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Picture from the 2017 God's First Ministry Prayer Breakfast at the Hilton Hotel, Sat. May 20, 2017.

Ms. Mary Gill is always our Media Partner (for Africa­USA Today Magazine) for this great, & highly inspirational annual prayer breakfast, that always draw believers from across the United States; and filled the Chicago elegant Hilton Towers' Grand Ballroom to the maximum capacity: with heavy presence of(VIP) Dignitaries from across the city, state, and nation; media frenzy, great courtesy food & beverages served by the hotel staff; of course, powerful dose of anointed gospel explosions to catch the attention of the believers anticipating the Word of God from none other than Mother of Zion, True Anointed Prophetess, Dr. Mildred C. Harris, Founder/President, God's First Ministries. live It is absolutely true Word of God says, "Men shall not leave by bread & butter alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." That is divinely testimony to her preaching. That, by the time Dr. Harris delivered the words to your spirit, the believers will leave the fellowship gathering with sense of purpose, to always be humble, listen to God's instructions for your life, then ready to move with Him. Those are the ultimate recipes for life worthy of living.

And thanks Ms. Mary Gill for always help get my body consecrated before the actual date of this highly anticipated spiritual prayer breakfast; not just for the delicious meals, (albeit I always enjoyed that physical foods); but particularly for the gospel explosions, mixed with undiluted and un­chemicalized Words of God that make my body, soul, & spirit asking for more, more, and more like Oliver Twist.

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Happy Father’s Day! In this issue we celebrate Fathers. We have a great story about a Mother appreciating the value of a Father. We take a look at highlights of the NATO convention held recently.

As Summer arrives, we are making plans to enjoy the Taste of Chicago and other events. Enjoy!

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Breaking The CycleA Father’s Love and a Mother’s Sacrifice BREAKING THE CYCLE‐ A Father’s Love and A Mother’s Sacrifice By: Raquel LaCour

By: Raquel LaCour

Children deserve the love of both parents. Fathers are some mes underrated on their significant and important role they have in the life of their child. Many children are abandoned by their father. This o�en causes psychological damage; however, some can overcome the absence of a father, but who wants to play the odds, when you ul mately want the best life for your child. Faced with wan ng a divorce, and growing up without a father, in which my mother had the same fate, of not growing up with her father, I wanted to break this cycle. Although at first it was a painful discovery to know that my ex husband was just as good of a parent as I was, I had to do the best thing for my child, which was to allow him to be a father. It was a painful sacrifice and I was apprehensive, but who was she going to be happier with? Who was going to give her the best life?

Ul mately, who was going to end the parental war? A�er contempla ng and spending thousands of dollars on a orneys and watching my child suffer through this vicious parental war, I began to have remorse. I came to the realiza on, that this father wants to be the most influen al person in the life of his child. In a maim state of mind, I ques oned…Who came to war for me? In turmoil, I sat back and watched this man fight just as hard for his child, and as astonishing as it was, I knew that I may not have chosen the right husband, but I definitely had chosen the right father. This is how the cycle was broken. One must open their eyes and see that a father is a parent too and some mes they may not be the best partner, but can be the best father.

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What Does A Nonprofit Do When A Foundation Only Accepts Grant Applications By Invitation?

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Today, grant donors such as foundations (community, public, and private) are equally effected by our slowed economy. As such, they are attempting different survival tactics designed to either keep their foundation operating or to be able to pay debts after it folds. Some foundations have become programs of other foundations. Other foundations have merged, and still others closed.

One tactic that is unfortunately more prevalent right now among foundations (perhaps more than ever before) is foundations that use to accept funding inquiries from any nonprofit organization, during any giving cycle, are now accepting letters of inquiry or grant applications only from those nonprofits that they have either given grants to, before, or from nonprofits that they have recently invited to apply for a grant. In other words, right now, it is unfortunately common for foundations to only allow those nonprofits who they know to apply for their grant. This is a difficult turn of events for nonprofits that these foundations are not yet aware of, and also for startup nonprofits. It would seem to be a closed door in the way of raising grant money.

For nonprofits who are new to grant writing this is a tough economy to begin grant writing (and organizations new to grant writing may be start up nonprofits, in age, but can also include organizations of any age - not all well-established nonprofits conduct grant writing, or have ever tried it). This apparent closed door, though, is not impossible to get beyond.

Keep in mind that foundations are in the ‘business’ of donating grants because they are passionate about the issue or cause that they support, they are interested in being a part of the solution and want to partner with strong nonprofits who are successful, and foundations have resources such that they are in the unique position to be able to provide funding (grants).

