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July 18 End the Stigma of Domestic Violence DREHER, P 16

The Death of Jonathan Sanders NAVE, PP 6 - 8

Florida State’s Abuse Problem FLYNN, P 33

Chicks We Love PP 15, 17-26

Silent Auction Guide

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s the executive director of Springboard to Opportunities, Jackson native Aisha Nyandoro’s days at work are a hustle and bustle of working around the office, handling administrative business or working in one of the communities in Jackson, Batesville and Hattiesburg that her team assists.

Springboard is a nonprofit organization that she started in June 2013 to provide programs for communities and help families in the areas of school, life and work. “The idea for Springboard to Opportunities came from the ideas and visions from a philanthropic family,� Nyandoro says.

The organization’s website says Springboard is guided by three strategies: learning, success and community. Through each of these areas, Springboard gives children supplemental learning opportunities, educates parents and gets them involved in the children’s education, helps participants accomplish their life goals, and helps build up the communities and keep them stable.

Coming from a background of socialservices and civil-rights advocates, Nyandoro, who is a 2015 Chick We Love, was raised on the ideals of giving back to communities and families living in extreme poverty, and of resolving injustices. She remembers the conversations she and her family would have around her grandmother L.C. Dorsey’s dinner table.

She says those conversations gave her the drive

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to give back to the community with integrity and respect for the people. “I’ve always wanted to work in the community,� she says. “It’s not just work for me; it’s a way of life; it’s what I’ve been taught. ... It’s all I know.�

Nyandoro attended Tennessee State University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2001. She received her master’s degree in community psychology and urban affairs in 2003 and her doctorate degree in community psychology in 2005, both from Michigan State University. Soon after finishing college, Nyandoro moved back to Jackson in 2007 with a plan in mind and a team of people to help put it in motion.

As a resident-driven organization, Springboard believes in the power of relationships within the communities that they work with.

Rather than asserting their ideas on what the people need, Nyandoro’s team provides support and shows residents that there are options and access to opportunities, which is where the name comes from. “Our philosophy isn’t to tell the residents what they need,� Nyandoro says. “It’s not that I know best or my board knows best; it’s literally empowering the residents in what they need for their families and we support them in those goals.�

Her schedule keeps her busy, but when she isn’t helping others she spends her time with her husband, Joseph Nyandoro, and 4-year-old son, Tendekai Nyandoro. —DÊjà Harris

cover painting She Moves In Red

by Tony Davenport

9 The Scalpel and the Hatchet

Advocates for public-school funding say Republican threats of budget cuts are just smoke and mirrors designed to slow down support for a ballot initiative to get lawmakers to follow the law.

12 This (Sometimes) Cruel World “We have a responsibility to be agents of positive change. We can make the world better than it was before, even if by one individual act of kindness at a time.� —Natalie Irby, “Through a Child’s Eyes�

33 Anderson Monarchs, Mo’ne Davis Take Jackson

Read about the recent trip young superstar Mo’ne Davis and her little league team, the Anderson Monarchs, took to Jackson, Medgar Evers’ house and JSU on their Civil Rights Barnstorming Tour.

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EDITOR’S note

by Amber Helsel, Assistant Editor

End the Stigma of Domestic Abuse

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admit that my last relationship wasn’t the healthiest one. I started a lot of fights and arguments I shouldn’t have, and his favorite activity was egging me on and making me even angrier. We always ended up apologizing, but a few hours or days later, we’d just start again.

There’s also something I rarely talk about: One of my college roommates almost called the cops over a particularly bad fight between my now-ex and me.

No real violence happened, but it almost did, and to this day, I regret my actions. See, it started off as a normal fight.

He did something to make me angry, and then we began to argue. At some point, it got a little uglier than normal.

I made the first move. He said something to piss me off, and in retaliation, I reached out and pinched him really hard on the skin near his elbow. What happened next was the first and only time he ever hit me. He reached out and punched me really hard in the arm.

At that point, our yelling had gotten extremely loud, so my roommate knocked on my door and asked if we were OK. She threatened to call the cops and then ended up demanding that I go to another room and lock the door.

She asked me if he had laid a hand on me, and I said no because it wasn’t fair for me to call him out for something I started. He and I calmed down, and then talked it out, like the mature adults we should’ve been in the first place.

There was another night that strikes a much stronger chord. A few weeks later, we again started arguing about something—at this point, who knows what.

The argument got pretty bad, and as a way to get away from it, I decided to go take a shower. When I got out, I walked into his room only to discover a broken

mirror (it was one of those flimsy dorm mirrors with a cardboard backing, so it wasn’t really that hard to break it) and no boyfriend.

I was terrified, to say the least. I imagined him driving himself to the hospital with a bloody hand. I ran outside and almost down the main road, panick-

See, it started off as a normal fight. ing into the phone to a friend, who told me that the smartest thing was to just go back home and wait. “He’ll call you if he’s seriously hurt,� she told me.

He reappeared hours later with flowers and a stuffed animal. He said he had thrown a remote control at the mirror and then had gone out to think and ended up stopping by the grocery store to buy me those items. My reaction was to be angry again, but this time, I just decided to ignore him for a few hours.

Other times (and luckily, there were very few times the fights got that out of hand), he’d reach out like he was about to hit me, but draw back because he didn’t want to hurt me. I’d scream at him to just

do it. I was being obstinate. I was arguing about things that didn’t matter. I was selfish and self-serving.

I thank God every day that my relationship ended. I only imagine what could’ve been down the road had we gotten married, and it’s helped me recognize that I have some issues I need to fix before being with someone else.

All that said, I would never compare my experiences to a victim of real, true domestic violence—the kind that leaves you afraid for your life and wondering why you’ve never noticed this side of your significant other.

My experiences, while tough to reconcile, are nothing compared to what women (and some men) may experience.

Last week, a friend asked me if domestic violence is prevalent in Mississippi.

The answer is yes. About 40.1 percent of women and 25.8 percent of men in the state have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking at the hands of an intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.

While we aren’t the highest (we’re right behind New Hampshire and Indiana, which both have a percentage of 40.4 percent), we’re still in—at the very least— the top 15 or 20 in the country. In the U.S., one in four women and one in seven men have been a victim of severe violence by an intimate partner. Around 48 percent of men and women have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner, and 81 percent of victims report long-term impacts from abuse.

With all these statistics, it’s important to raise awareness about domestic violence. Each year for the JFP Chick Ball, we host an event to raise awareness

for the issue, and a local organization that helps victims of domestic abuse in Mississippi receives the proceeds.

This year, the proceeds go toward the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, which helps the state’s 13 shelters.

At every Chick Ball, we lift up women by focusing heavily on them for the event.

This year is no different. We’re honoring 10 women, our annual Chicks We Love, who give back to their community, often in the area of domestic abuse, but not limited to it. The JFP Chick Ball will feature female musicians in every act. The silent auction of more than 100 items will include several pieces of art that seek to raise awareness and to just highlight women in general.

For so long, domestic violence has been a taboo subject for many people.

Many victims don’t report their crimes, either out of fear or simply because they don’t recognize the signs. That’s why we do the JFP Chick Ball. We want to educate people, to make them aware, while giving every person the chance to help (the cover is always $5, and the event attracts a wonderful diversity of ages, 18 and up). We want to help those families who may not be able to help themselves, and we want to raise our voices so we can be heard.

It’s time we put an end to the stigma around domestic violence. Join us; celebrate with us; help us raise awareness for women who may not be able to speak for themselves.

Get all the details for the 11th annual JFP Chick Ball at jfpchickball.com. You can sponsor for as little as $50; donate at http:// mcadv.org/donate/.

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel is older than you think. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Mississippi and has decided to become a superhero. Email her at amber@jacksonfreepress.com

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Tony Davenport is one of Mississippi’s most prolific artists.

The JSU graduate has won regional and national awards.

His painting, “She Moves,� is on the cover and in the JFP Chick Ball silent auction. Visit tonydavenportimages.com.

News reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies. Maybe she should try spelunking. Email her story ideas at arielle@jackson freepress.com. She wrote several pieces for this issue.

Editorial intern Emerald Alexis Ware is a senior at the University of Southern Mississippi.

She has raging wanderlust and an obsession with Pinterest and all things 20-something.

She contributed to the cover package.

Editorial intern Brian Gordon was raised in upstate New York and moved to the South.

He teaches social studies in Jackson Public Schools. He contributed to the cover package.

Freelance writer Jordan K. Morrow bleeds coffee and prides herself on her colorful sock collection. She enjoys singing to her Chihuahua, Georgie, and entertaining endless curiosities. She contributed to the cover package.

Editorial intern Deja Harris is a senior at Alcorn State University, where she is studying journalism. She is the editor-inchief of The Campus Chronicle.

She contributed to the cover package.

Editorial intern Guy King is a Jackson native and senior multimedia journalism major at Jackson State University. He is passionate about all things media. He contributed to the cover package.

Art Director Kristin Brenemen is an otaku with a penchant for dystopianism. She’s gearing up for next convention season with inspiration from the New Horizon Pluto flyby. She designed much of the issue.

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Thursday, July 9 Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces that the federal government is making all Social Security and veterans marriage benefits available to same-sex couples in every state.

Friday, July 10 The Confederate flag is lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse and moved to the nearby Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.

Saturday, July 11 The NAACP passes a resolution lifting its 15-year economic boycott of South Carolina after the state takes down the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse.

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Monday, July 13 President Obama cuts the prison sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders as part of a broader push to make the criminal justice system fairer while saving the government money. ‌ The executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America unanimously approves a resolution that would end the organization’s blanket ban on gay adult leaders and let individual scout units set their own policy on the issue.

Tuesday, July 14 World powers and Iran strike a historic deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions.

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‘A Violent Takedown’ in Stonewall

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ne week after the death of Jonathan Blacks are also more likely to be ha- encing antagonism with the police before he Sanders, a black man killed after a rassed, but few records exist because most encountered Officer Kevin Herrington on white police officer stopped him in African Americans don’t bother to make the night of July 8. Attorneys for Sanders’ the east Mississippi family say that before his death town of Stonewall, a clearer Sanders complained of police picture of tensions between harassment. local law enforcement agenJ. Stewart Parrish concies and the African Amerifirmed to the Jackson Free can community is starting to Press this week that he was repemerge. resenting Sanders in a forfeiIn Stonewall, named for ture case, which he explained Confederate General Thomas this way: “A forfeiture action is Jonathan “Stonewallâ€? Jackson, when the government comes the racial demographic breakin and says they want to take down—75 percent white and your stuff because they believe 24 percent black—doesn’t you are selling dope.â€? quite mirror the state’s overall Parrish declined to discuss population, which is 37 perthe case in detail and referred cent black. other questions to attorneys Racially speaking, Clarke with Lumumba & Associates, County, where Stonewall is lothe Jackson firm representing cated, looks more like the rest Sanders’ family. of the state, but African AmerIn 2003, Sanders was icans don’t have the numbers convicted of selling cocaine that exist in other areas of the and had several other arrests Attorneys for the family of Jonathan Sanders believe it was state to have a significant presover the years. Public records YRRIGIWWEV] JSV 3JĂ&#x;GIV /IZMR ,IVVMRKXSR XS JSPPS[ 7ERHIVW ence in elected offices. show that he was discharged which started an altercation that ended in Sanders’ death. %PWS TMGXYVIH MW 2MGSPI ,SPPS[E] “Race relations in Clarke from probation for the cocaine County are just like any other conviction in May 2007. place. There are people who get along, but formal complaints against police agencies in At the time of his death, he had no acyou still have your segregation,â€? said Law- Clarke County, Kirksey said. tive warrants, however, his lawyers told the rence Kirksey, the president of the Clarke “A lot of times, when you complain Jackson Free Press.

