-Midnight

3 Course Dinner $21

7:00pm

Hummus Appetizer Seared Redfish with salad & 2 sides Baklava Dessert (4:30-9pm Mon-Sat)

5:00-10:00 pm

Ladies Rock Night Every Wednesday Night Live music by ALL U CAN DRINK! Imran Shaw $10 (8:30p-Midnight) (Ladies Only)

Amazin’ Lazy Boi Band 11:00 - until

October 21 House Cat 8:00 - 11:00pm

thursday oct 20

Legendary House Rockers

55¢ Wings | 7-11pm

October 22 Norman Clark

Friday oct 21

11:00 - until

8:00 - 11:00pm

Norman Clark & Smoke Stack Lightenin’ 11:00 - until

Live Music During Lunch•OPEN LATE - SECURITY PROVIDED•NO COVER UNTIL Midnight $10 Cover after midnight

DJ Heat on 1s & 2s SATurday oct 22

Live Blues with T-Baby & Soul Survivors 1428 Old Square Road in Jackson 601.713.2700 lastcallsportsgrill.com

Music Mayhem Open Mic Thursdays

Hosted by Kenny Davis (frontman of Creep Left) (8:30-Midnight) (2 for 1 wells & Jager Bombs & $2 draft all night)

Live Music Weekends

Friday, October 21st

Saturday, October 22nd

8:30pm-Midnight

Blake Thomas

Aaron Coker

6550 Old Canton Rd, Ridgeland, Ms 601--956-0082

HAGGARD COLLINS

Week 6 Winners!

VOTED BEST SPORTS BAR AND BEST JUKEBOX!

Old Memphis Kings

9:00pm | $5.00 Cover 1st Place $50

Tracy Fortenberry 2nd Place $25

4th Annual Halloween Bash October 28, 2011

Ladies Night: Ladies Drink Free 9-11 & Karaoke

Friday - October 21

Rowdy South Saturday - October 22

Trey Hawkins band Sunday - October 23

The Electric Hammocks & The Church Keys

Monday - October 24

Ladies Night

Tuesday - October 25

WEEK 7 STARTS NOW!

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2 for 1 Well Drinks Every Wed. 8pm - Close 601-362-6388

1410 Old Square Road • Jackson

THUR OCT 20 BUD LIGHT NIGHT $2 BUD LIGHTS DURING THE THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME

FRI OCT 21

3rd Place $10