Foundations are staffed with volunteers, founders, and employees who are not simply sitting ‘on high’ doling out funds.

These foundations are sources of resources, research, expertise, and as such, are staffed by people very knowledgeable not just about the issue or cause that they work for, but are usually professionals in the issue/cause’s professional field, connected in the professional field, and aware of which institutions, professionals, professional media, nonprofit organizations, and researchers who are players in the profession, outside of their foundation. Donors, today, are not usually passive check writers; rather they are often savvy about the cause they support and the professional field surrounding it. They have to be this diligent, even more so now, because there is such an exceptional demand for grants, today.

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Donors have really modernized into a position of ‘investor’ (grant donors, included), today. As such, donors want to connect with real solution providers to real current problems, in our communities today. They want to give, and will donate, but only to those nonprofits who are worthy of their donation (or investment). How do they determine who is “worthy”?

Every foundation is different from the next one, and each operates (beyond legal requirements) in their own way. In general, though, like all other kinds of donors - foundations want to donate grants to nonprofits who are working on a real issue that currently exists, by providing successful solutions that are achieving, and who operate according to professional best practices. A nonprofit that operates professionally, ethically, continually fundraises well, and that succeeds at the work of its mission statement is obviously not as risky an investment as a nonprofit that maybe fails at one or another of these attributes. Put another way, which nonprofit would you rather give a grant to? You’d want to give a grant to the nonprofit who you know is honest, run well, efficient, and successful, staffed with experts, isn’t going to fade away in a year, and is actually working hard on the issue it serves.

But, if after prospecting for potential grant donors your organization finds that there are a lot of foundations that you would apply to but now seem beyond your reach because they do not accept applications from just any nonprofit, you may ask how does a nonprofit apply for a grant from a foundation that is not accepting grant applications from just any nonprofit? There are several things that a nonprofit can do because all nonprofits want to expand the potential pool of donors available to them, not accept restrictions to that pool, if it can. And yes, you can.

Be certain that your nonprofit is regularly informing professionals, other institutions, and professional media in your organization’s professional field about your nonprofit, its work, and its goals. Regularly share your organization’s successes, good news, and achievements not just in your geographic community (the general public), but also with your nonprofit’s professional field’s colleagues. Get press releases out to both communities. Foundations’ staff and volunteers’ network in their professional fields (like any other professionals). If local foundations haven’t heard of your organization, they may ask their and your colleagues if they have, or if their colleagues know of a new or previously unknown nonprofit doing important work . If they haven’t heard of your agency, either, your organization is missing on many important professional radars. These potential donors can’t miss hearing about your group. Don’t let this happen. To reach seemingly unreachable potential donors (of all kinds): Ask your organization’s board, volunteers, and staff if they have any colleagues, friends, or family working for the foundations that your agency is interested. Whether or not these foundation are restricting grant applications, you should always ask your agency if anyone knows anyone at the foundation you’re considering applying to. Personal connections are invaluable. If you locate a person who works for your nonprofit that has a relationship with someone working for the foundation you’re applying to, ask them to contact their contact at the foundation (preferably face to face, or over the phone), and tell them to simply share that your organization is about to apply for a grant from them, what the application will request and for what project, and make sure that the connection is made aware of your organization’s name, what it does, and recent successes. There shouldn’t be any pressure applied, or sales tactics used. Making sure that the connection with the potential donor knows why your organization is an excellent investment for their grant is a great initial contact conversation. Your organization stands on its own two feet, with any potential donor, when people are made aware of the unique need in the community that it serves. Its ability, expertise, and achievements.

Market your organization from the standpoint that there is no other organization with your nonprofit’s unique attributes, strengths, abilities, and successes in the cause that it works towards. Conduct regular proactive positive public relations.

Make it clear that a solution can be found and delivered. Never bang potential donors or volunteers over the head with fear or painful messages to ‘brutalize’ them into donating or volunteering with your agency. These are emotional marketing tools, that do pack a wallop (and often we hear that the best marketing is touching people emotionally), but these emotions, in particular, do not engender a sense of ability, potential for success, or hope about your organization. These are much more effective emotions to market through because they encourage buy-in to your nonprofit, instead of leaving potential donors and volunteers, in your community, feeling hopeless, fear, or despair about the cause and any nonprofit’s ability to provide a real solution for it.

__ Do not solicit any foundation by placing them onto your nonprofit’s mailing list. You’re more likely to tick the staff off than introduce your organization through this regular ‘junk mail’ barrage because they already receive a lot of mail that has to be processed. They don’t need more mail. They’ll just ‘round file’ it. Also, if a foundation only accepts grant application by invitation, do not send a letter of inquiry or grant proposal.