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projects these days, the Fondren hotel will rely on a mix of tax incentives and private financing. With Fondrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s addition to the National Historic Register, the project could draw historic tax credits. Decker said plans call for using Kolb Grand Cleaners as a physical entrance to what he calls a higher-end hotel that will fill the void left by the closure of the Cabot Lodge on State Street.

Eldon purchased the Kolbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property, which plans to relocate and is looking to partner with other dry cleaners on a shared plant. In addition, the Mississippi Development Authority could provide tourism rebates and, Decker added, the project could also qualify for tax-increment-financing from the City of Jackson and Hinds County because the hotel will require the construction of a 12-inch water line.

A number of development projects in Jackson have used TIFs to come to fruition.

In 2014, the Jackson City Council approved $7 million worth of tax-increment financing for The District, now under construction near Interstate 55 North. The Belhaven, a $75 million mixed-used development at Baptist Medical Center, also drew TIF bonds; it opened in 2013.

Decker said such projects have both economic and social benefits. In imagining

the Fondren project, Deckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group sought to rethink traditional mindsets behind build-

ing new hotels. For example, in deciding whether to include a pool, which is standard at many hotels, a team of researchers visited local hotels and observed few guests taking a dip. So, the project developers went with another more popular amenity: a rooftop

barâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with a view of the Capitol dome.

Despite Fondrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth leading to more and more traffic congestion and parking problems, blueprints for the hotel do not yet contain plans for a parking garage. Deckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s researchers recently conducted a parking survey during the lunch hour and reported that an estimated 62 percent of parking spaces were unfilled.

Instead, Decker wants residents and businesses to develop a shared parking plan that would encourage people to park and walk to Fondrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurants, bars and music venues.

Jim Wilkirson, executive director of the Fondren Renaissance Foundation, declined an interview about the hotel, instead emailing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;public statement.â&#x20AC;? In it, he praised Deckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts â&#x20AC;&#x153;to preserve and further urbanize our neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;? by integrating the new architecture into existing structures.

The hotel will boost the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inventory of meeting spaces and come with a gym.

Once itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s built, the Fondren hotel expects to have an occupancy of up to 75 percentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;10 percent higher than the rest of the city on average, where hotel occupancy dips during the weekend.

Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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in a buggy being pulled by a horse, observed Herrington speaking with a man Sanders knew at the Cefco gas station in Stonewall.

The attorneys say when Sanders rode by, he told Herrington to leave the man alone. The lawyers declined to identify the man at the gas station, except to say that he is white.

Based on the testimony of other witnesses who live near where the scene played out, Herrington caught up with Sanders down the road and flashed the blue lights of his squad car. Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; horse reared up, presumably frightened by the lights, knocking Sanders from the buggy and causing the headlamp he was wearing around his head to fall around his neck. The horse started to run off, and Sanders ran after him.

According to the lawyers, witnesses say Herrington chased after Sanders, grabbing at the headlamp around his neck and pulled him to the ground, which the attorneys believe could be where early false reports came from about Herrington using a flashlight to subdue Sanders. From there, Herrington spun Sanders around and applied a headlock, they said.

Witnesses told the lawyers that Sanders was face down with his hands underneath him; Herrington was on his knees in front of Sanders, they said. By then, several

neighbors had gone outside, including a witness who told Herrington that Sanders would not be able to breathe with his face buried in the tall grass.

The attorneys say that Herrington had a female companion with him in the police car, who was not an officer. As Herrington applied a chokehold, attorneys say, the officer instructed the female companion to remove his gun from its holster so that Sanders could not reach it; however, the woman could not unholster the weapon, but one of the witnesses was able to tell her how to remove it.

Witnesses told the attorneys that Sanders said at least twice that he could not breathe, attorneys say. Another witness went home and got a mask that would enable them to perform CPR just in case it was needed.

Attorneys say Sanders never fought the officer and did not move throughout the incident. Herrington did not let the witness perform CPR and maintained the headlock until backup and emergency-medical technicians arrived as much as 30 minutes later, the attorneys for the Sanders family say.

The attorneys, Lumumba and Lawrence, said Sanders had no active warrants and cannot understand why Herrington would follow Sanders.

It Was Shockingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Eventually, EMTs placed Sanders in an ambulance, but the lawyers are unclear on the time of death. They have yet to see the autopsy report, which was not released by press time. Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; body was returned to Clarke County for his funeral services this weekend, July 18 and July 19. Lawrence, one of the attorneys, said the autopsy information is necessary in order to put Sanders, the father of two children, to rest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His mom is obviously hurt. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strong woman,â&#x20AC;? Lawrence said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to manage.â&#x20AC;?

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is handling the case. Warren Strain, an MBI spokesman, said the same team that investigated the shooting deaths of Hattiesburg police officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate is handling the Sanders death probe.

A community meeting took place Tuesday night in Stonewall. Speaking to the Jackson Free Press before the meeting, Kirksey, the NAACP leader, said he would attend but that the meeting was unlikely to ease tensions.

Asked if he was surprised by the incident, Kirksey said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the surprise was that it had never happened before. It was shocking that it happened in that way.â&#x20AC;?

Comment at www.jfp.ms.

asked that we not print her name, told the Jackson Free Press in a message that once, while driving in a car with her fiancĂŠ, a Stonewall police officer pulled them over.

The officer declined to issue a ticket, but did follow the couple for about a mile to their home, she said.

Stonewall Police Chief Michael Street said receiving a call from the Jackson Free Press was the first time heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d heard that some people in the community are afraid to file complaints against officers, but that his department has an open-door policy.

Still, the Sanders familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys, Chokwe A. Lumumba and C.J. Lawrence, recently described to the Jackson Free Press a series of events that started with what they believe was Herrington unnecessarily following Sanders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speed on a horse,â&#x20AC;? Lawrence said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What crime could you have committed that would require a violent takedown?â&#x20AC;?

A Mystery Companion The attorneys told the JFP that around 10 p.m. on July 8, Sanders, who was sitting

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year quietly in the making, a funky boutique hotel recently announced for the Fondren is about more than giving out-of-towners a place to crash for the night, said project developer Roy Decker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We realized that we really had an opportunity to do something unique that helps Jackson,â&#x20AC;? Decker, of Jackson-based Duvall Decker Architects and Eldon Development LLC, said recently.

In short, the $20 million project will be an economic driver for the entire capital city. An economic-impact study for the project says the 100-room hotel near State Street and Mitchell Avenue will create $227 million in spin-off economic activity and $17 million in local tax revenues in a decade.

Decker said the additional ad valorem revenue would benefit Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oft-beleaguered infrastructure and support local schools; the quality of each has long been an obstacle to Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to curb population loss and attract new residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not investing in Jackson and projects that have a positive impact, then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to contribute to the process of healing and making a vibrant inner city,â&#x20AC;?

Decker told the Friday Forum crowd.

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Roy Decker, a principal in Duvall Decker, says a planned hotel for Fondren will be an economic engine for the entire city.

TALK | state

Budget Cuts or Scare Tactics?

by Arielle Dreher

permanent reduction in general fund dollars available to universities and other state agencies will impact tuition, student services and personnel in future years.â&#x20AC;?

At Jackson State University, the budget reduction translates to a $3.4 million funding shortfall, according to an email that went out to faculty and staff.

The Department of Health is working on its budget-cut plan but would not release details until the report is final.

The Division of Medicaid and the Department of Education are exempt from the proposed budget cuts.

responsible, and that will not cause problems for agency budgets,â&#x20AC;? she told the Jackson Free Press.

Backers of the initiative recommended, through paperwork filed with Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, to fund education â&#x20AC;&#x153;not by new taxes but by using a portion of future increases in the general fund.â&#x20AC;?

Brumfield said the funding plan would not interfere with state budgets or increase taxes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a natural way to grow, and of course, if something happens and there is no growth, then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no money that goes into MAEP,â&#x20AC;? Brumfield said.

tive suggested that $265 million could be amassed over seven yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worth of future increases in the general fund.

The full text of Initiative 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Section 201: Constitutional Amendment entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Educational opportunity for public school childrenâ&#x20AC;? states: â&#x20AC;&#x153;To protect each childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fundamental right to educational opportunity, the State shall provide for the establishment, maintenance and support of an adequate and efficient system of free public schools. The chancery courts of this State shall have the power to enforce this section with appropriate injunctive relief.â&#x20AC;?

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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Herb Frierson (pictured), R-Poplarville, called a meeting with state agency directors and told the group to prepare to slash their budgets 7.8 percent by July 15.

About Those â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Scare Tacticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; State employees arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only ones upset with the proposed cuts.

Public-education advocates called Friersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting and proposed budget cuts â&#x20AC;&#x153;scare tacticsâ&#x20AC;? to defeat an upcoming statewide ballot referendum on school funding.

Initiative 42 advocates have said that brandishing budget cuts is a way to turn voters away from fully funding education.

Patsy Brumfield, communications director at Better Schools Better Jobs, which helped get the initiative on the ballot for November, said Initiative 42 aims to phase in adequate education funding gradually, not immediately.

Specifically, the plan was that if Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general fund increases by an average of 3 percent each year, then 25 percent of those revenues would go toward public schools. Depending on the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate of economic growth, public education could be fully funded within seven years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are offering them a plan that we think is conservative, prudent and fiscally

The initiative does not demand immediate funding of MAEP, a formula that the Legislature created in 1997 and has fully funded only twice. Before the end of the legislative session this year, higher revenue forecasts prompted lawmakers to increase MAEP funding from early budget drafts. Yet, the enacted budget still shorted MAEP around $200 million, which equals about 3.2 percent of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $6.2-billion state budget.

Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, who supports Initiative 42, said that a successful initiative amends the state constitution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assuming the Initiative passed, if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any question about whether the Legislature is following the constitution or not, then that would be a question for a court,â&#x20AC;?

Blount said.