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What Does a Non-Profit Do When a Foundation Only Accepts Grant Applications by Invitation Only?

__ To reach the seemingly unreachable potential grant donor, call their office and ask how they learn about nonprofits that they invite to apply for grants. Depending on what the foundation’s representative says, either follow through with how they prefer to be made aware of nonprofits; or do not send them anything.

__ Your agency’s leadership needs to be talking with friends, family, and colleagues about your organization always. Also, your nonprofit’s leadership needs to get out of the office, regularly, to network in the community. Why? Another way to reach the seemingly unreachable potential grant donor is to find out where the foundation is active in the community (e.g. annual professional conferences, local United Way meetings, local professional nonprofit affiliation’s meetings, etc.), when they will be at these public gatherings, and make sure that either your agency’s executive director or a board member will be there, too. Do not stock the foundation’s representative(s), don’t thrust a grant application into their hands, understand that many nonprofits are eager to get the foundation’s staff and volunteers’ attention, and imagine a professional, comfortable, unassuming way to connect with them. At any of these meetings’ social mixers, your executive director or board member may simply go up, introduce themselves and your nonprofit, share its recent work and successes, and give them a card. Your nonprofit’s leadership should then politely move on, perhaps follow up with an e-mail or phone call a week later, and then leave the contact alone. Again, do not stalk them. Just make sure that local donors of all kinds hear your leadership’s elevator speech about your nonprofit, its work/successes, and why they think the organization is much needed. This foundation has now heard of your nonprofit! Networking of this kind, is very effective, when conducted often and perhaps tied in with current organizational marketing or public relations. Let the word about your nonprofit spread, but keep getting the word out.

Public Relations and Marketing do not just reach foundation staffs’ ears. It reaches the entire community. Imagine the potential donors (of all kinds), potential future board members, potential volunteers, and potential community partners or collaborators this outreach reaches. It is ultimately probably going to recoup its cost but also going to be invaluable.

Don’t get discouraged when you perceive a ‘shut door’ as you work on fundraising. Find, instead, confidence in your organization’s credentials, potential, successes, and need in the community. Leave anyone who learns about your organization with a strong positive impression. Find the professional, thoughtful, non-aggressive, reasonably persistent, respectful way to get your organization’s name, work, and successes in front of everyone in your agency’s community. You’ll reach the seemingly unreachable.

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Diana Ross, guest performer at the Chicago Urban League’s Golden Fellowship Gala

Chicago Urban League’s Centennial Celebration Gala Raises $2.65 Million NOVEMBER 28, 2016 by BOLAJI SOSAN

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Saturday night (11/19) The Chicago Urban League’s sold out Golden Fellowship Centennial celebration gala, with nearly 1,700 guests in attendance, raised a record setting $2.65 Million that evening benfitting the CUL’s programs that supports and serves more than 10,000 Chicago residents annually. The annual event, which attracts a majority who’s who of Chicago’s African American political, corporate, philanthropists and next gen leaders is a highlight of Chicago’s fall gala scene.

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Mayor Rahm Announces 37th Annual Taste of Chicago to serve up a cultural feast for your senses.

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Lineup of 66 food establishments includes 16 new vendors Other culinary highlights include the Celebrity Chef du Jour three­course dining experience, the Lifeway Foods Taste Kitchen, the CH Distillery Cocktail Lounge and the Wine and Beer Garden Christine Carrino christine.carrino@cityofchicago.org, 312.744.0573 Mary May mary.may@cityofchicago.org, 312.744.0576

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced today the lineup of 67 restaurants that will participate at the 37th Annual Taste of Chicago – the world's largest free food festival – this July 5–9 in Grant Park. Showcasing Chicago’s diverse culinary scene, this year’s list of five­day vendors, pop­up restaurants and food trucks will offer Taste­goers an endless variety of dining options to suit every palate.

“As our culinary reputation grows on the national and international stage, the Taste of Chicago is a reflection of Chicago’s vibrant and diverse restaurant scene,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Taste of Chicago brings together a unique array of cuisines and cultural offerings, giving Chicagoans and visitors alike the opportunity to sample the greatest foods our city has to offer from both new restaurants and long­time favorites.”

Taste of Chicago is excited to welcome 16 newcomers to the event in 2017 – including three new five­day restaurants, six new food trucks and seven new pop­up participants who will sell for one or two days. The new food vendors are: American Glory, Aztec Dave’s Food Truck, Bop Bar Truck, Brightwok Kitchen, Broken English, Cheesie’s Pub and Grub, Doom Street Eats, El Patron, Hakka Bakka Indian Kati Rolls, Just Salad, Lawrence’s Fish & Shrimp, The Little Beet Table, Seoul Taco, The Cajun Connoisseur, Ukai Japanese Restaurant and Warm Belly Bakery.

"Taste of Chicago showcases the city’s stellar culinary scene by uniting a diverse set of restaurants, food trucks and pop­ups,” said Sam Toia, president and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association. “The Association has been a part of Taste since its inception, and we’re proud to welcome visitors to beautiful Grant Park year after year. It’s a time­honored summer festival that truly captures Chicago’s hospitable spirit and exciting range of culinary offerings.”

All 67 vendors will offer signature items, as well as the popular “Taste Of” portions priced at $3.00 or less, allowing guests the opportunity to sample an even greater variety of items. Many will also include Humana Healthier Choice selections for those seeking lighter options. Admission to the Taste of Chicago is FREE, and tickets for food and beverages can be purchased in strips of 14 tickets for $10. Whether craving the robust flavors found in ethnic cuisine, epicurean delights, sweet treats or classic Chicago dishes – and more – Chicagoans and visitors won’t want to miss this year’s Taste!

Celebrity Chef du Jour Dining Experience The Taste of Chicago will again highlight acclaimed Chicago chefs at the Celebrity Chef du Jour. This 2017 celebrity chefs are Chef Paul Fehribach of Big Jones (July 5 at 6:30pm), Latin Night with Chef Chico Vilchez of Nacional 27 (July 6 at 6:30pm), Chef Oliver Poilevey tribute to Jean­Claude Poilevey of Le Bouchon and La Sardine (July 7 at 6:30pm), American Girl Café Brunch (July 8 at 11:30am) and Chefs Beverly Kim and John Clark of Parachute (July 9 at 5pm).

Attendees of the Celebrity Chef du Jour will enjoy a sit­down, three­course meal in an air­conditioned and decorated dining pavilion for only $45 per person for the July 5, 6, 7 and 9 dinners and $30 per person for the July 8 brunch (limit 4 tickets per person for each meal). Tickets for the dining experience must be purchased in advance and will go on sale Wednesday, May 24 at 10am on the festival website tasteofchicago.us. Additionally, many of the celebrity chefs will show­off their skills at the FREE Lifeway Foods Taste Kitchen cooking demonstration area also located on Buckingham Fountain Plaza.

Concerts at the Petrillo Music Shell Taste of Chicago will also present a diverse mix of chart­topping, crowd­pleasing nightly concerts at the Petrillo Music Shell that includes Alessia Cara, Café Tacvba, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Passion Pit and The O’Jays—plus the best of Chicago’s local music scene on the Bud Light Stage. Tickets for the seating area at the Petrillo Music Shell start at $19 and are on sale now at the Taste website tasteofchicago.us.

Cultural Programming and Sabor de Chicago NEW for 2017, the Taste of Chicago will present an assortment of local cultural programming that includes the Street Art & Graffiti Alley featuring live painting by local artists, the Stomping Grounds Chicago presenting performances by local dance companies, Chicago SummerDance with live music & social dancing in the Spirit of Music Garden and the March of the Puppets daily procession with music through Taste of Chicago. On Thursday, July 6, Sabor de Chicago will celebrate the culture of Chicago’s Latino community throughout the day with dining, dancing, music performances at the Petrillo Music Shell and Bud Light Stage and much more.

CH Distillery Spirit Lounge plus Beer and Wine Gardens The CH Distillery Cocktail Lounge will offer mixology specials to enjoy by Buckingham Fountain. The specialty cocktail menu during the Taste of Chicago includes theses favorites: Moscow Mule, Strawberry Collins, Tropical Rum Punch and the Mint Julep Slushie. The beer and wine gardens will offer another scenic area on Buckingham Fountain Plaza for Taste goers to enjoy a wide selection of craft beer and an array of wine varietals from the Bodega, Stella Rosa, Three Pines and Maddalena wineries.

Lifeway Foods Taste Kitchen The Lifeway Foods Taste Kitchen dishes up a full menu of cooking demonstrations by local and national chefs as well as daily demonstrations by the Celebrity Chefs du Jour. The daily schedules of demonstrations will be announced at a later date.

The Taste of Chicago has seen a surge in popularity since it was shortened to five days and added new elements, including the Celebrity Chef du Jour dining pavilion, pop­up restaurants, food trucks, chart­topping musical acts and cultural programming. Last year's 36th edition of the Chicago's iconic festival served

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Pan-African Substainable Leadership Summit at Chicago State University Photography- Olawale Idreez, John E. Smith Jr.