The proposed timing of fully funding MAEP is in the original filing of the ballot initiative but is not a part of the official language that would go in the constitution.

In the original filing with the Mississippi secretary of state, proponents of the initia-

Because of their opposition to the initiative, top Republican leaders crafted a proposed alternative amendment to Initiative 42 known as 42A. A Hinds County judge rewrote the proposed alternative, and its fate is now up to the Mississippi Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on the matter soon.

Frierson told the Associated Press that he opposes both initiatives, and he believes either would require budget cuts in other state programs.

Scott said that Frierson could look at other options like the recent $1 billion settlement from BP that will run over 17 years or the rainy day fund to fully fund MAEP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you talk about being forced to fund public education, a hungry child, an abused child, a sick child is not going to learn,â&#x20AC;? Scott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, therefore, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to pit the children against everybody else.â&#x20AC;?

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epresentatives for state workers are decrying proposed budget cuts to state agencies that House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville, asked for last week. He said the cuts would be necessary to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program if Initiative 42 passes in November. In a meeting with state agency directors, Frierson told the group to prepare to slash their budgets by 7.8 percent across the board. Those budgets are due Wednesday, July 15.

Proponents of the initiative, however, are charging Frierson with playing politics.

They point out that, if 42 passes, the education funding could happen gradually depending on general-fund revenue, meaning that the state would not need to institute the immediate cuts heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s threatening.

Initiative 42 is a citizen-driven ballot initiative that will require the state to establish, maintain, and support an adequate and efficient system of free public schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is already state law.

Frierson told the Associated Press that if Initiative 42 passes, it is likely to result in immediate full funding of MAEP in next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget, even as its proponents are not calling for that to happen.

Agency budget cuts likely mean cutting human capital, according to Brenda Scott, president of Mississippi Alliance of State Employees. Scott said that Frierson took the easy way out by cutting agency budgets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfair to the state employees, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfair to the citizens of Mississippi, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cheap way out,â&#x20AC;? Scott said.

Friersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, Scott said, was just another way to get people to not support Initiative 42, but now people will have to take his response into consideration when they vote in November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot to put on the minds of our state employees and people who need the servicesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all of us,â&#x20AC;?

Scott said.

Budget cuts will come hard to agencies that are already underfunded, and Scott said Frierson has set up an excellent opportunity to come back later and suggest that for-profit companies come in and take over the work that state agencies are failing to do due to the cuts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason they are failing is because they are not given the tools and the resources to do their jobs adequately by the citizens of Mississippi,â&#x20AC;? Scott said.

Glenn Boyce, commissioner of higher education, said that universities are looking at all aspects of operations to address the cuts. Boyce also said in a statement that universities â&#x20AC;&#x153;are considering how a

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DISH | candidate

Archie: Poverty, Crime and the Middle Class

by Zachary Oren Smith

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ver one to mix it up, David Archie, 51, made a commotion in 2013 when he sued his own Democratic Party, alleging tampering and voter confusion resulting in district-wide apathy that suppressed votes in the special election for a Hinds County District 2 supervisorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat. This year, Archie is back on the campaign trail hoping that the votesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at least those that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t prove too apatheticâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;line up in his favor. He will face incumbent Supervisor Darrel McQuirter and former Hinds County Supervisor Al Hunter in the August Democratic primary.

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the council to ask. We organized a silent deal outside city hall when we were asking for the minimum-wage increase for City of Jackson employees.

In the past year or so, what was the most important vote taken for your district? How would you have voted and why? What is the most pressing issue for your district?

two seats on the board, some members of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors had been successful in diverting funds set aside for the Byram-Clinton corridor project and using it for infrastructure upgrades. After the election, that practice stopped. Additionally, the board voted to declare itself a new board, which paved a legal path for the board to get out of preexisting contracts, which, in some cases, they did.)

Who are you speaking of specifically as your opponent? You have two.

My opponent is (Darrel) McQuirter. He is the District 2 supervisor, the incumbent. I Why does your district need you right think that was a very poor vote when that vote now? was taken. That vote destroyed families. It deWell, District 2 is a Democratic district, and stroyed jobs as well as opportunities for minority we need a real Democrat. Of course you know, contracts. Now let me say that again, when that one of my opponents is running as a Democrat vote was taken to fire, to dishonor, to disband any this timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which he signed up five minutes becontracts that were held by quite a few minorfore the deadline to become a Democrat. In the ity contractors, it destroyed families, it destroyed last election he ran as a Independent. So I would jobs, and it destroyed opportunities for minorities (not) consider that as a real Democrat. that are trying to do business here in the Jackson, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the only real Democrat that is in the race Hinds County area. that lives in the city of Jackson, and I think the Now, these are folks that were doing busicity of Jackson needs help the most when it comes ness with Hinds County, but when my oppoto paving the streets, when it comes to (repairing) nent was elected, he decided to vote with the the ditches, when it comes to working with the lone Republican to disband, take away and not other Hinds County elected officials because they give these minority contractors opportunity for are mostly Democrats. I believe that I get build the first month on the job. I would have never that working relationship to bring jobs (and) to voted to do that. begin to develop a district from an economic (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: All successful votes on the board standpoint. That is the real reason I ran, and that require at least three votes to pass, meaning each sucis the reason I think they need me. cessful vote requires some Democratic support).

Let me just add and make this closing Provide one or two examples of when you statement about why I decided to run for Hinds have been an advocate for your district in County board. I told you a moment ago that your personal or professional life. What District 2 is made of Democrats as well as poor was the result? people and middle class people.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been an advocate for the district. I have Mostly that is what District 2 is made out gone before the city council to ask that the streets of so with that you have to deal with poverty. You be repaved and repaired not only in my district, have to deal with crime. You have to deal with jobs. but for the entire city. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone before the counSome of those things are urgent, that we step up cil, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been on TV stating the fact that Fortito the plate as Hinds County elected officials and David Archie is up against an incumbent and a former supervisor fication...needs to be done at that time. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one address those issues when it comes to jobs, when it in his bid for a seat on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors. case. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone before the council to ask that they comes to crime and when it comes to poverty. give the city of Jackson employees a minimumOf course crime is at the top of the list when wage increase. Many of those employees live in it comes to making sure that crime and the crimiDistrict 2, lives in the city of Jackson. So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve nal aspect is dealt with within Hinds County. I gone before the council to ask for a pay-raise increase, a Well, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give you the most important, but I think mean it is right at the top of the list. This is a public-safety minimum-wage increase for those employees, and that I can give you the two most important. The first vote that (issue), and (the) criminal element is also right at the top of took place. It has happened. It is done. So these are was taken when my opponent, who is the incumbent, on the list. things that I have done. his first month in that seat, voted to take all of the money I remember the No. 1 things that we want to adIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone before the Hinds County Board of Super- from roads, repair and repaving in Hinds County, to put dress here in Hinds County: Of course, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already told visors to ask for a pay raise and their insurance deductible it in the (Byram-Clinton Corridor). I do not think that you about the streets. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already told you about, you (lowered). At one time, their insurance deductible was was the vote that was needed. know, getting the grass cutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if I men$5,000, and I asked at that time that they give a (lower) I think that it should have been that vote should tioned getting the grass cut (and) making sure that the insurance deductible so the Hinds County employees have been that we put more money into Hinds County, ditches are clean. could go to the doctor. They had to pay that deductible and especially District 2, to repave and repair and fix the We must change the decisions we are making, by every year for $5,000. And so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite a bit of their roads, but he voted to take the money away from the changing the people who are making our decisions. These salaries every year in order to be seen by a doctor. roads and repairing of District 2. are the facts, and these are the issues that are taking place I also went before the board of supervisors to ask The other important vote that took place was the fact in Hinds County District 2. them not to lay off any Hinds County employees and that my opponent, the first month on the job, voted to take no furloughs for the Hinds County employees. These are away quite a few minority contracts with Hinds County.

Comment and see more political candidate interviews the things Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone before the board (and) gone before (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Before the 2013 special election that filled at www.jfp.ms/2015elections.

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Through a Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eyes

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am a woman. A single, childless woman. By choice. At times, I feel that maybe I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully stepped into the depths of â&#x20AC;&#x153;womanhoodâ&#x20AC;? because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have children, and at this point in my life, I have no intention of doing so. We all agree that not having kids doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make you less of a woman, but I sometimes wonder if I will regret not knowing how it feels to be pregnant or give birth.

Raising kids is not my idea of a good time, but in order to experience childbirth, I would then have a child that would require raising, so to put it bluntly: I would be stuck with him/her. The solution? I should freeze my eggs, just in case I change my mind! I mean, younger eggs are more willing than older ones, right?

But even if I did that and, for some reason, found myself without a partner, I would have to choose the perfect donor. With my anxiety issues, I think that would prove impossible. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know where to begin. Short or tall?

Left-brained or right-brained? Ethnic background? Wait â&#x20AC;Ś musical. He must be musical. Or maybe not musical, but at least have an appreciation for music.

Ivy League graduate would be nice, as well. But he must not be arrogant about it. Oh! And he should enjoy going to art museums, and history museums and, well, museums in general. And books. He must love reading books. And â&#x20AC;Ś When people ask if I will ever want kids, one thing always comes to mind.

Children deserve the security of feeling that everything is going to be OK. That they are safe and have nothing to worry about. I would have a really hard time saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything is going to be OK.â&#x20AC;? Because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. No one knows.

The darker side of life is filled with trials, tragedy, death and trauma, and the world can be a daunting and dangerous place. The burden of protection would be on me, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m scared, too!

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it would be helpful if a child said to me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mommy, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m scared,â&#x20AC;? and I replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, you know, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a scary world out there.â&#x20AC;?

When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in the presence of children I feel joy and sadness, for they have no idea whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming. If children knew that the world can be difficult, confusing and complex, that thing they have that is lost in adulthood, would no longer exist. The one man who would be most likely to convince me that having kids is a good idea has said on more than one occasion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why would you feel sad?

Children are so innocent and happy.â&#x20AC;? Well, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why it makes me sad.

As a child, if I had known that I was going to lose my father to suicide after years of pain in the midst of a relentless, public and press-dominated sh*t show, I doubt I would have had the same childhood experience. I still mourn for that child who had no idea. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thankful that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. The little Natalie didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, and she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t supposed to know. She had something that can be hard to find in adulthood: hope. The purity of innocence, the unadulterated love, the abounding joy, the bursting excitementâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;these are qualities we strive to retrieve as adults. Instead of playing in the sandbox, we take pharmaceuticals, do yoga, meditate, exercise and go to therapy. We do these things to try and get a tiny bit closer to seeing the world through the lens of a child again.

As we become adults, we discover the whole story. And it scares us. Worry creeps in. Fear takes over. And happiness can be elusive. Oftentimes, we have to struggle and strive to truly see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good and right. When these things remain invisible, we should fight to dig them out of the rubble. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the responsibility of telling a child that everything is going to be OK, and I commend those who choose to be parents. You are superheroes. What I do have is a responsibility to be my best self. Even if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have children of my own, I can learn a lot from them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all darkness, even though I struggle against a tendency to focus on the darker side of things. If I remove my adult-blinders, there is so much light to appreciate. I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right there, in the midst of all that frightens me.

As an adult, I am more than aware of the bad that exists in the world, but at the very least, I can be a champion and advocate of the good. As adulthood brings awareness, we have a responsibility to be agents of positive change. We can make the world better than it was, even if by one act of kindness at a time.

Natalie Irby is a Jackson native and graduate of the University of Mississippi with a degree in southern studies. She currently lives in Los Angeles and is the founder and CEO of Corner to Corner Productions.

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GOP, Stop the Games Over Education Funding

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unding adequate education in the state of Mississippi has morphed into a political battle with consequences beyond school walls. Initiative 42 has been through a few rounds of contempt and scrutiny, but despite the 42-vs.-42A drama that the Mississippi Supreme Court has yet to end, legislators against the initiative arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t waiting for 42A to help them get their way. They have quickly drawn a threatening line in the sad over public-education fundingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;potentially affecting jobs, higher education and all other state services.

The original filing from the Initiative 42 camp recommends tying funding to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generalfund increases, potentially taking seven years if the increase stays at 3 percent. The initiativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advocates are quick to admit that their way of funding MAEP may take longer. Whether it takes the perfect seven years or 10 or 15, they are OK with it as long as it gets funded. They do not suggest funding MAEP by creating new taxes, and they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mention budget cuts because, well, they figured that funding through general-fund increases would work as a compromise that could convince conservatives that it is a financially sound plan. They were wrong.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville, proved that the Legislature is not interested in listening to Initiative 42 advocates beyond the constitutional wording, especially if the initiative passes. He told all state agencies, save the Departments of Education and Medicaid, to prepare for immediate 7.8 percent budget cuts to fund education starting in fiscal year 2016.

Initiative advocates called the proposed budget cuts â&#x20AC;&#x153;scare tacticsâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;because they are. Frierson is preparing cuts for something that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happened yet. Initiative 42 isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t up for a vote until November.

Even if it does pass, Frierson just proved that state agencies can be required to prepare budget cuts in a little over a week. So whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to say they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that again once the initiative actually passes?

And most importantly, why is Frierson ignoring the more conservative approach to funding MAEP, by tying the increases to future revenue, which would offset the costs? The fact that he is proves that his strategy is political and a way to scare people into voting against it. This latest ploy shows that to certain legislators, fully funding public education isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about educationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about control.

If they want to influence public opinion of ballot initiatives using tactical budget-cut proposals, they will. If they want to add an alternative measure to a ballot to try to confuse voters, they will. They can.

Frierson didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain why he immediately turned to state agency budget cuts to fund an initiative that he and several Republican candidates are so against in the first place. Advocates for Initiative 42 can call the budget-cut proposals scare tactics until November and beyond. But the reality is that while a constitutional amendment can force the state to fully fund public education, it cannot tell them how to do so. If Republicans were interested in following current law and adequately funding public education, they would be looking for a way to make it work. They arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to.

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EMPHISâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;The two-story, century-old house sits on a hill next to a vacant lot on Poplar near Cleveland, between downtown and midtown. A Buddhist temple is nearby, and so is the Sacred Heart Church, which holds masses in Vietnamese and Spanish.

Beggars with rickety grocery carts wander the pockmarked streets, glancing up at cars that only stop when the light turns red.

When Memphis, Tenn., native Polly Jones walks into that house on the hill, she feels something she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel anywhere else in the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a lot of love in my city,â&#x20AC;? says the 22-year-old homeless single mother of two toddlers, boys aged 2 and 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This house, I would rather be here than anywhere else right now.â&#x20AC;?

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Sister Maureen Griner is the director of the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality in Memphis, Tenn.

Jones and her boys have been at the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality at 1429 Poplar Ave. since May. She plans to leave next February after getting her GED and a fresh start on a new life that includes a future career as a surgical nurse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to better myself for my kids. â&#x20AC;Ś Everything they do for you here is for the better. When you come here, you come with a goal,â&#x20AC;? she says.

The Jones family is one of three families at the Dorothy Day House, the only refuge for homeless families in this predominantly black city of 650,000, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poorest large metropolitan area. Half the children in Memphis are poor. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other missions limit themselves to either men or women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole idea of a Dorothy Day house is to answer a need thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not being met,â&#x20AC;? says Sister Maureen Griner, executive director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the hope you bring to people who are really desperate. By the time people get here, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have pocket change, evicted, probably living in a car. â&#x20AC;Ś People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think about homeless families. There are hundreds in this city every night.â&#x20AC;?

Jones came to the Dorothy Day House after a series of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blows. She lost both her mother, who had drug problems, and the

grandmother who reared her in 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a tremendous putdown, and I was pregnant with my first son,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know my biological father.â&#x20AC;?

She did factory work for a while, but her younger sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asthma kept pulling her away to take care of him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was hard. I kept getting discouraged. When you are a mother, you have choices to make. â&#x20AC;Ś I made my son my priority,â&#x20AC;? she says.

The house on Poplar Avenue is one of more than 185 Catholic Worker communities around the world. Each is independent in its commitment to voluntary poverty, prayer and nonviolence, and in its outreach to the poor and marginalized of society.

Other than the occasional grant, they all depend on private contributions with little or no support from government or sometimes even the Catholic Church.

Dorothy Day, who died at 83 in 1980, was the radical journalist who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement with French peasant, poet and prophet Peter Maurin.

With inspiration from the teachings of Jesus and Catholic tradition, they launched the Catholic Worker newspaper and first hospitality house in New York City at the height of the Great Depression in 1933. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we do is very little, but it is like the little boy with a few loaves and fishes,â&#x20AC;?

Day once wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christ took that little and increased it. He will do the rest. â&#x20AC;Ś Our work is to sow. Another generation will be reaping the harvest.â&#x20AC;?

In the mid-1930s, Day traveled to Memphis, where she championed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;dispossessedâ&#x20AC;? members of the embattled Southern Tenant Farmers Union (see my column in the Jackson Free Press, July 1-7 edition). â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw men, women, and children herded into little churches and wayside stations, camped out in tents, their household goods heaped about them, not one settlement but many â&#x20AC;Ś children ill, one old man dead in bed and not yet buried, mothers weeping with hunger and cold,â&#x20AC;? she wrote.

Sister Maureen, 68, a native of Louisville, Ky., who helped found the Dorothy Day House in Memphis 10 years ago, is Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work alive. The house is only big enough for three families, and she and her small staff have to turn away as many as 10 families a week. Still, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve helped more than 40 families get back on their feet over the past decade, and she envisions a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dorothy Day Villageâ&#x20AC;? in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painful to turn people away,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dorothy Day said put a pot of coffee on the stove and a pot of soup, and God will take care of the rest.â&#x20AC;?

Joe Atkins is a veteran journalist, columnist and professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi. His blog is laborsouth.blogspot.com. Email him at jbatkins@olemiss.edu.

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n ninth grade, Wendy Mahoney, now 48, took a career aptitude test that told her that her highest interest is helping others, and she would be a good candidate to become a social services worker. Still, Mahoney didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a test to tell her she loved helping people because she had known that all along.

After graduating from Callaway High School in 1984, she attended Tougaloo College. She received her bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in psychology in 1988. She was drawn to the subject because mental illness was prevalent in her own family, and she was interested in learning how to help future families in the same predicament.

After her undergraduate studies, she went to Mankato State University in Minnesota, where she received her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in rehabilitation counseling in 1990. Currently, she is working toward her doctorate degree in public policy and administration at Jackson State University.

Mahoney spent 19-and-a-half

years in Minnesota, primarily working in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mental health. Her first job after getting her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree was providing in-home family therapy to children with mental illness. She enjoyed serving kids because she felt it was important to provide resources and therapy earlier rather than later in life.

She moved back to Mississippi in 2007 to be closer to her family.

After working a few years in mental health, Mahoney then took a brief hiatus to contemplate what her next move would be. While she debated which career move to pursue, Mahoney did some consulting for a company called Divine Strategies Consulting. One day, she saw a posting for the position of executive director at the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a whole, all my jobs up to this point have been about helping people. Just developing focused strategies to help the people and the families that need me,â&#x20AC;? Mahoney says.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twenty years ago when I first started, I loved physically helping people and being in their presence. As Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten older, I see the big picture.

Now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not just helping one person, but we are changing a whole system.â&#x20AC;?

She says she loves her job at the coalition because the organization strives to bring not only awareness, but an overall societal change for an issue that is not addressed often enough: domestic violence.

The Jackson Free Pressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual domestic-violence awareness fundraiser, the JFP Chick Ball, is benefitting the MCADV this year. Over the next few pages, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find info about the event, from this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chicks We Love to the musical line-up to some of the items youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see in the silent auction.

The JFP Chick Ball is Saturday, July 18, from 6 p.m. to midnight. For more information, visit jfpchickball.com.

See pages 18-22 for the Silent Auction Guide., and pages 17-26 for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chicks We Love. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Nia Wilson

for anyone who has been a victim of the crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so devoted to changing the lives of Mississippians that have experienced violence,â&#x20AC;? Jones says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can just help a fraction of people this organization has served its purpose. We want struggling individuals to know that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not alone, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Butterflies is all about.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Emerald Alexis Ware FRANK WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY

n 2007, Latasha Norman died at the hands of her ex-boy- women about the issue and how the crime can strike friend, Stanley Cole, and Heather Spencerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boyfriend, people of any age and socioeconomic class.

George Bell, beat her to death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We go about that by helping to Three years later in August 2010, heal them and restore what has been Eva Jones created the nonprofit ortaken away from them,â&#x20AC;? Jones says. ganization, Butterflies by Grace Deâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We strive to educate them on (how fined by Faith, in response to those to) define domestic violence and the domestic-violence tragedies. way to shelter them.â&#x20AC;?

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Chick Ball: The Line-up 6 p.m. - Silent Auction opens/welcome 6:10-6:55 p.m. - The Delicate Cycle 6:55 p.m. - Door prizes 7:10-7:55 p.m. - The Nellie Mack Project featuring Falisa Janaye 7:55 p.m. - Door prizes 8 p.m. - Best Dressed awards 8:05 p.m. - 11th Annual Chicks We Love/Hero of the Year awards 9-9:45 p.m - Victoria Cross & Friends 9:30 p.m. - Silent auction begins to close and winner announcements start 9:45 p.m. - Door prizes 10 p.m. - Silent Auction check out and pick-up 10-11:30 p.m. - Time to Move 12 a.m. - Event concludes Special thanks to Joan Blanton for doing the chicks art work across pages 15-28 and our sponsors, Cups Espresso Cafe, Members Exchange, Repeat Street, Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,, Baker Donelson, and Dr. Vonda Reeves Darby and GI Associates.