­­­­­ Forwarded Message ­­­­­ From: Ephraim Martin <ephraimmartin@gmail.com> To: festoflife@gmail.com <festoflife@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017, 8:45:56 PM CDT Subject: Ephraim & 9 others honored at Pan­African Sustainable Leadership Summit at CSU last Saturday Ephraim Martin receiving the Global Impact Award 2017 from Dr. Margaret King, Faculty & Funding Director, Global Institute at the Chicago State University in Chicago last Saturday. The occasion was the 2017 Pan­African sustainable Leadership Summit. Nine other notable and outstanding Pan­African leaders were also honored. The keynote speaker was Dr. Carolyn G. Anderson, Intl Best Selling Author, TV and Radio Personality who was also a recipient of Award. Ephraim is in full preparation of the 25th Intl Festival of Life, July 1­4 in Union Park, Chicago. Visit www.internationalfestivaloflife.com 36 AFRICA USA TODAY

EVENTS God First Church and Ministries Community Breakfast Award and Scholarship Program Dr. Mildred C. Harris, Founder and CEO International Ballroom, Hilton Chicago Hotel, 720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL John E. Smith Jr. Photography

Dr. Mildred C. Harris

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God First Church and Ministries Community Breakfast Award and Scholarship Program Dr. Mildred C. Harris, Founder and CEO International Ballroom, Hilton Chicago Hotel, 720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL John E. Smith Jr. Photography

The Honorable Congressman Danny K. Davis

God First Church & Ministries Awardees, LAC/CAC Presidents, Chicago Housing Authority

Distinguished Leadership Awardees

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Distinguished Leadership Awardee

CHA Scholarships Awardees

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Movement in Motion For His Glory Ministries

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Celebrities with their Famous Father

Zoe Kravitz

Jaden & Will Smith

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Lenny Kravitz

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signs Re-entry bill

by John Alexander

Good news for African Americans in Illinois facing re-entry dilemma in their respective communities. Gov. BruceRauner signed re-entry bill that was backed by Dr. Willie Wilson, Kim Foxx, Leon Trotter, and others.

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Book & Film Club Features

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Synopsis For the first twenty years of my life this is what I knew about my background: I was born in Eritrea a tiny country on the north­east coast of Africa. My mother died in childbirth, my father soon afterwards, I was placed in an orphanage in Asmara, the capital, by a distant relative, or perhaps a neighbour. That’s it. The sum total of my family knowledge. Six months later I was adopted by a British academic and that’s how I ended up growing up in a white family in Manchester. And then one day, when I was a student in Liverpool, I received a letter with an Eritrean postmark. It was from my brother in Asmara, the one I never knew I had.

My Fathers’ Daughter is Hannah Pool’s brave and heartbreaking story of her return to Africa to meet the family she lost – and the father she thought was dead…

Reviews for My Fathers’ Daughter: "Remarkable...Pool's candor is striking...Her story is as much about an adopted child facing up to the challenge of tracing her biological family as it is about her search for African roots...[She gives] a sense of what it is like to be a young person of African descent who is unquestionably British." ­­ The Observer (U.K.) "What a story. So vivid, honest and moving." ­­ Andrea Levy, author of Small Island "In this beautifully honest book, Pool gives us a front­row view of how identity is built up, but also how it's dismantled...Simply engrossing." ­­ Time Out London "Hannah Pool [is] a thoroughly engaging storyteller [who] offers us a different way of seeing...layered with subtleties. Although passages bring tears to the eyes, the sentiment is never pity. Rather awe ­­ at the depth of Hannah's experience, her courage in confronting it and her success, finally, in making sense of it all." ­­ The Sunday Times (London) "Engaging and moving."' ­­ Mail on Sunday "A moving story that sent shivers down my spine in its final moments. Hannah is an engaging raconteur, reporting her emotional highs and lows with insight and humor." ­­ The Bookseller "[A] truly moving exploration of identity." ­­ Sunday Times

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Sports Golden State Warriors defeat Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017 NBA Finals

Kristian Winfield: “After holding off the Cavaliers, 129­120, in Game 5 of the 2017 NBA Finals, the Warriors have solidified their standing as not only NBA champions, but one of the best­ assembled teams in league history. Golden State now threatens to become a dynasty, one signaled when the franchise signed Kevin Durant to a free­agent contract last summer. Their investment returned fruitfully when it mattered most, as Durant became the most efficient player in league history to average 30 or more points in the NBA Finals.” — Kevin Durant propels Golden State to NBA Finals victory 46 AFRICA USA TODAY

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