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lence is the roadmap and guide to programs and support in the state. The coalition runs the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domestic-violence hotline and helps direct men and women to resources that are nearest to them to receive help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are like the support system, and we function as the experts when it comes to domestic violence,â&#x20AC;? Mahoney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So people come to us to ask questions about domestic violence, get training and get resources.â&#x20AC;?

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onâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about anything else; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be son, who starts kindergarten in the fall. She plans to apsafe here.â&#x20AC;? ply to nursing school.

Those were the exact words JenDomestic violence is a serious problem in Missisnifer Malone needed to hear. Anx- sippi and nationally. In the state, 212 domestic-abuse ious and overwhelmed with how her life had got- protection orders were validated in 2014, according to ten to the point it had, the strangerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice on the the attorney generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. Mississippi law enforcement phone solidified her decision to leaveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for good. submitted 10,071 uniform offense reports for domestic After three years together, her then-boyfriend had violence in that year. slapped her, and she had reached her limit.

In Mississippi, 460,000 women and 268,000 men â&#x20AC;&#x153;I made my mind up then that it was going to be were victims of sexual or physical viohard starting over, and (I said) if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start over and lence in 2010, according to a CenWendy donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop it right here, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be here to take Mahoney is the care of my son?â&#x20AC;? Malone said. executive director of The relationship had started OK but got the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, more abusive as time went on. Maloneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whose which provides educational name has been changed to protect her identityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; resources and guides to met him when she was 21 and her son was only 2 services for domesticyears old. The problems started with verbal abuse abuse victims. but then progressed to something like mind control and eventually, physical abuse.

When her now ex-boyfriend lost his job, the relationship got worse. The house they shared and almost everything in it was under Maloneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name because he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been making a lot of money. An argument that turned physical landed she and her partner in jail for a weekend in May 2013, but it would be another year before she left.

Malone said she wanted to be in love and had begun to plan her life around him, making it difficult to leave.

In May 2014, however, Malone woke up to her situation and confided in a friend who had gone through a shelter program herself. Then, Malone made the call.

A month later, she had moved her and her son out of the house and into a shelter. She continued to work at a nursing home, while her son was at daycare. Malone, ters for Disease Control survey on intimate-partner 24, is thankful she got out when she did. Her advice to sexual violence. women who are in her position? Look at your life and evaluate if the abuse is really worth it. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We Are Like the Support Systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still choosing to see a way bigger and better picWendy Mahoney, the executive director of the Misture because I am learning to have self-respect and self- sissippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said dolove,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can be independent by myself, so when mestic violence as an issue in the state has come a long I see signs like this again, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to stand for this, way in terms of legislation, but now the larger issue is and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I am trying to get the other ladies to seeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of awareness and â&#x20AC;&#x153;people really understanding what you have the choice.â&#x20AC;? domestic violence is.â&#x20AC;?

The official definition of domestic violence used by Give Help A Chance the coalition and nationally is: â&#x20AC;&#x153;a pattern of coercive beDomestic abuse is not always obvious, and someone havior in which one person attempts to control another can be completely in control of her life on paper but not person through threats or actual use of physical, emotionat home. Malone owned her own car and most of what al, psychological, financial, sexual or spiritual abuse.â&#x20AC;? was in the house.

Mahoney said some people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognize their sitShe said other victims should reach out, and if they uations as abusive, while others donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to turn donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a friend to confide in, or even if they do, they for help. There are 13 domestic-violence shelter programs can call hotlines instead of family members if they are in Mississippi that do more than just provide housing for fearful of being judged. victims. Mahoney said one of the misconceptions of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Really give the idea of receiving help a chance,â&#x20AC;? she shelter programs is that people think they have to move said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn it away because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be hard.â&#x20AC;? or live there, but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to move in to receive Malone plans to move out of the shelter soon, likely counseling services and support. in the next month, and find a new place for her and her The Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Vio-

else. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten to the point in our society where we stay out of other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business, so to speak, but if you know what to do, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more apt to do something,â&#x20AC;? Mahoney said.

Nationally, domestic violence is also called intimate partner violence, meaning violence between people in an intimate relationship that could be marital, relational or familial. In the U.S. Department of Justiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent survey, 76 percent of domestic violence was committed against women and 24 percent against men.

Mahoney said that with more education and resources, more males will come forward and know that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not alone as victims. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think with collaborative efforts with our community, our families, social service groups, our churches and community organizations coming together to all have the same information when it comes to what is domestic violence (is) how can we stop the violence,â&#x20AC;? Mahoney said.

The Mississippi Coalition for Domestic Violence can be reached at 1-800-898-3234 or 1-601-981-9196 or online at mcadv.org. The JFP Chick Ball, which is Saturday, July 18, at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Jackson, is raising money for the coalition emergency funds. Visit jfpchickball.com for information.

$IJDLT 8F -PWF Angela Brown junior campaign manager for the Warren County tax assessor position, and Lakierra volunteered at the Red Cross in Oxford, Miss., before graduating from Ole Miss with a civil engineering degree this year.

As the first African American and the first female tax assessor in Warren County, Brown says she likes to think of herself as a community leader rather than a politician. She has been a public servant in Vicksburg for the past 23 years.

Brown first started at the Child-Abuse Prevention Center as a parent aide and now serves as the public-relations spokeswoman for the Men of Action organization, which calls for men to pledge to stand up against domestic violence.

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ngela Brown attributes her passion for helping others in her community to seeing her grandmother, Binnie Green Adams, do the same for the town of Edwards, Miss., where Brown is from. Adams was a fruit farmer and an usher in the community for 64 years while helping Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Cora May Adams, raise seven children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My grandmother was Superwoman,â&#x20AC;? Brown says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if she was Superwoman, I feel Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Wonder Woman.â&#x20AC;?

Brown graduated in 1988 from Hinds Community College with an associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in business. Her two daughters, Nene and Lakierra Brown, volunteered at food pantries at a young age. Nene, who has many volunteer service hours under her belt and is transferring from Jones Community College to Hinds Community College, is currently Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Brown also serves on the board of the Warren County Summer Youth Enrichment Program, which hires 25 local youth to work in the county offices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a statistic of where you come from,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Whether sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching young girls how to carry themselves or speaking to senior citizens about their benefits, Brown, 46, says she plans to never stop helping communities and living a life of God just like her grandmother. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Joshua C. Clayton

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any artists living and growing up in the South take inspiration from their surroundings, painting and drawing scenes firmly grounded in southern culture.

For Ellen Langford, her art, while still grounded in southern culture, is also about telling a story.

Langfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main work is in a style called narrative painting, an art form that focuses on putting stories or scenes in the art work itself, which she does with bold brush strokes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all respond very gutturally, viscerally to stories,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to tell our own and hear othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;?

The Jackson native has been painting professionally for about 20 years. She re-

ceived a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in world religion from Colby College in Maine in 1990. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studied all around the U.S., from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1994 and 1995, to the Maine College of Art in 2004, to

the Corcoran School of Art briefly for the summer of 1989, but it all started at St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a fabulous high-school art teacher who fashioned my appreciation for art,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Langfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is also featured in a number of art galleries such as the Attic Gallery in Vicksburg, Fischer Galleries in Jackson, and M Contemporary, an art studio in New Orleans.

Though Langford, 47, has painted all over the U.S., she often paints outside her home, in her fenced-off backyard in Belhaven. Her three dogs mill around, ducking underneath tables filled with different bottles of paint, brushes and water glasses for dipping brushes. Her chicken, Ger-

trude, squawks in the back of the yard in her homemade coop next to Langfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden.

Becoming a professional painter is no easy task, but thankfully, Langford has always had people interested in her paintings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The places that represent me have always pursued me,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Langford also feels that because she hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had to worry about selling her paintings herself, she can focus on the painting itself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The painting has always been a priority,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think an artist can lose their authenticity if too much of their energy is spent trying to market themselves rather than trying to be authentic to their work.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; John William Creel

Debrynda Davey goal is to bring awareness about disability abuse.â&#x20AC;?

Daveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, JoDee, grew up with Aspergerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s syndrome, a disorder that affects a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social and communicative development. With this, Daveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work took on a new meaning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a job for me,â&#x20AC;? Davey says of her relationship to her lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in my home, raising my children and grandchildren in a peaceful way.â&#x20AC;?

Davey knows the Mississippi her grandchildren grow up in still has a ways to go before all groups are adequately protected. The mother of threeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;JoDee, Mason and Jonathanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and grandmother of five still wishes to see legislators allocate more funding to support domestic-violence shelters. Her hope is that shelters without sufficient food, space or even a wheelchair ramp become a thing of the past. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brian Gordon

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generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office led to the passage of the Spousal Sexual Assault Law in 1993. Before its passage, non-consensual sex between a husband and wife was not considered rape.

The 60-year-old has had her fingerprints on policy nearly every year since.

In 1998, she co-founded the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program, a 40-hour training course that teaches nurses how to administer health care to victims who walk through its doors.

Davey has tailored her research and outreach towards this third group. While all people are susceptible to abuse, she understands the heightened vulnerability those with disabilities face. Her research sets standards for evidence-based practices on how healthcare providers should care for victims with disabilities.

Davey, in turn, teaches these practices to the coalition and UMMC nursing students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our health care (system) still gears (its) questions to people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have disabilities,â&#x20AC;? Davey says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

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hough Debrynda Davey left her full-time position as a nursing professor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2010, the lifelong advocate for victims of sexual abuse continues to help make Mississippi a safer place.

Her efforts persist in local classrooms, hospitals, transitional shelters and the Mississippi Legislature.

She teaches part-time at UMMC and holds training seminars several times a year at local health alliances.

As a teacher, she wields her passion and expertise to champion practice and policy beyond the academic walls.

She encourages her students to expand their influence beyond the confines of their job as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown in my career, it (has become) clearer that health care is more than what happens in the hospital wing,â&#x20AC;? Davey says.

Armed with a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in adult health nursing from the University of Tennessee at Memphis, which she received in 1979, and a doctorate degree in education from Delta State University, which she received in 1985, Davey has consulted with public health agencies to steer changes in state law as far back as the early 1990s.

Collaborations between the coalition and the attorney

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or each yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JFP Chick Ball, we host a silent auction to help victims of domestic violence.

This year, the donations go to the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, which aids the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 13 domestic-violence shelters.

Every year, donations to the auction come pouring in, and this year is no exception. Here are some of the items you can bid on from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on July 18.

Wooden picture frame Nebco Art + Frame Outlet

Redken shampoo and conditioner, label.m dry shampoo SMoak Salon

Foley + Corinna bag Private Collection

Rebecca Minkoff booties, size 8 Jackson Free Press

Angel figurine Pickenpaugh Pottery

Two necklaces City Sample Sales

Instant mesh screen The Spinsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shoppe LLC

ALLPRO paint tray kit, Seabrook Paint Company

Stainless steel coolers Southern Beverage Co.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Untitledâ&#x20AC;? by John Rosa Dorsey and Susan Carson

Handmade Croatian necklace and bracelet Art and Soul of the South

Four tickets to Delta Rae Ardenland

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Mug and one-pound bag of coffee beans Cups in Clinton

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pirates of the Caribbeanâ&#x20AC;? poster autographed

by Johnny Depp Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Autographed Mississippi Braves photos and cards Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Scarf Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Model of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Sports Nation

Purple glass bottle Joan Hawkins Art & Interiors

Photo collage Leslie Silver

I LOVE JXN t-shirts Swell-O-Phonic

Gold heart necklace Marieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Handmade Jewelry

One-year membership Jackson Zoo

Silver clutch Johannah Williams

Signed Festival Breeze posters Episcopal Church of the Creator

Signed Wyatt Waters poster Episcopal Church of the Creator

Multimedia collage Amber Helsel

Signed cotton blossom poster Sam Beibers

Four tickets to Todd Rundgren Ardenland

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Pair of earrings Tonza Berry

Necklace and bracelet IM Design Studio

Signed original print by Pippin H. Frisbie-Calder Natalie West

Songbird house and feeder package Wild Birds Unlimited

Painting of the Cotton Club in New York Tom Reaves

Framed photograph of reservoir sunset Brice Media

â&#x20AC;&#x153;She Moves in Redâ&#x20AC;? by Tony Davenport Tony Davenport

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Edgeâ&#x20AC;? by Suzanne Guild Lounge Interiors

Kurta blouse Lounge Interiors

Paige Holliday hand-painted canvas clutch Lounge Interiors

Glass bird by artist Elizabeth Robinson Fischer Galleries

Kerastase product bundle and $100 gift certificate, William Wallace Salon and Fondren Barber Shop

Insulated cooler and gift card Renaissance at Colony Park

Bachellery Chardonnay Vintage Wine Market

Framed photograph Charles A. Smith

Mary Kay beauty basket Mary Kay consultant Marilynn Lewis

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African market basket Fair Trade Green

Handmade paper Peru Paper and Grace Greene

Thrifting Diva t-shirt, tote N.U.T.S. and the Good Samaritan Center

French antique button earrings Zoubir Tabout Antiques and Interieurs

Serpentine jade necklace Naturally Elegant Jewelry Inc.

Cheetah wine glasses Sassafras

Chevron print frame The Cinnamon Tree

Ceramic dragonfly Willinghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Uncommon Gifts and Elegant Extras

Angel painting Willinghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Uncommon Gifts and Elegant Extras

Cheese cutting board Willinghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Uncommon Gifts and Elegant Extras

Mantel clock Willinghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Uncommon Gifts and Elegant Extras

Picture frame Willinghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Uncommon Gifts and Elegant Extras

Painting by artist frank robinson Gallery 1 and frank robinson

Scarf PL Rose

Variety of Starbucks coffee Starbucks in Clinton

Custom-made ring Beckham Custom Jewelry

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Gift Cards & Services Donations (So Far) $50 gift certificate, SMoak Salon Embroidered dress Strut Boutique

Golf bag Southern Beverage Co.

Earrings Strut Boutique

$25 gift certificate, Betsy Liles $50 gift certificate, Mangia Bene $30 gift certificate, Turkoyz $75 gift certificate, Trim Salon $100 gift certificate, The Orange Peel $50 gift certificate, The Apothecary at Brentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drugs

Silver heart necklace Melinda Downey

Yazoo Brewing Company gift pack Yazoo Brewing Company

Painting Carolyn Bogart DeLeo

1-hour consultation for a custom event design, Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence $25 gift certificate, Sports Nation Mobile massage therapist session, Jermaine Sims $20 gift certificate for Madison Barber & Style, Pamela L. Hancock

Painted bowl Carolyn Bogart DeLeo

Purse Lynda Ragan

Matted print Donna Ladd (Photo by Myra Ottewell)

$160 gift certificate for four sessions with personal trainer, Pamela L. Hancock $110 gift certificate for karate lessons and T-shirt, Pamela L. Hancock Six-month membership to The Club, Pamela L. Hancock $70 Amy Head gift certificate, Amy Head

Dr. Jane Ellen McAllister mowing the lawn at age 90 David Rae Morris

4.3-carat purple sapphire Carter Jewelers

Freshwater pearl earrings AvantGarde Strategies

$50 gift card, Renaissance at Colony Park $25 gift card, N.U.T.S and Good Samaritan Center Four training sessions, Personal Trainer Lauren Smith (YMCA membership necessary) Two 30-minute massages, Massage Therapist Li Vemulakonda

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Coffee mugs Joan Blanton

State flowers print, Mississippi state flower print Thimblepress

Candle in Mercury Bowl Petersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art and Antiques

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s a special assistant attorney general, Emiko Faust, 27, has served the state in many ways.

While studying at Mississippi State University, where Faust earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in history in 2009, she joined the Delta Delta Delta sorority and volunteered for other campus organizations.

Faust, a McComb native, began law school at the University of Mississippi after matriculating from MSU. She received her law degree in 2012.

After being admitted to practice in Mississippi, she began working for lawyer John R. White in Iuka, Miss., and later became a staff attorney for the Mississippi Department of Human Services.

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the state are all needed to eliminate domestic violence,â&#x20AC;? she says.

She says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to get victims to report domestic violence cases and for them to know that there are many resources and services available to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taboo,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153; â&#x20AC;Ś When victims (know they) have access to services, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more likely to use those.â&#x20AC;?

When she is not at work, Faust enjoys baking, reading and playing tennis. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Guy King

T. Nicole Hardy collaborate in the event-planning process. Hardy, who lives in Clinton, calls Embellished a one-stop shop. It plans and manages events for clients, as well as rents out equipment for events. The two share a storefront in Brookhaven, Miss., but are looking to move to downtown Jackson or the Fondren area.

While Hardy uses her administration training in event planning, one of her main interests is botany. As far back as she can remember, Hardy has been interested in science.

Upon entering college and majoring in biology, she became enamored with plants and has used her knowledge to assist in floral design for clients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science has always been a passion of mine, especially plants and plant life. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that I get to incorporate that

into my business,â&#x20AC;? Hardy says.

Hardy and Rowe also enjoy giving back. The two have collaborated with Wendy Mahoney, executive director of the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on events.

For the third consecutive year this past May, Embellished cohosted Cheers for a Cause, an arts and wine fundraiser that promotes domestic-violence awareness.

The event featured a silent auction and live entertainment, as well as free wine and hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres with the purchase of a ticket. Proceeds went to the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, which aids the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 13 domestic-violence shelters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people are affected by domestic violence but they may not know where to go or who to contact,â&#x20AC;? Hardy says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the Mississippi Coalition exists. We started Cheers for a Cause to make people aware of the coalition and exactly what they do. We just want to get people out and help them become more aware.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jordan K. Morrow

I had thought it before that, but I remember thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to do something about this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Gordon, 32, was born in Pike County. At South Pike High School, she developed the reputation of being a class clown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was the type person that the band director had pre-written office referrals sitting in his desk just waiting,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Although she stirred the pot, she was also a National

Merit Scholar, Junior Honor Society member, trombone player and mock-trial contestant.

After high school and a few years as a talent promoter and rapper, she began working for Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 presidential campaign. That first taste of political work led her to work at the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi in the summer of 2011.

Coming from a background of intersection, Gordon chose to focus on a wide network of advocacy that spanned from LGBT and reproductive rights and black oppression to undocumented immigrant issues.

In fall of 2014, Gordon separated from the ACLU and today is a private consultant, working with businesses to alter their models in hopes of better fitting their niche. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just going through the motions,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just walking through life right now. Taking it where the universe is leading me. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anticipate anything. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan for anything, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for the next big thing.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Zachary Oren Smith

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. Nicole Hardy is a dynamic mix of smarts, art and style. A Jackson native and graduate of Bailey Magnet High School, Hardy received her bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in biology at Jackson State University in 2004 before pursuing her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in administration at Mississippi College, which she completed in 2008. Hardy, 33, has since become an entrepreneur and is applying her education to her business, Embellished Events and Interiors LLC. In 2013, Hardy joined forces with her friend and business partner Tasha Rowe (see page 26) to create Embellished Events. After working separately at first, Hardy and Rowe realized they had the same goals and decided to go into business together. Hardy takes care of the floral arrangement designs, Rowe decorates, and the two

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n Sept. 1, 2005, Constance Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electricity was out. She went over to a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house for a shower and to catch up on the news.

There was some bad weather in the gulfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a system meteorologists had named Hurricane Katrina.

On the screen, a helicopter was flying over people in New Orleans. Women, men and children were trying to exit the drowned city of New Orleans on a bridge, but she said there was no bridge left.

As an African American lesbian who identifies with the male gender, Gordon has been a victim of oppression since the day she was born, but the images of the refugees from the disaster struck something in her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were all sitting around the TV and watching that bridgeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all those people dying, all those babies dying,â&#x20AC;? Gordon says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All those people that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get out past that bridge. Then, to hear people say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;They had a choice to leave!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; They think people can just move out of New Orleans in two days, little less be able to afford to drive 90 miles down the highway.

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asha Rowe believes in the power of giving back. As a marketing representative for Mississippi Blood Services, she makes it her business to encourage people to give blood to help others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the mission of Mississippi Blood Services. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting people to get out there and letting them know that it is important to donate blood regularly,â&#x20AC;? Rowe says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want people to see it as a daily way of life, as though they are taking a vitamin.â&#x20AC;?

Rowe, 42, who grew up in Hattiesburg, says her passion for community and people stems from her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion for helping others. As a young adult, she worked parttime at his furniture store, where he refurbished old chairs and sofas.

Rowe would watch her father do things for the people around town even if

they could not always afford his services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He believed in living life to the fullest and following your dreams,â&#x20AC;? Rowe says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had a love for the people.â&#x20AC;?

Not only did she inherit her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knack for giving back, but she also developed a passion for design and event planning. Rowe earned her bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in microbiology from Mississippi State University in 1995. She moved to Jackson the following year.

Rowe began arranging events for herself and later worked alongside her sister at their company, Lah-di-Dah. Three years ago, Rowe and her friend, T. Nicole Hardy (see page 24), opened an event-planning company called Embellished Events and Interiors, which has a storefront in Brookhaven.

The two also started a domestic-vio-

lence awareness event, Cheers for a Cause, with the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Rowe works with her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, on other fundraisers such as Emerging Young Leaders, which helps girls in middle school develop leadership skills by encouraging academic achievements. When she isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t busy planning events or working in the community, Rowe is spending time with her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;her husband, Marc Rowe, and their two children, Madison and Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or enjoying a meal with friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the best parts of helping others is knowing that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve impacted their lives in a positive way,â&#x20AC;? Rowe says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowing that the work is for the greater good and can encourage others to do the same.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;DĂŠjĂ Harris

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s the executive director of Families as Allies Mississippi, Joy Hogge advocates for mental health care for children. FAAMS is the only statewide grassroots organization in Mississippi that is operated by and for families of children with mentalhealth challenges, such as eating disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression and anxiety.

FAAMS brings together administrators and families with quarterly training exercises and conference calls on how to handle mental challenges, and offers resources to help target issues problems at school, Hogge says.

In 1982, Hogge earned her doctorate degree in counseling psychology from Texas A&M University. She says she always wanted to find ways to make a difference and soon found that she enjoyed working on problems on a larger scale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As my career progressed, I saw that another way to make a difference and hopefully make things better is to work with groups of people on policies and changing the

infrastructure of systems to make them responsive to a lot more people,â&#x20AC;? Hogge says.

Hogge moved to Mississippi more than 20 years ago when her husband, Howard Roffwarg, took a position as a psychiatrist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Their son, Sam, 15, has a chronic medical condi-

tion that makes Hoggeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work at FAAMS more personal.

She says the most challenging part of her job is figuring out how to enact changes while maintaining good relationships with child-serving systems, as well as letting families know they have a voice to speak up for things they want or arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happy with. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really want to build up a statewide network of families so that our organization is reflecting the voice of families in the state, not just what the particular people who work there think,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Even though her job can be stressful, Hogge says thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing more motivating than getting to talk to the families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to be in a situation where you feel like you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting what you want for your child,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel so touched and honored that people are letting us share in the most important thing in their life, and that is their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to feel alone.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Maya Miller

nated community-response domestic-violence program through the local shelter in the county. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This (domestic-violence) epidemic is something that we as a people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ignore. If there is something to be done, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be there,â&#x20AC;? Ward says. She says she wants to protect those who cannot protect themselves.

As a child, Ward loved spending time with her friends and family, something that is still a big part of her life today. All of Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family lives in Meridian, and staying close to each other is a family tradition. She went to Newton County High School and graduated in 1997.

Ward went into the law-enforcement field at the age of 19. She graduated from the Mississippi Law Enforce-

ment Academy in 2001 and completed the Certified Investigator Program in 2009. While in her position at the Lauderdale County sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, she volunteered for trainings that eventually led her to turning in her resume to work directly with the AG office.

Although Ward has only been working in Jackson for a couple of months, getting a feel for the city is something she hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had time to do. Jackson is a place Ward says she wants to get to know, but for now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strictly business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Domestic assault and domestic violence have to be stopped,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Miles Thomas

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She worked with the Lauderdale County sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s office as an investigator before coming to Jackson this year. In Lauderdale, Ward says, she found her passion for finding justice for those affected by domestic violence. She worked on patrol duty for nine years, but over the last seven years in that office, she worked as investigator for sexual assault, child abuse and domesticviolence cases. She was also involved with the coordi-

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Victoria Cross & Friends Whether sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fronting funk band Static Ensemble or hitting the stage under her own name, Victoria Cross brings the soul. A true alto, Crossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vocals can swap between powerful and punchy or sweet and silky with equal energy. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also been a staple of Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s R&B, funk and soul scene for more than a decade, so it was no surprise that attendees at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JFP Chick Ball were smitten with her. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also no surprise that we welcomed her back for another round.

Time to Move How is it that six-piece funk and pop outfit Time to Move can perform Earth, Wind & Fireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldie-but-goodie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grooveâ&#x20AC;? and still warrant just as much excitement as the song did 31 years ago? The simple answer: passion.

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For those who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard Nellie Mackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiery bass work backing other beloved blues acts in the past, such as Dizzy Gillespie and The Bar-Kays, The Nellie Mack Project is the perfect jumping-on point. Thanks to her talent and depth of experience, Mack attracts a veritable â&#x20AC;&#x153;whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who?â&#x20AC;? of killer musicians to her cause, often including guitarist Lonnie George and drummer Rick Lewis. Mack is all about providing pure, concentrated blues at its best.

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Looking at the husband and wife duo of vocalist Joy Murphy Garretson and multi-instrumentalist Gordon Marshall Garretson, the driving indie rock they create as The Delicate Cycle might come as a surprise. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that the couple knows how craft a song, with Joyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tender vocal delivery making a perfect match for Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hooky guitar riffs and resolute bass lines.

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Each year, the Jackson Free Press has tons of talented locals donate time and energy to the cause of stopping domestic violence. Some of them just happen to do their volunteering on a stage. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at who will be bringing the house down for Chick Ball 2015.

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SATURDAY 7/18

TUESDAY 7/21

WEDNESDAY 7/22

The Battlefield Park Community Festival is at Battlefield Park.

Pass the Pigs Night is at The Pig & Pint.

Pop Goes the Beer Pairing is at Saltine Oyster Bar

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Jackson Free Pressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual Chick Ball, featuring food, music, a silent aution and door prizes, is Saturday, July 18, at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

History Is Lunch is at noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Author Suzanne Marrs discusses her new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald.â&#x20AC;? Sales and signing to follow. Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

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The Museum After Hours Pop-Up Exhibition is 5:3010 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). See pop art from Big Dan Magee and Adrienne Domnick, and purchase food from Executive Chef Nick Wallaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sipp Sourced menu. Includes cash bar. Free; call 601-9601515; msmuseumart.org. â&#x20AC;Ś Great Peacock performs 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Nashville acoustic band performs. $5 in advance, $10 at the door; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

ages show. $20; call 800-745-3000; email vita@haland mals.com; halandmals.com. â&#x20AC;Ś No Suh performs 9 p.m. at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). The hip-hop artist from Mobile, Ala., is touring to promote his latest release, â&#x20AC;&#x153;X The Street From The Church.â&#x20AC;? Marcel P. Black also performs. No cover; call 601-376-9404; find the event â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Suh instore performanceâ&#x20AC;? on Facebook.

SATURDAY 7/18

Poses + Pints is 10 a.m. at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). The event includes a yoga class, tasting and brewery tour. $20; call 601-201-0988; email info@tara-yoga.net; find the event Poses + Pints on Facebook. â&#x20AC;Ś 11th Annual JFP Chick Ball is 6 p.m. at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 Commerce St.).

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Seeking sponsors, auction donations and volunteers now. $5; call 601-362-6121, ext. 16; email natalie@jacksonfreepress.com; jfpchickball.com.

MONDAY 7/20

J. Lee Productionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dinner Theater Encore Performance is 7 p.m. at The Penguin Restaurant & Bar (1100 John R. Lynch St.). Includes a murder mystery play, a three-course dinner and music from Kerry Thomas. For mature audiences. Seating limited. Advance tickets only. $40 per person, VIP tables available; call 601-208-0965; email jleeproductions@yahoo.com; jleedinnertheater. eventbrite.com. â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Decent Proposalâ&#x20AC;? Dinner Theater is 7 p.m. at Char (Highland Village, 4500 Interstate 55 N.). The Detectives present the four-act interactive comedy show. Includes a three-course meal. Reservations required. For ages 18 and up. Cocktails sold before the show starting at 6 p.m. $49; call 601-291-7444 or 601937-1752; thedetectives.biz.

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FRIDAY 7/17

Frank Foster performs 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (200 Commerce St.) in the parking lot. The country singer and Louisiana native performs to promote his album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rhythm & Whiskey.â&#x20AC;? Doors open at 5 p.m. All-

SUNDAY 7/19

Sonnets, Strings and Things is 2 p.m. at St. Richard Catholic Church (1242 Lynwood Drive) in the Parish Center East Foyer. Includes poetry readings from members of Poetry Anonymous, music from Jake Slinkard and a reception. Free; call 601-366-2335.

sippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). Enjoy desserts from female pastry chefs, cocktails, music and door prizes. Proceeds go towards establishing the Mississippi Culinary Arts Guild. $34, $49 VIP (includes entry at 6:30 p.m.); call 601-852-3463; email info@eatyall. com; sweetestchefs.brownpapertickets.com.

WEDNESDAY 7/22

Dikembe performs 7 p.m. at Big Sleepyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (208 W. Capitol St.). The alternative band from Florida is signed to North Carolina independent record label Tiny Engines. Finding Peace in Gunshots and Carlos Danger also perform. All-ages show. $8; call 601-863-9516; find the event on Facebook.

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Events at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.) UĂ&#x160;History Is Lunch July 15, noon. Suzanne Marrs discusses her new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald.â&#x20AC;? Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

U History Is Lunch July 22, noon. Jones County Junior College professor of American history James Kelly presents, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Free State of Jones.â&#x20AC;?

Free; call 601-576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

Âş/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; i>`Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;VĂ&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;\Ă&#x160;8Ă&#x160;6Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160;9Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;ÂťĂ&#x160;July 18, 9-11 p.m., at Soul Wired Cafe (111 Millsaps Ave.). The cabaret show starring author and HIV/ AIDS activist Jessica Holter contains themes such as modern relationships and African-American sexuality. For mature audiences. $30, $55 couples; call 510-600-9747; punanytickets.com.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sam Gilliam: The Question of Representationâ&#x20AC;? July 18, 1 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In the Yates Community Room. The presenter is Tiffany E. Barber, adjunct instructor of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma and art scholar at the 2015 Tougaloo Art Colony. Free; call 601960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

+)$3 Events at Mississippi Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum (2145 Highland Drive) UĂ&#x160;+Ă&#x2022;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x152;ÂśĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;VÂ&#x153;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x152;tĂ&#x160;->Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;July 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The topic is the digestive system.

Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months and museum members free); call 981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

UĂ&#x160; Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x160;Saturdays, 10 a.m. through Aug. 22. In the Literacy Garden. Children and their families listen to a story and participate in a garden activity. Held Saturdays through Aug. 22. Included with admission ($10, free for children under 12 months and members); call 601981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

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Order from a pop-up menu featuring products from Mississippi sources. Food prices vary; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

Events at Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201) UĂ&#x160;/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;July 18, noon-4 p.m.

The beer tasting featuring beverages from Mississippi breweries is part of Mississippi Craft Week. Admission includes a souvenir tasting glass, live music, a vote for the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Best Cask and refreshments. $30; call 601-9822899; saltinerestaurant.com.

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Includes popsicles from Pop Culture Ice Pops (all ages welcome), beers from Lucky Town Brewing and a small plate menu from Chef Jesse Houston. Food for sale; call 601-982-2899. *>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;*Â&#x2C6;}Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2026;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;July 21, 5-9 p.m., at The Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St.). Join Lucky Town Brewing Company in a night of games and giveaways of prizes such as koozies and a rib dinner.

Free; call 326-6070; email info@pigandpint.com.

30/243 7%,,.%33 Fitness Fest July 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). Parents & Kids Magazine is the host. The purpose of the interactive event is to encourage families to get and stay fit. Includes entertainment, free gifts, games, dancing, a bounce house, play zones and more. $2 (maximum of $10 per family); call 601366-0901; email rachel@parents-kids.com; visit parents-kids.com to download a free family pass.

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Includes food, door prizes, a silent auction, poetry and music from Victoria Cross, The Nellie Mack Project, Time to Move and The Delicate Cycle. Benefits the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

For ages 18 and up. Still taking sponsors, auction donations and volunteers. $5; call 601-362-6121, ext. 16; email natalie@ jacksonfreepress.com; jfpchickball.com.

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%8()")4 /0%.).'3 Museum After Hours Pop-Up Exhibition July 16, 5:30-10 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). See Mississippi pop art from Big Dan Magee and Adrienne Domnick, and purchase food from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sipp Sourced menu. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

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Proceeds go to home repairs for elderly neighbors.

Free, donations welcome; call 601-906-7741.

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Mark Milletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art studio in Ridgeland is adapted from an old car garage, which he says gives him the space to paint, work on cars and display his drum kit.

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atercolor, acrylic and chalk paintings of old southern diners, football stars and country scenes cover every wall in Mark Milletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art studio except the far back one, where an electric sign, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dutch Bar & Lounge,â&#x20AC;? glows warmly.

The north wall is where Millet gets his inspiration. Books of Milletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite classic American artists and illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, LeRoy Neiman and Bart Forbes cram a bookshelf from the floor of the studio to the ceiling. Next to the bookshelf sits a sofa that he created from the back-seat and taillights of a vintage black Cadillac.

The Ridgeland studio itself is a repurposed car garage, which Millet he says gives him enough space to paint, work on old cars and display his drum kit.

Both his mother and father were commercial artists in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s, working for The Clarion-Ledger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It goes all the way back to France, (and to) all the Millets that have been artists,â&#x20AC;? Millet says.

Millet attended Hinds Community College from 1977 to 1979 and got a job straight out of school as a commercial artist for Mississippi Federation Co-op. He has done artwork for companies like Raytheon Aerospace Municipalities. Now, he works as a freelance artist, painting commissions and his personal passions.

Though Millet has painted in mediums ranging from acrylic to chalk, his most famous works are watercolor paintings that document how Mississippi looked in the 1950s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s. He creates his works from images of old road signs, buildings and restaurants that Jackson locals will undoubtedly know, such as The Dutch Bar and Crechaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, where Millet was a bus boy when he was a teenager. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are charming. Those are good memories,â&#x20AC;? Millet says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people relate with that. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.â&#x20AC;?

Millet says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to preserve the memories of an older and now vanishing country town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have lost so much so quick,â&#x20AC;? he says.

In the front of his studio, Millet has a dresser full of pictures heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken throughout his career inside paper bags labeled where he took them, with locations that range from New Orleans to Flora, Miss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to be a photographer before you can be an artist,â&#x20AC;? Millet says. Often, when he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to paint next, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go through the drawer and find something that catches his eye. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a treasure trove in a few years,â&#x20AC;? Millet says, pulling photographs from a bag labeled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pelahatchie Bay.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of this stuff is long gone,â&#x20AC;? he says.

But not everything is so serious with Milletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the next thing I need to paint?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I just paint what I like,â&#x20AC;? Millet says.

Along with his more nostalgic paintings, Millet has painted many sports-related pieces, including one of his personal idols, Brett Favre. He says he started painting those because his youngest son, Kevin, played tennis for the University of Texas.

Milletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outlook on art is broad. Though his watercolor is his most noted, he does not have a favorite medium to work in, saying he would get bored too easily. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need all the differences to keep life from getting dull,â&#x20AC;? Millet says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opposites attract, so if you only had one color, if you had no opposites, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get pretty bored.â&#x20AC;?

Millet also says that art, in its pure form, transcends a paintbrush, or even a canvas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When somebody builds a custom car, the way it sits, the stance and the size of the wheels, and the color combination, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an art form,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just got tools and a big wallet. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art; they just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re painters.â&#x20AC;?

For more information on Millet Studio & Gallery (167f Moore St., Ridgeland, 601856-5901), visit markmillet.com.

DIVERSIONS | jfp sports the best in sports over the next seven days

by Joshua C. Clayton

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June 27 at Jackson State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robert â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bobâ&#x20AC;? Braddy Sr. Field.

The Monarchs put together an impressive 20-3 win. Davis switched between shortstop and third base, and then made the last three outs as the pitcher in the sixth COURTESY JSU SPORTS MEDIA

aseball legend Jackie Robinson once said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.â&#x20AC;?

The quote, which is inscribed on his tombstone, has fueled the little league team the Anderson Monarchs on its Civil Rights Barnstorming Tour.

In 1995, the Philadelphia (Pa.) Youth Organization, whose programs help disadvantaged kids in the city, chose 15 8-year-old boys from the Jackie Robinson League to represent the group in the Devlin Baseball League. The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, the Anderson Monarchs, pays tribute to the Kansas City Monarchs, the legendary Negro League team that Jackie Robinson played with before he broke the color barrier in 1947. The Monarchs made history as the first all-African American team to play in the Devlin League.

The Monarchs have maintained their reputation of being a powerhouse since 1995 and continue to play year-round in baseball, soccer and basketball.

Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ne Davis and the team are touring the eastern United States on a mission to learn about the Civil Rights Movement.

Davis, the 2014 Sports Illustrated Sports Kid of the Year, and the team stopped in Jackson halfway through the 23-day trip. They visited The Medgar Evers House and played an exhibition game against the local Richland JunkStarz

Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ne Davis and the Anderson Monarchs visited Jackson on the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent civil-rights tour.

inning. The Monarchs scored seven runs in the second inning and ran away with the game despite the JunkStarz fighting the stellar Pennsylvania team to the end. The host team awarded each Monarch player with a ring afterward.

The Civil Rights Barnstorming Tour covered more than 4,000 miles by July 10

when the team reached Secaucus, N.J. The tour had started in Philadelphia, Pa., and went to Washington, D.C., and other cities, including Jackson. Davis and head coach Steve Bandura recall meeting U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil-rights leader, in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital and visiting the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1963, killing four black girls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing to read about it,â&#x20AC;? Bandura said in an interview with the Jackson Free Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another thing to actually go out and see it.â&#x20AC;?

Davis says the tour has affected her in a positive way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was cool because we actually got to stand in Medgar Eversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; driveway,â&#x20AC;? told the Jackson Free Press. She has made a name for herself as the first female player to win and pitch a shutout in the Little League World Series.

Davis, 14, is a baseball prodigy and is equally talented in basketball and soccer. She believes her future is in basketball and wants to play in the WNBA. She not only sets examples for young athletes but sets the bar high for all kids. She is an honor-roll student and will start her ninth-grade year at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, Pa., this fall. Davis posed for photos with Mississippi Braves players, and girls lined up for her to sign their copy of her memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ne Davis: Remember My Nameâ&#x20AC;? (HarperCollins, 2015, $16.99).

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t this point in the summer, most of the college football world turns to Media Days and previews of the upcoming season. Two recent incidents at the same school left me wondering whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening in its football program.

Early last week, Florida State University dismissed highly touted freshman quarterback Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Andre Johnson after a video of him punching a woman began circulating. According to court records, the woman felt that Johnson was trying to push past her while waiting for a drink at a bar. After she allegedly tried to punch him, he hit her on the side of her face.

Florida State indefinitely suspended Johnson from the team after the charges.

But much like the Ray Rice event, the team only dismissed him after the video surfaced. He claims he hit the woman after she provoked him with racial remarks and struck him first. He pleaded not

guilty and is due in court July 22.

Former FSU cornerback Ronald Darby, now a rookie with the Buffalo Bills, made comments about the events on Twitter that have since been deleted.

The tweets included: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I want to know is whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening to the girl that clearly hit Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Andre first? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never right to hit a girl at all ... but they have to get some kind of consequence as well. Yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep letting females provoke guys in all ways then walk free.â&#x20AC;?

The night before Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleged incident, Seminoles running back Dalvin Cook was charged with striking a woman outside of a bar. The team has indefinitely suspended Cook from play, but he might remain on it as long as a video doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surface of him hitting the woman.

Several Seminoles players in the past few seasons have run into legal trouble or managed to skate away from it. One of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues seems to be violence against women. Cases such as Jameis Win-

ston, Johnson, Cook and former running back Karlos Williams all concern some sort of violence against women. One case is too many, but two alleged episodes on back-to-back nights makes you wonder about the culture of the Florida State football program.

Winston walked all over Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher last season. Just go back and look at the events that unfolded, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see that Winston didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t respect Fisher or any discipline the head coach tried to use on the star quarterback. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely to see the same results again.

Fisher has won a national championship for the school, sure, but questions about how he handles players canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be ignored. Fixing FSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems start with him, and if he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t impress upon his players how to treat people, especially women, then when will it be time for Florida State to hire someone who does?

SLATE

Baseball has hit the All-Star break as summer has started to heat up.

The Atlanta Braves are currently third in the National League East with the playoffs seeming only a dream right now.

THURSDAY, JULY 16 College football (6-8 p.m., SECN): Relive one of the biggest wins last season for Mississippi State University as it defeated Louisiana State University 34-29.

FRIDAY, JULY 17 MLB (6:35-10 p.m., FSSO): The Atlanta Braves try to get into the playoff hunt as the second half of the season begins against the visiting Chicago Cubs.

SATURDAY, JULY 18 Soccer (4-6 p.m., Fox): The United States Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Team will face a third-place team in the quarterfinals of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. SUNDAY, JULY 19 Soccer (4-6 p.m., ESPN2): The Columbus Crew looks to improve its playoff standing against the last place in the Eastern Conference, Chicago Fire.

MONDAY, JULY 20 MLB (6:10-10 p.m., SPSO): The Atlanta Braves go from hosting the Cubs to battling the LA Dodgers at home as they try to climb the Wildcard standings.

TUESDAY, JULY 21 WNBA (10 p.m.-12 a.m., ESPN2): Two teams looking to move up in the WNBA Western Conference battle as the Los Angeles Sparks host the Phoenix Mercury.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 Soccer (5-7 p.m., FS1): See one of two semifinal games of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup played in Atlanta. â&#x20AC;Ś Soccer (8-10 p.m., FS2): Watch the second game in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup .

The Braves are currently in third place in NL East standings and seven games behind division leader the Washington Nationals. Atlanta is six games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates, who lead the Wildcard standings.

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